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Piñon-Juniper Reduction Increases Soil Water Availability of the Resource Growth Pool

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Roundy, Bruce A., Young, Kert, Cline, Nathan, Hulet, April, Miller, Richard F., Tausch, Robin J., Chambers, Jeanne C., and Rau, Ben

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Managers reduce piñon (Pinus spp.) and juniper (Juniperus spp.) trees that are encroaching on sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) communities to lower fuel loads and increase cover of desirable understory species. All plant species in these communities depend on soil water held at >-1.5 MPa matric potential in the upper 0.3 m...

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Understory Cover Responses to Piñon-Juniper Treatments Across Tree Dominance Gradients in the Great Basin

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Roundy, Bruce A., Miller, Richard F., Tausch, Robin J., Young, Kert, Hulet, April, Rau, Ben, Jessop, Brad, Chambers, Jeanne C., and Eggett, Dennis

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Piñon (Pinus spp.) and juniper (Juniperus spp.) trees are reduced to restore native vegetation and avoid severe fires where they have expanded into sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt.) communities. However, what phase of tree infilling should treatments target to retain desirable understory cover and avoid weed dominance? Prescribed fire and tree...

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