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{"title":"Social outcomes associated with a public and stakeholder engagement process for wolf reintroduction","authors":"Rebecca M. Niemiec,&nbsp;Michael Quartuch,&nbsp;Mireille Gonzalez,&nbsp;Veronica Champine,&nbsp;Andrew Mertens","doi":"10.1111/csp2.70058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70058","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A growing body of literature suggests that public and stakeholder engagement processes can be implemented to achieve social outcomes that can influence conservation goals. However, few studies have conducted assessments of the impacts of engagement processes on social outcomes over time. We examined whether there were changes in five social outcome indicators—knowledge, beliefs, acceptability of management options, trust in decision-makers, and social conflict—before and after the stakeholder and public engagement process for planning wolf reintroduction in Colorado. We focus on three samples—those engaged directly in the stakeholder process, additional stakeholders interested in the issue not directly involved in the process, and members of the public. We found that after the process, knowledge related to the conservation initiative increased a small amount among the public and stakeholders. Acceptance of certain management options (compensation for livestock losses and wolf hunting) increased slightly among the public, whereas stakeholders reported slightly more negative beliefs about the outcomes of wolf reintroduction after the process. The process did not appear to influence most measures of social conflict or trust in decision-makers. The public and stakeholders were also the least likely to believe the process would or did achieve reductions in social conflict. Our findings suggest that small increases in learning and acceptance of certain management options among the broader public and stakeholders may be associated with engagement processes, and that stakeholder perceptions about the impact of the process broadly align with pre- and post-changes in indicators of social outcomes. However, if conservation organizations are interested in decreasing social conflict or increasing trust in decision-makers, they should explicitly attend to this need in the design, evaluation, and adaptive management of stakeholder and public engagement processes.</p>","PeriodicalId":51337,"journal":{"name":"Conservation Science and Practice","volume":"7 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/csp2.70058","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144256290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Integrating a phylogenetic framework for mapping biodiversity patterns to set conservation priorities for an oceanic island flora","authors":"Ruth Jaén Molina,&nbsp;Jairo Patiño,&nbsp;Salvador de la Cruz,&nbsp;Magui Olangua-Corral,&nbsp;Águedo Marrero,&nbsp;Carlos García-Verdugo,&nbsp;Juli Caujapé-Castells","doi":"10.1111/csp2.70023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70023","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Effective biodiversity conservation requires accurate assessments to inform management decisions, particularly in biodiversity-rich regions. The Gran Canaria Biosphere Reserve (GCBR) is located in one of the Canary Islands, an oceanic archipelago that belongs to the Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot and lies &lt;100 km from NW Africa. We aim to help improve conservation in this territory by complementing traditional biodiversity metrics with phylogenetic analyses, using the two official plant DNA barcode sequences (<i>mat</i>K and <i>rbc</i>L), and distribution data for 202 endemic angiosperm taxa within the GCBR, which encompasses about 42% of Gran Canaria's territory. We compare the geographical patterns of Phylogenetic Diversity (PD) and Phylogenetic Endemism (PE) with traditional diversity metrics such as Species Richness (SR) and Weighted Endemism (WE), and we use categorical analyses of neo-and paleo-endemism. Our results highlight significant centres of PD and PE that do not entirely overlap with those detected for SR and WE. Notably, the northern region of the GCBR includes important conservation areas, representing either accumulations of ancestral diversity or spots of incipient speciation. Moreover, evolutionarily significant areas displaying high values of neo- and paleo-phylogenetic endemism were identified in the east and southeast of the GCBR beyond the current core zones and protected areas. These results highlight the enhanced resolution provided by PD and related metrics, and offer a more nuanced understanding of plant biodiversity compared to SR alone. This study underscores the need to establish a new core zone to preserve all key plant evolutionary sites within the GCBR and to ensure comprehensive protection of the endemic flora, which will require coordination among conservation biologists and decision-makers. The methodology used showcases the value of integrating taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity metrics for guiding the design of protected areas and improving territorial management in the Canaries and other oceanic archipelagos.