Spatially Explicit Modeling of Annual and Seasonal Habitat for Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in Nevada and Northeastern California - an Updated Decision-Support Tool for Management

Successful adaptive management hinges largely upon integrating new and improved sources of information as they become available. Updating management tools for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus, hereafter referred to as “sage-grouse”) populations, which are indicators for the large-scale health of sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) ecosystems in the Great Basin of North America, provide a timely example for this tenet. Recently developed spatially-explicit habitat maps derived from empirical data played a key role in the conservation of this species facing listing under the Endangered Species Act. Herein, this report provides an updated process for mapping relative habitat suitability and management categories...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Great Basin, Greater Sage-Grouse, Habitat, Nevada, North America, All tags... Sagebrush Ecosystem Council, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, biota, boundaries, environment, Fewer tags