Saving the sagebrush sea: an ecosystem conservation plan for big sagebrush plant communities

KW Davies, CS Boyd, JL Beck, JD Bates… - Biological …, 2011 - Elsevier
Vegetation change and anthropogenic development are altering ecosystems and
decreasing biodiversity. Successful management of ecosystems threatened by multiple …

Emerging seed enhancement technologies for overcoming barriers to restoration

MD Madsen, KW Davies, CS Boyd, JD Kerby… - Restoration …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Rangelands occupy over a third of global land area, and in many cases are in less than
optimum condition as a result of past land use, catastrophic wildfire, and other disturbances …

Living with exotic annual grasses in the sagebrush ecosystem

KW Davies, EA Leger, CS Boyd, LM Hallett - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Exotic annual grasses dominate millions of hectares and increase fire frequency in the
sagebrush ecosystem of North America. This devastating invasion is so costly and …

Challenges and limitations to native species restoration in the Great Basin, USA

T Svejcar, C Boyd, K Davies, E Hamerlynck, L Svejcar - Plant Ecology, 2017 - Springer
Abstract The Great Basin of the western USA is an arid region characterized by high spatial
and temporal variability. The region experienced high levels of ecological disturbance …

Promoting native vegetation and diversity in exotic annual grass infestations

KW Davies, RL Sheley - Restoration Ecology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Exotic plant invasions are especially problematic because reestablishment of native
perennial vegetation is rarely successful. It may be more appropriate to treat exotic plant …

Medusahead dispersal and establishment in sagebrush steppe plant communities

KW Davies - Rangeland Ecology & Management, 2008 - Elsevier
Medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae [L.] Nevski) is an invasive annual grass that
reduces biodiversity and production of rangelands. To prevent medusahead invasion land …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term effects of revegetation efforts in annual grass− invaded rangeland

KW Davies, CS Boyd, LN Svejcar, DR Clenet - Rangeland Ecology & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Invasive annual grasses, such as medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae [L.] Nevski),
have invaded tens of millions of hectares of the sagebrush ecosystem. These invasions …

Comparison of medusahead-invaded and noninvaded Wyoming big sagebrush steppe in southeastern Oregon

KW Davies, TJ Svejcar - Rangeland Ecology & Management, 2008 - Elsevier
Medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae [L.] Nevski) is an exotic, annual grass invading
sagebrush steppe rangelands in the western United States. Medusahead invasion has been …

Control of medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae) and other annual grasses with imazapic

GB Kyser, JM DiTomaso, MP Doran, SB Orloff… - Weed …, 2007 - cambridge.org
Invasive annual grasses, such as medusahead, can reduce forage production capacity and
interfere with revegetation projects in California rangelands. Because of the taxonomic …

Herbicide-assisted restoration of Great Basin sagebrush steppe infested with medusahead and downy brome

GB Kyser, RG Wilson, J Zhang, JM DiTomaso - Rangeland Ecology & …, 2013 - Elsevier
Downy brome or cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) and medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-
medusae) are the most problematic invasive annual grasses in rangelands of the western …