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INT-GTR-276: Proceedings-symposium on cheatgrass invasion, shrub
die-off, and other aspects of shrub biology and management; 1989
April 5-7; Las Vegas, NV
McArthur, E. Durant; Romney, Evan M.; Smith, Stanley D.; Tueller, Paul T., compilers. 1990. Proceedings-symposium on cheatgrass invasion, shrub die-off, and other aspects of shrub biology and management; 1989 April 5-7; Las Vegas, NV. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-276. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 351 p.
Includes 45 papers and accounts of field trips from a symposium focused on a recent shrub die-off phenomenon and a perennial problem, cheatgrass invasion, on western rangelands. Contributions also cover shrub establishment, shrub ecosystem ecology and physiology, and plant and shrub ecosystems.
Keywords: seed germination, plant development, semiarid ecosystems, fire susceptibility, shrub establishment, ecology, physiology, shrub ecosystems
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Contents
PDF File Size: 180 KIntroduction: Cheatgrass Invasion and Shrub Die-Off
E. Durant McArthur
PDF File Size: 250 KSection 1-Cheatgrass Invasion and Management on Western Rangelands
Changing Fire Frequencies on Idaho's Snake River Plains: Ecological and Management Implications
Steven G. Whisenant
PDF File Size: 720 KThe Cheatgrass-Wildfire Cycle-Are There Any Solutions?
Mike Pellant
PDF File Size: 1.1 MBCheatgrass: Management Implications in the 90's
Thomas C. Roberts, Jr.
PDF File Size: 360 KRecent Increases in Bromus Populations on the Nevada Test Site
Richard Hunter
PDF File Size: 370 KChanges in Vegetation and Land Use at Two Townships in Skull Valley, Western Utah
Steven R. Sparks, Neil E. West, Edith B. Allen
PDF File Size: 1 MBInvasion of Cheatgrass into Arid Environments of the Lahontan Basin
James A. Young, Frosty Tipton
PDF File Size: 340 KWildfires on Big Sagebrush/Antelope Bitterbrush Range in Northeastern California: Implications for Deer Populations
Douglas R. Updike, Eric R. Loft, Frank A. Hall
PDF File Size: 595 KSuppression of Annual Bromegrasses by Mountain Rye on Semiarid Mined Lands
Myron R. Andersen, Edward J. DePuit, Rollin H. Abernethy, Larry H. Kleinman
PDF File Size: 1 MBForage Kochia Competition With Cheatgrass in Central Utah
E. Durant McArthur, A. Clyde Blauer, Richard Stevens
PDF File Size: 950 KSeeding Forage Kochia onto Cheatgrass-lnfested Rangelands
Stephen B. Monsen, Dale Turnipseed
PDF File Size: 610 KWeedy Annuals and Establishment of Seeded Species on a Chained Juniper-Pinyon Woodland in Central Utah
James N. Davis, Kimball T. Harper
PDF File Size: 925 KSection 2-Shrub Die-Off on Intermountain Rangelands
Wildland Shrub Dieoffs Following Excessively Wet Periods: A Synthesis
Arthur Wallace, David L. Nelson
PDF File Size: 365 KThe Possible Role of Plant Disease in the Recent Wildland Shrub Dieoff in Utah
David L. Nelson, Darrell J. Weber, Susan C. Garvin
PDF File Size: 745 KSalinity and Moisture Stress in Relation to Dieoff of Wildland Shrubs
D. J. Weber, D. L. Nelson, W. M. Hess, R. B. Bhat
PDF File Size: 935 KVegetation Dynamics and Environmental Attributes of a Great Basin Valley Exhibiting Widespread Shrub Dieback
James P. Dobrowolski, Kern Ewing
PDF File Size: 1 MBWinter Cold Hardiness of Seven Wildland Shrubs
R. H. Walser, D. J. Weber, E. D. McArthur, S. C. Sanderson
PDF File Size: 465 KShrub Mortality Over a 54-Year Period in Shadscale Desert, West-Central Utah
Kimball T. Harper, Fred J. Wagstaff, Warren P. Clary
PDF File Size: 780 KInsects and Shrub Dieoff in Western States: 1986-89 Survey Results
B. Austin Haws, George E. Bohart, C. Riley Nelson, David L. Nelson
PDF File Size: 3.5 MBMealybugs and Related Homoptera of Shadscale: Possible Agents in the Dieoff Problem in the Intermountain West
C. Riley Nelson, B. Austin Haws, David L. Nelson
PDF File Size: 1.6 MBSection 3-Piant Germination and Establishment
'Hobble Creek' Mountain Big Sagebrush Seed Production
Bruce L. Welch, Fred J. Wagstaff, Gary L. Jorgensen
