A dozen species of locusts (Orthoptera: Acrididae) are a major threat to food security
worldwide. Their outbreaks occur on every continent except Antarctica, threatening the …

Quantifying western US rangelands as a series of fractional components with remote
sensing provides a new way to understand these changing ecosystems. Nine rangeland …

Accurate and consistent estimates of shrubland ecosystem components are crucial to a
better understanding of ecosystem conditions in arid and semiarid lands. An innovative …

Sagebrush ecosystems in North America have experienced extensive degradation since
European settlement. Further degradation continues from exotic invasive plants, altered fire …

Since the beginning of the 20th century, the overall occupied range of the lesser prairie-
chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) has declined by 84% commensurate with population …

Fine-scale variation of vegetation structure in dryland systems, such as the Great Basin in
the western US, is critical to understanding ecosystem responses to changing land-use …

The arid and semi-arid sagebrush–grass ecosystem occupies a substantial portion of
rangelands in the western United States. Using remote sensing techniques to map the …

Characterizing and quantifying distributions of shrubland ecosystem components is one of
the major challenges for monitoring shrubland vegetation cover change across the United …

Sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) communities constitute the largest temperate semidesert in
North America and provide important rangelands for livestock and habitat for wildlife …

This research investigated the effects of climate and land cover change on variation in
sagebrush ecosystems. We combined information of multi-year sagebrush distribution …