North America's grassland birds remain in crisis despite decades of conservation efforts.
This review provides an overview of factors contributing to these declines, as well as …

Globally, grasslands have been heavily degraded, more so than any other biome.
Grasslands of the eastern US are no exception to this trend and, consequently, native biota …

Many contemporary social and ecological challenges in forested ecosystems (climate
change, invasive species, wildland-urban interface development, and wildfires) span …

Declines in native warm season grasslands have been linked to grassland bird population
decline due to habitat loss including conversion to non-native grasses. Rotational grazing …

Efforts to conserve migratory species have been challenged by a poor understanding of their
temporally-dynamic distributions over large geographies. Consequently, most conservation …

Context Agricultural landscapes across the southeastern US are typically managed with little
consideration for landscape scale ecosystem function despite potential hazards and benefits …

Restoration of early successional plant communities dominated by nonnative plant species
is a central focus of many state and federal agencies to improve habitat for wildlife …

Wildlife habitat in the United States is largely owned by private entities. Threatened and
endangered species conservation and game‐species hunting interests occur predominately …

Globally, agricultural ecosystems continue to be the most imperiled for biodiversity.
Subsequently, countries focused on cost-share conservation programs whereby private …

Grassland birds are in steep decline, with population declines reported in 74% of North
American grassland species in the past 50 years. Declines are particularly severe in the …