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Better living through conifer removal: A demographic analysis of sage-grouse vital rates. [PDF]
Sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) obligate wildlife species such as the imperiled greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) face numerous threats including altered ecosystem processes that have led to conifer expansion into shrub-steppe.
John P Severson +6 more
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BLM’s National Greater Sage-Grouse Planning Strategy — What it Means for Montana [PDF]
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is responsible for managing over 50% of the remaining Greater Sage-Grouse habitat throughout their range. In July, 2011 the BLM National Greater Sage-Grouse Planning Strategy was released as a supplement to the 2004 ...
Tribby, Dale, Wood, David
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Increased Abundance of the Common Raven Within the Ranges of Greater and Gunnison Sage-grouse: Influence of Anthropogenic Subsidies and Fire [PDF]
The common raven (Corvus corax; raven) is native to North America and has increased in abundance, especially throughout western North America, during the last century.
Beck, Jeffrey L +3 more
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Risks for human health related to the presence of plant lectins in food
Abstract The European Commission asked the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to assess the risk related to the presence of plant lectins in food. Based on the available evidence, the CONTAM Panel considered only phytohaemagglutinin (PHA), a legume lectin from beans (Phaseolus sp.), for the risk characterisation.
EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) +30 more
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Impacts of coyote removal on space use by greater sage-grouse
Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) are in decline across western North America. Identification of management strategies to enhance populations, such as predator management, may be needed to reduce further declines, but unintentional effects ...
Elizabeth K. Orning, Julie K. Young
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Age and sex identification from wings of sage‐grouse
We redefine and clarify procedures to classify sex and age (juveniles, yearlings, adults, and breeding‐age) of greater (Centrocercus urophasianus) and Gunnison sage‐grouse (C. minimus) from wings.
Clait E. Braun, Michael A. Schroeder
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Home Range and Movements of Greater Sage-grouse in its Southern-most Distribution [PDF]
In Utah Greater sage-grouse (sage-grouse) habitat has been reduced to 50% of what is considered historical availability, due to habitat degradation and loss. We conducted a small study to determine the home range size, space use, and movement patterns of
Frey, S.
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Abstract The lek hotspot hypothesis predicts that leks will form in areas where males are more likely to encounter females, providing wildlife managers with a framework supporting the use of leks as the focus for prairie and shrubland grouse conservation and monitoring.
Jonathan D. Lautenbach +2 more
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Surrogate-species concepts are prevalent in animal conservation. Such strategies advocate for conservation by proxy, wherein one species is used to represent other taxa to obtain a conservation objective.
Jason D. Carlisle, Anna D. Chalfoun
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Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; sage-grouse) is a sagebrushobligate species that has experienced species-wide declines in population density and distribution.
Steven L. Petersen +4 more
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