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Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station New Publications October to December 2014

United States Department of Agriculture

October to December 2014

Rocky Mountain Research Station

New PublicationsContents

New Series Publications Sagebrush and pintildeon-juniper ecosystems

field guide Revised 3 Americas water supply 3 Springs Stewardship Program 4 Ponderosa pine forest type 4 Idahos forest products industry and timber harvest 2011 4 GIS-based conservation software for land use planning 5 Wildfire effects on vegetation condition on the

Bridger-Teton NF 5 Recovery of solar ArgosGPS PTTs 5Older RMRS Publications still available Wildfire in wildland-urban interface 6 Protocolo Nacional para la Evaluacioacuten de

Disturbios en Suelos Forestales 6Journals and Other Publications Air water and aquatic environments 7 Fire fuel and smoke 7 Forest and woodland ecosystems 7 Grasslands shrublands and desert

ecosystems 8 Science application and integration 9 Wildlife and terrestrial habitats 9Author Index 10

Contact Us 13Ordering Information (last page) 14Publications also available at httpwwwfsfedusrmpublications

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RMRS New Publications October to December 2014

The Rocky Mountain Research Station

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The Rocky Mountain Research Sta-tion is one of five regional units that make up the US Forest Service Research and Development organizationmdashthe most extensive natural resources research or-ganization in the world We maintain 14 research locations throughout a 12 state territory encompassing the Great Basin Southwest Rocky Mountains and parts of the Great Plains The Station employs over 400 permanent full-time employees including roughly 100 research scien-tists

Scientists conduct research that spans an area containing 52 of the nations Na-tional Forest System lands (54 National Forests and Grasslands) In the lower 48 states our territory also includes 55 of the nations BLM lands 48 of the des-ignated wildernesses 37 of National Park Service lands numerous other pub-lic and tribal lands and 41 of the non-urbanrural private lands

We administer and conduct ecological research on 14 experimental forests ranges and watersheds over the long-term even centuries enabling us to learn how forests change as climate and other factors change over time

We also oversee activities on several hundred research natural areas a network of ecosystems set aside to con-serve biological diversity The areas represent a wide variety of habitats and ecosystems from alpine ecosystems to lowlands and from coniferous forests of the Northern Rockies to semiarid deserts of the Southwest and prairie ecosystems of the Great Plains

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New RMRS Series Publications

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Sagebrush and pintildeon-juniper ecosystems field guide Revised

A field guide for selecting the most appropriate treatment in sagebrush and pintildeon-juniper ecosystems in the Great Basin Evaluating resilience to disturbance and resistance to invasive annual grasses and predicting vegetation response Miller Richard F Chambers Jeanne C Pellant Mike 2014 Gen Tech Rep RMRS-GTR-322-rev Fort Collins CO US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station 68 p NOTE RMRS-GTR-322 has been revised One of the primary changes is the new Score Sheet (Appendix 8) for rating resilience to disturbance resistance to invasive annual grasses and the suitability of an ecological site or type for treatments A complete list of the changes is included in this revised edition This field guide identifies seven primary components that largely determine resilience to disturbance as well as resistance to invasive grasses and plant suc-cession following treatment of areas of concern A series of key questions and a set of tools are provided to assess these primary components This assessment is designed to allow field personnel to (1) evaluate resilience to disturbance and resistance to invasive annual grass for an area of concern (2) predict the poten-tial successional pathways and (3) then select the most appropriate treatment including the need for seeding An evaluation score sheet is included for rating resilience to disturbance and resistance to invasive annual grasses and the prob-ability of seeding successOnline httpwwwfsfedusrmpubsrmrs_gtr322html

Private forests housing growth and Americarsquos water supply A report from the Forests on the Edge and Forests to Faucets Projects Mockrin M H Lilja R L Weidner E Stein S M Carr M A 2014 Gen Tech Rep RMRS-GTR-327 Fort Collins CO US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station 29 p We rank watersheds across the conterminous United States according to the contributions of private forest land to surface drinking water and by threats to surface water from increased housing density Private forest land contributions to drinking water are greatest in the East but are also important in Western watersheds Development pressures on these contributions are concentrated in the Eastern United States but are also found in the North-Central region parts of the West and Southwest and the Pacific Northwest nationwide more than 55 million acres of rural private forest land are projected to experience a substantial increase in housing density from 2000 to 2030 Online httpwwwfsfedusrmpubsrmrs_gtr327html

RMRS IS GOING GREENYou may have noticed that more and more of our research publications are published online only The US Forest Service is working hard to minimize our environmental footprint by publishing paper copies on a lim-ited basis We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause If you are unable to download a copy of one of our research publications please let us know so that we can help you obtain a copy

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Americas water supply

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RMRS New Publications October to December 2014

