Research Article

Habitat and Landscape Suitability as Indicators of Bird Abundance in Created and Restored Wetlands

Table 2

Habitat Suitability Index values for Ohio mitigation bank wetlands in 2006. Values have a possible range of zero to one, with one representing ideal habitat. E-D = Emergent-dependent birds; LS = lesser scaup; AC = American coot; GE = great egret; GBH = great blue heron; BWT = blue-winged teal; WD = wood duck; MW = marsh wren; RWB = red-winged blackbird.

DivingWadingDabblingE-D birds M e a n ± S E
LSACGEGBHBWTWDMWRWB

Big Island0.490.300.101.00.320.410.300.70 0 . 4 5 ± 0 . 0 9
Blue Heron0.580.620.101.00.200.200.260.64 0 . 4 5 ± 0 . 1 1
Carlisle-Hale0.230.590.000.950.100.200.080.30 0 . 3 1 ± 0 . 1 1
Castalia Quarry0.050.380.100.000.170.100.020.01 0 . 1 0 ± 0 . 0 4
Hebron0.360.670.000.000.260.210.200.00 0 . 2 1 ± 0 . 0 8
Little Scioto0.500.850.311.000.450.300.360.90 0 . 5 8 ± 0 . 1 0
Slate Run0.290.280.000.970.120.200.240.01 0 . 2 7 ± 0 . 1 1
Mean0.360.480.180.700.190.240.210.39
Standard Error0.080.080.090.180.060.040.050.13