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Glossary of Terms Bunchgrasses (page 12) Perennial grasses that grow in clumps or tufts as opposed to mats Canopy cover (page 21) Overhead projection or footprint of the plant’s crown onto the ground surface, usually expressed as a percentage Clutch (page 20) The number of eggs produced by a hen at a single time Endangered Species Act (page 2) Federal law aimed to prevent the extinction of critically imperiled animal and plant species and protect the ecosystems on which they depend Forb (page 20) A flowering broad-leaved plant that can be an annual or a perennial Invasive annual grasslands (page 12) Areas dominated or strongly influenced by invasive annuals such as cheatgrass, medusahead wildrye or similar species Key sage-grouse habitat (page 13) Areas of generally intact sagebrush that provide sage-grouse habitat during some portion of the year Leks (page 8) Traditional communal mating ground where hens choose mates, occurs between March and early May on open areas adjacent to sagebrush Local working group (page 51) A group comprised of landowners, land managers, scientists, and other citizens that provides advice on conservation efforts in a planning area
Polygynous mating (page 18) A mating type in which a male mates with multiple females Riparian (page 33) Lands adjacent to creeks, streams, rivers and standing water where vegetation is strongly influenced by the presence of water Sage-grouse planning areas (page 51) Geographic areas originally defined by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game that have similar landscapes, sage-grouse habitats, and population use, used to improve management efficiency Sagebrush steppe (page 48) A low rainfall landscape capable of supporting perennial grasses and shrubs, synomous with sagebrush dominated rangelands Succession (page 48) A directional change in the species composition or structure of a plant community over time Understory (page 20) Vegetation community in the shrub steppe composed of grasses and forbs, essential for suitable nesting habitat
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Contents Identification ...........
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Page 11 and 12: IDFG U.S. Forest Service Lukasz Luk
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Page 15 and 16: Impacts to Habitat The greater sage
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Page 19 and 20: BLM Cattle grazing in the sagebrush
Page 21 and 22: Oct General Habitat Use Periods Use
Page 23 and 24: Gene M. Gray by fires or roads, are
Page 25 and 26: Habitat Feature Sagebrush canopy co
Page 27 and 28: Insufficient sagebrush cover 5% Jef
Page 29 and 30: Productive sagebrush cover 15% Jeff
Page 31 and 32: Excessive sagebrush cover 45% Jeffr
Page 33 and 34: Jeffrey Gillan Jeffrey Gillan Shrub
Page 35 and 36: Jeffrey Gillan Above: Productive gr
Page 37 and 38: Late Brood-Rearing (July-Sept.) As
Page 39 and 40: Fall & Winter (September-March) Fal
Page 41 and 42: Sagebrush Steppe Plants The plants
Page 43 and 44: Mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia t
Page 45 and 46: Paul Makela © Gary A. Monroe the o
Page 47 and 48: This map shows sagebrush distributi
Page 49 and 50: Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis) N
Page 51 and 52: Forbs Below is a list of the forbs
Page 53 and 54: with a healthy understory of grasse
Page 55 and 56: Conservation Planning In July 2006,
Page 57 and 58: Final Thoughts A particularly chall
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