Research & Reviews
Burger Jr., L.W. 2006. Creating Wildlife Habitat Through Federal Farm Programs: An Objective-Driven Approach. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 34: 994-999.
Burger Jr., L. W., and K.O. Evans, editors. 2008. Managing working lands for northern bobwhite. The final report on the USDA-NRCS Bobwhite Restoration Project
Gagnon, Stuart R. 2009. Effects of agricultural conservation practices on fish and wildlife : a Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) bibliography. [In 2 vol.]. Two extensive reviews of the effects of agricultural conservation practices – like those used in CRP and other conservation programs (public announcement here). Part A addresses terrestrial habitats and Part B addresses aquatic habitats. Even better is the dynamic bibliography.
Haufler, J. B. ed. 2005. Fish and Wildlife Benefits of Farm Bill Programs: 2000-2005 Update. Wildlife Society, Bethesda, Maryland. Wildlife Society Technical Review; 05-2.
Haufler, J. B. ed. 2008. Fish and Wildlife Response to Farm Bill Practices. Wildlife Society, Bethesda, Maryland. Wildlife Society Technical Review.
Hohman, W. L. & D. J. Halloum (eds.). 2000. A Comprehensive Review of Farm Bill Contributions to Wildlife Conservation 1985-2000. Technical Report USDA/NRCS/WHMI-2000, Washington, DC.
McDonald, D.W., F.H. Tattersall, K.M. Service, L.G.Firbank, and R. E. Feber. 2007. Mammals, agri-environment schemes and set-aside – what are the putative benefits. Mammal Review 37:259-277. Work on European conservation programs, but the applications to North American programs are easy to see. Good thing, too, because N. American research on mammals in CRP and other programs is sorely lacking.