Demographic vital rates differently impact population growth across species, and effective conservation takes advantage of this by targeting management towards the most limiting critical life stages anticipated to respond to management. Current conservation efforts for sagebrush obligate songbirds is inextricably linked to breeding habitats, yet the relative contribution of breeding ecology (e.g. nest success) to overall population declines remains unknown. Combining readily available data with cutting edge analytical tools can fill this missing piece of the conservation portfolio, while also identifying key knowledge gaps. Ultimately this project seeks to empower management with the scientific basis for a demographic conservation strategy over a relatively short time frame.
PI: Victoria Dreitz victoria.dreitz@cfc.umt.edu
PI/Funding recipients organization: University of Montana - W.A. Franke College of Forestry & Conservation
Start date: 9/1/2020
Projected end date: 12/31/2021
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Funding sources and amounts: US Fish and Wildlife Service, Legacy Region 6, Science Applications, $47,447
