Greater Sage-grouse Bibliography

Selected titles from the scientific literature pertaining to Greater sage-grouse. Over 250 articles have been identified by BLM librarians and the list continues to grow. Links are provided where applicable; for assistance locating articles, contact the BLM Library at blm_library@blm.gov.

GREATER SAGE-GROUSE SUBJECT GUIDE BIBLIOGRAPHY: A-B

A

Able, K.P. 2000. Sage Grouse futures. Birding 32:306-316.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Aldridge, C.L. 2000. Reproduction and habitat use by Sage Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in a northern fringe population. M.S. thesis. University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada.

Aldridge, C.L., and M.S. Boyce. 2007. Linking occurrence and fitness to persistence: habitat-based approach for endangered Greater Sage-Grouse. Ecological Applications 17(2):508-526.

Aldridge, C.L., and R.M. Brigham. 2001. Nesting and reproductive activities of Greater Sage-Grouse in a declining northern fringe population. The Condor 103:537-543.

Aldridge, C.L., S.E. Nielsen, H.L. Beyer, M.S. Boyce, J.W. Connelly, S.T. Knick, and M.A. Schroeder. 2008. Range-wide patterns of greater sage-grouse persistence. Diversity and Distributions 14(6):983-994.

Allen, G. 1973. Guidelines for habitat protection in sage grouse range. Pp. 18-32 in Pyrah, D., R. Watts, R. Wallestad, and R. Trueblood (editors). Eighth Western States Sage Grouse Workshop proceedings and 1973 questionnaire, Lewistown, Montana, August 7-8, 1973.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Allred, W.J. 1946. Sage Grouse trapping and transplanting. Proceedings of Western Association State Game and Fish Commissioners 26:143-146.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

---. 1942. Predation and the sage grouse. Wyoming Wildlife 7(1):3-4.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Alstatt, A.L. 1995. The potential impact of raven predation on sage grouse production in Nevada. M.S. thesis. University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, NV.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Anthony, C. R., C. A. Hagen, K. M. Dugger, & R. D. Elmore. 2021. Greater Sage-Grouse nest bowls buffer microclimate in a post-megafire landscape although effects on nest survival are marginal. The Condor, 123(1): duaa068.

Anthony, R.G., and M.J. Willis. 2009. Survival rates of female greater sage-grouse in autumn and winter in southeastern Oregon. The Journal of Wildlife Management 73(4):538-545.

Apa, A.D. 1998. Habitat use and movements of sympatric sage[-grouse] and Columbian sharp-tailed grouse in southeastern Idaho. Ph.D. dissertation. University of Idaho, Moscow, ID.

Apa, A.D. 2010. Seasonal habitat use, movements, genetics, and vital rates in the Parachute/Piceance/Roan population of greater sage-grouse. Colorado Parks and Wildlife Final Report.

Apa, A. D., K. Aagaard, M. B. Rice, E. Phillips, D. J. Neubaum, N. Seward, and S. Wait. 2021. Seasonal habitat suitability models for a threatened species: the Gunnison sage-grouse. Wildlife Research, 48(7): 609-624.

Apa, A. D., J. H. Gammonley, D. J. Neubaum, E. Phillips, J. P. Runge, N. Seward, and B. Weinmeister. 2022. Survival rates of translocated Gunnison sage‐grouse. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 46(1): e1245.

Apa, A.D., T. R. Thompson, and K. P. Reese. 2017. Juvenile greater sage-grouse survival, movements, and recruitment in Colorado. Journal of Wildlife Management 81(4):652–668.

Armstrong, J.C. 2007. Improving sustainable seed yield in Wyoming big sagebrush. M.S. thesis. Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.

Atamian, M.T., J.S. Sedinger, J.S. Heaton, and E.J. Blomberg. 2010. Landscape-level assessment of brood rearing habitat for greater sage-grouse in Nevada. The Journal of Wildlife Management 74(7):1533-1543.

Atamian, M.T., and J.S. Sedinger. 2010 Balanced Sex Ratio at Hatch in a Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) Population. The Auk 127(1):16-22

Autenrieth, R. 1985. Sage Grouse life history and habitat management. P. 52 in K. Sanders and J. Durham (editors). Rangeland fire effects: A symposium. Bureau of Land Management, Idaho State Office, Boise, ID.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Autenrieth, R., W. Molini, and C. Braun. 1982. Sage Grouse management practices. Western States Sage Grouse Committee Technical Bulletin 1:1-42.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

B

Back, G.N., M.R. Barrington, and J.K. McAdoo. 1987. Sage Grouse use of snow burrows in northeastern Nevada. The Wilson Bulletin 99(3):488-490.

Baker, W.L. 2011. Pre-Euro-American and recent fire in sagebrush ecosystems. Pp. 185-201 in S.T. Knick and J.W. Connelly (editors). Greater sage-grouse: Ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitats. Studies in Avian Biology, vol. 38. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

---. 2006. Fire and restoration of sagebrush ecosystems. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34(1):177-185.

Balzotti, C.S., S.G. Kitchen, and C. McCarthy. 2016. Beyond the single species climate envelope—A multifaceted approach to mapping climate change vulnerability. Ecosphere 7(9):23

Barber, T.A. 1968. Function of the cecal microflora in sage grouse nutrition. M.S. thesis. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Barnett, J.K., and J.A. Crawford. 1994. Pre-laying nutrition of Sage Grouse hens in Oregon. Journal of Range Management 47:114-118.

Bates, J.D., K.W. Davies, A. Hulet, R.F. Miller, and B. Roundy. 2017. Sage grouse groceries: Forb response to piñon-juniper treatments. Rangeland Ecology and Management 70(1):106–115.

Baumgardt, J.A., K.P. Reese, J.W. Connelly, and E.O. Garton. 2017. Visibility bias for sage-grouse lek counts. Wildlife Society Bulletin 41(3):461–470

Baxter, J.J., R.J. Baxter, D.K. Dahlgren, and R.T. Larsen. 2017. Resource selection by greater sage-grouse reveals preference for mechanically-altered habitats. Rangeland Ecology and Management 70(4):493–503

Baxter, R.J., J.T. Flinders, and D.L. Mitchell. 2008. Survival, movements, and reproduction of translocated Greater Sage-Grouse in Strawberry Valley, Utah. The Journal of Wildlife Management 72(1):179-186.

Beck, J.L., and D.L. Mitchell. 2000. Influences of livestock grazing on sage grouse habitat. Wildlife Society Bulletin 28(4):993-1002.

Beck, J.L., J.W. Connelly, and K.P. Reese. 2009. Recovery of greater sage-grouse habitat features in Wyoming big sagebrush following prescribed fire. Restoration Ecology 17(3):393-403.

Beck, J.L., K.P. Reese, J.W. Connelly, and M.B. Lucia. 2006. Movements and survival of juvenile Greater Sage-Grouse in southeastern Idaho. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34(4):1070-1078.

Beck, T.D.I. 1977. Sage grouse flock characteristics and habitat selection in winter. The Journal of Wildlife Management 41(1):18-26.

---. 1975. Attributes of a wintering population of Sage Grouse, North Park, Colorado. M.S. thesis. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

---. 1975. Game bird survey. Effects of sagebrush control on distribution and abundance of Sage Grouse: Attributes of a wintering population of Sage Grouse, North Park, Colorado. Pages 37-78 in Job Progress Report. Project number: COLO. W-037-R-28/WK.PL.03/JOB 08A. Colorado Division of Wildlife, Denver, CO.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Beck, T.D.I., and C.E. Braun. 1978. Weights of Colorado Sage Grouse. The Condor 80(2):241-243.

Beers, A. T., and S. N. Frey. 2022. Greater sage‐grouse habitat selection varies across the marginal habitat of its lagging range margin. Ecosphere, 13(7): e4146.

Beever, E.A., and C.L. Aldridge. 2011. Influences of free-roaming equids on sagebrush ecosystems, with a focus on greater sage-grouse. Pp. 273-290 in S.T. Knick and J.W. Connelly (editors). Greater sage-grouse: Ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitats. Studies in Avian Biology, vol. 38. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

Behnke, T., P. Street, S. Davies, J. Q. Ouyang, and J. S. Sedinger. 2022. Non‐native grazers affect physiological and demographic responses of greater sage‐grouse. Ecology and Evolution, 12(9): e9325.

Belton, L.R., S.N. Frey, and D.K. Dahlgren. 2017. Participatory research in sage-grouse local working groups—Case studies from Utah. Human-Wildlife Interactions 11(3)287–301

Benson, L.A., C.E. Braun, and W.C. Leininger. 1991. Sage grouse response to burning in the big sagebrush type. Proceedings: Issues and Technology in the Management of Impacted Western Wildlife 5:97-104. Thorne Ecological Institute.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Bentley Brymer, A.L., J.D. Holbrook, R.J. Niemeyer, A.A. Suazo, J.D. Wulfhorst, K.T. Vierling, B.A. Newingham, T.E. Link, and J.L. Rachlow. 2016. A social-ecological impact assessment for public lands management—Application of a conceptual and methodological framework. Ecology and Society 21(3) article 9, p. 22

Berry, J.D., and R.L. Eng. 1985. Interseasonal movements and fidelity to seasonal use areas by female sage grouse. The Journal of Wildlife Management 49(1):237-240.

Bizeau, E. 1960. Sage grouse management in Idaho. Pheasant Gazette 9(11):16-17.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Blake, C.S. 1970. The response of sage grouse populations to precipitation trends and habitat quality in south central Idaho. Pp. 452-462 in Proceedings of the 50th Annual Conference of the Western Association of State Game and Fish Commissioners. 
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Blickley, J.L., D. Blackwood, and G.L. Patricelli. 2012. Experimental evidence for the effects of chronic anthropogenic noise on abundance of greater sage-grouse at leks. Conservation Biology 26(3):461-471.

Blickley, J.L., and G.L. Patricelli. 2012. Potential acoustic masking of greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) display components by chronic industrial noise. Pp. 23-35 in C.D. Francis and J.L. Blickley (editors). The influence of anthropogenic noise on birds and bird studies. Ornithological Monographs, No. 74. American Ornithologists' Union, Petaluma, CA.

Blickley, J.L., K.R. Word, A.H. Krakauer, J.L. Phillips, S.N. Sells, C.C. Taff, J.C. Wingfield, and G.L. Patricelli. 2012. Experimental chronic noise is related to elevated fecal corticosteroid metabolites in lekking male greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). PLoS ONE 7(11):e50462.

Blomberg, E.J. 2015 The influence of harvest timing on greater sage-grouse survival—A cautionary perspective. Journal of Wildlife Management 79(5):695–703

Blomberg, E.J., D. Gibson, M.T. Atamian, and J.S. Sedinger. 2017. Variable drivers of primary versus secondary nesting—Density-dependence and drought effects on greater sage-grouse. Journal of Avian Biology 48(6)827–836 
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Blomberg, E., and C. Hagen. 2020. How many leks does it take? Minimum samples sizes for measuring local-scale conservation outcomes in greater sage-grouse. Avian Conservation and Ecology, 15(1).

Blomberg, E.J., J.S. Sedinger, M.T. Atamian, and D.V. Nonne. 2012. Characteristics of climate and landscape disturbance influence the dynamics of greater sage-grouse populations. Ecosphere 3(6):1-20.

Blomberg, E.J., J.S. Sedinger, D. Gibson, P.S. Coates, M.L. Casazza. 2014. Carryover effects and the climatic conditions influence the postfledging survival of greater sage-grouse. Ecology and Evolution 49230: 4488-4499

Blus, L.J., C.S. Staley, C.J. Henny, G.W. Pendleton, T.H. Craig, E.H. Craig, and D.K. Halford. 1989. Effects of organophosphorus insecticides on sage grouse in southeastern Idaho. The Journal of Wildlife Management 53(4):1139-1146.

Bombaci, S., and L. Pejchar. 2016. Consequences of pinyon and juniper woodland reduction for wildlife in North America. Forest Ecology and Management 365 p.34–50

Borell, A.E. 1939. Telephone wires fatal to sage grouse. The Condor 41(2):85-86.

Boyce, M.S. 1980. Robust canonical correlation of sage grouse habitat. Pp. 152-159 in General Technical Report RM-87. Papers presented at a workshop on the use of multivariate statistics in studies of wildlife habitat. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO.

Boyce, M.S., and J. Tate. 1979. A Bibliography on the Sage Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). University of Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station, Laramie, WY.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Boyce, M.S., D. Rothenmaier, and J. Tate, Jr. 1979. Multivariate analysis of habitat selection by Sage Grouse. Journal of the Colorado-Wyoming Academy of Science 11:93.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Boyd C.S., J.D. Kerby, T.J. Svejcar, J.D. Bates, D.D. Johnson, and K.W. Davies. 2017. The sage-grouse habitat mortgage—Effective conifer management in space and time. Rangeland Ecology and Management. 70(1):141–148

Boyte, S.P., B.K. Wylie, and D.J. Major. 2016. Cheatgrass percent cover change—Comparing recent estimates to climate change–driven predictions in the northern Great Basin. Rangeland Ecology and Management 69(4):265–279

Brabec, M.M., M.J. Germino, B.A. Richardson. 2017. Climate adaption and post-fire restoration of a foundational perennial in cold desert: insights from intraspecific variation in response to weather. Journal of Applied Ecology 54(1).

Bradbury, J.W., R.M. Gibson, C.E. McCarthy, and S.L. Vehrencamp. 1989. Dispersion of displaying male sage grouse. Part II, The role of female dispersion. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 24(1):15-24.

Bradbury, J.W., R.M. Gibson, and I.M. Tsai. 1986. Hotspots and the dispersion of leks. Animal Behaviour 34:1694-1709.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Bradley, B.A. 2010. Assessing ecosystem threats from global and regional change: hierarchical modeling of risk to sagebrush ecosystems from climate change, land use and invasive species in Nevada, USA. Ecography 33(1):198-208.

Braun, C.E. 2006. A blueprint for sage-grouse conservation and recovery. Grouse Inc., Tucson, AZ.  BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access

---. 1998. Sage grouse declines in western North America: What are the problems? Proceedings of the Western Association of State Fish and Wildlife Agencies, 78:139-156.

---. 1995. Distribution and status of sage grouse in Colorado. Prairie Naturalist 27:1-9.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

---. 1986. Changes in sage grouse lek counts with advent of surface coal mining. Pp. 227-231 in R.D. Comer, T.G. Baumann, P. Davis, J.W. Monarch, J. Todd, S. Van Gytenbeek, D. Wills, and J. Woodling (editors). Issues and technology in the management of impacted western wildlife: Proceedings of a national symposium. Thorne Ecological Institute, Glenwood Springs, CO.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

---. 1979. Evaluation of the effects of changes in hunting regulations on sage grouse populations. Job Progress Report. Project number: COLO. W-037-R-32, Job 9a. Colorado Division of Wildlife, Fort Collins, CO.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

---. 1978. Game bird survey: Evaluation of the effects of changes in hunting regulations on sage grouse populations. Project number: COLO. W-037-R-31/WK.PL.03/JOB 09. Colorado Division of Wildlife, Fort Collins, CO.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

---. 1975. Mortality, survival and effects of hunting on grouse, partridge, pheasants, and quail: An annotated bibliography. Report No. 3. Colorado Division of Wildlife, Fort Collins, CO.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Braun, C.E., M.A. Schroeder. 2015. Age and sex identification from wings of sage-grouse. Wildlife Society Bulletin 39(1):182–187

Braun, C. E., P. O. Dunn, G. T. Wann, M. A. Schroeder, and J. W. Hupp. 2020. Body mass and primary molt patterns of Greater Sage-Grouse in Colorado. Western North American Naturalist, 80(3): 330-336.

Braun, C.E., S.O. Williams. 2015. History of sage-grouse (Centrocercus spp.) in New Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 60(2–3):207–212                                         

Braun, C.E., O.O. Oedekoven, and C.L. Aldridge. 2002. Oil and gas development in western North America: effects on sagebrush steppe avifauna with particular emphasis on sage grouse. Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 67:337-349.

