Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Most grassland bird populations are in decline, so it is becoming increasingly important to understand how they use agricultural field types and form their communities. I performed point counts in cultural meadow, intensive agriculture, and non-intensive agriculture areas in 2011 and 2012. Generalized linear models were used to determine the habitat relationships of six focal species. I… more Full Text: HABITAT USE AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF GRASSLAND BIRDS IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in the Faculty of Arts and …