New RMRS Series Publications

Order 16

Sagebrush and pintildeon-juniper ecosystems field guide Revised

A field guide for selecting the most appropriate treatment in sagebrush and pintildeon-juniper ecosystems in the Great Basin Evaluating resilience to disturbance and resistance to invasive annual grasses and predicting vegetation response Miller Richard F Chambers Jeanne C Pellant Mike 2014 Gen Tech Rep RMRS-GTR-322-rev Fort Collins CO US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station 68 p NOTE RMRS-GTR-322 has been revised One of the primary changes is the new Score Sheet (Appendix 8) for rating resilience to disturbance resistance to invasive annual grasses and the suitability of an ecological site or type for treatments A complete list of the changes is included in this revised edition This field guide identifies seven primary components that largely determine resilience to disturbance as well as resistance to invasive grasses and plant suc-cession following treatment of areas of concern A series of key questions and a set of tools are provided to assess these primary components This assessment is designed to allow field personnel to (1) evaluate resilience to disturbance and resistance to invasive annual grass for an area of concern (2) predict the poten-tial successional pathways and (3) then select the most appropriate treatment including the need for seeding An evaluation score sheet is included for rating resilience to disturbance and resistance to invasive annual grasses and the prob-ability of seeding successOnline httpwwwfsfedusrmpubsrmrs_gtr322html

Private forests housing growth and Americarsquos water supply A report from the Forests on the Edge and Forests to Faucets Projects Mockrin M H Lilja R L Weidner E Stein S M Carr M A 2014 Gen Tech Rep RMRS-GTR-327 Fort Collins CO US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station 29 p We rank watersheds across the conterminous United States according to the contributions of private forest land to surface drinking water and by threats to surface water from increased housing density Private forest land contributions to drinking water are greatest in the East but are also important in Western watersheds Development pressures on these contributions are concentrated in the Eastern United States but are also found in the North-Central region parts of the West and Southwest and the Pacific Northwest nationwide more than 55 million acres of rural private forest land are projected to experience a substantial increase in housing density from 2000 to 2030 Online httpwwwfsfedusrmpubsrmrs_gtr327html

RMRS IS GOING GREENYou may have noticed that more and more of our research publications are published online only The US Forest Service is working hard to minimize our environmental footprint by publishing paper copies on a lim-ited basis We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause If you are unable to download a copy of one of our research publications please let us know so that we can help you obtain a copy

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Americas water supply

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RMRS New Publications October to December 2014

Framework for Springs Stewardship Program and proposed action devel-opment Spring Mountains National Recreation Area Humboldt-Toiyabe National ForestColes-Ritchie Marc Solem Stephen J Springer Abraham E Pendleton Burton 2014 Gen Tech Rep RMRS-GTR-330 Fort Collins CO US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station 63 p NOTE This publication is available only online In the desert Southwest springs are an important ecological feature and serve as a focal point for both biological and human interactions on the landscape As a result attention has been placed on the stewardship and protection of these impor-tant resources Management has traditionally focused on the more accessible and heavily used eastern canyons within the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area (SMNRA) As a result of implementing the SMNRA Landscape Assessment (ENTRIX 2008) and the Inventory and Monitoring Strategy (USDA Forest Service 2008) attention has been shifted to the larger landscape Management programs have begun to address conservation needs outside the developed canyonsOnline httpwwwfsfedusrmpubsrmrs_gtr330html

Species richness and variety of life in Arizonarsquos ponderosa pine forest type Patton David R Hofstetter Richard W Bailey John D Benoit Mary Ann 2014 Gen Tech Rep RMRS-GTR-332 Fort Collins CO US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station 44 p This report provides an example of how inventory information can characterize the complexity of biological diversity in the ponderosa pine forest type in Arizona The species richness (SR) process broadly categorizes the number of plant and animal life forms to arrive at a composite species richness value Common sense dictates that plants and animals exist in a biotic community because that community has sufficient resources to sustain life A mixture of forest attributes maintained in time and space fundamentally supports a certain level of diversity as indicated by a richness value As a management guideline it is a reasonable assumption that the variety among plant communities and structures increases the potential for maintaining diverse kinds of animal habitats and resultant populationsOnline httpwwwfsfedusrmpubsrmrs_gtr332html

Idahorsquos forest products industry and timber harvest 2011 with trends through 2013 Simmons Eric A Hayes Steven W Morgan Todd A Keegan Charles E III Witt Chris 2014 Resour Bull RMRS-RB-19 Fort Collins CO US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Sta-tion 46 p This report traces the flow of Idahorsquos 2011 timber harvest through the primary industries provides a description of the structure capacity and condition of Idahorsquos industry and quantifies volumes and uses of wood fiber Historical wood products industry trends are discussed as well as changes in harvest production employment and salesOnline httpwwwfsfedusrmpubsrmrs_rb019html

