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Vhay MP, Haukos DA, Sullins DS, Rice MB. Broad-scale changes in lesser prairie-chicken habitat. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0304452. [PMID: 38820510 PMCID: PMC11142685 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 05/13/2024] [Indexed: 06/02/2024] Open
Abstract
Lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) populations of in the Sand Sagebrush Prairie Ecoregion of southwest Kansas and southeast Colorado, USA, have declined sharply since the mid-1980s. Decreased quality and availability of habitat are believed to be the main drivers of declines. Our objective was to reconstruct broad-scale change in the ecoregion since 1985 as a potential factor in population declines. We assessed temporal change from 1985-2015 in landcover types and calculated landscape metrics using Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection imagery layers. We also documented presence of anthropogenic structures including oil wells and electrical transmission lines. Landcover type composition changed little since 1990 across the Sand Sagebrush Prairie Ecoregion. However, anthropogenic structures (i.e., oil/gas wells, cell towers, wind farms, and transmission lines) notably increased, potentially causing functional habitat loss at a broad scale. Increased anthropogenic structures may have decreased habitat availability as well as the quality of existing habitat for lesser prairie-chickens, possibly contributing to recent population declines throughout the Sand Sagebrush Prairie Ecoregion.
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- Megan P Vhay
- Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
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- Department of Horticulture and Natural Resources, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
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- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Berigan LA, Aulicky CSH, Teige EC, Sullins DS, Fricke KA, Reitz JH, Rossi LG, Schultz KA, Rice MB, Tanner E, Fuhlendorf SD, Haukos DA. Lesser prairie-chicken dispersal after translocation: Implications for restoration and population connectivity. Ecol Evol 2024; 14:e10871. [PMID: 38304269 PMCID: PMC10828740 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Revised: 12/29/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024] Open
Abstract
Conservation translocations are frequently inhibited by extensive dispersal after release, which can expose animals to dispersal-related mortality or Allee effects due to a lack of nearby conspecifics. However, translocation-induced dispersals also provide opportunities to study how animals move across a novel landscape, and how their movements are influenced by landscape configuration and anthropogenic features. Translocation among populations is considered a potential conservation strategy for lesser prairie-chickens (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus). We determined the influence of release area on dispersal frequency by translocated lesser prairie-chickens and measured how lesser prairie-chickens move through grassland landscapes through avoidance of anthropogenic features during their dispersal movements. We translocated 411 lesser prairie-chickens from northwest Kansas to southeastern Colorado and southwestern Kansas in 2016-2019. We used satellite GPS transmitters to track 115 lesser prairie-chickens throughout their post-release dispersal movements. We found that almost all lesser prairie-chickens that survived from their spring release date until June undergo post-translocation dispersal, and there was little variation in dispersal frequency by release area (96% of all tracked birds, 100% in Baca County, Colorado, 94% in Morton County, Kansas, n = 55). Dispersal movements (male: 103 ± 73 km, female: 175 ± 108 km, n = 62) led to diffusion across landscapes, with 69% of birds settling >5 km from their release site. During dispersal movements, translocated lesser prairie-chickens usually travel by a single 3.75 ± 4.95 km dispersal flight per day, selecting for steps that end far from roads and in Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) grasslands. Due to this "stepping stone" method of transit, landscape connectivity is optimized when <5 km separates grassland patches on the landscape. Future persistence of lesser prairie-chicken populations can be aided through conservation of habitat and strategic placement of CRP to maximize habitat connectivity. Dispersal rates suggest that translocation is better suited to objectives for regional, rather than site-specific, population augmentation for this species.
