Peter S. Coates

Spatial Variation in Effectiveness and Costs of Sagebrush Restoration Treatments Across the Western United States

Adrian P. Monroe, James R. Meldrum, Bryan C. Tarbox, Erica M. Christensen et autres

ABSTRACT Natural resource managers strive to improve restoration efficiency across the vast network of public lands of the United States, seeking the best return on investment through innovation, geographic prioritization, and adaptive management. This challenge is exemplified by ecosystems dominated by sagebrush …

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Effects of oiling common raven nests on ravens and greater sage‐grouse in sagebrush ecosystems

Steven R. Mathews, Corina A. Sanchez, Peter S. Coates, Shawn T. O’Neil et autres

Abstract Common ravens ( Corvus corax ; ravens) are generalist avian predators whose populations have rapidly increased across North America, concomitant with anthropogenic development. Raven populations are bolstered by anthropogenic food and nesting resources in areas outside of their historical range and …

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Cost-effectiveness of sagebrush restoration across the sagebrush biome, 30 years after two seeding treatment applications, and associated model data

Adrian P. Monroe, James R. Meldrum, Bryan C. Tarbox, Erica M. Christensen et autres

This data release contains a formatted dataset with mean and standard deviation of effectiveness-cost ratios for aerial or drill seeding sagebrush (Artemisia spp.), at the cost estimate of 100, 1,000, and 5,000 acre treatments, and associated environmental conditions from across the sagebrush …

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CrustCheck : a conceptual framework for interpreting biocrust trait–function relationships in drylands

Nicky Parker, Susanne Schmidt, Lea A. Condon, Jaidyn Eastaughffe et autres

Abstract Introduction Biocrusts are increasingly recognized for their contribution to soil stability, hydrology, nutrient cycling, and energy balance in drylands, yet practical field methods for assessing functional roles are limited. Existing approaches typically rely on cover estimates, taxonomic identification, or laboratory analyses, …

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Greater Sage-grouse and Common Raven Demographic and Count Data Before and After Egg-oiling Treatments of Raven Nests at Control and Treatment Sites

Peter S. Coates, Steven R. Mathews-Sanchez, Corina Sanchez, Shawn T. O’Neil et autres

These data contain field and analytical data used to evaluate the effects of applying non‑toxic oil to common raven (Corvus corax) eggs on both raven reproductive success and demographic responses of co‑occurring greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) populations across sagebrush ecosystems in Nevada …

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grsg_lekdb: Compiling and standardizing greater sage-grouse lek databases (ver. 1.4.0)

Michael S. O’Donnell, Cameron L. Aldridge, Julie A. Heinrichs, Adrian P. Monroe et autres

Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) are landscape-scale sagebrush obligate species and an important gamebird and iconic species of the western United States. They occupy the sagebrush biome in western North America, extending east of the Sierra Nevada/Cascade Mountain ranges to the western regions …

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Alleviating Biocrust Blindness: An Easy Guide to Morphogroups of Biocrusts

Lea A. Condon, Carrie Barker, Peter S. Coates

Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) are increasingly recognized as important components of ecosystems. Biocrusts are instrumental in maintaining functions such as soil stability and reduced abundance of invasive annual grasses. Impacts of fire are likely to be less severe where invasive plants are …

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Interspecific Brood Parasitism of a Greater Sage-Grouse Brood by Chukar in Nevada

Belle J. Malley, McCoy R. Meshach, Steven R. Mathews, Peter S. Coates

Las poblaciones de urogallo de las artemisas (Centrocercus urophasianus) han disminuido a lo largo de toda su distribución, lo que ha generado gran preocupación para su conservación entre los administradores estatales y federales de fauna silvestre. Aunque ya se había observado parasitismo …

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Estimating greater sage-grouse population sizes within Oregon, 2017–24

Brian G. Prochazka, Austin L. Nash, Shawn T. O’Neil, Skyler T. Vold et autres

We fit a binomial mixture (N-mixture) model to lek (breeding area) count data to estimate annual population sizes of greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; sage-grouse) within Oregon between 2017 and 2024.Population estimates were delineated among 24 priority areas for conservation, and additional sources …

Precipitation timing mediates life-stage and population-level associations with climate for an indicator species

Shawn T. O’Neil, Carl G. Lundblad, Brianne E. Brussee, John C. Tull et autres

Global climate change is contributing to declines in biodiversity, although changes vary across geographic regions and species. The iconic greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; sage-grouse) is central to conservation within the North American sagebrush ecosystem, yet its vulnerability to climate effects remains poorly …

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Post-fire abundances of soil cyanobacteria relate more to variations in sparse tree cover and soil properties than to fire history, in semiarid shrub steppe

Lea A. Condon, Brian G. Prochazka, Talia Gabay, Bill E. Davidson et autres

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Synthesizing the ecological impacts of disturbance on wildlife in pinyon‐juniper ecosystems

Sarah Halperin, Madelon F. Case, Peter S. Coates, Todd E. Katzner et autres

Abstract Pinyon and juniper ecosystems in the interior western United States are undergoing changes due to wildfire, drought, climate change, and associated disturbance agents (e.g., insect outbreak), while also infilling within some existing woodlands and expanding into other ecosystems (e.g., sagebrush). These …

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