Ponderosa pine forest type

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Idahos forest products industry and timber

harvest 2011

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Springs Stewardship Program

Online only

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RMRS New Publications October to December 2014

Planning for land use and conservation Assessing GIS-based conservation software for land use planning Baldwin Rob Scherzinger Ryan Lipscomb Don Mockrin Miranda Stein Susan 2014 Res Note RMRS-RN-70 Fort Collins CO US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station 33 p NOTE This publication is available only online Recent advances in planning and ecological software make it possible to conduct highly technical analyses to prioritize conservation investments and inform local land use planning We review these tools termed conservation planning tools and assess the knowledge of a key set of potential users the land use planning com-munity We grouped several conservation software tools into five themes reserve selection habitat connectivity species distribution and viability modeling threats and climate forecasting We found that professional planners frequently use GIS tools and are generally aware of conservation planning tools but few planners are proficient in the use of such tools owing to lack of financial support and time for training We propose that conservation planners and land use planners work together to strategically invest resources and maximize the conservation impact of land use planningOnline httpwwwfsfedusrmpubsrmrs_rn070html

Assessing the expected effects of wildfire on vegetation condition on the Bridger-Teton National Forest Wyoming USA Scott J H Helmbrecht D J Thompson M P 2014 Res Note RMRS-RN-71 Fort Collins CO US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station 36 p NOTE This publication is available only online Characterizing wildfire risk to a fire-adapted ecosystem presents particular challenges due to its broad spatial extent inherent complexity and the difficulty in defining wildfire-induced losses and benefits Our approach couples stochastic wildfire simulation with a vegetation condition assessment framework to estimate the conditional and expected response of vegetation condition to wildfire We illustrate application of this framework for the Bridger-Teton National Forest (BTNF) in western Wyoming USA Results illustrate generally positive net effects of wildfire on vegetation condition across the major forested biophysical settings on the Forest supporting the notion that wildfire can play a role in restoring or enhancing the ecological integrity of landscapes affected by fire exclusion These results carry significant implications for future management of wildfire on the BTNF and highlight temporal relationships between short-term incident response and long-term ecological integrityOnline httpwwwfsfedusrmpubsrmrs_rn071html

Auxiliary VHF transmitter to aid recovery of solar ArgosGPS PTTs Hansen Christopher P Rumble Mark A Gamo R Scott Millspaugh Joshua J 2014 Res Note RMRS-RN-72 Fort Collins CO US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station 11 p While conducting greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) research we found that solar-powered global positioning systems platform transmitter terminals (GPS PTTs) can be lost if the solar panel does not receive adequate sunlight Thus we developed 5-g (mortality sensor included Prototype A) and 98-g (no mortality sensor Prototype B) auxiliary very high frequency transmit-ters that attach to the underside of GPS PTTs and work independently of the solar panel to aid in recovery of the units Prototype A did not function properly because of an over-sensitive mortality sensor Prototype B performed better each was active upon recovery Auxiliary transmitters were useful but we encourage testing before deploymentOnline httpwwwfsfedusrmpubsrmrs_rn072html

Wildfire effects on vegetation condition on

the Bridger-Teton NF

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Recovery of solar ArgosGPS PTTs

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GIS-based conservation software for land use

planning

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Wildfire in wildland-urban interface

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Protocolo Nacional para la Evaluacioacuten de Disturbios en Suelos

Forestales

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Older RMRS Publications Still Available

Wildfire wildlands and people understanding and preparing for wildfire in the wildland-urban interfacemdashA Forests on the Edge report Stein SM Menakis J Carr MA Comas SJ Stewart SI Cleveland H Bramwell L Radeloff VC 2013 Gen Tech Rep RMRS-GTR-299 Fort Collins CO US De-partment of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station 36 p Fire has historically played a fundamental ecological role in many of Americas wildland areas However the rising number of homes in the wildland-urban in-terface (WUI) associated impacts on lives and property from wildfire and esca-lating costs of wildfire management have led to an urgent need for communities to become fire-adapted We present maps of the conterminous United States that illustrate historical natural fire regimes the wildland-urban interface and the number and location of structures burned since 1999 We outline a sampler of actions programs and community planning and development options to help decrease the risks of and damages from wildfireOnline httpwwwfsfedusrmpubsrmrs_GTR-299html

