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Does Post-Fire Recovery of Native Grasses in Sagebrush Steppe Match Theoretical Predictions?

Does Post-Fire Recovery of Native Grasses in Sagebrush Steppe Match Theoretical Predictions?

Understanding the relationships between native bunchgrass species and invasive cheatgrass is critical for managing sagebrush steppe landscapes post...

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Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation and Soil Phosphatase Activity - Is There a Connection?

Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation and Soil Phosphatase Activity - Is There a Connection?

Symbiotic nitrogen-fixing trees often grow rapidly and can greatly increase carbon storage in forests, provided other essential nutrients such as...

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Experimental Manipulation of Soil-Surface Temperature Alters the Timing and Growth of Cheatgrass

Experimental Manipulation of Soil-Surface Temperature Alters the Timing and Growth of Cheatgrass

Climate change impacts are a concern for managing rangelands, and experiments designed to measure the responses of plants to temperature variation can...

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Vulnerability to Climate Change of Managed Stocks in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem

Vulnerability to Climate Change of Managed Stocks in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem

The effects of climate change are already being reported in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem, the nutrient-rich waters along the coast of...

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Building maps to help geothermal energy and greater sage-grouse coexist in Nevada’s sagebrush country

Building maps to help geothermal energy and greater sage-grouse coexist in Nevada’s sagebrush country

A U.S. Geological Survey study finds that geothermal energy development contributes to population declines of greater sage-grouse.  A new tool can...

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Identifying the Sources of Mercury in Water, Sediment, and Fish Downstream of a Historical Mining Site

Identifying the Sources of Mercury in Water, Sediment, and Fish Downstream of a Historical Mining Site

The aquatic ecosystems downstream of the former Black Butte Mine in Oregon are exposed to mercury contamination from historic mining activities, as...

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Short-Term Variability Does Not Impact the Efficacy of Dragonfly Larvae as Mercury Biosentinels

Short-Term Variability Does Not Impact the Efficacy of Dragonfly Larvae as Mercury Biosentinels

Measuring the amount of mercury in dragonfly larvae is one way scientists can determine how much contamination is in aquatic food webs.

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Land Treatment Exploration Tool Version 2 Launch

Land Treatment Exploration Tool Version 2 Launch

Four new features enhance the accessibility, utility, and efficiency of a tool developed to assist land mangers planning rangeland restoration and...

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Saline Lakes Stakeholder Workshop Meeting Materials

Saline Lakes Stakeholder Workshop Meeting Materials

In fall 2022, the Saline Lakes Team held three two-day virtual workshops to identify stakeholder science priorities for the Great Basin terminal lakes...

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Improving Collaboration Between Wildlife Ecologists and Conservation Practitioners

Improving Collaboration Between Wildlife Ecologists and Conservation Practitioners

Addressing ongoing biodiversity loss requires collaboration between scientists who conduct research related to conservation and practitioners working...

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Tree Symbioses Sustain Nitrogen Fixation Despite Excess Nitrogen Supply

Tree Symbioses Sustain Nitrogen Fixation Despite Excess Nitrogen Supply

Symbiotic nitrogen (N) fixation is a key ecological process in which bacteria in roots convert inert atmospheric N gas into forms of N that plants can...

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Optimizing Information Used to Guide Seed Selection for Rangeland Restoration

Optimizing Information Used to Guide Seed Selection for Rangeland Restoration

Seed transfer from distant areas is nearly always required for restoration of burned rangelands. Guidelines for selecting seeds are typically informed...

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