Disturbance factors influencing greater sage-grouse lek abandonment in north-central Wyoming

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1625-1634

  Hess, Jennifer E ^a,b   Beck, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Hayden Wing Associates LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

big sagebrush; Centrocercus urophasianus; cumulative disturbance factors; energy development; greater sage grouse; lek abandonment; shrubs; wildfire

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LEK; POPULATION DECLINE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; WILDFIRE;

BIGHORN BASIN; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84867759379     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.417     Document Type: Article

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