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2007: return to top

Allcock, K, R. Nowak, B. Blank, T. Jones, T. Monaco, J. Chambers, R. Tausch, P. Doescher, J. Tanaka, D. Ogle, L. St. John, M. Pellant, D. Pyke, E. Schupp, and C. Call. 2007. Integrating weed management and restoration on western rangelands. Restoration Ecology. In Press.

Blank, R. S., J. C. Chambers, B. A. Roundy, S. E. Meyer, and A. Whittaker. 2007.  Nutrient availability in rangeland soils: influence of prescribed, burning, herbaceous vegetaion removal, over-seeding with Bromus tectorum, season, and elevation. In Press

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. 77:117-145

Mont Blanc, E., J. C. Chambers, and P. Brussard. 2007. The effect of fire and tree density on ant populations in pinyon-juniper dominated watersheds.  Western North American Naturalist. In Press.

Tausch, Robin J., and Sharon Hood. 2007. Pinyon/juniper woodlands. Chap. 4. In: Fire Ecology and Management of the Major Ecosystems of Southern Utah. M. Miller and S. Hood (eds.). Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO. General Technical Report. In Press.

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Dhaemers, Jessica. 2006. Vegetation Response to Prescribed Fire in Pinyon and Juniper Dominated Ecosystems of Central Nevada. University of Nevada, Reno. Master's Thesis.

D’Antonio, C. and J. C. Chambers. 2006. Using ecological theory to manage or restore ecosystems affected by invasive plant species. Pages 260-279. In D. Falk, M. Palmer, and J. Zedler (eds). Foundations of Restoration Ecology. Island Press, Covelo, CA.

Nowak, R. S. et al. 2006. Final technical report. Integrated restoration strategies towards weed control on Western rangelands.  CREES Agreement No. 2001-52103-11322. December 14, 2006.

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Beaver, E. A., D. A. Pyke, J. C. Chambers, F. Landau, and S. D. Smith. 2005. Monitoring temporal change in riparian vegetation of Great Basin National Park. Western North American Naturalist. in press.

Betrus, C.J., E. Fleishman, and R.B. Blair. 2005. Cross-taxonomic potential and spatial transferability of an umbrella species index. Journal of Environmental Management 74:79–87. Betrus et al 2005

Chambers, J. C. 2005. Fire related restoration issues in woodland and rangeland ecosystems. In J. Agee (compiler). Mixed Fire Regimes Conference. 17-19 November, Spokane, WA.

Chambers,Jeanne C., E. Durant McArthur, Steven B. Monson, Susan E. Meyer, Nancy L. Shaw, and Robin J. Tausch, Robert R. Blank, Steve Bunting, Richard R. Miller, Mike Pellant, Bruce A. Roundy, Scott C. Walker, Alison Whittaker. 2005. Sagebrush Steppe and Pinyon-Juniper Ecosystems - Effects of Changing Fire Regimes, Increased Fuel Loads, and Invasive Species. Joint Fire Sciences Report Project #00-1-1-03.

D’Antonio, C. and J. C. Chambers. 2005. Using ecological theory to manage or restore ecosystems affected by invasive plant species. In D. Falk, M. Palmer, and J. Zedler (eds). Foundations of Restoration Ecology. Island Press, Covelo, CA. in press.

Rau, B. M., J. C. Chambers, R. R. Blank, and W. W. Miller. 2005. Hydrologic response to prescribed fire in central Nevada pinyon-juniper (Pinus monophylla-Juniperus osteosperma) woodland. Journal of Range Management. 58: 614-622.

Rau, B. M., R. R. Blank, J. C. Chambers, and D. W. Johnson. Pinyon-juniper expansion and prescribed fire effects on soil in Great Basin sagebrush ecosystems. Soil Science Society of America Journal. in process.

