Wyoming Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat Prioritization: A Collection of Multi-Scale Seasonal Models andnGeographic Information System Land Management Tools.

摘要

With rapidly changing landscape conditions within Wyoming and the potential effects of landscape changes on sage-grouse habitat, land managers and conservation planners, among others, need procedures to assess the location and juxtaposition of important habitats, land-cover, and land-use patterns to balance wildlife requirements with multiple human land uses. Biologists frequently develop habitat-selection studies to identify prioritization efforts for species of conservation concern to increase understanding and help guide habitat-conservation efforts. Recently, the authors undertook a large-scale collaborative effort that developed habitat-selection models for Greater Sage-grouse ('Centrocercus urophasianus') across large landscapes in Wyoming, USA and for multiple life-stages (nesting, late brood-rearing, and winter).