Prairie grouse and wind energy: the state of the science and implications for risk assessment

JD Lloyd, CL Aldridge, TD Allison… - Wildlife Society …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
How to shape the anticipated build‐out of industrial‐scale renewable energy in a way that
minimizes risk to wildlife remains contentious. The challenge of balancing wildlife …

Predators, predator removal, and sage‐grouse: A review

MR Conover, AJ Roberts - The Journal of wildlife management, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Populations of greater sage‐grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; sage‐grouse) have been
in a decline since the nineteenth century. We used our research, unpublished reports, and …

Broad-scale impacts of an invasive native predator on a sensitive native prey species within the shifting avian community of the North American Great Basin

PS Coates, ST O'Neil, BE Brussee, MA Ricca… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Human enterprise has modified ecosystem processes through direct and indirect alteration
of native predators' distribution and abundance. For example, human activities subsidize …

Nest‐site selection and reproductive success of greater sage‐grouse in a fire‐affected habitat of northwestern Nevada

ZB Lockyer, PS Coates, ML Casazza… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying links between micro‐habitat selection and wildlife reproduction is imperative to
population persistence and recovery. This information is particularly important for landscape …

Landscape alterations influence differential habitat use of nesting buteos and ravens within sagebrush ecosystem: Implications for transmission line development

PS Coates, KB Howe, ML Casazza… - The Condor …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
A goal in avian ecology is to understand factors that influence differences in nesting habitat
and distribution among species, especially within changing landscapes. Over the past 2 …

Effects of common raven and coyote removal and temporal variation in climate on greater sage-grouse nesting success

JB Dinkins, MR Conover, CP Kirol, JL Beck… - Biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Predator removal has been simultaneously proposed and criticized as a mitigation measure
for low reproductive rates of prey species, including greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus …

Landscape characteristics and livestock presence influence common ravens: relevance to greater sage‐grouse conservation

PS Coates, BE Brussee, KB Howe, KB Gustafson… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Common raven (Corvus corax; hereafter, raven) population abundance in the sagebrush
steppe of the American West has increased threefold during the previous four decades …

Effects of power lines on habitat use and demography of greater sage‐grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)

D Gibson, EJ Blomberg, MT Atamian… - Wildlife …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Energy development and its associated infrastructure, including power lines, may influence
wildlife population dynamics through effects on survival, reproduction, and movements of …

Predator‐specific mortality of sage‐grouse nests based on predator DNA on eggshells

NA Helmstetter, CJ Conway, S Roberts… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Greater sage‐grouse (hereafter sage‐grouse; Centrocercus urophasianus) populations
have declined across their range. Increased nest predation as a result of anthropogenic land …

Cooperative conservation actions improve sage-grouse population performance within the bi-state distinct population segment

PS Coates, BG Prochazka, SC Webster… - Rangeland Ecology & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Developing a robust monitoring framework that integrates efficacy assessments of
cooperative conservation and restoration actions in relation to population viability is critical …