Pinyon Juniper Woodlands and Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystems
 

GBEM-Team Leader

   -Jeanne Chambers

EPR-Project Leader

   -Robin Tausch

The Book

   -Great Basin Riparian Ecosystems

GBEM-Field Tour

Employment

Allcock, K, R. Nowak, B. Blank, T. Jones, T. Monaco, J. Chambers, R. Tausch, P. Doescher, J. Tanaka, D. Ogle, L. St. John, M. Pellant, D. Pyke, E. Schupp, and C. Call. 2007. Integrating weed management and restoration on western rangelands. Restoration Ecology. In Press.

Blank, R. S., J. C. Chambers, B. A. Roundy, S. E. Meyer, and A. Whittaker. 2007.  Nutrient availability in rangeland soils: influence of prescribed, burning, herbaceous vegetaion removal, over-seeding with Bromus tectorum, season, and elevation. In Press

Chambers, J. C. , B. A. Roundy, R. R. Blank, S. E. Meyer and A. Whittaker. 2007.  What makes Great Basin sagebrush ecosystems invasible by Bromus tectorum? Ecological Monographs. In Press.

Doescher, J. Tanaka, D. Ogle, M. Pellant, D. Pyke, E. Schupp, and C. Call. 2007. Integrating weed management and restoration on western rangelands. Ecological Restoration. In Press

Mont Blanc, E., J. C. Chambers, and P. Brussard. 2007. The effect of fire and tree density on ant populations in pinyon-juniper dominated watersheds.  Western North American Naturalist. In Press.

Tausch, Robin J., and Sharon Hood. 2007. Pinyon/juniper woodlands. Chap. 4. In: Fire Ecology and Management of the Major Ecosystems of Southern Utah. M. Miller and S. Hood (eds.). Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO. General Technical Report. In Press.

Allen, E. A., J. C. Chambers, and R. S. Nowak. Immediate and longer-term effects of a spring prescribed-burn on the soil seed bank in a pinyon-juniper, IPinus monophylla and Juniperus osteosperma, woodland.  Applied Vegetation Science. Submitted.

Rau, B. M., R. R. Blank, J. C. Chambers, and D. W. Johnson. Pinyon-juniper expansion and prescribed fire effects on soil in the Great Basin sagebrush ecosystems.  Journal of Arid Environments. Submitted

Roundy, B. A., J. C. Chambers, S. E. Meyer, and A. Whittaker. 2007. Germination potential of cheatgrass in relation to disturbance and elevation. Ranglend Ecology and Management. Submitted.

D’Antonio, C. and J. C. Chambers. 2006. Using ecological theory to manage or restore ecosystems affected by invasive plant species. Pages 260-279. In D. Falk, M. Palmer, and J. Zedler (eds). Foundations of Restoration Ecology. Island Press, Covelo, CA.

Dhaemers, Jessica. 2006. Vegetation Response to Prescribed Fire in Pinyon and Juniper Dominated Ecosystems of Central Nevada. University of Nevada, Reno. Master's Thesis.

Nowak, R. S. et al. 2006. Final technical report. Integrated restoration strategies towards weed control on Western rangelands.  CREES Agreement No. 2001-52103-11322. December 14, 2006.

Rau, B. M., J. C. Chambers, R. R. Blank, and W. W. Miller. 2006. Hydrologic response to prescribed fire in central Nevada pinyon-juniper (Pinus monophylla-Juniperus osteosperma) woodland. Journal of Range Management. 58: 614-622.

Chambers,Jeanne C., E. Durant McArthur, Steven B. Monson, Susan E. Meyer, Nancy L. Shaw, and Robin J. Tausch, Robert R. Blank, Steve Bunting, Richard R. Miller, Mike Pellant, Bruce A. Roundy, Scott C. Walker, Alison Whittaker. 2005. Sagebrush Steppe and Pinyon-Juniper Ecosystems - Effects of Changing Fire Regimes, Increased Fuel Loads, and Invasive Species. Joint Fire Sciences Report Project #00-1-1-03.

