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Jones, Clément, Latimer, Wright, Sanderlin, Hedwall, Kirby
Changing fire regimes have the potential to threaten wildlife populations and communities. Understanding species’ responses to novel fire regimes is critical to formulating effective management and conservation strategies in an era of rapid change.…
Year: 2024
Type: Document
Coffey, Pomara, Mackey, Wood
Giant reed (Arundo donax) is a prevalent invasive plant in desert riparian ecosystems that threatens wildlife habitat. From 2008 to 2018, under a United States–Mexico partnership, prescribed burns and herbicide applications were used to remove giant…
Year: 2023
Type: Document
Drobney, Londe, Garrett, Spencer, Symstad
Grasslands in the Great Plains and Midwest are at constant risk from invasion by woody species. Conversion to deciduous woodlands and forests is already widespread in the Midwest and the southern Great Plains. This discussion focuses on the many…
Year: 2023
Type: Media
Buisson, Archibald, Fidelis, Suding
Grasslands, which constitute almost 40% of the terrestrial biosphere, provide habitat for a great diversity of animals and plants and contribute to the livelihoods of more than 1 billion people worldwide. Whereas the destruction and degradation of…
Year: 2022
Type: Document
Burgiel, Bauer, Franklin, Maestas
Invasive annual grasses pose ecological and economic challenges for invasive species managers and agricultural producers across the West. On this Working Lands, Working Communities Initiative webinar, speakers will examine management tools and…
Year: 2022
Type: Media
Young, Ager, Thode
The long-term outcome from accelerated forest restoration using resource objective wildfire in combination with fuel management on fire-excluded landscapes is not well studied. We used simulation modeling to examine long-term trade-offs and…
Year: 2022
Type: Document
Jones
This seminar is part of the USFS Missoula Fire Lab Seminar Series.
Fire regimes are changing. What will this mean for wildlife? In the face of rapid environmental changes, animals have three choices: adapt, move, or die. Wildlife responses to…
Year: 2022
Type: Media
Innes
Spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe subsp. micranthos), diffuse knapweed (C. diffusa), and yellow starthistle (C. solstitialis) are nonnative, invasive forbs that can displace native plants, reduce native plant diversity, reduce native wildlife…
Year: 2022
Type: Document
Gibson, Johnson, Laturno, Parmenter, Antoninka
Thinning, mastication, and prescribed fire are restoration treatments frequently employed in unnaturally dense second-growth Pinus ponderosa forests of the Western United States. Although a goal of these treatments is to restore ecosystem structure…
Year: 2022
Type: Document
Marsh, Krofcheck, Hurteau
High-severity wildfire in arid regions has caused ecological state change, transforming previously forested areas into shrublands. This dramatically alters the microclimatic conditions, which can exceed the climatic tolerance of tree seedlings,…
Year: 2022
Type: Document