Braun, C.E., and T.D.I. Beck. 1996. Effects of research on sage grouse management. Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 61:429-436.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

---. 1977. Effects of sagebrush spraying. P. 33 in Colorado Game Research Review 1975-1976. Colorado Division of Wildlife, Fort Collins, CO.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Braun, C.E., T. Britt, and R.O. Wallestad. 1977. Guidelines for maintenance of sage grouse habitats. Wildlife Society Bulletin 5(3):99-106.

Braun, C.E., and W.B. Willers. 1967. The helminth and protozoan parasites of North American grouse (Family: Tetraonidae): a checklist. Avian Disease 11(2):170-187.

Brooks, M.L., J.R. Matchett, D.J. Shinneman, and P.S. Coates. 2015. Fire patterns in the range of the greater sage-grouse, 1984-2013 - implications for conservation and management. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1167.

Browers, H.W., and L.D. Flake. 1985. Breakup and sibling dispersal of two sage grouse broods. Prairie Naturalist 17:248-249.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Bruce, J.R., W.D. Robinson, S.L. Petersen, and R.F. Miller. 2011. Greater sage-grouse movements and habitat use during winter in central Oregon. Western North American Naturalist 71(3):418-424.

Brussee, B. E., P. S. Coates, S. T. O’Neil, M. A. Ricca, J. E. Dudko, S. P. Espinosa, and D. J. Delehanty. 2023. Influence of fine-scale habitat characteristics on sage-grouse nest site selection and nest survival varies by mesic and xeric site conditions. Ornithological Applications.

Bui, T.D. 2009. The effects of nest and brood predation by common ravens (Corvus corax) on greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in relation to land use in western Wyoming. M.S. thesis. University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access. 

Bukowski, B.E., and W.L. Baker. 2013. Historical fire regimes, reconstructed from land-survey data, led to complexity and fluctuation in sagebrush landscapes. Ecological Applications 23(3):546-564.

Burnett, L.E. 1905. The sage grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus. The Condor 7(4):102-105.

Busek, E.A. 1973. Grounds for grouse. Soil Conservation 38:169-170.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Bush, K.L., C.L. Aldridge, J.E. Carpenter, C.A. Paszkowski, M.S. Boyce, and D.W. Coltman. 2010. Birds of a feather do not always lek together: genetic diversity and kinship structure of greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in Alberta. The Auk 127(2):343-353.

Bush, K.L., C.K. Dyte, B.J. Moynahan, C.L. Aldridge, H.S. Sauls, A.M. Battazzo, B.L. Walker, K.E. Doherty, J. Tack, J. Carlson, D. Eslinger, J. Nicholson, M.S. Boyce, D.E. Naugle, C.A. Paszkowski, and D.W. Coltman. 2011. Population structure and genetic diversity of greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in fragmented landscapes at the northern edge of their range. Conservation Genetics 12(2):527-542.  BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access

Byrne, M.W. 2002. Habitat use by female Greater Sage Grouse in relation to fire at Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, Oregon. M.S. thesis. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.

GREATER SAGE-GROUSE SUBJECT GUIDE BIBLIOGRAPHY: C-D

C

Cade, B.S. 2015. Model averaging and muddled multimodel inferences. Ecology 96(9):2370–2382

Cagney, J., E. Bainter, B. Budd, T. Christiansen, V. Herren, M. Holloran, B. Rashford, M. Smith and J.Williams. 2010. Grazing influence, objective development, and management in Wyoming’s Greater sage-grouse habitat. Bulletin B-1203. University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service, Laramie, WY.

Call, M.W. 1979. Habitat requirements and management recommendations for sage grouse. Technical Note 330. Bureau of Land Management, Denver, CO.

Call, M.W., and C. Maser. 1985. Wildlife habitats in managed rangelands -- The Great Basin of southeastern Oregon: Sage Grouse. General Technical Report PNW-187. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Portland, OR.

Canadian Sage Grouse Recovery Team. 2001. Canadian sage grouse recovery strategy. Saskatchewan Environment and Resource Management, Regina, SK, and Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Cardinal, C.J., T.A. Messmer. 2016. Ecology of greater sage-grouse populations inhabiting the northwestern Wyoming Basin. Human-Wildlife Interactions 10(2):188–204

Carlisle, J.D., A.D. Chalfoun, K.T. Smith, J.L. Beck. 2018 Nontarget effects on songbirds from habitat manipulation for Greater Sage-Grouse: Implications for the umbrella species concept. The Condor 120(2) 439-455

Carlisle, J.D., A.D. Chalfoun, K.T. Smith, and J.L. Beck. 2018. Nontarget effects on songbirds from habitat manipulation for Greater Sage-Grouse: Implications for the umbrella species concept. The Condor: Ornithological Applications, 120(2): 439-455.

Carlisle, J.D., D.A. Keinath, S.E. Albeke, and A.D. Chalfoun. 2018. Identifying holes in the greater sage‐grouse conservation umbrella. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 82(5), 948-957.

Carpenter, J.C., C. Aldridge, and M.S. Boyce. 2010. Sage-grouse habitat selection during winter in Alberta. The Journal of Wildlife Management 74(8):1806-1814.

Carr, H.D. 1967. Effects of sagebrush spraying on abundance, distribution and movements of Sage Grouse. M.S. thesis. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Casazza, M.L., P.S. Coates, and C.T. Overton. 2011. Linking habitat selection to brood success in Greater Sage-grouse. Pp. 151-167 in B.K. Sandercock, K. Martin, G. Segelbacher (editors). Ecology, conservation, and management of grouse. Studies in Avian Biology, vol. 39. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

Caudill, D. 2011. Factors affecting Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) survival and movement in south-central Utah. M.S. thesis. Utah State University, Logan, UT.

Caudill, D., M.R. Guttery, E. Leone, G. Caudill, and T.A. Messmer. 2016. Age-dependence and individual heterogeneity in reproductive success of greater sage-grouse. Journal of Avian Biology 47(5):719–723                          The link is to an accepted draft of the paper, for the final version BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access

Caudill, D., M.R. Guttery, T.M. Terhune, J.A. Martin, G. Caudill, D.K. Dahlgren, and T.A. Messmer. 2017. Individual heterogeneity and effects of harvest on greater sage-grouse populations. Journal of Wildlife Management 81(5):754–765

Caudill, D., T.M. Terhune, B. Bibles, and T.A. Messmer. 2016. Factors affecting seasonal movements of juvenile greater sage-grouse—A reconceptualized nest survival model. The Condor 118(1):139–147

Chambers, J.C., J.L. Beck, J.B. Bradford, et al. 2017. Science framework for conservation and restoration of the sagebrush biome—Linking the Department of the Interior’s Integrated Rangeland Fire Management Strategy to long-term strategic conservation actions. Part 1, Science basis and applications. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-360 p. 213

Chambers, J.C., J.L. Beck, S. Campbell, et al. 2016. Using resilience and resistance concepts to manage threats to sagebrush ecosystems, Gunnison sage-grouse, and greater sage-grouse in their eastern range—A strategic multi-scale approach. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-356 p. 143 

Chambers, J.C., J.D. Maestas, D.A. Pyke, C.S. Boyd, M. Pellant, and A. Wuenschel. 2017. Using resilience and resistance concepts to manage persistent threats to sagebrush ecosystems and greater sage-grouse. Rangeland Ecology and Management 70(2):149–164

Chaney, L., B.A. Richardson, M.J. Germino. 2017. Climate drives adaptive genetic responses associated with survival in big sagebrush (artemisia tridentata). Evolutionary Applications

Christiansen, T. 2009. Fence marking to reduce Greater sage-grouse collisions and mortality near Farson, Wyoming: summary of interim results. Wyoming Game and Fish Department unpublished interim report.

Christiansen, T.J., and L.R. Belton. 2017. Wyoming sage-grouse working groups—Lessons learned. Human-Wildlife Interactions 11(3):274–286

Christiansen, T.J., and C.M. Tate. 2011. Parasites and infectious diseases of Greater Sage-grouse. Pp. 113-126 in S.T. Knick and J.W. Connelly (editors). Greater sage-grouse: Ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitats. Studies in Avian Biology, vol. 38. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Clark, L., J. Hall, R. McLean, M. Dunbar, K. Klenk, R. Bowen, and C.A. Smeraski. 2006. Susceptibility of Greater sage-grouse to experimental infection with West Nile virus. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 42(1):14-22.

Clawson, M.V., J.R. Skalski, J.M. Lady, C.A. Hagen, J.J. Millspaugh, D. Budeau, and J.P. Severson. 2017. Performing statistical population reconstruction using program PopRecon 2.0. Wildlife Society Bulletin 41(3):581–589

Coates, P.S., B.E. Brussee, K.B. Howe, K.B. Gustafson, M.L. Casazza, and D.J. Delehanty. 2016. Landscape characteristics and livestock presence influence common ravens—Relevance to greater sage-grouse conservation. Ecosphere 7(2):20

Coates, P.S., B.E. Brussee, M.A. Ricca, J.E. Dudko, B.G. Prochazka, S.P. Espinosa, M.L. Casazza, and D.J. Delehanty. 2017. Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) nesting and brood-rearing microhabitat in Nevada and California—Spatial variation in selection and survival patterns. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017–1087, p. 79

Coates, P.S., B.E. Brussee, M.A. Ricca, J. P. Severson, M. L. Casazza, K. B. Gustafson, and D. J. Delehanty. 2020. Spatially explicit models of seasonal habitat for greater sage‐grouse at broad spatial scales: Informing areas for management in Nevada and northeastern California. Ecology and Evolution, 10(1): 104-118.

Coates, P.S., S.T. O'Neil, B.E. Brussee, M.A. Ricca, P.J. Jackson, J.B. Dinkins, and D.J. Delehanty. 2020. 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. Biological Conservation, 243: 108409.

Coates, P.S., S.T. O'Neil, D.A. Muñoz, I.A. Dwight, and J.C. Tull. 2021. Sage‐grouse population dynamics are adversely affected by overabundant feral horses. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 85(6): 1132-1149.

Coates, P.S., B.G. Prochazka, M.A. Ricca, B.J. Halstead, M.L. Casazza, E.J. Blomberg, and K.P. Reese. 2018. The relative importance of intrinsic and extrinsic drivers to population growth vary among local populations of Greater Sage-Grouse: An integrated population modeling approach. The Auk: Ornithological Advances, 135(2): 240-261.

Coates, P.S., B.G. Prochazka, M.A. Ricca, K.B. Gustafson, P. Ziegler, and M.L. Casazza. 2017. Pinyon and juniper encroachment into sagebrush ecosystems impacts distribution and survival of greater sage-grouse. Rangeland Ecology and Management. 70(1):25–38

Coates, P.S., B.G. Prochazka, M.A. Ricca, G.T. Wann, C.L. Aldridge, S.E. Hanser, K.E. Doherty, M.S. O'Donnell, D.R. Edmunds, and S.P. Espinosa. 2017. Hierarchical population monitoring of greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in Nevada and California—Identifying populations for management at the appropriate spatial scale. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2017–1089, p. 49

Coates, P.S., B.G. Prochazka, M.S. O'Donnell, et al. 2021. Range-wide Greater Sage-Grouse Hierarchical Monitoring Framework: Implications for Defining Population Boundaries, Trend Estimation, and a Targeted Annual Warning System. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2020-1154.

Coates, P.S., M.A. Ricca, B.G. Prochazka, M.L. Brooks, K.E. Doherty, T. Kroger, E.J. Blomberg, C.A. Hagen, and M.L. Casazza. 2016. Wildfire, climate, and invasive grass interactions negatively impact an indicator species by reshaping sagebrush ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113(45):12745–12750

Coates, P.S., M.L. Casazza, B.E. Brussee, M.A. Ricca, K.B. Gustafson, E. Sanchez-Chopitea, K. Mauch, L. Niell, S. Gardner, S. Espinosa, and D.J. Delehanty. 2016. Spatially explicit modeling of annual and seasonal habitat for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in Nevada and northeastern California—An updated decision-support tool for management. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016–1080, p. 160 

Coates, P.S., K.M.  Andrle, P.T. Ziegler, and M.L. Casazza. 2016. Monitoring and research on the Bi-State distinct population segment of greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in the Pine Nut Mountains, California and Nevada—Study progress report, 2011–15. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1222, p. 40

Coates, P.S., M.L. Casazza, E.J. Blomberg, S.C. Gardner, S.P. Espinosa, J.L. Yee, L. Wiechman, and B.J. Halstead. 2013. Evaluating greater sage-grouse seasonal space use relative to leks: implications for surface use designations in sagebrush ecosystems. The Journal of Wildlife Management 77(8):1598-1609.

Coates, P.S., M.L. Casazza, M.A. Ricca, B.E. Brussee, E.J. Blomberg, K.B. Gustafson, C.T. Overton, D.M. Davis, L.E. Niell, S.P. Espinosa, S.C. Gardner, and D.J. Delehanty. 2016. Integrating spatially explicit indices of abundance and habitat quality: an applied example for greater sage-grouse management. Journal of Applied Ecology 53(1):83-95.

Coates, P.S., and D.J. Delehanty. 2010. Nest predation of greater sage-grouse in relation to microhabitat factors and predators. The Journal of Wildlife Management 74(2):240-248.

---. 2008. Effects of environmental factors on incubation patterns of greater sage-grouse. The Condor 110(4):627-638.

Coates, P.S., M.A. Ricca, B.G. Prochazka, K.E. Doherty, M.L. Brooks, and M.L. Casazza. 2015. Long-term effects of wildfire on greater sage-grouse - integrating population and ecosystem concepts for management in the Great Basin. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1165.

Coates, P. S., G. T. Wann, G. L. Gillette, M. A. Ricca, B. G. Prochazka, J. P. Severson, and D. J. Delehanty. 2019. Estimating sightability of greater sage‐grouse at leks using an aerial infrared system and N‐mixture models. Wildlife Biology, 2019(1): 1-11.

Colenso, B.E., M.S. Boyce, and J. Tate, Jr. 1980. Developing criteria for reclamation of Sage Grouse habitat on a surface coal mine in northeastern Wyoming. Pp. 27-31 in D.H. Graves (editor). Proceedings, 1980 Symposium on surface mining hydrology, sedimentation, and reclamation. Office of Engineering Services, College of Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Colorado Greater Sage-grouse Steering Committee. 2008. Colorado Greater sage-grouse conservation plan. Colorado Division of Wildlife, Denver, CO.

Commons, M.L., R.K. Baydack, and C.E. Braun. 1999. Sage grouse response to pinyon-juniper management. Pp. 238-239 in S.B. Monsen and R. Stevens (editors). Proceedings: Ecology and management of pinyon-juniper communities within the Interior West. RMRS-P-9. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Ogden, UT.

---. 1997. Gunnison sage grouse (Centrocercus minimus) use of fragmented habitats in southwestern Colorado. Wildlife Biology 3:283.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Commons, M.L., D.L. Rieden, and C.E. Braun. 1995. Sage Grouse investigations in Dove Creek, Dolores County, Colorado. Journal of the Colorado-Wyoming Academy of Science 27:24.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Connelly, J.W. 1982. An ecological study of sage grouse in southeastern Idaho. Ph.D. dissertation. Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access. 

Connelly, J.W., A.D. Apa, R.B. Smith, and K.P. Reese. 2000. Effects of predation and hunting on adult sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in Idaho. Wildlife Biology 6:227–232.

Connelly, J.W., W.J. Arthur, and O.D. Markham. 1981. Sage grouse leks on recently disturbed sites. Journal of Range Management 34(2):153-154.

Connelly, J.W., and I.J. Ball. 1978. The ecology of sage grouse on the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory Site. Pp. 224-235 in O.D. Markham (editor). Ecological studies on the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory Site, 1978 Progress Report. DOE Idaho Operations Office, Radiological and Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Pocatello, ID.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Connelly, J.W., and C.E. Braun. 1997. Long-term changes in sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) populations in western North America. Wildlife Biology 3:229-234.

