Rangelands occupy over a third of global land area, and in many cases are in less than
optimum condition as a result of past land use, catastrophic wildfire, and other disturbances …

The impacts of vegetation fires on ecosystems are complex and varied affecting a range of
important ecosystem services. Fire has the potential to affect the physicochemical and …

Grassland managers and scientists are increasingly interested in cost-effective alternative
ways of grassland biodiversity conservation. Prescribed burning is a promising management …

Exotic plants are generally considered a serious problem in wildlands around the globe.
However, some argue that the impacts of exotic plants have been exaggerated and that …

California grasslands experience major seasonal changes in temperature and rainfall which
may affect the microbial processing of nitrogen (N), a growth-limiting soil resource. While N …

Sagebrush ecosystems of western North America are threatened by invasive annual
grasses and wildfires that can remove fire‐intolerant shrubs for decades. Fuel reduction …

Sagebrush (Artemisia L.) taxa historically functioned as the keystone species on 1 090 000
km 2 of rangeland across the western United States, and Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia …

In degraded dryland systems, native plant community re‐establishment following
disturbance is almost exclusively carried out using seeds, but these efforts commonly fail …

Native species that are abundant and persistent across disturbance‐succession cycles can
affect recovery and restoration of plant communities, especially in drylands. In the sagebrush …

On a global scale, invasive grasses threaten biodiversity and ecosystem function.
Nevertheless, the importation of forage grasses is a significant economic force driven by …