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Alternative approaches to dryland reclamation enhance vegetation cover and soil stability at a former uranium mine

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Conventional reclamation methods to recover dryland ecosystems after mineral extraction often have low success. Alternative reclamation techniques may help overcome the many challenges to establishing persistent native vegetation and stable soils.
Kathryn D. Eckhoff, Rebecca K. Mann, Seth M. Munson, Katherine Walton‐Day, Jo E. Hinck, Michael C. Duniway   +5 more
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Landscape conservation forecasting to evaluate ecological condition and wildlife habitat suitability in eastern Nevada U.S.A.

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Cooperation among managers of protected areas and federal multiple use lands with private inholdings to increase restoration success and economies of scale creates ecological and regulatory complexity best studied with state‐and‐transition simulation models (STSM).
Louis Provencher, Kevin J. Badik, Sarah Byer, Laurel Saito, Margaret Horner, Bryan Hamilton, Michael Clifford, Devin McHugh   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Burning and mowing Wyoming big sagebrush: Do treated sites meet minimum guidelines for greater sage‐grouse breeding habitats?

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2012
Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis) treatments are often implemented to improve breeding habitat for greater sage‐grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), a species of considerable conservation concern.
Jennifer E. Hess, Jeffrey L. Beck
doaj   +1 more source

Differential Preference of Wintering Mule Deer for Accessions of Big Sagebrush and for Black Sagebrush [PDF]

Journal of Range Management, 1981
Free-roaming mule deer showed significant differential preference for accessions of big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) grown in a uniform garden. Mule deer also selectively preferred certain accessions of black sagebrush (A. nova). The role of monoterpenoids (essential or volatile oils) in determining preference among accessions and taxa of Artemisia-
Bruce L. Welch, E. Durant McArthur, James N. Davis   +2 more
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Microsite selection improves post‐fire restoration of singleleaf pinyon pine on Washoe Tribal lands in the Pine Nut Mountains, NV, USA

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Singleleaf pinyon pine (Pinus monophylla) holds both ecological and cultural significance for Indigenous Tribes of the Great Basin, such as the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California. Recent wildfires on Washoe Tribal lands have resulted in the loss of important pinyon pine groves, prompting collaborative efforts to develop post ...
Hayley A. Reid, Peter J. Weisberg, Rhiana Jones, Alexandra K. Urza   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling the Potential Habitat Gained by Planting Sagebrush in Burned Landscapes

Conservation
Many revegetation projects are intended to benefit wildlife species. Yet, there are few a priori evaluations that assess the potential efficiency of restoration actions in recovering wildlife habitats.
Julie A. Heinrichs, Michael S. O’Donnell, Elizabeth K. Orning, David A. Pyke, Mark A. Ricca, Peter S. Coates, Cameron L. Aldridge   +6 more
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Relative abundance of and composition within fungal orders differ between cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) and sagebrush (Artemisia tridentate)-associated soils.

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 Weber, Gary M King, Ken Aho
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Integrating Ecosystem Resilience and Resistance Into Decision Support Tools for Multi-Scale Population Management of a Sagebrush Indicator Species

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Imperiled sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) ecosystems of western North America are experiencing unprecedented conservation planning efforts. Advances in decision-support tools operationalize concepts of ecosystem resilience by quantitatively linking spatially ...
Mark A. Ricca, Peter S. Coates
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A draft genome provides hypotheses on drought tolerance in a keystone plant species in Western North America threatened by climate change

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Climate change presents distinct ecological and physiological challenges to plants as extreme climate events become more common. Understanding how species have adapted to drought, especially ecologically important nonmodel organisms, will be crucial to ...
Anthony E. Melton, James Beck, Stephanie J. Galla, Jerry Jenkins, Lori Handley, Min Kim, Jane Grimwood, Jeremy Schmutz, Bryce A. Richardson, Marcelo Serpe, Stephen Novak, Sven Buerki   +11 more
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Addressing multiple management goals during roadside restoration: reducing weed invasion and fire risk while enhancing native plants and pollinator habitat in semiarid, invaded grasslands

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Roadside vegetation management efforts often target a single desirable outcome; however, we frequently have multiple management goals for restoration. Multiple goals may be achieved concurrently, but the efficacy of roadside revegetation methods is largely unclear, especially when multiple methods are combined.
Erika Stewart, Madison Roth, Ken Aho, Alissa Salmore, Joshua B. Grinath   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source