Connelly, J.W., H.W. Browers, and R.J. Gates. 1988. Seasonal movements of sage grouse in southeastern Idaho. The Journal of Wildlife Management 52(1):116-122.

Connelly, J.W., and L.A. Doughty. 1990. Sage grouse use of wildlife water developments in southeastern Idaho. Pp. 167-172 in G.K. Tsukamoto and S.J. Stiver (editors). Wildlife water development: A proceedings of the Wildlife Water Development Symposium held in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 29, 30 and December 1, 1988. The Wildlife Society - Nevada Chapter, U.S. Bureau of Land Management - Nevada, and Nevada Department of Wildlife, Reno, NV.

Connelly, J.W., R.A. Fischer, A.D. Apa, K.P. Reese, and W.L. Wakkinen. 1993. Renesting by Sage Grouse in southeastern Idaho. The Condor 95(4):1041-1043.

Connelly, J.W., C.A. Hagen, and M.A. Schroeder. 2011. Characteristics and dynamics of greater sage-grouse populations. Pp. 53-67 in S.T. Knick and J.W. Connelly (editors). Greater Sage-grouse: Ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitat. Studies in Avian Biology, vol. 38. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

Connelly, J.W., S.T. Knick, C.E. Braun, W.L. Baker, E.A. Beever, T. Christiansen, K.E. Doherty, E.O. Garton, S.E. Hanser, D.H. Johnson, M. Leu, R.F. Miller, D.E. Naugle, S.J. Oyler-McCance, D.A. Pyke, K.P. Reese, M.A. Schroeder, S.J. Stiver, B.L. Walker, and M.J. Wisdom. 2011. Conservation of Greater Sage-grouse: A synthesis of current trends and future management. Pp. 549-563 in S.T. Knick and J.W. Connelly (editors). Greater Sage-grouse: Ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitat. Studies in Avian Biology, vol. 38. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

Connelly, J.W., S.T. Knick, M.A. Schroeder and S.J. Stiver. 2004. Conservation assessment of greater sagegrouse and sagebrush habitats. Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Unpublished report. Cheyenne, WY.

Connelly, J.W., and O.D. Markham. 1983. Movements and radionuclide concentrations of Sage Grouse in southeastern Idaho. The Journal of Wildlife Management 47(1):169-177.

Connelly, J.W., E.T. Rinkes, and C.E. Braun. 2011. Characteristics of greater sage-grouse habitats: A landscape species at micro- and macroscales. Pp. 69-83 in S.T. Knick and J.W. Connelly (editors). Greater Sage-grouse: Ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitat. Studies in Avian Biology, vol. 38. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Connelly, J.W., K.P. Reese, R.A. Fischer, and W.L. Wakkinen. 2000. Response of a sage grouse breeding population to fire in southeastern Idaho. Wildlife Society Bulletin 28(1):90-96.

Connelly, J.W., K.P. Reese, and M.A. Schroeder. 2003. Monitoring of greater sage-grouse habitats and populations. University of Idaho, College of Natural Resources Experiment Station Bulletin 80. Moscow, ID.

Connelly, J.W., K.P. Reese, W.L. Wakkinen, M.D. Robertson, and R.A. Fischer. 1994. Sage grouse ecology: Study I, Sage grouse response to a controlled burn. P-R Project W-160-R-21. Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Boise, ID.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access. 

Connelly, J.W., M.A. Schroeder, A.R. Sands, and C.E. Braun. 2000. Guidelines to manage sage grouse populations and their habitats. Wildlife Society Bulletin 28(4):967-985.

Conover, M.R., and A.J. Roberts. 2016. Declining populations of greater sage-grouse—Where and why. Human-Wildlife Interactions 10(2):217–229

Conover, M.R., and A.J. Roberts. 2017. Predators, predator removal, and sage-grouse—A review. Journal of Wildlife Management 81(1):7–15

Copeland, S.M., S.M. Munson, D.S. Pilliod, J.L. Welty, J.B. Bradford, B.J. Butterfield. 2018. Long-term trends in restoration and associated land treatments in the southwestern united states. Restoration Ecology

Cook, A.A., T.A. Messmer, and M.R. Guttery. 2017. Greater sage-grouse use of mechanical conifer reduction treatments in northwest Utah. Wildlife Society Bulletin 41(1):27–33

Crawford, J.A. 1997. Importance of herbaceous vegetation to female Sage Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) during the reproductive period: A synthesis of research from Oregon, USA. Wildlife Biology, 3:271.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Crawford, J.A., T.H. Bliss, and M.K.D. McDowell. 2000. Habitat use by sage grouse at South Steens BLM allotment: final report. Oregon State University, Game Bird Research Program, Corvallis, OR.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Crawford, J.A., M.A. Gregg, M.S. Drut, and A.K. DeLong. 1992. Habitat use by female sage grouse during the breeding season in Oregon. Oregon State University, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Corvallis, OR.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Crawford, J.A., R.A. Olson, N.E. West, J.C. Mosley, M.A. Schroeder, T.D. Whitson, R.F. Miller, M.A. Gregg, and C.S. Boyd. 2004. Ecology and management of sage-grouse and sage-grouse habitat. Journal of Range Management 57(1):2-19.

Crawford, J.E., Jr. 1960. The movements, productivity, and management of Sage Grouse in Clark and Fremont Counties, Idaho. M.S. thesis. University of Idaho, Moscow, ID.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Creutzburg, M.K., E.B. Henderson, and D.R. Conklin. 2015. Climate change and land management impact rangeland condition and sage-grouse habitat in southeastern Oregon. AIMS Environmental Science 2(2):203–236

Crist, M.R., S. T. Knick, and S.E. Hanser. 2017. Range-wide connectivity of priority areas for greater sage-grouse—Implications for long-term conservation from graph theory. The Condor 119(1):44–57

Crist, M.R., S.T. Knick, and S.E. Hanser. 2015. Range-wide network of priority areas for greater sage-grouse - a design for conserving connected distributions or isolating individual zoos? U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1158.

Cross, T.B., D.E. Naugle, J.C. Carlson, and M.K. Schwartz. 2016. Hierarchical population structure in greater sage-grouse provides insight into management boundary delineation. Conservation Genetics 17(6):1417–1433

Cross, T.B., D.E. Naugle, J.C. Carlson, and M.K. Schwartz. 2017. Genetic recapture identifies long-distance breeding dispersal in greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). The Condor 119(1):155–166

Cross, T.B., M.K. Schwartz, D.E. Naugle, B.C. Fedy, J.R. Row, and S.J. Oyler‐McCance. 2018. The genetic network of greater sage‐grouse: Range‐wide identification of keystone hubs of connectivity. Ecology and Evolution, 8(11), 5394-5412.

Cross, T. B., J. D. Tack, D. E. Naugle, M. K. Schwartz, K. E. Doherty, S. J. Oyler-McCance, and B. C. Fedy. 2023. The ties that bind the sagebrush biome: integrating genetic connectivity into range-wide conservation of greater sage-grouse. Royal Society Open Science, 10(2): 220437.

Curran, M.F., T.M. Crow, K.M. Hufford, and P.D. Stahl. 2015. Forbs and greater sage-grouse habitat restoration efforts—Suggestions for improving commercial seed availability and restoration practices. Rangelands 37(6):211–216

D

Dahlgren, D.K., M.R. Guttery, T.A. Messmer, D. Caudill, R.D. Elmore, R. Chi, and D.N. Koons. 2016. Evaluating vital rate contributions to greater sage-grouse population dynamics to inform conservation. Ecosphere 7(3):15

Dahlgren, D.K., R.T. Larsen, R. Danvir, G. Wilson, E.T. Thacker, T.A. Black, D.E. Naugle, J.W. Connelly, and T.A. Messmer. 2015. Greater sage-grouse and range management—Insights from a 25-year case study in Utah and Wyoming. Rangeland Ecology and Management 68(5):375–382

Dahlgren, D.K., T.A. Messmer, B.A. Crabb, R.T. Larsen, T.A. Black, S.N. Frey, E.T. Thacker, R.J. Baxter, and J.D. Robinson. 2016. Seasonal movements of greater sage-grouse populations in Utah—Implications for species conservation. Wildlife Society Bulletin 40(2):288–299

Dahlgren, D.K., T.A. Messmer, B.A. Crabb, R.T. Larsen, T.A. Black, S.N. Frey, E.T. Thacker, and R.J. Baxter. 2019. Sage‐grouse breeding and late brood‐rearing habitat guidelines in Utah. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 43(4): 576-589.

Dahlgren, D.K., T.A. Messmer, and D.N. Koons. 2010. Achieving Better Estimates of Greater Sage-Grouse Chick Survival in Utah. Journal of Wildlife Management 74(6): 1286-1294

Dalke, P.D., D.B. Pyrah, D.C. Stanton, J.E. Crawford, and E.F. Schlatterer. 1963. Ecology, productivity, and management of sage grouse in Idaho. The Journal of Wildlife Management 27(4):810-841.

Dantzker, M.S., G.B. Deane, and J.W. Bradbury. 1999. Directional acoustic radiation in the strut display of male sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). The Journal of Experimental Biology 202:2893-2909.

Danvir, R.E. 2002. Sage grouse ecology and management in northern Utah sagebrush-steppe: a Deseret Land and Livestock wildlife research report, 2002. Deseret Land and Livestock Ranch and the Foundation for Quality Resource Management, Woodruff, UT.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Davis, D.M., and J.A. Crawford. 2015. Case study—Short-term response of greater sage-grouse habitats to wildfire in mountain big sagebrush communities. Wildlife Society Bulletin 39(1):129–137

Davis D.M, K.P. Reese, S.C. Gardner, and K.L. Bird. 2015. Genetic structure of greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in a declining, peripheral population. The Condor 117(4):530–544

Decker, K.L., A. Pocewicz, S. Harju, M. Holloran, M.M. Fink, T.P. Toombs, and D.B. Johnston. 2017. Landscape disturbance models consistently explain variation in ecological integrity across large landscapes. Ecosphere 8(4):12

DeLong, A.K., J.A. Crawford and D. C. DeLong, Jr. 1995. Relationships between vegetational structure and predation of artificial sage grouse nests. The Journal of Wildlife Management 59(1):88-92.

Dettenmaier, S. J., T. A. Messmer, T. J. Hovick, and D.K. Dahlgren. 2017. Effects of livestock grazing on rangeland biodiversity—A meta-analysis of grouse populations. Ecology and Evolution 7(19):7620–7627

Dinkins, J.B., M. R. Conover, C.P. Kirol, J.L. Beck, and S.N. Frey. 2014. Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) hen survival: effects of raptors, anthropogenic and landscape features, and hen behavior. Canadian Journal of Zoology 92(4):319-330.

Dinkins, J.B., M. R. Conover, C.P. Kirol, J.L. Beck, and S.N. Frey. 2016. Effects of common raven and coyote removal and temporal variation in climate on greater sage-grouse nesting success. Biological Conservation 202 p. 50–58

Dinkins, J. B., C.J. Duchardt, J.D. Hennig, and J.L. Beck. 2021. Changes in hunting season regulations (1870s–2019) reduce harvest exposure on greater and Gunnison sage-grouse. Plos one, 16(10): e0253635

Dinkins, J.B., K.J. Lawson, and J.L. Beck. 2021. Influence of environmental change, harvest exposure, and human disturbance on population trends of greater sage-grouse. Plos one, 16(9): e0257198.

Dinkins, J.B., K.J. Lawson, K.T. Smith, J.L. Beck, C.P. Kirol, A.C. Pratt, M.R. Conover, and F.C. Blomquist. 2017. Quantifying overlap and fitness consequences of migration strategy with seasonal habitat use and a conservation policy. Ecosphere 8(11):14

Dinkins, J.B., K.T. Smith, J.L. Beck, C.P. Kirol, A.C. Pratt, and M.R. Conover. 2016. Microhabitat conditions in Wyoming's sage-grouse core areas—Effects on nest site selection and success. PLoS ONE 11(3):17

Dobkin, D.S. 1995. Management and conservation of sage-grouse, denominative species for the ecological health of shrubsteppe ecosystems. High Desert Ecological Research Institute, Bend, OR.

Doherty, M.K. 2007. Mosquito populations in the Powder River basin, Wyoming: A comparison of natural, agricultural and effluent coal bed natural gas aquatic habitats. M.S. thesis. Montana State University. Bozeman, MT.

Doherty, K.E., J. S. Evans, P. S. Coates, L.M. Juliusson, and B. C. Fedy. 2016. Importance of regional variation in conservation planning—A rangewide example of the greater sage-grouse. Ecosphere 7(10):27

Doherty, K.E., J.L. Beck, and D.E. Naugle. 2011. Comparing ecological site descriptions to habitat characteristics influencing greater sage-grouse nest site occurrence and success. Rangeland Ecology & Management 64(4): 344-351.

Doherty, K.E., C.S. Boyd, J.D. Kerby, A.L. Sitz, L.J. Foster, M.C. Cahill, and B.D. Sparklin. 2021. Threat‐based state and transition models predict sage‐grouse occurrence while promoting landscape conservation. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 45(3): 473-487.

Doherty, K.E., J.D. Hennig, J.B. Dinkins, K.A. Griffin, A.A. Cook, J.D. Maestas, and J.L. Beck. 2018. Understanding biological effectiveness before scaling up range‐wide restoration investments for Gunnison sage‐grouse. Ecosphere, 9(3): e02144.

Doherty, K.E., D.E. Naugle, H.E. Copeland, A. Pocewicz, and J.M. Kiesecker. 2011. Energy development and conservation tradeoffs: Systematic planning for greater sage-grouse in their eastern range. Pp. 505-516 in S.T. Knick and J.W. Connelly (editors). Greater sage-grouse: Ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitats. Studies in Avian Biology, vol. 38. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Doherty, K.E., D.E. Naugle, and J.S. Evans. 2010. A currency for offsetting energy development impacts: horse-trading sage-grouse on the open market. PLoS ONE 5(4):e10339.

Doherty, K.E., D.E. Naugle, and B.L. Walker. 2010. Greater sage-grouse nesting habitat: the importance of managing at multiple scales. The Journal of Wildlife Management 74(7):1544-1553.

Doherty, K.E., D.E. Naugle, B.L. Walker, and J.M. Graham. 2008. Greater sage-grouse winter habitat selection and energy development. The Journal of Wildlife Management72(1):187-195.

Doherty, K.E., J.D. Tack, J.S. Evans, and D.E. Naugle. 2010. Mapping breeding densities of greater sage-grouse: a tool for range-wide conservation planning. Completion Report for BLM interagency agreement L10PG00911. Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC.

Donnelly, J.P., B.W. Allred, D. Perret, N.L. Silverman, J.D. Tack, V.J. Dreitz, and D.E. Naugle. 2018. Seasonal drought in North America’s sagebrush biome structures dynamic mesic resources for sage‐grouse. Ecology and Evolution, 8(24): 12492-12505.

Donnelly, J.P., D.E. Naugle, C.A. Hagen, and J.D. Maestas. 2016. Public lands and private waters—Scarce mesic resources structure land tenure and sage-grouse distributions. Ecosphere 7(1):15

Donnelly, J.P., J.D. Tack, K.E. Doherty, D.E. Naugle, B.W. Allred, and V.J. Dreitz. 2017. Extending conifer removal and landscape protection strategies from sage-grouse to songbirds, a range-wide assessment. Rangeland Ecology and Management 70 p.95–105

Drut, M.S., J.A. Crawford, and M.A. Gregg. 1994. Brood habitat use by sage grouse in Oregon. Great Basin Naturalist 54(2):170-176.

Dudko, J. E., P.S. Coates, and D.J. Delehanty. 2019. Movements of female sage grouse Centrocercus urophasianus during incubation recess. Ibis, 161(1): 222-229.

Dudley, I.F., P.S. Coates, B.G. Prochazka, D.M. Davis, S.C. Gardner, and D.J. Delehanty. 2022. Maladaptive nest‐site selection and reduced nest survival in female sage‐grouse following wildfire. Ecosphere, 13(12): e4282.

