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  <dc:contributor>Lee J. Foster</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Christian A. Hagen</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Katie M. Dugger</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Christopher R. Anthony</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2022</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;div class="textLayer"&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;Species responses to disturbance influence their extinction risks. Greater sage- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;grouse &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;Centrocercus urophasianus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;) are bioindicators of sagebrush ecosystem health and the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;loss of sagebrush (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;Artemisia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt; spp.) due to wildfire, can cause long-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;term declines in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;sage- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;grouse populations and other sagebrush obligate species. We examined the de&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;mographic response of a greater sage- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;grouse population following a mega-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;wildfire &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;using stochastic age-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;structured female- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;based matrix models over 6 years (2013– &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;2018). Notably, chick survival (range &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;=&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt; 0.18–&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;0.38) and female survival (yearling range: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;0.20–&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;0.68; adult range: 0.27–&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;0.75) were low compared to values reported for greater &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;sage- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;grouse in other parts of their distribution. Greater sage- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;grouse displayed vari&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;ation in demographic tactics after the fire; however, adult female survival explained &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;most of the variation in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;λ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt; during each year, which reflected a declining population in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;3 of 6 years with more uncertainty observed in 2015 when populations may have &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;been increasing, and 2017 and 2018, when populations may have been declining. The &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;continued annual population decline observed since 2016 suggested there were ad&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;ditional strong environmental impacts that may have been compounded by the fire &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;effects, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;prolonging &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;recovery &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;of greater &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;sage- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;grouse. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;Our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;results &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;support &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;others &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;reported negative effects to greater sage- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;grouse demographics from broad-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;scale fire &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;and provide a baseline for understanding how this species responds to loss of sage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;brush cover based on their life history strategy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1002/ece3.8488</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Wiley</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Acute and lagged fitness consequences for a sagebrush obligate in a post mega-wildfire landscape</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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