Protocolo Nacional para la Evaluacioacuten de Disturbios en Suelos Fores-tales Volumen II Meacutetodos complementarios estadiacutestica y recoleccioacuten de datos Page-Dumroese Deborah S Abbott Ann M Rice Thomas M 2013 Gen Tech Rep RMRS-GTR-301 Fort Collins CO US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station 61 p Este documento-El Volumen II Meacutetodos complementarios estadiacutestica y re-coleccioacuten de datos- define las bases los meacutetodos estadiacutesticos y de almacenamiento de datos de un Protocolo Nacional para la Evaluacioacuten de Disturbios en Suelos Forestales Esta guiacutea teacutecnica proporciona las bases de un meacutetodo consistente con definiciones comunes para generar datos de alta calidad de tal manera que los responsables del manejo forestal puedan acceder a ellos y puedan emplearlos para la toma de decisiones Este volumen junto con el Volumen I Evaluacioacuten raacutepida puede ser empleado para valorar los efectos del manejo forestal sobre el recurso suelo La informacioacuten obtenida mediante este protocolo puede ser faacutecil-mente transmitida y utilizada por el puacuteblico en general para describir las clases de disturbio del suelo antes y despueacutes del manejo El Volumen III Antecedentes cientiacuteficos para la evaluacioacuten del suelo de los bosques nacionales y praderas incluye las investigaciones cientiacuteficas maacutes actuales presentadas en un tallerOnline httpwwwfsfedusrmpubsrmrs_GTR-301html

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Journals and Other PublicationsObtain the following publications through university libraries the publisher or other outlets Forest Service employees may

request these items from the National Forest Service Library at FSLibrary-DocsFCfsfedus or telephone (970) 498-1205 We have also provided links to electronic copies when available

Air water and aquatic environmentsBlogging fish science Isaak Dan 2014 Fisheries 39(12) 575

Online httpwwwfsfedusrmboiseAWAEpublicationspubs14IsaakBloggingFishSciencepdf

Climate change crowd-sourcing and conserving aquatic biotas in the Rocky Mountains this century Hines S Isaak D Young M Luce C 2014 Science You Can Use Bulletin 12 Fort Collins CO US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station

Cold water as a climate shield to preserve native trout through the 21st Century Isaak DJ Young MK Nagel D Horan D 2014 In Carline RF LoSapio Carol eds Wild Trout XI Looking back and moving forward Wild trout symposium Sept 22-25 West Yellowstone MT 110-116 Online

httpwwwwildtroutsymposiumcomproceedings-11pdf Effects of bathymetric lidar errors on flow properties predicted

with a multi-dimensional hydraulic model McKean J Tonina D Bohn C Wright CW 2014 Journal of Geophysical Re-search ndash Earth Surface 119(3) 644-664 Online

httponlinelibrarywileycomdoi1010022013JF002897abstractMulti-scale streambed topographic and discharge effects on

hyporheic at the sream network scale in confined streams Marzadri A Tonina D McKean J Tiedemann MG Ben-jankar RM 2014 Journal of Hydrology 519(Part B) 1997-2011 Online httpwwwsciencedirectcomsciencearticlepiiS0022169414007689

One-dimensional and two-dimensional hydrodynamic mod-elling derived flow properties Impacts on aquatic habitat quality predictions Benjankar R Tonina D McKean J 2014 Earth Surface Processes and Landforms doi1002esp3637 Online httponlinelibrarywileycomdoi101002esp3637abstract

Fire fuel and smokeEffects of topographic features on postfire exposed mineral

soil in small watersheds Dobre Mariana Wu Joan Q Elliot William J Miller Ina S Jain Theresa B 2014 Forest Science 60(6) 1060-1067 Online httpwwwingentaconnectcomcontentsaffs20140000006000000006art00005

The Fire Effects Information System (httpwwwfsfedusdatabasefeisabouthtml) is an online collection of reviews of the scientific literature about fire effects on plants and animals and about fire regimes of plant com-munities in the United States FEIS reviews are based on

thorough literature searches often supplemented with in-sights from field scientists and managers FEIS provides reviews that are efficient to use thoroughly documented and defensible Approximately 15 to 30 new or revised reviews are published in FEIS each year Following are some new entriesArctostaphylos manzanita Abrahamson Ilana 2014 In Fire Ef-

fects Information System US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station Fire Sciences laboratory Online

httpwwwfsfedusdatabasefeisplantsshrubarcmanallhtmlBotrychiium spp Fryer Janet L 2014 In Fire Effects Information

System US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station Fire Sciences laboratory Online httpwwwfsfedusdatabasefeisplantsfernbotsppallhtml

Eriophorum vaginatum Innes Robin J 2014 In Fire Effects Information System US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station Fire Sciences laboratory Online

httpwwwfsfedusdatabasefeisplantsgraminoiderivagallhtmlFire regimes of Alaskan black spruce communities Fryer Janet

L 2014 In Fire Effects Information System US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Sta-tion Fire Sciences laboratory Online

httpwwwfsfedusdatabasefeisfire_regimesAK_black_spruceallhtml

Picea mariana Fryer Janet L 2014 In Fire Effects Information System US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station Fire Sciences laboratory Online httpwwwfsfedusdatabasefeisplantstreespicmarallhtml

