Dusky grouse seasonal resource selection in the Great Basin isolated mountain ranges of Nevada, USA

Dusky Grouse Dendragapus obscurus are a montane forest grouse species with a paucity of information regarding their temporal and spatial resource use during critical times of high mortality and reproductive output. This lack of vital data may leave Dusky Grouse at risk of sub-optimal management in many areas of their distribution, especially in the isolated ‘sky island’ mountain ranges of the Great Basin, where high elevation habitats are surrounded by sagebrush and chaparral flats. Many of these high elevation habitats are being altered and lost rapidly from increasing disturbance events and effects of climate change. Our objective was to evaluate Dusky Grouse resource selection in the Schell Creek, Duck Creek, and Egan ranges of White Pine County, Nevada during breeding, nesting, brood-rearing, and over winter to identify habitats of importance for concentrating conservation actions. We found that breeding male Dusky Grouse selected for aspen stands, nearness to water, and nearness to..., , , # Data from: Dusky grouse seasonal resource selection in the Great Basin

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.fttdz093n](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.fttdz093n)

## Description of the data and file structure

### Dusky-Grouse-ResourceSelection

Creating predictive maps for dusky grouse (*Dendragapus obscurus*) populations

Nevada Dusky Grouse Ecology Project

Author: Anonymous for review

Major Advisor: Anonymous for review

Date Project Started: January 2018

First Field Season: April - August 2018

Second Field Season: March - August 2019

Third Field Season: April - August 2020

Fourth Field Season: April - August 2021

Summary of resource selection chapter:

### Inputs:

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\- Data collected from the field during breeding male surveys (BMS), while running dogs, and from captured hens with GPS transmitters, as well as data downloaded from online sources.

\- Code written by the author, coauthors, or others for analyzing data and writing models.

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### Outputs:

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\- Maps, figure...,