Spatially explicit models of seasonal habitat for greater sage-grouse at broad spatial scales: Informing areas for management in Nevada and northeastern California.

ABSTRACT: Defining boundaries of species' habitat across broad spatial scales is often necessary for management decisions, and yet challenging for species that demonstrate differential variation in seasonal habitat use. Spatially explicit indices that incorporate temporal shifts in selection can help overcome such challenges, especially for species of high conservation concern. Greater sage-grouse Centrocercus urophasianus (hereafter, sage-grouse), a sagebrush obligate species inhabiting the American West, represents an important case study because sage-grouse exhibit seasonal habitat patterns, populations are declining in most portions of their range and are central to contemporary national land use policies. Here, we modeled spatiotemporal selection patterns for telemetered sage-grouse acro

SUBMITTER: Coates PS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6972839 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature