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Hotspots in Cold Climates: Mapping and Evaluating the Conservation of Winter Biodiversity Across the United States

Diversity and Distributions, Volume 32, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim To identify hotspots and conservation priorities of biodiversity based on winter‐informed species distribution models for cold‐adapted mammals and birds, and their taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional richness. Location The United States of America.
Spencer R. Keyser, Jonathan N. Pauli, Volker C. Radeloff, Daniel Fink, Benjamin Zuckerberg   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Utilizing hunter harvest effort to survey for wildlife disease: A case study of West Nile virus in greater sage‐grouse

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2014
Greater sage‐grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; sage‐grouse) are highly susceptible to infection with West Nile virus (WNV), with substantial mortality reported in wild populations and in experimentally infected birds.
Robert J. Dusek, Christian A. Hagen, J. Christian Franson, David A. Budeau, Erik K. Hofmeister   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Female Mating Status on Male Courtship Behaviour in a Sexually Cannibalistic New Zealand Fishing Spider

Ethology, Volume 132, Issue 6, Page 373-384, June 2026.
Scoring of male courtship behaviour in Dolomedes minor revealed no effect of female mating status on courtship duration or sequence structure, but males delayed the initiation of courtship when encountering previously mated females. ABSTRACT The evolution of male courtship rituals has traditionally been attributed to female mate selection, but may also
Bastien E. Clémot, Simon J. Connolly, Christina J. Painting   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of a conservation‐based grazing program on greater sage‐grouse habitat selection

Conservation Science and Practice
Understanding how vegetation management affects animals' habitat selection patterns is critical for comprehensive conservation planning. As part of a decade‐long study (2011–2019) of 486 adult female sage‐grouse in central Montana, we investigated how a ...
Jennifer E. Helm, Elizabeth G. Simpson, Lorelle I. Berkeley, Mark Szczypinski, Shea P. Coons, Victoria J. Dreitz   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of 2 vegetation height methods for assessing greater sage‐grouse seasonal habitat

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2018
The 2015 Sage‐Grouse Habitat Assessment Framework (HAF) was developed to evaluate habitat quality for sage‐grouse (Centrocercus spp.), with the greater sage‐grouse (C.
Sean Di Stefano, Jason W. Karl, Sarah E. Mccord, Nelson G. Stauffer, Paul D. Makela, Mary Manning   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Space between houses influences movement and habitat selection of ungulates: Width as a novel metric of development

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 5, May 2026.
In rural areas, maintaining spaces between houses >500 m will likely facilitate ungulate movement. To fully conserve functional habitat, such as unimpeded habitat use along migration corridors, maintaining spaces approximately >2.5 km between houses will likely be necessary. Abstract Wildlife often lose access to habitat due to housing development. The
Benjamin S. Robb, Jessie Shapiro, Kurt Smith, Eric K. Cole, Alyson B. Courtemanch, Sarah R. Dewey, Matthew J. Kauffman, Arthur D. Middleton, Tony W. Mong, Jerod A. Merkle   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Centrocercus urophasianus

, 2017
The Greater Sage-Grouse shot was taken at Charles M. Russell NWR in Montana. The Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) is a large, rounded-winged, ground-dwelling bird.
Billings, Brett, USFWS
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Free rein: Are feral horses competing with native ungulates in British Columbia?

The Journal of Wildlife Management, Volume 90, Issue 3, April 2026.
We investigated little‐studied feral horses in west‐central British Columbia, Canada, as a potential competitor for native moose and mule deer. We did not find strong evidence that feral horses exclude moose or deer from habitat or resources at a large landscape scale or smaller spatiotemporal patch scale.
Katie Tjaden‐McClement, Tazarve Gharajehdaghipour, Carolyn Shores, Shane White, Robin Steenweg, Mathieu Bourbonnais, Zoe Konanz, A. Cole Burton   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using DNA from hairs left at depredated greater sage‐grouse nests to detect mammalian nest predators

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2018
Despite a multitude of studies on sage‐grouse (Centrocercus spp.), there is still sparse information on the predator communities that influence sage‐grouse productivity and how these predator communities may change when sagebrush habitats are altered by ...
Christopher P. Kirol, Kristine L. Pilgrim, Andrew L. Sutphin, Thomas L. Maechtle   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Changes in Spatial Distribution and Abundance Together Determine Potential for Population Persistence for Greater Sage‐Grouse

Diversity and Distributions, Volume 32, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim Population ecologists often focus on changes in the distribution and abundance of wildlife species, which are useful for trend analyses and status assessments. However, rarely are these responses evaluated simultaneously for a single species, despite their unique contributions to fully assess a species' viability.
Megan C. Milligan, Peter S. Coates, Brian G. Prochazka, Michael P. Chenaille, Shawn T. O'Neil, Steven R. Mathews, Justin R. Small, Katherine Miller, Steve Abele   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source