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| Web URL(s): | http://www.berrymaninstitute.org/files/uploads/pdf/journal/fall2014/JohnstonEtAlFall2014.pdf
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| Publication Type:
| Refereed |
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| Author(s): | Johnston, Theresa K.;
Branham, Bruce;
Brawn, Jeffrey |
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| Author Affiliation: | Johnston: B.S. and M.S. and Ph.D. and Post-Doctoral Fellow, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Branham: Ph.D. and Professor, Department of Crop Sciences; Brawn: B.S. and M.S. and Ph.D. and Professor and Head, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL |
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| Title: | Soil quality manipulation to reduce bird presence at airports |
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| Source: | Human-Wildlife Interactions. Vol. 8, No. 2, Fall 2014, p. 261-270. |
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| Publishing Information: | Logan, Utah: Jack H. Berryman Institute |
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| # of Pages: | 10 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Airfields; Aves; Bird control; Habitat conservation; Soil quality; Soil testing; Topsoil
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Aviation safety is an important concern in wildlife management as bird strikes risk human lives and result in costly damage. Habitat management can decrease bird abundances locally at airports. We tested soil manipulation as a technique to reduce local bird presence by establishing experimental plots with either intact topsoil or 'stripped' subsoil with the aim of decreasing foraging substrate for birds. We estimated invertebrate abundance, and observed bird presence from 2006 to 2008. More birds visited topsoil plots (151.5 birds/ ha/hour) than subsoil plots (72.7 birds/ha/hour). Topsoil plots supported a greater biomass of invertebrates than subsoil plots ( = 0.39 g/50 cm3 , 0.21 g/50 cm3 , respectively). Bird abundance reflected soil variation in invertebrate abundance. Reducing topsoil quality may merit further consideration as a means of reducing local bird activity and abundances at airports." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 36 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Johnston, T. K., B. Branham, and J. Brawn. 2014. Soil quality manipulation to reduce bird presence at airports. Human-Wildlife Interactions. 8(2):p. 261-270. |
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