Effects of climatic variation and reproductive trade-offs vary by measure of reproductive effort in greater sage-grouse

Ecosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Caudill, Danny ^a,d   Guttery, Michael R ^b   Bibles, Brent ^c   Messmer, Terry A ^a   Caudill, Gretchen ^d   Leone, Erin ^a   Dahlgren, David K ^a   Chi, Enee ^e  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrocercus urophasianus; Climate; Cost of reproduction; Generalized linear mixed model; Greater sagegrouse; Trade offs; Utah

Indexed keywords

CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS;

EID: 84919721743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES14-00124.1     Document Type: Article

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