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1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. CONTRIBUTORS vii
4. PREFACE xi
5. FOREWORD xiii
6. Greater Sage-Grouse and Sagebrush: An Introduction to the Landscape 1
7. Part I. Management and Conservation Status
8. CHAPTER ONE. Historical Development, Principal Federal Legislation, and Current Management of Sagebrush Habitats: IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION 13
9. CHAPTER TWO. The Legal Status of Greater Sage-Grouse: ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF PLANNING EFFORTS 33
10. PART II. Ecology of Greater Sage-Grouse
11. CHAPTER THREE. Characteristics and Dynamics of Greater Sage-Grouse Populations 53
12. CHAPTER FOUR. Characteristics of Greater Sage-Grouse Habitats: A LANDSCAPE SPECIES AT MICRO- AND MACROSCALES 69
13. CHAPTER FIVE. Molecular Insights into the Biology of Greater Sage-Grouse 85
14. CHAPTER SIX. Predation on Greater Sage-Grouse: FACTS, PROCESS, AND EFFECTS 95
15. CHAPTER SEVEN. Harvest Management for Greater Sage-Grouse: A CHANGING PARADIGM FOR GAME BIRD MANAGEMENT 101
16. CHAPTER EIGHT. Parasites and Infectious Diseases of Greater Sage-Grouse 113
17. CHAPTER NINE. West Nile Virus Ecology in Sagebrush Habitat and Impacts on Greater Sage-Grouse Populations 127
18. Part III. Ecology of Sagebrush
19. CHAPTER TEN. Characteristics of Sagebrush Habitats and Limitations to Long-Term Conservation 145
20. CHAPTER ELEVEN. Pre–Euro-American and Recent Fire in Sagebrush Ecosystems 185
21. CHAPTER TWELVE. Ecological Influence and Pathways of Land Use in Sagebrush 203
22. CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Influences of the Human Footprint on Sagebrush Landscape Patterns: IMPLICATIONS FOR SAGE-GROUSE CONSERVATION 253
23. CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Influences of Free-Roaming Equids on Sagebrush Ecosystems, with a Focus on Greater Sage-Grouse 273
24. Part IV. Population Trends and Habitat Relationships
25. CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Greater Sage-Grouse Population Dynamics and Probability of Persistence 293
26. CHAPTER SIXTEEN. Connecting Pattern and Process in Greater Sage-Grouse Populations and Sagebrush Landscapes 383
27. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. Influences of Environmental and Anthropogenic Features on Greater Sage-Grouse Populations, 1997–2007 407
28. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Factors Associated with Extirpation of Sage-Grouse 451
29. Part V. Conservation and Management
30. CHAPTER NINETEEN. Greater Sage-Grouse as an Umbrella Species for Shrubland Passerine Birds: A MULTISCALE ASSESSMENT 475
31. CHAPTER TWENTY. Energy Development and Greater Sage-Grouse 489
32. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE. Energy Development and Conservation Tradeoffs: SYSTEMATIC PLANNING FOR GREATER SAGE-GROUSE IN THEIR EASTERN RANGE 505
33. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO. Response of Greater Sage-Grouse to the Conservation Reserve Program in Washington State 517
34. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE. Restoring and Rehabilitating Sagebrush Habitats 531
35. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR. Conservation of Greater Sage-Grouse: A SYNTHESIS OF CURRENT TRENDS AND FUTURE MANAGEMENT 549
36. LITERATURE CITED 565
37. INDEX 625
38. Series Titles 645