Sage Grouse Use Of Wildlife Water Developments In Southeastern Idaho
Connelly JW, Doughty LA, Idaho Department of Fish And Game, Bureau of Land Management. 1990. Sage Grouse Use Of Wildlife Water Developments In Southeastern Idaho. Pages 167-173. In Tsukamoto G, Stiver S, Wildlife Society, Nevada Chapter, US Bureau of land Management, Nevada State Office, Nevada Department of Wildlife: Wildlife Water Development : A Proceedings Of The Wildlife Water Development Symposium. Las Vegas, Nevada. November 29, 30 and December 1, 1988. Bureau of Land Management. [Las Vegas, Nevada ?]
Study finds sage grouse do not commonly use wildlife water developments. Sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) use of water developments in southeastern Idaho was evaluated during summers 1986-88. Neither systematic surveys of wildlife water developments or radio-telemetry efforts suggested that grouse commonly use water developments even during relatively dry years. The mean distance of radio-marked male sage grouse to the nearest water development (x = 1.9 km, N = 74 locations) was less than that for female grouse (x = 3.6 km, N = 109 locations) (P = 0.00). However, most locations for all radio-marked birds were > 1.0 km from water developments. Sage grouse use of water developments may be enhanced by placing developments along migration routes and closer to summer ranges.
- Type
- Conference Proceeding Paper
- Authors
- Connelly, John; Doughty, Larry; Idaho Department of Fish And Game; Bureau of Land Management
- Units
- CRMO
- Keywords
- Centrocercus urophasianus, Sage grouse, Water Development