Restoration of Shrub Steppe Ecosystems
This research theme provides land managers information to help them make restoration decision at local and landscape scales.
Millions of acres of shrub-grassland ecosystems are in need of restoration in the western United States. For lands degraded by invasive annual grasses, we have been studying best management practices for restoring ecosystem function through using either native or introduced plant species. On lands with degraded herbaceous layers, we are attempting to restore grasses and forbs without destroying the shrubs. In addition, we are providing land managers with handbooks to use in making restoration decisions at local and landscape scales.
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Below are other science projects associated with this project.
Below are publications associated with this project.
Resilience and resistance of sagebrush ecosystems: implications for state and transition models and management treatments
Soil resources influence vegetation and response to fire and fire-surrogate treatments in sagebrush-steppe ecosystems
Using resistance and resilience concepts to reduce impacts of annual grasses and altered fire regimes on the sagebrush ecosystem and sage-grouse- A strategic multi-scale approach
Quantifying restoration effectiveness using multi-scale habitat models: implications for sage-grouse in the Great Basin
Data resources for range-wide assessment of livestock grazing across the sagebrush biome
Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness
Range-wide assessment of livestock grazing across the sagebrush biome
Ecological influence and pathways of land use in sagebrush
Restoring and rehabilitating sagebrush habitats
Yield responses of ruderal plants to sucrose in invasive-dominated sagebrush steppe of the northern Great Basin
A spatial model to prioritize sagebrush landscapes in the intermountain west (U.S.A.) for restoration
Interactions among livestock grazing, vegetation type, and fire behavior in the Murphy Wildland Fire Complex in Idaho and Nevada, July 2007
This research theme provides land managers information to help them make restoration decision at local and landscape scales.
Millions of acres of shrub-grassland ecosystems are in need of restoration in the western United States. For lands degraded by invasive annual grasses, we have been studying best management practices for restoring ecosystem function through using either native or introduced plant species. On lands with degraded herbaceous layers, we are attempting to restore grasses and forbs without destroying the shrubs. In addition, we are providing land managers with handbooks to use in making restoration decisions at local and landscape scales.
Click here to return to FRESC Restoration and Ecology of Arid Lands Team.
Below are other science projects associated with this project.
Below are publications associated with this project.