A recruitment niche framework for improving seed‐based restoration

JE Larson, AC Agneray, CS Boyd… - Restoration …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
As larger tracts of land experience degradation, seed‐based restoration (SBR) will be a
primary tool to reestablish vegetation and ecosystem function. SBR has advanced in terms …

When a weed is not a weed: Succession management using early seral natives for Intermountain rangeland restoration

D Tilley, A Hulet, S Bushman, C Goebel, J Karl, S Love… - Rangelands, 2022‏ - Elsevier
On the Ground• Restoration practices employed in semiarid sagebrush steppe of the North
American Intermountain West are typically based on objectives to restore habitat to mid-to …

How to increase the supply of native seed to improve restoration success: the US native seed development process

ML McCormick, AN Carr, R Massatti… - Restoration …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
With the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, restoration of damaged
ecosystems is turning into a global movement. Restoration actions that are not based on …

Multidecadal vegetation transformations of a New Mexico ponderosa pine landscape after severe fires and aerial seeding

AP Wion, JT Stevens, K Beeley, R Oertel… - Ecological …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Wildfires and climate change increasingly are transforming vegetation composition and
structure, and postfire management may have long‐lasting effects on ecosystem …

[HTML][HTML] Sagebrush ecosystems are more than Artemisia: The complex issue of degraded understories in the Great Basin

SM Copeland, KW Davies, CS Boyd - Rangeland Ecology & Management, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Plant communities in a stable, long-term state with high sagebrush cover and low desirable
perennial herbaceous cover and/or relatively high invasive annual cover are widespread …

Plant functional groups and species contribute to ecological resilience a decade after woodland expansion treatments

SM Freund, BA Newingham, JC Chambers… - …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Woody plant expansions are altering ecosystem structure and function, as well as fire
regimes, around the globe. Tree‐reduction treatments are widely implemented in expanding …

Biocrust lichen and moss species most suitable for restoration projects

R Rosentreter - Restoration ecology, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Postfire Seeding of Native Compared With Introduced Bunchgrasses Followed 3 Yr Later With Invasive Annual Grass Control

KW Davies, CS Boyd, LN Svejcar, JD Bates - Rangeland Ecology & …, 2025‏ - Elsevier
Invasive annual grasses threaten the ecological integrity of the sagebrush ecosystem, often
increasing when wildfires or other disturbances reduce perennial vegetation. In response to …

Limited impacts of adaptive multi‐paddock grazing systems on plant diversity in the Northern Great Plains

JSJ Grenke, EW Bork, CN Carlyle… - Journal of Applied …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Grassland plant community structure and function are dependent on the type, timing,
frequency and intensity of disturbance. Grazing systems employing dense herds of livestock …

The biggest bang for the buck: cost‐effective vegetation treatment outcomes across drylands of the western United States

SM Munson, EO Yackulic, LS Bair… - Ecological …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Restoration and rehabilitation are globally implemented to improve ecosystem condition but
often without tracking treatment expenditures relative to ecological outcomes. We evaluated …