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Article: Effects of prescribed fire on movements of female sage grouse from breeding to summer ranges.
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- Wilson Bulletin
- Article date:
- March 1, 1997
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Several species of Tetraoninae are migratory (Hoffman and Braun 1975, Herzog and Keppie 1980, Cade and Hoffman 1993, Schroeder and Braun 1993). Some Sage Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) populations are migratory when year-round habitat requirements cannot be met in proximal areas. Thus, some grouse seek suitable habitat in more than two seasonal-use areas that are often widely separated. Interseasonal movements of 20-81 km have been documented for Sage Grouse populations (Connelly and Markham 1983, Gates 1983, Berry and Eng 1985, Wakkinen 1990). The Big Desert sagebrush ecosystem in southeastern Idaho provides important Sage Grouse breeding, nesting, and brood-rearing ...