Fire, annual grasses, and nest site selection and survival for grouse
![Two maps show how nest survival rates and nest selection and burn scars & grass cover overlap on areas of sage grouse habitat](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/FireSageGrouseMaps.jpg?itok=w-E9Xf77)
Detailed Description
(a) Maps model‐projected nest site selection integrated with nesting productivity (i.e., nest survival), demonstrating the spatial distribution of adaptive versus maladaptive habitat selection at each 30 m pixel. Areas of greatest sage‐grouse occupancy are highlighted within 17 km of all active leks in the study area.
(b) Map of burned areas from a cumulative burned area model representing burn scars and annual grass cover >10% in the same study region. Burned areas were represented based on wildfires occurring between 1984 and 2017 that had not recovered to 20% sagebrush cover, or had otherwise experienced a permanent state transition to annual grass based on simulated sagebrush regrowth across varying soil temperature and moisture regimes
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.