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Saving the sagebrush sea: An ecosystem conservation plan for big sagebrush plant communities [PDF]

, 2011
Vegetation change and anthropogenic development are altering ecosystems and decreasing biodiversity. Successful management of ecosystems threatened by multiple stressors requires development of ecosystem conservation plans rather than single species ...
Davies, Kirk W., Gregg, Michael A., Beck, Jeffrey L., Bates, Jon D., Boyd, Chad S., Svejcar, Tony J.   +5 more
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Pocket Guide to Sagebrush

, 2012
This guide is written for anyone interested in learning more about sagebrush species and habitats. The introduction provides descriptions of some of the remarkably diverse sagebrush communities in western North America.
Shultz, Leila
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To burn or not to burn: Comparing reintroducing fire with cutting an encroaching conifer for conservation of an imperiled shrub‐steppe

Ecology and Evolution, 2019
Woody vegetation has increased on rangelands worldwide for the past 100–200 years, often because of reduced fire frequency. However, there is a general aversion to reintroducing fire, and therefore, fire surrogates are often used in its place to reverse ...
Kirk W. Davies, Roxanne C. Rios, Jon D. Bates, Dustin D. Johnson, Jay Kerby, Chad S. Boyd   +5 more
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Sagebrush

Landscape painting depicting a desert scene with ...
Fjellboe, Paulmar Torsten, 1873-1948.
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Pasture sagebrush

, 2002
Artemesia frigida, pasture sagebrush, looking down on whole ...
Hartley, Laurel, photographer
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High‐resolution thermal imagery reveals how interactions between crown structure and genetics shape plant temperature

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
Understanding interactions between environmental stress and genetic variation is crucial to predict the adaptive capacity of species to climate change.
Peter J. Olsoy, Andrii Zaiats, Donna M. Delparte, Matthew J. Germino, Bryce A. Richardson, Spencer Roop, Anna V. Roser, Jennifer S. Forbey, Megan E. Cattau, Sven Buerki, Keith Reinhardt, T. Trevor Caughlin   +11 more
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Requiem for a sagebrush ecosystem?

, 1999
Requiem for a sagebrush ecosystem?Knick "Requiem for a sagebrush ecosystem?." Northwest Science.
Knick, Steven T.
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Should ranchers value sagebrush? Why we need sagebrush [PDF]

, 2014
This fact sheet describes the value of sagebrush to ranchers. Big sagebrush is beneficial to grasses and forbs growing under its canopy by supplying them water, nutrients,organic matter and protection from overgrazing.
Burritt, Elizabeth A., Monaco, Thomas A., Thacker, Eric T., Thacker, Eric, Burritt, Beth, Monaco, Thomas   +5 more
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Scaling Landscape Fire History: Wildfires Not Historically Frequent in the Main Population of Threatened Gunnison Sage-Grouse

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The main population of ~5000 threatened Gunnison sage-grouse (GUSG; Centrocercus minimus) in Colorado depends on sagebrush plants that are killed by wildfires, with recovery taking decades, so frequent fire is a threat, but did it occur historically ...
William L. Baker
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Clearing Sagebrush

, 1955
Bureau of Land Management Crew works to clear sagebrush.

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