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Monitoring for adaptive management of burned sagebrush-steppe rangelands: addressing variability and uncertainty on the 2015 Soda Megafire
Author
Germino, M.J.
Torma, P.
Fisk, M.R.
Applestein, C.V.
Publisher
Society for Range Management
Publication Year
2022-02
Body

• Use of adaptive management supported by robust monitoring is vital to solving severe rangeland problems, such as the exotic annual grass invasion and fire cycle in sagebrush-steppe rangelands. • Uncertainty in post-fire plant-community composition and plant response to treatments poses a challenge to land management and research but can be addressed with a high density of observations over short time frames. • The monitoring for adaptive management of the 2015 Soda Megafire area (113,000 Ha) sampled up to 2000 observation plots in each of five post-fire years, and provided important insights on challenges, solutions, and insights that can be applied to monitoring future burned areas. © 2021 The Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information.

Language
en
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Journal Issue/Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1016/j.rala.2021.12.002
Additional Information
Matthew J. Germino, Peter Torma, Matthew R. Fisk, and Cara V. Applestein "Monitoring for Adaptive Management of Burned Sagebrush-Steppe Rangelands: Addressing Variability and Uncertainty on the 2015 Soda Megafire," Rangelands 44(1), 99-110, (8 March 2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2021.12.002
ISSN
0190-0528
OAI Identifier
oai:repository.arizona.edu:10150/675726
Journal Volume
Rangelands
Journal Number
44
Journal Pages
1
Collection
Rangelands
Journal Name
Rangelands
Keywords
annual grasses
bunchgrass
Co-production
restoration
sagebrush
Sampling effort
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