Chambers, J. C. 2005. Fire related restoration issues in woodland and rangeland ecosystems. In J. Agee (compiler). Mixed Fire Regimes Conference. 17-19 November, Spokane, WA.

Johnson, D. D., The Influence of Environmental Attributes on Temporal and Structural Dynamics of Western Juniper Development and Associated Fuel Loading Characteristics. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. Masters Thesis.

Korfmacher, J. L., J. C. Chambers, and R. J. Tausch. 2003. Technical Note: A devise and method for conducting small plot burn treatments. Journal of Range Management 56:251-254.

Miller, R.F., and R.J. Tausch. 2002. The role of fire in juniper and pinyon woodlands: a descriptive analysis. Proceedings: The First National Congress on Fire, Ecology, Prevention, and Management. San Diego, CA, Nov. 27 - Dec. 1, 2000. Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL.

Chambers, J. C. 2001. Pinus monophylla establishment in an expanding pinon-juniper woodland:Environmental conditions, facilitation and interacting factors. Journal of Vegetation Science. 12:27-40.

Chambers, J. C. 2000. Seed movements and seedling fates in disturbed sagebrush steppe ecosystems: implications for restoration. Ecological Applications. 10:1400-1413.

Terry, R.G., R.S. Nowak, and R.J. Tausch.  2000.  Genetic variability in nuclear ribosomal and chloroplast DNA in Utah (Juniperus osteosperma) and western (J. Occidentalis) juniper (Cupressaceae): Evidence for interspecific gene flow.  Amer. J. Bot. 87:250-258.

Chambers, J. C., E. W. Schupp, and S. B. Vander Wall. 1999. Seed dispersal and seedling establishment of pinyon and juniper species within the pinyon-juniper woodland. Pages 29-34. In S. B. Monson, R. Stevens, R. J. Tausch, R. Miller, and S. Goodrich. Proceedings: Ecology and Management of Pinyon-Juniper Communities within the Interior West. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, General Technical Report, RMRS-P-9.

Miller, R., R.J. Tausch, and W. Waichler. 1999. Ancient juniper woodlands. In: Monsen, S.B., R. Stevens, R.J. Tausch, R. Miller, S. Goodrich. 1999. Proceedings: ecology and management of pinyon-juniper communities within the interior west. 1997 Sept. 15-18, Provo, UT. Proceedings RMRS-P-9, Ogden, Ut: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 375-384.

Moore, D.J., R.S. Nowak, and R.J. Tausch.  1999.  Gas exchange and carbon isotope discrimination of Juniperus osteosperma and Juniperus occidentalis across environmental gradients in the Great Basin of western North America.  Tree Physiology 19:421-433.

Nowak, R.S. Moore, D.J., and R.J. Tausch. 1999. Ecophysiological patterns of pinyon and juniper. In: Monsen, S.B., R. Stevens, R.J. Tausch, R. Miller, S. Goodrich. 1999. Proceedings: ecology and management of pinyon-juniper communities within the interior west. 1997 Sept. 15-18, Provo, UT. Proceedings RMRS-P-9, Ogden, Ut: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 35-46.

Rasmussen, G.A., R.J. Tausch, and S. Bunting. 1999. Use of the helitorch to enhance plant diversity in mature pinyon-juniper communities: A conceptual approach. In: Monsen, S.B., R. Stevens, R.J. Tausch, R. Miller, S. Goodrich. 1999. Proceedings: ecology and management of pinyon-juniper communities within the interior west. 1997 Sept. 15-18, Provo, UT. Proceedings RMRS-P-9, Ogden, Ut: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 408-409

Schupp, E. W., J. C. Chambers, S. Vander Wall, J. M. Gomez, and M. Fuentes. 1999. Pinon and juniper seed dispersal and seedling recruitment processes at woodland ecotones. In E. D. McArthur, W. K. Ostler, and C. L. Wamboldt, compilers. Proceedings: Shrubland Ecotones, August 12-14, 1998, Provo, UT. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, RMRS-P-11.