Dudley, I.F., P.S. Coates, B.G. Prochazka, S.T. O’Neil, S. Gardner, and D.J. Delehanty. 2021. Large-scale wildfire reduces population growth in a peripheral population of sage-grouse. Fire Ecology, 17(1): 1-13.

Dumroese, R.K., T. Luna, F.F. Kilkenny, J.B. Runyon, and B.A. Richardson. 2015. Conserving and restoring habitat for greater sage-grouse and other sagebrush-obligate wildlife—The crucial link of forbs and sagebrush diversity. Native Plants 16(3):276–299

Dumroese, R.K., T. Luna, J.R. Pinto, and T.D. Landis. 2016. Forbs—Foundation for restoration of monarch butterflies, other pollinators, and greater sage-grouse in the western United States. Natural Areas Journal 36(4):499–511

Dunn, P.O., and C.E. Braun. 1986. Late summer-spring movements of juvenile sage grouse. The Wilson Bulletin 98(1):83-92.

---. 1986. Summer habitat use by adult female and juvenile sage grouse. The Journal of Wildlife Management 50(2):228-235.

---. 1985. Natal dispersal and lek fidelity of sage grouse. The Auk 102(3):621-627.

Dupuis A.M. & University of Wyoming Department of Ecosystem Science and Management. 2021. Drought and herbivory impacts on Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyominingensis in eastern Wyoming steppe (dissertation). University of Wyoming. BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Duvall, A.L., A.L. Metcalf, and P.S. Coates. 2017. Conserving the greater sage-grouse—A social-ecological systems case study from the California-Nevada region. Rangeland Ecology and Management 70(1):129–140

Duvuvuei, O.V., N.W. Gruber-Hadden, T.A. Messmer, M.R. Guttery, and B.D. Maxfield. 2017. Contribution of translocated greater sage-grouse to population vital rates. Journal of Wildlife Management 81(6):1033–1041

Dzialak, M.R., C.V. Olson, S.L. Webb, S.M. Harju, and J.B. Winstead. 2015. Incorporating within- and between-patch resource selection in identification of critical habitat for brood-rearing greater sage-grouse. Ecological Processes v. 4 p.15

Dzialak, M.R., S.L. Webb, S.M. Harju, C.V. Olson, J.B. Winstead, and L.D. Hayden-Wing. 2013. Greater sage-grouse and severe winter conditions: identifying habitat for conservation. Rangeland Ecology & Management 66(1):10-18.

GREATER SAGE-GROUSE SUBJECT GUIDE BIBLIOGRAPHY: E-H

E

Ebenhoch, K., D. Thornton, L. Shipley, J. A. Manning, and K. White. 2019. Effects of post‐release movements on survival of translocated sage‐grouse. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 83(6): 1314-1325.

Edelmann, F.B., M.J. Ulliman, M.J. Wisdom, K.P. Reese, and J.W. Connelly. 1998. Assessing habitat quality using population fitness parameters: A remote sensing/GIS-based habitat-explicit population model for Sage Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). University of Idaho, College of Forestry, Wildlife, and Range Sciences Experiment Station Technical Report 25. Moscow, ID.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Edmunds, D.R., C.L. Aldridge, M.S. O'Donnell, and A.P. Monroe. 2017. Greater sage-grouse population trends across Wyoming. Journal of Wildlife Management

Ellis, K.L. 1985. Effects of a new transmission line on distribution and aerial predation of breeding male sage grouse. Final Report for Deseret Generation and Transmission Cooperative. Sandy, UT.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Ellis, K.L., J.R. Parrish, J.R. Murphy, and G.H. Richins. 1989. Habitat use by breeding male sage grouse: a management approach. Great Basin Naturalist 49:404-407.

Ellsworth, L.M., D.W. Wrobleski, J.B. Kauffman, and S.A. Reis. 2016. Ecosystem resilience is evident 17 years after fire in Wyoming big sagebrush ecosystems. Ecosphere 7(12):12

Emmons, S.R., and C.E. Braun. 1984. Lek attendance of male sage grouse. The Journal of Wildlife Management 48(3):1023-1028.

Eng, R.L., and P. Schladweiler. 1972. Sage Grouse winter movements and habitat use in central Montana. The Journal of Wildlife Management 36(1):141-146.

Evans, C.C. 1986. The relationship of cattle grazing to sage grouse use of meadow habitat on the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge. M.S. thesis. University of Nevada, Reno, NV. BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

F

Farzan, S., D.J.N. Young, A.G. Dedrick, M. Hamilton, E.C. Porse, P.S. Coates, and G. Sampson. 2015. Western juniper management—Assessing strategies for improving greater sage-grouse habitat and rangeland productivity. Environmental Management 56(3):675–683

Fedy, B.C., and C.L. Aldridge. 2011. The importance of within-year repeated counts and the influence of scale on long-term monitoring of sage-grouse. The Journal of Wildlife Management 75(5):1022-1033.

Fedy, B.C., C.L. Aldridge, K.E. Doherty, M. O'Donnell, J.L. Beck, B. Bedrosian, M.J. Holloran, G.D. Johnson, N.W. Kaczor, C.P. Kirol, C.A. Mandich, D. Marshall, G. McKee, C. Olson, C.C. Swanson, and B.L. Walker. 2012. Interseasonal movements of greater sage-grouse, migratory behavior, and an assessment of the core regions concept in Wyoming. The Journal of Wildlife Management 76(5):1062-1071.

Fedy, B.C., C.P. Kirol, A.L. Sutphin, and T.L. Maechtle. 2015. The influence of mitigation on sage-grouse habitat selection within an energy development field. PLoS ONE 10(4):19

Fedy, B.C., and K.E. Doherty. 2011. Population cycles are highly correlated over long time series and large spatial scales in two unrelated species: greater sage-grouse and cottontail rabbits. Oecologia 165(4):915-924.

Fedy, B.C., K.E. Doherty, C.L. Aldridge, M.S. O'Donnell, J.L. Beck, B. Bedrosian, D. Gummer, M.J. Holloran, G.D. Johnson, N.W. Kaczor, C.P. Kirol, C.A. Mandich, D. Marshall, G. McKee, C. Olson, A.C. Pratt, C.C. Swanson, and B.L. Walker. 2014. Habitat prioritization across large landscapes, multiple seasons, and novel areas: an example using greater sage-grouse in Wyoming. Wildlife Monographs 190:1-39.

Fedy, B.C., M.S. O'Donnell, and Z.H. Bowen. 2015. Large-scale control site selection for population monitoring—An example assessing sage-grouse trends. Wildlife Society Bulletin 39(4):700–712 

Fedy, B.C., J.R. Row, and S.J. Oyler-McCance. 2017. Integration of genetic and demographic data to assess population risk in a continuously distributed species. Conservation Genetics 18(1):89–104

Fike, J.A., S.J. Oyler-McCance, S.J. Zimmerman, and T.A. Castoe. 2015. Development of 13 microsatellites for Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) using next-generation shotgun sequencing and their utility in greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). Conservation Genetics Resources 7(1):211-214 

Finley, W.L. and I. Finley. 1924. Can the antelope and sage grouse be saved? Nature Magazine 3:68-72.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Fischer, R.A. 1994. The effects of prescribed fire on the ecology of migratory Sage Grouse in southeastern Idaho. Ph.D. dissertation. University of Idaho, Moscow, ID.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Fischer, R.A., K.P. Reese, and J.W. Connelly. 1996. An investigation on fire effects within xeric sage grouse brood habitat. Journal of Range Management 49(3):194-198.

Fischer, R.A., W.L. Wakkinen, K.P. Reese, and J.W. Connelly. 1997. Effects of prescribed fire on movements of female Sage Grouse from breeding to summer ranges. The Wilson Bulletin 109(1):82-91.

Forbey, J.S., G.L. Patricelli, D.M. Delparte, et al. 2017. Emerging technology to measure habitat quality and behavior of grouse—Examples from studies of greater sage-grouse. Wildlife Biology

Forbey, J.S., N.L. Wiggins, G.G. Frye, and J.W. Connelly. 2013. Hungry grouse in a warming world: emerging risks from plant chemical defenses and climate change. Wildlife Biology 19(4):374-381.

Foster, L.J., Dugger, K.M., Hagen C.A., and Budeau, D.A. 2018. Potential effects of GPS transmitters on greater sage-grouse survival in a post-fire landscape. Wildlife Biology 2018(1)

Foster, L.J., K.M. Dugger, C.A. Hagen, and D.A. Budeau. 2019. Greater sage‐grouse vital rates after wildfire. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 83(1): 121-134.

Freese, M.T., S.L. Petersen, and R.F. Miller. 2016. Spatial analysis of greater sage-grouse habitat use in relation to landscape level habitat structure. Journal of Ecosystem and Ecography 6(3):10                                                                                                                            BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Freese, E., T. Stringham, G. Simonds, and E. Sant. 2013. Grazing for fuels management and sage grouse habitat maintenance and recovery: a case study from Sq___ Valley Ranch. Rangelands 35(4):13-17.

Fremgen, A.L., C.P. Hansen, M.A. Rumble, R.S. Gamo, and J.J. Millspaugh. 2016. Male greater sage-grouse detectability on leks. Journal of Wildlife Management 80(2):266–274

Fremgen, A.L., C.P. Hansen, M.A. Rumble, R.S. Gamo, and J.J. Millspaugh. 2019. Weather conditions and date influence male Sage Grouse attendance rates at leks. Ibis, 161(1): 35-49.

Fremgen, A.L., C.T. Rota, C.P. Hansen, M.A. Rumble, R.S. Gamo, and J.J. Millspaugh. 2017. Male greater sage-grouse movements among leks. Journal of Wildlife Management 81(3):498–508

Fremgen, M.R., D. Gibson, R.L. Ehrlich, A.H. Krakauer, J.S. Forbey, E.J. Blomberg, J.S. Sedinger, and G.L. Patricelli. 2017. Necklace-style radio-transmitters are associated with changes in display vocalizations of male greater sage-grouse. Wildlife Biology

Fremgen-Tarantino, M.R., J.J. Peña, J.W. Connelly, and J.S. Forbey. 2020. Winter foraging ecology of Greater Sage-Grouse in a post-fire landscape. Journal of Arid Environments, 178: 104154.

Fremgen-Tarantino, M.R., P.J. Olsoy, G.G. Frye, J.W. Connelly, A.H. Krakauer, G.L. Patricelli, and J.S. Forbey. 2021. Assessing accuracy of GAP and LANDFIRE land cover datasets in winter habitats used by greater sage-grouse in Idaho and Wyoming, USA. Journal of Environmental Management, 280: 111720.

G

Gamo, R.S., and J.L. Beck. 2017. Effectiveness of Wyoming's sage-grouse core areas—Influences on energy development and male lek attendance. Environmental Management 59(2):189–203

Gamo, R.S., and J.L. Beck 2017. Energy Disturbance and Productivity of Mule Deer Habitat in Sage-Grouse Core Areas. Rangeland Ecology & Management 70(5):576-583 BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Garman, S.L. 2017. A simulation framework for assessing physical and wildlife impacts of oil and gas development scenarios in Southwestern Wyoming. Environmental Modeling and Assessment 23(1):39–56

Gates, R.J. 1983. Sage Grouse, lagomorph, and pronghorn use of a sagebrush grassland burn site on the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. M.S. thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.

Garton, E.O., J.W. Connelly, J.S. Horne, C.A. Hagen, A. Moser, and M.A. Schroeder. 2011. Greater Sage-Grouse population dynamics and probability of persistence. Pp. 293-381 in S.T. Knick and J.W. Connelly (editors). Greater sage-grouse: Ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitats. Studies in Avian Biology, vol. 38. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Germino, M.J., C.R. Anthony, C.R. Kluender, E. Ellsworth, A.M. Moser, C. Applestein, and M.R. Fisk. 2022. Relationship of greater sage‐grouse to natural and assisted recovery of key vegetation types following wildfire: insights from scat. Restoration Ecology: e13758.

Gerringer, M.B., K.T. Smith, and K.L. Kosciuch. 2022. Observations of Greater Sage-Grouse at a solar energy facility in Wyoming. Western North American Naturalist, 82(1): 196-200.

Gibson, D., E.J. Blomberg, M.T. Atamian, and J.S. Sedinger. 2015. Observer effects strongly influence estimates of daily nest survival probability but do not substantially increase rates of nest failure in greater sage-grouse. The Auk 132(2):397–407

Gibson, D., E.J. Blomberg, M.T. Atamian, and J.S. Sedinger. 2016. Nesting habitat selection influences nest and early offspring survival in greater sage-grouse. The Condor 118(4):689–702

Gibson, D., E.J. Blomberg, M.T. Atamian, and J.S. Sedinger. 2017. Weather, habitat composition, and female behavior interact to modify offspring survival in greater sage-grouse. Ecological Applications 27(1):168–181

Gibson, D., E.J. Blomberg, M.T. Atamian, S.P. Espinosa, and J.S. Sedinger. 2018. Effects of power lines on habitat use and demography of greater sage‐grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). Wildlife Monographs, 200(1): 1-41.

Gibson, D., E.J. Blomberg, and J.S. Sedinger. 2016. Evaluating vegetation effects on animal demographics—The role of plant phenology and sampling bias. Ecology and Evolution 6(11):3621–3631

Gill, R.B. 1966. A Literature Review on the Sage Grouse. State of Colorado Research Division, Denver, CO.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Gillan, J.K., and E.K. Strand. 2010. Sage-grouse habitat in Idaho: a practical guide for land owners and managers. University of Idaho Forest, Wildlife, and Range Experiment Station, Moscow, ID.
[Note: this is a large file and may take longer to download.]

Gillan, J.K., E.K. Strand, J.W. Karl, K.P. Reese, and T. Laninga. 2013. Using spatial statistics and point-pattern simulations to assess the spatial dependency between Greater sage-grouse and anthropogenic features. Wildlife Society Bulletin 37(2):301-310.

Graham, L., and B. Jones. 2005. Northern Eagle/southern Routt greater sage-grouse summary report. Colorado Division of Wildlife, Steamboat Springs, CO.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Graham, L., and C. McConnell. 2004. Radio-collared greater sage-grouse summary report: Southern Routt and northern Eagle Counties, Colorado. Colorado Division of Wildlife, Steamboat Springs, CO.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Grant-Hoffman, M.N., and H.L. Plank. 2021. Practical postfire sagebrush shrub restoration techniques. Rangeland Ecology and Management 74(1): 1-8.

Green, A.W., C.L. Aldridge, and M.S. O'Donnell. 2017. Investigating impacts of oil and gas development on greater sage-grouse. Journal of Wildlife Management 81(1):46–57

Greer, R. 1990. Sage grouse habitat requirements and development. Habitat Extension Bulletin 31. Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Cheyenne, WY.

Gregg, M.A., J.K. Barnett, and J.A. Crawford. 2008. Temporal variation in diet and nutrition of preincubating greater sage-grouse. Rangeland Ecology & Management 61(5): 535-542.

Gregg, M.A., and J.A. Crawford. 2009. Survival of greater sage-grouse chicks and broods in the northern Great Basin. The Journal of Wildlife Management 73(6):904-913.

Gregg, M.A., J.A. Crawford, M.S. Drut and A.K. DeLong. 1994. Vegetational cover and predation of sage grouse nests in Oregon. The Journal of Wildlife Management 58(1):162-166.

Gruber-Hadden, N.W., T.A. Messmer, B.D. Maxfield, K.N. Koons, and M.R. Guttery. 2016. Population vital rates of resident and translocated female greater sage-grouse. Journal of Wildlife Management 80(4):753–760

Guttery, M.R., T.A. Messmer, M.W. Brunson, J.D. Robinson, and D.K. Dahlgren. 2016. Declining populations of greater sage-grouse—Hunter motivations when numbers are low. Animal Conservation 19(1):26–34. BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

H

Hagen, C. 2011. Greater sage-grouse conservation assessment and strategy for Oregon: a plan to maintain and enhance populations and habitats. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bend, OR.

