In Progress

Fire Regimes and Landscape Dynamics of Mountain Big Sagebrush Communities

Effects of Grazing and Hydrology on Habitat Requirements for Populations of a Small Endemic Vernal Pool Grass, Orcuttia Tenuis

Tree Population Dynamics at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge: Influences of Environmental Stress and Disturbance

Modeling Nutrient Cycling, Fire and Forest Interactions in the Lake Tahoe Basin

Tree Crown Mortality Associated with Roads in the Lake Tahoe Basin: A Remote Sensing Approach

Spatial Patterns of Forest Mortality Within the Tahoe Basin

Land Use Change, Riparian Vegetation and Ecosystem Processes in the Walker River Basin

Modeling Climate Change and Grazing Influences on Aspen Persistence on the Landscape

Modeling Forest Regeneration and Carbon Storage for Fuel Treatments Under Different Climate Change Scenarios in the Tahoe Basin

Understanding the Causes and Consequences of Cheatgrass Dieoffs in the Great Basin

The Role of Urban Development in Moderating Climate Change Influence on Avian Reproductive Rates

Habitat Modeling, Landscape Genetics and Habitat Connectivity for the Mojave Ground Squirrel

Collaborative Projects

Spatial Modeling of Mercury Emissions in the Continental United States

Interactions Between Ungulate Species and Rangeland in Nevada


Completed Projects

Fire History in Great Basin Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands: A Landscape-Level Reconstruction

Multi-Scale Analysis of Forest Structure and Tree Mortality in the Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands of Nevada

Thirty Years of Vegetation Change in the Simpson Park Range: Spatial Patterns of Woodland Expansion

Development of a Prototype Model for Great Basin Vegetation Transitions

Tamarix, Willow and Beaver in Grand Canyon National Park: Inferring Top-Down Influences from Spatial Pattern Analysis

Non-native Tamarix Ramosissima Recruitment Along the Colorado River: Interactions among Flow Regime and Geomorphology

Plant Community Response to Tamarix Invasion and Hydrologic Regime in the Cataract Canyon, Canyonlands National Park: A Preliminary Investigation

Does River Regulation Increase Dominance of Iinvasive Woody Species in Riparian Landscapes?

Avian Habitat in the Truckee Meadows: An Urban Landscape Analysis

Relative Vulnerability of Migrant and Resident Birds to Potential Effects of Climate Change in Urban Forests of Northern Nevada

Landscape Analysis of Post-Fire Succession in Great Basin Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands

Geomorphic Controls on Great Basin Riparian Vegetation at the Watershed and Process Zone Scales

Fire Patterns and Post-Fire Vegetation Response in a Mojave Desert Spring Ecosystem

Long-Term Effects of Chaining and Prescribed Fire on Plant Community Succession in Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands

Relationships Among Hydrogeomorphic Processes and the Distribution, Age and Stand Characteristics of Woody Species in Great Basin Upland Riparian Areas

Pinyon Pine Competition and Facilitation Across Environmental Gradients

Diet and Habitat Overlap Among Elk, Mule Deer and Cattle in Eastern Nevada

Ecological Role of Riparian Trees in Desert Springs Ecosystems / Historical Fire Regimes of Desert Springs Ecosystems, Death Valley