Fire Patterns in the Range of the Greater Sage-Grouse, 1984-2013-Implications for Conservation and Management
Fire ranks among the top three threats to the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) throughout its range, and among the top two threats in the western part of its range. The national research strategy for this species and the recent U.S. Department of the Interior Secretarial Order 3336 call for science-based threats assessment of fire to inform conservation planning and fire management efforts. The cornerstone of such assessments is a clear understanding of where fires are occurring and what aspects of fire regimes may be shifting outside of their historical range of variation.
Analyses are stratified by major vegetation types and the seven greater sage-grouse management zones, delineated regionally as four western and three eastern management zones. Soil temperature and moisture indicators of resilience to fire and resistance to cheatgrass invasion, and the potential for establishment of a grass/fire cycle, are used as unifying concepts in developing fire threat assessments for each analysis strata.
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Title | Fire Patterns in the Range of the Greater Sage-Grouse, 1984-2013-Implications for Conservation and Management |
| DOI | 10.5066/F76971N5 |
| Authors | Matthew L Brooks, John R Matchett |
| Product Type | Data Release |
| Record Source | USGS Digital Object Identifier Catalog |
| USGS Organization | Western Ecological Research Center - Headquarters |
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Fire patterns in the range of the greater sage-grouse, 1984-2013 - Implications for conservation and management
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