Operationalizing ecological resilience concepts for managing species and ecosystems at risk
This review provides an overview and integration of the use of resilience concepts to guide
natural resources management actions. We emphasize ecosystems and landscapes and …
natural resources management actions. We emphasize ecosystems and landscapes and …
Operationalizing resilience and resistance concepts to address invasive grass-fire cycles
JC Chambers, ML Brooks, MJ Germino… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Plant invasions can affect fuel characteristics, fire behavior, and fire regimes resulting in
invasive plant-fire cycles and alternative, self-perpetuating states that can be difficult, if not …
invasive plant-fire cycles and alternative, self-perpetuating states that can be difficult, if not …
Desertification
A Mirzabaev, J Wu, J Evans, F García-Oliva… - 2019 - philpapers.org
Abstract IPCC SPECIAL REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND (SRCCL) Chapter 3:
Climate Change and Land: An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land …
Climate Change and Land: An IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land …
Innovation in rangeland monitoring: annual, 30 m, plant functional type percent cover maps for US rangelands, 1984–2017
Innovations in machine learning and cloud‐based computing were merged with historical
remote sensing and field data to provide the first moderate resolution, annual, percent cover …
remote sensing and field data to provide the first moderate resolution, annual, percent cover …
Resilience to Stress and Disturbance, and Resistance to Bromus tectorum L. Invasion in Cold Desert Shrublands of Western North America
Alien grass invasions in arid and semi-arid ecosystems are resulting in grass–fire cycles and
ecosystem-level transformations that severely diminish ecosystem services. Our capacity to …
ecosystem-level transformations that severely diminish ecosystem services. Our capacity to …
Wildfire, climate, and invasive grass interactions negatively impact an indicator species by resha** sagebrush ecosystems
Iconic sagebrush ecosystems of the American West are threatened by larger and more
frequent wildfires that can kill sagebrush and facilitate invasion by annual grasses, creating …
frequent wildfires that can kill sagebrush and facilitate invasion by annual grasses, creating …
Quantifying western US rangelands as fractional components with multi-resolution remote sensing and in situ data
M Rigge, C Homer, L Cleeves, DK Meyer, B Bunde… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Quantifying western US rangelands as a series of fractional components with remote
sensing provides a new way to understand these changing ecosystems. Nine rangeland …
sensing provides a new way to understand these changing ecosystems. Nine rangeland …
[HTML][HTML] Resilience and resistance of sagebrush ecosystems: implications for state and transition models and management treatments
In sagebrush ecosystems invasion of annual exotics and expansion of piñon (Pinus
monophylla Torr. and Frem.) and juniper (Juniperus occidentalis Hook., J. osteosperma …
monophylla Torr. and Frem.) and juniper (Juniperus occidentalis Hook., J. osteosperma …
Conditions favouring Bromus tectorum dominance of endangered sagebrush steppe ecosystems
Ecosystem invasibility is determined by combinations of environmental variables, invader
attributes, disturbance regimes, competitive abilities of resident species and evolutionary …
attributes, disturbance regimes, competitive abilities of resident species and evolutionary …
Saving sage-grouse from the trees: a proactive solution to reducing a key threat to a candidate species
Conservation investment in management of at-risk species can be less costly than a delay-
and-repair approach implemented after species receive legal protection. The United States …
and-repair approach implemented after species receive legal protection. The United States …