Title: Using Sharp-Tailed Grouse Movement Patterns to Guide Release-Site Selection
Abstract: Wildlife Society BulletinVolume 34, Issue 5 p. 1376-1382 Using Sharp-Tailed Grouse Movement Patterns to Guide Release-Site Selection PETER S. COATES, Corresponding Author PETER S. COATES Department of Biological Sciences, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV 89557, USA Idaho State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Pocatello, ID 83209–8007, USA Peter S. Coates (photo) is a Ph.D. candidate in biology and a National Science Foundation Gk-12 Fellow at Idaho State University. He currently is performing research on incubation time budgets, incubation behavior, and nest predation of greater sage-grouse in northeastern Nevada. He is an Associate Biologist through The Wildlife Society and he is interested in wildlife population restoration, human-wildlife conflict management, and predator ecology. He received an M.S. in biology and a B.S. in conservation biology at University of Nevada Reno.E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorSAN J. STIVER, SAN J. STIVER Nevada Department of Wildlife, Reno, NV 89512, USA Prescott, AZ 86301, USA San J. Stiver retired after 30 years as a biologist for the Nevada Division of Wildlife. He currently is employed by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies as the wildlife coordinator on the sage-grouse framework team. San received his B.S. (1974) from the University of Montana. He has been a member of The Wildlife Society since 1971 and was a member of the Western Sage and Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse Technical Committee from 1981 to 2003. San has been involved in national and international wildlife conservation issues since 1985. He has worked on grouse as a field biologist, researcher, staff biologist, and consultant for nearly 30 years.Search for more papers by this authorDAVID J. DELEHANTY, DAVID J. DELEHANTY Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209-8007, USA David J. (Dave) Delehanty is an associate professor in the Department of Biology at Idaho State University where he teaches ornithology, animal behavior, and conservation biology and also is Curator of Birds for the Idaho Museum of Natural History. He and his graduate and undergraduate students perform research on the restoration, conservation, and breeding biology of North American game birds. He received his Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology from the University of Nevada Reno, an M.S. from the University of North Dakota, and a B.S. from the University of Minnesota.Search for more papers by this author PETER S. COATES, Corresponding Author PETER S. COATES Department of Biological Sciences, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV 89557, USA Idaho State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Pocatello, ID 83209–8007, USA Peter S. Coates (photo) is a Ph.D. candidate in biology and a National Science Foundation Gk-12 Fellow at Idaho State University. He currently is performing research on incubation time budgets, incubation behavior, and nest predation of greater sage-grouse in northeastern Nevada. He is an Associate Biologist through The Wildlife Society and he is interested in wildlife population restoration, human-wildlife conflict management, and predator ecology. He received an M.S. in biology and a B.S. in conservation biology at University of Nevada Reno.E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorSAN J. STIVER, SAN J. STIVER Nevada Department of Wildlife, Reno, NV 89512, USA Prescott, AZ 86301, USA San J. Stiver retired after 30 years as a biologist for the Nevada Division of Wildlife. He currently is employed by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies as the wildlife coordinator on the sage-grouse framework team. San received his B.S. (1974) from the University of Montana. He has been a member of The Wildlife Society since 1971 and was a member of the Western Sage and Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse Technical Committee from 1981 to 2003. San has been involved in national and international wildlife conservation issues since 1985. He has worked on grouse as a field biologist, researcher, staff biologist, and consultant for nearly 30 years.Search for more papers by this authorDAVID J. DELEHANTY, DAVID J. DELEHANTY Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209-8007, USA David J. (Dave) Delehanty is an associate professor in the Department of Biology at Idaho State University where he teaches ornithology, animal behavior, and conservation biology and also is Curator of Birds for the Idaho Museum of Natural History. He and his graduate and undergraduate students perform research on the restoration, conservation, and breeding biology of North American game birds. He received his Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology from the University of Nevada Reno, an M.S. from the University of North Dakota, and a B.S. from the University of Minnesota.Search for more papers by this author First published: 13 December 2010 https://doi.org/10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[1376:USGMPT]2.0.CO;2Citations: 18 Idaho State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Pocatello, ID 83209–8007, USA Prescott, AZ 86301, USA Peter S. Coates (photo) is a Ph.D. candidate in biology and a National Science Foundation Gk-12 Fellow at Idaho State University. He currently is performing research on incubation time budgets, incubation behavior, and nest predation of greater sage-grouse in northeastern Nevada. He is an Associate Biologist through The Wildlife Society and he is interested in wildlife population restoration, human-wildlife conflict management, and predator ecology. He received an M.S. in biology and a B.S. in conservation biology at University of Nevada Reno. San J. Stiver retired after 30 years as a biologist for the Nevada Division of Wildlife. He currently is employed by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies as the wildlife coordinator on the sage-grouse framework team. San received his B.S. (1974) from the University of Montana. He has been a member of The Wildlife Society since 1971 and was a member of the Western Sage and Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse Technical Committee from 1981 to 2003. San has been involved in national and international wildlife conservation issues since 1985. He has worked on grouse as a field biologist, researcher, staff biologist, and consultant for nearly 30 years. AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Abstract Prairie grouse populations are difficult to reestablish after extirpation. Following translocation, distances individuals move from the release site appear to affect restoration success. Previous authors have suggested assessing lek, nest-brood, and winter habitat when selecting release sites. We examined movement of 131 (66 M and 65 F) radiomarked Columbian sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus) translocated during 1999–2002 as part of management effort to restore populations to historical ranges in northeastern Nevada, USA, an area where sharp-tailed grouse have not been observed in the wild since the 1950s. We released grouse at 2 sites. We chose the initial site based on its physiographic and vegetation similarities to capture sites in Idaho, USA, particularly shrub-steppe at lower elevations and mountain shrub at higher elevations, and used it during 1999 and 2000 (34 M, 18 F in 1999; 42 M, 26 F in 2000). Females released at this site moved greater distances than males through time, with no differences between years. We changed the release site based on nest locations of previously translocated females. The second site was 10 km south of site 1 and we used it in 2001 and 2002 (36 M, 22 F in 2001; 14 M, 5 F in 2002). 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