Research sagebrush interspersed with effects diminished Site) antelope bitterbrush somewhat through time - Prescribed burn Rocky Montane shrubland Density Distance sampling 3-5 following Jehle et al. Mountain to estimate the prescribed 2006 National density at each burns, towhee Park, CO site. Nest density and shrub searching for cover were behavioral cues generally higher by adults and in unburned areas. flushing. + Fire/thinning Multiple Southwestern conifer Counts Literature Review In response to Kalies et al. forests for thinning and wildfire and 2010 burning overstory removal (high-severity treatment), the towhee cumulatively responded positively. Grazing NC Southcentral Sagebrush habitats Density Line sampling No pasture effects Erickson WY (Stratton including mountain big (birds/ha) transect with were evident for 2011 Sagebrush sagebrush and black stratified random Ecological sagebrush interspersed with design Towhee. Research antelope bitterbrush Site) NC Grazing Northeastern Pinyon-juniper woodland Mean detections Point count No observations Goguen and NM by plot and method of the bird of Matthews nesting success grazed only 1998 on ungrazed. However, result is insignificant and inconclusive due to infrequent observations. NC Mechanical thinning Northeast Sagebrush-steppe Density Applied No significant Norvell et al. UT experimental density changes 2014 mechanical post-treatment.
Research Site) sagebrush interspersed with antelope bitterbrush effects diminished somewhat through time Prescribed burn - Rocky Mountain National Park, CO Montane shrubland Density Distance sampling to estimate density at each site. Nest searching for behavioral cues by adults and flushing. 3-5 following the prescribed burns, towhee density and shrub cover were generally higher in unburned areas. Jehle et al. 2006 Fire/thinning + Multiple Southwestern conifer forests Counts Literature Review for thinning and burning In response to wildfire and overstory removal (high-severity treatment), the towhee cumulatively responded positively. Kalies et al. 2010 Grazing NC Southcentral WY (Stratton Sagebrush Ecological Research Site) Sagebrush habitats including mountain big sagebrush and black sagebrush interspersed with antelope bitterbrush Density (birds/ha) Line sampling transect with stratified random design No pasture effects were evident for Towhee. Erickson 2011 Grazing NC Northeastern NM Pinyon-juniper woodland Mean detections by plot and nesting success Point count method No observations of the bird of grazed only on ungrazed. However, result is insignificant and inconclusive due to infrequent observations. Goguen and Matthews 1998 Mechanical thinning NC Northeast UT Sagebrush-steppe Density Applied experimental mechanical No significant density changes post-treatment. Norvell et al. 2014
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