Topic 6 Eastern Range: Resources

 

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


Key Literature

Chambers

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.

Science to Solutions

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
Nature

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

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.

Fjords

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.

Nature

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.

Fjords

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.

Lights

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.
Chambers

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.

 


Key Websites

Portal

BLM Landscape Approach Data Portal

Conservation

USGS ScienceBase, Science Framework for the Conservation and Restoration Strategy
Portal

Sage-Grouse Initiative (SGI) Ecosystem Interactive Map.

  • Layers: Resilience & Resistance
  • Cultivation Risk
  • Tree Canopy Cover

Supplemental Literature

  • Baruch-Mordo, S., J.S. Evans, J.P. Severson, D.E. Naugle, J.D. Maestas, J.M. Kiesecke, M.J. Falkowski, C.A. Hagen, and K.P. Reese. 2013. Saving sage-grouse from the trees: A proactive solution to reducing a key threat to a candidate species. Biological Conservation 167:233-241.
  • Beck, J.L., J.W. Connelly, and C.L. Wambolt. 2012. Consequences of treating Wyoming big sagebrush to enhance wildlife habitats. Rangeland Ecology & Management 65(5):444–455.
  • Boyd, C.S., J.L. Beck, and J. Tanaka. 2014. Livestock grazing and sage-grouse habitat: impacts and opportunities. Journal of Rangeland Applications 1:58–77.
  • Colorado Greater Sage-grouse Steering Committee. 2008. Colorado greater sage-grouse conservation plan. Colorado Division of Wildlife, Denver, Colorado, USA.
  • Cross, T.B., D.E. Naugle, J.C. Carlson, and M.K. Schwartz. 2017. Genetic recapture identifies long-distance breeding dispersal in Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus). The Condor: Ornithological Applications 119(1):155-166.
  • Doherty, K.E., D.E. Naugle, H.E. Copeland, A. Pocewicz, and J.M. Kiesecker. 2011. Energy development and conservation tradeoffs: Systematic planning for Greater Sage-Grouse in their eastern Range. Studies in Avian Biology 38:505-516
  • Doherty, K.E., D.E. Naugle, J.D. Tack, B.L. Walker, J.M. Graham, and J.L. Beck. 2014. Linking conservation actions to demography: grass height explains variation in greater sage-grouse nest survival. Wildlife Biology 20(6):320–325.
  • Hanser, S.E., M. Leu, S.T. Knick, and C.L. Aldridge. 2011. Sagebrush ecosystem conservation and management: Ecoregional assessment tools and models for the Wyoming Basins. Lawrence, KS: Allen Press.
  • Kirol, C.P., J.L. Beck, S.V. Huzurbazar, M.J. Holloran, and S.N. Miller. 2015. Identifying Greater Sage-Grouse source and sink habitats for conservation planning in an energy development landscape. Ecological Applications 25(4):968–990.
  • Knick, S.T., and J.W. Connelly. 2011. Greater Sage-Grouse and sagebrush—Introduction to the landscape. Studies in Avian Biology 38:1–9.
  • Knick, S.T., S.E. Hanser, R.F. Miller, D.A. Pyke, M.J. Wisdom, S.P. Finn, T.E. Rinkes, and C.J. Henny. 2011. Ecological influence and pathways of land use in sagebrush. Studies in Avian Biology 38:203-251.
  • 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.
  • Naugle, D.E., K.E. Doherty, B.L. Walker, H.E. Copeland, M.J. Holloran, and J.D. Tack. 2011a. Sage‐grouse and cumulative impacts of energy development. Pages 55‐70 in D.E. Naugle, editor. Energy development and wildlife conservation in western North America. Island Press, Washington, DC.
  • Naugle, D.E., K.E. Doherty, B.L. Walker, M.J. Holloran, and H.E. Copeland. 2011b. Energy development and greater sage‐grouse. Greater sage‐grouse: ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitats. Studies in Avian Biology 38:489‐503.
  • Tack, J.D., D.E. Naugle, J.C. Carlson, and P.J. Fargey. 2011. Greater Sage-Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus migration links the USA and Canada: A biological basis for international prairie conservation. Oryx 46(1):64–68.