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Creator:: Mangla, Seema
Abstract:: Successful ecosystem restoration requires an understanding of the ecological processes directing succession. One of the challenges in the semi-arid grasslands of western United States is replacement of native species by invasive annual grasses. Solutions to this problem require identifying and manipulating ecological processes that direct succession to favor desired vegetation....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Seema Mangla for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

Creator:: Fjeran, Taylor K.
Abstract:: Invasive vegetation control studies traditionally aim to control existing populations as well as limit future spread of the species. However, little additional attention has been dedicated to aiding native communities to recover and reestablish. One prominent example of a studied invasive is Brachypodium sylvaticum (Huds.) P. Beauv. (false brome), a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: University. I would also like to thank the rest of my committee: Tom Kaye, Seema Mangla, and Matt Powers

Creator:: Esterson, Andrew
Abstract:: Invasive plants have the capacity to transform landscapes and alter ecosystem function, causing significant economic and ecological damage. These effects include displacement and reduction of native flora and fauna, altered fire regimes, modification of biotic and abiotic soil properties, as well as local, regional, and global economic impacts. With such...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , and Haubensak 2015) and biotic soil properties (Mangla and Callaway 2007), as well as local

Creator:: Schantz, Merilynn C.
Abstract:: Biological plant invasions are diminishing the ecological integrity and function of ecosystems worldwide. A primary example of this is in the Great Basin of the United States, where invasive annual grasses, like cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) and medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae L. Nevski), are dominating many sagebrush-steppe ecosystems. In these invaded...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Ecology 201:445-456. Adler, P. B., R. Salguero-Gomez, A. Compagnoni, J. S. Hsu, J. Ray-Mukherjee, C

Creator:: Zentner, Matthew A.
Abstract:: Increased variability of rainfall and flow from climate change has the potential to stress existing transboundary water sharing agreements and make meeting the needs of all riparians difficult. Water treaties have been theorized as valuable tools for mitigating conflict in times of climate stress, but the relationship between the design...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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