</p>","PeriodicalId":51337,"journal":{"name":"Conservation Science and Practice","volume":"7 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/csp2.70023","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144256372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"FISHGLOB: A collaborative infrastructure to bridge the gap between scientific monitoring and marine biodiversity conservation","authors":"Aurore A. Maureaud,&nbsp;Zoë Kitchel,&nbsp;Alexa Fredston,&nbsp;Robert Guralnick,&nbsp;Juliano Palacios-Abrantes,&nbsp;Maria L. D. Palomares,&nbsp;Malin L. Pinsky,&nbsp;Nancy L. Shackell,&nbsp;James T. Thorson,&nbsp;Daniela Alemany,&nbsp;Kofi Amador,&nbsp;Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage Wajra Jeewantha Bandara,&nbsp;Jonathan Belmaker,&nbsp;Esther D. Beukhof,&nbsp;Steven J. Bograd,&nbsp;Mohamed Lamine Camara,&nbsp;Pierluigi Carbonara,&nbsp;Shahar Chaikin,&nbsp;Martin A. Collins,&nbsp;Tyler D. Eddy,&nbsp;Dori Edelist,&nbsp;Heino O. Fock,&nbsp;Romain Frelat,&nbsp;Kevin Friedland,&nbsp;Arnaud Grüss,&nbsp;Manuel Hidalgo,&nbsp;Didier Jouffre,&nbsp;Saïkou Oumar Kidé,&nbsp;Mariano Koen-Alonso,&nbsp;Ian Knuckey,&nbsp;Stan Kotwicki,&nbsp;Edward Lavender,&nbsp;Martin Lindegren,&nbsp;Marcos Llope,&nbsp;Laura Mannocci,&nbsp;Julia G. Mason,&nbsp;Hicham Masski,&nbsp;Matthew McLean,&nbsp;Laurène Merillet,&nbsp;Vesselina Mihneva,&nbsp;Francis K. E. Nunoo,&nbsp;Richard L. O'Driscoll,&nbsp;Cecilia O'Leary,&nbsp;Laurene Pecuchet,&nbsp;Elitsa Petrova,&nbsp;Jorge E. Ramos,&nbsp;Ignacio Sobrino,&nbsp;Jón Sólmundsson,&nbsp;Vaishav Soni,&nbsp;Ingrid Spies,&nbsp;Maria Teresa Spedicato,&nbsp;Fabrice Stephenson,&nbsp;Ndiaga Thiam,&nbsp;Feriha Tserkova,&nbsp;George Tserpes,&nbsp;Evangelos Tzanatos,&nbsp;Daniël van Denderen,&nbsp;Paraskevas Vasilakopoulos,&nbsp;Tom Webb,&nbsp;Daniela V. Yepsen,&nbsp;Philippe Ziegler,&nbsp;Walter Zupa,&nbsp;Bastien Mérigot","doi":"10.1111/csp2.70035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70035","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Large-scale biodiversity assessments and conservation applications require integrated and up-to-date datasets across regions. In the oceans, monitoring is fragmented, which affects knowledge exchange and usage. Among existing monitoring programs, scientific bottom-trawl surveys (SBTS) are long-term, rich, and well-maintained data sources at the scale of each sampled region, but these data are under-utilized in biodiversity applications, especially across regions. This is hampered by the lack of an international community and database maintained through time. To address this, we created FISHGLOB, an infrastructure gathering SBTS and experts. In 5 years, we developed an integrated database of SBTS and a consortium gathering more than 100 experts and users. Here, we are sharing the project history, achievements, challenges, and outlooks. In particular, we reflect on the infrastructure-building social and technical processes which will guide the development of similar infrastructures. The FISHGLOB project takes ocean monitoring one step forward in working as a unified community across disciplines and regions of the world.</p>","PeriodicalId":51337,"journal":{"name":"Conservation Science and Practice","volume":"7 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/csp2.70035","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144256456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Partner support and interactions with communities show mixed effects on governance of community-based resources","authors":"Eleanor Roxburgh,&nbsp;Morena Mills,&nbsp;Sangeeta Mangubhai,&nbsp;Alifereti Tawake,&nbsp;Margaret Vakalalabure,&nbsp;Hugh Govan,&nbsp;Arundhati Jagadish,&nbsp;Tanya O'Garra","doi":"10.1111/csp2.70063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70063","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Community-based natural resource management is recognized as an effective area-based conservation approach. Accordingly, conservation organizations worldwide are providing support to local communities seeking to sustainably manage and use their local natural resources. However, there is little understanding of how different types of support provided by partner organizations influence local community governance of these resources. Our data, collected from Fiji using key informant interviews, demonstrates that there is no clear association between partner support and effective community governance of marine resources. While no associations were evident when investigating the effects of partner support on participation and perceived fairness of decision-making at the village level, some significance was identified when investigating responses by social group. We did find a clearer signal, however, with regards to the types of interaction between partners and communities, such that regional meetings were associated with increased community knowledge of the boundaries of the customary fishing grounds and village meetings were associated with increased ecosystem monitoring. Our work underscores the need to evaluate how different types of support from partner organizations, and the manner in which they interact with communities, impact community-based conservation initiatives.</p>","PeriodicalId":51337,"journal":{"name":"Conservation Science and Practice","volume":"7 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/csp2.70063","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144255885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Habitat conservation plans under the endangered species act: A comprehensive three-decade analysis","authors":"Heather Harl,&nbsp;Natalie Madden,&nbsp;David E. Jennings,&nbsp;Andrew Carter","doi":"10.1111/csp2.70061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70061","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Development can pose a substantial threat to imperiled species listed under the US Endangered Species Act (ESA), particularly as two-thirds of these species rely on private lands. Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs) outlined in Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA have emerged as crucial instruments for harmonizing conservation and development needs. Yet, despite being established for over 30 years, the HCP program's impact remains inadequately understood. Consequently, we evaluated 629 HCPs—covering 38 states and territories, and 748 species—to assess the program's transparency, organization, and impact by examining three key factors: (1) the presence of required documents, (2) the adequacy of monitoring, and (3) the consistency of conservation measures. A lack of required documents made it difficult to quantitatively assess the overall impact of the program, including the adequacy of monitoring. Conservation measures outlined in the plans were also often inconsistent. Our findings indicate that enhancements are needed to modernize data management, increase transparency, strengthen oversight to improve the monitoring and evaluation of both individual HCPs and the program overall, and establish or update species conservation standards. These changes could significantly improve program functionality, streamline development and implementation processes, and offer greater opportunities to gauge success in the program.</p>","PeriodicalId":51337,"journal":{"name":"Conservation Science and Practice","volume":"7 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/csp2.70061","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144255884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cat owners' perceptions of domestic cats and implications for European wildcat (Felis silvestris) restoration","authors":"Thomas R. Dando,&nbsp;Robbie A. McDonald,&nbsp;Richard P. Young,&nbsp;Stephen P. Carter,&nbsp;Sarah L. Crowley","doi":"10.1111/csp2.70056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70056","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cat owners are key stakeholders and influencers in discourses around cat management. While research has examined cat impacts on wildlife, there is limited understanding of cat owners' perspectives on management responsibilities, particularly in regions where European wildcats <i>Felis silvestris</i> are threatened by hybridization with domestic cats <i>Felis catus</i>. To address this gap, we conducted semi-structured interviews with rural-living cat owners within two regions of the UK where wildcat reintroductions are being contemplated. Interviewees were asked about their perspectives on the impacts of, and responsibility for, owned and unowned domestic cats and wildcats. We also explored cat owners' present knowledge of wildcats. We find a lack of consensus over who is, or should be, responsible for unowned cats to be a significant barrier to effective cat management. This is highlighted by the shifting perceptions of unowned cats between domesticated and wild. Moreover, the lack of cognizance of wildcats among cat owners is a primary challenge facing wildcat restoration and unowned cat management. We propose collaboration among a broad group of stakeholders to develop management strategies for unowned cats in the context of wildcat restoration and suggest a focus on cat welfare. The challenges of domestic cat management provide insight useful to wildlife restoration projects where there is a need to engage and highlight co-benefits with stakeholders who are interested but not necessarily engaged in conservation issues or practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":51337,"journal":{"name":"Conservation Science and Practice","volume":"7 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/csp2.70056","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144256068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Tradeoffs and win-wins between large landscape conservation and wildlife viewing in protected areas","authors":"Hilary Byerly Flint,&nbsp;Aaron J. Enriquez,&nbsp;Drew E. Bennett,&nbsp;Leslie Richardson,&nbsp;Arthur D. Middleton","doi":"10.1111/csp2.70051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70051","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Wildlife conservation around protected areas is critical and costly, yet its beneficiaries—particularly protected area visitors who enjoy viewing wide-ranging wildlife—rarely contribute towards landscape-scale conservation. We characterize the importance of wildlife viewing in two U.S. protected areas: Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. We surveyed park visitors (<i>N</i> = 991) and used the travel cost method to test whether changes in the viewing experience would justify support for visitor-funded conservation. We find that benefits from wildlife viewing are substantial and dependent on protecting wide-ranging species and maintaining their abundance. Large carnivores, particularly grizzly bears, are especially important to wildlife viewers, who are willing to pay more to visit the parks by about 50%. Additionally, we gauged support for three conservation fundraising mechanisms within parks: a mandatory fee, a voluntary fund, and a tax on goods and services. Overall, we find that species population declines could have a greater effect on visitation than that from imposing conservation costs onto visitors, which visitors largely support regardless of income or politics. Our results demonstrate tradeoffs between maintaining visitor experience quality and protected area visitation, with a potential win-win for conservation beneficiaries to contribute towards action at a scale necessary for biodiversity protection.