Hagen, C.A.  2011.  Predation on Greater Sage-Grouse: facts, process, and effects.  Pp. 95-100 in S.T. Knick and J.W. Connelly (editors). Greater sage-grouse: Ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitats. Studies in Avian Biology, vol. 38. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Hagen, C.A., J.W. Connelly, and M.A. Schroeder. 2007. A meta-analysis for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) nesting and brood-rearing habitats. Wildlife Biology 13 (Supplement 1):42-50.

Hagen, C.A., J.E. Sedinger, and C.E. Braun. 2018. Estimating sex‐ratio, survival, and harvest susceptibility in greater sage‐grouse: Making the most of hunter harvests. Wildlife Biology, 2018(1): 1-7.

Hall, F. A. 1995. Determining changes in abundance of sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in California. BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Hanks, E.M., M.B. Hooten, S.T. Knick, S.J. Oyler-McCance, J.A. Fike, T.B. Cross, and M.K. Schwartz. 2016. Latent spatial models and sampling design for landscape genetics. Annals of Applied Statistics 10(2):1041–1062.

Hansen, E.P., A.C. Stewart, and S.N. Frey. 2016. Influence of transmission line construction on winter sage-grouse habitat use in southern Utah. Human-Wildlife Interactions 10(2):169–187

Hansen, C.P., L.A. Schreiber, M.A. Rumble, J.J. Millspaugh, R.S. Gamo, J.W. Kehmeier, and N. Wojcik. 2016. Microsite selection and survival of greater sage-grouse nests in South-central Wyoming. Journal of Wildlife Management 80(5):862–876

Hanser, S.E., and S.T. Knick. 2011. Greater sage-grouse as an umbrella species for shrubland passerine birds: A multiscale assessment. Pp. 473-487 in S.T. Knick and J.W. Connelly (editors). Greater sage-grouse: Ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitats. Studies in Avian Biology, vol. 38. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Hanser, S.E., M. Leu, S.T. Knick, and C.L. Aldridge (editors). 2011. Sagebrush ecosystem conservation and management: ecoregional assessment tools and models for the Wyoming Basins. Allen Press, Lawrence, KS.

Hanser, S.E., et. al. 2018. Greater sage-grouse science (2015–17)—Synthesis and potential management implications: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2018–1017.

Harju, S.M., C.V. Olson, J.E. Hess, and B. Bedrosian. 2018. Common raven movement and space use: influence of anthropogenic subsidies within greater sage‐grouse nesting habitat. Ecosphere, 9(7): e02348.

Harmon, L., and D. Hircher. 2016. Managing safety and wildlife at Jackson Hole Airport. Journal of Airport Management 10(4):381-401                   
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Hausleitner, D. 2003. Population Dynamics, habitat use and movements of greater sage-grouse in Moffat County, Colorado. M.S. Thesis. University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho.

Havlina, D.W., P. Anderson, L. Kurth, K.E. Mayer, J.C. Chambers, C. Boyd, T. Christiansen, D. Davis, S. Espinosa, M. Ielmini, D. Kemner, J.D. Maestas, B. Mealor, M. Pellant, J. Tague, and J. Vernon. 2015. Fire and fuels management contributions to sage-grouse conservation: a status report. Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Cheyenne, WY.

Heath, B., R. Straw, S. Anderson, and J. Lawson. 1996. Proceedings of the sage grouse workshop, Pinedale, Wyoming, 6-7 September 1996. Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Cheyenne, WY.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Hein, D., R.A. Ryder, R.G. Walter, C. Braun, S. Emmons, H. Funk, K. Giesen, S. McElderry, B. Petersen, S. Porter, T. Schoenberg, and J. Wagner. 1982. Potential impacts of strip mining on sage grouse movements and habitat use. Pages 59-147 in Game Bird Survey,Job Final Report. Colorado Division of Wildlife Game Research Report. Project number: COLO. W-037-R-35/Work plan 3/Job 12. Colorado Division of Wildlife, Denver, CO.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Heinrichs, J.A., C.L. Aldridge, D.L. Gummer, A.P. Monroe, and N.H. Schumaker. 2018. Prioritizing actions for the recovery of endangered species—Emergent insights from greater sage-grouse simulation modeling. Biological Conservation (218):134-143                
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Heinrichs, J.A., C.L. Aldridge, M.S. O'Donnell, and N.H. Schumaker. 2017. Using dynamic population simulations to extend resource selection analyses and prioritize habitats for conservation. Ecological Modelling (359):449–459

Heinrichs, J.A., J.J. Lawler, N.H. Schumaker, C.B. Wilsey, K. Newcomb, and C.L. Aldridge. 2017. A multispecies test of source-sink indicators to prioritize habitat for declining populations. Conservation Biology, Accepted Article posted November 29, 2017

Heinrichs, J. A., M.S. O'Donnell, C.L. Aldridge, S.L. Garman, and C.G. Homer. 2019. Influences of potential oil and gas development and future climate on Sage‐grouse declines and redistribution. Ecological Applications, 29(6): e01912.

Hemker, T.P., and C.E. Braun. 2001. Innovative approaches for development of conservation plans for sage grouse: Examples from Idaho and Colorado. Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 66:456-463.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Henderson, E.B., D.M. Bell, and M.J. Gregory. 2019. Vegetation mapping to support greater sage‐grouse habitat monitoring and management: multi‐or univariate approach? Ecosphere, 10(8): e02838.

Heinrichs, J.A., C.L. Aldridge, D.L. Gummer, A.P. Monroe, and N.H. Schumaker. 2018. Prioritizing actions for the recovery of endangered species: Emergent insights from Greater Sage-grouse simulation modeling. Biological Conservation, 218: 134-143.

Hennig, J.D., J.L. Beck, C.J. Duchardt, and J.D. Scasta. 2021. Variation in sage-grouse habitat quality metrics across a gradient of feral horse use. Journal of Arid Environments, 192: 104550.

Hess, J.E. 2011. Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) habitat response to mowing and prescribed burning Wyoming big sagebrush and the influence of disturbance factors on lek persistence in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. M.S. thesis. University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Hess, J.E., and J.L. Beck. 2012. Disturbance factors influencing greater sage-grouse lek abandonment in north-central Wyoming. The Journal of Wildlife Management 76(8):1625-1634.

---. 2011. Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) nesting and early brood-rearing habitat response to mowing and prescribed burning Wyoming big sagebrush and influence of disturbance factors on lek persistence in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Final Research Report. University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.

Holloran, M.J. 2005. Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) population response to natural gas field development in western Wyoming. Ph.D. dissertation. University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.

Holloran, M.J., B.C. Fedy, and J. Dahlke. 2015. Winter habitat use of greater sage-grouse relative to activity levels at natural gas well pads. Journal of Wildlife Management 79(4):630–640

Holloran, M.J., and S.H. Anderson. 2005. Spatial distribution of greater sage-grouse nests in relatively contiguous sagebrush habitats. The Condor 107(4):742-752.

Homer, C.G., G. Xian, C.L. Aldridge, D.K. Meyer, T.R. Loveland, and M.S. O'Donnell. 2015. Forecasting sagebrush ecosystem components and greater sage-grouse habitat for 2050—Learning from past climate patterns and Landsat imagery to predict the future. Ecological Indicators

Hopken, M.W., E.K. Orning, J.K. Young, and A.J. Piaggio. 2016. Molecular forensics in avian conservation—A DNA-based approach for identifying mammalian predators of ground-nesting birds and eggs. BMC Research Notes

Hornaday, W.T. 1916. Save the sage grouse from extinction: a demand from civilization to the western states. New York Zoological Park Bulletin 5:179-219.
[This is a free e-book through Google Play and may be read online or on a mobile device. BLM employees may sign in using their BLM email address, including the @blm.gov.]

Howe, K.B., and P.S. Coates. 2015. Observations of territorial breeding common ravens caching eggs of greater sage-grouse. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 6(1):187–190

Hupp, J.W., and C.E. Braun. 1989. Topographic distribution of sage grouse foraging in winter. The Journal of Wildlife Management 53(3):823-829.

Huwer, S.L. 2004. Evaluating greater sage-grouse brood habitat using human-imprinted chicks. M.S. thesis. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO. 
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

GREATER SAGE-GROUSE SUBJECT GUIDE BIBLIOGRAPHY: I-P

I

Ielmini, M.R., T.E. Hopkins, K.E. Mayer, K. Goodwin, C. Boyd, B. Mealor, M. Pellant, and T. Christiansen. 2015. Invasive plant management and greater sage-grouse conservation: a review and status report with strategic recommendations for improvement. Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Cheyenne, WY.

J

Jahner, J.P., D. Gibson, C.L. Weitzman, E.J. Blomberg, J.S. Sedinger, and T.L. Parchman. 2016. Fine-scale genetic structure among greater sage-grouse leks in central Nevada. BMC Evolutionary Biology

Jankowski, M.D., R.E. Russell, J.C. Franson, R.J. Dusek, M.K. Hines, M. Gregg, E.K. Hofmeister. 2014. Corticosterone metabolite concentrations in greater sage-grouse are positively associated with the presence of cattle grazing. Rangeland Ecology & Management 67(3): 237-246
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access. 

Johnson, D.H., M.J. Holloran, J.W. Connelly, S.E. Hanser, C.L. Amundson, and S.T. Knick. 2011. Influences of environmental and anthropogenic features on greater sage-grouse populations, 1997-2007. Pp. 407-450 in S.T. Knick and J.W. Connelly (editors). Greater sage-grouse: Ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitats. Studies in Avian Biology, vol. 38. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Johnson, G.D. 1987. Effects of rangeland grasshopper control on sage grouse in Wyoming. M.S. thesis. University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Jones, T.A. 2017. Impacts on ecosystems, corrective restoration practices, and prospects for recovery—Nine case studies in the continental United States. The Rangeland Journal, Online Early article posted October 6, 2017

Juliusson, L.M., and K.E. Doherty. 2017. Oil and gas development exposure and conservation scenarios for greater sage-grouse—Combining spatially explicit modeling with GIS visualization provides critical information for management decisions. Applied Geography 80 p. 98–111
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

K

Kerley, L. 1994. Bird responses to habitat fragmentation caused by sagebrush management in a Wyoming sagebrush steppe ecosystem. Ph.D. dissertation. University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Kilpatrick, S. 2000. Using prescribed fire to manage sagebrush communities in occupied sage grouse habitats of Wyoming. Paper presented at 22^nd Western States Sage and Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse Symposium, July 13-14, 2000. Redmond, OR.

Kirol, C.P., A.L. Sutphin, L. Bond, M.R. Fuller, and T.L. Maechtle. 2015. Mitigation effectiveness for improving nesting success of greater sage-grouse influenced by energy development. Wildlife Biology 21 (2):98–109

Kirol, C.P., J.L. Beck, S.V. Huzurbazar, M.J. Holloran, and S.N. Miller. 2015. Identifying greater sage-grouse source and sink habitats for conservation planning in an energy development landscape. Ecological Applications 25(4):968–990

Kirol, C.P., K.T. Smith, N.E. Graf, J.B. Dinkins, C.W. Lebeau, T.L. Maechtle, and J.L. Beck. 2020. Greater sage‐grouse response to the physical footprint of energy development. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 84(5): 989-1001.

Klebenow, D.A. 1973. The habitat requirements of sage grouse and the role of fire in management. Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference 12:305-315.

Klebenow, D. A.1982. Livestock grazing interactions with sage grouse. Pages 113-123 in J. M. Peek and P. D. Dalke, editors. Proceedings of the Wildlife-Livestock Relationships Symposium, 20-22 April 1981, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Proceeding 10, University of Idaho Forestry, Wildlife, and Range Experiment Station, Moscow, USA.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

---. 1968. The nesting and brood habitat of sage grouse. Ph.D. dissertation. University of Idaho, Moscow, ID.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Klebenow, D., G. Zunino, M. Stigar, and A. Altstatt. 1990. Sage grouse production and mortality studies. Job Final Report. Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration: Project W-48-R-21, Study XVII, Job 1. Nevada Department of Wildlife, Reno, NV.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Knick, S.T. 2011. Historical development, principal federal legislation, and current management of sagebrush habitats: implications for conservation. Pp. 13-31 in S.T. Knick and J.W. Connelly (editors). Greater sage-grouse: Ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitats. Studies in Avian Biology, vol. 38. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

Knick, S.T. and J.W. Connelly. 2011. Greater sage-grouse and sagebrush: An introduction to the landscape.  Pp. 1-9 in S.T. Knick and J.W. Connelly (editors). Greater sage-grouse: Ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitats. Studies in Avian Biology, vol. 38. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Knick, S.T., D.S. Dobkin, J.T. Rotenberry, M.A. Schroeder, W.M. Vander Haegen, and C. van Riper III. 2003. Teetering on the edge or too late? Conservation and research issues for avifauna of sagebrush habitats. The Condor 105:611-634.

Knick, S.T. and S.E. Hanser. 2011. Connecting pattern and process in greater sage-grouse populations and sagebrush landscapes. Pp. 383-405 in S.T. Knick and J.W. Connelly (editors). Greater sage-grouse: Ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitats. Studies in Avian Biology, vol. 38. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Knick, S.T., S.E. Hanser, R.F. Miller, D.A. Pyke, M.J. Wisdom, S.P. Finn, E.T. Rinkes and C.J. Henny. 2011. Ecological influence and pathways of land use in sagebrush. Pp. 203-251 in S.T. Knick and J.W. Connelly (editors). Greater sage-grouse: Ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitats. Studies in Avian Biology, vol. 38. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

Knick, S.T., S.E. Hanser, and K.L. Preston. 2013. Modeling ecological minimum requirements for distribution of greater sage-grouse leks: implications for population connectivity across their western range, U.S.A. Ecology and Evolution 3(6):1539-1551.

Koch, R.E., A.H. Krakauer, and G.L. Patricelli. 2015. Investigating female mate choice for mechanical sounds in the male greater sage-grouse. The Auk 132(2):349–358

Kohl, K.D., E. Pitman, B.C. Robb,J.W. Connelly, M.D. Dearing, and J.S. Forbey. 2015. Monoterpenes as inhibitors of digestive enzymes and counter-adaptations in a specialist avian herbivore. Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology 185(4):425–434

Kohl, K.D., J.W. Connelly, M.D. Dearing, and J.S. Forbey. 2016. Microbial detoxification in the gut of a specialist avian herbivore, the greater sage-grouse. FEMS Microbiology Letters 363(14):6

Kohl, M.T., T.A. Messmer, B.A. Crabb, M.R. Guttery, D.K. Dahlgren, R.T. Larsen, and R.J. Baxter. 2019. The effects of electric power lines on the breeding ecology of greater sage-grouse. PloS one, 14(1): e0209968.

Kolada, E.J., M.L. Casazza, and J.S. Sedinger. 2009. Ecological factors influencing nest survival of greater sage-grouse in Mono County, California.  The Journal of Wildlife Management 73(8):1341-1347.

Kormos, P.R., D. Marks, F.B. Pierson, C.J. Williams, S.P. Hardegree, S. Havens, A. Hedrick, J.D. Bates, and T.J. Svejcar. 2017. Ecosystem water availability in juniper versus sagebrush snow-dominated rangelands. Rangeland Ecology and Management (70):116–128

Krakauer, A.H., M.A. Blundell, T.N. Scanlan, M.S. Wechsler, E.A. McCloskey, J.H. Yu, and G.L. Patricelli. 2016. Successfully mating male sage-grouse show greater laterality in courtship and aggressive interactions. Animal Behaviour 111 p. 261–267 
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Kreuter, U.P., D.W. Wolfe, K.B. Hays, and J.R. Conner. 2017. Conservation credits—Evolution of a market-oriented approach to recovery of species of concern on private land. Rangeland Ecology and Management 70(3):264–272

L

Lazenby, K.D., P.S. Coates, S.T. O’Neil, M.T. Kohl, and D.K. Dahlgren. 2021. Nesting, brood rearing, and summer habitat selection by translocated greater sage‐grouse in North Dakota, USA. Ecology and Evolution, 11(6): 2741-2760.