Salix alaxensis Innes Robin 2014 In Fire Effects Information System US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station Fire Sciences laboratory Online

httpwwwfsfedusdatabasefeisplantstreessalalaallhtml

Forest and woodland ecosystemsDoes Fusarium-caused seed mortality contribute to Bromus

tectorum stand failure in the Great Basin Meyer SE Franke J-L Baughman OW Beckstead J Geary B 2014 European Weed Research Society 54 511-519 Online

httponlinelibrarywileycomdoi101111wre12094abstractDouglas-fir tussock moth- and Douglas-fir beetle-caused mor-

tality in a ponderosa pineDouglas-fir forest in the Colorado Front Range USA Negroacuten Joseacute F Lynch Ann M Schaupp

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Willis C Jr Mercado Javier E 2014 Forests 5(12) 3131-3146 Online httpwwwmdpicom1999-49075123131

Interaction of initial litter quality and thinning intensity on litter decomposition rate nitrogen accumulation and release in a pine plantation Chen Xiao Page-Dumroese Deborah Lv Ruiheng Want Weiwei Li Guolei Liu Yong 2014 Silva Fennica 48(4) Article ID 1211 13 p Online

httpwwwsilvafennicafiarticle1211Mountain pine beetle-caused mortality over eight years in two

pine hosts in mixed-conifer stands of the southern Rocky Mountains West Daniel R Briggs Jennifer S Jacobi William R Negroacuten Joseacute F 2014 Forest Ecology and Management 334 321-330 Online httppubserusgsgovpublication70127378

Pile burning creates a fifty-year legacy of openings in regener-ating lodgepole pine forests in Colorado Rhodes Charles C Fornwalt Paula J 2015 Forest Ecology and Management 336 203-209 Online httpwwwfsfedusrmboiseAWAEpub-licationspubsRhoadesFornwaltPileLegacyFEM2015_apdf

Post-fire forest dynamics and climate variability affect spatial and temporal properties of spruce beetle outbreaks on a Sky Island mountain range OrsquoConnor Christopher D Lynch Ann M Falk Donald A Swetnam Thomas W 2015 Forest Ecology and Management 336 148-162 Online

httpwwwsciencedirectcomsciencearticlepiiS0378112714006033Research related to roads in USDA experimental forests

Elliot WJ Edwards PJ Foltz RB 2014 In Hayes DC Stout SL Crawford RH Hoover AP eds USDA Forest Service experimental forests and ranges research for the long term New York Springer 367-385 Online httpwwwspringercomlife+sciencesecologybook978-1-4614-1817-7

Species composition influences management outcomes fol-lowing mountain pine beetle in lodgepole pine-dominated forests Pelz KA Rhoades CC Hubbard RM Battagllia MA Smith FW 2014 Forest Ecology and Management 336 11-20 Online httpwwwsciencedirectcomsciencearticlepiiS0378112714005751

Spruce aphid (Elatabium abietinum Walker) (Hemiptera Aphididae) [Chapter XXIV] Lynch Ann M 2014 In Van Driesche Roy Reardon Richard eds The use of classical biological control to preserve forests in North America Publi-cation FHTET-2013-2 Morgantown WV US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Forest health Technology Enter-prise Team 259-270 Online httpwwwfsfedusforesthealthtechnologypdfsFHTET-2013-2pdf

Grasslands shrublands and desert ecosystemsChihuahuan Desert grassland responds similarly to fall spring

and summer fires during prolonged drought Ladwig Laura M Collins Scott L Ford Paulette L White Laura B 2014 Rangeland Ecology amp Management 67(6) 621-628 Online httpwwwsrmjournalsorgdoiabs102111REM-D-13-001331

Community structure affects annual grass weed invasion dur-ing restoration of a shrub-steppe ecosystem Allen Phil S Meyer Susan E 2014 Invasive Plant Science and Management 7(1) 1-13 Online httpwwwbiooneorgdoiabs101614IPSM-D-13-000211

Effect of repeated burning on plant and soil carbon and nitro-gen in cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) dominated ecosystems Jones Rachel Chambers Jeanne C Johnson Dale W Blank Robert R Board David I 2015 Plant Soil 386 47-64 Online httplinkspringercomarticle101007s11104-014-2242-2

Grassland to shrubland state transitions enhance carbon sequestration in the northern Chihuahuan Desert Petrie MD Collins SL Swann AM Ford PL Litvak ME 2014 Global Change Biology doi101111gcb12743 Online httponlinelibrarywileycomdoi101111gcb12743abstract

Indirect effects on an invasive annual grass on seed fates of two native perennial grass species Meyer Susan E Merrill Katherine T Allen Phil S Beckstead Julie Norte Anna S 2014 Oecologia 174 1401-1413 Online httpwwwncbinlmnihgovpubmed24399482

