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Creator:: Satyal, Vijayanand H.
Abstract:: The last five decades of research in arid land ecology cites Invasive species as a source of imbalances in biodiversity through habitat destruction and reductions of native species through ecosystem alterations in favor of non-native species. Invasive species are known to damage not only the surrounding ecosystem but also cause...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: cheatgrass dominated public rangelands of the Great Basin region. 2.2 Social Attitudinal Assessment

Creator:: Condon, Lea A.
Abstract:: We are at risk of losing the sagebrush steppe in the floristic Great Basin to the invasion of Bromus tectorum L., cheatgrass. The floristic Great Basin includes the Central Basin and Range, the Northern Basin and Range, and the Snake River Plain. The Great Basin receives most of its precipitation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: floristic Great Basin to the invasion of Bromus tectorum L., cheatgrass. The floristic Great Basin

Creator:: DeCrappeo, Nicole M.
Abstract:: Sagebrush steppe ecosystems in the Great Basin have become increasingly threatened by the proliferation of cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.), an invasive annual grass. Diverse sagebrush and perennial bunchgrass landscapes can be converted to homogenous cheatgrass grasslands mainly through the effects of fire. Although the consequences of this conversion are well...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: northern Great Basin. Soil Community Dynamics in Sagebrush and Cheatgrass-invaded Ecosystems of the

Creator:: Wijayratne, Upekala C.
Abstract:: The semi-arid sagebrush steppe ecosystem is one of the largest biomes in North America. The steppe provides critical habitat and forage for wildlife and is economically important to recreation and livestock industries. However, the ecosystem is threatened primarily due to several negative effects associated with expansion of the exotic annual...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: change: cheatgrass in the Great Basin. Remote Sensing of Environment 94:204-213. Brooks, M. L., and

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