LeBeau, C.W., G.D. Johnson, M.J. Holloran, J.L. Beck, R.M. Nielson, M.E. Kauffman, E.J. Rodemaker, and T.L. McDonald. 2017. Greater sage-grouse habitat selection, survival, and wind energy infrastructure. Journal of Wildlife Management 81(4):690–711

LeBeau, C.W., J.L. Beck, G.D. Johnson, R.M. Nielson, M.J. Holloran, K.G. Gerow, and T.L. McDonald. 2017. Greater sage-grouse male lek counts relative to a wind energy development. Wildlife Society Bulletin 41(1):17–26

Lebeau, C.W., K.T. Smith, M.J. Holloran, J.L. Beck, M.E. Kauffman, and G.D. Johnson. 2019. Greater sage‐grouse habitat function relative to 230‐kV transmission lines. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 83(8): 1773-1786.

LeBeau, C.W., M.D. Strickland, G.D. Johnson, and M.S. Frank. 2017. Landscape-scale approach to quantifying habitat credits for a greater sage-grouse habitat conservation bank. Rangeland Ecology and Management, advance online proof posted December 8, 2017

Leu, M., and S.E. Hanser. 2011. Influences of the human footprint on sagebrush landscape patterns: Implications for sagegrouse conservation.  Pp. 253-271 in S.T. Knick and J.W. Connelly (editors). Greater sage-grouse: Ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitats. Studies in Avian Biology, vol. 38. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Lockyer, Z.B., P.S. Coates, M.L. Casazza, S. Espinosa, and D.J. Delehanty. 2015. Nest-site selection and reproductive success of greater sage-grouse in a fire-affected habitat of northwestern Nevada. The Journal of Wildlife Management 79(5):785-797.

Luna, T., M.R. Mousseaux, and R.K. Dumroese. 2018. Common native forbs of the northern Great Basin important for greater sage-grouse. US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

Lundblad, C.G., C.A. Hagen, J.P. Donnelly, S.T. Vold, A.M. Moser, and S.P. Espinosa. 2022. Sensitivity to weather drives Great Basin mesic resources and Greater Sage-Grouse productivity. Ecological Indicators: 142, 109231.

Lungle, K. and S. Pruss. 2008. Recovery strategy for the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophansianus urophasianus) in Canada. In Species at Risk Act Recovery Strategy Series. Parks Canada Agency. 43.

Lyon, A.G. 2000. The potential effects of natural gas development on sage grouse near Pinedale, Wyoming. M.S. thesis. University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Lyon, A.G., and S.H. Anderson. 2003. Potential gas development impacts on sage grouse nest initiation and movement. Wildlife Society Bulletin 31(2):486-491.

M

Mabray, S.T., and M.R. Conover. 2015. Microhabitat selection by greater sage-grouse hens during brood rearing. Human-Wildlife Interactions 9(2):219–228

Maestas, J.D., S.B. Campbell, J.C. Chambers, M. Pellant, R.F. Miller. 2016. Tapping soil survey information for rapid assessment of sagebrush ecosystem resilience and resistance. Rangelands 38(3):120–128

Maher, A.T., N.E.Q. Ashwell, J.A. Tanaka, J.P. Ritten, and K.A. Maczko. 2023. Financial barriers and opportunities for conservation adoption on US rangelands: A region-wide, ranch-level economic assessment of NRCS-sponsored Greater Sage-grouse habitat conservation programs. Journal of Environmental Management, 116420. BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Manier, D.J., Z.H. Bowen, M.L. Brooks, M.L. Casazza, P.S. Coates, P.A. Deibert, S.E. Hanser, D.H. Johnson. 2014. Conservation buffer distance estimates for greater sage-grouse-a review. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014-1239

Manier, D.J., D.J.A. Wood, Z.H. Bowen, R.M. Donovan, M.J. Holloran, L.M. Juliusson, K.S. Mayne, S.J. Oyler-McCance, F.R. Quamen, D.J. Saher, and A.J. Titolo. 2013. Summary of science, activities, programs, and policies that influence the rangewide conservation of Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). USGS Open File Report 2013-1098. Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management.

Martin, N.S. 1965. Effects of chemical control of sagebrush on the occurrence of sage grouse in southwestern Montana. M.S. thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.

Maxwell, L.M., Teige, E.C., Jordan, S.E., Rutherford, T.K., Samuel, E.M., Selby, L.B., Foster, A.C., Kleist, N.J., and Carter, S.K. 2023. Annotated bibliography of scientific research on Gunnison sage-grouse published from January 2005 to September 2022: U.S. Geological Survey. USGS Open-File Report 2023–1079, 52 p.

Mayer, K.E., P. Anderson, J. Chambers, C. Boyd, T. Christiansen, D. Davis, S. Espinosa, D. Havlina, M. Ielmini, D. Kemner, L. Kurth, J. Maestas, B. Mealor, T. Milesneck, L. Niell, M. Pellant, D. Pyke, J. Tague, and J. Vernon. 2013. Wildfire and invasive species in the west: challenges that hinder current and future management and protection of the sagebrush-steppe ecosystem - a gap report. Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Cheyenne, WY.

McCaffery, R., J.J. Nowak, and P.M. Lukacs. 2016. Improved analysis of lek count data using N-mixture models. Journal of Wildlife Management 80(6)1011–1021

McCaffery, R., and P.M. Lukacs. 2016. A generalized integrated population model to estimate greater sage-grouse population dynamics. Ecosphere 7(11)

McDowell, M.K.D. 2000. The effects of burning in mountain big sagebrush on key sage grouse habitat characteristics in southeastern Oregon. M.S. thesis. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.

Messmer, T.A., Hasenyager, R., Burruss, J. and Liguori, S., 2013. Stakeholder contemporary knowledge needs regarding the potential effects of tall structures on sage-grouse. Human-Wildlife Interactions, 7(2), p.273-298.

Meyerpeter, M.B., K.D. Lazenby, P.S. Coates, M.A. Ricca, S.R. Mathews, S.C. Gardner, and D.J. Delehanty. 2021. Field methods for translocating female greater sage‐grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) with their broods. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 45(3): 529-537.

Miller, R.F., and L.L. Eddleman. 2001. Spatial and temporal changes of sage grouse habitat in the sagebrush biome. Technical Bulletin 151. Oregon State University Agricultural Experiment Station, Corvallis, OR.

Miller, R.F., D.E. Naugle, J.D. Maestas, C.A. Hagen, and G. Hall. 2017. Special issue—Targeted woodland removal to recover at-risk grouse and their sagebrush-steppe and prairie ecosystems. Rangeland Ecology and Management 70(1):1–8

Miller, R.F., S.T. Knick, D.A. Pyke, C.W. Meinke, S.E. Hanser, M.J. Wisdom, and A.L. Hild. 2011. Characteristics of sagebrush habitats and limitations to long-term conservation. Pp. 145-184 in S.T. Knick and J.W. Connelly (editors). Greater sage-grouse: Ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitats. Studies in Avian Biology, vol. 38. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

Milligan, M.C. and L.B. McNew. 2021. Does researcher activity impact nest survival of sharp‐tailed grouse? Wildlife Biology, 2021(3): wlb-00690.

Monroe, A.P., C.L. Aldridge, T.J. Assal, K.E. Veblen, D.A. Pyke, and M.L. Casazza. 2017. Patterns in greater sage-grouse population dynamics correspond with public grazing records at broad scales. Ecological Applications 27(4):1096–1107

Monroe, A.P., D.R. Edmunds, and C.L. Aldridge. 2016. Effects of lek count protocols on greater sage-grouse population trend estimates. Journal of Wildlife Management 80(4):667–678

Muñoz, D.A., P.S. Coates, and M.A. Ricca. 2021. Free-roaming horses disrupt greater sage-grouse lekking activity in the Great Basin. Journal of Arid Environments, 184: 104304.

Musil, D.D., J.W. Connelly, and K.P. Reese. 1993. Movements, survival, and reproduction of sage grouse translocated into central Idaho. The Journal of Wildlife Management 57(1):85-91.

Musil, D.D., K.P. Reese, and J.W. Connelly. 1994. Nesting and summer habitat use by translocated sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in central Idaho. Great Basin Naturalist 54(3):228-233.

N

Naugle, D.E., K.E. Doherty, B.L. Walker, H.E. Copeland, M.J. Holloran, and J.D. Tack. 2011. Sage-grouse and cumulative impacts of energy development. Pp. 55-70 in D.E. Naugle (editor). Energy development and wildlife conservation in western North America. Island Press, Washington, D.C.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Naugle, D.E., K.E. Doherty, B.L. Walker, M.J. Holloran, and H.E. Copeland. 2011. Energy development and greater sage-grouse. Pp. 489-503 in S.T. Knick and J.W. Connelly (editors). Greater sage-grouse: Ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitats. Studies in Avian Biology, vol. 38. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Nelle, P.J., K.P. Reese, and J.W. Connelly. 2000. Long-term effects of fire on sage grouse habitat. Journal of Range Management 53(6):586-591.

Newton, R.E., J.D. Tack, J.C. Carlson, M.R. Matchett, P.J. Fargey, and D.E. Naugle. 2017. Longest sage-grouse migratory behavior sustained by intact pathways. Journal of Wildlife Management 81(6):962–972

Niemuth, N.D., and M.S. Boyce. 1995. Spatial and temporal patterns of predation of simulated Sage Grouse nests at high and low nest densities: An experimental study. Canadian Journal of Zoology 73:819-825.

O

O'Donnell, M.S., C.L. Aldridge, K.E. Doherty, and B.C. Fedy. 2015. Wyoming greater sage-grouse habitat prioritization: a collection of multi-scale seasonal models and geographic information system land management tools. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 891.

O'Donnell, M.S., D.R. Edmunds, C.L. Aldridge, J.A. Heinrichs, P.S. Coates, B.G. Prochazka, and S.E. Hanser. 2019. Designing multi‐scale hierarchical monitoring frameworks for wildlife to support management: a sage‐grouse case study. Ecosphere, 10(9): e02872.

O'Donnell, M.S., D.R. Edmunds, C.L. Aldridge, J.A. Heinrichs, A.P. Monroe, P.S. Coates, and C.S. Wightman. 2021. Synthesizing and analyzing long-term monitoring data: A greater sage-grouse case study. Ecological Informatics, 63: 101327.

Oh, K.P., C.L. Aldridge, J.S. Forbey, C.Y. Dadabay, and S.J. Oyler-McCance. 2019. Conservation genomics in the Sagebrush Sea: population divergence, demographic history, and local adaptation in sage-grouse (Centrocercus spp.). Genome Biology and Evolution, 11(7): 2023-2034.

Olsen, A.C., J.P. Severson, B.W. Allred, M.O. Jones, J.D. Maestas, D.E. Naugle, and C.A. Hagen. (2021). Reversing tree encroachment increases usable space for sage‐grouse during the breeding season. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 45(3): 488-497.

O'Neil, S.T., P.S. Coates, B.E. Brussee, P.J. Jackson, K.B. Howe, A.M. Moser, and D.J. Delehanty. 2018. Broad‐scale occurrence of a subsidized avian predator: Reducing impacts of ravens on sage‐grouse and other sensitive prey. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55(6): 2641-2652.

Orning, E.K., and J.K. Young. 2016. Impacts of coyote removal on space use by greater sage-grouse. Human-Wildlife Interactions 10(2):144–156

Orning, E.K., and J.K. Young. 2017. Coyote removal—Can the short-term application of a controversial management tool improve female greater sage-grouse survival or nest success?. Wildlife Biology

Ouren, D.S., D.A. Ignizio, M. Siders, T. Childers, K. Tucker, N. Seward. 2014. Gunnison sage-grouse lek site suitability modeling. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014-1010, 18 p.

Oyler-McCance, S.J., K.P. Burnham, and C.E. Braun. 2001. Influences of changes in sagebrush on Gunnison Sage Grouse in southwestern Colorado. The Southwestern Naturalist 46(3):323-331.

Oyler-McCance, S.J., R.S. Cornman, K.L. Jones, and J.A. Fike. 2015. Genomic single-nucleotide polymorphisms confirm that Gunnison and greater sage-grouse are genetically well differentiated and that the Bi-State population is distinct. The Condor 117(2):217–227

Oyler-McCance, S.J., R.S. Cornman, K.L. Jones, and J.A. Fike. 2015. Z chromosome divergence, polymorphism and relative effective population size in a genus of lekking birds. Heredity 115(5):452–459

Oyler-McCance, S.J., T.B. Cross, J.R. Row, M.K. Schwartz, D.E. Naugle, J.A. Fike, and B.C. Fedy. 2022. New strategies for characterizing genetic structure in wide-ranging, continuously distributed species: a Greater Sage-grouse case study. Plos one, 17(9): e0274189.

Oyler-McCance, S.J., and T.W. Quinn. 2011. Molecular insights into the biology of Greater Sage-grouse.  Pp. 85-94 in S.T. Knick and J.W. Connelly (editors). Greater sage-grouse: Ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitats. Studies in Avian Biology, vol. 38. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

P

Palmquist, K.A., D.R. Schlaepfer, J.B. Bradford, and W.K. Lauenroth. 2016. Spatial and ecological variation in dryland ecohydrological responses to climate change—Implications for management. Ecosphere 7(11):20

Parachute-Piceance-Roan (PPR) Greater sage-grouse work group. 2008. Parachute-Piceance-Roan (PPR) Greater sage-grouse conservation plan. Colorado Division of Wildlife, Denver, CO.  

Peebles, L.W., and M.R. Conover. 2016. Effectiveness of the toxicant DRC-1339 in reducing populations of common ravens in Wyoming. Wildlife Society Bulletin 40(2):281–287

Peebles, L.W., M.R. Conover, and J.B. Dinkins. 2017. Adult sage-grouse numbers rise following raven removal or an increase in precipitation. Wildlife Society Bulletin 41(3):471–478

Pedersen, E.K., J.W. Connelly, J.R. Hendrickson, and W.E. Grant. 2003. Effect of sheep grazing and fire on sage grouse populations in southeastern Idaho. Ecological Modeling 165(1):23-47.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Pennington, V.E., K.A. Palmquist, J.B. Bradford, and W.K. Lauenroth. 2017. Climate and soil texture influence patterns of forb species richness and composition in big sagebrush plant communities across their spatial extent in the western US. Plant Ecology 218(8):957–970 
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Pennington, V.E., D.R. Schlaepfer, J.L. Beck, J.B. Bradford, K.A. Palmquist, and W.K. Lauenroth. 2016. Sagebrush, greater sage-grouse, and the occurrence and importance of forbs. Western North American Naturalist 76(3):298–312

Peters, D.T., and L. Ward. 2017. Greater sage-grouse in Montana—Mapping archetype viewpoints across stakeholder groups using Q Methodology. Wildlife Society Bulletin 41(1):34–41

Petersen, B.E. 1980. Breeding and nesting ecology of female sage grouse in North Park, Colorado. M.S. thesis. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Peterson, J.G. 1969. Ecological effects of chemical and mechanical sagebrush control: Food habits and summer distribution of juvenile Sage Grouse in central Montana. Montana Fish and Game Department.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Picardi, S., T. Messmer, B. Crabb, M. Kohl, D. Dahlgren, N. Frey, and R. Baxter. 2020. Predicting greater sage‐grouse habitat selection at the southern periphery of their range. Ecology and Evolution, 10(23): 13451-13463.

Pilliod, D.S., M.I. Jeffries, R.S. Arkle, and D.H. Olson. 2020. Reptiles under the conservation umbrella of the greater sage‐grouse. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 84(3): 478-491.

Poessel, S.A., D.M. Barnard, C. Applestein, M.J. Germino, E.A. Ellsworth, D. Major, and T.E. Katzner. 2022. Greater sage‐grouse respond positively to intensive post‐fire restoration treatments. Ecology and evolution, 12(3): e8671.

