Implementation of the SEEDS experimental restoration framework can move management options toward strategic treatments that increase project success, reduce the need for repeated treatments, and reduce costs. We will restore functional and resilient Great Basin ecosystems through, 1) experiments using local management and researcher knowledge, 2) monitoring a suite of integrated ecosystem processes, 3) determining…
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Barga, S.C.; Kilkenny, F.F.; Jensen, S.; Kulpa, S.M.; Agneray, A.C.; Leger, E.A. 2023. Not all seed transfer zones are created equal: Using fire history to identify seed needs in the cold deserts of the western US. Restoration Ecology. 31(8): e14007
Jain, T.B.; Abrahamson, I.; Anderson, N.; Hood, S.; Hanberry, B.; Kilkenny, F.; McKinney, S.; Ott, J.; Urza, A.; Chambers, J.; Battaglia, M.; Varner, M.; O’Brien, J.J. 2021. Effectiveness of fuel treatments at the landscape scale: State of understanding and key research gaps. PROJECT ID: 19-S-01-2. Boise, ID: Joint Fire Sciences Program. 65 p.
Kilkenny, F.; Ott, J.; Summers, D.; Thompson, T. 2018. Vegetation succession in post-fire seeding treatments. JFSP Project 15-1-07-39. Boise, ID: Joint Fire Science Program. 23 p.
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Taylor, M. 2013. Exotic, native and seeded species, and soil biology response to post-fire seedings in northern Utah. Laramie WY: University of Wyoming. Thesis. 96 p.
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Chambers, J.C.; McArthur, E.D.; Monsen, S.B.; Meyer, S.E.; Shaw, N.L.; Tausch, R.J.; Blank, R.R.; Bunting, S.; Miller, R.R.; Pellant, M.L.; Roundy, B.A.; Walker, S.C.; Whittaker, A. 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. 66 p.