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- Liam A. Berigan
- Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Division of BiologyKansas State UniversityManhattanKansasUSA
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- Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Division of BiologyKansas State UniversityManhattanKansasUSA
- Present address:
Native Prairies Association of TexasSan MarcosTexasUSA
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- Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Division of BiologyKansas State UniversityManhattanKansasUSA
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- Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Division of BiologyKansas State UniversityManhattanKansasUSA
- Present address:
Department of Horticulture and Natural ResourcesKansas State UniversityManhattanKansasUSA
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- Colorado Parks and WildlifeSteamboat SpringsColoradoUSA
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- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wildlife Refuge SystemFort CollinsColoradoUSA
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- Department of Rangeland and Wildlife Sciences, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research InstituteTexas A&M UniversityKingsvilleTexasUSA
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- Natural Resource Ecology & ManagementOklahoma State UniversityStillwaterOklahomaUSA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research UnitKansas State UniversityManhattanKansasUSA
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Wen X, Bennett JR, Rytwinski T, Karimi S, Spetka M, Taylor JJ, Smith PA. Review of terrestrial temporarily conserved areas in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY : THE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 2024; 38:e14160. [PMID: 37551779 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.14160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2022] [Revised: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
Abstract
The establishment of protected areas is a cornerstone of conservation, but permanent protection could be inefficient or even impossible in some situations. We synthesized the literature on temporarily conserved areas (TCAs) across Canada, the United States, and Mexico. We used a comprehensive search string to retrieve peer-reviewed articles published from 2000 to 2021 from the Web of Science. We identified 27 relevant peer-reviewed articles that examined the potential benefits of TCAs in the study area, indicating TCA is a relatively understudied area of research in the peer-reviewed literature. The TCA studies were highly clustered; 77% of studies focused on protecting a single life stage of migratory species and 61% of studies related to temporary conservation of breeding or staging habitats for migratory birds. Ninety-three percent of studies focused on preventing human-driven threats, mainly on public lands of coastal areas, the Great Plains, and the Mississippi Valley in the central United States. Short-term and experimental studies were the dominant study types. TCAs have the potential to complement permanently protected areas and provide protection when permanent protection is difficult. Some included studies examined their conservation value, but the ecological, social, and economic outcomes of TCAs are unclear. More TCA research is needed to determine the role they could play in conservation worldwide. Embracing the concept of TCAs as conservation tool could lead to more comprehensive and consistent reporting of the outcomes of temporary area-based conservation measures. However, a global review and analysis of effectiveness of TCAs will be required if they are to play a formal role in meeting international targets for biodiversity conservation.
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- Xin Wen
- Department of Biology and Institute of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology and Institute of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology and Institute of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology and Institute of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology and Institute of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology and Institute of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology and Institute of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Wildlife Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Gehrt JM, Sullins DS, Verheijen BHF, Haukos DA. Lesser Prairie-chicken incubation behavior and nest success most influenced by nest vegetation structure. Ecol Evol 2023; 13:e10509. [PMID: 37693934 PMCID: PMC10483095 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2023] [Revised: 08/20/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023] Open
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Incubation breaks are necessary for any nesting bird but can increase the mortality risk of the nest or attending parent. How intrinsic and extrinsic variables affect nest attentiveness-the proportion of time a female is on nest during incubation- and subsequent survival of the nest remains unclear for uniparental species. We related female nest attentiveness to nest survival and tested the effects of intrinsic and extrinsic variables on nest attentiveness by female Lesser Prairie-chickens (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) using GPS locations of 87 females at 109 nest sites in 3 study areas in Kansas during 2013-2015. Daily nest survival increased by 39% when nest attentiveness increased from 21% to 98%. Female Lesser Prairie-chickens were 18% less attentive as body mass increased from 600 to 920 g. Daily precipitation and temperature, controlled for days into the incubation period, had interactive effects on nest attentiveness with nest attentiveness lowest on cool, wet days and increasing as temperature increased, regardless of precipitation (41% attentiveness at 16°C and 79 mm of precipitation to 90% attentiveness at 37°C and 41 mm of precipitation). Nest attentiveness increased by 11% as the quantity of grass at the nest site increased from 5% to 78% when visual obstruction was at 1 and 2 decimeters (dm) and increased 9% as the quantity of grass at the nest site increased from 5% to 83% when visual obstruction was at its maximum (3 dm). Our findings reveal the critical importance of nest attentiveness and incubation behavior, not only in relation to demography, but within the context of changing environmental conditions. As warmer temperatures and extreme precipitation events become more common and change the growth rates of vegetation, species like the Lesser Prairie-chicken that are ground-nesting, rely on vegetation cover, and exhibit uniparental care could experience negative demographic consequences.