Phrenophoric acid a phytotoxic sesquiterpenoid penta-24-dienoic acid produced by a potential mycoherbicide Pyre-nophora semeniperda Masi Marco Meyer Susan Cimmino Alessio Andolfi Anna Evidente Antonio 2014 Journal of Natural Products 77925-930 Online httpwwwncbinlmnihgovpubmed24641210

Pinon-juniper reduction increases soil water availability of the resource growth pool Roundy Bruce A Young Kert Cline Nathan Hulet April Miller Richard F Tausch Robin J Chambers Jeanne C Rau Ben 2014 Rangeland Ecology and Management 67 495-505 Online httpwwwsrmjournalsorgdoiabs102111REM-D-13-000221

Region-wide ecological responses of arid Wyoming big sage-brush communities to fuel tretments Pyke David A Shaff Scot E Lindren Andrew I Schupp Eugene W Doescher Paul S Chambers Jeanne C Burnham Jeffrey S Huso Manuela M 2014 Rangeland Ecology and Management 67 455-467 Online httpwwwsrmjournalsorgdoipdf102111REM-D-13-000901

Resilience and resistance of sagebrush ecosystems Impli-cations for state and transition models and management treatments Chambers Jeanne C Miller Richard F Board David I Pyke David A Roundy Bruce A Grace James B Schupp Eugene W Tausch Robin J 2014 Rangeland Ecology and Management 67 440-454 Online httpwwwsrmjournalsorgdoiabs102111REM-D-13-000741

Response to conifer-encroached shrublands in the Great Basin to prescribed fire and mechanical treatments Miller Rich-ard F Ratchford Jaime Roundy Bruce A Tausch Robin J Hulet April Chambers Jeanne 2014 Rangeland Ecology and Management 67(5)468-481 Online httpwwwsrmjournalsorgdoipdf102111REM-D-13-000031

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Soil resources influence vegetation and response to fire and fire-surrogate treatments in sagebrush-steppe ecosystems Rau Benjamin M Chambers Jeanne C Pyke David A Roundy Bruce A Schupp Eugene W Doescher Paul Caldwell Todd G 2014 Rangeland Ecology and Management 67(5) 506-521 Online httpwwwsrmjournalsorgdoiabs102111REM-D-14-000271

A synopsis of short-term response to alternative restoration treatments in sagebrush-steppe The SageSTEP Project McIver James Brunson Mark Bunting Steve Chambers Jeanne Doescher Paul Grace James Hulet April Johnson Dale Knick Steve Miller Richard Pellant Mike Pierson Fred Pyke David Rau Benjamin Rollins Kim Roundy Bruce Schupp Eugene Tausch Robin Williams Jason 2014 Rangeland Ecology and Management 67(5) 584-598 Online httpwwwsrmjournalsorgdoiabs102111REM-D-14-000841

Understory cover responses to pintildeon-juniper treatments across tree dominance gradients in the Great Basin Roundy Bruce A Miller Richard F Tausch Robin J Young Kert Hulet April Rau Ben Jessop Brad Chambers Jeanne C Eggett Dennis 2014 Rangeland Ecology and Management 67(5) 482-494 Online httpwwwsrmjournalsorgdoiabs102111REM-D-13-000181

Science application and integrationChallenges of assessing fire and burn severity using field mea-

sures remote sensing and modelling Morgan P Keane RE Dillon GK Jain TB Hudak AT Karau EC Sikkink PG Holden ZA Strand EK 2014 International Journal of Wildland Fire 23 1045-1060 Online httpwwwpublishcsiroaupaperWF13058htm

Characterization of fast pyrolysis products generated from several western USA woody species Jarvis Jacqueline M Page-Dumroese Deborah S Anderson Nathaniel M Corilo Yuri Rodgers Ryan P 2014 Energy amp Fuels 28(10) 6438-6446 Online httppubsacsorgdoipdf101021ef501714j

The ecosystem geography of the oceans and continents 2nd ed Bailey Robert G 2014 Springer-Verlag 180 p

From watersheds to the web Online tools for modeling for-est soil erosion Elliot Bill Robichaud Pete Foltz Randy Flanagan Dennis Brooks Erin 2014 Science You Can Use Bulletin 14 10 p Online httpwwwfsfedusrmscience-application-integrationpublications

Linking ecology and aesthetics in sustainable agricultural landscapes Lessons from the Palouse region of Washington USA Klein Linda R Hendrix William G Lohr Virginia I Kaytes Jolie B Sayler Rodney D Swanson Mark E Elliot William J Reganold John P 2015 Landscape and Urban Planning 134 195-209 Online httpwwwsciencedirectcomsciencearticlepiiS0169204614002515

