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Public perceptions of sagebrush ecosystem management : a longitudinal panel study of residents in the Great Basin, 2006-2010

Creator:

Gordon, Ryan Patrick

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Intact sagebrush communities in the Great Basin are rapidly disappearing due to invasion of non-native plants, large wildfires, and encroachment of pinyon pine and juniper woodlands. Land management options include the use of prescribed fire, grazing, herbicides and mechanical treatments to reduce the potential for wildfire and restore plant communities....

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Dissertation

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Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation Project (SageSTEP), funded by the U.S. Joint Fire Science Program
Persistence of western juniper resource islands following canopy removal

Creator:

Miwa, Christopher

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Western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) cover has more than doubled within the last century and currently occupies over 9 million acres in the Intermountain West. Encroachment has altered the spatial distribution of soil nutrients and plants in these systems, forming nutrient enriched 'resource islands,' under tree canopies. The purpose of this...

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Masters Thesis

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juniper (Juniperus occidentalis Hook) encroachment into sagebrush-steppe systems of the Pacific
Spatial and age class analysis of managed western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) woodlands in central Oregon

Creator:

Zophy, Kelley T.

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Juniper is a native species to Oregon and confers ecological benefits to wildlife when it is at savannah and transitional densities. Its range and extent have fluctuated with climatic change, but the current range expansion is unprecedented in its extent. The range expansion has been associated with the degradation of...

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Masters Thesis

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been associated with the degradation of the sagebrush steppe ecosystem in central Oregon. In the