TOPIC 5 Restoration of Sagebrush Ecosystems: Resources

 

Learn more about restoration of sagebrush ecosystems by exploring key and supplemental literature listed below.


Key Literature

Lights

Great Basin Factsheet Series Number 8, 2015. “Establishing Big Sagebrush and Other Shrubs from Planting Stock.”

Nature

Great Basin Factsheet Series Number 10, 2015. “Seeding Big Sagebrush Successfully on Intermountain Rangelands.”

Fjords

Pyke, D.A., J.C. Chambers, M. Pellant, S.T. Knick, R.F. Miller, J.L. Beck, P.S. Doescher, E.W. Schupp, B.A. Roundy, M. Brunson, and J.D. McIver. 2015a. Restoration handbook for sagebrush steppe ecosystems with emphasis on greater sage-grouse habitat—Part 1. Concepts for understanding and applying restoration: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1416.

Lights

Pyke, D.A., S.T. Knick, J.C. Chambers, M. Pellant, R.F. Miller, J.L. Beck, P.S. Doescher, E.W. Schupp, B.A. Roundy, M. Brunson, and J.D. McIver. 2015b. Restoration handbook for sagebrush steppe ecosystems with emphasis on greater sage-grouse habitat—Part 2. Landscape level restoration decisions: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1418.

Nature

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.

Nature

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.

Chambers

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 conservation and restoration of the sagebrush biome: Linking the Department of the Interior’s Integrated Rangeland Fire Management Strategy to long-term strategic conservation actions. Part 1. Science basis and applications. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-360. Fort Collins, CO: U.S Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

Fjords

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.

Fjords

Smith, B., R. Sheley, and T. Svejcar. 2012. Grazing invasive annual grasses: The green and brown guide. Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center.

Fjords

Bureau of Land Management. 2016. Soda fire: Emergency stabilization and rehabilitation, Idaho and Oregon. Bureau of Land Management, Owyhee Field Office, Marsing, ID.

Fjords

National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration:

Fjords

Pyke, D.A., J.C. Chambers, M. Pellant, R.F. Miller, J.L. Beck, P.S. Doescher, B.A. Roundy, E.W. Schupp, S.T. Knick, M. Brunson, and J.D. McIver. 2017. Restoration handbook for sagebrush steppe ecosystems with emphasis on greater sage-grouse habitat—Part 3. Site level restoration decisions: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1426.

 

Supplemental Literature

  • Arkle, R.S., D.S. Pilliod, S.E. Hanser, M.L. Brooks, J.C. Chambers, J.B. Grace, K.C. Knutson, D.A. Pyke, J.L. Welty, and T.A. Wirth. 2014. Quantifying restoration effectiveness using multi-scale habitat models: implications for sage-grouse in the Great Basin. Ecosphere 5(3):31.
  • Bower, A.D., J.B. St. Clair, and V. Erickson. 2014. Generalized provisional seed zones for native plants. Ecological Applications 24:913–919.
  • Boyd, C.S., and K.W. Davies. 2012. Spatial variability in cost and success of revegetation in a Wyoming Big Sagebrush Community. Environmental Management 50:441–450.
  • Brabec, M.M., M.J. Germino, D.J. Shinneman, D.S. Pilliod, S.K. McIlroy, R.S. Arkle. 2015. Challenges of establishing Big Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) in rangeland restoration: Effects of herbicide, mowing, whole-community seeding, and sagebrush seed sources. Rangeland Ecology and Management 68(5):432-435.
  • Connelly, J.W., E.T. Rinkes, and C.E. Braun. 2011. Characteristics of greater sage-grouse habitats: a landscape species at micro- and macroscales. Studies in Avian Biology 38:69-83.
  • Dumroese, R.K., T. Luna, B.A. Richardson, F.F. Kilkenny, and J.B. Runyon. 2015. Conserving and restoring habitat for greater sage-grouse and other sagebrush obligate wildlife: The crucial link of forbs and sagebrush diversity. Native Plants Journal 16:276–299.
  • Ellstrand, N.C., and D.R. Elam. 1993. Population genetic consequences of small population size: implications for plant conservation. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 24:217–242.
  • Halmer, P. 2008. Seed technology and seed enhancement. Acta Horticulturae 771:17–26.
  • Hardegree, S.P., Jones, T.A., Roundy, B.A., Shaw, N.L., and Monaco, T.A., 2011, Assessment of range planting as a conservation practice. Pages 171–212 in Briske, D.D., ed., Conservation benefits of rangeland practices: Assessment, recommendations, and knowledge gaps. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service.
  • James, J.J., T.J. Svejcar, and M.J. Rinella. 2011. Demographic processes limiting seedling recruitment in arid grassland restoration. Journal of Applied Ecology 48:961–969.
  • Knick, S.T., S.E. Hanser, and K.L. Preston. 2013. Modeling ecological minimum requirements for distribution of greater sage-grouse leks: implications for population connectivity across their western range, U.S.A. Ecology and Evolution 3(6):1539-1551.
  • Knutson, K.C., D.A. Pyke, T.A. Wirth, R.S. Arkle, D.S. Pilliod, M.L. Brooks, J.C. Chambers, and J.B. Grace. 2014. Long-term effects of seeding after wildfire on vegetation in Great Basin shrubland ecosystems. Journal of Applied Ecology 51:1414–1424.
  • Lesica, P., and F.W. Allendorf. 1999. Ecological genetics and restoration of plant communities: mix or match? Restoration Ecology 7(1):42-50
  • Madsen, M.D., K.W. Davies, C.J. Williams, and T.A. Svejcar. 2012a. Agglomerating seeds to enhance native seedling emergence and growth. Journal of Applied Ecology 49:431–438.
  • Madsen, M.D., S.J. Kostka, A.L. Inouye, and D.L. Zvirzdin. 2012b. Innovative use of seed coating technology for the restoration of soil hydrology and wildland vegetation in post-fire water repellent soil. Rangeland Ecology and Management 65:253–259.
  • Madsen, M.D., K.W. Davies, C.S. Boyd, J.D. Kerby, D.L. Carter, and T.J. Svejcar. 2013. Restoring North America’s sagebrush steppe ecosystem using seed enhancement technologies. Proceedings of the 22nd International Grassland Congress.
  • Manier, D.J., Z.H. Bowen, M.L. Brooks, M.L. Casazza, P.S. Coates, P.A. Deibert, S.E. Hanser, and D.H. Johnson. 2014. Conservation buffer distance estimates for Greater Sage-Grouse—A review: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014–1239.
  • McAdoo, J.K., C.S. Boyd, and R.L. Sheley. 2013. Site, competition, and plant stock influence transplant success of Wyoming big sagebrush. Rangeland Ecology and Management 66:305-312.
  • Monaco, T.A., S.P. Hardegree, M. Pellant, and C.S. Brown. 2016. Assessing Restoration and Management Needs for Ecosystems Invaded by Exotic Annual Bromus Species. Pp 339-370 in M.J. Germino et al. (eds.), Exotic Brome-Grasses in Arid and Semiarid Ecosystems of the Western US, Springer Series on Environmental Management, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-24930-8_12.
  • Monsen, S.B., and R. Stevens. 2004. Seedbed preparation and seeding practices, in Monsen, S.B., Stevens, R., and Shaw, N.L., compilers, Restoring western ranges and wildlands: Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, General Technical Report, RMRS-GTR-136-vol-1, p. 121–154.
  • Taylor, A.G. 2003. Seed treatments. Encyclopedia of Applied Plant Sciences. pp. 1291–1298.