King Rail (Rallus elegans) presence in the Midwestern United States is predicted by local-scale factors and avian community.

ABSTRACT: The King Rail (Rallus elegans) is a wetland dependent species of conservation concern. Our objective was to gain a better understanding of the breeding habitat associations of King Rails in the Midwestern United States and the relationship of this species to other obligate marsh birds using occupancy and MaxEnt models. To collect data pertaining to occupancy, we placed trail cameras at 50 random points in coastal wetlands in the western Lake Erie basin where calls of King Rails were continuously broadcast at night. Data pertaining to other marsh bird species were collected via call-broadcast surveys and camera surveys at each sample point. For MaxEnt modeling, we obtained presence data for King Rails and other obligate marsh birds from eBird and habitat data from GIS databases. Trai

SUBMITTER: Kane ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10644321 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature