Bibliography: Wildlife in Sagebrush Ecosystems

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Reinkensmeyer, D.P., R.F. Miller, R.G. Anthony, V.E. Marr and C.M. Duncan. 2008. Winter and early spring bird communities in grasslands, shrubsteppe, and juniper woodlands in central Oregon. Western North American Naturalist 68(1): 25-35. Full text available here.

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Wisdom, M.J., B.C. Wales, M.M. Rowland, M.G. Raphael, R.S. Holthausen, T.D.Rich, and V.A. Saab. 2002. Performance of Greater Sage-Grouse models for conservation assessment in the interior Columbia Basin, USA. Conservation Biology 16:1232-1242.

Wisdom, M.J., M.M. Rowland, B.C. Wales, M.A. Hemstrom, W.J. Hann, M.G. Raphael, R.S. Holthausen, R.A. Gravenmier, and T.D. Rich. 2002. Modeled effects of sagebrush-steppe restoration on Greater Sage-Grouse in the interior Columbia Basin, USA. Conservation Biology 16:1223-1231.

Wisdom, M.J., M.M. Rowland, and L.H. Suring, editors. 2005. Habitat Threats in the Sagebrush Ecosystem: Methods of Regional Assessment and Applications in the Great Basin. Alliance Communications Group. This book may be ordered at http://sagebrush.acgpublishing.com.

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