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Community analysis of the Wyoming big sagebrush alliance and functional role of Wyoming big sagebrush

Creator:

Davies, Kirk W.

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This study consisted of two research projects in the Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis (Beetle & A. Young) S.L. Welsh) alliance, the most extensive of the big sagebrush complex in the Intermountain West. In the first project, we intensively sampled 107 relatively undisturbed, late seral Wyoming big sagebrush...

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Dissertation

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disturbance mechanism. 4 CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW Sagebrush Ecology Sagebrush (Artemisia)' plant
Sugar application and nitrogen pools in Wyoming big sagebrush communities and exotic annual grasslands

Creator:

Witwicki, Dana L.

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Within A rtemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis Nutt. (Wyoming big sagebrush) communities of the Great Basin, lands dominated by the exotic annual grass Bromus tectorum L. (cheatgrass) are increasing at an alarming rate. Carbon applications, which reduce plant-available soil N, have been suggested as a way to give native vegetation a...

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Masters Thesis

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that prevents succession to sagebrush steppe, making restoration difficult (Laycock 1991 ). To