The 24 papers in this issue of Northwest Science summarize research and management
presented at a 2010 meeting convened by the Cascadia Prairie-Oak Partnership, a …

Invasion by non-native plant species is one of the greatest threats to prairie, savanna, and
oak woodland habitats of the Willamette Valley-Puget Trough-Georgia Basin (WPG) …

This paper represents a collaboration by conservation practitioners, ecologists, and climate
change scientists to provide specific guidance on local and regional adaptation strategies to …

The loss and degradation of prairie-oak habitats has resulted in significant changes in bird
species breeding distributions and populations. Among the 49 species highly associated …

Background Private land conservation is an essential strategy for biodiversity protection in
the USA, where half of the federally listed species have at least 80% of their habitat on …

Invasive plants, especially nonnative perennial grasses, pose one of the most critical threats
to protected prairies and oak woodlands in the Pacific Northwest. Our current knowledge …

A systematic conservation planning approach using benthic habitat and imperilled species
data along with the site prioritization algorithm, MARXAN, was used to identify a spatially …

We developed an index, called average optimacity, that can be used to guide site
prioritization for biodiversity conservation. Our index has three desirable properties:(1) it …

Abstract Danthonia californica Bolander (Poaceae) is a native perennial bunchgrass
commonly used in the restoration of prairie ecosystems in the western United States. Plants …

Oregon white oak (Quercus garryana) habitat is a priority for conservation in the Pacific
Northwest, with process-oriented management considered fundamental for the restoration of …