PDF File Size: 420 KRejuvenation of Mountain Big Sagebrush on Mule Deer Winter Ranges Using Onsite Plants as a Seed Source
Fred J. Wagstaff, Bruce L. Welch
PDF File Size: 360 K'Immigrant' Forage Kochia Competition With Halogeton Following Various Seeding Techniques
Richard Stevens, E. Durant McArthur
PDF File Size: 840 KSeed Germination Biology of Spineless Hopsage: Inhibition by Bract Leachate
Rosemary L. Pendleton, Susan E. Meyer
PDF File Size: 730 KSeed Germination Biology of Spineless Hopsage: Between-Population Differences in Dormancy and Response to Temperature
Susan E. Meyer, Rosemary L. Pendleton
PDF File Size: 590 KField Establishment of Spiny Hopsage
Nancy L. Shaw, Marshall R. Haferkamp
PDF File Size: 740 KSeed-Source Differences in Initial Establishment for Big Sagebrush and Rubber Rabbitbrush
Susan E. Meyer, Stephen B. Monsen
PDF File Size: 900 KUsing Polymers to Enhance Shrub Transplant Survival and Seed Germination for Revegetation of Desert Lands
Garn A. Wallace, Arthur Wallace
PDF File Size: 275 KSection 4-Shrub Ecosystem Ecology and Physiology
Variability and Diversity Caused by Environmental Forces in the Vegetation at the Nevada Test Site
Arthur Wallace, Evan M. Romney, Richard B. Hunter
PDF File Size: 910 KShrub Rooting and Water Acquisition on Threatened Shallow Groundwater Habitats in the Owens Valley, California
David P. Groeneveld
PDF File Size: 1.9 MBShrub Rooting Characteristics and Water Acquisition on Xeric Sites in the Western Great Basin
Sara J. Manning, David P. Groeneveld
PDF File Size: 670 KEffect of Manipulating Soil Water and Nitrogen Regimes on Clipping Production and Water Relations of Creosote Bush
M. R. Sharifi, F. C. Meinzer, P. W. Rundel, E. T. Nilsen
PDF File Size: 525 KWater Relations and Transpiration of Native Vegetation in the Vicinity of Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Stanley D. Smith, Kevin Leary, Connie Herr, Sam Hokett
PDF File Size: 550 KChemical Changes in the Soil Induced by Fire in a Community Dominated by Shrub-Grass
Robert R. Blank, James A. Young
PDF File Size: 385 KShrub Communities of the Lahontan Sands
James A. Young, Robert R. Blank, Thomas Lugaski
PDF File Size: 340 KThe Fire Effects Information System: A Tool for Shrub Information Management
Anne F. Bradley
PDF File Size: 1.1 MBIndicator Value of Lichen Cover on Desert Shrubs
Roger Rosentreter
PDF File Size: 745 KSection 5-Shrub Quality and Development
Improvement of Chokecherry, Silver Buffaloberry, and Hawthorn for Conservation Use in the Northern Plains
Michael J. Knudson, Russell J. Haas, Dwight A. Tober, Dale C. Darris, Erling T. Jacobson
PDF File Size: 935 KEvaluation of Fourwing Saltbush as a Forage for Sheep and Angora Goats
D. N. Ueckert, J. L. Petersen, J. E. Huston, M. W. Wagner
PDF File Size: 580 KHerbicides to Aid Establishment of Fourwing Saltbush
Joseph L. Petersen, Darrell N. Ueckert, Matthew W. Wagner
PDF File Size: 575 KDiets of Sheep Grazing Forage Kochia and Winterfat Mixed Grass Pastures in Late Fall
Cyrus M. McKell, Robert M. Otsyina, John Malechek
PDF File Size: 580 KEffects of Browsing on Growth and Reproductive Output of Engordacabra in North-Central Mexico
A. Romero-Manzanares, E. Garcfa-Moya
PDF File Size: 890 KMultivariate Statistical Pattern Recognition of Curie-Point Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatographic Fingerprints From Rangeland Shrubs
D. N. Stevenson, R. V. Valcarce, G. G. Smith, B. A. Haws, E. D. McArthur, B. L. Welch, H. C. Stutz
PDF File Size: 965 KMicropropagation of Elite Biotypes of Fourwing Saltbush
Swati Tripathy, J. R. Goodin
PDF File Size: 580 KSection 6-Field Trips
Field Trip Report: Natural and Managed Recovery of Vegetation on Disturbed Areas at the Nevada Test Site
E. M. Romney, R. B. Hunter, A. Wallace
PDF File Size: 1 MBMojave Desert Field Trip
Stanley D. Smith, David J. M. Bradney
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Title: INT-GTR-276:
Proceedings-symposium on cheatgrass invasion, shrub die-off, and
other aspects of shrub biology and management; 1989 April 5-7;
Las Vegas, NV
Publish Date: May 22, 2012
Last Update: October
17, 2012