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Long-term Fuel Succession in the Sagebrush-steppe

Creator:: Reis, Schyler Ainsworth
Abstract:: Historically fire has been the primary disturbance factor in the sagebrush-steppe. The settlement of the West by Euro-Americans, grazing by domestic livestock, and the concomitant spread of invasive species have altered the historical fire regime. Understanding the long-term vegetation structure and fuel succession of the various sagebrush-dominated communities of this...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Succession in Big Sagebrush Steppe with Livestock Grazing. Rangeland Ecology & Management 62, 98–110

Resource Selection and Space Use of Western Long-eared Myotis (Myotis evotis) in a Western Juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) Woodland of Central Oregon

Creator:: Anthony, Christopher R.
Abstract:: Identifying habitat and spatial requirements of wildlife species across multiple spatial scales is a challenging, yet crucial component of wildlife management. Habitat use of bats is particularly difficult to study, and managing habitat to conserve bats is especially challenging because bats are highly vagile organisms that exploit several different types...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: pre-settlement western juniper woodlands (Juniperus occidentalis), sagebrush-steppe (Artemisia spp

Long-term Fire Effects on Plant Succession and Exotic Weeds in Protected Area Sagebrush Steppe, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon

Creator:: Reed-Dustin, Claire Marie
Abstract:: The historical function of fire in sagebrush steppe has been altered by 19th century overgrazing, active fire suppression, annual grass invasion and encroachment of woody species. The significance of fire to these systems is known, but research on long-term fire effects are limited. The Sheep Rock management unit of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: protected area sagebrush steppe, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon

Geographic variation in distribution and cover of principle native and non-native plant species along gradients of topography, climate, and disturbance in protected-area sagebrush steppe communities of the Columbia Plateau

Creator:: Esposito, Daniel M.
Abstract:: The sagebrush steppe ecosystem of the Columbia Plateau has become degraded by a long history of alternative land use and associated perturbations. Protection of remnant stands of intact sagebrush steppe currently relies upon their preservation within the nation's network of parks and protected-areas. The John Day Fossil Beds National Monument,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Species along Gradients of Topography, Climate, and Disturbance in Protected-area Sagebrush Steppe

Effects of plant community characteristics on insect abundance : implications for sage-grouse brood-rearing habitat

Creator:: Ersch, Erica A.
Abstract:: A causative factor in declining greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) populations is reduced annual recruitment due to poor habitat quality. Sage-grouse population decline is concurrent with a decline in the extent and quality of the sagebrush (Artemisia sp.) biome. However, current research has shown a positive relationship between sage-grouse brood and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: characteristics in sagebrush steppe ecosystems, in anticipation of improving sage-grouse brood-rearing habitat

Seed bank response to juniper expansion in the semi-arid lands of Oregon, USA

Creator:: Duncan, Corinne M.
Abstract:: Expansion of Juniperus occidentalis into the sagebrush steppe has resulted in significant changes in understory composition. A consequence of increased J. occidentalis dominance may be a depletion of the seed bank. The potential for depletion is problematic because a reduction in the amount of species available from the seed bank...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: sagebrush steppe plant communities. Rangeland Ecology and Management. 61(1):110-115. Driscoll, R.S. 1964

Persistence of western juniper resource islands following canopy removal

Creator:: Miwa, Christopher
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: juniper (Juniperus occidentalis Hook) encroachment into sagebrush-steppe systems of the Pacific

Prescribed fire effects on vegetation and arthropod dynamics, and sampling techniques in a Wyoming big sagebrush community

Creator:: Rhodes, Edward C.
Abstract:: In the western United States, sagebrush (Artemisia spp L.) dominated rangelands are extensive, accounting for approximately 63 million ha. The Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp. wyomingensis Beetle & Young) alliance is found in more xeric environments, occupying the largest area of the big sagebrush complex in areas within...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: sagebrush steppe. CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW Big Sagebrush Ecology In the western United States

Spatial and age class analysis of managed western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) woodlands in central Oregon

Creator:: Zophy, Kelley T.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: been associated with the degradation of the sagebrush steppe ecosystem in central Oregon. In the

Vegetation response to prescribed fire in mountain big sagebrush ecosystems at Lava Beds National Monument, California

Creator:: Ellsworth, Lisa M.
Abstract:: Anthropogenic land use alterations such as livestock grazing and fire suppression have greatly altered sagebrush grasslands of the Great Basin, facilitating invasion of exotic annuals, increases in woody species, and losses of native species. Much of the current research surrounding wildland and prescribed fire in sagebrush dominated ecosystems has focused...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: historically the dominant disturbance throughout the sagebrush steppe and the plant species that comprised

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Long-term Fuel Succession in the Sagebrush-steppe

Resource Selection and Space Use of Western Long-eared Myotis (Myotis evotis) in a Western Juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) Woodland of Central Oregon

Long-term Fire Effects on Plant Succession and Exotic Weeds in Protected Area Sagebrush Steppe, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon

Geographic variation in distribution and cover of principle native and non-native plant species along gradients of topography, climate, and disturbance in protected-area sagebrush steppe communities of the Columbia Plateau

Effects of plant community characteristics on insect abundance : implications for sage-grouse brood-rearing habitat

Seed bank response to juniper expansion in the semi-arid lands of Oregon, USA

Persistence of western juniper resource islands following canopy removal

Prescribed fire effects on vegetation and arthropod dynamics, and sampling techniques in a Wyoming big sagebrush community

Spatial and age class analysis of managed western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) woodlands in central Oregon

Vegetation response to prescribed fire in mountain big sagebrush ecosystems at Lava Beds National Monument, California

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