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Water levels, rapid vegetational changes, and the endangered Cape Sable seaside-sparrow

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Nott, MP; Bass, OL; Fleming, DM; Killeffer, SE; Fraley, N; Manne, L; Curnutt, JL; Brooks, TM; Powell, R; Pimm, SL
Published in: Animal Conservation
January 1, 1998

The legally endangered Cape Sable seaside-sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis) is restricted to short-hydroperiod, marl prairies within Florida's Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve. Marl prairies are typified by dense, mixed stands of graminoid species usually below 1 m in height, naturally inundated by freshwater for 3-7 months annually. Water levels affect the birds directly, by flooding their nests, and indirectly by altering the habitat on which they depend. Managed redistribution of water flows flooded nearly half of the sparrow's geographical range during several consecutive breeding seasons starting in 1993. Furthermore, these high water levels rapidly changed plant communities, so jeopardizing the sparrow's survival by reducing the availability of nesting habitat.

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Animal Conservation

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1367-9430

Publication Date

January 1, 1998

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1

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1

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23 / 32

Related Subject Headings

  • Ecology
  • 41 Environmental sciences
  • 31 Biological sciences
  • 06 Biological Sciences
  • 05 Environmental Sciences
 

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Nott, M. P., Bass, O. L., Fleming, D. M., Killeffer, S. E., Fraley, N., Manne, L., … Pimm, S. L. (1998). Water levels, rapid vegetational changes, and the endangered Cape Sable seaside-sparrow. Animal Conservation, 1(1), 23–32. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1367943098001036
Nott, M. P., O. L. Bass, D. M. Fleming, S. E. Killeffer, N. Fraley, L. Manne, J. L. Curnutt, T. M. Brooks, R. Powell, and S. L. Pimm. “Water levels, rapid vegetational changes, and the endangered Cape Sable seaside-sparrow.” Animal Conservation 1, no. 1 (January 1, 1998): 23–32. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1367943098001036.
Nott MP, Bass OL, Fleming DM, Killeffer SE, Fraley N, Manne L, et al. Water levels, rapid vegetational changes, and the endangered Cape Sable seaside-sparrow. Animal Conservation. 1998 Jan 1;1(1):23–32.
Nott, M. P., et al. “Water levels, rapid vegetational changes, and the endangered Cape Sable seaside-sparrow.” Animal Conservation, vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 1998, pp. 23–32. Scopus, doi:10.1017/S1367943098001036.
Nott MP, Bass OL, Fleming DM, Killeffer SE, Fraley N, Manne L, Curnutt JL, Brooks TM, Powell R, Pimm SL. Water levels, rapid vegetational changes, and the endangered Cape Sable seaside-sparrow. Animal Conservation. 1998 Jan 1;1(1):23–32.
Journal cover image

Published In

Animal Conservation

DOI

ISSN

1367-9430

Publication Date

January 1, 1998

Volume

1

Issue

1

Start / End Page

23 / 32

Related Subject Headings

  • Ecology
  • 41 Environmental sciences
  • 31 Biological sciences
  • 06 Biological Sciences
  • 05 Environmental Sciences