Kansas Project
Landscape patterns contributing to lek establishment and morphometrics of attending lesser prairie-chickens
September 2017 - December 2021
Personnel
Participating Agencies
- Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism
Lesser prairie-chickens are a species of conservation concern due to declining populations and occupied range. Managers are developing strategies, including translocation, to restore populations. Translocation to restore populations is a possible conservation strategy for this species. Assessing lek locations, establishment, and persistence is necessary to determine the success of the strategy. This research is a collaborative effort among the Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Kansas Parks, Wildlife, and Tourism, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, and U.S. Forest Service. Translocated birds do join and establish leks. However, leks are associated with quality nesting habitat and relatively high female densities, which are not found at the release sites.
Presentations | Presentation Date |
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Aulicky, C., and D. Haukos. 2020. What determines lesser prairie-chicken lek persistence? Kansas Natural Resource Conference, Manhattan, Kansas. | January 2020 |
Aulicky, C., and D. Haukos. 2020. Lesser prairie-chicken lek formation, lek persistence, and female space use. Annual Meeting of The Wildlife Society, Louisville, Kentucky. | September 2020 |