Relevant publications from Great Basin LCC staff

• Beever EA, Mattson BJ, Germino MJ, Post van der Burg M, Bradford JB, Brunson MW. 2014. Successes and Challenges from Formation to Implementation of Eleven Broad-Extent Conservation Programs. Conservation Biology. 28(2): 302-314.

• Brabec MM, Germino MJ, Richardson BA. 2016. Climate Adaption and Post-Fire Restoration of a Foundational Perennial in Cold Desert: Insights from intraspecific variation in response to weather. Journal of Applied Ecology. Doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12679.

• Brabec MM, Germino M, Richardson BA. 2017. Climate adaption and post-fire restoration of a foundational perennial in cold desert: Insights from intraspecific variation in response to weather. Journal of Applied Ecology. 54(1): 293-302.

• Brabec MM, Germino MJ, Shinneman DJ, Pilliod DS, McIlroy SK, Arkle RS. 2015. Challenges of establishing Big Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) in rangeland restoration: Effects of herbicide, mowing, whole-community seeding, and sagebrush seed sources. Rangeland Ecol Mgmt. (68)5: 432–435.

• Chambers JC, Bradley BA, D’Antonio C, Germino MJ, Grace J, Hardegree SP, Miller RF, Pyke DP. 2013. Resilience to Stress and Disturbance, and Resistance to Bromus tectorum L. Invasion in Cold Desert Shrublands of Western North America. Ecosystems. 17: 360-375.

• Chambers JC, Pyke DA, Maestas JD, Pellant M, Boyd CS, Campbell SB, Espinosa S, Havlina DW, Mayer KE, Wuenschel A. 2014. Using resistance and resilience concepts to reduce impacts of invasive annual grasses and altered fire regimes on the sagebrush ecosystem and greater sage-grouse: A strategic multi-scale approach. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-326. Fort Collins (CO): U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 73.

• Germino MJ. 2014. Plants in Alpine Environments. In: Monson R, ed. The Plant Sciences – Ecology and the Environment. Vol. 8. New York (NY): Springer. p. 327-362.

• Germino MJ, Belnap J, Stark JM, Allen EB, Rau BM. 2016. Ecosystem Impacts of Exotic Annual Invaders in the Genus Bromus. In: Germino MJ, Chambers JC, Brown CS, eds. Exotic Brome-Grasses in Arid and Semiarid Ecosystems of the Western US- Causes, Consequences, and Management Implications. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. p. 61-90.

• Germino MJ, Chambers JC, Brown CS. 2016. Introduction: Exotic Annual Bromus in the Western USA. In: Germino MJ, Chambers JC, Brown CS, eds. Exotic Brome-Grasses in Arid and Semiarid Ecosystems of the Western US- Causes, Consequences, and Management Implications. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. p. 1-7.

• Germino MJ, Chambers JC, Brown CS, eds. 2016. Exotic Brome-Grasses in Arid and Semiarid Ecosystems of the Western US- Causes, Consequences, and Management Implications. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. p. 475.

• Hanser SE, Deibert PA, Tull JC, Carr NB, Aldridge CL, Bargsten TC, Christiansen TJ, Coates PS, Crist MR, Doherty KE, Ellsworth EA, Foster LJ, Herren VA, Miller KH, Moser Ann, Naeve RM, Prentice KL, Remington TE, Ricca MA, Shinneman DJ, Truex RL, Wiechman LA, Wilson DC, Bowen ZH. 2018. Greater Sage-Grouse Science (2015–17)—Synthesis and potential management implications. U.S. Geological Survey. Open-File Report 2018–1017. p. 46. 

• Ielmini MR, Hopkins TE, Mayer KE, Goodwin K, Boyd C, Mealor B, Pellant M, Christiansen T. 2015. Invasive Plant Management and Greater Sage-grouse Conservation: A Review and Status Report with Strategic Recommendations for Improvement. Cheyenne (WY): Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. p. 47.

• Integrated Rangeland Fire Management Strategy Actionable Science Plan Team. 2016. The Integrated Rangeland Fire Management Strategy Actionable Science Plan: U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington D.C. 128 p.

• Sorensen PO, Germino MJ, Feris K. 2013. Microbial community responses to 17 years of altered precipitation are seasonally dependent and coupled to co-varying effects of water content on vegetation and soil carbon. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 64: 155-163.

• Wagenbrenner N, Germino M, Lamb B, Robichaud P, Foltz R. 2013. Wind erosion from a sagebrush steppe burned by wildfire: Measurements of PM10 and horizontal sediment flux. Aeolian Research. 10: 25-36.

• Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Fire and Invasives Initiative Team. 2016. 2015 Western Invasive Weed Summit Summary and Next Steps. p. 53.

Publications from Great Basin LCC funded projects

• Bachelet, D, Gough M, Sheehan T, Baker B, Ferschweiler K. 2017. Climate consoles: Pieces in the puzzle of climate change adaptation. Climate Services. 8: 36-43.

• Baughman OW. 2014. Will Local or Commercial Native Plants Succeed Where Exotic Invaders Fail? Cheatgrass Die-offs as an Opportunity for Restoration in the Great Basin, USA. University of Nevada, Reno. 66: 1559677.

• Baughman OW, Burton R, Williams M, Weisberg PJ, Dilts TE, Leger EA. 2017. Cheatgrass Die-Offs: A Unique Restoration Opportunity in Northern Nevada. Rangelands 39(6): 165-173.

• Baughman OW, Meyer SE, Aanderud ZA, Leger EA. 2016. Cheatgrass die-offs as an opportunity for restoration in the Great Basin, USA: Will local or commercial native plants succeed where exotic invaders fail? Journal of Arid Environments 124: 193-204.

• Beever EA, O'Leary J, Mengelt C, West JM, Julius S, Green N, Magness D, Petes L, Stein B, Nicotra AB, Hellmann JJ, Robertson AL, Staudinger MD, Rosenberg AA, Babij E, Brennan J, Schuurman GW and Hofmann GE. 2015. Improving Conservation Outcomes with a New Paradigm for Understanding Species’ Fundamental and Realized Adaptive Capacity. Conservation Letters: 1-7. doi: 10.1111/conl.12190.

• Beever EA, Perrine JD, Rickman T, Flores M, Clark JP, Waters C, Weber SS, Yardley B, Thoma D, Chesley-Preston T, Goehring KE, Magnuson M, Nordensten N, Nelson M, and Collins GH. 2016. Pika (Ochotona princeps) losses from two isolated regions reflect temperature and water balance, but reflect habitat area in a mainland region. Journal of Mammalogy: 1-17.

• Brabec MM, Germino M, Richardson BA. 2017. Climate adaption and post-fire restoration of a foundational perennial in cold desert: Insights from intraspecific variation in response to weather. Journal of Applied Ecology. 54(1): 293-302.

• Brabec MM, Germino MJ, Shinneman DJ, Pilliod DS, McIlroy SK, and Arkle RS. 2015. Challenges of Establishing Big Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) in Rangeland Restoration: Effects of Herbicide, Mowing, Whole-Community Seeding, and Sagebrush Seed Sources. Rangeland ecology and management, 68(5): 432-435.

• Brown T, Simeral D, Morton C, McEvoy D, Redmond K, McCurdy G. 2016. An Assessment of Climate Monitoring for Land Management Applications in the Great Basin. Reno, NV: Desert Research Institute.

• Carroll, RWH, Huntington, JL, Snyder, KA, Niswonger, RG, Morton, C, Stringham, TK. 2016. Evaluating mountain meadow groundwater response to Pinyon-Juniper and temperature in a great basin watershed. Ecohydrol. 10(1792): doi:10.1002/eco.1792.

• Chambers JC, Beck JL, Bradford JB, Bybee J, Campbell S, Carlson J, Christiansen TJ, Clause KJ, Collins G, Crist MR, Dinkins JB, Doherty KE, Edwards F, Espinosa S, Griffin KA, Griffin P, Haas JR, Hanser SE, Havlina DW, Henke KF, Hennig JD, Joyce LA, Kilkenny FM, Kulpa SM, Kurth LL, Maestas JD, Manning M, Mayer KE, Mealor BA, McCarthy C, Pellant M, Perea MA, Prentice KL, Pyke DA, Wiechman LA, Wuenschel A. 2017. Science framework for conservation and restoration of the sagebrush biome: Linking the Department of the Interior’s Integrated Rangeland Fire Management Strategy to long-term strategic conservation actions. Part 1. Science basis and applications. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-360. Fort Collins, CO: U.S Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

• Chambers JC, Beck JL, Campbell S, Carlson J, Christiansen TJ, Clause KJ, Dinkins JB, Doherty KE, Griffin KA, Havlina DW, Henke KF, Hennig JD, Kurth LL, Maestas JD, Manning M, Mayer KE, Mealor BA, McCarthy C, Perea MA, Pyke DA. 2016. Using resilience and resistance concepts to manage threats to sagebrush ecosystems, Gunnison sage-grouse, and Greater sage-grouse in their eastern range: A strategic multi-scale approach. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-356. Fort Collins (CO): U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 143.

