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Data for: A conservation planning tool for greater sage-grouse using indices of species distribution, resilience, and resistance

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2003-01-01
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2013-12-31

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Ricca, M.A., Coates, P.S., Gustafson, K.B., Brussee, B.E., Chambers, J.C., Espinosa, S.P., Gardner, S.C., Lisius, Sherri, Ziegler, Pilar, Delehanty, D.J., and Casazza, M.L., 2018, Data for: A conservation planning tool for greater sage-grouse using indices of species distribution, resilience, and resistance: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7TT4Q5S.

Summary

Managers require quantitative yet tractable tools that can identify areas for restoration yielding effective benefits for targeted wildlife species and the ecosystems they inhabit. A spatially explicit conservation planning tool that guides effective sagebrush restoration for sage-grouse can be made more effective by integrating baseline maps describing existing (pre-restoration) habitat suitability, and the distribution and abundance of breeding sage-grouse. Accordingly, we provide two rasters. The first is a floating point raster file informed by lek data, and derived from: 1) utilization distributions weighted by lek attendance, and 2) a non-linear probability of space-use relative to distance to lek. The second is a floating point [...]

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Purpose

These data were created as part of an overarching conservation planning tool framework, an important first step in identifying example management projects that yield the highest quantifiable benefit to sage-grouse while avoiding potentially costly misallocation of resources. Furthermore, it highlights the importance of considering both changes in sage-grouse ecological response and factors influencing sagebrush ecosystem resilience to disturbance and resistance to invasion by non-native species.

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The authors of these data require that data users contact them regarding intended use and to assist with understanding limitations and interpretation. Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

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  • USGS Data Release Products
  • USGS Western Ecological Research Center

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