Changes in hunting season regulations (1870s-2019) reduce harvest exposure on greater and Gunnison sage-grouse. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Hunter harvest is a potential factor contributing to population declines of sage-grouse (Centrocercus spp.). As a result, wildlife agencies throughout western North America have set increasingly more conservative harvest regulations over the past 25 ...
Jonathan B Dinkins +3 more
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Influence of environmental change, harvest exposure, and human disturbance on population trends of greater sage-grouse. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Hunter harvest of greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; hereafter "sage-grouse") has been regulated by wildlife agencies during most of the past century.
Jonathan B Dinkins +2 more
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Spatially explicit models of seasonal habitat for greater sage‐grouse at broad spatial scales: Informing areas for management in Nevada and northeastern California [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Defining boundaries of species' habitat across broad spatial scales is often necessary for management decisions, and yet challenging for species that demonstrate differential variation in seasonal habitat use.
Peter S. Coates +8 more
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Predator‐specific mortality of sage‐grouse nests based on predator DNA on eggshells [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionGreater sage‐grouse (hereafter sage‐grouse; Centrocercus urophasianus) populations have declined across their range. Increased nest predation as a result of anthropogenic land use is one mechanism proposed to explain these declines.
Nolan A. Helmstetter +5 more
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Probability of lek collapse is lower inside sage-grouse Core Areas: Effectiveness of conservation policy for a landscape species. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) occupy sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) habitats in 11 western states and 2 Canadian provinces. In September 2015, the U.S.
Emma Suzuki Spence +2 more
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Spatial heterogeneity in response of male greater sage-grouse lek attendance to energy development. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Landscape modification due to rapidly expanding energy development, in particular oil and gas, in the westernUSA, have prompted concerns over how such developments may impact wildlife.
Andrew J Gregory, Jeffrey L Beck
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The effects of electric power lines on the breeding ecology of greater sage-grouse. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 Anthropogenic infrastructure can negatively affect wildlife through direct mortality and/or displacement behaviors. Some tetranoids (grouse spp.) species are particularly vulnerable to tall anthropogenic structures because they evolved in ecosystems void
Michel T Kohl +8 more
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Better living through conifer removal: A demographic analysis of sage-grouse vital rates. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 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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Phenology largely explains taller grass at successful nests in greater sage‐grouse [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2018 Much interest lies in the identification of manageable habitat variables that affect key vital rates for species of concern. For ground‐nesting birds, vegetation surrounding the nest may play an important role in mediating nest success by providing ...
Joseph T. Smith +8 more
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Microhabitat Conditions in Wyoming's Sage-Grouse Core Areas: Effects on Nest Site Selection and Success. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The purpose of our study was to identify microhabitat characteristics of greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) nest site selection and survival to determine the quality of sage-grouse habitat in 5 regions of central and southwest Wyoming ...
Jonathan B Dinkins +5 more
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