Figure 3 in Modeling the potential habitat gained from planting sagebrush in burned landscapes

Figure 1. Modeled recovery of landscape-level habitat for Greater sage-grouse using linked post-fire vegetation transition and habitat selection models. Recovery reflects habitat suitability within a simulated burn perimeter (red) and sagebrush transplant locations (circles) over pre-fire (where time since fire [TSF] was 0 years), post-fire (TSF 1), the recovery of herbaceous vegetation (TSF 2), and the recovery of critical spring breeding habitat (TSF 15). Top panel: Multi-year planting effort (1.5 million plants), with planting locations targeted to occur in breeding habitat, using fewer, larger patches (71 ha), a high density of plants (235 plants / 30-m pixel), and assuming 30% transplant survival. Bottom panel: Single-year planting effort (350,000 plants), with no targeting of planting occurrence in sage-grouse habitat, multiple small patches (9 ha), a high density of plants, and assuming 30% survival. TSF 0 to 15 displays the habitat and suitability gained over 15 years. TSF 2 to 15 indicates habitat recovery due to sagebrush transplants and other slower-returning vegetation including sagebrush. (Figure 3 in Modeling the potential habitat gained from planting sagebrush in burned landscapes). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).