Structural heterogeneity predicts ecological resistance and resilience to wildfire in arid shrublands

A Zaiats, ME Cattau, DS Pilliod, R Liu… - Landscape …, 2024 - Springer
Objectives We identified optimal scales to relate structure heterogeneity to ecological
resistance, measured as the impacts of wildfire on canopy structure, and ecological …

Estimating vegetation and litter biomass fractions in rangelands using structure-from-motion and LiDAR datasets from unmanned aerial vehicles

JM Fernández-Guisuraga, L Calvo, J Enterkine… - Landscape …, 2024 - Springer
Context The invasion of annual grasses in western US rangelands promotes high litter
accumulation throughout the landscape that perpetuates a grass-fire cycle threatening …

Demography with drones: detecting growth and survival of shrubs with unoccupied aerial systems

PJ Olsoy, A Zaiats, DM Delparte… - Restoration …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Large‐scale disturbances, such as megafires, motivate restoration at equally large extents.
Measuring the survival and growth of individual plants plays a key role in current efforts to …

Land Cover Change Mapping in Eurasian Grasslands: Applications for Land Use, Vegetation Restoration, Waterfowl Conservation, and Fire Monitoring

N Rogova - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Agricultural development can lead to landscape degradation and the loss of biodiversity and
ecological services. However, arable lands can also provide rich food for animals but only …

Forecasting Natural Regeneration in the Great Basin With Ecological Theory and Remote Sensing

A Zaiats - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Natural regeneration is the foundation of resilient ecosystems. Anthropogenic pressures
across the globe have caused the decline of ecosystem diversity, distribution, and functional …

[HTML][HTML] Sagebrush Shrub-steppe or Cheatgrass Prairie?

A McGuire - csanr.wsu.edu
Sagebrush with mountains in the background The shrub-steppe is in danger of becoming a
cheatgrass prairie. It is estimated that only 12% of functional shrub-steppe habitat remains in …