NC Wildfire Central OR Semi-arid, Abundance Sampled and veg Density higher in Reinkensmeyer upland plant (birds/ha/yr), communities in 4 than post-burn 2000 communities diversity cover types: post-burn grassland, but no grassland, significant difference western juniper; old-growth western juniper - Wildfire Central OR Mountain big Bird density Compared vegetative More Horned Reinkensmeyer sagebrush structure and bird occurred in et al. 2007 successional communities 4 community gradient successional states than post-fire grassland (burned within 5 years) + Wildfire Northwest NV Mountain big Density 5-minute point count Respond positively to Holmes and (northwestern sagebrush (individuals/km2) surveys across burned fire, but densities Robinson 2013 Great Basin) and unburned plots similar to unburned plots after 20 years - Mechanical Northeast UT Density (birds/ha) Applied experimental Decreased abundance Norvell et al. thinning cover mechanical thinning in first year 2014 to shrub cover. and did not long-line transects recover. in 4 600-m legs along cardinal bearings for bird surveys. + Plowing / Central UT Big sagebrush, Bird density Bird census with Horned Lark was the Castrale 1982 chaining cold desert (territories/16 ha) method and only species with flush technique higher densities on subjected to recent sagebrush control. Densities were 1.8-2.8x greater on recently treated sites. Grazing NC Central MT Sagebrush Abundance Dependent Comparison of Dreitz et al. ecosystem transect traditional grazing and 2015 surveys and nest rest-rotation grazing, searches. not grazed vs. ungrazed. No
Wildfire NC Central OR Semi-arid, upland plant communities Abundance (birds/ha/yr), diversity Sampled and veg communities in 4 cover types: post-burn grassland, western juniper; old-growth western juniper Density higher in than post-burn grassland, but no significant difference Reinkensmeyer 2000 Wildfire - Central OR Mountain big sagebrush successional gradient Bird density Compared vegetative structure and bird communities 4 successional states More Horned occurred in community than post-fire grassland (burned within 5 years) Reinkensmeyer et al. 2007 Wildfire + Northwest NV (northwestern Great Basin) Mountain big sagebrush Density (individuals/km2) 5-minute point count surveys across burned and unburned plots Respond positively to fire, but densities similar to unburned plots after 20 years Holmes and Robinson 2013 Mechanical thinning - Northeast UT cover Density (birds/ha) Applied experimental mechanical thinning to shrub cover. long-line transects in 4 600-m legs along cardinal bearings for bird surveys. Decreased abundance in first year and did not recover. Norvell et al. 2014 Plowing / chaining + Central UT Big sagebrush, cold desert Bird density (territories/16 ha) Bird census with method and flush technique Horned Lark was the only species with higher densities on subjected to recent sagebrush control. Densities were 1.8-2.8x greater on recently treated sites. Castrale 1982 Grazing NC Central MT Sagebrush ecosystem Abundance Dependent transect surveys and nest searches. Comparison of traditional grazing and rest-rotation grazing, not grazed vs. ungrazed. No Dreitz et al. 2015