Mule Deer in Grasslands

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Mule deer response to invasive annual grasses: implications for strategic management in sagebrush priority areas

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Mule deer response to invasive annual grasses: implications for strategic management in sagebrush priority areas

Reconciling scale using the Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD) Framework to improve management of woody encroachment in grasslands

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Reconciling scale using the Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD) Framework to improve management of woody encroachment in grasslands

Woody plant reinvasion shortens the lifespan of grassland restoration treatments

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Woody plant reinvasion shortens the lifespan of grassland restoration treatments

Population increases of the threatened American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) linked to large-scale collaborations in a working lands ecoregion

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Population increases of the threatened American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) linked to large-scale collaborations in a working lands ecoregion

From a Bird to a Biome: Do Sage Grouse Initiative Efforts Contribute to Conservation of the Sagebrush Ecosystem?

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From a Bird to a Biome: Do Sage Grouse Initiative Efforts Contribute to Conservation of the Sagebrush Ecosystem?

Using Satellite Remote Sensing to Assess Shrubland Vegetation Responses to Large-Scale Juniper Removal in the Northern Great Basin

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Using Satellite Remote Sensing to Assess Shrubland Vegetation Responses to Large-Scale Juniper Removal in the Northern Great Basin

Pollinator response to livestock grazing: implications for rangeland conservation in sagebrush ecosystems

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Pollinator response to livestock grazing: implications for rangeland conservation in sagebrush ecosystems

Impacts of umbrella species management on non-target species

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Impacts of umbrella species management on non-target species

Declining Pronghorn (Antilocapra Americana) Population Productivity Caused by Woody Encroachment and Oil and Gas Development

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Declining Pronghorn (Antilocapra Americana) Population Productivity Caused by Woody Encroachment and Oil and Gas Development

Biology Technical Note No. 93 – Improving Fence Passage for Migratory Big Game: Examples and Lessons Learned From Wyoming’s Migratory Big Game Partnership

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Biology Technical Note No. 93 – Improving Fence Passage for Migratory Big Game: Examples and Lessons Learned From Wyoming’s Migratory Big Game Partnership

Rangeland Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

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Rangeland Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Grassland Intactness Outcompetes Species as a More Efficient Surrogate in Conservation Design

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Grassland Intactness Outcompetes Species as a More Efficient Surrogate in Conservation Design

Restoration of wet meadows to enhance Gunnison sage-grouse habitat and drought resilience in arid rangelands

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Restoration of wet meadows to enhance Gunnison sage-grouse habitat and drought resilience in arid rangelands

Fire Needs Annual Grasses More Than Annual Grasses Need Fire

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Fire Needs Annual Grasses More Than Annual Grasses Need Fire

Mapping Tree Cover Expansion In Montana, U.S.A. Rangelands Using High-Resolution Historical Aerial Imagery

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Mapping Tree Cover Expansion In Montana, U.S.A. Rangelands Using High-Resolution Historical Aerial Imagery

Optimizing Targeting of Pinyon-Juniper Management for Sagebrush Birds of Conservation Concern While Avoiding Imperiled Pinyon Jay

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Optimizing Targeting of Pinyon-Juniper Management for Sagebrush Birds of Conservation Concern While Avoiding Imperiled Pinyon Jay

Regional Context for Balancing Sagebrush- and Woodland-Dependent Songbird Needs with Targeted Pinyon-Juniper Management in the Sagebrush Biome

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Regional Context for Balancing Sagebrush- and Woodland-Dependent Songbird Needs with Targeted Pinyon-Juniper Management in the Sagebrush Biome

Spot-fire distance increases disproportionately for wildfires compared to prescribed fires as grasslands transition to Juniperus woodlands

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Spot-fire distance increases disproportionately for wildfires compared to prescribed fires as grasslands transition to Juniperus woodlands

The ties that bind the sagebrush biome: integrating genetic connectivity into range-wide conservation of greater sage-grouse

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The ties that bind the sagebrush biome: integrating genetic connectivity into range-wide conservation of greater sage-grouse

Long-Term Trends in Vegetation on Bureau of Land Management Rangelands in the Western United States

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Long-Term Trends in Vegetation on Bureau of Land Management Rangelands in the Western United States

Next-generation technologies unlock new possibilities to track rangeland productivity and quantify multi-scale conservation outcomes

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Next-generation technologies unlock new possibilities to track rangeland productivity and quantify multi-scale conservation outcomes

Incipient woody plant encroachment signals heightened vulnerability for an intact grassland region

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Incipient woody plant encroachment signals heightened vulnerability for an intact grassland region

Herbaceous production lost to tree encroachment in United States rangelands

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Herbaceous production lost to tree encroachment in United States rangelands

Spatial patterns of woody plant encroachment in a temperate grassland

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Spatial patterns of woody plant encroachment in a temperate grassland

A Sagebrush Conservation Design to Proactively Restore America’s Sagebrush Biome

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A Sagebrush Conservation Design to Proactively Restore America’s Sagebrush Biome

