Are there benefits to mowing Wyoming big sagebrush plant communities? An evaluation in southeastern Oregon

Environmental Management

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 539-546

  Davies, Kirk W ^a   Bates, Jon D ^a   Nafus, Aleta M ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual grass; Artemisia tridentata; Bromus tectorum; Brush control; Brush management; Sage grouse

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL GRASS; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; BROMUS TECTORUM; GRASS BIOMASS; HERBACEOUS VEGETATION; LIMITED INFORMATION; PLANT COMMUNITIES; POST TREATMENT; SAGE-GROUSE; SOIL NUTRIENTS; UNDERSTORY VEGETATION; WYOMING;

BRUSHES; FORESTRY;

VEGETATION;

BIOMASS; DOMINANCE; GRASS; MOWING; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SHRUB; SOIL NUTRIENT; VEGETATION COVER;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CANOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRASS; MOWING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; VEGETATION; WYOMING BIG SAGEBRUSH;

AGRICULTURE; ARTEMISIA; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; OREGON; SOIL; WYOMING;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA WYOMINGENSIS; BROMUS TECTORUM; CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS; COLEOPTERA; POACEAE;

EID: 80054740638     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-011-9715-3     Document Type: Article

References (61)

1. Anderson EW, Borman MM, Krueger WC (1998) The ecological provinces of Oregon: a treatise on the basic ecological geography of the state. Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station, Corvallis
2. Austin DD, Urness PJ (1983) Overwinter forage selection by mule deer on seeded big sagebrush-grass range. Journal of Wildlife Management 47:1203-1207
3. Beck JL, Mitchell DL (2000) Influences of livestock grazing on sage grouse habitat. Wildlife Society Bulletin 28:993-1002 (Pubitemid 32113750)
4. Beck JL, Connelly JW, Reese KP (2009) Recovery of greater sagegrouse habitat features in Wyoming big sagebrush following prescribed fire. Restoration Ecology 17:393-403
5. Belnap J, Phillips SL, Troxler T (2006) Soil lichen and moss cover and species richness can be highly dynamic: The effects of invasion by the annual exotic grass Bromus tectorum, precipitation, and temperature on biological soil crusts in SE Utah. Applied Soil Ecology 32:63-76
6. Blaisdell JP (1953) Ecological effects of planned burning of sagebrush-grass range on the upper Snake River Plains. USDA Technical Bulletin No. 1075, Washington
7. Burke M J W, Grime JP (1996) An experimental study of plant community invasibility. Ecology 77:776-790 (Pubitemid 126494907)
8. Canfield RH (1941) Application of the line interception method in sampling range vegetation. Journal of Forestry 39:388-394
9. Connelly JW, Schroeder MA, Sands AR, Braun CE (2000) Guidelines to manage sage grouse populations and their habitats. Wildlife Society Bulletin 28:967-985 (Pubitemid 32113748)
10. Crawford JA, Olson RA, West NE, Mosley JC, Schroeder MA, Whitson TD, Miller RF, Gregg MA, Boyd CS (2004) Ecology and management of sage-grouse and sage-grouse habitat. Journal of Range Management 57:2-19 (Pubitemid 41150787)
11. Dahl BE, Tisdale EW (1975) Environmental factors related to medusahead distribution. Journal of Range Management 28:463-468
12. Dahlgren DK, Chi R, Messmer TA (2006) Greater sage-grouse response to sagebrush management in Utah. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34:975-985 (Pubitemid 46036366)
13. Davies KW (2008) Medusahead dispersal and establishment in sagebrush steppe plant communities. Rangeland Ecology and Management 61:110-115 (Pubitemid 351155293)
14. Davies KW, Bates JD (2010a) Vegetation characteristics of mountain and Wyoming big sagebrush plant communities in the northern Great Basin. Rangeland Ecology and Management 63:461-466
15. Davies KW, Bates JD (2010b) Native perennial forb variation between mountain big sagebrush and Wyoming big sagebrush plant communities. Environmental Management 46:452-458
