- 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
Influences of Free-Roaming Equids on Sagebrush Ecosystems, with a Focus on Greater Sage-Grouse
Influences of Free-Roaming Equids on Sagebrush Ecosystems, with a Focus on Greater Sage-Grouse
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- (p.272) (p.273) Chapter Fourteen Influences of Free-Roaming Equids on Sagebrush Ecosystems, with a Focus on Greater Sage-Grouse
- Source:
- Greater Sage-Grouse
- Author(s):
Erik A. Beever
Cameron L. Aldridge
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
Free-roaming equids (horses [Equus caballus] and burros [E. asinus]) in the United States were introduced to North America at the end of the fifteenth century, and have unique management status among ungulates. Past research has elaborated that free-roaming horses can exert notable direct influences in sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) communities on structure and composition of vegetation and soils, as well as indirect influences on numerous animal groups whose abundance collectively may indicate the ecological integrity of such communities. Alterations to vegetation attributes and invertebrates can most directly affect fitness of Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and other sagebrush-obligate species; alterations of soils and other ecosystem properties may also indirectly affect these species. Many wildlife species have been negatively affected by changes to sagebrush ecosystems. For example, many sagebrush-obligate birds have experienced population declines and range contractions over the past forty years.
Keywords: Equus, burros, Centrocercus urophasianus, sagebrush, sagebrush ecosystems, horses, Greater Sage-Grouse, Artemisia, wildlife, vegetation
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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
