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 …

Fire regimes in sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) ecosystems have been greatly altered across the
western United States. Broad-scale invasion of non-native annual grasses, climate change …

Conservation of imperiled species often demands addressing a complex suite of threats that
undermine species viability. Regulatory approaches, such as the US Endangered Species …

In sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) ecosystems, encroachment of pinyon (Pinus spp.) and juniper
(Juniperus spp.; hereafter,“pinyon-juniper”) trees has increased dramatically since …

Globally accelerating frequency and extent of wildfire threatens the persistence of specialist
wildlife species through direct loss of habitat and indirect facilitation of exotic invasive …

Sagebrush ecosystems support a suite of unique species such as the emblematic greater
sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; sage-grouse) but are under increasing pressure …

Water scarcity in semiarid environments provides a model system to evaluate the role of
mesic resources in structuring the distribution and abundance of wildlife. We used remote …

Plant community response to climate change will be influenced by individual plant
responses that emerge from competition for limiting resources that fluctuate through time …

Tradeoffs among demographic traits are a central component of life history theory. We
investigated tradeoffs between reproductive effort and survival in female greater sage …

Adaptive habitat-selection theory predicts that individuals should use habitats that maximize
lifetime fitness. However, trade-offs between life-history stages, environmental variability …