Bird use of Winter-Flooded Rice Fields in the Sacramento Valley, California
Dates
Publication Date
2024-08-15
Start Date
2021-10-13
End Date
2023-02-06
Citation
Peterson, S.H., and Ackerman, J.T., 2024, Bird use of winter-flooded rice fields in the Sacramento Valley, California: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9S48E60.
Summary
Bird and habitat surveys were conducted in winter-flooded rice fields in the Sacramento Valley, California, USA during the fall and winters of 2021-2022 (Oct 2021 through February 2022) and 2022-2023 (December 2022 through February 2023). Rice field sampling consisted of (1) a bird survey that was followed by (2) an overall habitat assessment and (3) a more detailed habitat transect survey. Rice farms in the Sacramento Valley are organized into separate rice fields that each consist of multiple smaller rice checks. This dataset contains 253 surveyed rice checks with the observed bird abundances for each rice check, calculated diversity metrics, and measured habitat variables. These data support the following publication: Peterson, [...]
Summary
Bird and habitat surveys were conducted in winter-flooded rice fields in the Sacramento Valley, California, USA during the fall and winters of 2021-2022 (Oct 2021 through February 2022) and 2022-2023 (December 2022 through February 2023). Rice field sampling consisted of (1) a bird survey that was followed by (2) an overall habitat assessment and (3) a more detailed habitat transect survey. Rice farms in the Sacramento Valley are organized into separate rice fields that each consist of multiple smaller rice checks. This dataset contains 253 surveyed rice checks with the observed bird abundances for each rice check, calculated diversity metrics, and measured habitat variables.
These data support the following publication:
Peterson, S.H., Ackerman, J.T., Schacter, C.R., Hartman, C.A. and Herzog, M.P., 2024. Bird habitat value and management priorities of the California Winter Rice Habitat Incentive Program. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science, 22(3). https://doi.org/10.15447/sfews.2024v22iss3art3
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Purpose
Bird and habitat surveys were conducted in individual rice checks that were part of rice fields enrolled in the California Winter Rice Habitat Incentive Program, to evaluate the effects of a variety of habitat and management variables associated with rice farming, including water depth, vegetation height, post-harvest treatment, and hunting intensity, on overall bird abundance, abundance of different taxonomic guilds, and bird diversity.