16. Davies KW, Svejcar TJ (2008) Comparison of medusahead-invaded and noninvaded Wyoming big sagebrush steppe in southeastern Oregon. Rangeland Ecology and Management 61:623-629
17. Davies KW, Bates JD, Miller RF (2006) Vegetation characteristics across part of the Wyoming big sagebrush alliance. Rangeland Ecology and Management 59:567-575 (Pubitemid 44912485)
18. Davies KW, Bates JD, Miller RF (2007a) Short-term effects of burning Wyoming big sagebrush steppe in southeastern Oregon. Rangeland Ecology and Management 60:515-522 (Pubitemid 47597799)
19. Davies KW, Bates JD, Miller RF (2007b) The influence of Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis on microsite and herbaceous vegetation heterogeneity. Journal of Arid Environments 69:441-457 (Pubitemid 46186506)
20. Davies KW, Bates JD, Johnson DD, Nafus AM (2009a) Influence of mowing Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis on winter habitat for wildlife. Environmental Management 44:84-92
21. Davies KW, Svejcar TJ, Bates JD (2009b) Interaction of historical and nonhistorical disturbances maintains native plant communities. Ecological Applications 19:1536-1545
22. Davis MA, Grime JP, Thompson K (2000) Fluctuating resources in plant communities: a general theory of invasibility. Journal of Ecology 88:528-534 (Pubitemid 30399963)
23. Green JS, Flinders JT (1980) Habitat and dietary relationships of the pygmy rabbit. Journal of Range Management 33:136-142
24. Harniss RO, Murray RB (1973) 30 years of vegetal change following burning of sagebrush-grass range. Journal of Range Management 26:322-325
25. Hedrick DW, Hyder DN, Sneva FA, Poulton CE (1966) Ecological response of sagebrush-grass range in Central Oregon to mechanical and chemical removal of Artemisia. Ecology 47:432-439
26. Hilty JH, Eldridge DJ, Rosentreter R, Wicklow-Howard MC, Pellant M (2004) Recovery of biological soil crusts following wildfire in Idaho. Journal of Range Management 57:89-96 (Pubitemid 41150797)
27. Hironaka M (1961) The relative rate of root development of cheatgrass and medusahead. Journal of Range Management 14:263-267
28. Huenneke LF, Hamburg SP, Koide R, Mooney HA, Vitousek PM (1990) Effects of soil resources on plant invasion and community structure in Californian serpentine grasslands. Ecology 71:478-491 (Pubitemid 20428097)
29. James JJ, Caird MA, Drenovsky RE, Sheley RL (2006) Influence of resource pulses and perennial neighbors on the establishment of an invasive annual grass in the Mojave Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 67:528-534 (Pubitemid 44040946)
30. James JJ, Davies KW, Sheley RL, Aanderud ZT (2008) Linking nitrogen partitioning and species abundance to invasion resistance in the Great Basin. Oecologia 156:637-648
31. Jowkin V, Schoenau JJ (1998) Impact of tillage and landscape position on nitrogen availability and yield of spring wheat in the brown soil zone in southwestern Saskatchewan. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 78:563-572 (Pubitemid 28560546)
32. Küchler AW (1970) Potential natural vegetation. The national atlas of U. S. A. In: Gerlach AC (ed) The national atlas of U. S. A. US Government Printing Office, Washington, pp 90-91
33. Littell RC, Milliken GA, Stroup WW, Wolfinger RD (1996) SAS System for mixed models. SAS Institute Inc., Cary
34. Mack RN (1981) Invasion of Bromus tectorum L. into western North America: an ecological chronicle. Agro-ecosystems 7:145-165
35. Mason E (1952) Food habits and measurements of Hart Mountain antelope. Journal of Wildlife Management 16:387-389
36. McDaniel KC, Anderson DL, Ballientte JF (1991) Wyoming big sagebrush control with metsulfuron and 2, 4-D in northern New Mexico. Journal of Range Management 44:623-627
37. Miller RF, Rose JA (1999) Fire history and western juniper encroachment in sagebrush steppe. Journal of Range Management 52:550-559
