No significant differences between years were detected in Zone 1 (Upper Peninsula; t=1.3, P=0.2) or Zone 3 (Southern Lower Peninsula; t=1.3, P=0.2). Significant changes in the Michigan woodcock index based on the singing-ground survey from 2004 to 2005 were not detected (P>0.1). ...
I modeled sharp-tailed grouse resource selection and mapped their relative likelihood of occurrence across Michigan's eastern Upper Peninsula. The best model, based on AICc, included the variables of openland, upland forestland, lowland forestland, and upland shrubland. Sharp-tailed grouse selected ...