Bibliography: Pinyon & Juniper Woodlands

Bates, J.D., R.F. Miller and T.J. Svejcar. 2000. Understory dynamics in cut and uncut western juniper woodlands. Journal of Range Management 53(1):119-126. Full text available at http://jrm.library.arizona.edu/jrm/.

Bates, J.D., R.F. Miller, and T. Svejcar. 2005. Long-term Successional Trends Following Western Juniper Cutting. Rangeland Ecology and Management 58:533-541. Full text available here.

Bates, J.D., T.J. Svejcar, and R.F. Miller. 2002. Effects of juniper cutting on nitrogen mineralization. Journal of Arid Environments 51:221-234. Full text available here.

Belsky, A.J. 1996. Viewpoint: Western juniper expansion: Is it a threat to arid northwestern ecosystems? Journal of Range Management 49(1):53-59. Full text available here.

Betancourt, J.L. 1987. Paleoecology of pinyon-juniper woodlands: summary. Pages 129-139 in R.L. Everett, compiler. Proceedings: Pinyon-Juniper Conference. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report INT-215.

Brown, J.K. 1974. Handbook for inventorying downed woody material. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, Ogden, UT. General Technical Report INT-16. 48p. Full text available here.

Chambers, J. C., E. W. Schupp, and S. B. Vander Wall. 1999. Seed dispersal and seedling establishment of pinyon and juniper species within the pinyon-juniper woodland. Pages 29-34. In S. B. Monson, R. Stevens, R. J. Tausch, R. Miller, and S. Goodrich. Proceedings: Ecology and Management of Pinyon-Juniper Communities within the Interior West. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, General Technical Report, RMRS-P-9.

Cole, K.L., J. Fisher, S.T. Arundel, J. Cannella, and S. Swift. 2007. Geographical and climatic limits of needle types of one- and two- needled pinyon pines. Journal of Biogeography. Full text avaialble here.

Davenport, D.W., D.D. Breshears, B.P. Wilcox, and C.D. Allen. 1998. Viewpoint: sustainability of pinon-juniper woodlands: a unifying perspective of soil erosion thresholds. Journal of Range Management 51(2):231-240. Full text available at http://jrm.library.arizona.edu/jrm/.

Hood, S.M. and M. Miller, editors. 2007. Fire Ecology and Management of the Major Ecosystems of Southern Utah. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-202. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 110p. Full text available here.

Horman, C.S. and V.J. Anderson. 2003. Understory species response to Utah juniper litter. Journal of Range Management 56(1)68-71. Full text available at http://jrm.library.arizona.edu/jrm/.

Johnsen, Jr., T.N. and R.S. Dalen. 1990. Managing individual juniper and pinyon infestations with pelleted tebuthiuron or picloram. Journal of Range Management 43(3):249-252. Full text available at http://jrm.library.arizona.edu/jrm/.

Johnson, D.D., and R.F. Miller. 2005. Structure and development of expanding western juniper woodlands as influenced by two topographic variables. Forest Ecology and Management 229:7-15. Full text available here.

Johnson, D.D. and R.F. Miller. 2008. Intermountain Presettlement Juniper: Distribution, Abundance, and Influence on Postsettlement Expansion. Rangeland Ecology and Manaement 61(1):82-92. Full text avaliable here.

Miller, R.F. and J.A. Rose. 1995. Historic expansion of Juniperus occidentalis (western juniper) in southeastern Oregon. Great Basin Naturalist 55(1):37-45. Full text available here.

Miller, R.F. and J.A. Rose. 1999. Fire history and western juniper encroachment in sagebrush steppe. Journal of Range Management 52:550-559. Full text available here.

Miller, R.F., J.D. Bates, T.J. Svejcar, F.B. Pierson, and L.E. Eddleman. 2005. Biology, Ecology, and Management of Western Juniper. Oregon State University, Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin 152. Full text available at http://eesc.orst.edu/agcomwebfile/edmat/html/tb/tb152/tb152.html.

Miller, R.F. and P.E. Wigand. 1994. Holocene Changes in Semiarid Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands: Response to climate, fire, and human activities in the US Great Basin. 1994. BioScience 44(7):465-474. Full text available here.

Miller, R.F. and R.J. Tausch. 2002. The role of fire in juniper and pinyon woodlands: a descriptive analysis. Proceedings: The First National Congress on Fire, Ecology, Prevention, and Management. San Diego, CA, Nov. 27 - Dec. 1, 2000. Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL.

Miller, R.F., R. Tausch, and W. Waichler. 1999. Old-growth juniper and pinyon woodlands. Pages 375-384 in S.B. Monsen and R. Stevens, compilers. Proceedings: ecology and management of pinyon-juniper communities within the interior west. USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station Proceedings RMRS-P-9.

Miller, R.F., R.J. Tausch, E.D. McArthur, D.D. Johnson, and S.C. Sanderson. 2008. Age structure and expansion of pinon-juniper woodlands: a regional perspective in the Intermountain West. Res. Pap. RMRS-RP-69. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 15 p. Full text available here.

Miller, R.F., T.J. Svejcar, and J.A. Rose. 2000. Impacts of western juniper on plant community composition and structure. Journal of Range Management 53:574-585. Full text available here.

Nowak, R.S., D.J. Moore and R.J. Tausch. 1999. Ecophysiological patterns of pinyon and juniper. In: Monsen, S.B., R. Stevens, R.J. Tausch, R. Miller, S. Goodrich. 1999. Proceedings: Ecology and management of pinyon-juniper communities within the interior west. Sept. 15-18, 1997, Provo, UT. Proceedings RMRS-P-9, Ogden, Ut: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 35-46.

