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Sagebrush recovery patterns after fuel treatments mediated by disturbance type and plant functional group interactions by Chambers, Jeanne C., Urza, Alexandra K., Board, David I., Miller, Richard F., Pyke, David A., Roundy, Bruce A., Schupp, Eugene W., Tausch, Robin J.

“…Fire and fuel management is a high priority in North American sagebrush ecosystems where the expansion of piñon and juniper trees and the invasion of nonnative…”
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New indicators of ecological resilience and invasion resistance to support prioritization and management in the sagebrush biome, United States by Chambers, Jeanne C., Brown, Jessi L., Bradford, John B., Board, David I., Campbell, Steven B., Clause, Karen J., Hanberry, Brice, Schlaepfer, Daniel R., Urza, Alexandra K.

“…Ecosystem transformations to altered or novel ecological states are accelerating across the globe. Indicators of ecological resilience to disturbance and…”
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Fire, livestock grazing, topography, and precipitation affect occurrence and prevalence of cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) in the central Great Basin, USA by Williamson, Matthew A., Fleishman, Erica, Mac Nally, Ralph C., Chambers, Jeanne C., Bradley, Bethany A., Dobkin, David S., Board, David I., Fogarty, Frank A., Horning, Ned, Leu, Matthias, Wohlfeil Zillig, Martha

“…Cheatgrass ( Bromus tectorum ) has increased the extent and frequency of fire and negatively affected native plant and animal species across the Intermountain…”
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The Effects of Slash Pile Burning on Soil and Water Macronutrients by JOHNSON, Brittany G, JOHNSON, Dale W, MILLER, Watkins W, CARROLL-MOORE, Erin M, BOARD, David I

“…Significant effects of slash pile burning on soil chemistry and water quality were observed in forested sites in the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains of Nevada…”
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Interannual climate variability mediates changes in carbon and nitrogen pools caused by annual grass invasion in a semiarid shrubland by Mahood, Adam L., Jones, Rachel O., Board, David I., Balch, Jennifer K., Chambers, Jeanne C.

“…Exotic plant invasions alter ecosystem properties and threaten ecosystem functions globally. Interannual climate variability (ICV) influences both plant…”
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Resilience and Resistance of Sagebrush Ecosystems: Implications for State and Transition Models and Management Treatments by Chambers, Jeanne C., Miller, Richard F., Board, David I., Pyke, David A., Roundy, Bruce A., Grace, James B., Schupp, Eugene W., Tausch, Robin J.

“…In sagebrush ecosystems invasion of annual exotics and expansion of piñon (Pinus monophylla Torr. and Frem.) and juniper (Juniperus occidentalis Hook., J…”
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Removal of perennial herbaceous species affects response of Cold Desert shrublands to fire by Chambers, Jeanne C., Board, David I., Roundy, Bruce A., Weisberg, Peter J.

“…Questions: Two of the primary global change factors that threaten shrublands worldwide are loss of native perennial herbaceous species due to inappropriate…”
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Effect of repeated burning on plant and soil carbon and nitrogen in cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) dominated ecosystems by Jones, Rachel, Chambers, Jeanne C, Johnson, Dale W, Blank, Robert R, Board, David I

“…BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Fire has profound effects on ecosystem properties, but few studies have addressed the effect of repeated burns on soil nutrients, and none…”
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Operationalizing Resilience and Resistance Concepts to Address Invasive Grass-Fire Cycles by Chambers, Jeanne C., Brooks, Matthew L., Germino, Matthew J., Maestas, Jeremy D., Board, David I., Jones, Matthew O., Allred, Brady W.

“…Plant invasions can affect fuel characteristics, fire behavior, and fire regimes resulting in invasive plant-fire cycles and alternative, self-perpetuating…”
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The role of germination microsite in the establishment of sugar pine and Jeffrey pine seedlings by Legras, Elaine C., Vander Wall, Stephen B., Board, David I.

“…Mature shrubs can provide microhabitats that are beneficial to tree seedling growth and development. Sugar pine trees ( Pinus lambertiana) grow in a narrow…”
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The role of resource limitation in restoration of sagebrush ecosystems dominated by cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) by Jones, Rachel O, Chambers, Jeanne C, Board, David I, Johnson, Dale W, Blank, Robert R

“…Success of invasive annual grasses is often linked to increases in resources, and restoration ecologists have suggested that decreasing nitrogen (N)…”
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The Effects of Ash Influx on Burned and Unburned Soil Water-Extractable Nutrients Using a Mechanical Vacuum Extractor by JOHNSON, Brittany G, JOHNSON, Dale W, MILLER, Watkins W, BOARD, David I

“…A laboratory study was performed to test the effects of burning on soil solutions. Soils from beneath slash piles that had been burned as well as soils from…”
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Disentangling drivers of annual grass invasion: Abiotic susceptibility vs. fire-induced conversion to cheatgrass dominance in the sagebrush biome by Urza, Alexandra K., Board, David I., Bradford, John B., Brown, Jessi L., Chambers, Jeanne C., Schlaepfer, Daniel R., Short, Karen C.

“…Invasive annual grasses are often facilitated by fire, yet they can become ecologically dominant in susceptible locations even in the absence of fire. We used…”
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