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Microhabitat Selection of Brood-rearing Sites by Greater Sage-grouse
– Leslie Schreiber Wyoming Game & Fish Department
– Chris Hansen University of Missouri
– Mark Rumble USFS Rocky Mtn Research Station
– Josh Millspaugh University of Montana
– Scott Gamo Wyoming Game & Fish Department
– Jon Kehmeier SWCA Environmental Consultants
– Nate Wojcik SWCA Environmental Consultants
Western North American Naturalist 75(3), 2015, pp. 348-363
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Food & Cover Eating – New chicks eat high
protein insects
– Chicks transition to eating forbs later in the summer
Hiding – Vegetation provides
cover from predation
– Vegetation provides cover from weather
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Objectives 1. Determine food and cover resources associated
with selection of microsites
2. Estimate how varying resource characteristics (e.g., increasing forb cover) might affect relative probability of selection
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Field Methods
– GPS transmitters – 30 grams
– 50 females
– 6-8 locations / day
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Used vs. Available
50 m 250 m
500 m
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Field Methods: Vegetation
1. Canopy Cover (%) – Daubenmire frame
2. Height (cm)
3. Sagebrush density – Point-centered-quarter method
4. Visual obstruction (cm) – Modified Robel pole
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Field Methods: Insects
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Analytical Methods Food Models Cover Models
– Insects
– Forbs
– Canopy cover
– Height
– Sagebrush density
– Visual obstruction
Top Food + Top Cover = Best Overall Model
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Results
– 105 used sites
– 315 paired-random sites
– 3-4 sites / female / year
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Used vs. Available
67% 66%
83%
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Food Results
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Food Results cont.
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Food Results cont.
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Section C = 46-69 cm
Section D = 69-92 cm
Cover Results
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©Marilynne Manguba/TNC
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Advisor
Dr. Joshua Millspaugh
Committee Members
Dr. Mark Rumble
Dr. Frank Thompson III
Dr. Bruce Barrett
Collaborators Mike Paul
Scott Gamo
Garry Miller
Research Associate
Chris Hansen
Insect Crew
Gabrielle Coulombe
Chelsea Jeffries
Tim Schrautemeier
Acknowledgements Field Crew
Mark Doherty Andrea Coleman Alex Foster Brenna Towery Rhianna Golden Jon Fox Matt Gonnerman
Fellow Graduate Students Aleshia Fremgen Tom Bonnot Kathryn Womack Stephanie Zimmer Chris Rota Amy Bleisch Trent Smith Jaymi LeBrun Clarissa Starbuck