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.
Research plan for lands administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior in the Interior Columbia Basin and Snake River Plateau
Strategic plan for the Coordinated Intermountain Restoration Project
Ramet spacing of Elymus lanceolatus (thickspike wheatgrass) in response to neighbour density
Effects of nutrient patches and root systems on the clonal plasticity of a rhizomatous grass
Variability in seed dormancy of three Pacific Northwestern grasses
An enthusiast's guide to agrostology
Demographic and growth responses of a guerrilla and a phalanx perennial grass in competitive mixtures
Perception of neighboring plants by rhizomes and roots: Morphological manifestations of a clonal plant
Clonal foraging in perennial wheatgrasses: A strategy for exploiting patchy soil nutrients
Morphological plasticity following species-specific recognition and competition in two perennial grasses
Population diversity with special reference to rangeland plants
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.