Strong patterns of intraspecific variation and local adaptation in Great Basin plants revealed through a review of 75 years of experiments

OW Baughman, AC Agneray, ML Forister… - Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Variation in natural selection across heterogeneous landscapes often produces (a) among‐
population differences in phenotypic traits,(b) trait‐by‐environment associations, and (c) …

Adapting management to a changing world: Warm temperatures, dry soil, and interannual variability limit restoration success of a dominant woody shrub in temperate …

RK Shriver, CM Andrews, DS Pilliod… - Global Change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Restoration and rehabilitation of native vegetation in dryland ecosystems, which encompass
over 40% of terrestrial ecosystems, is a common challenge that continues to grow as wildfire …

Seventy-five years of vegetation treatments on public rangelands in the Great Basin of North America

DS Pilliod, JL Welty, GR Toevs - Rangelands, 2017 - Elsevier
On the Ground• Land treatments occurring over millions of hectares of public rangelands in
the Great Basin over the last 75 years represent one of the largest vegetation manipulation …

Thresholds and hotspots for shrub restoration following a heterogeneous megafire

MJ Germino, DM Barnard, BE Davidson, RS Arkle… - Landscape …, 2018 - Springer
Context Reestablishing foundational plant species through aerial seeding is an essential yet
challenging step for restoring the vast semiarid landscapes impacted by plant invasions and …

Protecting restoration investments from the cheatgrass‐fire cycle in sagebrush steppe

DS Pilliod, MI Jeffries, JL Welty… - … Science and Practice, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The US federal government has recently committed to the difficult task of slowing and
managing the invasive grass‐fire cycle in sagebrush steppe, where property, livelihoods …

[HTML][HTML] Are drought indices and climate data good indicators of ecologically relevant soil moisture dynamics in drylands?

DM Barnard, MJ Germino, JB Bradford, RC O'Connor… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Droughts are disproportionately impacting global dryland regions where ecosystem health
and function are tightly coupled to moisture availability. Drought severity is commonly …

Potential greenhouse gas reductions from Natural Climate Solutions in Oregon, USA

RA Graves, RD Haugo, A Holz, M Nielsen-Pincus… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) are causing global climate change
and decreasing the stability of the climate system. Long-term solutions to climate change will …

Conserving and restoring habitat for Greater Sage-Grouse and other sagebrush-obligate wildlife: the crucial link of forbs and sagebrush diversity

RK Dumroese, T Luna, BA Richardson… - Native Plants …, 2015 - npj.uwpress.org
In the western US, Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus Bonaparte
[Phasianidae]) have become an indicator species of the overall health of the sagebrush …

Long-term vegetation recovery and invasive annual suppression in native and introduced postfire seeding treatments

JE Ott, FF Kilkenny, DD Summers… - Rangeland ecology & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Seed mixes used for postfire seeding in the Great Basin are often selected on the basis of
short-term rehabilitation objectives, such as ability to rapidly establish and suppress invasive …

Delayed seeding and nutrient amendment seed enhancement technology: potential to improve sagebrush establishment?

C Donovan, M Eshleman, C Riginos - Restoration Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The sagebrush steppe provides vital habitat across the western United States, but its range
is declining. Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemesia tridentata Nutt. spp. wyomingensis Beetle & …