Seeding Evaluation and Experimental Design Strategies (SEEDS) for Restoration

Seeding Planting Monitoring Graphic

Using climate-driven adaptive evolution to guide seed sourcing for restoration in a diverse North American herb-shrub species

Johnson, R.C.; Love, S.L.; Carver, D.; Irish, B.M. 2022. Using climate-driven adaptive evolution to guide seed sourcing for restoration in a diverse North American herb-shrub species. Restoration Ecology. 31(4): e13856.

Assessment of population genetics and climatic variability can refine climate-informed seed transfer guidelines

Massatti, R.; Shriver, R.K.; Winkler, D.E.; Richardson, B.A.; Bradford, J.B. 2020. Assessment of population genetics and climatic variability can refine climate-informed seed transfer guidelines. Restoration Ecology. 28(3): 485-493.

Not all seed transfer zones are created equal: Using fire history to identify seed needs in the Cold Deserts of the Western US

Barga, S.C.; Kilkenny, F.F.; Jensen, S.; Kulpa, S.M.; Agneray, A.C.; Leger, E.A. 2022. Not all seed transfer zones are created equal: Using fire history to identify seed needs in the Cold Deserts of the Western US. bioRxiv: 10.1101/2022.08.15.503985v1.

Great Basin Native Plant Selection and Increase Project: 2011 progress report

Shaw, Nancy; Pellant, Mike. 2012. Great Basin Native Plant Selection and Increase Project: 2011 progress report. Boise, ID: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Grassland, Shrubland and Desert Research Program. 212 p.

Not all seed transfer zones are created equal: Using fire history to identify seed needs in the cold deserts of the western US

Barga, S.C.; Kilkenny, F.F.; Jensen, S.; Kulpa, S.M.; Agneray, A.C.; Leger, E.A. 2022. Not all seed transfer zones are created equal: Using fire history to identify seed needs in the cold deserts of the western US.  bioRxiv 2022.08.15.503985. *This article is a preprint and has not been certified by peer review

Seed planning, sourcing, and procurement

Erickson, V.J.; Halford, A. 2020. Seed planning, sourcing, and procurement. Restoration Ecology. 28(S3): s219-s227. (Note: not funded by the GBNPP)

Evaluating basin wildrye seed sources across provisional seed zones, native forb sowing depth on species performance and improving the accuracy of collection site and seed lot identification for big sagebrush

Jensen, S.L. 2020. Evaluating basin wildrye seed sources across provisional seed zones, native forb sowing depth on species performance and improving the accuracy of collection site and seed lot identification for big sagebrush. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University. Dissertation. 83 p.

Efficacy of empirical seed zones: Pseudoroegneria spicata reproductive phenology and seedling stage traits

Prive, K.A. 2017. Efficacy of empirical seed zones: Pseudoroegneria spicata reproductive phenology and seedling stage traits. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University. Thesis. 86 p.

Restoration in the Intermountain West: Assessing seed zone efficacy using two-year-old blue bunch wheatgrass

Prendeville, H.R.; St. Clair, J.B.; Kilkenny, F.F. 2017. Restoration in the Intermountain West: Assessing seed zone efficacy using two-year-old blue bunch wheatgrass. In: Proceedings- 102nd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America; 2017 August 6-11; Portland, OR. Abstract.