The effects of wind turbine noise on male Greater Prairie-Chicken vocal output during the breeding season

2016 ◽  
Vol 140 (4) ◽  
pp. 3414-3414
Author(s):  
Cara Whalen ◽  
Mary B. Brown ◽  
JoAnn McGee ◽  
Larkin Powell ◽  
Edward J. Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Breeding Season ◽  
Wind Turbine Noise ◽  
Prairie Chicken ◽  
Greater Prairie Chicken

Wind turbine noise limits propagation of greater prairie‐chicken boom chorus, but does it matter?

Ethology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 125 (12) ◽  
pp. 863-875
Author(s):  
Cara E. Whalen ◽  
Mary Bomberger Brown ◽  
JoAnn McGee ◽  
Larkin A. Powell ◽  
Edward J. Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Wind Turbine Noise ◽  
Prairie Chicken ◽  
Greater Prairie Chicken

Effects of wind turbine noise on the surrounding soundscape in the context of greater-prairie chicken courtship vocalizations

2019 ◽  
Vol 153 ◽  
pp. 132-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cara E. Whalen ◽  
Mary Bomberger Brown ◽  
Joann McGee ◽  
Larkin A. Powell ◽  
Edward J. Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Wind Turbine Noise ◽  
Prairie Chicken ◽  
Greater Prairie Chicken

Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido)

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeff A. Johnson ◽  
Michael A. Schroeder ◽  
Leslie A. Robb
Keyword(s):  
Tympanuchus Cupido ◽  
Prairie Chicken ◽  
Greater Prairie Chicken

scholarly journals Greater prairie-chicken nest success and habitat selection in southeastern Nebraska

2013 ◽  
Vol 77 (6) ◽  
pp. 1202-1212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ty W. Matthews ◽  
Andrew J. Tyre ◽  
J. Scott Taylor ◽  
Jeffrey J. Lusk ◽  
Larkin A. Powell
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Selection ◽  
Nest Success ◽  
Prairie Chicken ◽  
Greater Prairie Chicken

Temperature, wind, vegetation, and roads influence incubation patterns of Greater Prairie-Chickens (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) in the Nebraska Sandhills, USA

2019 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-99
Author(s):  
Ian R. Hoppe ◽  
Jocelyn O. Harrison ◽  
Edward J. Raynor IV ◽  
Mary Bomberger Brown ◽  
Larkin A. Powell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adult Survival ◽  
Tympanuchus Cupido ◽  
Ambient Temperatures ◽  
Wind Speeds ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Nebraska Sandhills ◽  
Avian Incubation ◽  
Prairie Chicken ◽  
Greater Prairie Chicken ◽  
Tympanuchus Cupido Pinnatus

Avian incubation involves behavioral decisions that must balance trade-offs between the incubating bird’s survival and current and future reproductive success. We evaluated variation in incubation off-bout duration and frequency among Greater Prairie-Chickens (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus (Brewster, 1885)) in the Nebraska Sandhills, USA. Greater Prairie-Chicken life history favors incubation behaviors that prioritize success of the current breeding attempt over adult survival. Previous observations suggest incubating females make these behavioral decisions based on ambient temperature conditions, their own body condition, and predation risk. We monitored nest attendance by females at 30 Greater Prairie-Chicken nests to identify proximate cues used to make behavioral decisions regarding incubation. We recorded 930 incubation off-bouts. Females took 1.9 ± 0.7 off-bouts/day (mean ± SD), each with a mean (±SD) duration of 43.3 ± 24.1 min. Off-bouts were shorter in duration at higher wind speeds, at lower ambient temperatures, at nests with less cover, and at nests closer to roads. Females were most likely to leave the nest during mid-morning and evening, as are most gallinaceous birds, and incubation off-bouts became less frequent later in the season. We did not observe differences in incubation behavior between nests that failed and those that successfully hatched one or more chicks.

Tonality evaluation of wind turbine noise by filter-segmentation

Measurement ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 711-718 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaofeng Liu ◽  
Lin Bo ◽  
Martin Veidt
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Wind Turbine Noise

First Case of Renesting After Brood Loss by a Greater Prairie-Chicken

2012 ◽  
Vol 124 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lance B. McNew ◽  
William J. White
Keyword(s):  
First Case ◽  
Prairie Chicken ◽  
Greater Prairie Chicken

scholarly journals Simplified theory of wind turbine noise

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allan D. Pierce ◽  
Evangelia Kotsaros
Keyword(s):  
Wind Turbine ◽  
Wind Turbine Noise

scholarly journals Temporal Variation in Breeding Season Survival and Cause-Specific Mortality of Lesser Prairie-Chickens

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 507-518
Author(s):  
Andrew R. Meyers ◽  
Scott A. Carleton ◽  
William R. Gould ◽  
Clay T. Nichols ◽  
David A. Haukos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Mexico ◽  
Breeding Season ◽  
Late Summer ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Brood Rearing ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Specific Mortality ◽  
Prairie Chicken ◽  
Female Survival ◽  
Similar Survival

Abstract The lesser prairie-chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus has experienced significant declines in distribution and abundance since the early 1900s. A severe and prolonged drought from 2009 to 2013 resulted in further declines in population numbers and despite improved environmental and habitat conditions since 2013, populations of lesser prairie chickens have shown little improvement. To investigate whether breeding season survival of lesser prairie-chickens in eastern New Mexico could be driving this response, we developed the following objectives: 1) estimate male and female breeding-season survival; 2) determine whether male and female survival varies temporally among lekking, nesting, and brood-rearing periods; and 3) determine cause-specific mortality during the breeding season. We captured and radiocollared 76 lesser prairie-chickens (50 male, 26 female) during spring of 2014 and 2015 and estimated their survival throughout the breeding season (15 March–31 August). Male survival was nearly double that of females in both years (0.79–0.81 and 0.38–0.45, respectively). Males had similar survival across all periods (lekking, postlekking, late summer: 0.89–0.95). Females had the greatest period-specific survival during lekking and brood rearing (0.87 ± 0.08 and 0.85 ± 0.10, respectively) relative to the nesting period (0.58 ± 0.11). Mammalian predation was the primary cause of mortality in both years. Our results indicate that in New Mexico 1) lesser prairie-chicken breeding season survival was consistent with geographically similar studies, 2) females have lower survival during the nesting period, and 3) female lesser prairie-chicken survival was lower than male survival regardless of time period. Management actions that provide and protect high-quality nesting habitat may help ensure that female survival is maximized during the nesting period.

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