Wisdom, MJ, Rowland, MM, and Tausch, RJ. 2005. Effective Management Strategies for Sage-grouse and Sagebrush: A Question of Triage? Transactions,North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 70. in press

 

 

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Amacher, M. C., J. Kotuby-Amacher, and P. R. Grossl. 2004. Effects of natural and anthropogenic disturbances on water quality. Pages 162-195 In J. C. Chambers and J. R. Miller (eds). Great Basin Riparian Ecosystems - Ecology, Management, and Restoration. Island Press, Covelo, CA

Bailey, S-A., S. Anderson, K. Carney, E. Cleland, M.C. Horner-Devine, G. Luck, L.A. Moore, C. Betrus, and E. Fleishman. 2004. Primary productivity and species richness: relationships among functional guilds, residency groups and vagility classes at multiple spatial scales. Ecography 27:207–217.

Chambers, J. C. and J. R. Miller (eds). 2004. Great Basin Riparian Ecosystems - Ecology, Management and Restoration. Island Press, Covelo, CA. 303 pages.

Chambers, J. C. and J. R. Miller. 2004. Restoring and maintaining sustainable riparian ecosystems – the Great Basin Ecosystem Management Project. Pages 1-23, In J. C. Chambers and J. R. Miller (eds). Great Basin Riparian Ecosystems - Ecology, Management, and Restoration. Island Press, Covelo, CA

Chambers, J. C. and J. R. Miller. 2004. Process based approaches for managing and restoring riparian ecosystems. Pages 196-231, In J. C. Chambers and J. R. Miller (eds). Great Basin Riparian Ecosystems - Ecology, Management and Restoration Island Press, Covelo, CA.

Chambers, J. C., R. J. Tausch, J. L. Korfmacher, J. R. Miller, and D. G. Jewett. 2004. Effects of geomorphic processes and hydrologic regimes on riparian vegetation. In J. C. Chambers and J. R. Miller (eds). Great Basin Riparian Ecosystems - Ecology, Management and Restoration. Island Press, Covelo, CA.

Jewett, D. G., M. Lord, J. R. Miller, and J. C. Chambers. 2004. Geomorphic and hydrologic controls on surface and subsurface flow regimes in riparian meadow ecosystems. Pages 124-161 In J. C. Chambers and J. R. Miller (eds). Great Basin Riparian Ecosystems - Ecology, Management, and Restoration. Island Press, Covelo, CA.

Fleishman, E., J.B. Dunham, P.F. Brussard, and D.D. Murphy. 2004. Explanation, prediction, and maintenance of native species richness and composition in the central Great Basin. Pages 232–260 in J.C. Chambers and J.R. Miller, editors. Great Basin riparian ecosystems—ecology, management, and restoration. Island Press, Washington, D.C.

Fleishman, E. and R. Mac Nally. 2002–2003 (2004). Linking models of species occurrence and landscape reconstruction. Transactions of the Western Section of the Wildlife Society 38/39:1–4.

Jewett, D. G., M. Lord, J. R. Miller, and J. C. Chambers. 2004. Geomorphic and hydrologic controls on surface and subsurface flow regimes in riparian meadow ecosystems. Pages 124-161 In J. C. Chambers and J. R. Miller (eds). Great Basin Riparian Ecosystems - Ecology, Management, and Restoration. Island Press, Covelo, CA.

Mac Nally, R. and E. Fleishman. 2004. A successful predictive model of species richness based on indicator species. Conservation Biology 18:646–634. RM&EF Cons Biol 2004

Mac Nally, R., E. Fleishman, L. Bulluck, and C. Betrus. 2004. Comparative influence of spatial scale on beta diversity within regional assemblages of birds and butterflies. Journal of Biogeography 31:917–929.

Miller, J. R., K. House, D. Germanoski, R.J. Tausch, and J. C. Chambers. 2004. Fluvial geomorphic responses to Holocene climate change. Pages 49-87, In J. C. Chambers and J. R. Miller (eds). Great Basin Riparian Ecosystems - Ecology, Management, and Restoration. Island Press, Covelo, CA.

