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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Courtship display behavior influences tail myology in Centrocercus minimus (Gunnison sage‐grouse) [PDF]
Journal of Anatomy, Volume 249, Issue 4, Page 705-713, October 2026.Courtship displays among birds are widespread, particularly those which incorporate raised tail feathers for extended periods of time. The Gunnison sage‐grouse (Centrocercus minimus) is such a species. When we compared the tail muscles of the sage‐grouse to birds which do not engage in erected tail fan postures, both morphology proportional mass ...
Alexander D. Clark +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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Seasonal movements of greater sage-grouse populations in Utah: Implications for species conservation
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2016 Greater sage‐grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; sage‐grouse) is considered an umbrella species for sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) landscapes in western North America. In 2015, the U.S.
David Dahlgren +2 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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