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- Jacquelyn M. Gehrt
- Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research UnitKansas State UniversityManhattanKansasUSA
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- Department of Horticulture and Natural ResourcesKansas State UniversityManhattanKansasUSA
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- Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research UnitUniversity of MissouriColumbiaMissouriUSA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research UnitKansas State UniversityManhattanKansasUSA
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Parker NJ, Sullins DS, Haukos DA, Fricke KA, Hagen CA, Ahlers AA. Demographic effects of a megafire on a declining prairie grouse in the mixed-grass prairie. Ecol Evol 2022; 12:e9544. [PMID: 36466139 PMCID: PMC9712810 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2022] [Revised: 10/29/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
Recent studies have documented benefits of small, prescribed fire and wildfire for grassland-dependent wildlife, such as lesser prairie-chickens (Tympanuchus pallidicintus), but wildlife demographic response to the scale and intensity of megafire (wildfire >40,000 ha) in modern, fragmented grasslands remains unknown. Limited available grassland habitat makes it imperative to understand if increasing frequency of megafires could further reduce already declining lesser prairie-chicken populations, or if historical evolutionary interactions with fire make lesser prairie-chickens resilient. To evaluate lesser prairie-chicken demographic response to megafires, we compared lek counts, nest density, and survival rates of adults, nests, and chicks before (2014-2016) and after (2018-2020) a 2017 megafire in the mixed-grass prairie of Kansas, USA (Starbuck fire ~254,000 ha). There was a 67% decline in attending males on leks post-fire and a 57% decline in occupied leks post-fire. Despite population declines as indicated by lek counts, adult female breeding season survival (S ^ ) was similar pre- (S ^ = 0.65 ± 0.08 [SE]) and post-fire (0.61 ± 0.08), as was chick survival (pre-fire: 0.23 ± 0.07; post-fire: 0.27 ± 0.11). Nest survival appeared lower post-fire (pre-fire: 0.38 ± 0.06; post-fire: 0.20 ± 0.06), but did not differ at the 95% confidence interval. Nest density of marked females declined 73% in areas burned by megafire. Although lesser prairie-chickens persisted in the study area and we documented minimal effects on most demographic rates, reduced lesser prairie-chicken abundance and reproductive output suggests full recovery may take >3 years. Increased propensity for megafire resulting from suppression of smaller fires, compounded by climate change and woody encroachment, may impose a short-term (3-5 year) threat to already declining lesser prairie-chicken populations.
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- Nicholas J. Parker
- Department of Horticulture and Natural ResourcesKansas State UniversityManhattanKansasUSA
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- Department of Horticulture and Natural ResourcesKansas State UniversityManhattanKansasUSA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Division of BiologyKansas State UniversityManhattanKansasUSA
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- Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation SciencesOregon State UniversityCorvallisOregonUSA
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- Department of Horticulture and Natural ResourcesKansas State UniversityManhattanKansasUSA
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Berigan LA, Aulicky CSH, Teige EC, Sullins DS, Haukos DA, Fricke KA, Reitz JH, Rossi LG, Schultz KA, Ricketts AM. Availability of lesser prairie‐chicken nesting habitat impairs restoration success. WILDLIFE SOC B 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/wsb.1379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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- Liam A. Berigan
- Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Division of Biology 212 Leasure Hall, Kansas State University Manhattan KS 66506 USA
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- Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Division of Biology 212 Leasure Hall, Kansas State University Manhattan KS 66506 USA
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- Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Division of Biology 212 Leasure Hall, Kansas State University Manhattan KS 66506 USA
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- Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Division of Biology 211 Leasure Hall, Kansas State University Manhattan KS 66506 USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit 204 Leasure Hall, Kansas State University Manhattan KS 66506 USA
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- Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks 1830 Merchant Street Emporia KS 66801 USA
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- Colorado Parks and Wildlife 925 Weiss Drive Steamboat Springs CO 80487 USA
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- Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks 1001 W. McArtor Road Dodge City KS 67801 USA
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- Department of Horticulture and Natural Resources 1603 Throckmorton Hall, Kansas State University Manhattan KS 66506 USA
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Recovery of working grasslands following a megafire in the southern mixed-grass prairie. Glob Ecol Conserv 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Schilder LJ, Heintzman LJ, McIntyre NE, Harryman S, Hagen CA, Martin R, Boal CW, Grisham BA. Structural and functional landscape connectivity for lesser prairie‐chickens in the Sand Shinnery Oak Prairie Ecoregion. J Wildl Manage 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.22146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Lucas J. Schilder
- Department of Natural Resources Management Texas Tech University Lubbock 79409 TX USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences Texas Tech University Lubbock 79409 TX USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences Texas Tech University Lubbock 79409 TX USA
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- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department 1702 Landmark Lane Lubbock 79415 TX USA
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- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Oregon State University Corvallis 97331 OR USA
