Unconventional oil and gas development (UOGD) has become the most widespread form of
energy production in the United States. The booms and busts associated with UOGD are not …

Liquid nitrogen (LN2) fracturing is an anhydrous fracturing technology that enhances coal
permeability and supports unconventional oil and gas exploitation. In this Review, we …

Oil and natural gas pipelines are essential to the transport of energy materials, but
construction of these pipelines commonly causes disturbance to ecosystems. Due to …

Fossil fuel infrastructure has important land-use impacts within the United States, including
the environmental consequences of affected land that persists beyond the lifespan of wells …

The Cross-timbers ecoregion, which stretches from north central Texas, through central
Oklahoma, and up into southern Kansas, represents the broad ecotone between the eastern …

Context Wildlife avoid human disturbances, including roads and development. Avoidance
and displacement of wildlife into less suitable habitat due to human development can affect …

New technologies and increasing energy demand have contributed to rapid expansion of
unconventional oil and gas development in the US in the past two decades. Quantifying the …

Measures of vegetation structure are often key within ecological restoration monitoring
programs because a change in structure is rapidly identifiable, measurements are …

Projecting landscape impacts from energy development is essential to land management
decisions. We forecast landscape alteration resulting from oil and gas well-pad construction …

We present an applied model that helps restoration practitioners select an ideal mix of
species to plant in order to meet their restoration objectives. The model generates virtual …