38. Miller RF, Svejcar TJ, West NE (1994) Implications of livestock grazing in the intermountain sagebrush region: plant composition. In: Vavra M, Laycock WA, Pieper RD (eds) Ecological implications of livestock herbivory in the West. Society for Range Management, Denver, pp 101-146
39. Mueggler WF, Blaisdell JP (1958) Effects on associated species of burning, rotobeating, spraying, and railing sagebrush. Journal of Range Management 11:61-66
40. Norton JB, Monaco TA, Norton U (2007) Mediterranean annual grasses in western North America: kids in a candy store. Plant and Soil 298:1-5 (Pubitemid 47404036)
41. NRCS (2010) Soil Survey. http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/. Accessed 5 Jan 2010
42. Olson RA, Whitson TD (2002) Restoring structure in late-successional sagebrush communities by thinning with tebuthiuron. Restoration Ecology 10:146-155 (Pubitemid 34276248)
43. Oregon Climatic Service (2009) http://www.ocs.oregonstate.edu/index.html. Accessed 1 Sep. 2009
44. Peek JM, Riggs RA, Lauer JL (1979) Evaluation of fall burning on bighorn sheep winter range. Journal of Range Management 32:430-432
45. Rhodes EC, Bates JD, Sharp RN, Davies KW (2010) Fire effects on cover and dietary resources of sage-grouse habitat. Journal of Wildlife Management 74:755-764
46. Shipley LA, Davila TB, Thines NJ, Elias BA (2006) Nutritional requirements and diet choices of pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis): a sagebrush specialist. Journal of Chemical Ecology 32:2455-2474 (Pubitemid 44764251)
47. Sneva FA (1972) Grazing return following sagebrush control in eastern Oregon. Journal of Range Management 25:174-178
48. Stewart G, Hull AC (1949) Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.)-an ecologic intruder in southern Idaho. Ecology 30:58-74
49. Sturges DL (1983) Long-term effects of big sagebrush control on vegetation and soil water. Journal of Range Management 36:760-765
50. Sturges DL (1986) Response of vegetation and ground cover to spraying a high elevation, big sagebrush watershed with 2, 4-D. Journal of Range Management 39:141-146
51. Sturges DL (1993) Soil-water and vegetation dynamics through 20 years after big sagebrush control. Journal of Range Management 46:161-169
52. Uresk DW, Cline JF, Rickard WH (1976) Impacts of wildfire on three perennial grasses in south-central Washington. Journal of Range Management 29:309-310
53. Vasquez E, Sheley R, Svejcar T (2008) Nitrogen enhances the competitive ability of cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) relative to native grasses. Invasive Plant Science and Management 1:287-295
54. Wallestad R, Peterson JG, Eng RL (1975) Foods of adult sage grouse in central Montana. Journal of Wildlife Management 39:628-630
55. Wambolt CL, Payne GF (1986) An 18-year comparison of control methods for Wyoming big sagebrush in southwestern Montana. Journal of Range Management 39:314-319
56. Warren SD, Eldridge DJ (2003) Biological soil crusts and livestock in arid ecosystems: are they compatible? In: Belnap J, Lange O (eds) Biological soil crusts: structure, function, and management. Springer, Berlin, pp 401-415
57. West NE (1983) Western Intermountain sagebrush steppe. In: West NE (ed) Ecosystems of the world: temperate deserts and semideserts. Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam, pp 351-374
58. West NE (2000) Synecology and disturbance regimes of sagebrush steppe ecosystems. In: Entwistle PG, DeBolt AM, Kaltenecker JH, Steenhof K (eds) Sagebrush steppe ecosystem symposium. Bureau of Land Management, Boise, pp 15-26
59. West NE, Young JA (2000) Intermountain valleys and lower mountain slopes. In: Barbour MG, Billing WD (eds) North American terrestrial vegetation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp 255-284
60. Young JA (1992) Ecology and management of medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusa spp. asperum [SIMK] Melderis). Great Basin Naturalist 52:245-252
61. Young JA, Allen FL (1997) Cheatgrass and range science: 1930-1950. Journal of Range Management 50:530-535 (Pubitemid 27393240)