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Savanna restoration bibliography A searchable, living bibliography on the subject of savannas and their restoration. (Score: 1.000)

Assessing rangelands (Score: 0.690)

Born of fire: restoring sagebrush steppe (Score: 0.690)

Declining Birds in Grassland Ecosystems (Score: 0.690)

Forest and rangeland birds of the United States : natural history and habitat use Catalog of bird species common to forest and rangeland habitats in the U.S. with natural histories including taxonomic information, range, and habitat descriptions to assist land managers in resource management. Text available as a .zip file. (Score: 0.690)

Conservation Reserve Program: habitat for grassland birds Results of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) which has effected major changes to the landscape, especially in the northern Great Plains, dramatically increasing the population of breeding birds in CRP fields. Can be downloaded as.zip file. (Score: 0.556)

Maps of distribution and abundance of selected species of birds on uncultivated native upland grasslands and shrubsteppe in the northern Great Plains Links to maps of breeding distributions of bird species on grasslands and shrublands in the northern Great Plains. Maps can also be downloaded from .zip files in HTML format. (Score: 0.537)

SAGEMAP: a web-based spatial dataset for sage grouse and sagebrush steppe management in the Intermountain West Links to factsheet describing the database of spatial information on sage grouse and sagebrush habitats. (Score: 0.509)

Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center Home page of the Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, Corvallis, providing research and technical support for ecosystem management in the western U.S. Links to projects, field stations, fact sheets, partnerships, and publications. (Score: 0.471)

Managing habitat for grassland birds: a guide for Wisconsin Guide to identification, selection, and management of grassland habitats in Wisconsin to conserve the populations of grassland birds. Includes glossary, references, bird lists, graphs, and maps. Available in print, large print, audio tape, and braille. (Score: 0.461)

Identifying predators and fates of grassland passerine nests using miniature video cameras Description of the use of a miniature video-camera system deployed at nests of passerine species in North Dakota to videotape predation of eggs or nestlings by animals such as mice, ground squirrels, deer, cowbirds and others. (Score: 0.452)

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About grassland ecosystems:

Definition: Ecosystems in areas, such as a prairies or meadows, of grass or grasslike vegetation. [Adapted from American Heritage Dic. of the English Language, 4th ed.]

Used for: mixed grass ecosystems, plains ecosystems, prairie ecosystems, short grass ecosystems, tall grass ecosystems