Haukos / Boal Ecology and Conservation of Lesser Prairie-Chickens

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4822-4023-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 394 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in Avian Biology

Lesser Prairie-Chickens have experienced substantial declines in terms of population and the extent of area that they occupy. While they are an elusive species, making it difficult at times to monitor them, current evidence indicates that they have been persistently decreasing in number since the Dust Bowl of the 1930s dramatically affected their core range. In May of 2014, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service listed Lesser Prairie-Chickens as a threatened species, granting them federal protection under the Endangered Species Act, which included a special rule recognizing significant conservation planning efforts made by state and federal wildlife agencies within the geographical range of the species. Although the listing was vacated by judicial ruling in September 2015, concern for persistence of the species persists. These actions illustrate the uncertain legal status and future conservation challenges for Lesser Prairie-Chickens.

Ecology and Conservation of Lesser Prairie-Chickens provides a compendium of data, analytical results, and synthesis generated among expert wildlife biologists, conservation biologists, and ornithologists. It thoroughly reviews the life history, genetics, and ecology of the species, and is ultimately directed toward developing and establishing appropriate conservation management strategies. It presents a detailed analysis of the issues and risks relative to conservation as well as an overview of potential conservation tools. It also addresses the challenges that natural resource managers continue to face in their current conservation efforts.

While dealing with immediate and short-term issues in Lesser Prairie-Chicken conservation, this book is also a useful starting point for guiding future research, management, and conservation of the species. It provides a definitive reference for researchers, managers, and policy makers as well as those with interests in environmental science, avian biology, game bird management, or Great Plains ecology.

Zielgruppe

Ornithologists, Ecologists, Evolutionary Biologists, Conservation Biologists, Vertebrate Ecologists, Graduate Students, Faculty, and Researchers, Land Managers, State, Federal and Regional Environmental Policy Makers, NGOs with Special Interests in Birds, Conservation and Environmental Science, Libraries at Institutions with Strong Programs in the Above Subject Areas.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Haukos, David A.

Boal, Clint

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Clint W. Boal and David A. Haukos

HISTORICAL AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVES

A History of Lesser Prairie-Chickens
Randy D. Rodgers

Legal Status of the Lesser Prairie-Chicken
William E. Van Pelt

ECOLOGY

Population Dynamics of the Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Edward O. Garton, Christian A. Hagen, Grant M. Beauprez, Sean C. Kyle, James C. Pitman, Doug D. Schoeling, and William E. Van Pelt

Genetic Variation and Population Structure in the Prairie Grouse: Implications for Conservation of the Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Randy W. DeYoung and Damon L. Williford

Habitat
David A. Haukos and Jennifer C. Zavaleta

Harvest
David A. Haukos, James C. Pitman, Grant M. Beauprez, and Doug D. Schoeling

Predation and Lesser Prairie-Chickens
Clint W. Boal

Macroparasite, Microparasite, and Noninfectious Diseases of Lesser Prairie-Chickens
Markus J. Peterson

EMERGING ISSUES

Public and Private Land Conservation Dichotomy
R. Dwayne Elmore and David K. Dahlgren

Impacts of Energy Development, Anthropogenic Structures, and Land Use Change on Lesser Prairie-Chickens
Anne M. Bartuszevige and Alex Daniels

Climate Change
Blake A. Grisham, Alixandra J. Godar, and Cody P. Griffin

Conservation of Lesser Prairie-Chickens: A Case Study
Patricia McDaniel and Betty Williamson

CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT

Grasslands of Western Kansas, North of the Arkansas River
David K. Dahlgren, Randy D. Rodgers, R. Dwayne Elmore, and Matthew R. Bain

Lesser Prairie-Chickens of the Sand Sagebrush Prairie
David A. Haukos, Aron A. Flanders, Christian A. Hagen, and James C. Pitman

The Lesser Prairie-Chicken in the Mixed-Grass Prairie of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas
Donald H. Wolfe, Lena C. Larsson, and Michael A. Patten

Ecology and Conservation of Lesser Prairie-Chickens in Sand Shinnery Oak Prairie
Blake A. Grisham, Jennifer C. Zavaleta, Adam C. Behney, Philip K. Borsdorf, Duane R. Lucia, Clint W. Boal, and David A. Haukos

Synthesis, Conclusions, and a Path Forward
Christian A. Hagen and R. Dwayne Elmore

Über Autor(innen)

David A. Haukos, PhD, is the unit leader of the US Geological Survey, Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at Kansas State University, Manhattan. He earned his PhD from Texas Tech University, Lubbock. His research focuses on the ecology and conservation of the High Plains ecosystems and species. He has been involved with the conservation of and research on Lesser Prairie-Chickens since 1986, when he researched the reproductive ecology of Lesser Prairie-Chickens in west Texas for his MS thesis. Since then, he has been associated with numerous research and conservation efforts related to the Lesser Prairie-Chicken, with numerous publications on the ecology and management of the species throughout its range.

Clint W. Boal, PhD, is the assistant unit leader of the US Geological Survey, Texas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at Texas Tech University, Lubbock. He earned his PhD from the University of Arizona, Tucson. His research background is in predatory bird ecology, the conservation of rare and decreasing species, and general avian ecology in the context of anthropogenic land changes. He has been involved with the conservation of and research on Lesser Prairie-Chickens since 2007, with numerous publications on the ecology and management of Lesser Prairie-Chickens in west Texas and New Mexico.