Seto, K.C., E. Fleishman, J.P. Fay, and C.J. Betrus. 2004. Linking spatial patterns of butterfly and bird species richness with Landsat TM derived NDVI. International Journal of Remote Sensing 25:4309–4324.

Tausch, R. J., C. L. Nowak, and S. A. Mensing. 2004. Climate change and associated vegetation dynamics during the Holocene: the paleoecological record. Pages 24-48 In J. C. Chambers and J. R. Miller (eds). Great Basin Riparian Ecosystems - Ecology, Management, and Restoration. Island Press, Covelo, CA.

 

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Austin, G.T., D.D. Murphy, J.F. Baughman, A.E. Launer, and E. Fleishman. 2003. Hybridization of checkerspot butterflies in the Great Basin. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 57:176–192.

Blank, R. R., J. C. Chambers, and D. C. Zamudio. 2003. Prescribed burning of central Nevada degraded riparian ecosystems: effects on soil and vegetation. Journal of Range Management. 56:387-395.

Britten, H.B., E. Fleishman, G.T. Austin, and D.D. Murphy. 2003. Genetically effective and adult census population sizes in the Apache silverspot butterfly, Speyeria nokomis apacheana (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Western North American Naturalist 63:229–235.

Fleishman, E., C.J. Betrus, and R.B. Blair. 2003. Effects of spatial scale and taxonomic group on partitioning of butterfly and bird diversity in the Great Basin. Landscape Ecology 18:675–685.

Fleishman, E., C.J. Betrus, and L.P. Bulluck. 2003. Annual variability of species richness and composition of breeding birds in the central Great Basin. Great Basin Birds 6(1):36–44.

Fleishman, E. and R. Mac Nally. 2003. Distinguishing between signal and noise in faunal responses to environmental change. Global Ecology and Biogeography 12:395–402.

Fleishman, E., R. Mac Nally, and J.P. Fay. 2003. Validation tests of predictive models of butterfly occurrence based on environmental variables. Conservation Biology 17:806–817.

Fleishman, E., N. McDonal, R. Mac Nally, D.D. Murphy, J. Walters, and T. Floyd. 2003. Effects of floristics, physiognomy, and non-native vegetation on riparian bird communities in a Mojave Desert watershed. Journal of Animal Ecology 72:484–490.

Korfmacher, J. L., J. C. Chambers, and R. J. Tausch. 2003. Technical Note: A devise and method for conducting small plot burn treatments. Journal of Range Management 56:251-254.

Mac Nally, R., E. Fleishman, J.P. Fay, and D.D. Murphy. 2003. Modeling butterfly species richness using mesoscale environmental variables: model construction and validation. Biological Conservation 110:21–31.

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.
 

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Martin, D. W. and J. C. Chambers. 2002. Restoration of riparian meadows degraded by livestock grazing: above and below-ground responses. Plant Ecology 163:77-91.

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.

Urbanska, K. M. and J. C. Chambers. 2002. High-elevation ecosystems. Pages 376-400. In: M. R. Perrow and A. J. Davies (eds.). Handbook of Restoration Ecology. Volume 2. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

Wright, J. M. and J. C. Chambers. 2002. Restoring riparian meadows currently dominated by Artemisia using threshold and alternative state concepts: aboveground vegetation response. Applied Vegetation Science. 5:237-246.

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Amacher, M. C. and J. Kotuby-Amacher. 2001. Stream cutbank erosion in central Nevada streams. In: Sediment: monitoring, modeling, and managing. In: Sediment: monitoring, modeling, and managing. Proceedings of the 7th Interagency Sedimentation Conference, Poster - 1, March 25 to 29, 2001, Reno, NV.

Chambers, J. C. 2001. Pinus monophylla establishment in an expanding pinon-juniper woodland: Environmental conditions, facilitation and interacting factors.  Journal of Vegetation Science. 12:27-40.

