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Biological Soil Crusts of the Great Basin : An Examination of their Distribution, Recovery from Disturbance and Restoration

Creator:

Condon, Lea A.

Abstract:

We are at risk of losing the sagebrush steppe in the floristic Great Basin to the invasion of Bromus tectorum L., cheatgrass. The floristic Great Basin includes the Central Basin and Range, the Northern Basin and Range, and the Snake River Plain. The Great Basin receives most of its precipitation...

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Dissertation

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, Ogden, UT, pp. 109-112. Pendleton, R.L., Pendleton, B.K., Howard, G.L., Warren S.D. 2003
Chaparral history, dynamics, and response to disturbance in southwest Oregon : insights from age structure

Creator:

Duren, Olivia

Abstract:

Fuels management on Bureau of Land Management lands in SW Oregon, USA, is motivated by the needs to reduce fire hazard and restore ecosystems thought to be impacted by fire suppression. Chaparral is one of the most characteristic vegetation communities of SW Oregon's interior valleys, and extensive acreages within this...

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Masters Thesis

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cutting a thin cross-section of wood. In cases where there were multiple discrete stems, all stems were