Bi-State Sage-Grouse Publications

Acevedo, C.R., 2021. Spatio-temporal population dynamics of Nevada greater sage-grouse from 2000–2018 (Master’s thesis, University of Nevada, Reno)

Brussee, B.E., Coates, P.S., O’Neil, S.T., Ricca, M.A., Dudko, J.E., Espinosa, S.P., Gardner, S.C., Casazza, M.L. and Delehanty, D.J., 2023. Influence of fine-scale habitat characteristics on sage-grouse nest site selection and nest survival varies by mesic and xeric site conditions. Ornithological Applications, 125(1), p.duac052.

Carter, S.K., Arkle, R.S., Bencin, H.L., Harms, B.R., Manier, D.J., Johnston, A.N., Phillips, S.L., Hanser, S.E. and Bowen, Z.H., 2020. Annotated bibliography of scientific research on greater sage-grouse published from 2015 to 2019 (No. 2020-1103). US Geological Survey. Casazza, M.L., C.T. Overton, M.A. Farinha, A. Torregrosa, J.P. Fleskes, M.R. Miller, J.S. Sedinger, and E. Kolada. 2009. Ecology of Greater Sage-grouse in the Bi-State Planning Area Final Report, September 2007: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009–1113, 50 p.

Crist, M.R., Knick, S.T. and Hanser, S.E., 2017. Range-wide connectivity of priority areas for Greater Sage-Grouse: Implications for long-term conservation from graph theory. The Condor: Ornithological Applications, 119(1), pp.44-57.

Coates, P.S., Casazza, M.L., Blomberg, E.J., Gardner, S.C., Espinosa, S.P., Yee, J.L., Wiechman, L. and Halstead, B.J., 2013. Evaluating greater sage-grouse seasonal space use relative to leks: implications for surface use designations in sagebrush ecosystems. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 77(8), pp.1598-1609.

Coates, P.S., Casazza, M.L., Brussee, B.E., Ricca, M.A., Gustafson, K.B., Overton, C.T., Sanchez-Chopitea, E., Kroger, T., Mauch, K., Niell, L. and Howe, K., 2014. Spatially explicit modeling of greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) habitat in Nevada and northeastern California: a decision-support tool for management (No. 2014-1163). US Geological Survey.

Coates, P.S., Halstead, B.J., Blomberg, E.J., Brussee, B., Howe, K.B., Weichman, L., Tebbenkamp, J., Reese, K.P., Gardner, S.C., and Casazza, M.L., 2014, A hierarchical integrated population model for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in the Bi- State Distinct Population Segment, California and Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014–1165, 34 p.

Coates, P.S., Casazza, M.L., Brussee, B.E., Ricca, M.A., Gustafson, K.B., Sanchez-Chopitea, E., Mauch, K., Niell, L., Gardner, S., Espinosa, S. and Delehanty, D.J., 2016. Spatially explicit modeling of annual and seasonal habitat for Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in Nevada and Northeastern California—An updated decision-support tool for management (No. 2016-1080). US Geological Survey.120

Coates, P.S., Andrle, K.M., Ziegler, P.T. and Casazza, M.L., 2016. Monitoring and research on the Bi-State Distinct Population Segment of greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in the Pine Nut Mountains, California and Nevada—Study progress report, 2011–15 (No. 2015-1222, pp. 1-40). US Geological Survey. Coates, P.S., Prochazka, B.G., Ricca, M.A., Wann, G.T., Aldridge, C.L., Hanser, S.E., Doherty, K., O’Donnell, M.S., Edmunds, D.R. and Espinosa, S.P., 2017.

Hierarchical population monitoring of Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in Nevada and California— Identifying populations for management at the appropriate spatial scale (No. 2017-1089). US Geological Survey. Coates, P.S., Prochazka, B.G., Ricca, M.A., Gustafson, K.B., Ziegler, P. and Casazza, M.L., 2017. Pinyon and juniper encroachment into sagebrush ecosystems impacts distribution and survival of greater sage grouse. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 70(1), pp.25-38.