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- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department P.O. Box 659 Canyon 79015 TX USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey Texas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Texas Tech University Lubbock 79409 TX USA
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- Department of Natural Resources Management Texas Tech University Lubbock 79409 TX USA
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Jarnevich CS, Belamaric PN, Fricke K, Houts M, Rossi L, Beauprez G, Cooper B, Martin R. Challenges in updating habitat suitability models: An example with the lesser prairie-chicken. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0256633. [PMID: 34543290 PMCID: PMC8452035 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Habitat loss from land-use change is one of the top causes of declines in wildlife species of concern. As such, it is critical to assess and reassess habitat suitability as land cover and anthropogenic features change for both monitoring and developing current information to inform management decisions. However, there are obstacles that must be overcome to develop consistent assessments through time. A range-wide lek habitat suitability model for the lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), currently under review by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service for potential listing under the Endangered Species Act, was published in 2016. This model was based on lek data from 2002 to 2012, land cover data ranging from 2001 to 2013, and anthropogenic features from circa 2011, and has been used to help guide lesser prairie-chicken management and anthropogenic development actions. We created a second iteration model based on new lek surveys (2015 to 2019) and updated predictors (2016 land cover and cleaned/updated anthropogenic data) to evaluate changes in lek suitability and to quantify current range-wide habitat suitability. Only three of 11 predictor variables were directly comparable between the iterations, making it difficult to directly assess what predicted changes resulted from changes in model inputs versus actual landscape change. The second iteration model showed a similar positive relationship with land cover and negative relationship with anthropogenic features to the first iteration, but exhibited more variation among candidate models. Range-wide, more suitable habitat was predicted in the second iteration. The Shinnery Oak Ecoregion, however, exhibited a loss in predicted suitable habitat that could be due to predictor source changes. Iterated models such as this are important to ensure current information is being used in conservation and development decisions.
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- Catherine S. Jarnevich
- U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Student contractor to the U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, Emporia, Kansas, United States of America
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- Kansas Biological Survey, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
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- Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, United States of America
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- New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, Texico, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, Woodward, Oklahoma, United States of America
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- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Canyon, Texas, United States of America
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Kraft JD, Haukos DA, Bain MR, Rice MB, Robinson S, Sullins DS, Hagen CA, Pitman J, Lautenbach J, Plumb R, Lautenbach J. Using Grazing to Manage Herbaceous Structure for a Heterogeneity‐Dependent Bird. J Wildl Manage 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- John D. Kraft
- Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Division of Biology Kansas State University Manhattan KS 66506 USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Kansas State University Manhattan KS 66506 USA
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- Kansas Chapter of The Nature Conservancy Smoky Valley Ranch Oakley KS 67748 USA
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- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuge System Fort Collins CO 80525 USA
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- Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Division of Biology Kansas State University Manhattan KS 66506 USA
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- Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Division of Biology Kansas State University Manhattan KS 66506 USA
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- Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Oregon State University Bend OR 97702 USA
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- Conservation Delivery Director Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Emporia KS 66801 USA
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- Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Division of Biology Kansas State University Manhattan KS 66506 USA
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- Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Division of Biology Kansas State University Manhattan KS 66506 USA
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- Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Division of Biology Kansas State University Manhattan KS 66506 USA
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Adkins K, Roy CL, Wright RG, Andersen DE. Simulating Strategic Implementation of the CRP to Increase Greater Prairie‐Chicken Abundance. J Wildl Manage 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Kalysta Adkins
- Minnesota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit University of Minnesota 1980 Folwell Avenue, 200 Hodson Hall St. Paul MN 55108 USA
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- Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 1201 E Highway 2 Grand Rapids MN 55744 USA
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- Minnesota Information Technology Services at Department of Natural Resources 5463‐C W Broadway Forest Lake MN 55025 USA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Minnesota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit 1980 Folwell Avenue, 200 Hodson Hall St. Paul MN 55108 USA
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