Multidimensional stability model for predicting shallow landslide size and shape across landscapes Milledge DG Bellugi D McKean JA Densmore AL Dietrich WE 2014 Journal of Geophysical Research ndash Earth Surface 119 doi1010022014JFO03135 Online httponlinelibrarywileycomdoi1010022014JF003135abstract

Wildlife and terrestrial habitatsConservation significance of alternative nests of golden eagles

Millsap Brian A Grubb Teryl G Murphy Robert K Swem Ted Watson James W 2015 Global Ecology and Conserva-tion 3 234-241 Online httpwwwsciencedirectcomsciencearticlepiiS2351989414000870

Density and abundance of black-backed woodpeckers in a ponderosa pine ecosystem Mohren Sean R Rumble Mark A Anderson Stanley H 2014 The Prairie Naturalist 46(2) 62-69 Online httpwwwsdstateedunrmorganizationsgpnsstpnuploadMohren-paper-62-69pdf

Movements vary according to dispersal stage group size and rainfall The case of the African lion Elliot Nicholas B Cushman Samuel A Loveridge Andrew J Mtare Godfrey Macdonald David W 2014 Ecology 952860ndash2869 Online httpwwwesajournalsorgdoiabs10189013-17931

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Author IndexAAbbott Ann M 6Abrahamson Ilana 7Allen Phil S 8Anderson Nathaniel M 9Andolfi Anna 8

BBailey John D 4Bailey Robert G 9Baldwin Rob 5Battagllia MA 8Baughman OW 7Beckstead J 7Beckstead Julie 8Bellugi D 9Benjankar R 7Benjankar RM 7Benoit Mary Ann 4Blank Robert R 8Board David I 8Bohn C 7Bramwell L 6Briggs Jennifer S 8Brunson Mark 9Bunting Steve 9Burnham Jeffrey S 8

CCaldwell Todd G 9Carr M A 3Carr MA 6Chambers Jeanne 3 8 9Chambers Jeanne C 8Chen Xiao 8Cimmino Alessio 8Cleveland H 6Cline Nathan 8Coles-Ritchie Marc 4Collins Scott L 8Collins SL 8Comas SJ 6Corilo Yuri 9Cushman Samuel A 9

DDensmore AL 9Dietrich WE 9Dillon GK 9Dobre Mariana 7Doescher Paul 8 9

EEdwards PJ 8Eggett Dennis 9Elliot Nicholas B 9Elliot William J 7 8 9Evidente Antonio 8

FFalk Donald A 8Foltz RB 8Ford Paulette L 8Fornwalt Paula J 8

Franke J-L 7Fryer Janet L 7

GGamo R Scott 5Geary B 7Grace James 8 9Grubb Teryl G 9

HHansen Christopher P 5Hayes Steven W 4Helmbrecht D J 5Hendrix William G 9Hines S 7Hofstetter Richard W 4Holden ZA 9Horan D 7Hubbard RM 8Hudak AT 9Hulet April 8 9Huso Manuela M 8

IInnes Robin 7Isaak D 7Isaak Dan 7Isaak DJ 7

JJacobi William R 8Jain TB 9Jain Theresa B 7Jarvis Jacqueline M 9Jessop Brad 9Johnson Dale 9Johnson Dale W 8Jones Rachel 8

KKarau EC 9Kaytes Jolie B 9Keane RE 9Keegan Charles E III 4Klein Linda R 9Knick Steve 9

LLadwig Laura M 8Li Guolei 8Lilja R L 3Lindren Andrew I 8Lipscomb Don 5Litvak ME 8Liu Yong 8Lohr Virginia I 9Loveridge Andrew J 9Luce C 7Lv Ruiheng 8Lynch Ann M 8

MMacdonald David W 9Marzadri A 7Masi Marco 8McIver James 9McKean J 7

McKean JA 9Menakis J 6Merrill Katherine T 8Meyer Susan 7 8Milledge DG 9Miller Ina S 7Miller Richard 9Miller Richard F 3 8 9Millsap Brian A 9Millspaugh Joshua J 5Mockrin M H 3Mockrin Miranda 5Morgan P 9Morgan Todd A 4Mtare Godfre 9Murphy Robert K 9

NNagel D 7Negroacuten Joseacute F 8Norte Anna S 8

OOrsquoConnor Christopher D 8

PPage-Dumroese Deborah 8 9Page-Dumroese Deborah S 6Patton David R 4Pellant Mike 3 9Pelz KA 8Pendleton Burton 4Petrie MD 8Pierson Fred 9Pyke David 8 9

RRadeloff VC 6Ratchford Jaime 8Rau Ben 8 9Rau Benjamin 9Reganold John P 9Rhoades CC 8Rhodes Charles C 8Rice Thomas M 6Rodgers Ryan P 9Rollins Kim 9Roundy Bruce 8 9Rumble Mark A 5