Using dynamic, fuels-based fire probability maps to reduce large wildfires in the Great Basin

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Using dynamic, fuels-based fire probability maps to reduce large wildfires in the Great Basin

Where there’s smoke, there’s fuel: dynamic vegetation data improve predictions of wildfire hazard in the Great Basin

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Where there’s smoke, there’s fuel: dynamic vegetation data improve predictions of wildfire hazard in the Great Basin

New strategies for characterizing genetic structure in wide-ranging, continuously distributed species: A Greater Sage-grouse case study

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New strategies for characterizing genetic structure in wide-ranging, continuously distributed species: A Greater Sage-grouse case study

Defend the core: Maintaining intact rangelands by reducing vulnerability to invasive annual grasses

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Defend the core: Maintaining intact rangelands by reducing vulnerability to invasive annual grasses

A geographic strategy for cross-jurisdictional, proactive management of invasive annual grasses in Oregon

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A geographic strategy for cross-jurisdictional, proactive management of invasive annual grasses in Oregon

Regional context for balancing sagebrush- and woodland-dependent songbird needs with targeted pinyon-juniper management in the sagebrush biome

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Regional context for balancing sagebrush- and woodland-dependent songbird needs with targeted pinyon-juniper management in the sagebrush biome

Tracking spatial regimes in animal communities: Implications for resilience-based management

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Tracking spatial regimes in animal communities: Implications for resilience-based management

Guiding principles for using satellite-derived maps in rangeland management

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Guiding principles for using satellite-derived maps in rangeland management

The last continuous grasslands on Earth: Identification and conservation importance

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The last continuous grasslands on Earth: Identification and conservation importance

Large-scale fire management restores grassland bird richness on private lands

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Large-scale fire management restores grassland bird richness on private lands

The elevational ascent and spread of exotic annual grass dominance in the Great Basin, USA

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The elevational ascent and spread of exotic annual grass dominance in the Great Basin, USA

Tracking spatial regimes as an early warning for a species of conservation concern

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Tracking spatial regimes as an early warning for a species of conservation concern

Reversing Tree Encroachment Increases Usable Space for Sage-Grouse during the Breeding Season

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Reversing Tree Encroachment Increases Usable Space for Sage-Grouse during the Breeding Season

Challenges of Brush Management Treatment Effectiveness in Southern Great Plains, United States

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Challenges of Brush Management Treatment Effectiveness in Southern Great Plains, United States

Increasing durability of voluntary conservation through strategic implementation of the Conservation Reserve Program

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Increasing durability of voluntary conservation through strategic implementation of the Conservation Reserve Program

Annual and 16-Day Rangeland Production Estimates for the Western United States

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Annual and 16-Day Rangeland Production Estimates for the Western United States

Reversing tree expansion in sagebrush steppe yields population-level benefit for imperiled grouse

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Reversing tree expansion in sagebrush steppe yields population-level benefit for imperiled grouse

Rapid Monitoring of the Abundance and Spread of Exotic Annual Grasses in the Western United States Using Remote Sensing and Machine Learning

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Rapid Monitoring of the Abundance and Spread of Exotic Annual Grasses in the Western United States Using Remote Sensing and Machine Learning

Scaling up private land conservation to meet recovery goals for grassland birds

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Scaling up private land conservation to meet recovery goals for grassland birds

Sagebrush Conservation Strategy—Challenges to Sagebrush Conservation

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Sagebrush Conservation Strategy—Challenges to Sagebrush Conservation

$Improving Landsat predictions of rangeland fractional cover with multitask learning and uncertainty$

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Improving Landsat predictions of rangeland fractional cover with multitask learning and uncertainty

Beyond Inventories: Emergence of a New Era in Rangeland Monitoring

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Beyond Inventories: Emergence of a New Era in Rangeland Monitoring

Quantifying Pinyon-Juniper Reduction within North America’s Sagebrush Ecosystem

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Quantifying Pinyon-Juniper Reduction within North America’s Sagebrush Ecosystem

Annual Herbaceous Cover across Rangelands of the Sagebrush Biome

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Annual Herbaceous Cover across Rangelands of the Sagebrush Biome

Are Sage-Grouse Fine-Scale Specialists or Shrub-Steppe Generalists?

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Are Sage-Grouse Fine-Scale Specialists or Shrub-Steppe Generalists?

