Changes in a Prairie Bird Population From 1940 to 1989

Authors

Neil P. Bernstein, Mount Mercy CollegeFollow
Kristine K. BakerFollow
Sherry R. Wilmot, University of Northern IowaFollow

Document Type

Research

Keywords

Bird populations, bird census, prairie birds, plant succession, habitat changes, urbanization

Abstract

We repeated a bird census of a prairie/field community that was done by Kendeigh (1941) in 1940. Changes in the bird populations were compared with changes in vegetation, agricultural land use for the county, and trends in urbanization. Grassland birds did decline in abundance due to causes similar to those cited in other studies. The increase in forest and edge nesting species was more unusual to this study, and probably correlated with the woody succession that had occurred.

Publication Date

December 1990

Journal Title

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

97

Issue

4

First Page

115

Last Page

120

Copyright

© Copyright 1990 by the Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

EN

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Bernstein, Neil P.; Baker, Kristine K.; and Wilmot, Sherry R. (1990) "Changes in a Prairie Bird Population From 1940 to 1989," Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS, 97(4), 115-120.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/jias/vol97/iss4/6