Land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program supports roosting ecology of the lesser prairie-chicken

All animals must select sites to rest and may spend a large portion of their lives doing so. Despite the importance of this period in their daily activity budget, we lack information about rest/roost ecology for most animals, including the imperiled lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus...

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Autores principales: Evan P. Tanner, Ashley M. Tanner, Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, R. Dwayne Elmore, Craig A. Davis, John A. Polo
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:cab7368cc871453dba8423ada36c7a502021-11-14T04:33:24ZLand enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program supports roosting ecology of the lesser prairie-chicken2351-989410.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01916https://doaj.org/article/cab7368cc871453dba8423ada36c7a502021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989421004662https://doaj.org/toc/2351-9894All animals must select sites to rest and may spend a large portion of their lives doing so. Despite the importance of this period in their daily activity budget, we lack information about rest/roost ecology for most animals, including the imperiled lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus; hereafter “LEPC”). Therefore, we sought to identify how landcover, anthropogenic features, and human policy (i.e., presence of the Conservation Reserve Program [CRP]) influenced roost site selection and movement patterns of the LEPC. From March to May 2013–2015, we captured and fitted GPS transmitters to 106 LEPCs (n = 72 males; n = 34 females) within Beaver County, Oklahoma and recorded two nocturnal locations per 24-hour period, annually. We used discrete choice models and generalized linear mixed effects models to determine how vegetation cover, CRP patches, and anthropogenic features influenced roost site selection and movements to roosting sites, respectively. We found that roost sites were closer to CRP, leks, and croplands than would be expected at random. Conversely, roost sites were located farther away from shortgrass prairie, roads, and transmission lines than expected. The probability of a LEPC roosting in a location increased by 15% and 4.5% for every 36-meter decrease in distance to a CRP patch and distance to their lek of capture, respectively. Similarly, individuals roosting in CRP patches would travel shorter distances to get to roost sites if their last diurnal location was near CRP. Bird’s movements to roosts in CRP were 1.4 times shorter for every meter decrease in the distance of their last diurnal location to a CRP patch, indicating that individuals modify their movement based on CRP presence. Our results indicate that CRP is influential to roosting ecology of the LEPC within this region and may be meeting critical cover requirements.Evan P. TannerAshley M. TannerSamuel D. FuhlendorfR. Dwayne ElmoreCraig A. DavisJohn A. PoloElsevierarticleConservation Reserve ProgramDiscrete choice modelLesser prairie-chickenMovement ecologyNocturnal ecologyRoost sitesEcologyQH540-549.5ENGlobal Ecology and Conservation, Vol 32, Iss , Pp e01916- (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Conservation Reserve Program
Discrete choice model
Lesser prairie-chicken
Movement ecology
Nocturnal ecology
Roost sites
Ecology
QH540-549.5
spellingShingle Conservation Reserve Program
Discrete choice model
Lesser prairie-chicken
Movement ecology
Nocturnal ecology
Roost sites
Ecology
QH540-549.5
Evan P. Tanner
Ashley M. Tanner
Samuel D. Fuhlendorf
R. Dwayne Elmore
Craig A. Davis
John A. Polo
Land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program supports roosting ecology of the lesser prairie-chicken
description All animals must select sites to rest and may spend a large portion of their lives doing so. Despite the importance of this period in their daily activity budget, we lack information about rest/roost ecology for most animals, including the imperiled lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus; hereafter “LEPC”). Therefore, we sought to identify how landcover, anthropogenic features, and human policy (i.e., presence of the Conservation Reserve Program [CRP]) influenced roost site selection and movement patterns of the LEPC. From March to May 2013–2015, we captured and fitted GPS transmitters to 106 LEPCs (n = 72 males; n = 34 females) within Beaver County, Oklahoma and recorded two nocturnal locations per 24-hour period, annually. We used discrete choice models and generalized linear mixed effects models to determine how vegetation cover, CRP patches, and anthropogenic features influenced roost site selection and movements to roosting sites, respectively. We found that roost sites were closer to CRP, leks, and croplands than would be expected at random. Conversely, roost sites were located farther away from shortgrass prairie, roads, and transmission lines than expected. The probability of a LEPC roosting in a location increased by 15% and 4.5% for every 36-meter decrease in distance to a CRP patch and distance to their lek of capture, respectively. Similarly, individuals roosting in CRP patches would travel shorter distances to get to roost sites if their last diurnal location was near CRP. Bird’s movements to roosts in CRP were 1.4 times shorter for every meter decrease in the distance of their last diurnal location to a CRP patch, indicating that individuals modify their movement based on CRP presence. Our results indicate that CRP is influential to roosting ecology of the LEPC within this region and may be meeting critical cover requirements.
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author Evan P. Tanner
Ashley M. Tanner
Samuel D. Fuhlendorf
R. Dwayne Elmore
Craig A. Davis
John A. Polo
author_facet Evan P. Tanner
Ashley M. Tanner
Samuel D. Fuhlendorf
R. Dwayne Elmore
Craig A. Davis
John A. Polo
author_sort Evan P. Tanner
title Land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program supports roosting ecology of the lesser prairie-chicken
title_short Land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program supports roosting ecology of the lesser prairie-chicken
title_full Land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program supports roosting ecology of the lesser prairie-chicken
title_fullStr Land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program supports roosting ecology of the lesser prairie-chicken
title_full_unstemmed Land enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program supports roosting ecology of the lesser prairie-chicken
title_sort land enrolled in the conservation reserve program supports roosting ecology of the lesser prairie-chicken
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/cab7368cc871453dba8423ada36c7a50
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