Abstract Changes in climate are expected to alter fire regimes, with critical implications in
soils and ecosystems. Biological soil crusts or biocrusts are communities of photosynthetic …

The US federal government has recently committed to the difficult task of slowing and
managing the invasive grass‐fire cycle in sagebrush steppe, where property, livelihoods …

A fundamental goal of population ecologists is to identify drivers responsible for temporal
variation in abundance. Understanding whether variation is associated with environmental …

Background Drastic increases in wildfire size and frequency threaten western North
American sagebrush (Artemisia L. spp.) ecosystems. At relatively large spatial scales …

Strategic restoration of altered habitat is one method for addressing worldwide biodiversity
declines. Within the sagebrush steppe of western North America, habitat degradation has …

The sagebrush steppe provides vital habitat across the western United States, but its range
is declining. Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemesia tridentata Nutt. spp. wyomingensis Beetle & …

The successful restoration of endangered habitat types at a low cost is of vital importance.
We tested how successful and cost‐effective six combinations of restoration treatments were …

Develo** a robust monitoring framework that integrates efficacy assessments of
cooperative conservation and restoration actions in relation to population viability is critical …

Wildfires are increasingly modifying wildlife habitat in the western United States and
managers need ways to scope the pace and degree to which post-fire restoration actions …

Unprecedented conservation efforts for sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) ecosystems across the
western United States have been catalyzed by risks from escalated wildfire activity that …