Tausch, R.J. 1999. Transitions and thresholds: influences and implications for management in pinyon and Utah juniper woodlands. In: Monsen, S.B., R. Stevens, R.J. Tausch, R. Miller, S. Goodrich. 1999. Proceedings: ecology and management of pinyon-juniper communities within the interior west. 1997 Sept. 15-18, Provo, UT. Proceedings RMRS-P-9, Ogden, Ut: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 361-365

Tausch, R. J. 1999. Historic pinyon and juniper woodland development. Pages 12-19. in S. B.Monson and R. Stevens, comp. Proceedings: Ecology and Management of Pinyon-Juniper Communities within the Interior West. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO. RMRS-P-9.

Tausch, Robin J. and R. S. Nowak. 1999. Fifty years of ecotone change between shrub and tree dominance in the Jack Springs pinyon research natural area. In: McArthur, E. D., Ostler, W.K., Wamboldt, C.L. Comps. 1999. Proceedings: Shrubland Ecotones. 1998 August 12-14, Ephraim, UT. Proceedings RMRS-P-11 pp. 71-77.

Richards, R. T., J. C. Chambers, and C. Ross. 1998. Use of native plants on federal lands: policy and practice. Journal of Range Management 51:625-632.

Lyons-Weiler, J., G.A. Hoelzer, and R.J. Tausch. 1998. Optimal outgroup analysis. Journal of the Linnean Society, 64:493-511.

West, N.E., R.J. Tausch, and P.T. Tueller. 1998. A management-oriented classification of pinyon- juniper woodlands in the Great Basin. U.S. Depart. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Ogden, UT, Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-12 42p.

Lyons-Weiler, J. And R.J. Tausch. 1997. The demarcation of historical from ecological variance in species diversity patterns. In: Kaye, T.N., A. Liston, R.M. Love, D.L. Luoma, R.J. Meinke, and M.V. Wilson. (Eds.). Conservation and management of native plants and fungi. Native Plant Society of Oregon, Corvallis, OR. 209-221.

Lyons-Weiler, J., G.A. Hoelzer, and R.J. Tausch. 1996. Relative Apparent Synapomorphy Analysis (RASA) I: The statistical measurement of phylogenetic signal. Mol. Biol Evol. 13:749-757.

Schultz, B.W., R.J. Tausch, and P.T. Tueller. 1996. Spatial Relationships among young Cercocarpus ledifolius (curlleaf mountain mahogany). Great Basin Naturalist 56:261-266.

Tausch, Robin J. 1996. Past changes, present and future impacts, and the assisment of community or ecosystem condition. In: Barrow J.R., E.D. McArthur, R.E. Sosebee, and R.J. Tausch (comps) Proceedings: shrubland ecosystem dynamics in a changing environment; 1995 May 23-25; Las Cruces, NM. Gen Tech. Rep. INT-GR-338. Ogden UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 97-101.

DeRocher, T.R., R.F. Walker, and R.J. Tausch. 1995. Estimating whole-tree transpiration of Pinus monophylla using a steady-state porometer. J. Sustainable Forestry 3:85-99.

McArthur, D. and R.J. Tausch. 1995. Genetic aspects of the biodiversity of rangeland plants. In: N.E. West. Natural Resources and Environmental Issues, Vol. IV, Proceedings, Biodiversity on Rangelands; 1993, February 16; Albuquerque, NM. Utah State University, College of Natural Resources, Logan, Utah: 5-20.

Tausch, R.J., D. Charlet, D. Weixlman, and D. Zamudio. 1995. Patterns of ordination and classification instability resulting from changes in input data order. J. Vegetation Science 6:897-902.

Tausch, R.J., and N.E. West. 1995. Plant species composition patterns with differences in tree dominance on a southwestern Utah pinyon-juniper site. In: Shaw, D.W, E.F. Aldon, C. LoSapio, Coords. Desired future conditions for pinyon-juniper ecosystems; 1994 August 8-12; Flagstaff, AZ. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-258. Fort Collins, CO; Usda Forest Service Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 16-23.

