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Gunnison sage-grouse habitat suitability surface for Dove Creek satellite population (breeding, patch): Colorado Parks and Wildlife critical habitat extent (southwestern Colorado)

The Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus) habitat suitability surface for Dove Creek satellite population represented here reflects breeding season at a patch scale context (30 m x 30 m pixel and radius window extents [radius] of 45 m, 120 m, 180 m, 270 m, 390 m, and 570 m). Habitat suitability estimated for areas constrained within the thresholded landscape model (containing 95% of use locations) developed for Colorado Parks and Wildlife critical habitat extent (southwestern Colorado). We developed habitat selection models for Gunnison sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus), a threatened species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. We followed a management-centric modeling approach that sought to balance the need to evaluate the consistency of key habitat conditions and improvement actions across multiple, distinct populations, while allowing context-specific environmental variables and spatial scales to nuance selection responses. Models were developed for six isolated satellite populations (San Miguel, Crawford, Piñon Mesa, Dove Creek, Cerro Summit-Cimarron-Sims, and Poncha Pass) from use locations collected between 1991 and 2016 (see larger citation for map of population boundaries). For each population, models were developed at two life stages (breeding and summer) and at two hierarchical scales (landscape and patch). We used multi-scale and seasonal resource selection analyses to quantify relationships between environmental conditions and sites used by animals. These resource selection function models relied on spatial data describing habitat conditions at different spatial scales, where environmental conditions differ, and habitat selection occur at different spatial scales for different available resources.

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Author(s) Saher D. Joanne orcid, Michael O'Donnell orcid, Cameron Aldridge orcid, Julie A Heinrichs orcid
Publication Date 2021-12-09
Beginning Date of Data 1991
Ending Date of Data 2016
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P93WFW13
Citation Joanne, S.D., O'Donnell, M., Aldridge, C., and Heinrichs, J.A., 2021, Gunnison sage-grouse habitat suitability surface for Dove Creek satellite population (breeding, patch): Colorado Parks and Wildlife critical habitat extent (southwestern Colorado): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P93WFW13.
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