Avian Restoration Studies
Slater G. 2008. Avian Restoration Studies. Critical Ecosystems Studies Initiative. MON97-1. Everglades National Park/South Florida Natural Resources Center
Final Report series. By 1997, seven species of breeding birds historically present in the pine rocklands of south Florida had been locally extirpated. These losses were generally attributed to a continued fragmentation and conversion of habitat, degradation of existing habitat, and effects associated with small populations. Everglades National Park hosts the largest contiguous remnant parcel of pine rockland habitat in south Florida. Forest maturation and relatively recent advances in fire management were believed to yield areas hospitable to the reintroduction of select species. During 1997-2001, populations of both the Brown-headed Nuthatch and the Eastern Bluebird were reintroduced in the area of Long Pine Key. This two-year post-reintroduction study offers a detailed assessment of these efforts, and provides important insights for additional reintroductions in the future. Slater, Gary L. 2003. Avian Restoration in Everglades National Park: An evaluation of the Brown-headed Nuthatch and Eastern Bluebird Reintroduction Program During the 2-year Post-translocation Period (2002-2003). Slater, Gary L. 1999. Avian Resotration in Everglades National Park: Phase 2. Final Report submitted to the National Park Service (NPS) and Critical Ecosystems Studies Initiative. NPS Cooperative Agreement with Ecostudies Institute. Everglades National Park, Homestead, Florida. Slater, Gary L. and Kenneth D. Meyer, 1999. Avian Resotration in Everglades National Park: Phase 1. Final Report submitted to the National Park Service (NPS) and Critical Ecosystems Studies Initiative. NPS Cooperative Agreement with Ecostudies Institute. Everglades National Park, Homestead, Florida.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Slater, Gary
- Date of Issue
- 2008
- Units
- EVER
- Keywords
- Assessment, Birds, bluebirds, Brown Nut-hatch, CESI, everglades, pinelands, re-introduction, Research, Restoration, Uplands, wild turkey
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Forest/Woodland Communities , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Birds , Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | At-risk Biota | T&E Species and Communities