These fields have low plant species diversity and lack the shrubs and forbs lo support strong populations of pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana), greater sage grouse (
Centrocercus urophasianus) and Baird's sparrow (Ammodramus bairdii) as well as many other species compared to native grasslands or sagebrush steppe (Reynolds and Trost, 1980; Urness, 1986; Rotder et al., 2015).
scotica: 3 and Bonasa bonasia: 2; North America:
Centrocercus urophasianus: 3, Tympanuchus phasianellus: 1).
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(5) For example, state and federal partnerships with private landowners in 11 western states (Oregon, Washington, California (northern), Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, North and South Dakota) are aimed at helping keep the greater sage-grouse (
Centrocercus urophasianus), from being federally listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), consistent with the decision in 2015.
For example, Sage Grouse (
Centrocercus urophasianus) is strongly associated with sagebrush (Artemesia tridentata), Chukar (Alectoris chukar) is associated with cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum), and Chestnut-backed Chickadees (Parus rufescens) appears to follow the distribution of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) in California [34].
West Nile virus (WNV) spread to the US western plains states in 2003, when a significant mortality event attributed to WNV occurred in greater sage-grouse (
Centrocercus urophasianus).
Presettlement distribution of sage-grouse (
Centrocercus spp.) in New Mexico is poorly known (Bailey, 1928; Ligon, 1961) and was generally depicted by Schroeder et al.
A second concern is that sagebrush is slow to recover following fire and consequently available forage, nesting and brooding habitat for sage grouse (
Centrocercus urophasianus) are negatively affected (Baker 2006; Meinke et al.
(2009) modeled the potential for sage grouse (
Centrocercus urophasianus) leks to be lost as a result of different levels of predicted oil and gas development.
Increases in corvid abundance are often correlated with declines in their prey (Lauro and Tanacredi 2002; Kelly and others 2005; Webb and Marzluff 2007; Klausen and others 2010), especially threatened and endangered taxa such as the Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii; Kristan and Boarman 2003), Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus; Peery and Henry 2010), Greater Sage-Grouse (
Centrocercus urophasianus-, Coates and others 2008), and the California Least Tern (Sterna antillarum browni; Caffrey 1995).
& Miller, R.--2008 --Predictive modeling and mapping sage grouse (
Centrocercus urophasianus) nesting habitat using Maximum Entropy and a long-term dataset from Southern Oregon --Ecol.
Predictive modelling and mapping sage grouse (
Centrocercus urophasianus) nesting habitat using Maximum Entropy and a long-term dataset from Southern Oregon.
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