Tausch, R.J., and P.T. Tueller. 1995. Relationships among plant species composition and mule deer winter range use on eastern Nevada pinyon-juniper chainings. In: Shaw, D.W, E.F. Aldon, C. LoSapio, Coords. Desired future conditions for pinyon-juniper ecosystems; 1994 August 8-12; Flagstaff, AZ. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-258. Fort Collins, CO; Usda Forest Service Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 65-73.

Tausch, R.J., J.C. Chambers, R.R. Blank, and R.S. Nowak. 1995. Differential establishment of perennial grass and cheatgrass following fire on an ungrazed sagebrush-juniper site. In: Roundy, B.A., E.D. McArthur, J.S. Haley, and D.K. Mann, Comps. Procedings, wildland shrub and arid land restoration symposium, 1993 October 19-21, Las Vegas, NV. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-315. USDA Forest Service Intermountain Research Station: 252-257.

Chambers, J. C. and J. A. MacMahon. 1994. A day in the life of a seed: Movements and fates of seeds and their implications for natural and managed systems. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 25:263-292.

Chambers, J. C., R. W. Brown, B. D. Williams, 1994. An evaluation of reclamation success Idaho's phosphate mines. Restoration Ecology 2:4-16.

Derocher, T.R., and R.J. Tausch. 1994. Predicting potential transpiration of singleleaf pinyon: an adaption of the potometer method. Forest Ecology and Management 63:169-180.

Derocher, T.R. and R.J. Tausch. 1994. Needle biomass equations for singleleaf pinyon on the Virginia Range, Nevada. Great Basin Naturalist 54:177-181.

Tausch, R.J., R.S. Nowak, A.D. Bruner, and J. Smithson. 1994. Effects of simulated fall and early spring grazing on cheatgrass and perennial grass in western Nevada. In: Monsen, S.B. and S.G. Kitchen (eds). Proceedings: ecology and management of annual rangelands. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report INT-GTR-313. 113-119.

Tausch, R.J., T. Svejcar, and J.W. Burkhardt. 1994. Patterns of annual grass dominance on Anaho island: Implications for Great Basin vegetation Management. In: Monsen, S.B. and S.G. Kitchen (eds). Proceedings: ecology and management of annual rangelands. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report INT-GTR-313. 120-125.

Chambers, J. C. and B. E. Norton. 1993. Effects of grazing and drought on population dynamics of salt desert shrub species on the Desert Experimental Range, Utah. Journal of Arid Environments 24:261-275.

Schultz, B.W., R.J. Tausch, and P.T. Tueller. 1991. Ecology of curlleaf mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius) in western and central Nevada: Patterns of intra-specific competition. Great Basin Naturalist 51:183-191.

Svejcar, T. and R. Tausch. 1991. Anaho Island: A relict area dominated by annual invader species. Rangelands 13:233-236.

Tueller, P.T., R.J. Tausch, and V.Bostick. 1991. Species and plant community distribution in a Mojave-cold desert transition. Vegetatio 92:133-150.

Melgoza, G. R.S. Nowak, and R.J. Tausch. 1990. Soil water exploitation after fire: Competition between Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass) and two native species. Oecologia 83:7-13.

Schultz, B.W., P.T. Tueller, and R.J. Tausch. 1990. Ecology of curlleaf mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius) in western and central Nevada. I: Community and population structure. J Range Manage. 43:13-20.

Tausch, R.J., and P.T. Tueller. 1990. Foliage biomass and cover relationships between tree- and shrub-dominated communities in pinyon-juniper woodlands. Great Basin Naturalist 50:121-134.

Great Basin Riparian Ecosystems, edited by Jeanne C. Chambers and Jerry R. Miller.

Presents the approach used by the researchers to study and understand riparian areas in the Great Basin region.