Chambers, J. C. and A. R. Linnerooth. 2001. Restoring sagebrush dominated riparian corridors using alternative state and threshold concepts: environmental and seedling establishment response. Applied Vegetation Science. 4:157-166.

Chambers, J. C. J. R. Miller, R. J. Tausch, and D. Germanoski. 2001. Changes in vegetation and geomorphic processes in central Nevada watersheds over the past 5,000 years: implications for riparian ecosystms. In: Sediment: monitoring, modeling, and managing. Proceedings of the 7th Interagency Sedimentation Conference Vol 1, II-115, March 25 to 29, 2001, Reno, NV.

Germanoski, D., C. Ryder, and J. R. Miller. 2001. Spatial variation of incision and deposition within a rapidly incising upland watershed, central Nevada. In: Sediment: monitoring, modeling, and managing. Proceedings of the 7th Interagency Sedimentation Conference Vol 2, XI - 41 to 48., March 25 to 29, 2001, Reno, NV.

Martin, D. W. and J. C. Chambers. 2001. Restoration of riparian meadows degraded by livestock grazing: biomass and species composition responses. Journal of Range Management. 54:284-291.

Martin, D. W. and J. C. Chambers. 2001. Effects of water table, clipping, and species interactions on Carex nebrascensis and Poa pratensis in riparian meadows. Wetlands. 21:422-430.

Miller, J., D. Germanoski, K. Waltman, R. Tausch, and J. Chambers. 2001. Influence of late Holocene processes and landforms on modern channel dynamics in upland watersheds of central Nevada. Geomorphology. 38:373-391.

Urbanska, K. M. and J. C. Chambers. 2001. High-elevation ecosystems. In: M. R. Perrow and A. J. Davies (eds.). Handbook of Restoration Ecology. Volume 2. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. In press.

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Castelli, R. M., J. Chambers, and R. Tausch. 2000. Soil-plant relations along a soil water gradient in Great Basin riparian meadows. Wetlands. 20:251-266.

Chambers, J. C. 2000. Seed movements and seedling fates in disturbed sagebrush steppe ecosystems: implications for restoration. Ecological Applications. 10:1400-1413.

Chambers, J. C. 2000. Great Basin Ecosystem Management Project: restoring and maintaining riparian ecosystem integrity. Pages 110-113. In H. Y. Smith, ed. Proceedings: The Bitterroot Ecosystem Management Project--what we have learned, May 18-20, 1999. Missoula, MT.

Chambers, J. C. 2000. Using threshold and alternative state concepts to restore degraded or disturbed ecosystems. Pages 134-145. Proceedings - 14th High Altitude Revegetation Workshop. Soil and Crop Sciences Dept., Colorado State University and the High Altitude Revegetation Committee.  Fort Collins, CO.

Mensing, S.C., R.G. Elgston Jr., G.L. Raines, R.J. Tausch, and C.L. Nowak. 2000. A GIS model to predict the location of fossil packrat (Neotoma) middens in central Nevada. Great Basin Naturalist, 60:111-120.

Miller, J. R., D. G. Jewett, and E. Atekwana. 2000. Instream flow requirements for supporting riparian ecosystems in unpland watersheds of central Nevada: an integrated study. A Report to the Stream Systems Technology Center. Contract no. 28-CCS7-028.

Nowak, R.S., C.L. Nowak, and R.J. Tausch. 2000 The probability that a fossil absent from a sample is also absent from the paleolandscape. Quaternary Research, 54:144-154.

Tausch, R.J., and C.L. Nowak. 2000. Influences of Holocene climate and vegetation changes on present and future community dynamics. J. Arid Land Studies 10S:5-8.

Terry, R.G., R.S. Nowak, and R.J. Tausch.  2000.  Genetic variability in nuclear ribosomal and chloroplast DNA in Utah (Juniperus osteosperma) and western (J. Occidentalis) juniper (Cupressaceae): Evidence for interspecific gene flow.  Amer. J. Bot. 87:250-258.

