Michigan State: Rare Data Link the Effects of Irrigation to the Plight of Farmland Birds
January 21, 2022
January 21, 2022
EAST LANSING, Michigan, Jan. 21 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news on Jan. 20, 2022:
As irrigation practices expand worldwide, many bird species face an uncertain future. Left with less nesting and foraging habitat and little to no fallow lands, many bird species that inhabit farmlands can have a hard time adapting. Fallow lands are lands left unplanted for at least one vegetative cycle and are also important to birds for food and breeding.
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As irrigation practices expand worldwide, many bird species face an uncertain future. Left with less nesting and foraging habitat and little to no fallow lands, many bird species that inhabit farmlands can have a hard time adapting. Fallow lands are lands left unplanted for at least one vegetative cycle and are also important to birds for food and breeding.
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