The rapidly vanishing pinyon jays: Understanding their habitat use may be the key to saving them

Christopher Witt

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The rapidly vanishing pinyon jays: Understanding their habitat use may be the key to saving them

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Christopher Witt

Year:

2021

Type:

Science Bulletins and Newsletters

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Science You Can Use (in 5 Minutes), December 2021. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 2 p.

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Abstract

The pinyon jay has undergone an 80 percent decline in population in the last half-century, while the area of pinyon-juniper woodlands that they depend on has been expanding. Recent science has sought to tease apart specifically which portions of the pinyon-juniper forests are used by the jays to shed some light on possible reasons for the population declines.

Keywords

Science You Can Use, SYCU, pinyon jay, population decline, pinyon-juniper forests

Citation

Witt, Chris. 2021. The rapidly vanishing pinyon jays: Understanding their habitat use may be the key to saving them. Science You Can Use (in 5 Minutes), December 2021. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 2 p.