Historic Distribution of the Sage-grouse in North America

This metadata references the polygonal ARC/INFO GIS cover showing the current and historic distribution of potential habitat, or range, of the Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and Gunnison Sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) in Western North America. This data was initially researched and compiled by Dr. Michael A. Schroeder, research biologist for the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. The initial draft of current and historic range data was mapped and submitted to state, federal, or provincial natural resource agencies and other experts for review, comment, and editing. The final product represents the best available science and expert review available at the time of compilation. ...

Tags: biology and ecology, bird conservation, centrocercus, current, distribution, All tags... ecosystems, environment and conservation, greater sage-grouse, gunnison sage-grouse, habitat, historic, historical features, minimus, natural resources, potential, pre-settlement, present-day, range, sage-grouse, urophasianus, Fewer tags

Current Distribution of the Sage-grouse in North America

This metadata references the polygonal ARC/INFO GIS cover showing the current and historic distribution of potential habitat, or range, of the Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and Gunnison Sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) in Western North America. This data was initially researched and compiled by Dr. Michael A. Schroeder, research biologist for the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. The initial draft of current and historic range data was mapped and submitted to state, federal, or provincial natural resource agencies and other experts for review, comment, and editing. The final product represents the best available science and expert review available at the time of compilation. ...

Tags: biology and ecology, bird conservation, centrocercus, current, distribution, All tags... ecosystems, environment and conservation, greater sage-grouse, gunnison sage-grouse, habitat, historic, minimus, natural resources, potential, pre-settlement, present-day, range, sage-grouse, urophasianus, Fewer tags

A multilocus population genetic survey of the greater sage-grouse across their range

The distribution and abundance of the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) have declined dramatically, and as a result the species has become the focus of conservation efforts. We conducted a range-wide genetic survey of the species which included 46 populations and over 1000 individuals using both mitochondrial sequence data and data from seven nuclear microsatellites. Nested clade and STRUCTURE analyses revealed that, in general, the greater sage-grouse populations follow an isolation-by-distance model of restricted gene flow. This suggests that movements of the greater sage-grouse are typically among neighbouring populations and not across the species, range. This may have important implications if...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation, Journal Citation; Tags: Colorado, Molecular Ecology, allele frequency data, centrocercus, cladistic analysis, All tags... evolutionarily significant units, gene flow, genetic diversity, greater sage grouse, haplotypes, microsatellite, microsatellites, mtdna, nested clade analysis, phenotypic associations, region, sequence data, Fewer tags

Distribution of the Sage-grouse in North America

This metadata references the polygonal ARC/INFO GIS cover showing the current and historic distribution of potential habitat, or range, of the Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and Gunnison Sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) in Western North America. This data was initially researched and compiled by Dr. Michael A. Schroeder, research biologist for the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. The initial draft of current and historic range data was mapped and submitted to state, federal, or provincial natural resource agencies and other experts for review, comment, and editing. The final product represents the best available science and expert review available at the time of compilation.Definition...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Alberta, Biology and Ecology, Bird Conservation, California, Canada, All tags... Centrocercus, Colorado, Ecosystems, Environment and Conservation, Greater Sage-grouse, Gunnison Sage-grouse, Historical Features, Idaho, Montana, Natural Resources, Nevada, North America, North Dakota, Oregon, Sage-grouse, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, United States, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, current, distribution, habitat, historic, minimus, potential, pre-settlement, present-day, range, urophasianus, Fewer tags

Historic GSG Range

This metadata references the polygonal ARC/INFO GIS cover showing the current and historic distribution of potential habitat, or range, of the Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and Gunnison Sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) in Western North America. This data was initially researched and compiled by Dr. Michael A. Schroeder, research biologist for the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. The initial draft of current and historic range data was mapped and submitted to state, federal, or provincial natural resource agencies and other experts for review, comment, and editing. The final product represents the best available science and expert review available at the time of compilation.Definition...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Alberta, Biology and Ecology, Bird Conservation, California, Canada, All tags... Centrocercus, Colorado, Ecosystems, Environment and Conservation, Greater Sage-grouse, Gunnison Sage-grouse, Historical Features, Idaho, Montana, Natural Resources, Nevada, North America, North Dakota, Oregon, Sage-grouse, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, United States, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, current, distribution, habitat, historic, minimus, potential, pre-settlement, present-day, range, urophasianus, Fewer tags

Proportion of Non-Sage-grouse Habitat Within an 18-km Radius

This map depicts the proportion of non-Sage-grouse habitat with 18km of each pixel. The map was produced using a moving window analysis on the Distribution of Non-Sage Grouse Habitat in the Conservation Assessment Area with a search radius of 18km. The product of the moving window was the mean pixel value within the window. This map has a 540m resolution.

