Using state-and-transition models to project cheatgrass and juniper invasion in southeastern Oregon sagebrush steppe

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW-GTR

Volumn , Issue 869, 2012, Pages 73-84

  Creutzburg, Megan K ^a   Halofsky, Joshua S ^b   Hemstrom, Miles A ^a,c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Washington State Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromus tectorum; Cheatgrass; Invasive species; Juniperus occidentalis; Rangeland; Sagebrush steppe; State and transition modeling; Western juniper

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GRASS; GRAZING; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND MANAGEMENT; RANGELAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHRUB; STEPPE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

COLUMBIA BASIN; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OCCIDENTALIS; POACEAE;

EID: 84873158140     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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