Pierson, F.B., J.D. Bates, T.J. Svejcar, and S.P. Hardegree. 2007. Runoff and erosion after cutting western juniper. Rangeland Ecology and Management 60:285-292. Full text available here.

Roundy, B.A. and J.L. Vernon. 1999. Watershed values and conditions associated with pinyon-juniper communities. Pages 172-187. In Proceedings: Ecology and management of pinyon-juniper communities in the Interior West. Monsen, S.B. and R. Stevens, compilers. USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, RMRS-P-9, Ogden, Utah.

Schupp, E. W., J. C. Chambers, S. Vander Wall, J. M. Gomez, and M. Fuentes. 1999. Pinon and juniper seed dispersal and seedling recruitment processes at woodland ecotones. In E. D. McArthur, W. K. Ostler, and C. L. Wamboldt, compilers. Proceedings: Shrubland Ecotones, August 12-14, 1998, Provo, UT. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, RMRS-P-11.

Soule, P.T. and P.A. Knapp. Western juniper expansion on adjacent disturbed and near-relict sites. Journal of Range Management 52(5)525-533. Full text available at http://jrm.library.arizona.edu/jrm/.

Tausch, R.J. 1999. Transitions and thresholds: influences and implications for management in pinyon and Utah juniper woodlands. In: Monsen, S.B., R. Stevens, R.J. Tausch, R. Miller, S. Goodrich. 1999. Proceedings: ecology and management of pinyon-juniper communities within the interior west. 1997 Sept. 15-18, Provo, UT. Proceedings RMRS-P-9, Ogden, Ut: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 361-365.

Tausch, R. J. 1999. Historic pinyon and juniper woodland development. Pages 12-19. in S. B.Monson and R. Stevens, comp. Proceedings: Ecology and Management of Pinyon-Juniper Communities within the Interior West. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO. RMRS-P-9.

Tausch, R.J., and N.E. West. 1995. Plant species composition patterns with differences in tree dominance on a southwestern Utah pinyon-juniper site. In: Shaw, D.W, E.F. Aldon, C. LoSapio, Coords. Desired future conditions for pinyon-juniper ecosystems; 1994 August 8-12; Flagstaff, AZ. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-258. Fort Collins, CO; Usda Forest Service Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 16-23.

Tausch, R.J., N.E. West and A.A. Nabi. 1981. Tree age and dominance patterns in Great Basin pinyon-juniper woodlands. Journal of Range Management 34(4)259-264. Full text available at http://jrm.library.arizona.edu/jrm/.

Tausch, R.J. and P.T. Tueller. 1990. Foliage biomass and cover relationships between tree- and shrub-dominated communities in pinyon-juniper woodlands. Great Basin Naturalist 50:121-134. Full text available at http://www.ag.unr.edu/gbem/Publications/tausch_90_ GBN_Foliage_biomass_cover_relationships_P_J_woodlands.pdf .

Tausch, R.J. and P.T. Tueller. 1977. Plant succession following chaining of pinyon-juniper woodlands in eastern Nevada. Journal of Range Management 30(1):44-49. Full text available at http://jrm.library.arizona.edu/data/1977/301/10taus.pdf.

Tausch, R.J. and R. S. Nowak. 1999. Fifty years of ecotone change between shrub and tree dominance in the Jack Springs pinyon research natural area. In: McArthur, E. D., Ostler, W.K., Wamboldt, C.L. Comps. 1999. Proceedings: Shrubland Ecotones. 1998 August 12-14, Ephraim, UT. Proceedings RMRS-P-11 pp. 71-77.

West, N.E. and N. Van Pelt. 1986. Successional patterns in pinyon-juniper woodlands. Pages 43-52 in Proceedings, Pinyon-Juniper Conference, USDA Forest Service Intermountain Research Station General Technical Report INT-58.

West, N.E., R.J. Tausch, K.H. Rea and P.T. Tueller. 1998. A management-oriented classification of pinyon-juniper woodlands of the Great Basin. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-12.

West, N.E., R.J. Tausch, K.H. Rea and P.T. Tueller. 1978. Taxonomic determination, distribution, and ecological indicator values of sagebrush within pinyon-juniper woodlands of the Great Basin. Journal of Range Management 31(2):87-91. Full text available at http://jrm.library.arizona.edu/jrm/

Waichler, W.S., R.F. Miller and P.S. Doescher. 2001. Community characteristics of old-growth western juniper woodlands. Journal of Range Management 54(5):518-527. Full text available at http://jrm.library.arizona.edu/jrm/.

Weisberg, P.J., D. Ko, C. Py, and J.M. Bauer. 2008. Modeling fire and landform influences on the distribution of old-growth pinyon-juniper. Landscape Ecology, published online July 31, 2008. Available here.

Van Pelt, N.S. and N.E. West. 1993. Interactions of pinyon and juniper trees with tebuthiuron applications at 2 matched reinvaded sites in Utah. Journal of Range Management 46(1)76-81. Full text available at http://jrm.library.arizona.edu/jrm/.

Yorks, T.P., N.E. West, and K.M. Capels. 1994. Changes in pinyon-juniper woodlands in western Utah's Pine Valley between 1930-1989. Journal of Range Management 47(5)359-365. Full text available at http://jrm.library.arizona.edu/jrm/.

Young, J.A. and R.A. Evans. 1981. Demography and fire history of a western juniper stand. Journal of Range Management 34(6)501-505. Full text available at http://jrm.library.arizona.edu/jrm/

Zlotin, R.I. and R.R. Parmenter. 2008. Patterns of mast production in pinyon and juniper woodlands along a precipitation gradient in central New Mexico (Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge). Journal of Arid Environments 72: 1562-1572. Full text available here.

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