Postovit, B.C. 1981. Suggestions for sage grouse habitat reclamation on surface mines in northeastern Wyoming. M.S. thesis. University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY. BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Pratt, A.C., and J.L. Beck. 2019. Greater sage‐grouse response to bentonite mining. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 83(4): 866-878.

Pratt, A.C., and J.L. Beck. 2021. Do greater sage‐grouse exhibit maladaptive habitat selection? Ecosphere, 12(3): e03354.

Pratt, A.C., K.T. Smith, and J.L. Beck. 2017. Environmental cues used by greater sage- grouse to initiate altitudinal migration. The Auk 134(3):628–643

Prochazka, B.G., P.S. Coates, M.A. Ricca, M.L. Casazza, K.B. Gustafson, and J.M. Hull. 2017. Encounters with pinyon-juniper influence riskier movements in greater sage-grouse across the Great Basin. Rangeland Ecology and Management

Prochazka, B.G., S.T. O'Neil, and P.S. Coates. 2023. A Bayesian multi-stage modelling framework to evaluate impacts of energy development on wildlife populations: an application to Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). MethodsX: 102023.

Pyke, D.A. 2011. Restoring and rehabilitating sagebrush habitats. Pp. 531-548 in S.T. Knick and J.W. Connelly (editors). Greater sage-grouse: Ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitats. Studies in Avian Biology, vol. 38. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

Pyke, D.A., J.C. Chambers, M. Pellant, S.T. Knick, R.F. Miller, J.L. Beck, P.S. Doescher, E.W. Schupp, B.A. Roundy, M. Brunson, and J.D. McIver. 2015. Restoration handbook for sagebrush steppe ecosystems with emphasis on greater sage-grouse habitat - Part 1. Concepts for understanding and applying restoration. U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1416.

Pyke, D.A., S.T. Knick, J.C. Chambers, M. Pellant, R.F. Miller, J.L. Beck, P.S. Doescher, E.W. Schupp, B.A. Roundy, M. Brunson, and J.D. McIver. 2015. Restoration handbook for sagebrush steppe ecosystems with emphasis on greater sage-grouse habitat - Part 2. Landscape level restoration decisions. U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1418.

Pyke, D.A., S.T. Knick, J.C. Chambers, M. Pellant, R.F. Miller, J.L. Beck, P.S. Doescher, E.W. Schupp, B.A. Roundy, M. Brunson, and J.D. McIver. 2017. Restoration handbook for sagebrush steppe ecosystems with emphasis on greater sage-grouse habitat—Part 3. Site level restoration decisions: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1426

Pyke, D.A., R.K. Shriver, R.S. Arkle, D.S. Pilliod, C.L. Aldridge, P.S. Coates, and S.E. Shaff. 2020. Postfire growth of seeded and planted big sagebrush—strategic designs for restoring greater sage‐grouse nesting habitat. Restoration Ecology, 28(6): 1495-1504.

Pyle, W.H., and J.A. Crawford. 1996. Availability of foods of Sage Grouse chicks following prescribed fire in sagebrush-bitterbrush. Journal of Range Management 49(4):320-324.

GREATER SAGE-GROUSE SUBJECT GUIDE BIBLIOGRAPHY: R-Z

R

Rabon, J.C., P.S. Coates, M.A. Ricca, & T.N. Johnson. 2021. Does reproductive status influence habitat selection by female greater sage-grouse in a sagebrush-juniper landscape? Rangeland Ecology & Management, 79: 150-163.

Rabon, J.C., S.E. McIntire, P.S. Coates, M.A. Ricca, and T.N. Johnson. 2020. Brood parasitism of Greater Sage-Grouse by California Quail in Idaho. Western North American Naturalist 80(4).

Randall, K.J., M.J. Ellison, J.V. Yelich, W.J. Price, and T.N. Johnson. 2022. Managing forbs preferred by greater sage-grouse and soil moisture in mesic meadows with short-duration grazing. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 82: 66-75.

Reese, K.P., and R.T. Bowyer (editors). 2007. Monitoring populations of sage-grouse: proceedings of a symposium at Idaho State University hosted by University of Idaho and Idaho State University. University of Idaho, College of Natural Resources Experiment Station Bulletin 88. Moscow, ID. 
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Reese, K.P., and J.W. Connelly. 2011. Harvest management for greater sage-grouse: A changing paradigm for game bird management. Pp. 101-111 in S.T. Knick and J.W. Connelly (editors). Greater sage-grouse: Ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitats. Studies in Avian Biology, vol. 38. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

---. 1997. Translocations of sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in North America. Wildlife Biology 3(3/4):235-241.

Reinhardt, J.R., D.E. Naugle, J.D. Maestas, B. Allred, J. Evans, and M. Falkowski. 2017. Next-generation restoration for sage-grouse—A framework for visualizing local conifer cuts within a landscape context. Ecosphere 8(7):18 

Remington, T.E., Deibert, P.A., Hanser, S.E., Davis, D.M., Robb, L.A., and Welty, J.L. 2021. Sagebrush conservation strategy—Challenges to sagebrush conservation. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2020–1125.

Rhodes, E.C., J.D. Bates, R.N. Sharp, and K.W. Davies. 2010. Fire effects on cover and dietary resources of sage-grouse habitat. The Journal of Wildlife Management 74(4):755-764.

Rice, M.B., L.G. Rossi, and A.D. Apa. 2016. Seasonal habitat use by greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) on a landscape with low density oil and gas development. PLoS ONE 11(10):20

Ricca, M.A., P.S. Coates, K.B. Gustafson, B.E. Brussee, J.C. Chambers, S.P. Espinosa, and M.L. Casazza. 2018. A conservation planning tool for Greater Sage‐grouse using indices of species distribution, resilience, and resistance. Ecological Applications, 28(4): 878-896.

Riginos, C., T.A. Monaco, K.E. Veblen, K. Gunnell, E. Thacker, D. Dahlgren, and T. Messmer. 2019. Potential for post‐fire recovery of greater sage‐grouse habitat. Ecosphere, 10(11): e02870.

Riley, I.P. and C.J. Conway. 2020. Methods for estimating vital rates of greater sage‐grouse broods: A review. Wildlife Biology, 2020(4): 1-12.

Rischette, A.C., T.J. Hovick, R.D. Elmore, and B.A. Geaumont. 2020. Use of small unmanned aerial systems for sharp‐tailed grouse lek surveys. Wildlife Biology, 2020(2): 1-7.

Robertson, M.D. 1991. Winter ecology of migratory Sage Grouse and associated effects of prescribed fire in southeastern Idaho. M.S. thesis. University of Idaho, Moscow, ID.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Rossi, L., Apa, A.D. Rice, M.B. 2010 Greater sage-grouse seasonal habitat use and demographics in north park. Colorado Parks and Wildlife 2010 Progress Report. Fort Collins, Colorado. BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Roth, C.L., S.T. O’Neil, P.S. Coates, M.A. Ricca, D.A. Pyke, C.L. Aldridge, and D.J. Delehanty. 2022. Targeting sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) restoration following wildfire with greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) nest selection and survival models. Environmental Management, 70(2): 288-306.

Row, J.R., K.E. Doherty, T.B. Cross, M.K. Schwartz, S.J. Oyler‐McCance, D.E. Naugle, and B.C. Fedy. 2018. Quantifying functional connectivity: the role of breeding habitat, abundance, and landscape features on range‐wide gene flow in sage‐grouse. Evolutionary Applications, 11(8): 1305-1321.

Row, J.R., and B.C. Fedy. 2017. Spatial and temporal variation in the range-wide cyclic dynamics of greater sage-grouse. Oecologia 
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Row, J.R., M.J. Holloran, and B.C. Fedy. 2022. Quantifying the temporal stability in seasonal habitat for sage‐grouse using regression and ensemble tree approaches. Ecosphere, 13(5): e4034.

Row, J.R., S.J. Oyler-McCance, and B.C. Fedy. 2016. Differential influences of local subpopulations on regional diversity and differentiation for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). Molecular Ecology  25(18):4424–4437
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Row, J.R., S.J. Oyler-McCance, J.A. Fike, M.S. O'Donnell, K.E. Doherty, C.L. Aldridge, Z.H. Bowen, and B.C. Fedy. 2015. Landscape characteristics influencing the genetic structure of greater sage-grouse within the stronghold of their range: a holistic modeling approach. Ecology and Evolution 5(10):1955-1969.

Row, J.R., S.T. Knick, S. J. Oyler-McCance, S.C. Lougheed, and B.C. Fedy. 2017. Developing approaches for linear mixed modeling in landscape genetics through landscape-directed dispersal simulations. Ecology and Evolution 7(11):3751–3761

Rowland, M.M. 2004. Effects of management practices on grassland birds: Greater sage-grouse. U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, ND.

Rowland, M.M., and M.J. Wisdom. 2002. Research problem analysis for greater sage-grouse in Oregon: final report. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Salem, OR.

S

Sage-grouse National Technical Team. 2011. A report on national Greater Sage-grouse conservation measures. Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC.

Saher, D.J., M.S. O’Donnell, C.L. Aldridge, and J.A. Heinrichs. 2022. Balancing model generality and specificity in management-focused habitat selection models for Gunnison sage-grouse. Global Ecology and Conservation, 35: e01935.

Sandford, C.P., M.T. Kohl, T.A. Messmer, D.K. Dahlgren, A. Cook, and B.R. Wing. 2017. Greater sage-grouse resource selection drives reproductive fitness under a conifer removal strategy. Rangeland Ecology and Management

Savage, D.E. 1968. The relationship of sage grouse to upland meadows in Nevada. Nevada Fish and Game Commission, Reno, NV.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Schoenberg, T.J. 1982. Sage Grouse movements and habitat selection in North Park Colorado. M.S. thesis. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.

Schreiber, L.A., C.P. Hansen, M.A. Rumble, J.J. Millspaugh, R.S. Gamo, J.W. Kehmeier, and N. Wojcik. 2015. Microhabitat selection of brood-rearing sites by greater sage-grouse in Carbon County, Wyoming. Western North American Naturalist 75(3):348–363

Schreiber, L.A., C.P. Hansen, M.A. Rumble, J.J. Millspaugh, F.R. Thompson, R.S. Gamo, J.W. Kehmeier, and N. Wojik. 2016. Greater sage-grouse apparent nest productivity and chick survival in Carbon County, Wyoming. Wildlife Biology 22(2):37–44

Schroeder, M.A. 2008. Variation in greater sage-grouse morphology by region and population. Draft report for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bridgeport, WA.

Schroeder, M.A., C.L. Aldridge, A.D. Apa, J.R. Bohne, C.E. Braun, S.D. Bunnell, J.W. Connelly, P.A. Deibert, S.C. Gardner, M.A. Hilliard, G.D. Kobriger, S.M. McAdam, C.W. McCarthy, J.J. McCarthy, D.L. Mitchell, E.V. Rickerson, and S.J. Stiver. 2004. Distribution of sage grouse in North America. The Condor 106(2):363–376.

Schroeder, M.A., and L.A. Robb. 2003. Fidelity of greater sage-grouse Centrocercus urophasianus to breeding areas in a fragmented landscape. Wildlife Biology 9(4):291-299.

Schroeder, M.A., and W.M. Vander Haegen. 2011. Response of Greater Sage-grouse to the conservation reserve program in Washington State. Pp. 517-529 in S.T. Knick and J.W. Connelly (editors). Greater sage-grouse: Ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitats. Studies in Avian Biology, vol. 38. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Schroff, S.R., K.A. Cutting, C.A. Carr, N.R. Frisina, L.B. McNew, and B.F. Sowell. 2018 Characteristics of shrub morphology on nest site selection of Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in high-elevation sagebrush habitat. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 130(3):730-738

Severson, J.P., P.S. Coates, M.C. Milligan, S.T. O'Neil, M.A. Ricca, S.C. Abele, and M.L. Casazza. 2022. Moisture abundance and proximity mediate seasonal use of mesic areas and survival of greater sage‐grouse broods. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 3(4): e12194.

Severson, J.P., P.S. Coates, B.G. Prochazka, M.A. Ricca, M.L. Casazza, and D.J. Delehanty. 2019. Global positioning system tracking devices can decrease Greater Sage-Grouse survival. The Condor, 121(3), duz032.

Severson, J.P., C.A. Hagen, J.D. Maestas, D.E. Naugle, J.T. Forbes, and K.P. Reese. 2017. Effects of conifer expansion on greater sage-grouse nesting habitat selection. Journal of Wildlife Management 81(1):86–95

Severson, J.P., C.A. Hagen, J.D. Maestas, D.E. Naugle, J.T. Forbes, and K.P. Reese. 2017. Restoring sage-grouse nesting habitat through removal of early successional conifer. Restoration Ecology 25(6):1026–1034

Severson, J.P., C.A. Hagen, J.D. Maestas, D.E. Naugle, J.T. Forbes, and K.P. Reese. 2017. Short-term response of sage-grouse nesting to conifer removal in the northern Great Basin. Rangeland Ecology and Management

Severson, J.P., C.A. Hagen, J.D. Tack, J.D.  Maestas, D.E. Naugle, J.T. Forbes, and K.P Reese. 2017. Better living through conifer removal—A demographic analysis of sage-grouse vital rates. PLoS ONE 12(3):17

Scott, J.W. 1942. Mating behavior of the sage grouse. The Auk 59(4):477-498.

Sedgwick, J.A. 2004. Habitat restoration for Gunnison and greater sage-grouse: a literature review. Prepared for the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Gunnison Field Office. Fort Collins, CO.

Shinneman, D.J., Aldridge, C.L., Coates, P.S., Germino, M.J., Pilliod, D.S., and Vaillant, N.M., 2018, A conservation paradox in the Great Basin—Altering sagebrush landscapes with fuel breaks to reduce habitat loss from wildfire: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2018–1034.

Shirk, A.J., M.A. Schroeder, L.A. Robb, and S.A. Cushman. 2017. Persistence of greater sage-grouse in agricultural landscapes. Journal of Wildlife Management 81(5):905–918

Shirk, A.J., M.A. Schroeder, L.A. Robb, and S.A. Cushman. 2015. Empirical validation of landscape resistance models: insights from the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). Landscape Ecology 30(10):1837-1850.

Shivik, J.A. 2018. Greater Sage-grouse proposed land management plan amendments (LMPA) and draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for the Intermountain and Rocky Mountain Regions. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.

Shyvers, J.E., B.L. Walker, and B.R. Noon. 2018. Dual‐frame lek surveys for estimating greater sage‐grouse populations. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 82(8): 1689-1700.

Shyvers, J.E., B.L. Walker, S.J. Oyler‐McCance, J.A. Fike, and B.R. Noon. 2020. Genetic mark‐recapture analysis of winter faecal pellets allows estimation of population size in Sage Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus. Ibis, 162(3): 749-765.

Sime, C.A. 1991. Sage grouse use of burned, non-burned, and seeded vegetation communities on the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho. M.S. thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.

Sinai, N.L., P.S. Coates, K.M. Andrle, C. Jefferis, C.G. Senties-Cue, and M.E. Pitesky. 2017. A serosurvey of greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in Nevada, USA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 53(1):136–139

Slater, S.J. 2003. Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) use of different-aged burns and the effects of coyote control in southwestern Wyoming. M.S. thesis. University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Smith, I.T., S.J. Knetter, L.K. Svancara, J.W. Karl, T.R. Johnson, and J.L. Rachlow. 2021. Overlap between sagebrush habitat specialists differs among seasons: implications for umbrella species conservation. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 78: 142-154.

Smith, J.A., and J.F. Dwyer. 2016. Avian interactions with renewable energy infrastructure—An update. The Condor 118(2):411–423

Smith, J.T., B.W. Allred, C.S. Boyd, J.C. Carlson, K.W. Davies, C.A. Hagen, and J.D. Tack. 2020. Are sage‐grouse fine‐scale specialists or shrub‐steppe generalists? The Journal of Wildlife Management, 84(4): 759-774.

