[HTML][HTML] Climate change amplifies ongoing declines in sagebrush ecological integrity

MC Holdrege, KA Palmquist, DR Schlaepfer… - Rangeland Ecology & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding how climate change will contribute to ongoing declines in sagebrush
ecological integrity is critical for informing natural resource management, yet complicated by …

Seed germination and dormancy traits of forbs and shrubs important for restoration of North American dryland ecosystems

OA Kildisheva, TE Erickson, MD Madsen… - Plant …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In degraded dryland systems, native plant community re‐establishment following
disturbance is almost exclusively carried out using seeds, but these efforts commonly fail …

The US national seed strategy for rehabilitation and restoration: Progress and prospects

S Oldfield - Plant Biology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration was developed by a
partnership of 12 federal agencies and over 300 non‐federal cooperators in the United …

Climate‐based seed transfer of a widespread shrub: population shifts, restoration strategies, and the trailing edge

BA Richardson, L Chaney - Ecological Applications, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic resources have to be managed appropriately to mitigate the impact of climate
change. For many wildland plants, conservation will require knowledge of the climatic …

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 …

Temporal mismatch in space use by a sagebrush obligate species after large‐scale wildfire

EM Schuyler, CA Hagen, CR Anthony, LJ Foster… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The increase in size and frequency of wildfires in sagebrush steppe ecosystems has
significant impacts on sagebrush obligate species. We modeled seasonal habitat use by …

[HTML][HTML] Grazing intensity effects on fire ignition risk and spread in sagebrush steppe

DA Orr, JD Bates, KW Davies - Rangeland Ecology & Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Wildfire activity is accelerating on many rangelands worldwide, yet the potential for grazing
to be used as a fire management tool remains largely unknown. Particularly, little is known …

[HTML][HTML] Ratcheting up resilience in the northern Great Basin

D Johnson, C Boyd, RC O'Connor, D Smith - Rangelands, 2022 - Elsevier
On the Ground• Rangeland resilience is influenced by a variety of ecosystem properties that
fall into two broad categories, 1) abiotic and 2) biotic.• Although important to consider in land …

Flowering time advances since the 1970s in a sagebrush steppe community: Implications for management and restoration

TDS Bloom, DS O'Leary, C Riginos - Ecological Applications, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is widely known to affect plant phenology, but little is known about how
these impacts manifest in the widespread sagebrush ecosystem of the Western United …

Climate drives adaptive genetic responses associated with survival in big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)

L Chaney, BA Richardson… - Evolutionary …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A genecological approach was used to explore genetic variation for survival in Artemisia
tridentata (big sagebrush). Artemisia tridentata is a widespread and foundational shrub …