Publications by authors named "Daniel Skalos"
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- Management decisions in wildlife conservation should consider both habitat selection and demographic performance, as habitat selection alone may not reflect true species viability.
- This study focuses on the greater sage-grouse to illustrate how mapping habitat selection against survival rates can reveal important mismatches and trade-offs throughout different reproductive life stages.
- By integrating demographic measures into habitat management, conservation efforts can be more effectively tailored to enhance species survival and resource allocation, particularly during critical life stages.
Wetland loss and degradation have been extensive across the world, especially in California's Central Valley where over 90% of the natural wetlands have been converted to agricultural and urban uses. In the Central Valley today, a much smaller network of managed wetlands and flooded agricultural fields supports almost five million waterfowl and half a million shorebirds. Over 50% of waterbird habitat in the Central Valley is provided by flooded agricultural land, primarily rice (Oryza sativa).
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