Tags: Alberta, Arizona, Biology and Ecology, Bird Conservation, British Columbia, All tags... California, Canada, Centrocercus, Colorado, Conservation Assessment, Distribution, Environmant and Conservation, Habitat, Idaho, Land Cover, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Non-habitat, North America, North Dakota, Oregon, Sage-grouse, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, United States, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, urophasianus, Fewer tags

Distribution of the Sage-grouse in North America

This metadata references the polygonal ARC/INFO GIS cover showing the current and historic distribution of potential habitat, or range, of the Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and Gunnison Sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) in Western North America. This data was initially researched and compiled by Dr. Michael A. Schroeder, research biologist for the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. The initial draft of current and historic range data was mapped and submitted to state, federal, or provincial natural resource agencies and other experts for review, comment, and editing. The final product represents the best available science and expert review available at the time of compilation.Definition...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Alberta, Biology and Ecology, Bird Conservation, California, Canada, All tags... Centrocercus, Colorado, Ecosystems, Environment and Conservation, Greater Sage-grouse, Gunnison Sage-grouse, Idaho, Montana, Natural Resources, Nevada, North America, North Dakota, Oregon, Sage-grouse, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, United States, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, current, distribution, habitat, historic, minimus, potential, pre-settlement, present-day, range, urophasianus, Fewer tags

Distribution of Non-Sage-grouse Habitat in the Conservation Assessment Area

This map depicts regions within the range of the Greater Sage-grouse that are non-Sage-grouse habitat. This information was complied using coverage of sagebrush for the western United States and a coverage of grassland habitats within 5km of an active Sage-grouse lek. This map has a 540m resolution.

Tags: biology and ecology, bird conservation, centrocercus, distribution, environment and conservation, All tags... habitat, land cover, non-habitat, sage-grouse, urophasianus, Fewer tags

Sage-grouse Subpopulations in North America

This data set represents a preliminary attempt to define distinct areas of Sage-grouse occupation in North America. The 'boundaries' for subpopulations are not actually boundaries, but lines meant to encircle a specific group of leks. The difference may seem trivial, but it is significant. We did not establish an area associated with each population or subpopulation, and consequently we did not evaluate the associated habitat and/or landscape. This type of analysis would have required a specific assessment of the habitat within and between each of the identified populations and subpopulations. The descriptions of subpopulations are clearly a preliminary attempt to define distinct areas of occupation.

Tags: Alberta, California, Canada, Centrocercus, Colorado, All tags... Greater Sage-grouse, Gunnison Sage-grouse, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North America, North Dakota, Oregon, Sage-grouse, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, United States, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, biogeography, biota, current, distribution, environment, minimus, population and community ecology, population dynamics, populations, present-day, range, subpopulations, urophasianus, Fewer tags

6States_sg_subpopulations_sagemap

These data sets represent our preliminary attempt to define distinct areas of Sage-grouse occupation in North America.

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Alberta, California, Canada, Centrocercus, Colorado, All tags... Greater Sage-grouse, Gunnison Sage-grouse, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North America, North Dakota, Oregon, Sage-grouse, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, United States, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, current, distribution, minimus, populations, present-day, range, subpopulations, urophasianus, Fewer tags

Distribution of the Sage-grouse in North America

This metadata references the polygonal ARC/INFO GIS cover showing the current and historic distribution of potential habitat, or range, of the Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and Gunnison Sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) in Western North America. This data was initially researched and compiled by Dr. Michael A. Schroeder, research biologist for the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife. The initial draft of current and historic range data was mapped and submitted to state, federal, or provincial natural resource agencies and other experts for review, comment, and editing. The final product represents the best available science and expert review available at the time of compilation. Definition...

Tags: Centrocercus, Greater Sage-grouse, Gunnison Sage-grouse, Historic, Sage-Grouse, All tags... habitat, present-day, range, Fewer tags

Polygyny and female breeding failure reduce effective population size in the lekking Gunnison sage-grouse

Populations with small effective sizes are at risk for inbreeding depression and loss of adaptive potential. Variance in reproductive success is one of several factors reducing effective population size (Ne) below the actual population size (N). Here, we investigate the effects of polygynous (skewed) mating and variation in female breeding success on the effective size of a small population of the Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus), a ground nesting bird with a lek mating system. During a two-year field study, we recorded attendance of marked birds at leks, male mating success, the reproductive success of radio-tagged females, and annual survival. We developed simulations to estimate the distribution of...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation, Journal Citation; Tags: Biological Conservation, Centrocercus, lek, mating system, reproductive success, All tags... variance, Fewer tags