Born of fire - restoring sagebrush steppe

Fact Sheet ◽  
2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Pyke
Keyword(s):  
Sagebrush Steppe

Shrub Size Modulates Resource Heterogeneity in a Sagebrush-Steppe Ecosystem

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Lin Liu ◽  
Kari E. Veblen ◽  
Thomas A. Monaco
Keyword(s):  
Sagebrush Steppe ◽  
Resource Heterogeneity ◽  
Steppe Ecosystem

scholarly journals Reversing tree expansion in sagebrush steppe yields population‐level benefit for imperiled grouse

Ecosphere ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew C. Olsen ◽  
John P. Severson ◽  
Jeremy D. Maestas ◽  
David E. Naugle ◽  
Joseph T. Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Population Level ◽  
Sagebrush Steppe ◽  
Tree Expansion

scholarly journals Fuel bed response to vegetation treatments in juniper-invaded sagebrush steppe

Fire Ecology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher R. Bernau ◽  
Eva K. Strand ◽  
Stephen C. Bunting
Keyword(s):  
Sagebrush Steppe

scholarly journals Soil microbial communities and elk foraging intensity: implications for soil biogeochemical cycling in the sagebrush steppe

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren C. Cline ◽  
Donald R. Zak ◽  
Rima A. Upchurch ◽  
Zachary B. Freedman ◽  
Anna R. Peschel
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Communities ◽  
Soil Microbial Communities ◽  
Biogeochemical Cycling ◽  
Sagebrush Steppe ◽  
Soil Microbial

Comparison of trap types for surveying insect communities in Idaho sagebrush steppe ecosystems

2010 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie Caselton Lowe ◽  
Sara M. Birch ◽  
Stephen P. Cook ◽  
Frank Merickel
Keyword(s):  
Sagebrush Steppe ◽  
Insect Communities ◽  
Steppe Ecosystems

scholarly journals Using Unmanned Helicopters to Assess Vegetation Cover in Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystems

2012 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 362-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert P. Breckenridge ◽  
Maxine Dakins ◽  
Stephen Bunting ◽  
Jerry L. Harbour ◽  
Randy D. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Vegetation Cover ◽  
Sagebrush Steppe ◽  
Steppe Ecosystems

Sustainable Covers for Uranium Mill Tailings, USA: Alternative Design, Performance, and Renovation

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J. Waugh ◽  
Craig H. Benson ◽  
William H. Albright
Keyword(s):  
Water Balance ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Department Of Energy ◽  
Test Facility ◽  
Sagebrush Steppe ◽  
Natural Soil ◽  
Structural Development ◽  
Percent Cover ◽  
Mill Tailings ◽  
Uranium Mill Tailings

The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management is investigating alternatives to conventional cover designs for uranium mill tailings. A cover constructed in 2000 near Monticello, Utah, USA, was a redundant design with a conventional low-conductivity composite cover overlain with an alternative cover designed to mimic the natural soil water balance as measured in nearby undisturbed native soils and vegetation. To limit percolation, the alternative cover design relies on a 160-cm layer of sandy clay loam soil overlying a 40-cm sand capillary barrier for water storage, and a planting of native sagebrush steppe vegetation to seasonally release soil water through evapotranspiration (ET). Water balance monitoring within a 3.0-ha drainage lysimeter, embedded in the cover during construction, provided convincing evidence that the cover has performed well over a 9-year period (2000–2009). The total cumulative percolation, 4.8 mm (approximately 0.5 mm yr−1), satisfied a regulatory goal of <3.0 mm yr−1. Most percolation can be attributed to the very wet winter and spring of 2004–2005, when soil water content exceeded the storage capacity of the cover. Diversity, percent cover, and leaf area of vegetation increased over the monitoring period. Field and laboratory evaluations several years after construction show that soil structural development, changes in soil hydraulic properties, and development of vegetation patterns have not adversely impacted cover performance. A new test facility was constructed in 2008 near Grand Junction, Colorado, USA, to evaluate low-cost methods for renovating or transforming conventional covers into more sustainable ET covers.

scholarly journals Vegetal Recovery following Wildfire in Seeded and Unseeded Sagebrush Steppe

1995 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa D. Ratzlaff ◽  
Jay E. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Sagebrush Steppe
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