OpportunityTitle: Using Quail an dGrassland Birds as Indicators of Chihuahuan Desert Grassland Ecosystem Health
Description: ***THIS IS A NOTICE OF SINGLE-SOURCE AWARD ONLY-NOT A RFP*** The objective of this study is to quantify grassland health using 3 species of quail (Mearns, scaled, and Gambel&#226;&#191;&#191;s), 4 species of winter-resident songbirds (Baird&#226;&#191;&#191;s sparrow, Chestnut-collard longspur, McCown&#226;&#191;&#191;s sparrow, and Sprague&#226;&#191;&#191;s pipit), and 3 species of summer resident songbirds (Cassin&#226;&#191;&#191;s sparrow, Black-throated sparrow, Lark sparrow, Eastern meadowlark, and Western meadowlark) as indicators. Because these 12 bird species inhabit a diversity of distinct niches (ranging from grasslands to riparian corridors) within the Chihuahuan Desert, they appear to be ideal indicators of broad-scale ecosystem change resulting from overgrazing. PLEASE SEE FULL TEXT NOFO FOR MORE DETAIL
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Administrative POC
GrantorContactText: Sara Williams 505 248-7462&lt;br/&gt;sara_n_williams@fws.gov&lt;br/&gt;