Area | Mean grass cover (%) | Mean forb cover (%) | Mean bare ground (%) | Mean shrub cover (%) | Mean height (cm) | Reference |
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West Virginia | ||||||
Successful nests (n = 15) |
23.7 (7.6) | 26.9 (18.6) | 32.9 (20.7) | 64.0 (14.5) | Wray and Whitmore (1979) | |
Unsuccessful nests (n = 24) |
23.1 (9.2) | 20.5 (15.6) | 44.8 (20.1) | 67.1 (21.0) | ||
Central British Columbia | ||||||
Successful nests (n = 77) |
47.1 (12.9) 19.0-82.3 |
18.0 (11.0) 3.0-56.0 |
5.6 (5.6) 0.0-30.0 |
20.2 (10.9) 4.9-55.5 |
Nancy Mahony, unpublished Data. |
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Unsuccessful nests (n = 43) |
43.7 (14.9) 16.3-80.3 |
18.0 (1.5) 2.3-46.3 |
5.6 (4.8) 0.0-20.0 |
17.6 (6.4) 7.8-43.1 |
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Maine | ||||||
High success territories (n = 124) |
42.8 (15.6) | 37.0 (15.6) | 21.9 (7.8) | 37.6 (16.7) | Vickery et al. (1992) | |
Low success territories (n = 28) |
45.2 (32.3) | 40.3 (32.3) | 23.0 (15.9) | 38.4 (26.5) |