Chapter 4 Habitats
Priority Conservation Action, Examples of Focal Species or Focal Habitats
• Continue nest monitoring for colonial waterbirds, especially Wood Storks. Wood Stork • Continue long-term monitoring of active Bald Eagle territories, successful breeding pairs, and fledged eagles. Bald Eagle • Establish Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) and migration banding stations, as well as specialized long-term monitoring for hard-to-sample species such as the Cerulean and Swainson’s warbler (Graves 2001) . 4.3.4.6.3 Research Research topics that facilitate appropriate conservation actions include habitat use and preferences, reproductive behavior, fecundity, population dynamics and genetics, feeding, competition, and food web dynamics. Increased understanding of life histories and status helps determine the vulnerability of priority species to further imperilment, in addition to identifying possibilities for improved management and conservation. All studies should provide recommendations for mitigation and restoration. Formal descriptions for known or putative undescribed species and investigations aimed at resolving taxonomic status are needed.
Priority Conservation Action, Examples of Focal Species or Focal Habitats
• Explore techniques for restoration of tidal swamp forest and wetlands.
• Investigate the past, current, and potential future impact of Nutria on both floral and faunal communities and individual species. Nutria • Research the genetic makeup of the coastal population of the Black-throated Green Warbler. Black-throated Green Warbler
• Research the genetic relationships among floodplain salamanders.
• Determine the conservation and restoration efforts needed for priority species in this habitat.
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