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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Intermountain West"”.
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FLEAS OF THE AMERICAN PIKA: DIVERSITY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY IN NORTH AMERICA’S INTERMOUNTAIN WEST
… are widely distributed across North America’s Intermountain West. Previous investigations revealed five geographically distinct mitochondrial lineages within <em>O. princeps </em>associated with different mountain systems of the Intermountain West. In contrast, diversity of endoparasitic …
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Cattle manure characteristics in relation to manure accumulation period and seasonal impacts in the intermountain west
… study focuses on beef cattle manure from the intermountain west, home to many cattle feedlots producing millions of tons of manure a year. Beef cattle feedlots pens typically have a base of compacted manure with no roof covering the pen. With no roof over the beef cattle feedlots and low …
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Framing human-wildlife conflict in the intermountain West: content analysis of daily newspapers to diverse audiences
… were collected via daily newspapers across the Intermountain West from 2010 to 2015. Results demonstrated that there were significant differences between newspapers serving larger, more urban communities and smaller, more rural communities. Findings indicate that urban audiences are exposed to …
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Below-Ground Food Production in Habitats Utilized by the Rocky Mountain Populations of Greater Sandhill Cranes
… (USFWS) National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) in the Intermountain West where these life cycle events occur. Grays Lake NWR in Idaho is a traditional RMP crane breeding area; Monte Vista NWR in the San Luis Valley in Colorado is an important crane stopover site during spring and fall migration; and …
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Mule Deer Responses to a Pinyon-Juniper Removal
… that is declining in abundance throughout the Intermountain West for a suite of reasons. One of these reasons is expansion of single-leaf pinyon (Pinus monophylla) and Utah juniper (Juniperus osteosperma) into sagebrush communities in the Great Basin. Pinyon-juniper woodlands are adept at …
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Land Use and Land Cover Change in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem, Montana, USA from 1992-2011
… cover change (LULCC) has occurred throughout the Intermountain West. The Crown of the Continent Ecosystem (CCE) extends along the Rocky Mountains adjacent to the Canada-U.S. International border. In the U.S. portion of the CCE, located in northwestern Montana, development has increased since the …
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Human Dimensions of Habitat Conservation on Western Agricultural Lands: Engaging Producers in the Conservation Conversation
… we looked at what factors ranchers in the Intermountain West consider in deciding to continue or discontinue flood irrigation, an irrigation practice that sustains historically flooded wet meadows across the region. We also evaluated these landowner-led workshops as a form of participatory …
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Interactions between Bromus tectorum, grasshoppers, and native plants in sagebrush steppe communities
… produced widespread, persistent changes in the Intermountain West. As a result of this and other disturbances, sagebrush shrubland is among North America's most imperiled ecosystems. Restoration of B. tectorum-infested areas has often been unsuccessful, and there is a need to understand the …
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Where roots run deep: fostering youth environmental motivation through livelihoods in rural place-based education
… student environmental science motivation in an intermountain west region of the US, we grounded this study in Situated Expectancy Value Theory where we investigated how values, identity, and expectations of success contribute to motivation. We designed a Place-Based Education (PBE) climate …
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Epidemiology of Ustilago bullata Berk. on Bromus tectorum L. and Implication for Biological Control
… temperatures typical of autumn seedbeds in the Intermountain West, it may not be necessary to use locally-adapted pathogen populations in biological control program. A biocontrol program is most likely to be effective under a scenario where autumn precipitation permits emergence of most of the …
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Aerial Empire: contested sovereignties and the American West
… shaped the United States’ colonization of the intermountain west. By focusing on environmental management and federal-Indian policy, it shows how claiming and regulating air as a natural resource both supported and subverted the nation’s control over the region in the twentieth century. A …
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Responses of Above- and Belowground Forb and Plant Species Diversity to Grazing Exclusion and Fire in the Northern Great Basin Sagebrush Steppe
… used as perennial bunchgrasses, forbs of the Intermountain west have also been tested for use in rehabilitation purposes in the Intermountain West. Forbs provide the majority of plant species richness in stable-state sagebrush systems of the Northern Great Basin, are important seasonal food …
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Effects of Moisture on Combustion of Live Wildland Forest Fuels
… U.S. species from the California chaparral, the intermountain west, and the southeastern regions. Temperature, mass, and video images were recorded throughout each experimental run from which numerous data values were obtained such as time to ignition, ignition temperature, flame height, time of …
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Population-Level Differences in Pinus monophylla Whole-Plant Seedling Strategies Under Varying Precipitation Pulses
… monophylla) is a dominant tree species in the Intermountain West, USA, that demonstrates intraspecific trait variation along multiple climatic gradients, most notably climatic water deficit and amount of summer precipitation. Climatic water deficit varies considerably across P. monophylla's …
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Impacts of climate changes on the spatiotemporal distribution of precipitation in the western United States
<p>Precipitation in the Intermountain West is characterized by its great variability in both spatial and temporal distributions. Moreover, the spatiotemporal distribution of the precipitation is changing due to the climate changes. In this dissertation, three studies are conducted to investigate …
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