Monitoring pinyon-juniper cover and aboveground biomass across the Great Basin

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Monitoring pinyon-juniper cover and aboveground biomass across the Great Basin

Climate and human water use diminish wetland networks supporting continental waterbird migration

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Climate and human water use diminish wetland networks supporting continental waterbird migration

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Effects of rotational grazing management on nesting greater sage-grouse

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Beyond protected areas: Private lands and public policy anchor intact pathways for multi-species wildlife migration

Ground-Dwelling Arthropod Community Response to Livestock Grazing: Implications for Avian Conservation

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Ground-Dwelling Arthropod Community Response to Livestock Grazing: Implications for Avian Conservation

Rangeland Productivity Partitioned to Sub-Pixel Plant Functional Types

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Rangeland Productivity Partitioned to Sub-Pixel Plant Functional Types

Synchronizing conservation to seasonal wetland hydrology and waterbird migration in semi-arid landscapes

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Synchronizing conservation to seasonal wetland hydrology and waterbird migration in semi-arid landscapes

Patterns of rangeland productivity and land ownership: Implications for conservation and management

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Patterns of rangeland productivity and land ownership: Implications for conservation and management

Seasonal drought in North America’s sagebrush biome structures dynamic mesic resources for sage-grouse

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Seasonal drought in North America’s sagebrush biome structures dynamic mesic resources for sage-grouse

Early Warnings for State Transitions

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Early Warnings for State Transitions

Unintended habitat loss on private land from grazing restrictions on public rangelands

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Unintended habitat loss on private land from grazing restrictions on public rangelands

Innovation in rangeland monitoring: annual, 30 m, plant functional type percent cover maps for U.S. rangelands, 1984–2017

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Innovation in rangeland monitoring: annual, 30 m, plant functional type percent cover maps for U.S. rangelands, 1984–2017

Low-tech riparian and wet meadow restoration increases vegetation productivity and resilience across semiarid rangelands

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Low-tech riparian and wet meadow restoration increases vegetation productivity and resilience across semiarid rangelands

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Effects of livestock grazing on nesting sage-grouse in central Montana

The genetic network of greater sage-grouse: Range-wide identification of keystone hubs of connectivity

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The genetic network of greater sage-grouse: Range-wide identification of keystone hubs of connectivity

Quantifying functional connectivity: The role of breeding habitat, abundance, and landscape features on range-wide gene flow in sage-grouse

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Quantifying functional connectivity: The role of breeding habitat, abundance, and landscape features on range-wide gene flow in sage-grouse

Terrestrial primary production for the conterminous United States derived from Landsat 30 m and MODIS 250 m

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Terrestrial primary production for the conterminous United States derived from Landsat 30 m and MODIS 250 m

Phenology largely explains taller grass at successful nests in greater sage-grouse

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Phenology largely explains taller grass at successful nests in greater sage-grouse

A Dynamic Landsat Derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) Product for the Conterminous United States

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A Dynamic Landsat Derived Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) Product for the Conterminous United States

Next-generation restoration for sage-grouse: a framework for visualizing local conifer cuts within a landscape context

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Next-generation restoration for sage-grouse: a framework for visualizing local conifer cuts within a landscape context

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Longest sage-grouse migratory behavior sustained by intact pathways

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Restoring Sage-grouse nesting habitat through removal of early successional conifer

Better living through conifer removal: A demographic analysis of sage-grouse vital rates

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Better living through conifer removal: A demographic analysis of sage-grouse vital rates

Genetic recapture identifies long-distance breeding dispersal in Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)

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Genetic recapture identifies long-distance breeding dispersal in Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)

Short-Term Response of Sage-Grouse Nesting to Conifer Removal in the Northern Great Basin

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Short-Term Response of Sage-Grouse Nesting to Conifer Removal in the Northern Great Basin

Mapping Tree Canopy Cover in Support of Proactive Prairie Grouse Conservation in Western North America

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Mapping Tree Canopy Cover in Support of Proactive Prairie Grouse Conservation in Western North America

Bird Responses to Removal of Western Juniper in Sagebrush-Steppe

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Bird Responses to Removal of Western Juniper in Sagebrush-Steppe

Reducing cultivation risk for at-risk species: Predicting outcomes of conservation easements for sage-grouses

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Reducing cultivation risk for at-risk species: Predicting outcomes of conservation easements for sage-grouses

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Hierarchical population structure in greater sage-grouse provides insight into management boundary delineation

Tapping Soil Survey Information for Rapid Assessment of Sagebrush Ecosystem Resilience and Resistance

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Tapping Soil Survey Information for Rapid Assessment of Sagebrush Ecosystem Resilience and Resistance

Public lands and private waters: scarce mesic resources structure land tenure and sage-grouse distributions

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Public lands and private waters: scarce mesic resources structure land tenure and sage-grouse distributions

Conserving migratory mule deer through the umbrella of sage-grouse

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Conserving migratory mule deer through the umbrella of sage-grouse

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Saving sage-grouse from the trees: A proactive solution to reducing a key threat to a candidate species

Trial by Fire: Improving Our Ability to Reduce Wildfire Impacts to Sage-Grouse and Sagebrush Ecosystems Through Accelerated Partner Collaboration

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Trial by Fire: Improving Our Ability to Reduce Wildfire Impacts to Sage-Grouse and Sagebrush Ecosystems Through Accelerated Partner Collaboration

Measuring the Effectiveness of Conservation: A Novel Framework to Quantify the Benefits of Sage-Grouse Conservation Policy and Easements in Wyoming

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Measuring the Effectiveness of Conservation: A Novel Framework to Quantify the Benefits of Sage-Grouse Conservation Policy and Easements in Wyoming