</p>","PeriodicalId":51337,"journal":{"name":"Conservation Science and Practice","volume":"7 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/csp2.70051","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144255818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Are climate change adaptation strategies working? A call to expedite learning","authors":"Lara J. Hansen,&nbsp;Deborah A. Rudnick,&nbsp;Kathryn N. Braddock,&nbsp;Arden Drake,&nbsp;Scott Covington,&nbsp;Helen E. Fox,&nbsp;Kimberly R. Hall,&nbsp;James B. Hansen,&nbsp;Carolyn J. Lundquist,&nbsp;Eric E. Mielbrecht,&nbsp;Jordan M. West","doi":"10.1111/csp2.70060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70060","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Evidence is lacking for what constitutes effective climate change adaptation to successfully conserve and steward ecosystems. Yet we urgently need this information to develop robust adaptation strategies to keep pace with unprecedented change, given our limited resources to do so. This includes not just understanding if a given strategy is effective in a single application, but perhaps more importantly if a given strategy has proven effective across sites where it has been applied, or has benefits only under certain sets of conditions. This learning across the field of adaptation is currently missing and is what is necessary for bringing adaptation to scale. We propose an approach that can guide adaptation efficacy testing under varying levels of baseline knowledge and ecosystem complexity. The approach includes clearly defining conservation goals and climate vulnerabilities, methodically collecting site and climate metrics to inform analysis of efficacy, and evaluating and communicating both positive and negative results in order to advance the adaptation field. Using this approach with meta-analyses and post-hoc testing can quickly scale efficacy testing in a meaningful way. Furthermore, explicitly incorporating efficacy testing into adaptation processes can support the growth of the adaptation field and spark creative, adaptive management approaches that will increase the likelihood of reducing climate change vulnerability.</p>","PeriodicalId":51337,"journal":{"name":"Conservation Science and Practice","volume":"7 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/csp2.70060","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144256128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A research toolbox for regional data collection to support the conservation of large batoids: A case study on the critically endangered flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius)","authors":"Sophie L. Loca,&nbsp;Amy Garbett,&nbsp;Jonathan D. R. Houghton,&nbsp;James Thorburn,&nbsp;Oliver Ó Cadhla,&nbsp;Maurice Clarke,&nbsp;Gary Hannon,&nbsp;Liz Pothanikat,&nbsp;Paul A. Mayo,&nbsp;Ruairí Gallagher,&nbsp;Mark D. J. Hoppner,&nbsp;Patrick Colman Collins","doi":"10.1111/csp2.70052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70052","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Elasmobranchs, specifically skate species (superorder Batoidea), are at risk of extinction, with over one-third currently listed as Endangered, exacerbated due to their k-selected life strategy. A regional conservation approach is required to support the collection of rigorous, species-specific data alongside collaborative efforts across sectors and jurisdictions. Skate species that extend beyond jurisdictional boundaries encounter additional complexities from divergent national legal frameworks, monitoring requirements, and conservation priorities, resulting in inconsistent data collection. Here we present an innovative research “toolbox,” initially devised for the Critically Endangered flapper skate (<i>Dipturus intermedius</i>) in the North-East Atlantic, but applicable to most demersal elasmobranchs. This toolbox offers a systematic approach (Why, What, Who, Where, and When?) to obtain critical information for the conservation of elasmobranchs, with a focus on standardization and cross-border collaboration. Recent advancements in understanding flapper skate ecology highlight the potential for regional conservation initiatives, emphasizing the importance of coordinated actions, and serve as an illustrative example within the context of the “toolbox.”</p>","PeriodicalId":51337,"journal":{"name":"Conservation Science and Practice","volume":"7 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/csp2.70052","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144256054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The influence of a conservation-based grazing program on greater sage-grouse habitat selection","authors":"Jennifer E. Helm,&nbsp;Elizabeth G. Simpson,&nbsp;Lorelle I. Berkeley,&nbsp;Mark Szczypinski,&nbsp;Shea P. Coons,&nbsp;Victoria J. Dreitz","doi":"10.1111/csp2.70053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.70053","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Understanding how vegetation management affects animals' habitat selection patterns is critical for comprehensive conservation planning. As part of a decade-long study (2011–2019) of 486 adult female sage-grouse in central Montana, we investigated how a conservation-based grazing program (CGP) affected greater sage-grouse (<i>Centrocercus urophasianus</i>) habitat selection at two temporal scales: (a) the seasonal scale (four biologically relevant seasons) and (b) the annual scale. We used resource selection functions to assess sage-grouse selection for pastures enrolled in a CGP as well as plant functional type and topography. We found that sage-grouse strongly selected shrub cover, flatter slopes, and less tree cover. They selected CGP-enrolled pastures (Pre-, During-, and Post-grazing system implementation) over Non-CGP pastures during all seasons except the summer–fall. During the summer–fall, they selected pastures where CGP implementation was complete. Future research is needed to determine whether selection for CGP-enrolled pastures was due to unmeasured, underlying differences between CGP and non-CGP pastures or CGP enrollment patterns rather than effects of different grazing systems, as well as whether these habitat selection differences are linked to demographic rates or population dynamics.</p>","PeriodicalId":51337,"journal":{"name":"Conservation Science and Practice","volume":"7 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/csp2.70053","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144256387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}