• Huntington J, Mcgwire K, Morton C, Snyder K, Peterson S, Erickson T, Niswonger R, Carroll R, Smith G, Allen R. 2016. Assessing the role of climate and resource management on groundwater dependent ecosystem changes in arid environments with the Landsat archive. Remote Sensing of Environment 185: 186-197.

• Larrucea ES, Robinson, ML, Rippert JS, Matocq MD. 2018. Genetically distinct populations of the pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis) in the Mono Basin of California. Journal of Mammalogy. p. 1 – 8. DOI:10.1093/jmammal/gyx187

• Mathewson PD, Moyer-Horner L, Beever EA, Briscoe NJ, Kearney M, Yahn JM, Porter WP. 2016. Mechanistic variables can enhance predictive models of endotherm distributions: the American pika under current, past, and future climates. Glob Change Biol. doi:10.1111/gcb.13454.

• Nicotra AB, Beever EA, Robertson AL, Hofmann GE, O'Leary J. 2015. Assessing the components of adaptive capacity to improve conservation and management efforts under global change. Conservation Biology. 28(2): 302-314.

• Paprocki N, Glenn NF, Atkinson EC, Strickler KM, Watson C, Heath JA. 2015. Changing Habitat Use Associated With Distributional Shifts of Wintering Raptors. Journal Of Wildlife Management 79: 402–412.

• Paprocki N, Heath JA, Novak SJ. 2014. Regional Distribution Shifts Help Explain Local Changes in Wintering Raptor Abundance: Implications for Interpreting Population Trends. PLoS ONE 9(1): e86814.

• Renwick KM, Curtis C, Kleinhesselink AR, Schlaepfer D, Bradley BA, Aldridge CL, Poulter B, Adler PB. 2018. Multi-model comparison highlights consistency in predicted effect of warming on a semi-arid shrub. Glob Change Biol. 24:424–438.

• Richardson BA, Kitchen SG, Pendleton RL, Pendleton RK, Germino MJ, Rehfeldt GE, Meyer SE. 2014. Adaptive responses reveal contemporary and future ecotypes in a desert shrub. Ecological Applications. 24: 413–427.

• Richardson BA, Ortiz HG, Carlson SL, Jaeger DM, Shaw NL. 2015. Genetic and Environmental Effects on Seed Weight in Subspecies of Big Sagebrush: Applications for restoration. Ecosphere 6(10): 201. Doi:10.1890/ES15-00249.1

• Sada DW, Lutz AD. 2016. Environmental Characteristics of Great Basin and Mojave Desert Spring Systems. Desert Research Institute, Reno NV.

• Shinneman DJ, Baker WL, Rogers PC, Kulakowski D. 2013. Fire regimes of quaking aspen in the Mountain West. Forest Ecology and Management 299: 22-34.

• Snyder KA, Wehan BL, Filippa G, Huntington JL, Stringham TK, Snyder DK. 2016. Extracting Plant Phenology Metrics in a Great Basin Watershed: Methods and Considerations for Quantifying Phenophases in a Cold Desert. Sensors 16(11), p.1948.

• Still SM, Richardson BA. 2015. Projections of contemporary and future climate niche for Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentate subsp. wyomingensis): A guide for restoration. 2015. Natural Areas Journal 35(1): 30-38.

• Wall T, Garfin G, Brugger J, Hartmann H, Brown T. 2015. Scenario Planning in the Great Basin Region: Considering Climate Change Impacts and Management Strategies for the Future. Reno, NV: Desert Research Institute.

• Warren DR, Dunham JB, Hockman-Wert DP. 2014. Geographic variability in elevation and topographic constraints on the distribution of native and nonnative trout in the Great Basin. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society143 (1): 2.

• Weisberg PJ, Dilts TE, Baughman OW, Meyer SE, Leger EA, Van Gunst KJ, Cleeves L. 2017. Development of remote sensing indicators for mapping episodic die-off of an invasive annual grass (Bromus tectorum) from the Landsat archive. Ecological Indicators 79: 173-181.

• Yang J, Weisberg PJ, Shinneman DJ, Dilts TE, Earnst SL, Scheller RM. 2015. Fire modulates climate change response of simulated aspen distribution across topoclimatic gradients in a semi-arid montane landscape. Landscape Ecology 30(6): 1055-1073.