Great Plains Natural Science Society

 

The Prairie Naturalist

Date of this Version

6-2011

Document Type

Article

Citation

The Prairie Naturalist 43(1/2):23–28; 2011

Comments

Published by the Great Plains Natural Science Society. Used by permission.

Abstract

The presence of conspecific individuals may provide important cues about habitat quality for territorial songbirds. We tested the ability of a conspecific song playback system to attract Henslow’s sparrows to previously unoccupied restored habitat. We successfully attracted Heslow’s sparrows to 3 of 7 treatment plots using conspecific song playbacks and we found no Henslow’s sparrows in control plots. The addition of social cues using playback systems in restored grassland habitats may aid conservation efforts of Henslow’s sparrows to available habitat.

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