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Kelly, Giljohann, Duane, Aquilué, Archibald, Batllori, Bennett, Buckland, Canelles, Clarke, Fortin, Hermoso, Herrando, Keane, Lake, McCarthy, Morán-Ordoñez, Parr, Pausas, Penman, Regos, Rumpff, Santos, Smith, Syphard, Tingley, Brotons
Fire has been a source of global biodiversity for millions of years. However, interactions with anthropogenic drivers such as climate change, land use, and invasive species are changing the nature of fire activity and its impacts. We review how such…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
McDaniel
Mastication reduces forest vegetation into small chunks by grinding, shredding, or chopping material with specialized equipment. The type of equipment varies from using a front-end to a boom-mounted rotary blade to a drum-type head. Forest managers…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Reemts, Neill, Neill
Solarization (covering soil and vegetation with plastic) has long been used in agriculture to control undesirable plants, but solarization of invasive plants in rangelands has shown mixed and species-specific results. Yellow bluestem (Bothriochloa…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Gottfried, Turner, Bemis, Neary, Sundt, Traphagen, Edminster, Decker
The density of mesquite (Prosopis spp.) and other woody species has increased on desert and semidesert grasslands in the southwestern United States. This increase in woody species has been associated with the decline of native herbaceous plants and…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Kerns, Tortorelli, Day, Nietupski, Barros, Kim, Krawchuk
Exotic grasses are a widespread set of invasive species that are notable for their ability to significantly alter key aspects of ecosystem function. Understanding the role and importance of these invaders in forested landscapes has been limited but…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Alexander, Williams, Gillespie, Contreras-Martínez, Finch
To inform future restoration efforts, we reviewed the known effects of fire and habitat management and restoration on hummingbirds in four key habitat types in North America. We examined seven species that most commonly occur west of the Rocky…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Meldrum, Champ, Bond, Schoettle
The literature on nonmarket valuation includes many examples of stated and revealed preference comparisons. However, comparisons within stated preference methods are sparse. Specifically, the literature provides few examples of pairing both a…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Maczko, Hidinger, Tanaka, Morgan, Mitchell, Fox, Joyce, Duke
Rangelands encompass over 770 million acres of land in the United States, and despite their classification into a single land “type”, these U.S. rangelands occur across a variety of ecosystems and have unique vulnerabilities and suggested management…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Aslan, Sandor, Souther
Arizona’s Sonoran Desert is home to unique species, sites of immense cultural and historical value, and more than 5 million people. This sensitive region is also threatened by a changing fire regime, spurred by climate change, long-term drought, and…
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Pilliod, Germino, Arkle
The SageSuccess Project is a joint effort between the USGS, BLM, and USFWS to examine the factors that contribute to the establishment of big sagebrush. This webinar will address the project overview, sagebrush restoration, and implications for…
Year: 2019
Type: Media