SageSTEP Scientific Publications
Following is a complete list of scientific publications that have been published as part of SageSTEP. Publications are categorized by topic.
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Economics
GIS/Remote Sensing
Hydrology
Other
SageSTEP General
Sociopolitical
Soils
Vegetation and Fuels
Wildlife
Economics
Evans, M.D.R. and K. Rollins. 2008. Rangeland Fires and Cheatgrass: Values at Risk and Support for Preservation. Western Rural Development Center Rural Connections. Spring 2008, Vol. 2, Issue 3.Pp. 7-8. Available here.
Maher, A. 2007. The Economic Impacts of Sagebrush Steppe Wildfires on an Eastern Oregon Ranch. M.S. Thesis, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. Available here.
Rollins, K., A. Castledine, S. Swanson, M. Evans, K. McAdoo, B. Schultz, M. Havercamp and R. Wilson. 2007. The 2005 Nevada Rangeland Vegetation Survey General Public Questionnaire and Survey of Responses. University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Special Publication 07-11. Available here.
GIS/Remote Sensing
Hydrology
Cline, N. 2008. First-year hydrologic response to mechanical mastication in juniper woodlands. M.S. Thesis, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. Available here.
Pierson, F.B., Kormos, P.R., and Williams, C.J. 2008. Hydrologic and erosional impacts of pinyon and juniper encroachment into sagebrush steppe communities of the Great Basin, USA. In: 15th International Congress of ISCO Proceedings Volume, 18-23 May 2008, Budapest. Geographical Research Institute, Hungary, CD-ROM. Available here.
Other
Scherpenisse, D.S. 2009. Mycorrhizae in sagebrush-steppe community restoration: mycorrhizal dependency of invasive and native grasses with intraspecific and interspecific competition. M.S. Thesis, Utah State University, Logan, Utah. Available here.
SageSTEP General
McIver, J., H. Barrett, M. Brunson, S. Bunting, J. Chambers, C. D'Antonio, P. Doescher, S. Karl, S. Knick, R. Miller, M. Pellant, F. Pierson, D. Pyke, K. Rollins, B. Roundy, G. Schupp, R. Tausch, D. Turner, and M. Wisdom. A Regional Experiment to Evaluate Effects of Fire and Fire Surrogate Treatments in the Sagebrush Biome. February 16, 2005. Available here.
Olsen, S. 2008. Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation Project (SageSTEP): Restoration Research with Practical Applications. Western Rural Development Center Rural Connections. Spring 2008, Vol. 2, Issue 3. P. 9. Available here.
Restoring Sagebrush Rangelands in the Great Basin: An Introduction to Alternative Land Management Strategies. DVD. Utah State University and the Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation Project (SageSTEP), 2008. More information available here.
SageSTEP poster (PDF format, 2.53MB, updated Feb 08)
Sociopolitical
Brunson, M. 2008. Gauging the Acceptability of Fuels Management: A Matter of Trust. Western Rural Development Center Rural Connections. Spring 2008, Vol. 2, Issue 3. Pp. 2-4. Available here.
Shindler, B., R. Gordon, and M. Brunson. 2007. Public Priorities for Rangeland Management: A Regional Survey of Citizens in the Great Basin. SageSTEP Independent Publication. Available here.
Soils
Rau, B.M., Blank, R.R., Chambers, J.C., and D.W. Johnson. 2007. Prescribed fire in a Great Basin sagebrush ecosystem: dynamics of soil extractable nitrogen and phosphorus. Journal of Arid Environments 71:362-375. Available here.
Rau, B.M., Chambers, J.C., Blank, R.R., and D.W. Johnson. 2008. Prescribed fire, soil, and plants: Burn effects and interactions in the central Great Basin. Rangeland Ecology and Management. 61:169-181. Available here.
Rau, B.M., R.R. Blank, and T. Morgan. 2008. Microsite and time since prescribed fire’s influence on soil microbiology in a Pinyon woodland. In: Kitchen, Stanley G.; Pendleton, Rosemary L.; Monaco, Thomas A.; Vernon, Jason, comps. 2008. Proceedings - Shrublands under fire: disturbance and recovery in a changing world; 2006 June 6-8; Cedar City, UT. Proceedings RMRS-P-X. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 175-178. Available here.
Vegetation and Fuels
Duncan, C.M. 2008. Seed Bank Response to Juniper Expansion in the Semi-arid Lands of Oregon, USA. M.S. Thesis, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. Available here.
Miller, R.F., J.D. Bates, T.J. Svejcar, F.B. Pierson, and L.E. Eddleman. 2008. Western Juniper Field Guide: Asking the Right Questions to Select Appropriate Management Actions: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1321, 61p. More information available here.
Stebleton, A. and S. Bunting. 2009. Guide for Quantifying Fuels in the Sagebrush Steppe and Juniper Woodlands of the Great Basin. Technical Note 430. Bureau of Land Management, Denver, CO, BLM/ID/PT-09/002+2824 81p. More information available here.
Tausch, R.J., R.F. Miller, B.A. Roundy and J.C. Chambers. 2009. Piñon and Juniper Field Guide: Asking the Right Questions to Select Appropriate Management Actions. U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1335, 96p. More information available here.