 

1999:return to top

 

Chambers, J. C., R. R. Blank, D. C. Zamudio, and R. J. Tausch. 1999. Central Nevada riparian areas: Physical and chemical properties of meadow soils. Journal of Range Management 52:91-98.

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.

Chambers, J. C., S. B. Vander Wall, and E. W. Schupp. 1999. Seed and seedling ecology of pinyon and juniper species in the pygmy woodlands of western North America. Botanical Reviews 65(1):1-38.

Miller, R., R.J. Tausch, and W. Waichler.  1999.  Ancient 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, 375-384.

Moore, D.J., R.S. Nowak, and R.J. Tausch.  1999.  Gas exchange and carbon isotope discrimination of Juniperus osteosperma and Juniperus occidentalis across environmental gradients in the Great Basin of western North America.  Tree Physiology 19:421-433.

Nowak, R.S. Moore, D.J., 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. 1997 Sept. 15-18, Provo, UT. Proceedings RMRS-P-9, Ogden, Ut: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 35-46.

Rasmussen, G.A., R.J. Tausch, and S. Bunting. 1999. Use of the helitorch to enhance plant diversity in mature pinyon-juniper communities: A conceptual approach. 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, 408-409

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.

Tausch, Robin J.  1999.  Historic Woodland Development.  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, 12-19.

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, Robin 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.

 

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Blank, R. R., J. C. Chambers, and A. Linnerooth. 1998. Influence of prescribed burning on riparian soils of central Nevada. Pages 235-242. in D. F. Potts (ed). Proceedings: Rangeland Management and Water Resources. American Water Resources Association and Society for Range Management, May 27-29, 1998, Reno, NV.

Chambers, J. C., K. Farleigh, R. J. Tausch, J. R. Miller, D. Germanoski, D. Martin, and C. Nowak. 1998. Understanding long- and short-term changes in vegetation and geomorphic processes: the key to riparian restoration. Pages 101-110. in D. F. Potts (ed). Proceedings: Rangeland Management and Water Resources. American Water Resources Association and Society for Range Management, May 27-29, 1998, Reno, NV.

Linnerooth, A. R., J. C. Chambers, and P. S. Mebine. 1998. Assessing the restoration potential of dry meadows using threshold and alternative states concepts. Pages 111-118. in D. F. Potts (ed). Proceedings: Rangeland Management and Water Resources. American Water Resources Association and Society for Range Management,  May 27-29, 1998, Reno, NV.

Lyons-Weiler, J., G.A. Hoelzer, and R.J. Tausch. 1998. Optimal outgroup analysis. Journal of the Linnean Society, 64:493-511.

Miller, J. R. 1998. Drainage basin response to natural and anthropogenic disturbance: implications for land management in the Toiyabe Range, central Nevada. Final Report. USDA Forest Service, Grant Number INT-96074-RJVA.

Richards, R. T., J. C. Chambers, and C. Ross. 1998. Use of native plants on federal lands: policy and practice. Journal of Range Management 51:625-632.

West, N.E., R.J. Tausch, and P.T. Tueller.  1998.  A management-oriented classification of pinyon- juniper woodlands in the Great Basin.  U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Ogden, UT, Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-12 42p. 

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Chambers, J. C. 1997. Restoring alpine ecosystems in the western United States: environmental constraints, disturbance characteristics, and restoration success. Pages 161-187. In: K. M. Urbanska, N. R. Webb, and P. J. Edwards, eds. Restoration Ecology and Sustainable Development. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Neale, C. M. U. 1997. Classification and mapping of riparian systems using airborne multispectral videography. Restoration Ecology 5:103-112.

Tausch, R. J., K. R. Genz, and J. C. Chambers. 1997. Measurement of residual forage for estimating and monitoring livestock utilization. A Report to the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.

Weixelman, D.A., D.C. Zamudio, K.A. Zamudio, and R.J. Tausch. 1997. Classifying ecological types and evaluating site degradation. J. Range Manage. 50:315-321.

