Lesser Prairie Chicken Range Map. Prairie Chickens Forever The Lesser Prairie-Chicken is a pale grouse of the southern Great Plains, found only in prairie and agricultural land with shinnery oak and sand sagebrush This dataset represents a species known range extent for Tympanuchus pallidicinctus (Lesser Prairie-chicken)
Map of current and historical range of the lesser prairie chicken PICRYL Public Domain Media from picryl.com
Data used to help map the range include area soil data, CRP property and location of known Lesser Prairie Chicken leks.The range was separated into two Ecoregions Sandsage and Shortgrass to indicate the habitat type the range falls in.As a component of the 5-Year Review of the Range-wide Conservation Plan (Van Pelt et al from publication: A spatially-based planning tool.
Map of current and historical range of the lesser prairie chicken PICRYL Public Domain Media
Like its close relative, the larger, darker Greater. Historic (Thacker and Twidwell 2014) and estimated range of lesser prairie-chicken (LEPC;KARS SGPCHAT 2017) Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) | Map | U.S
Lesser Prairie Chicken Range. Fish & Wildlife Service Working with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. PRODUCTION AREA: An area which includes all nesting and brood rearing habitat of the lesser prairie chicken
Lesser Prairie Chicken. These range maps are created by attributing sub-watershed polygons with information of a species presence, origin, seasonal and reproductive use. Lesser prairie-chickens need large tracts of relatively intact native grasslands and prairies to thrive, and are considered a "boom-bust" species with annual reproductive success tied to precipitation patterns.