Native Bird HabitatDiane Klement
2023 The Frances M. Peacock Scholarship for Native Bird Habitat
Linking Avian Demography to Plant Communities Through Fine-Scale Space Use
To halt the rapid decline of migratory birds, Klement seeks to understand which plants provide high-quality avian habitats and should be actively targeted in conservation efforts. Research will use new tracking technologies and corresponding space-use estimates to accurately quantify habitat quality for painted buntings, a declining neotropical migratory bird. By identifying which plant species provide preferred habitat during breeding season, Klement’s project will determine how ecological restoration efforts can utilize fine-scale space-use data to restore specific plants associated with habitat quality for other bird species.
The Frances M. Peacock Scholarship for Native Bird Habitat
To provide financial aid to study areas in the United States that provide seasonal habitat for threatened or endangered native birds and to tend useful information for land-management decisions.
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