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Functional group cover and treatment data for 13 sites in the Great Basin with reburn history Functional group cover and treatment data for 13 sites in the Great Basin with reburn history
Land management treatments in sagebrush steppe are an important opportunity to break the annual-grass fire cycle, provided they offer long-lasting resistance to annual-grass invasion and do not burn. However, for BLM areas seeded as part of the Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation (ESR) program, one of the largest programs for land management treatments, about 1/4 have at least...
Plant cover data collected on roadsides treated with herbicide and bioherbicide in SW Idaho Plant cover data collected on roadsides treated with herbicide and bioherbicide in SW Idaho
The exotic grass-fire cycle is degrading semiarid rangelands, such as the vast areas of shrub-steppe in North America now invaded by fire-promoting cheatgrass. Chemical- or bio-herbicides are sprayed onto soils to inhibit the invaders, but information on chemical- or bio-herbicide effects on plant communities is limited. We asked how the plant community responded to the bioherbicide...
Plant cover, density, and growth measurements from burned and unburned plots treated with indaziflam four years after the Soda fire Plant cover, density, and growth measurements from burned and unburned plots treated with indaziflam four years after the Soda fire
Protection of intact habitat from the spread of invasive plants is a global priority, especially where the invaders alter wildfire occurrence. Invasion of perennial sagebrush-steppe ecosystems by cheatgrass and other fire-promoting exotic annual grasses (EAGs) is one of the most notorious examples of this problem. Protection and expansion of the remaining intact "core" habitat sagebrush...
Models of Future Suitable Habitat for Joshua Trees (Yucca brevifolia, Yucca jaegeriana) in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts Based on High Resolution Distribution Data Models of Future Suitable Habitat for Joshua Trees (Yucca brevifolia, Yucca jaegeriana) in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts Based on High Resolution Distribution Data
Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia, Y. jaegeriana) are iconic, foundational species of the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts in North America. Due to their ecosystem importance, long generation times, and low resilience to disturbance, these hybridizing sister species are increasingly the focus of conservation efforts. Predicting Joshua tree responses to future climate, along with the extent of...
USGS NWHC Diagnostic Case Data to retrospectively evaluate NWHC’s diagnosis likelihoods for different kinds of cases collected in the United States submitted to the NWHC from January 1st, 2000 to December 31st, 202 USGS NWHC Diagnostic Case Data to retrospectively evaluate NWHC’s diagnosis likelihoods for different kinds of cases collected in the United States submitted to the NWHC from January 1st, 2000 to December 31st, 202
Diagnostic case-level data recorded by the USGS National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC) in their Laboratory Information Management system (LIMs) and wildlife health information sharing partnership event reporting system (WHISPers). The LIMs database tracks carcass and tissue submissions to the NWHC laboratories, test results, and ultimate cause of death as determined through forensic...
Intertidal biofilm remote sensing paired spectra-biofilm training and validation data, South San Francisco Bay Intertidal biofilm remote sensing paired spectra-biofilm training and validation data, South San Francisco Bay
Intertidal microbial biofilms, or microphytobenthos, support estuarine biogeochemical cycling, the physical stability of mudflats, and food webs, particularly those of migratory shorebirds. Photosynthetic biofilms dominated by diatoms, cyanobacteria and chlorophytes represent a significant fraction of biofilm biomass and contain pigments that can be detected with remote sensing. These...