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Selection and Survival of Greater Sage-Grouse Broods in Mesic Areas of Long Valley, California (2003 - 2018)

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2003
End Date
2018

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Severson, J.P., Coates, P.S., Milligan, M.C., O'Neil, S.T., Ricca, M.A., Abele, S.C., Boone, J.D., Casazza, M.L., and Chenaille, M.P., 2022, Selection and survival of greater sage-grouse broods in mesic areas of Long Valley, California (2003 - 2018): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P958IEOS.

Summary

We evaluated brood-rearing habitat selection and brood survival of greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; hereafter, sage-grouse) in Long Valley, California, an area where the water rights are primarily owned by the city of Los Angeles and water is used locally to irrigate for livestock. This area thus represents a unique balance between the needs of wildlife and people that could increasingly define future water management. In this study, sage-grouse broods moved closer to the edge of mesic areas and used more interior areas during the late brood-rearing period, selecting for greener areas after 1 July. Mesic areas were particularly important during dry years, with broods using areas farther interior than in wet years. Brood [...]

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U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center
Originator :
John P Severson, Peter S Coates, Megan C Milligan, Shawn T O'Neil, Mark Ricca, Steve Abele, John D Boone, Michael L Casazza, Michael P Chenaille
Metadata Contact :
Michael P Chenaille
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems
SDC Data Owner :
Western Ecological Research Center
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U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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Selection and survival of greater sage-grouse broods in mesic areas of Long Valley, California 2003 - 2018.xml
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BroodSel_full.csv 1.3 MB text/csv
BroodSurv.csv 384.3 KB text/csv

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Purpose

Water is a critical and limited resource, particularly in the arid West, but water availability is projected to decline even while demand increases due to growing human populations and increases in duration and severity of drought. Mesic areas provide important water resources for numerous wildlife species, including the sage-grouse, an indicator for the health of sagebrush ecosystems. Understanding how wildlife use these crucial areas is necessary to inform management and conservation of sensitive species. Specifically, the influence of anthropogenic water subsidies such as irrigated pastures is not well-studied.

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