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Remote Sensing, 2020 Quantifying western U.S. rangelands as a series of fractional components with remote sensing provides a new way to understand these changing ecosystems.
Matthew Rigge +8 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 +5 more
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023 Terrestrial arthropods are a critical component of sagebrush ecosystems and serve as a key food source for higher trophic levels, including many avian species of conservation concern.
Kimberly A. Haab +5 more
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Aboveground Total and Green Biomass of Dryland Shrub Derived from Terrestrial Laser Scanning [PDF]
, 2014 Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata), a dominant shrub species in the sagebrush-steppe ecosystem of the western US, is declining from its historical distribution due to feedbacks between climate and land use change, fire, and invasive species.
Clark, Patrick E. +3 more
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Relative abundance of and composition within fungal orders differ between cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) and sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)-associated soils. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Nonnative Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass) is decimating sagebrush steppe, one of the largest ecosystems in the Western United States, and is causing regional-scale shifts in the predominant plant-fungal interactions.
Carolyn F Wiber, Gary M King, Ken Aho
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PLoS ONE, 2019 Nitrogen additions are known to elicit variable responses in semi-arid ecosystems, with responses increasing with precipitation. The response of semi-arid ecosystems to nitrogen are important to understand due to their large spatial extent worldwide and ...
Christopher W Beltz +2 more
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Potential for post‐fire recovery of Greater Sage‐grouse habitat
Ecosphere, 2019 In the western United States, fire has become a significant concern in the management of big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt.) ecosystems. This is due to large‐scale increases in cover of the fire‐prone invasive annual cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.)
Corinna Riginos +6 more
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Conservation Science and Practice, 2022 Interannual variation, especially weather, is an often‐cited reason for restoration “failures”; yet its importance is difficult to experimentally isolate across broad spatiotemporal extents, due to correlations between weather and site characteristics ...
Allison B. Simler‐Williamson +2 more
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Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2014 Extensive fragmentation of the sagebrush shrubsteppe of western North America could be contributing to observed population declines of songbirds in sagebrush habitat.
Elly C. Knight +2 more
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Resource allocation effects on the timing of reproduction in an avian habitat specialist
Ecosphere, 2021 Variation in nutrient allocation can influence the timing of breeding and ultimately reproductive output. Time and space constraints might exist, however, if fewer food resources are available to meet the costs of reproduction early during the ...
Kyle A. Cutting +8 more
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