- 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
Harvest Management for Greater Sage-Grouse: A Changing Paradigm for Game Bird Management
Harvest Management for Greater Sage-Grouse: A Changing Paradigm for Game Bird Management
- Chapter:
- (p.101) Chapter Seven Harvest Management for Greater Sage-Grouse: A Changing Paradigm for Game Bird Management
- Source:
- Greater Sage-Grouse
- Author(s):
Kerry Paul Reese
John W. Connelly
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
Harvest of Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) has occurred throughout recorded history, but relatively few studies address the impact of harvest on sage-grouse numbers. Greater Sage-Grouse is harvested in ten of eleven western states in which they reside. Hunting seasons and bag and possession limits have often become more conservative over the species' range during the past decade, as states responded to changing population numbers and perceived threats to the birds and then acted to reduce harvest opportunities. Recent research suggests that because Greater Sage-Grouse normally experience low mortality over winter, mortality from hunter harvest in September and October may not be compensatory. Continued concern over general population declines in Greater Sage-Grouse populations from known (disease, habitat loss, and habitat fragmentation) and unknown origins requires new research and continued routine collection of biological data for each population to optimize future harvest strategies. This chapter explores harvest management of Greater Sage-Grouse and compares the current approach to harvest management of Greater Sage-Grouse to that of other species of upland game birds.
Keywords: Centrocercus urophasianus, Greater Sage-Grouse, harvest, hunting, mortality, harvest management, population declines, habitat loss, disease, game birds
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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
