Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Habitat Distribution and Territoriality In the Dickcissel and Red-Winged
Blackbird
by
Kenneth L. Petersen
A National Science Foundation - Undergraduate
Research Participation Project
June 5 - August 11, 1978
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas
This resource is based on the following source:
Petersen, Kenneth L. 1978. Habitat distribution and territoriality
in the dickcissel and red-winged blackbird. National Science
Foundation, Undergraduate Research Participation Project.
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. 37pp.
This resource should be cited as:
Petersen, Kenneth L. 1978. Habitat distribution and territoriality
in the dickcissel and red-winged blackbird. National Science
Foundation, Undergraduate Research Participation Project.
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. 37pp. Jamestown,
ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online.
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/dickhab/index.htm
(Version 02JUL99).
Table of Contents
Figures
{Editor's Note: The graphs have been created using information obtained
from the author's hand-drawn figures. The information contained in them may
not be exact.}
- Figure 1. -- Dickcissel densities vs. time
- Figure 2. -- Dickcissel sex ratios vs. density
- Figure 3. -- Dickcissel territory size vs. density
- Figure 4. -- Redwing densities vs. time
- Figure 5. -- Redwing sex ratios vs. density
- Figure 6. -- Redwing territory size vs. density
Tables
- Table 1. -- Breeding Success of Dickcissels
- Table 2. -- Dickcissel Sex Ratios
(Female/Male)
- Table 3. -- Territory Sizes (Mean
Acres ± S.E.) of Male Dickcissels
- Table 4. -- July 14 Oldfield Vegetation
Heights (Mean cm. ± S.E.)
- Table 5. -- Breeding Success of Red-Winged
Blackbirds
- Table 6. -- Redwing Sex Ratios (Female/Male)
- Table 7. -- Territory Sizes (Mean
Acres ± S.E.) of Male Redwings
- Table 8. -- July 14 Oldfield Vegetation
Heights (Mean cm. ± S.E.)
Acknowledgements
This study would not have been possible without the financial support of the
National Science Foundation, which is gratefully acknowledged. I thank Elmer
Fink for collecting the vegetation height data. Breeding success data was provided
by Charles Facemire. Stephen Bump, Roger Packard, and Charles Facemire helped
in setting up grids. Sincere gratitude is expressed to my faculty advisor, Dr.
John Zimmerman, and to Dr. Steve Fretwell for their patience and their many
helpful suggestions and criticisms which helped to make the summer's work a
very rewarding experience.
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