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Vegetation, Ground Cover, Soil, Rainfall Simulation, And Overland Flow Experiments Before And After Tree Removal In Woodland-Encroached Sagebrush Steppe: The Hydrology Component Of The Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation Project (Sagestep), C. Jason Williams, Frederick B. Pierson, Patrick R. Kormos, Osama Z. Al-Hamdan, Justin C. Johnson
Vegetation, Ground Cover, Soil, Rainfall Simulation, And Overland Flow Experiments Before And After Tree Removal In Woodland-Encroached Sagebrush Steppe: The Hydrology Component Of The Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation Project (Sagestep), C. Jason Williams, Frederick B. Pierson, Patrick R. Kormos, Osama Z. Al-Hamdan, Justin C. Johnson
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Rainfall simulation and overland-flow experiments enhance understanding of surface hydrology and erosion processes, quantify runoff and erosion rates, and provide valuable data for developing and testing predictive models. We present a unique dataset (1021 experimental plots) of rainfall simulation (1300 plot runs) and overland flow (838 plot runs) experimental plot data paired with measures of vegetation, ground cover, and surface soil physical properties spanning point to hillslope scales. The experimental data were collected at three sloping sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) sites in the Great Basin, USA, each subjected to woodland-encroachment and with conditions representative of intact wooded-shrublands and 1–9 yr …
Fuels Guide For Sagebrush And Pinyon-Juniper Treatments: 10 Years Post-Treatment, Samuel S. Wozniak, Eva K. Strand
Fuels Guide For Sagebrush And Pinyon-Juniper Treatments: 10 Years Post-Treatment, Samuel S. Wozniak, Eva K. Strand
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Increased woody plant dominance and degraded understory vegetation are important issues on rangelands in the Intermountain West. Land managers implement woody plant reduction treatments of sagebrush (Artemisia spp.), juniper (Juniperus spp.), and pinyon pine (Pinus spp.) to increase understory diversity and cover, restore wildlife habitat, increase forage, improve ecosystem functions, and reduce or manipulate fuels to increase ecosystem resilience to fire and resistance to invasive annual grasses. Woody plant reduction treatments alter fuel orientation, continuity, and loading, and therefore have important implications for wildfire behavior, effects, and management. Currently, there is a lack of knowledge of the longer-term implications of …