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Adkins, K.; Roy, C. L.; Andersen, D. E.; Wright, R. G. 2019. Landscape-scale Greater Prairie-chicken-habitat relations and the Conservation Reserve Program. The Journal of Wildlife Management 83(6): 1415-1426.

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Hovick, T. J.; Dahlgren, D. K.; Papeş, M.; Elmore, R. D.; Pitman, J. C. 2015. Predicting Greater Prairie-Chicken Lek Site Suitability to Inform Conservation Actions. PLoS ONE 10(8).

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Johnson, J. A.; Schroeder, M. A.; Robb, L. A. 2020. Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido), version 1.0. Ithaca, NY, USA Available at: https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.grpchi.01.

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McNew, L.B.; Prebyl, T.J. and Sandercock, B.K. 2012. Effects of rangeland management on the site occupancy dynamics of prairie‐chickens in a protected prairie preserve. Journal of Wildlife Management 76: 38-47.

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Raynor, E. J.; Whalen, C. E.; Bomberger Brown, M.; Powell, L. A. 2017. Location matters: evaluating Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) boom chorus propagation. Avian Conservation and Ecology 12(2): 17.

Raynor, E.J.; Olney Harrison, J.; Whalen, C.E.; Smith, J.A.; Schacht, W.H.; Tyre, A.J.; Benson, J.F. Bomberger Brown, M. and Powell, L.A. 2019. Anthropogenic noise does not surpass land cover in explaining habitat selection of Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido). The Condor 121(4).

Roy, C.L. and Gregory, A.J. 2019. Landscape genetic evaluation of a tallgrass prairie corridor using the Greater Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido). Landscape Ecology 34: 1425-1443.

Schroeder, M. A.; Robb, L. A. 1993. Greater Prairie-chicken Tympanuchus cupido. In: Poole, A.; Gill, F. (ed.), The birds of North America No. 36, pp. 1-24. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia and the American Ornithologists' Union, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.

Westemeier, R. L.; Brawn, J. D.; Simpson, S. A.; Esker, T. L.; Jansen, R. W.; Walk, J. W.; Kershner, E. L.; Bouzat, J. L.; Paige, K. N. 1998. Tracking the long-term decline and recovery of an isolated population. Science 282(5394): 1695-1698.

Winder, V.L., McNew, L.B., Pitman, J.C. and Sandercock, B.K. 2018. Effects of rangeland management on survival of female greater prairie‐chickens. Journal of Wildlife Management 82: 113-122.

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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Greater Prairie-chicken Tympanuchus cupido. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/greater-prairie-chicken-tympanuchus-cupido on 26/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 26/12/2024.