Reintroducing lichens and mosses to areas slated for restoration or rehabilitation may prove
integral to project success by filling the biocrust component (niche) of arid ecosystems. In …

Extensive ecological change has been sustained by many dryland ecosystems throughout
the world, resulting in conversion to so-called novel ecosystems. It is within such ecological …

Abiotic conditions, biotic factors, and disturbances can act as filters that control community
structure and composition. Understanding the relative importance of these drivers would …

Phylogenies of legume taxa are ecologically structured along a tropical seasonality gradient,
which suggests phylogenetic niche conservatism. This seasonality gradient spans …

Bromus tectorum can transform ecosystems causing negative impacts on the ecological and
economic values of sagebrush steppe of the western USA. Although our knowledge of the …

The invasive annual grass Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass) forms a positive feedback with fire
in some areas of western North America's sagebrush biome by increasing fire frequency and …

The scale of ecological restoration in the Intermountain West (IW), United States is likely
greater than anywhere else in the world. This is largely driven by response to accelerating …

Question How does type of disturbance alter plant community composition when an invasive
species with high intrinsic population growth rate is present? The sagebrush steppe is a cold …

Although crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum [L.] Gaertn. & A. desertorum [Fisch. ex
Link] Schult.) has been one of the most commonly seeded exotic species in the western …

Background Global change produces pervasive negative impacts on biodiversity worldwide.
Land use change and biological invasions are two of the major drivers of global change that …