The IIASA-LUC Project Georeferenced Database of the Former U.S.S.R., Volume 4: Vegetation [PDF]
The IIASA/LUC georeferenced database for the former U.S.S.R. was created within the framework of the project "Modeling Land Use and Land Cover Changes in Europe and Northern Asia" (LUC). For Russia, essential information on relief, soil, vegetation, land
Fischer, G. +4 more
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Montane Meadow Change during Drought Varies with Background Hydrologic Regime and Plant Functional Group [PDF]
Climate change models for many ecosystems predict more extreme climatic events in the future, including exacerbated drought conditions. Here we assess the effects of drought by quantifying temporal variation in community composition of a complex montane ...
Caruthers, Jennet +5 more
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Lack of capture‐induced mortality of neonates associated with variation in handling protocols
We found that handling metrics (e.g., handling time, number of collectors, and age at capture) had limited or no influence on the survival of neonatal mule deer, desert bighorn sheep, and Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep within the first few days of life. Furthermore, we found that handled mule deer and Rocky Mountain bighorn neonates were recruited at a ...
Marcus E. Blum +24 more
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Aim. To select the maximum variety of landscape structural units from the watershed to the Sintashta river. To determine the boundaries of the recommended specially protected area.Material and Methods.
A. L. Plaksina, P. K. Zadorina
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Alternative Future Vegetation Pathways Reveal Potential Transformations of Western US Ecosystems
We used climate‐analog impact models (AIMs) to project changes in vegetation across the western United States under a mid‐21st century climate scenario, characterize ecological transformation vulnerability based on projection divergence, and demonstrate how AIMs can inform decision‐making.
Tyler J. Hoecker +8 more
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Greater sage‐grouse habitat selection varies across the marginal habitat of its lagging range margin
Studying wildlife–habitat relationships at the edges of their range can provide valuable insights into the environmental factors limiting wildlife distributions and most likely to drive extirpations and range shifts in response to landscape change.
Aidan T. Beers, Shandra N. Frey
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Reproduction partially compensates for human‐caused mortality in a cooperative breeder
Abstract Reproductive output can vary widely among mammalian species. There are many drivers that affect reproductive output including evolutionary, environmental, population, social, and individual traits. Although several factors, including human‐caused mortality, can affect reproductive output, we generally have a poor understanding of how such ...
David E. Ausband
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Biogeochemical processes in sagebrush steppe: Interactions of terrain, vegetation and chemical cycles [PDF]
Publications, manuscripts in various stages of progress, presentations made at scientific meetings, and undergraduate honor thesis and one Ph.D.
Reiners, William A.
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Plant phenology is recognized as important for ecological dynamics. There has been a recent advent of phenology and camera networks worldwide. The established PhenoCam Network has sites in the United States, including the western states.
Keirith A. Snyder +5 more
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MODELING ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS OF POST-FIRE REVEGETATION IN THE GREAT BASIN [PDF]
This study employs a Markov chain model of vegetation dynamics to examine the economic and ecological benefits of post-fire revegetation in the Great Basin sagebrush steppe.
Englin, Jeffrey E. +2 more
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