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Canelles, Aquilué, James, Lawler, Brotons
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Forest landscapes worldwide are shaped by abiotic drivers such as fire, windstorms, and drought, but also by biotic drivers like insect pests and pathogens. Although the effects of such drivers on forest dynamics have been studied…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Remington, Deibert, Hanser, Davis, Robb, Welty
The sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) biome, its wildlife, and the services and benefits it provides people and local communities are at risk. Development in the sagebrush biome, for many purposes, has resulted in multiple and often cumulative negative…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
This report assesses recent forest disturbance in the Western United States and discusses implications for sustainability. Individual chapters focus on fire, drought, insects, disease, invasive plants, and socioeconomic impacts. Disturbance data…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Applestein, Simler-Williamson, Germino
The Enemy Release Hypothesis proposes that invasion by exotic plant species is driven by their release from natural enemies (i.e. herbivores and pathogens) in their introduced ranges. However, in many cases, natural enemies, which may be introduced…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Ford, Reeves, Baldwin
Rangeland managers promoting sustainable use of semiarid ecosystems in the Southwestern U.S. face numerous complex challenges, including invasions by non-native species, the expansion of woody vegetation, altered fire regimes, and drought.
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Gaskin, Espeland, Johnson, Larson, Mangold, McGee, Milner, Paudel, Pearson, Perkins, Prosser, Runyon, Sing, Sylvain, Symstad, Tekiela
The Great Plains of North America encompass approximately 1,300,000 km2 of land from Texas to Saskatchewan. The integrity of these lands is under continual assault by long-established and newly-arrived invasive plant species, which can threaten…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Tsinnajinnie, Frisbee, Wilson
Warming temperatures, earlier snowmelt, and the elongation of dry seasons are contributing to the propensity for more frequent and severe wildfires in semiarid, mountainous watersheds, which act as source watersheds for communities, especially in…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Laushman, Munson, Villarreal
The ecosystems along the border between the United States and Mexico are at increasing risk to wildfire due to interactions among climate, land-use, and fuel loads. A wide range of fuel treatments have been implemented to mitigate wildfire and its…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Runyon, Gray, Jenkins
High-elevation five-needle pine trees are a group of Pinus species in the subgenus Strobus that occur at the edges of plant growth near the alpine tree line. These species are ecologically very important and are also threatened by climate-driven…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Haffey, Stortz
The East Jemez Landscape Futures (EJLF) project is a collaborative, landscape-scale approach to help guide future planning and research efforts in the severely altered landscapes of the eastern Jemez Mountains. EJLF seeks to address uncertainty by…
Year: 2020
Type: Media