TOPIC 4 Systems Invaded by Annual Grasses: RESOURCES

Key Literature

Coates, P.S., M.A. Ricca, B.G. Prochazka, K.E. Doherty, M.L. Brooks, and M.L. Casazza. 2015. Long-term effects of wildfire on greater sage-grouse—Integrating population and ecosystem concepts for management in the Great Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1165.

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.

Ielmini, M.R., T.E. Hopkins, K.E. Mayer, K. Goodwin, C. Boyd, B. Mealor, M. Pellant, and T. Christiansen. 2015. Invasive Plant Management and Greater Sage-grouse Conservation: A Review and Status Report with Strategic Recommendations for Improvement. Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Cheyenne, WY.

Great Basin Factsheet Number 5, 2015. “Fuel Breaks that Work.”

Great Basin Factsheet Number 7, 2015. “Post-fire Grazing Management in the Great Basin.”

Greater Sage-Grouse Wildfire, Invasive Annual Grasses & Conifer Expansion Assessment, June 2014.

Maestas, J., M. Pellant, L. Okeson, D. Tilley, D. Havlina, T. Cracroft, B. Brazee, M. Williams, and D. Messmer. 2016. Fuel breaks to reduce large wildfire impacts in sagebrush ecosystems. Plant Materials Technical Note No. 66. USDA-NRCS. Boise, ID.

Strand, E.K., K.L. Launchbaugh, R. Limb, and L.A. Torell. 2014. Livestock grazing effects on fuel loads for wildland fire in sagebrush dominated ecosystems. Journal of Rangeland Applications 1:35-57.

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

Chambers, J.C.; Beck, J.L.; Bradford, J.B.; Bybee, J.; Campbell, S.; Carlson, J.; Christiansen, T.J.; Clause, K.J.; Collins, G.; Crist, M.R.; Dinkins, J.B.; Doherty, K.E.; Edwards, F.; Espinosa, S.; Griffin, K.A.; Griffin, P.; Haas, J.R.; Hanser, S.E.; Havlina, D.W.; Henke, K.F.; Hennig, J.D.; Joyce, L.A.; Kilkenny, F.M.; Kulpa, S.M.; Kurth, L.L.; Maestas, J.D.; Manning, M.; Mayer, K.E.; Mealor, B.A.; McCarthy, C.; Pellant, M.; Perea, M.A.; Prentice, K.L.; Pyke, D.A.; Wiechman, L.A.; Wuenschel, A. 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. 213 p.

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Supplemental Literature

Boyd, C.S., J.L. Beck, and J.A. Tanaka. 2014. Livestock Grazing and Sage-Grouse Habitat: Impacts and Opportunities. Journal of Rangeland Applications 1:58-77.
Boyte, S.P., B.K. Wylie, and D.J. Major. 2015. Mapping and monitoring cheatgrass dieoff in rangelands of the Northern Great Basin, USA. Rangeland Ecology and Management 68(1):18-28.
Davies, K.W., J.D. Bates, T.J. Svejcar, and C.S. Boyd. 2010. Effects of long-term livestock grazing on fuel characteristics in rangelands: An example from the sagebrush steppe. Rangeland Ecology and Management 63(6):662-669.
Davies, K. W., C. S. Boyd, J. F. Beck, J. D. Bates, T. J. Svejcar, and M. A. Gregg. 2011. Saving the sagebrush sea: an ecosystem conversion plan for big sagebrush plant communities. Biological Conservation 144:2573-2584.
Germino, M.J., J.C. Chambers, and C.S. Brown (editors). 2016. . Exotic brome-grasses in arid and semiarid ecosystems of the western US: Causes, consequences, and management implications. Springer Series on Environmental Management, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-24930-8.
Launchbaugh, K., B. Brammer, M.L. Brooks, S. Bunting, P. Clark, J. Davison, M. Fleming, R. Kay, M. Pellant, D.A. Pyke, and B. Wylie. 2008. Interactions among livestock grazing, vegetation type, and fire behavior in the Murphy Wildland Fire Complex in Idaho and Nevada, July 2007 : U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1214.
Maestas, J.D., and S.B. Campbell. 2014. Mapping Potential Ecosystem Resilience and Resistance across Sage-Grouse Range using Soil Temperature and Moisture Regimes. Fact Sheet. Greater Sage-Grouse Initiative.
Miller, R.F., S.T. Knick, D.A. Pyke, C.W. Meinke, S.E. Hanser, M.J. Wisdom and A.L. Hild. 2011. Characteristics of sagebrush habitats and limitations to long-term conservation. Studies in Avian Biology 38:145-184.
Pyke, D.A., J.C. Chambers, J.L. Beck, M.L. Brooks, and B.A. Mealor. 2016. Land Uses, Fire, and Invasion: Exotic Annual Bromus and Human Dimensions. Pp 307 – 338 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_11
Sage Grouse Initiative. 2015. Grazing and sagebrush treatments: A 25-year case study in Utah. Science to Solutions Series Number 10.
Smith, B., R. Sheley, and T. Svejcar. 2012. Grazing invasive annual grasses: The green and brown guide. USDA, ARS, Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). 2013. Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) Conservation Objectives: Final Report. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Denver, CO. February 2013.

TOPIC 4 Systems Invaded by Annual Grasses: Resources

Key Literature

Supplemental Literature