Publication Brief for Resource Managers: Range-wide patterns of Greater Sage-Grouse persistence

Product Type: Web Site/Page

Year: 2008

Author(s): Wilson, J.T. (ed.)

Pages: 2

Suggested Citation: Wilson, J.T. (ed.). 2008. Publication Brief for Resource Managers: Range-wide patterns of Greater Sage-Grouse persistence. http://www.fort.usgs.gov/Products/Publications/22235/22235.pdf.

Abstract

Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) once occupied 1.2 million km2 of the North American shrub-steppe-dominated habitats of the western United States and southwestern Canada. Today, sage-grouse exist in just over half of their historical range, with populations declining by 2 percent per year since 1965. Although numerous studies have documented local population declines, none have examined how broad-scale, long-term trends have affected range contraction…