Sentences with phrase «greater prairie chickens»

Grouse Park, a breeding facility in Idaho, has built the pens and acquired the greater prairie chickens to provide 40 embryos (eggs) next spring, and we have contracted with Crystal Bioscience in Emeryville, California, to establish the germ - cell resources necessary for genome editing.

The researchers — led by Brett Sandercock, professor of biology — discovered that wind turbines have little effect on greater prairie chickens, and that these grassland birds are more affected by rangeland management practices and by the availability of native prairie and vegetation cover at nest sites.

Male greater prairie chickens make booming calls to attract females for mating.

The Smoky Hills site — the Meridian Way Wind Power Facility near Concordia — was developed into a wind energy site, which gave researchers the opportunity to observe greater prairie chickens before, during and after wind turbine construction.

«The research will certainly aid with wind power site guidelines and with the development of mitigation strategies to enhance habitat conditions for the greater prairie chicken.»

The greater prairie chicken was once abundant across the central Plains, but populations have declined because of habitat loss and human development.

Related sites Gibson's page Höglund's page Pages on the greater prairie chicken and the sharp - tailed grouse

A greater prairie chicken (left) and a sharp - tailed grouse (right) show off their stuff.

A start - up company named Dovetail Genomics in Santa Cruz, California, produced the highest quality wild bird genome ever (of the greater prairie chicken) in record time at record low cost.

Wisely helped lead a four - year study into how Kansas» wildlife, particularly the greater prairie chicken, is affected by wind turbines.

Not exact matches

The lesser prairie - chicken has experienced widespread declines in abundance and distribution, with some estimates suggesting greater than a 90 percent decrease of the population.

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So lift your sights this weekend: from the black - chinned sparrow to the greater prairie - chicken, it's all up in the air here.