Table 16. Summary of 1977-79 changes in May-June sample abundances of 

 selected species sampled by five roadside survey routes, 

 Circle West area. 



Species 



1977-78 change 



1978-79 change 



Sharp-tailed Grouse 

 Ring-necked Pheasant 

 Kill deer 

 Mourninq Dove 

 Eastern Kingbird 

 Horned Lark 

 Black-bil led Magpie 

 Sprague's Pipit 

 Loggerhead Shrike 

 Yellow Warbler 

 Common Yellowthroat 

 House Sparrow 

 Western Meadowlark 

 Red-winged Blackbird 

 Rufous-sided Towhee 

 Lark Bunting 

 Savannah Sparrow 

 Grasshopper Sparrow 

 Baird's Sparrow 

 Vesper Sparrow 

 Brewer's Sparrow 

 Chestnut-collared Longspur 



Nsi/ 

 D** 

 NS 



NS 

 NS 



D** 

 NS 

 NS 

 NS 

 NS 

 NS 

 NS 

 NS 

 NS 

 NS 

 NS 

 NS 



I* 

 NS 

 NS 



I* 



NS 

 NS 

 NS 

 NS 



D** 

 NS 

 NS 



I* 

 NS 



D* 



D* 

 NS 

 NS 

 NS 

 NS 



D** 

 NS 

 NS 

 NS 

 NS 

 NS 

 NS 



y NS=no significant change; D=significant decrease; I=significant in- 

 crease. 



* .01 <p <.05 (paired t-test). 



** p < .01. 



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