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The influence of environmental attributes on temporal and structural dynamics of western juniper woodland development and associated fuel loading characteristics

Creator:

Johnson, Dustin D.

Abstract:

Since European American settlement of the Intermountain Region, dramatic changes in vegetation composition and structure have occurred in the sagebrush steppe ecosystem. Western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis spp. occidentalis Vasek), although indigenous to the Intermountain Region, has increased since the late 1800s. Considerable work has been done documenting juniper woodland expansion...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

suggest western juniper has greatly expanded in the Owyhee Mountains and on Steens Mountain since