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Lyons-Weiler, J. And R.J. Tausch. 1997. The demarcation of historical from ecological variance in species diversity patterns. In: Kaye, T.N., A. Liston, R.M. Love, D.L. Luoma, R.J. Meinke, and M.V. Wilson. (Eds.). Conservation and management of native plants and fungi. Native Plant Society of Oregon, Corvallis, OR. 209-221.

Lyons-Weiler, J., G.A. Hoelzer, and R.J. Tausch. 1996. Relative Apparent Synapomorphy Analysis (RASA) I: The statistical measurement of phylogenetic signal. Mol. Biol Evol. 13:749-757.

Schultz, B.W., R.J. Tausch, and P.T. Tueller. 1996. Spatial Relationships among young Cercocarpus ledifolius (curlleaf mountain mahogany). Great Basin Naturalist 56:261-266.

Tausch, Robin J. 1996. Past changes, present and future impacts, and the assisment of community or ecosystem condition. In: Barrow J.R., E.D. McArthur, R.E. Sosebee, and R.J. Tausch (comps) Proceedings: shrubland ecosystem dynamics in a changing environment; 1995 May 23-25; Las Cruces, NM. Gen Tech. Rep. INT-GR-338. Ogden UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 97-101.

 

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DeRocher, T.R., R.F. Walker, and R.J. Tausch. 1995. Estimating whole-tree transpiration of Pinus monophylla using a steady-state porometer. J. Sustainable Forestry 3:85-99.

Kotuby-Amacher, J. and M. C. Amacher, 1995. Comparisons of three methods of determining total alkalinity in natural waters. USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, Research Paper INT-RP-480.

McArthur, D. and R.J. Tausch. 1995. Genetic aspects of the biodiversity of rangeland plants. In: N.E. West. Natural Resources and Environmental Issues, Vol. IV, Proceedings, Biodiversity on Rangelands; 1993, February 16; Albuquerque, NM. Utah State University, College of Natural Resources, Logan, Utah: 5-20.

Tausch, R.J., D. Charlet, D. Weixlman, and D. Zamudio. 1995. Patterns of ordination and classification instability resulting from changes in input data order. J. Vegetation Science 6:897-902.

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., and P.T. Tueller. 1995. Relationships among plant species composition and mule deer winter range use on eastern Nevada pinyon-juniper chainings. 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. 65-73.

Tausch, R.J., J.C. Chambers, R.R. Blank, and R.S. Nowak. 1995. Differential establishment of perennial grass and cheatgrass following fire on an ungrazed sagebrush-juniper site. In: Roundy, B.A., E.D. McArthur, J.S. Haley, and D.K. Mann, Comps. Procedings, wildland shrub and arid land restoration symposium, 1993 October 19-21, Las Vegas, NV. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-315. USDA Forest Service Intermountain Research Station: 252-257.

Tausch, R.J., C.L. Nowak, and R.S. Nowak. 1995. Climate change and plant species responses over the Quaternary: Implications for ecosystem management. In: Proceedings, Interior West Global Change Workshop. April 25-27, 1995, Fort Collins, Colorado. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Exp. Sta. RM-GTR-262. 14-19.

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Chambers, J. C. 1994. Maintaining and restoring riparian ecosystem integrity in central Nevada: An Interdisciplinary ecosystem management project. In: Diverse Values: Seeking Common Ground. Northwest Regional Symposium, Boise, ID, December 8-9, 1994.

Chambers, J. C. and J. A. MacMahon. 1994. A day in the life of a seed: Movements and fates of seeds and their implications for natural and managed systems. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 25:263-292.
Chambers, J. C., R. W. Brown, B. D. Williams, 1994. An evaluation of reclamation success Idaho's phosphate mines. Restoration Ecology 2:4-16.

Derocher, T.R., and R.J. Tausch. 1994. Predicting potential transpiration of singleleaf pinyon: an adaption of the potometer method. Forest Ecology and Management 63:169-180.

