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Download or read book Avian Use Of Riparian Habitats and the Conservation Reserve Program written by Erin Brooke Cashion and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Although contemporary studies have emphasized the role of breeding and wintering grounds in sustaining populations of Nearctic-Neotropical migratory birds, migration is increasingly recognized as the most perilous and energetically demanding period in a bird's annual cycle. This presents difficulties for conservation biologists because even ambitious efforts to protect breeding and wintering habitat for birds may be ineffective if they fail to include adequate stopover habitats. Habitat conservation is especially challenging within agriculturally dominated regions of the midwestern U.S., where remnant habitats make up less than 15% of the landscape, suggesting that stopover habitat may be a limiting resource for migrant landbirds. Remnant natural habitats and restored habitats may provide important refueling opportunities and cover for migrants, yet few studies have examined migrant habitat use in agricultural landscapes.