Coates, P.S., Prochazka, B.G., Ricca, M.A., Halstead, B.J., Casazza, M.L., Blomberg, E.J., Brussee, B.E., Wiechman, L., Tebbenkamp, J., Gardner, S.C. and Reese, K.P., 2018. The relative importance of intrinsic and extrinsic drivers to population growth vary among local populations of Greater Sage-Grouse: An integrated population modeling approach. The Auk: Ornithological Advances, 135(2), pp.240-261.

Coates, P.S., M.A. Ricca, B.G. Prochazka, S.T. O’Neil, J.P. Severson, S.R. Mathews, S.P. Espinosa, S.C. Gardner, S. Lisius, and D.J. Delehanty. 2020. Population and habitat analyses for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in the Bi-State distinct population segment: 2018 update: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2019-1149, 122 p.

Coates, P.S., Prochazka, B.G., Aldridge, C.L., O’Donnell, M.S., Edmunds, D.R., Monroe, A.P., Hanser, S.E., Wiechman, L.A. and Chenaille, M.P., 2022. Range-wide population trend analysis for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)—Updated 1960–2021 (No. 1165). US Geological Survey.

Coates, P.S., Prochazka, B.G., Aldridge, C.L., O’Donnell, M.S., Edmunds, D.R., Monroe, A.P., Hanser, S.E., Wiechman, L.A. and Chenaille, M.P., 2023. Range-wide population trend analysis for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)—Updated 1960–2022 (No. 1175). US Geological Survey.

Coates, P.S., Milligan, M.C., Prochazka, B.G., Brussee, B.E., O’Neil, S.T., Lundblad, C.G., Webster, S.C., Weise, C.L., Matthews, S.R., Aldridge, C.L., O’Donnell, M.S., Espinosa, S.P., Sturgill, A.C., Doherty, K.E., Tull, J.C., Skalos, D., Wiechman, L.A., Abele, S., Boone, J., Boatner, K., Stone, H., and Casazza, M.L., 2024, Status of greater sage-grouse in the Bi- State Distinct Population Segment—An evaluation of population trends, habitat selection, and efficacy of conservation actions. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2024–1030, 74 p.

Doherty, K.E., Evans, J.S., Coates, P.S., Juliusson, L. and Fedy, B.C., 2015. Importance of regional variation in conservation planning and defining thresholds for a declining species: a range-wide example of the greater sage-grouse. US Geological Survey Technical Report, Reston, VA, USA [51 pp.].121 2024 Bi-State Action Plan: Appendix H

Duvall, A.L., Metcalf, A.L. and Coates, P.S., 2017. Conserving the greater sage-grouse: a social-ecological systems case study from the California-Nevada region. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 70(1), pp.129-140.

Kolada, E.J., Sedinger, J.S. and Casazza, M.L., 2009. Nest site selection by greater sage-grouse in Mono County, California. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 73(8), pp.1333-1340.

Kolada, E.J., Casazza, M.L. and Sedinger, J.S., 2009. Ecological factors influencing nest survival of greater sage-grouse in Mono County, California. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 73(8), pp.1341-1347.

Mathews, S.R., P.S. Coates, B.G. Prochazka, M.A. Ricca, M.B. Meyerpeter, S.P. Espinosa, S. Lisius, S.C. Gardner, and D.J. Delehanty. 2018. An integrated population model for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in the Bi-State distinct population segment, California and Nevada, 2003–2017: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2018–1177,

Meyerpeter, M., 2020. Augmenting Greater Sage-Grouse Populations Through Translocation (Doctoral dissertation, Idaho State University).

Milligan, M.C., Coates, P.S., O’Neil, S.T., Brussee, B.E., Chenaille, M.P., Friend, D., Steele, K., Small, J.R., Bowden, T.S., Kosic, A.D. and Miller, K., 2024. Greater sage-grouse habitat of Nevada and northeastern California—Integrating space use, habitat selection, and survival indices to guide areas for habitat management (No. 2024-1018). US Geological Survey.

