The importance of regional and landscape context and climate change to northern bobwhite management

摘要: Long-term declines in northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) the United States are presumably due to decades of habitat loss or degradation at a national scale. Food and fiber production characterized by replacement open woodlands savannas dense forest, intensification agriculture, conversion native grasslands nonnative pastures have degraded habitats for most grassland early successional birds. Declines associated species occurred within this context scale that has overwhelmed wildlife management efforts. However, with understanding context, managers could sustain these some future landscapes. Increasing urbanization over next century will result millions acres forests, grasslands, agricultural lands used species, climate change affect abundance distribution shortleaf (Pinus echinata), loblolly (P. taeda), longleaf palustris) pine woodlands. I highlight modeling tools planning efforts demonstrate how conservation can address changes. suggest focusing correct landscape contexts accounting land use is more likely be successful than does not partnerships across public private required regional populations.