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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Pinyon-juniper woodlands"”.
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Ecology and Conservation of Birds of Pinyon -Juniper Woodlands
… leading to a bark-beetle outbreak that killed pinyon pines over several million ha of pinyon juniper woodlands. On 15 study sites in Arizona and Utah, I found no evidence that any bird species had declined in response to pine mortality between 2001 and 2005. In 2004, during the drought, and …
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Response of Pinyon-juniper woodlands to fire, chaining, and hand thinning
Pinyon-juniper (Pinus monophylla - Juniperus osteosperma) woodlands have expanded and infilled over the last 150 years to cover more than 40 million ha in the Great Basin. Many land managers seek to remove Pinyon-juniper trees using a variety of treatments. This thesis looks at six different …
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Mule Deer Responses to a Pinyon-Juniper Removal
… 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 outcompeting herbaceous vegetation that is crucial for mule deer. We administered a …
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Improving ungulate habitat in a region undergoing rapid energy development: consequences for songbirds and small mammals
… and roller-chop treatments) for reducing pinyon-juniper woodlands to promote mule deer habitat. I use this experimental design to additionally test the initial effects of these treatments on birds and small mammals, and to evaluate selection of habitat components in treatments by birds and …