Derocher, T.R. and R.J. Tausch. 1994. Needle biomass equations for singleleaf pinyon on the Virginia Range, Nevada. Great Basin Naturalist 54:177-181.

Nowak, C.L., R.S. Nowak, R.J. Tausch, and P.E. Wigand. 1994. A 30,000 year record of vegetation dynamics at a semi-arid locale in the Great Basin. Journal of Vegetation Science 5:579-590.

Nowak, C.L., R.S. Nowak, R.J. Tausch, and P.E. Wigand. 1994. Tree and shrub dynamics in northwestern Great Basin woodland and shrub steppe during the Late-Pleistocene and Holocene. Amer. J. Botany 81:265-277.

Tausch, R.J., R.S. Nowak, A.D. Bruner, and J. Smithson. 1994. Effects of simulated fall and early spring grazing on cheatgrass and perennial grass in western Nevada. In: Monsen, S.B. and S.G. Kitchen (eds). Proceedings: ecology and management of annual rangelands. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report INT-GTR-313. 113-119.

Tausch, R.J., T. Svejcar, and J.W. Burkhardt. 1994. Patterns of annual grass dominance on Anaho island: Implications for Great Basin vegetation Management. In: Monsen, S.B. and S.G. Kitchen (eds). Proceedings: ecology and management of annual rangelands. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report INT-GTR-313. 120-125.

 

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Chambers, J. C. and B. E. Norton. 1993. Effects of grazing and drought on population dynamics of salt desert shrub species on the Desert Experimental Range, Utah. Journal of Arid Environments 24:261-275.

Tausch, R.J., P.E. Wigand, and J.W. Burkhardt. 1993. Viewpoint: Plant community thresholds, multiple steady states, and multiple successional pathways; legacy of the Quaternary? J. Range Manage. 46:439-447.

Tausch, R.J., J.W. Burdhardt, C.L. Nowak, and P.E. Wigand. 1993. Viewpoint: Lessons form the past for managing tomorow’s range ecosystems. Rangelands 15:196-199.

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Chambers, J. C., J. A. MacMahon, and G. W. Wade. 1992. Differences in successional processes among biomes: importance for obtaining and evaluating reclamation success. in J. C. Chambers and G. W. Wade (eds), Evaluating reclamation success: the ecological considerations. A symposium held at the 1990 meeting of the American Society of Surface Mining and Reclamation. April 24 26, Charleston, West Virginia, USDA Forest Service, Northeast Forest Experiment Station. GTR NE-164.

Chambers, J. C. and G. W. Wade (eds). 1992. Evaluating reclamation success: the ecological considerations. A symposium held at the 1990 meeting of the American Society of Surface Mining and Reclamation April 24 26, Charleston, West Virginia. USDA Forest Service, Northeast Forest Experiment Station. GTR NE-164.

1991:return to top

Masters, L.J., J.W. Burkhardt, and R.J. Tausch. 1991. The geomorphic process: Effects of base level lowering on riparian management. Rangelands 13:280-284.

Schultz, B.W., R.J. Tausch, and P.T. Tueller. 1991. Ecology of curlleaf mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius) in western and central Nevada: Patterns of intra-specific competition. Great Basin Naturalist 51:183-191.

Svejcar, T. and R. Tausch. 1991. Anaho Island: A relict area dominated by annual invader species. Rangelands 13:233-236.

Tueller, P.T., R.J. Tausch, and V.Bostick. 1991. Species and plant community distribution in a Mojave-cold desert transition. Vegetatio 92:133-150.

 

1990:return to top

 

Melgoza, G. R.S. Nowak, and R.J. Tausch. 1990. Soil water exploitation after fire: Competition between Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass) and two native species. Oecologia 83:7-13.

Schultz, B.W., P.T. Tueller, and R.J. Tausch. 1990. Ecology of curlleaf mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius) in western and central Nevada. I: Community and population structure. J Range Manage. 43:13-20.

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.

 

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