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Greater Sage-Grouse: Ecology and Conservation of a Landscape Species and Its Habitats

Steven Knick

Abstract

Admired for its elaborate breeding displays and treasured as a game bird, the Greater Sage-Grouse is a charismatic symbol of the broad open spaces in western North America. Unfortunately these birds have declined across much of their range — which stretches across eleven western states and reaches into Canada — mostly due to loss of critical sagebrush habitat. Today the Greater Sage-Grouse is at the center of a complex conservation challenge. This multifaceted volume, an important foundation for developing conservation strategies and actions, provides a comprehensive synthesis of scientific in ... More

Keywords: Greater Sage-Grouse, United States, Canada, sagebrush, conservation, fire, climate change, disease, land use

Bibliographic Information

Print publication date: 2011 Print ISBN-13: 9780520267114
Published to California Scholarship Online: March 2012 DOI:10.1525/california/9780520267114.001.0001

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Affiliations are at time of print publication.

Steven Knick, editor

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Front Matter

Title Pages

Contributors

Preface

Foreword

Greater Sage-Grouse and Sagebrush: an Introduction to the Landscape

Steven T. Knick, and John W. Connelly

Part One Management and Conservation Status

Chapter One Historical Development, Principal Federal Legislation, and Current Management of Sagebrush Habitats: Implications for Conservation

Steven T. Knick

Chapter Two The Legal Status of Greater Sage-Grouse: Organizational Structure of Planning Efforts

San J. Stiver

Part Two Ecology of Greater Sage-Grouse

Chapter Three Characteristics and Dynamics of Greater Sage-Grouse Populations

John W. Connelly, Christian A. Hagen, and Michael A. Schroeder

Chapter Four Characteristics of Greater Sage-Grouse Habitats: A Landscape Species at Micro-and Macroscales

John W. Connelly, E. Thomas Rinkes, and Clait E. Braun

Chapter Five Molecular Insights into the Biology of Greater Sage-Grouse

Sara J. Oyler-McCance, and Thomas W. Quinn

Chapter Six Predation on Greater Sage-Grouse: Facts, Process, and Effects

Christian A. Hagen

Chapter Seven Harvest Management for Greater Sage-Grouse: A Changing Paradigm for Game Bird Management

Kerry Paul Reese, and John W. Connelly

Chapter Eight Parasites and Infectious Diseases of Greater Sage-Grouse

Thomas J. Christiansen, and Cynthia M. Tate

Chapter Nine West Nile Virus Ecology in Sagebrush Habitat and Impacts on Greater Sage-Grouse Populations

Brett L. Walker, and David E. Naugle

Part Three Ecology of Sagebrush

Chapter Ten Characteristics of Sagebrush Habitats and Limitations to Long-Term Conservation

Richard F. Miller, Steven T. Knick, David A. Pyke, Cara W. Meinke, Steven E. Hanser, Michael J. Wisdom, and Ann L. Hild

Chapter Eleven Pre-Euro-American and Recent Fire in Sagebrush Ecosystems

William L. Baker

Chapter Twelve Ecological Influence and Pathways of Land Use in Sagebrush

Steven T. Knick, Steven E. Hanser, Richard F. Miller, David A. Pyke, Michael J. Wisdom, Sean P. Finn, E. Thomas Rinkes, and Charles J. Henny

Chapter Thirteen Influences of the Human Footprint on Sagebrush Landscape Patterns: Implications for Sage-Grouse Conservation

Matthias Leu, and Steven E. Hanser

Chapter Fourteen Influences of Free-Roaming Equids on Sagebrush Ecosystems, with a Focus on Greater Sage-Grouse

Erik A. Beever, and Cameron L. Aldridge

Part Four Population Trends and Habitat Relationships

Chapter Fifteen Greater Sage-Grouse Population Dynamics and Probability of Persistence

Edward O. Garton, John W. Connelly, Jon S. Horne, Christian A. Hagen, Ann Moser, and Michael A. Schroeder

Chapter Sixteen Connecting Pattern and Process in Greater Sage-Grouse Populations and Sagebrush Landscapes

Steven T. Knick, and Steven E. Hanser

Chapter Seventeen Influences of Environmental and Anthropogenic Features on Greater Sage-Grouse Populations, 1997–2007

Douglas H. Johnson, Matthew J. Holloran, John W. Connelly, Steven E. Hanser, Courtney L. Amundson, and Steven T. Knick

Chapter Eighteen Factors Associated with Extirpation of Sage-Grouse

Michael J. Wisdom, Cara W. Meinke, Steven T. Knick, and Michael A. Schroeder

Part Five Conservation and Management

Chapter Nineteen Greater Sage-Grouse as an Umbrella Species for Shrubland Passerine Birds: A Multiscale Assessment

Steven E. Hanser, and Steven T. Knick

Chapter Twenty Energy Development and Greater Sage-Grouse

David E. Naugle, Kevin E. Doherty, Brett L. Walker, Matthew J. Holloran, and Holly E. Copeland

Chapter Twenty-One Energy Development and Conservation Tradeoffs: Systematic Planning for Greater Sage-Grouse in their Eastern Range

Kevin E. Doherty, David E. Naugle, Holly E. Copeland, Amy Pocewicz, and Joseph M. Kiesecker

Chapter Twenty-Two Response of Greater Sage-Grouse to the Conservation Reserve Program in Washington State

Michael A. Schroeder, and W. Matthew Vander Haegen

Chapter Twenty-Three Restoring and Rehabilitating Sagebrush Habitats

David A. Pyke

Chapter Twenty-Four Conservation of Greater Sage-Grouse: A Synthesis of Current Trends and Future Management

J. W. Connelly, S. T. Knick, C. E. Braun, W. L. Baker, E. A. Beever, T. Christiansen, K. E. Doherty, E. O. Garton, S. E. Hanser, D. H. Johnson, M. Leu, R. F. Miller, D. E. Naugle, S. J. Oyler-McCance, D. A. Pyke, K. P. Reese, M. A. Schroeder, S. J. Stiver, B. L. Walker, and M. J. Wisdom

End Matter

Literature Cited

Index

Studies in Avian Biology