Smith, J.T., J.S. Evans, B.H. Martin, S. Baruch-Mordo, J.M. Kiesecker, and D.E. Naugle. 2016. Reducing cultivation risk for at-risk species—Predicting outcomes of conservation easements for sage-grouse. Biological Conservation

Smith, J.T., J.D. Tack, L.I. Berkeley, M. Szczypinski, and D.E. Naugle. 2017. Effects of rotational grazing management on nesting greater sage-grouse. Journal of Wildlife Management 82(1):103–112

Smith, J.T., J.D. Tack, K.E. Doherty, B.W. Allred, J.D. Maestas, L.I. Berkeley, S.J. Dettenmaier, T.A. Messmer, and D.E. Naugle. 2018. Phenology largely explains taller grass at successful nests in greater sage-grouse. Ecology and Evolution

Smith, K.T., and J.L. Beck. 2017. Sagebrush treatments influence annual population change for greater sage-grouse. Restoration Ecology, Early View article posted September 15, 2017

Smith, K.T., J.L. Beck, and C.P. Kirol. 2018. Reproductive state leads to intraspecific habitat partitioning and survival differences in greater sage-grouse: implications for conservation. Wildlife Research, 45(2): 119-131.

Smith, K.T., J.L. Beck, and A.C. Pratt. 2016. Does Wyoming's core area policy protect winter habitats for greater sage-grouse?. Environmental Management 58(4):585–596

Smith, K.T., J.R. LeVan, and J.L. Beck. 2019. Forb and invertebrate response to treatments for greater sage-grouse in Wyoming big sagebrush. Rangeland ecology & management, 72(5): 791-795.

Smith, K.T., A.C. Pratt, J.R. LeVan, A.M. Rhea, and J.L. Beck. 2019. Reconstructing greater sage-grouse chick diets: diet selection, body condition, and food availability at brood-rearing sites. The Condor: Ornithological Applications, 121(1): duy012.

Spence, E.S., J.L. Beck, and A.J. Gregory. 2017. Probability of lek collapse is lower inside sage-grouse core areas—Effectiveness of conservation policy for a landscape species. PLoS ONE 12(11):15

Stevens, B.S. 2011. Impacts of fences on Greater sage-grouse in Idaho: collision, mitigation, and spatial ecology. M.S. thesis. University of Idaho, Moscow, ID.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Stevens, B.S., J.W. Connelly, and K.P. Reese. 2012. Multi-scale assessment of Greater sage-grouse fence collision as a function of site and broad scale factors. The Journal of Wildlife Management 76(7):1370-1380.

Stevens, B.S., D.E. Naugle, B. Dennis, J.W. Connelly, T. Griffiths, and K.P. Reese. 2013. Mapping sage-grouse fence-collision risk: spatially explicit models for targeting conservation implementation. Wildlife Society Bulletin 37(2):409-415.

Stevens, B.S., K.P. Reese, and J.W. Connelly. 2011. Survival and detectability bias of avian fence collision surveys in sagebrush steppe. The Journal of Wildlife Management 75(2):437-449.

Stevens, B.S., K.P. Reese, J.W. Connelly, and D.D. Musil. 2012. Greater sage-grouse and fences: does marking reduce collisions? Wildlife Society Bulletin 36(2):297-303.

Stiver, S.J. 2011. The legal status of Greater sage-grouse: Organizational structure of planning efforts. Pp. 33-49 in S.T. Knick and J.W. Connelly (editors). Greater sage-grouse: Ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitats. Studies in Avian Biology, vol. 38. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Stiver, S.J., A.D. Apa, J.R. Bohne, S.D. Bunnell, P.A. Deibert, S.C. Gardner, M.A. Hilliard, C.W. McCarthy, and M.A. Schroeder. 2006. Greater sage-grouse comprehensive conservation strategy. Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Unpublished Report. Cheyenne, WY.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Stiver, S.J., E.T. Rinkes, and D.E. Naugle. 2010. Sage-grouse habitat assessment framework: multi-scale habitat assessment tool. Unpublished Report. U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Idaho State Office, Boise, ID.

Stonehouse, K.F., L.A. Shipley, J. Lowe, M.T. Atamian, M.E. Swanson, and M.A. Schroeder. Habitat selection and use by sympatric, translocated greater sage-grouse and Columbian sharp-tailed grouse. The Journal of Wildlife Management 79(8):1308-1326.

Stoner, D.C., T.A. Messmer, R.T. Larsen, S.N. Frey, M.T. Kohl, E.T. Thacker, and D.K. Dahlgren. 2020. Using satellite‐derived estimates of plant phenological rhythms to predict sage‐grouse nesting chronology. Ecology and Evolution, 10(20): 11169-11182.

Swanson, C.C. 2009. Ecology of Greater sage-grouse in the Dakotas. Ph.D. dissertation. South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD.

Swenson, J.E., C.A. Simmons, and C.D. Eustace. 1987. Decrease of sage grouse Centrocercus urophasianus after ploughing of sagebrush steppe. Biological Conservation 41:125–32.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

T

Tack, J.D. 2009. Sage-grouse and the human footprint: Implications for conservation of small and declining populations. M.S. thesis. University of Montana, Missoula, MT.

Tack, J.D., D.E. Naugle, J.C. Carlson, and P.J. Fargey. 2011. Greater sage-grouse Centrocercus urophasianus migration links the USA and Canada: A biological basis for international prairie conservation. Oryx 46(1):64-68.

Taylor, R.L., B.L. Walker, D.E. Naugle, and L.S. Mills. 2012. Managing multiple vital rates to maximize greater sage-grouse population growth. The Journal of Wildlife Management 76(2):336-347.

Taylor, J.D., R.D. Holt, E.K. Orning, and J.K. Young. 2017. Greater sage-grouse nest survival in Northwestern Wyoming. Journal of Wildlife Management 81(7):1219–1227

Thompson, T.R., A.D. Apa, K.P. Reese, and K.M. Tadvick. 2015. Captive rearing sage-grouse for augmentation of surrogate wild broods—Evidence for success. Journal of Wildlife Management 79(6):998–1013.

Timmer, J.M., C.L. Aldridge, and M.E. Fernández‐Giménez. 2019. Managing for multiple species: greater sage‐grouse and sagebrush songbirds. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 83(5): 1043-1056.

Torell, L.A., J.A. Tanaka, N. Rimbey, T. Darden, L. Van Tassell, and A. Harp. 2002. Ranch-level impacts of changing grazing policies on BLM land to protect the Greater sage-grouse: Evidence from Idaho, Nevada, and Oregon. PACWPL Policy Paper SG-01-02. Policy Analysis Center for Western Public Lands, Caldwell, ID.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

U

U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. 2004. BLM conservation efforts for Greater sage-grouse and sagebrush habitats: Report to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in response to notice of 90-day petition finding for the Greater sage-grouse. Washington, D.C.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

---. 2004. National Sage grouse habitat conservation strategy 1.3.1: Guidance for addressing sagebrush habitat conservation in BLM land use plans. Washington, DC.

---. 2004. National Sage grouse habitat conservation strategy 1.4.1: Guidance for the management of sagebrush plant communities for sage-grouse conservation. Washington, DC.

---. 2000. Management guidelines for Sage Grouse and sagebrush ecosystems in Nevada. BLM-Nevada State Office, Reno, NV.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2015. Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants; 12-month finding on a petition to list greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) as an endangered or threatened species. Proposed rule. 80 FR 59856.

---. 2015. Summary report, workshop for experts on the genetics of greater sage-grouse : held at the USGS Fort Collins Science Center in Fort Collins, Colorado, on October 22 and 23, 2014  

---. 2010. Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants; 12-month findings for petitions to list the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) as threatened or endangered. Proposed rule. 75 FR 13908.

 V

Van Lanen, N.J., A.W. Green,, T.R. Gorman, L.A. Quattrini, and D.C., Jr, Pavlacky. 2017. Evaluating efficacy of fence markers in reducing greater sage-grouse collisions with fencing. Biological Conservation.

 W

Wakkinen, W.L., K.P. Reese, and J.W. Connelly. 1992. Sage grouse nest locations in relation to leks. The Journal of Wildlife Management 56(2):381-383.

Walker, B.L. 2022. Resource selection by greater sage‐grouse varies by season and infrastructure type in a Colorado oil and gas field. Ecosphere, 13(5): e4018.

Walker, B.L., A.D. Apa, and K. Eichhoff. 2015. Mapping and prioritizing seasonal habitats for greater sage-grouse in northwestern Colorado. The Journal of Wildlife Management 80(1):63-77.

Walker, B.L., and D.E. Naugle. 2011. West Nile virus ecology in sagebrush habitat and impacts on Greater sage-grouse populations. Pp. 127-142 in S.T. Knick and J.W. Connelly (editors). Greater sage-grouse: Ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitats. Studies in Avian Biology, vol. 38. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Walker, B.L., D.E. Naugle, and K.E. Doherty. 2007. Greater sage-grouse population response to energy development and habitat loss. The Journal of Wildlife Management 71(8):2644-2654.

Walker, B.L., D.E. Naugle, K.E. Doherty, and T.E. Cornish. 2007. West Nile virus and Greater sage-grouse: Estimating infection rate in a wild bird population. Avian Diseases 51(3):691-696.

---. 2004. Outbreak of West Nile virus in Greater sage-grouse and guidelines for monitoring, handling, and submitting dead birds. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32(3):1000-1006.

Walker, B.L., M.A. Neubaum, S.R. Goforth, and M.M. Flenner. 2020. Quantifying habitat loss and modification from recent expansion of energy infrastructure in an isolated, peripheral greater sage-grouse population. Journal of Environmental Management, 255: 109819.

Walker, B.L. and M.A. Schroeder. 2021. Atypical primary molt patterns in greater sage‐grouse: implications for age classification. Wildlife Biology, 2021(2): 1-8.

Walsh, D.P., G.C. White, T.E. Remington, and D.C. Bowden. 2004. Evaluation of the lek-count index for greater sage-grouse. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32(1):56-68.

Wambolt, C.L., A.J. Harp, B.L. Welch, N. Shaw, J.W. Connelly, K.P. Reese, C.E. Braun, D.A. Klebenow, E.D. McArthur, J.G. Thompson, L.A. Torell, and J.A. Tanaka. 2002. Conservation of Greater sage-grouse on public lands in the western U.S.: implications of recovery and management policies. PACWPL Policy Paper SG-02-02. Policy Analysis Center for Western Public Lands, Caldwell, ID.

Wann, G.T., P.S. Coates, B.G. Prochazka, J.P. Severson, A.P. Monroe, and C.L. Aldridge. 2019. Assessing lek attendance of male greater sage‐grouse using fine‐resolution GPS data: Implications for population monitoring of lek mating grouse. Population Ecology, 61(2): 183-197.

Wann, G.T., N.D. Van Schmidt, J.E. Shyvers, B.C. Tarbox, M.M. McLachlan, M.S. O’Donnell, and C.L. Aldridge. 2023. A regionally varying habitat model to inform management for greater sage-grouse persistence across their range. Global Ecology and Conservation, 41: e02349.

Welch, B.L., F.J. Wagstaff, and J.A. Roberson. 1991. Preference of wintering sage grouse for big sagebrush. Journal of Range Management 44(5):462-465.

Westover, M., J. Baxter, R. Baxter, C. Day, R. Jensen, S. Petersen, and R. Larsen. 2016. Assessing greater sage-grouse selection of brood-rearing habitat using remotely-sensed imagery—Can readily available high-resolution imagery be used to identify brood-rearing habitat across a broad landscape?. PLoS ONE 11(5):19

Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. 2015. Greater sage-grouse population trends: an analysis of lek count databases 1965-2015. Cheyenne, WY.

Western Governors' Association. 2015. Sage-grouse inventory: 2014 conservation initiatives. Special report by western governors. Denver, CO.

The Wildlife Society, Nevada Chapter. 1998. Influence of fire on wildlife habitat in the Great Basin: a position statement by the Nevada chapter-The Wildlife Society, August 16, 1998. Transactions of the Western Section of the Wildlife Society 34:42-57.

Wing, B.R., and T.A. Messmer. 2016. Impact of sagebrush nutrients and monoterpenes on greater sage-grouse vital rates. Human-Wildlife Interactions 10(2):157–168

Wirth, T.A. 2000. Emergence, survival and reproduction of three species of forbs important to sage grouse nutrition in response to fire, microsite and method of establishment. M.S. thesis. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.

Wirth, T.A., and D.A. Pyke. 2003. Restoring forbs for sage grouse habitat: fire, microsites, and establishment methods. Restoration Ecology 11(3):370-377.

Wisdom, M.J., C.W. Meinke, S.T. Knick, and M.A. Schroeder. 2011. Factors associated with extirpation of sage-grouse. Pp. 451-472 in S.T. Knick and J.W. Connelly (editors). Greater sage-grouse: Ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitats. Studies in Avian Biology, vol. 38. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

Wisdom, M.J., B.C. Wales, M.M. Rowland, M.G. Raphael, R.S. Holthausen, T.D. Rich, and V.A. Saab. 2002. Performance of greater sage-grouse models for conservation assessment in the Interior Columbia Basin, U.S.A. Conservation Biology 16(5):1232-1242.

Wollstein, K.L., and E.J. Davis. 2017. A “hammer held over their heads”—Voluntary conservation spurred by the prospect of regulatory enforcement in Oregon. Human-Wildlife Interactions 11(3):258–273

Wollstein, K.L., and E.J. Davis. 2020. New modes of environmental governance in greater sage-grouse conservation in Oregon. Society & Natural Resources, 33(5): 555-573.

Woodward, J.K. 2006. Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) habitat in central Montana. M.S. thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Wyoming Game and Fish Department. 2011. Wyoming Game and Fish Department protocols for treating sagebrush to be consistent with Wyoming Executive Order 2011-5; Greater sage-grouse core area protection. Unpublished report. Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Cheyenne, WY.
BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.

Y

Young, J.R., C.E. Braun, S.J. Oyler-McCance, J.W. Hupp, and T.W. Quinn. 2000. A new species of sage-grouse (Phasianidae: Centrocercus) from southwestern Colorado. The Wilson Bulletin 112(4):445-453.

Z

Zabihi, K., K.L. Driese, G.B. Paige, and A.K. Hild. 2019. Application of ground-based lidar and gap intercept measurements to quantify a shrub configuration metric within greater sage-grouse nesting habitat. Western North American Naturalist, 79(4): 500-514.

Zabihi, K., G.B. Paige, A.L. Hild, S.N. Miller, A. Wuenschel, and M.J. Holloran. 2017. A fuzzy logic approach to analyse the suitability of nesting habitat for greater sage-grouse in western Wyoming. Journal of Spatial Science 62(2):215-234.

Zimmerman, S.J., C.L. Aldridge, A.D. Apa, and S.J. Oyler-McCance. 2019. Evaluation of genetic change from translocation among Gunnison Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus minimus) populations. The Condor: Ornithological Applications, 121(1): duy006.

Zimmerman, S.J., C.L. Aldridge, M.B. Hooten, and S.J. Oyler‐McCance. 2022. Scale‐dependent influence of the sagebrush community on genetic connectivity of the sagebrush obligate Gunnison sage‐grouse. Molecular Ecology, 31(12): 3267-3285.

Zeller, K.A., S.A. Cushman, N.J. Van Lane, J.D. Boone, and E. Ammon. 2021. Targeting conifer removal to create an even playing field for birds in the Great Basin. Biological Conservation, 257: 109130.

Zou, L., S.N. Miller, and E.T. Schmidtmann. 2006. Mosquito larval habitat mapping using remote sensing and GIS: Implications of coalbed methane development and West Nile virus. Journal of Medical Entomology 43(5):1034-1041.

Zunino, G.W. 1987. Harvest effect on sage grouse densities in northwest Nevada. M.S. Thesis. University of Nevada, Reno, NV.  BLM employees may contact the BLM Library for access.