O’Donnell, M.S., Edmunds, D.R., Aldridge, C.L., Heinrichs, J.A., Monroe, A.P., Coates, P.S., Prochazka, B.G., Hanser, S.E., Wiechman, L.A., Christiansen, T.J. and Cook, A.A., 2021. Synthesizing and analyzing long-term monitoring data: A greater sage-grouse case study. Ecological Informatics, 63, p.101327.

Oh, K.P., Aldridge, C.L., Forbey, J.S., Dadabay, C.Y. and Oyler-McCance, S.J., 2019. Conservation genomics in the Sagebrush Sea: Population divergence, demographic history, and local adaptation in sage-grouse (Centrocercus spp.). Genome Biology and Evolution, 11(7), pp.2023-2034.

Oyler-McCance, S.J., and M.L. Casazza. 2011. Evaluation of the genetic distinctiveness of greater sage-grouse in the Bi-State planning area: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011–1006, 15 p.

Oyler-McCance, S.J., Casazza, M.L., Fike, J.A. and Coates, P.S., 2014. Hierarchical spatial genetic structure in a distinct population segment of greater sage-grouse. Conservation Genetics, 15, pp.1299-1311.

Oyler-McCance, S.J., R.S. Cornman, K.L. Jones, and J.A. Fike. 2015. Genomic single-nucletide polymorphisms confirm that Gunnison and Greater sage-grouse are genetically well differentiated and that the Bi-State population is distinct. The Condor 117:217–227.

Oyler-McCance, S.J., Oh, K.P., Zimmerman, S.J. and Aldridge, C.L., 2021. The transformative impact of genomics on sage-grouse conservation and management. Population Genomics: Wildlife, pp.523-546.122

Oyler-McCance, S.J., Cross, T.B., Row, J.R., Schwartz, M.K., Naugle, D.E., Fike, J.A., Winiarski, K. and Fedy, B.C., 2022. New strategies for characterizing genetic structure in wide-ranging, continuously distributed species: A Greater Sage-grouse case study. Plos one, 17(9), p.e0274189.

Prochazka, B.G., Coates, P.S., Aldridge, C.L., O’Donnell, M.S., Edmunds, D.R., Monroe, A.P., Hanser, S.E., Wiechman, L.A. and Chenaille, M.P., 2024. Range-wide population trend analysis for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)—Updated 1960–2023 (No. 1190). US Geological Survey.

Ricca, M.A., Coates, P.S., Gustafson, K.B., Brussee, B.E., Chambers, J.C., Espinosa, S.P., Gardner, S.C., Lisius, S., Ziegler, P., Delehanty, D.J. and Casazza, M.L., 2018. A conservation planning tool for Greater Sage-grouse using indices of species distribution, resilience, and resistance. Ecological Applications, 28(4), pp.878-896.

Severson, J.P., Coates, P.S., Milligan, M.C., O’Neil, S.T., Ricca, M.A., Abele, S.C., Boone, J.D. and Casazza, M.L., 2022. Moisture abundance and proximity mediate seasonal use of mesic areas and survival of greater sage-grouse broods. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 3(4), p.e12194.

Tebbenkamp, J.M. 2014. Greater sage-grouse in the Bi-State distinct population segment: An evaluation of genetic structure, connectivity, and vital rates in Mono County, California. M.S. Thesis. University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho. 112 pp.

Torregrosa, A., Casazza, M.L., Caldwell, M.R., Mathiasmeier, T.A., Morgan, P.M. and Overton, C.T., 1957. Science in the Public Sphere: Greater Sage-grouse Conservation Planning from a Transdisciplinary Perspective. US Department of the Interior, Geological Survey.

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). 2017. Annual data summary 2015-2017: Monitoring and research of Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) populations in the Bi-State distinct population segment of Nevada and California. 183 pp.

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). 2024. Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) Monitoring in the Bi-State Distinct Population Segment, California and Nevada, 2008-23. Annual Data Summary. 175 pp.

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