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Population Viability Analysis of a Sharp-Tailed Grouse Metapopulation in Wisconsin

In: Wildlife 2001: Populations

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  • Stanley A. Temple

    (University of Wisconsin, Department of Wildlife Ecology)

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The sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) is an area-sensitive, habitat specialist whose future in Wisconsin is threatened by severe fragmentation of its brush-prairie habitat and a scarcity of habitat patches large enough and close enough to one another to accommodate viable populations. I address the following issues in this paper: (1) How large must an isolated subpopulation of sharp-tailed grouse be to achieve long-term viability? (2) How large an area is required to accommodate such a viable subpopulation? and (3) How many subpopulations (areas) should be maintained within a regional metapopulation? A population viability analysis suggests that spring breeding populations of at least 280 birds in each of five separate subpopulations occupying habitat patches of at least 4000 hectares will be required to achieve a 95% probability of persistence for 50 years. Empirical evidence of the persistence of isolated grouse populations over the past 50 years lends support to these conclusions.

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  • Stanley A. Temple, 1992. "Population Viability Analysis of a Sharp-Tailed Grouse Metapopulation in Wisconsin," Springer Books, in: Dale R. McCullough & Reginald H. Barrett (ed.), Wildlife 2001: Populations, pages 750-758, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-94-011-2868-1_56
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-2868-1_56
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