Phenology-based classification of invasive annual grasses to the species level

PJ Weisberg, TE Dilts, JA Greenberg… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The ability to detect and map invasive plants to the species level, both at high resolution and
over large extents, is essential for their targeted management. Yet development of such …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond inventories: emergence of a new era in rangeland monitoring

MO Jones, DE Naugle, D Twidwell, DR Uden… - Rangeland Ecology & …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the absence of technology-driven monitoring platforms, US rangeland policies,
management practices, and outcome assessments have been primarily informed by the …

Protecting restoration investments from the cheatgrass‐fire cycle in sagebrush steppe

DS Pilliod, MI Jeffries, JL Welty… - … Science and Practice, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The US federal government has recently committed to the difficult task of slowing and
managing the invasive grass‐fire cycle in sagebrush steppe, where property, livelihoods …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term trends in vegetation on Bureau of Land Management rangelands in the western United States

AR Kleinhesselink, EJ Kachergis, SE McCord… - Rangeland Ecology & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) manages nearly 1 million km 2 of
public lands that support recreation, livestock production, and wildlife habitat. Monitoring the …

Future direction of fuels management in sagebrush rangelands

DJ Shinneman, EK Strand, M Pellant… - Rangeland Ecology & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sagebrush ecosystems in the United States have been declining since EuroAmerican
settlement, largely due to agricultural and urban development, invasive species, and altered …

Interannual climate variability mediates changes in carbon and nitrogen pools caused by annual grass invasion in a semiarid shrubland

AL Mahood, RO Jones, DI Board, JK Balch… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Exotic plant invasions alter ecosystem properties and threaten ecosystem functions globally.
Interannual climate variability (ICV) influences both plant community composition (PCC) and …

Trends analysis of rangeland condition monitoring assessment and projection (RCMAP) fractional component time series (1985–2020)

H Shi, M Rigge, K Postma, B Bunde - GIScience & Remote …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract: Rangelands have a dynamic response to climate change, fire, and other
anthropogenic disturbances. The Rangeland Condition, Monitoring, Assessment, and …

Integrating ecosystem resilience and resistance into decision support tools for multi-scale population management of a sagebrush indicator species

MA Ricca, PS Coates - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Imperiled sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) ecosystems of western North America are
experiencing unprecedented conservation planning efforts. Advances in decision-support …

[HTML][HTML] Using state-and-transition simulation models to scope post-fire success in restoring greater sage-grouse habitat

EK Orning, JA Heinrichs, DA Pyke, PS Coates… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wildfires are increasingly modifying wildlife habitat in the western United States and
managers need ways to scope the pace and degree to which post-fire restoration actions …

Understanding the future of big sagebrush regeneration: challenges of projecting complex ecological processes

DR Schlaepfer, JB Bradford, WK Lauenroth… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Regeneration is an essential demographic step that affects plant population persistence,
recovery after disturbances, and potential migration to track suitable climate conditions …