The predicted influence of climate change on lesser prairie-chicken reproductive parameters.
The Southern High Plains is anticipated to experience significant changes in temperature and precipitation due to climate change. These changes may influence the lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) in positive or negative ways. We assessed the potential changes in clutch size, incuba...
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| author | Blake A Grisham Clint W Boal David A Haukos Dawn M Davis Kathy K Boydston Charles Dixon Willard R Heck |
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| description | The Southern High Plains is anticipated to experience significant changes in temperature and precipitation due to climate change. These changes may influence the lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) in positive or negative ways. We assessed the potential changes in clutch size, incubation start date, and nest survival for lesser prairie-chickens for the years 2050 and 2080 based on modeled predictions of climate change and reproductive data for lesser prairie-chickens from 2001-2011 on the Southern High Plains of Texas and New Mexico. We developed 9 a priori models to assess the relationship between reproductive parameters and biologically relevant weather conditions. We selected weather variable(s) with the most model support and then obtained future predicted values from climatewizard.org. We conducted 1,000 simulations using each reproductive parameter's linear equation obtained from regression calculations, and the future predicted value for each weather variable to predict future reproductive parameter values for lesser prairie-chickens. There was a high degree of model uncertainty for each reproductive value. Winter temperature had the greatest effect size for all three parameters, suggesting a negative relationship between above-average winter temperature and reproductive output. The above-average winter temperatures are correlated to La Niña events, which negatively affect lesser prairie-chickens through resulting drought conditions. By 2050 and 2080, nest survival was predicted to be below levels considered viable for population persistence; however, our assessment did not consider annual survival of adults, chick survival, or the positive benefit of habitat management and conservation, which may ultimately offset the potentially negative effect of drought on nest survival. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c91eba86919f4b0c857eeca7d3d024b12022-12-22T01:14:32ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032013-01-0187e6822510.1371/journal.pone.0068225The predicted influence of climate change on lesser prairie-chicken reproductive parameters.Blake A GrishamClint W BoalDavid A HaukosDawn M DavisKathy K BoydstonCharles DixonWillard R HeckThe Southern High Plains is anticipated to experience significant changes in temperature and precipitation due to climate change. These changes may influence the lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) in positive or negative ways. We assessed the potential changes in clutch size, incubation start date, and nest survival for lesser prairie-chickens for the years 2050 and 2080 based on modeled predictions of climate change and reproductive data for lesser prairie-chickens from 2001-2011 on the Southern High Plains of Texas and New Mexico. We developed 9 a priori models to assess the relationship between reproductive parameters and biologically relevant weather conditions. We selected weather variable(s) with the most model support and then obtained future predicted values from climatewizard.org. We conducted 1,000 simulations using each reproductive parameter's linear equation obtained from regression calculations, and the future predicted value for each weather variable to predict future reproductive parameter values for lesser prairie-chickens. There was a high degree of model uncertainty for each reproductive value. Winter temperature had the greatest effect size for all three parameters, suggesting a negative relationship between above-average winter temperature and reproductive output. The above-average winter temperatures are correlated to La Niña events, which negatively affect lesser prairie-chickens through resulting drought conditions. By 2050 and 2080, nest survival was predicted to be below levels considered viable for population persistence; however, our assessment did not consider annual survival of adults, chick survival, or the positive benefit of habitat management and conservation, which may ultimately offset the potentially negative effect of drought on nest survival.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3708951?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Blake A Grisham Clint W Boal David A Haukos Dawn M Davis Kathy K Boydston Charles Dixon Willard R Heck The predicted influence of climate change on lesser prairie-chicken reproductive parameters. PLoS ONE |
| title | The predicted influence of climate change on lesser prairie-chicken reproductive parameters. |
| title_full | The predicted influence of climate change on lesser prairie-chicken reproductive parameters. |
| title_fullStr | The predicted influence of climate change on lesser prairie-chicken reproductive parameters. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The predicted influence of climate change on lesser prairie-chicken reproductive parameters. |
| title_short | The predicted influence of climate change on lesser prairie-chicken reproductive parameters. |
| title_sort | predicted influence of climate change on lesser prairie chicken reproductive parameters |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3708951?pdf=render |
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