19: "+" = " - " = "0" = "+ / - " = Treatment Response Location Habitat Response Methods Notes Citation Variable Wildfire + Columbia River grasslands, Census and nesting Census using strip Not an experimental Pampush and Basin, OR shrubland, open-low characteristics (nest transect technique study, but found Anthony 1993 shrub, and dense density per plot, and systematic nest that curlews prefer forb clutch size, fate of search. open habitats, some nest, etc.) of which are created by fire. + Wildfire Western Idaho Shortgrass Population density Finnish Fire at plot during Redmond and rangeland and # of and nest study, conclusion Jenni 1986 counting during egg based on laying or incubation subsequent year’s data. Breeding density increased 30% in year after fire. + Wildfire Multiple Multiple Multiple Literature Review Burning improves Dechant 1999 habitat by reducing shrub coverage and increasing habitat openness Wildfire + OR, ID, UT, Big sagebrush Bird counts Flushing bird counts Curlew only on Welch 2002 WY, MT burned big sagebrush sites + Wildfire British N/A N/A Literature review Curlews are tolerant Cannings Columbia, of burned 1999 Canada rangeland, and may even benefit from wildfires set on grasslands in late summer. Where appropriate, prescribed burns may be a highly desirable management tool to
19: "+" = " - " = "0" = "+ / - " = Treatment Response Location Habitat Response Variable Methods Notes Citation Wildfire + Columbia River Basin, OR grasslands, shrubland, open-low shrub, and dense forb Census and nesting characteristics (nest density per plot, clutch size, fate of nest, etc.) Census using strip transect technique and systematic nest search. Not an experimental study, but found that curlews prefer open habitats, some of which are created by fire. Pampush and Anthony 1993 Wildfire + Western Idaho Shortgrass rangeland Population density and # of Finnish and nest counting during egg laying or incubation Fire at plot during study, conclusion based on subsequent year’s data. Breeding density increased 30% in year after fire. Redmond and Jenni 1986 Wildfire + Multiple Multiple Multiple Literature Review Burning improves habitat by reducing shrub coverage and increasing habitat openness Dechant 1999 Wildfire + OR, ID, UT, WY, MT Big sagebrush Bird counts Flushing bird counts Curlew only on burned big sagebrush sites Welch 2002 Wildfire + British Columbia, Canada N/A N/A Literature review Curlews are tolerant of burned rangeland, and may even benefit from wildfires set on grasslands in late summer. Where appropriate, prescribed burns may be a highly desirable management tool to Cannings 1999