Do Invasive Plants Influence Habitat Selection for Brooding Sage-grouse?
Faculty Sponsor
Grant Casady, Whitworth University
Research Project Abstract
Brooding sage-grouse utilize locations with an abundance of flowering plants. The plants play a key role in these locations because the young grouse will feed off of them for the first few weeks of their lives. The question that came into play was, do the grouse prefer native to invasive species of plants? Or is there no preference? The plant types from brooding and non-brooding sites were recorded and later analyzed to see the differences, or similarities, between native or invasive species.
Session Number
PS1
Location
Graves Gym
Abstract Number
PS1-cc
Do Invasive Plants Influence Habitat Selection for Brooding Sage-grouse?
Graves Gym
Brooding sage-grouse utilize locations with an abundance of flowering plants. The plants play a key role in these locations because the young grouse will feed off of them for the first few weeks of their lives. The question that came into play was, do the grouse prefer native to invasive species of plants? Or is there no preference? The plant types from brooding and non-brooding sites were recorded and later analyzed to see the differences, or similarities, between native or invasive species.
