Upland Sandpipers select for later time since fire and experience high nest survival in grasslands managed with patch-burn grazing

Upland Sandpipers (Bartramia longicauda) are a grassland obligate shorebird that nests in dense vegetation structure near recently disturbed areas and could benefit from management practices that promote heterogenous vegetation structure. Although, Upland Sandpipers primary breeding range is generally managed for livestock production using traditional practices that lack patchy disturbances to facilitate higher levels of structural heterogeneity. Patch-burn grazing (PBG) could be an alternative management practice for Upland Sandpiper conservation for its ability to create areas of dense vegetation structure near recently disturbed areas. However, limited information is available regarding nest production of Upland Sandpipers within a PBG framework. To assess the compatibility of PBG with Upland Sandpiper conservation, we estimated nest site selection and survival of Upland Sandpiper nests on private lands managed with PBG in the unglaciated plains region of North Dakota. We located 59 ..., , , # Upland Sandpipers select for later time since fire and experience high nest survival in grasslands managed with patch-burn grazing

Authors: Alexander C Rischette, Benjamin A Geaumont, Cameron A Duquette, Torre J Hovick

Corresponding author: Alexander C Rischette ()

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Data files include:
UPSA_DSR.csv = Daily survival data for nest survival analysis
UPSA_PastureRSF.csv = Pasture group data for nest site selection analysis
UPSA_VegRSF.csv = Vegetation group data for nest site selection analysis
UPSASelectionRatio.csv = Selection ratio data for nest site selection analysis

Note: Vegetation data was not able to be collected for certain nests in UPSA_DSR.csv and UPSA_VegRSF.csv and is represented as either blank cells or with NA.

## Description of the data and file structure

Nest survival analysis (UPSA_DSR.csv)

Variable definitions by model groups

Generic variables of importance:
nest id = individual nest identif...