TOPIC 2 RESISTANCE AND RESILIENCE, AN INTRODUCTION: RESOURCES

TOPIC 2 Resistance and Resilience,
An Introduction: Resources

Learn more about resistance and resilience by exploring key and supplemental literature listed below.

Key Literature

Smith, J.T., J.S. Evans, B.H. Martin, S. Baruch-Mordo, J.M. Kiesecker, and D.E. Naugle. 2016. Reducing cultivation risk for at-risk species: Predicting outcomes of conservation easements for sage-grouse. Biological Conservation 201:10-19.

Science to Solutions

Sage Grouse Initiative. 2014. Wildfire and cheatgrass: New science helps reduce threats to sage grouse. Science to Solutions Series Number 5.

Chambers, J.C., D.A. Pyke, J. Maestas, M. Pellant, C.S. Boyd, S.B. Campbell, S. Espinosa, D.W. Havlina, K.E. Mayer, and A. Wuenschel. 2014. Using resistance and resilience concepts to reduce impacts of invasive annual grasses and altered fire regimes on the sagebrush ecosystem and greater sage-grouse: A strategic multi-scale approach. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-326. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

Miller, R.F., J.C. Chambers, and M. Pellant. 2014. A field guide for selecting the most appropriate treatment in sagebrush and piñon-juniper ecosystems in the Great Basin: Evaluating resilience to disturbance and resistance to invasive annual grasses, and predicting vegetation response. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-322-rev. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

Miller, R.F., J.C. Chambers, and M. Pellant. 2015. A field guide for rapid assessment of post- wildfire recovery potential in sagebrush and piñon-juniper ecosystems in the Great Basin: Evaluating resilience to disturbance and resistance to invasive annual grasses and predicting vegetation response. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-338. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

Maestas, J.D., S.B. Campbell, J.C. Chambers, M. Pellant, and R.F. Miller. 2016. Tapping soil survey information for rapid assessment of sagebrush ecosystem resilience and resistance. Rangelands 120-128.

Chambers, J.C., J.L. Beck, S. Campbell, J. Carlson, T.J. Christiansen, K.J. Clause, J.B. Dinkins, K.E. Doherty, K.A. Griffin, D.W. Havlina, K.F. Henke, J.D. Hennig, L.L. Kurth, J.D. Maestas, M. Manning, K.E. Mayer, B.A. Mealor, C. McCarthy, M.A. Perea, and D.A. Pyke. 2016. Using resilience and resistance concepts to manage threats to sagebrush ecosystems, Gunnison sage-grouse, and greater sage-grouse in their eastern range: A strategic multi-scale approach. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-356. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

Chambers, J.C.,J.L. Beck, J.B. Bradford, J. Bybee, S. Campbell, J. Carlson, T.J. Christiansen,K.J. Clause, G. Collins, M.R. Crist, J.B. Dinkins, K.E. Doherty, F. Edwards, S. Espinosa, K.A. Griffin, P. Griffin, J.R. Haas, S.E. Hanser, D.W. Havlina, K.F. Henke,J.D. Hennig, L.A. Joyce, F.M. Kilkenny, S.M. Kulpa, L.L. Kurth, J.D. Maestas, M. Manning, K.E. Mayer, B.A. Mealor, C. McCarthy, M. Pellant, M.A. Perea, K.L. Prentice,D.A. Pyke, L.A. Wiechman, and A. Wuenschel. 2017. Science framework for conservationand restoration of the sagebrush biome: Linking the Department of the Interior’sIntegrated Rangeland Fire Management Strategy to long-term strategic conservationactions. Part 1. Science basis and applications. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-360. FortCollins, CO: U.S Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain ResearchStation.

Key Websites

BLM Landscape Approach Data Portal

Science to Solutions

Sage-Grouse Initiative (SGI) Ecosystem Resistance & Resilience layer

Science to Solutions

Sage-Grouse Initiative (SGI) Cultivation Risk layer

Science to Solutions

Web Soil Survey

Science to Solutions

Secretarial Order Number 3336, Rangeland Fire Prevention, Management, and Restoration

Supplemental Literature

Crist, M.R., S.T. Knick, and S.E. Hanser. 2017 Range-wide connectivity of priority areas for Greater sage-grouse: implications for long-term conservation from graph theory. The Condor: Ornithological Applications 119(1):44-57.
D’Antonio, C.M., and M. Thomsen. 2004. Ecological resistance in theory and practice. Weed Technology 18(sp1):1572-1577.
Doherty, K.E., J.S. Evans, P.S. Coates, L. Juliusson, and F.C. Fedy. 2016. Importance of regional variation in conservation planning: a range-wide example of the Greater Sage-grouse. Ecosphere 7(10):e01462. 10.1002/ecs2.1462.
Donnelly, P., J.D. Tack, K.E. Doherty, D.E. Naugle, B.W. Allred, and V.J. Dreitz. 2016. Extending conifer removal and landscape protection strategies from sage‑grouse to songbirds, a range‑wide assessment. Rangeland Ecology and Management dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2016.10.009.
Folke, C., S. Carpenter, B. Walker, M. Scheffer, T. Elmqvist, L. Gunderson, and C.S. Holling. 2004. Regime shifts, resilience, and biodiversity in ecosystem management. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 35:557-581.
Holling, C.S. 1973. Resilience and stability in ecological systems. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 4:1-23.
Stiver, S.J., A.D. Apa, J.R. Bohne, S.D. Bunnell, P.A. Deibert, S.C. Gardner, M.A. Hilliard, C.W. McCarthy, and M.A. Schroeder. 2006. Greater Sage-grouse Comprehensive Conservation Strategy. Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Unpublished Report. Cheyenne, Wyoming.