- Title Pages
- Contributors
- Preface
- Foreword
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Greater Sage-Grouse and Sagebrush: an Introduction to the Landscape
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Chapter One Historical Development, Principal Federal Legislation, and Current Management of Sagebrush Habitats: Implications for Conservation -
Chapter Two The Legal Status of Greater Sage-Grouse: Organizational Structure of Planning Efforts -
Chapter Three Characteristics and Dynamics of Greater Sage-Grouse Populations -
Chapter Four Characteristics of Greater Sage-Grouse Habitats: A Landscape Species at Micro-and Macroscales -
Chapter Five Molecular Insights into the Biology of Greater Sage-Grouse -
Chapter Six Predation on Greater Sage-Grouse: Facts, Process, and Effects -
Chapter Seven Harvest Management for Greater Sage-Grouse: A Changing Paradigm for Game Bird Management -
Chapter Eight Parasites and Infectious Diseases of Greater Sage-Grouse -
Chapter Nine West Nile Virus Ecology in Sagebrush Habitat and Impacts on Greater Sage-Grouse Populations -
Chapter Ten Characteristics of Sagebrush Habitats and Limitations to Long-Term Conservation -
Chapter Eleven Pre-Euro-American and Recent Fire in Sagebrush Ecosystems -
Chapter Twelve Ecological Influence and Pathways of Land Use in Sagebrush -
Chapter Thirteen Influences of the Human Footprint on Sagebrush Landscape Patterns: Implications for Sage-Grouse Conservation -
Chapter Fourteen Influences of Free-Roaming Equids on Sagebrush Ecosystems, with a Focus on Greater Sage-Grouse -
Chapter Fifteen Greater Sage-Grouse Population Dynamics and Probability of Persistence -
Chapter Sixteen Connecting Pattern and Process in Greater Sage-Grouse Populations and Sagebrush Landscapes -
Chapter Seventeen Influences of Environmental and Anthropogenic Features on Greater Sage-Grouse Populations, 1997–2007 -
Chapter Eighteen Factors Associated with Extirpation of Sage-Grouse -
Chapter Nineteen Greater Sage-Grouse as an Umbrella Species for Shrubland Passerine Birds: A Multiscale Assessment -
Chapter Twenty Energy Development and Greater Sage-Grouse -
Chapter Twenty-One Energy Development and Conservation Tradeoffs: Systematic Planning for Greater Sage-Grouse in their Eastern Range -
Chapter Twenty-Two Response of Greater Sage-Grouse to the Conservation Reserve Program in Washington State -
Chapter Twenty-Three Restoring and Rehabilitating Sagebrush Habitats -
Chapter Twenty-Four Conservation of Greater Sage-Grouse: A Synthesis of Current Trends and Future Management - Literature Cited
- Index
- Studies in Avian Biology
West Nile Virus Ecology in Sagebrush Habitat and Impacts on Greater Sage-Grouse Populations
West Nile Virus Ecology in Sagebrush Habitat and Impacts on Greater Sage-Grouse Populations
- Chapter:
- (p.127) Chapter Nine West Nile Virus Ecology in Sagebrush Habitat and Impacts on Greater Sage-Grouse Populations
- Source:
- Greater Sage-Grouse
- Author(s):
Brett L. Walker
David E. Naugle
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
This chapter examines the ecology of West Nile virus in sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) ecosystems of western North America, as well as its influence on Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) mortality and survival. Using demographic models, it also discusses potential impacts on population growth and recommends strategies for managing and monitoring such impacts. West Nile virus can simultaneously reduce juvenile, yearling, and adult survival — three vital rates important for population growth in this species — and persistent low-level West Nile virus mortality and severe outbreaks may lead to local and regional population declines. West Nile virus mortality in simulations was projected to reduce population growth. However, marked spatial and annual fluctuations in nest success, chick survival, and other sources of adult mortality are likely to mask population-level impacts in most years. Eliminating mosquito breeding habitat from anthropogenic water sources is crucial for reducing impacts. Better data are needed on geographic and temporal variation in infection rates, mortality, and seroprevalence range-wide.
Keywords: Centrocercus urophasianus, Greater Sage-Grouse, mortality, sagebrush, survival, West Nile virus, Artemisia, population growth, mosquito breeding, seroprevalence
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- Title Pages
- Contributors
- Preface
- Foreword
-
Greater Sage-Grouse and Sagebrush: an Introduction to the Landscape
-
Chapter One Historical Development, Principal Federal Legislation, and Current Management of Sagebrush Habitats: Implications for Conservation -
Chapter Two The Legal Status of Greater Sage-Grouse: Organizational Structure of Planning Efforts -
Chapter Three Characteristics and Dynamics of Greater Sage-Grouse Populations -
Chapter Four Characteristics of Greater Sage-Grouse Habitats: A Landscape Species at Micro-and Macroscales -
Chapter Five Molecular Insights into the Biology of Greater Sage-Grouse -
Chapter Six Predation on Greater Sage-Grouse: Facts, Process, and Effects -
Chapter Seven Harvest Management for Greater Sage-Grouse: A Changing Paradigm for Game Bird Management -
Chapter Eight Parasites and Infectious Diseases of Greater Sage-Grouse -
Chapter Nine West Nile Virus Ecology in Sagebrush Habitat and Impacts on Greater Sage-Grouse Populations -
Chapter Ten Characteristics of Sagebrush Habitats and Limitations to Long-Term Conservation -
Chapter Eleven Pre-Euro-American and Recent Fire in Sagebrush Ecosystems -
Chapter Twelve Ecological Influence and Pathways of Land Use in Sagebrush -
Chapter Thirteen Influences of the Human Footprint on Sagebrush Landscape Patterns: Implications for Sage-Grouse Conservation -
Chapter Fourteen Influences of Free-Roaming Equids on Sagebrush Ecosystems, with a Focus on Greater Sage-Grouse -
Chapter Fifteen Greater Sage-Grouse Population Dynamics and Probability of Persistence -
Chapter Sixteen Connecting Pattern and Process in Greater Sage-Grouse Populations and Sagebrush Landscapes -
Chapter Seventeen Influences of Environmental and Anthropogenic Features on Greater Sage-Grouse Populations, 1997–2007 -
Chapter Eighteen Factors Associated with Extirpation of Sage-Grouse -
Chapter Nineteen Greater Sage-Grouse as an Umbrella Species for Shrubland Passerine Birds: A Multiscale Assessment -
Chapter Twenty Energy Development and Greater Sage-Grouse -
Chapter Twenty-One Energy Development and Conservation Tradeoffs: Systematic Planning for Greater Sage-Grouse in their Eastern Range -
Chapter Twenty-Two Response of Greater Sage-Grouse to the Conservation Reserve Program in Washington State -
Chapter Twenty-Three Restoring and Rehabilitating Sagebrush Habitats -
Chapter Twenty-Four Conservation of Greater Sage-Grouse: A Synthesis of Current Trends and Future Management - Literature Cited
- Index
- Studies in Avian Biology
