Selection and survival of Greater Sage-grouse nests and broods in the Bi-State region of California and Nevada

Description

Resource selection functions (RSF) and associated maps are often used by managers to guide conservation actions (Crawford et al., 2020; Pratt and Beck, 2021; Saher et al., 2022). However it is important to move beyond designating important habitat solely based on species occupancy or use. Incorporating demographic measures such as reproductive success will provide increased power and detail for ranking habitat for management priority, particularly across multiple life stages and large spatial extents (Gibson et al., 2016; Pratt and Beck, 2021; Stephens et al., 2015). We provide a quantitative approach to differentiate productive habitats supporting high selection and survival from areas of maladaptive selection where selection and survival are misaligned at large spatial scales. References cited Crawford, B. A., Maerz, J. C., and Moore, C. T. (2020). Expert-informed habitat suitability analysis for at-risk species assessment and conservation planning. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management, 11(1), 130-150. https://doi.org/10.3996/092019-JFWM-075 Gibson, D., Blomberg, E. J., Atamian, M. T., and Sedinger, J. S. (2016). Nesting habitat selection influences nest and early offspring survival in Greater Sage-Grouse. The Condor: Ornithological Applications, 118(4), 689-702. https://doi.org/10.1650/CONDOR-16-62.1 Pratt, A. C., and Beck, J. L. (2021). Do greater sage-grouse exhibit maladaptive habitat selection? Ecosphere, 12(3), e03354. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3354 Saher, D. J., O’Donnell, M. S., Aldridge, C. L., and Heinrichs, J. A. (2022). Balancing model generality and specificity in management-focused habitat selection models for Gunnison sage-grouse. Global Ecology and Conservation, 35, e01935. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01935 Stephens, P. A., Pettorelli, N., Barlow, J., Whittingham, M. J., and Cadotte, M. W. (2015). Management by proxy? The use of indices in applied ecology. Journal of Applied Ecology, 52(1), 1-6.

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55 The metadata original format https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.65ea66c1d34e1403329783d5.xml
55 Landing page for access to the data https://doi.org/10.5066/P95HTJG8

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  • greater-sage-grouse
  • ecology
  • usgs-65ea66c1d34e1403329783d5
  • animal-behavior
  • demographic-response
  • biota
  • reproduction
  • habitat-selection
  • life-stages
  • survival
  • california
  • bi-state
  • shrubland-ecosystems
  • nevada
  • native-species
  • source-sink

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