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Poster Number 817

See more from this Division: SSSA Division: Forest, Range & Wildland Soils
See more from this Session: Forest, Range & Wildland Soils: III
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Long Beach Convention Center, Exhibit Hall ABC
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ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN

American woodcock (Scolopax minor) rely on earthworms as the main component of their diet. Woodcock heavily utilize early successional habitats and have been observed foraging in agricultural areas, including Managed Intensive Grazing (MIG) sites. Our goal is to determine how woodcock habitat is correlated with soil and earthworm properties of MIG and traditional row crop sites. We will do spotlighting for woodcock, earthworm analysis (abundance and nutrient quality), and soil testing at 4 conventional crop fields and 4 MIG sites in spring and early summer. We anticipate that we will find woodcock to be more abundant in MIG fields in growth stages following grazing and soil properties will differ between crop and MIG fields.
See more from this Division: SSSA Division: Forest, Range & Wildland Soils
See more from this Session: Forest, Range & Wildland Soils: III