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Drivers of plant community dynamics in sagebrush steppe ecosystems : cattle grazing, heat and water stress

Creator:

Reisner, Michael D.

Abstract:

Sagebrush steppe ecosystems are one of the most widespread but endangered ecosystems in North America. A diverse array of human-related stressors has gradually compromised these ecosystems' resilience to disturbance and invasion by Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass). The role of the foundational shrub Artemisia as a driver of herbaceous community structure and...

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Dissertation

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office. I would like to thank all the members of my graduate committee including Rick Miller, Dave
Inter-relationships of vegetation, hydrology and micro-climate in a young, Douglas-fir forest

Creator:

Barnard, Holly Rene

Abstract:

The links between forests, streamflow, and climate are poorly understood. Despite hundreds of studies over the past 60 years, fundamental questions of forests' effects on the hydrologic cycle remain unanswered. The hydrological cycle involves mutually-dependent biological and physical processes that operate at multiple scales of time and space, and this...

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Dissertation

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dissertation greatly benefited from the helpful comments of and discussions with Rick Meinzer and Jim