SSayler Rodney D 9Scherzinger Ryan 5Schupp Eugene 9Schupp Eugene W 8 9Scott J H 5Shaff Scot E 8Sikkink PG 9Simmons Eric A 4Smith FW 8Solem Stephen J 4Springer Abraham E 4Stein S M 3Stein SM 6Stein Susan 5Stewart SI 6Strand EK 9

Swann AM 8Swanson Mark E 9Swem Ted 9Swetnam Thomas W 8

TTausch Robin 8 9Thompson M P 5Tiedemann MG 7Tonina D 7

WWant Weiwei 8Watson James W 9Weidner E 3West Daniel R 8White Laura B 8Williams Jason 9Witt Chris 4Wright CW 7Wu Joan Q 7

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Science Program AreasThe Rocky Mountain Research Station is evolving from a Station with 30 research work units (including ecosystem management

units and national programs) to a comprehensive programmatic structure consisting of eight Science Program areas and several Research Development and Applications programs Descriptions of the Science Program areas follow below

Air Water and Aquatic Environments Air quality water availability water quality and aquatic habitats are critical issues within the rapidly changing Western

United States The Air Water and Aquatic Environments program is committed to the development of knowledge and science applications related to air and water quality as well as the habitat quality distribution diversity and persistence of fish and other aquatic species Website httpwwwfsfedusrmboiseawae_homeshtml Contact Frank McCormick Program Manager for more information 208-373-4351

Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research InstituteThe Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute aims to provide scientific leadership by bringing diverse groups of scientists and

managers together to develop and use the knowledge needed to assure wilderness ecosystems and values endure for generations to come Website httpleopoldwildernessnet Contact Susan Fox Program Director for more information 406-542-4193

Fire Fuel and SmokeThe Fire Fuel and Smoke program works to improve the safety and effectiveness of fire management through the creation and

dissemination of basic fire science knowledge The program investigates the impacts of fires on the environment by means of fundamental and applied research for understanding and predicting fire behavior its effects on ecosystems and its emissions into the atmosphere Website httpwwwfirelaborg Contact Bret Butler Acting Program Manager for more information 406-329-4801

Forest and Woodland EcosystemsForests and woodlands are increasingly being impacted by large scale urbanization and human developments uncharacteristically

large and severe wildfires insect and disease outbreaks exotic species invasions and drought and interactions of multiple stressors at local landscape and regional scales The Forest and Woodland Ecosystems program acquires develops and delivers the scientific knowledge for sustaining and restoring forests and woodlands landscape health biodiversity productivity and ecosystem processes Website httpwwwfsfedusrmrsresearchprogramsforest-woodlands-ecosystem Contact Alison Hill Program Manager for more information 928-556-2105

Grassland Shrubland and Desert EcosystemsDisruptions by large-scale clearing for agriculture water diversions extensive grazing changes in the native fauna the advent

of alien weeds altered fire regimes and increases in human-caused insect and disease epidemics have contributed to produce areas that are in unsuitable condition The Grassland Shrubland and Desert Ecosystems program addresses the biology use management and restoration of these grass and shrublands Website httpwwwfsfedusrmrsresearchprogramsgrassland-shrubland-desert Contact Debbie Finch Program Manager for more information 505-724-3671

Human DimensionsThe Human Dimensions program provides social and economic science based innovation to human societies as they develop a

sustainable relationship with their environment Major issues confronting societies across the globe such as global climate change energy fire water and ecosystem services all have important social-economic dimensions that will be explored and addressed by this program Website httpwwwfsfedusrmrsresearchprogramssocial-economics-decision Contact Dan Williams Acting Program Manager for more information 970-498-2561

Inventory Monitoring and AnalysisThe Inventory Monitoring and Analysis program provides the resource data analysis and tools needed to effectively identify current

status and trends management options and impacts and threats and impacts of fire insects disease and other natural processes Website httpwwwfsfedusrmogden Contact Michael Wilson Program Manager for more information 801-625-5407

Science Application and IntegrationThe Science Application and Integration program is a knowledge transfer unit that provides leadership for the integration and

use of scientific information in natural resource planning and management across the Interior West Website httpwwwfsfedusrmscience-application-integration Contact Jan Engert Assistant Station Director for more information 970-498-1377

Wildlife and Terrestrial EcosystemsThe Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecosystems program is engaged in sustaining species and ecosystems of concern through studies of

ecological interactions within and between plant aquatic and terrestrial animal communities understanding public use effects through studies elucidating social and economic values associated with consumptive and non-consumptive uses of fish and wildlife managing terrestrial and aquatic habitats and evaluating outcomes of land and water uses and natural disturbances Website httpwwwrmrsnaueduwildlife Contact William Block Program Manager for more information 928-556-2161

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