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Bibliography: Cheatgrass Invasion

Blumenthal et al. 2006. Long-term effects of tebuthiuron on Bromus tectorum. Western North American Naturalist 66:420-425. Available here.

Bradley, B.A., R.A. Houghton, J.F. Mustard and S.P. Hamburg. 2006. Invasive grass reduces aboveground carbon stocks in shrublands of the Western US. Global Change Biology 12: 1815-1822. Available here.

Bradley, B.A. 2009. Regional analysis of the impacts of climate change on cheatgrass invasion shows potential risk and opportunity. Global Change Biology 15: 196-208. Available here.

Bradley, B.A. and J.F. Mustard. 2004. Identifying land cover variability distinct from land cover change: Cheatgrass in the Great Basin. Remote Sensing of Environment 94(2): 204-213. Available here.

Bradley, B.A. and J.F. Mustard. 2006. Characterizing the landscape dynamics of an invasive plant and risk of invasion using remote sensing. Ecological Applications 16(3): 1132-1147. Available here.

Bradley, B.A., M. Oppenheimer, D.S. Wilcove. 2009. Climate change and plant invasions: restoration opportunities ahead? Global Change Biology 15: 1511-1521. Available here.

Bradley, B.A. and D.S. Wilcove, 2009. When Invasive Plants Disappear: Transformative Restoration Possibilities in the Western United States Resulting from Climate Change. Restoration Ecology 17(5):715-721. Available here.

Chambers, J.C., B.A. Roundy, R.R. Blank, S.E. Meyer, and A Whittaker. 2007. What makes Great Basin Sagebrush ecosystems invasible by Bromus tectorum? Ecological Monographs 77(1):117-145. Available here.

Cox, R.D. and V.J. Anderson. 2004. Increasing native diversity of cheatgrass-dominated rangeland through assisted succession. Journal of Range Management 57(2)203-210. Available here.

Davies, K.W., T.J. Svejcar and J.D. Bates. 2009. Interaction of historical and nonhistorical disturbances maintains native plant communities. Ecological Applications 19(6):1536-1545. Available here.

Evans, R.A. and J.A. Young. 1977. Weed control-revegetation systems for big sagebrush-downy brome rangelands. Journal of Range Management 30(5):331-336. Available here.

Link, S.O., C.W. Keeler, R.W. Hill, and E. Hagen. 2006. Bromus tectorum cover mapping and fire risk. International Journal of Wildland Fire 15(1):113-119. Available here.

Melgoza, G. and R.S. Nowak. 1991. Competition between cheatgrass and two native species after fire: implications from observations and measurements of root distribution. Journal of Range Management 44(1):27-33. Available here.

Menakis, J.P., D. Osborne, and M. Miller. 2003. Mapping the cheatgrass-caused departure from historical natural fire regimes in the Great Basin, USA. USDA Forest Service Proceedings RMRS-P-29. Available here.

Morris, C. and E.W. Schupp. 2009. Comparison of Emergence Speed and Sterility in Two Sterile Annual Hybrid Cereal Grasses Developed for Use in Restoration. Restoration Ecology 17(5):678-684. Available here.

Pellant, M. 1994. History and applications of the Intermountain greenstripping program. INT-GTR-313, p. 63-68. USDA Forest Service Intermountain Research Station. Available here.

Pyke, D.A. and S.T. Knick. 2003. Plant Invaders, Global Change and Landscape Restoration. Pages 278-288 in Allsopp, N., A.R. Palmer, S.J. Milton, K.P. Kirkman, G.I.H. Kerley, C.R. Hurt, C.J. Brown, Editors. Proceedings: VIIth International Rangelands Congress, July 26-August 1, 2003, Durban, South Africa.

Rinella, M.J., B.D. Maxwell, P.K. Fay, T. Weaver and R.L. Sheley. 2009. Control effort exacerbates invasive-species problem. Ecological Applications 19(1): 155-162. Available here.

Roundy, B.A., Hardegree, S.P., Chambers, J.C., and Whittaker, A. 2007. Prediction of cheatgrass field germination potential using wet thermal accumulation. Rangeland Ecology and Management 60(6): 613–623. Available here.

Rowe, H.I., C.S. Brown and M.W. Paschke. 2009. The Influence of Soil Inoculum and Nitrogen Availability on Restoration of High-Elevation Steppe Communities Invaded by Bromus tectorum. Restoration Ecology 17(5):686-694. Available here.

Vasquez, E., R. Sheley and T. Svejcar. 2008. Creating Invasion Resistant Soils via Nitrogen Management. Invasive Plant Science and Management 2008(3):304-314. Available here.

Vasquez, E., R. Sheley and T. Svejcar. 2008. Nitrogen Enhances the Competitive Ability of Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) Relative to Native Grass. Invasive Plant Science and Management 2008(1):287-295. Available here.

Yensen, D.L. 1981. The 1900 invasion of alien plants into southern Idaho. Great Basin Naturalist 41:176-183. Available here.

Young, J.A. and B.A. Sparks. 1985. Cattle in the cold desert. Utah State University Press, Logan, Utah.

Young, J.A. and F.L. Allen. 1997. Cheatgrass and range science: 1930-1950. Journal of Range Management 50(5):530-535. Available here.

Ypsilantis, W.G. 2003. Risk of Cheatgrass Invasion After Fire in Selected Sagebrush Community Types. Bureau of Land Management Resource Notes No. 63. Available here.