Saving the sagebrush sea: an ecosystem conservation plan for big sagebrush plant communities

KW Davies, CS Boyd, JL Beck, JD Bates… - Biological …, 2011 - Elsevier
Vegetation change and anthropogenic development are altering ecosystems and
decreasing biodiversity. Successful management of ecosystems threatened by multiple …

Evidence of negative effects of anthropogenic structures on wildlife: a review of grouse survival and behaviour

TJ Hovick, RD Elmore, DK Dahlgren… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic structures such as those associated with energy development are a major
threat to wildlife as a result of direct and indirect effects on populations. Species already …

Experimental evidence for the effects of chronic anthropogenic noise on abundance of greater sage‐grouse at leks

JL Blickley, D Blackwood, GL Patricelli - Conservation Biology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing evidence suggests that chronic noise from human activities negatively affects
wild animals, but most studies have failed to separate the effects of chronic noise from …

The human footprint in the west: a large‐scale analysis of anthropogenic impacts

M Leu, SE Hanser, ST Knick - Ecological applications, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic features such as urbanization, roads, and power lines, are increasing in
western United States landscapes in response to rapidly growing human populations …

Transcending scale dependence in identifying habitat with resource selection functions

NJ DeCesare, M Hebblewhite… - Ecological …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Multi‐scale resource selection modeling is used to identify factors that limit species
distributions across scales of space and time. This multi‐scale nature of habitat suitability …

Saving sage-grouse from the trees: a proactive solution to reducing a key threat to a candidate species

S Baruch-Mordo, JS Evans, JP Severson… - Biological …, 2013 - Elsevier
Conservation investment in management of at-risk species can be less costly than a delay-
and-repair approach implemented after species receive legal protection. The United States …

[PDF][PDF] Greater sage-grouse population dynamics and probability of persistence

EO Garton, JW Connelly, JS Horne… - Studies in Avian …, 2011 - conservationtraining.org
We updated our earlier comprehensive analysis of Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus
urophasianus) population dynamics and probability of persistence from 1965 to 2007 …

Influence of well pad activity on winter habitat selection patterns of mule deer

H Sawyer, MJ Kauffman… - The Journal of Wildlife …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Conversion of native winter range into producing gas fields can affect the habitat selection
and distribution patterns of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus). Understanding how levels of …

Experimental Chronic Noise Is Related to Elevated Fecal Corticosteroid Metabolites in Lekking Male Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)

JL Blickley, KR Word, AH Krakauer, JL Phillips… - PLoS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
There is increasing evidence that individuals in many species avoid areas exposed to
chronic anthropogenic noise, but the impact of noise on those who remain in these habitats …

Range‐wide patterns of greater sage‐grouse persistence

CL Aldridge, SE Nielsen, HL Beyer… - Diversity and …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Aim Greater sage‐grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), a shrub‐steppe
obligate species of western North America, currently occupies only half its historical range …