Greater sage-grouse nesting habitat: The importance of managing at multiple scales

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1544-1553

  Doherty, Kevin E ^a,c   Naugle, David E ^b   Walker, Brett L ^b,d  

^a National Audubon Society   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c United States Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^d Wildlife Health Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrocercus urophasianus; habitat selection; landscape; nesting; resource selection function; sage grouse; sagebrush; scale

Indexed keywords

GAMEBIRD; GIS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NEST SITE; PRIORITIZATION; RESOURCE SELECTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

POWDER BASIN; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS;

EID: 77956198129     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2009-043     Document Type: Article

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