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Greater Sage-Grouse Nest Observations Before and After Wildfire Disturbance in Northeastern California (2007-2018)

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2007
End Date
2018

Citation

Coates, P.S., Dudley, I.F., Prochazka, B.G., O'Neil, S.T., Gardner, S., Delehanty, D.J., and Chenaille, M.P., 2022, Greater sage-grouse nest observations before and after wildfire disturbance in northeastern California (2007-2018): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9J3KRIZ.

Summary

We monitored Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; hereafter, Sage-Grouse) nests and various habitat characteristics at the nest locations near Susanville in northeastern California, crossing over into northwestern Nevada. We employed a before-after-control-impact (BACI) experimental design to account for spatiotemporal heterogeneity in the system and to derive estimates of relative change in survival parameters. Sage-Grouse nest survival decreased after the Rush Fire but decreased more in the burned area relative to the unburned area. Although female Sage-Grouse continued to occupy burned areas, nest survival was reduced from 52 percent to 19 percent. Using a BACI ratio approach we found that nest survival decreased approximately [...]

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Point of Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center
Originator :
Peter S Coates, Ian F Dudley, Brian G Prochazka, Shawn T O'Neil, Scott Gardner, David J Delehanty, Michael P Chenaille
Metadata Contact :
Michael P Chenaille
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Western Ecological Research Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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Greater_Sage_Grouse_Nest_Observations.xml
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BACI_Nest_Survival.csv 9.87 KB text/csv
Habitat_Nest_Selection.csv 108.55 KB text/csv
Habitat_Nest_Survival.csv 31.17 KB text/csv

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Purpose

Increased wildfire frequency and associated replacement of sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) with invasive annual grasses contribute to declines of Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; hereafter, Sage-Grouse) populations across the Great Basin. However, little is known about wildfire effects on Sage-Grouse nest-site selection and nest survival, which can influence population persistence. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of the Rush Fire on Sage-Grouse nest survival using before (2007-2009) and after (2015-2018) data collected from a population of Sage-Grouse occupying the border of northeastern California and northwestern Nevada.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9J3KRIZ

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