Landscape features and weather influence nest survival of a ground-nesting bird of conservation concern, the greater sage-grouse, in human-altered environments

Ecological Processes

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-15

  Webb, Stephen L ^a   Olson, Chad V ^a   Dzialak, Matthew R ^a   Harju, Seth M ^a   Winstead, Jeffrey B ^a   Lockman, Dusty ^b  

^a Hayden Wing Associates LLC   (United States)

^b KC Harvey Environmental LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior; Centrocercus urophasianus; conservation; depredation; generalized linear mixed models; greater sage grouse; human development; management; nest survival; weather

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; NATURAL GAS WELLS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SITE SELECTION; WEATHERING; WIND;

BEHAVIOR; CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS; DEPREDATION; GENERALIZED LINEAR MIXED MODELS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; NEST SURVIVAL; SAGE GROUSE;

BIRDS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GAMEBIRD; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NEST PREDATION; NESTING SUCCESS; OLFACTORY CUE; SITE SELECTION; SURVIVAL;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

AVES; CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS;

EID: 84880802560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21921709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2192-1709-1-4     Document Type: Article

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