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Impact of sagebrush nutrients and monoterpenes on greater sage-grouse vital rates

Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017
Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; sage-grouse) depend on sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) to complete its annual life cycle. The winter diet for sage-grouse consists almost entirely of sagebrush leaves, and individual birds may gain weight while ...
Brian R. Wing, Terry A. Messmer
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Dynamic spatiotemporal modeling of a habitat‐defining plant species to support wildlife management at regional scales

Ecosphere, 2023
Sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) ecosystems provide critical habitat for the Greater sage‐grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), a species of conservation concern.
Andrew T. Tredennick, Adrian P. Monroe, Thomas Prebyl, John Lombardi, Cameron L. Aldridge   +4 more
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Soil characteristics are associated with gradients of big sagebrush canopy structure after disturbance

Ecosphere, 2019
Reestablishing shrub canopy cover after disturbance in semi‐arid ecosystems, such as sagebrush steppe, is essential to provide wildlife habitat and restore ecosystem functioning.
David M. Barnard, Matthew J. Germino, Robert S. Arkle, John B. Bradford, Michael C. Duniway, David S. Pilliod, David A. Pyke, Robert K. Shriver, Justin L. Welty   +8 more
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Earlier fall precipitation and low severity fire impacts on cheatgrass and sagebrush establishment

Ecosphere, 2020
In arid and semiarid ecosystems, invasion by exotic grasses may be driving state changes in vegetation defined by losses of native shrub communities.
Tara B. B. Bishop, Baylie C. Nusink, Rebecca Lee Molinari, Justin B. Taylor, Samuel B. St. Clair   +4 more
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Does habitat reclamation following energy development benefit songbird nest survival?

Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2021
Songbird communities that rely on sagebrush habitat for breeding are experiencing steep population declines, while a large amount of the sagebrush ecosystem continues to be impacted by energy development. Reclamation is increasingly emphasized as a means
Christopher P. Kirol, Bradley C. Fedy
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Developing and optimizing shrub parameters representing sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) ecosystems in the northern Great Basin using the Ecosystem Demography (EDv2.2) model [PDF]

Geoscientific Model Development, 2019
Ecosystem dynamic models are useful for understanding ecosystem characteristics over time and space because of their efficiency over direct field measurements and applicability to broad spatial extents.
K. Pandit, H. Dashti, N. F. Glenn, A. N. Flores, K. C. Maguire, D. J. Shinneman, G. N. Flerchinger, A. W. Fellows   +7 more
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SCALING UP SAGEBRUSH CHEMISTRY WITH NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY AND UAS-ACQUIRED HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGERY [PDF]

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2021
Sagebrush ecosystems (Artemisia spp.) face many threats including large wildfires and conversion to invasive annuals, and thus are the focus of intense restoration efforts across the western United States. Specific attention has been given to restoration
P. J. Olsoy, S. N. Barrett, B. C. Robb, J. S. Forbey, T. T. Caughlin, M. D. Blocker, C. Merriman, J. D. Nobler, J. L. Rachlow, L. A. Shipley, D. M. Delparte   +10 more
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Simulated big sagebrush regeneration supports predicted changes at the trailing and leading edges of distribution shifts

Ecosphere, 2015
Many semi‐arid plant communities in western North America are dominated by big sagebrush. These ecosystems are being reduced in extent and quality due to economic development, invasive species, and climate change.
Daniel R. Schlaepfer, Kyle A. Taylor, Victoria E. Pennington, Kellen N. Nelson, Trace E. Martyn, Caitlin M. Rottler, William K. Lauenroth, John B. Bradford   +7 more
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Assessing vegetation recovery from energy development using a dynamic reference approach

Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Ecologically relevant references are useful for evaluating ecosystem recovery, but references that are temporally static may be less useful when environmental conditions and disturbances are spatially and temporally heterogeneous.
Adrian P. Monroe, Travis W. Nauman, Cameron L. Aldridge, Michael S. O’Donnell, Michael C. Duniway, Brian S. Cade, Daniel J. Manier, Patrick J. Anderson   +7 more
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Spatial scale selection for informing species conservation in a changing landscape

Ecosphere, 2022
Identifying the relevant spatial scale at which species respond to features in a landscape (scale of effect) is a pressing research need as managers work to reduce biodiversity loss amid a variety of environmental challenges.
Adrian P. Monroe, Julie A. Heinrichs, Ashley L. Whipple, Michael S. O'Donnell, David R. Edmunds, Cameron L. Aldridge   +5 more
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