Jeanne C. Chambers, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Adam L. Mahood, Jennifer K. Balch, David M. Barnard, Katherine N. Suding, Jeanne C. Chambers. 2025. Non-native grass invasion drives biodiversity loss after a single fire in a semi-arid shrubland
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Jessi L. Brown, Sofia Koutzoukis, Richard F. Miller, Sarah C. Barga, Rhett Boswell, Robert W. Heckman, Mark Madsen, Matt C. Reeves, Vaughn Thacker, Stephanie Yelenik. 2025. Major changes in climate, vegetation, and ecological resilience in recent decades suggest climate smart management strategies for western US dryland shrublands and woodlands
• Michelle A. Day, Claire Tortorelli, Lisa M. Ellsworth, Karen C. Short, Jessi L. Brown, Sofia Koutzoukis, Julia Olszewski, Alan Ager, Jeanne C. Chambers. 2025. Optimizing woody fuel treatments to reduce wildfire risk to sagebrush ecosystems in the Great Basin of the western US
• Sylvia Kantor, Jeanne C. Chambers, Duncan Leao, Jessica L. Brown, Brice Hanberry, Matt C. Reeves, Karen C. Short, Claire Tortorelli, Alexandra K. Urza. 2025. Right fuel treatment, right place: Managing wildfire in sagebrush country
• Daniel R. Schlaepfer, Jeanne C. Chambers, Alexandra K. Urza, Brice Hanberry, Jessi L. Brown, David Board, Steven B. Campbell, Karen J. Clause, Michele R. Crist, John B. Bradford. 2025. Declining ecological resilience and invasion resistance under climate change in the sagebrush region, United States
• Thomas A. Bridges-Lyman, Jessi L. Brown, Jeanne C. Chambers, Lisa M. Ellsworth, Matthew C. Reeves, Karen C. Short, Eva K. Strand, Michael H. Taylor. 2024. Evaluating the economic efficiency of fuel reduction treatments in sagebrush ecosystems that vary in ecological resilience and invasion resistance
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Jessi L. Brown, Steve Campbell, Shane A. Green, Matthew C. Reeves, Daniel R. Schlaepfer, Vaughn Thacker. 2024. Indicators of ecological resilience and invasion resistance - accounting for precipitation seasonality and climate change in southwestern U.S. drylands
• Alexandra K. Urza, David Board, John B. Bradford, Jessi L. Brown, Jeanne C. Chambers, Daniel R. Schlaepfer, Karen C. Short. 2024. Disentangling drivers of annual grass invasion: Abiotic susceptibility vs. fire-induced conversion to cheatgrass dominance in the sagebrush biome
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Richard F. Miller, Jessi L. Brown, Sarah C. Barga, Rhett Boswell, Mark Madsen, Matt C. Reeves, Vaughn Thacker, Alexandra K. Urza. 2024. Selecting appropriate vegetation treatments in shrubland and pinyon-juniper ecosystems in a USDA Forest Service wildfire crisis landscape: Evaluating resilience to disturbance and resistance to invasive annual grasses and predicting vegetation response
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Eva K. Strand, Lisa M. Ellsworth, Claire Tortorelli, Alexandra K. Urza, Michele R. Crist, Richard F. Miller, Matt C. Reeves, Karen C. Short, Claire L. Williams. 2024. Review of fuel treatment effects on fuels, fire behavior and ecological resilience in sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) ecosystems in the Western U.S.
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Jessi L. Brown, Matt C. Reeves, Eva K. Strand, Lisa M. Ellsworth, Claire Tortorelli, Alexandra K. Urza, Karen C. Short. 2024. Fuel treatment response groups for fire‑prone sagebrush landscapes
• Terrie B. Jain, Sharon M. Hood, Shawn McKinney, Jeffrey E. Ott, Alexandra K. Urza, Morgan Varner, Ilana Abrahamson, Nathaniel Anderson, Michael A. Battaglia, Jeanne C. Chambers, Brice Hanberry, Francis F. Kilkenny, Joseph O’Brien. 2023. Can fuel treatments change how a wildfire burns across a landscape?
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Jessi L. Brown, John B. Bradford, Kevin E. Doherty, Michele R. Crist, Daniel R. Schlaepfer, Alexandra K. Urza, Karen C. Short. 2023. Combining resilience and resistance with threat-based approaches for prioritizing management actions in sagebrush ecosystems
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Barb Smith, Scott Baggett. 2023. Mountain goats and recreation—effects on an alpine sky island
• Claire L. Williams, Lisa M. Ellsworth, Eva K. Strand, Matt C. Reeves, Scott E. Shaff, Karen C. Short, Jeanne C. Chambers, Beth A. Newingham, Claire Tortorelli. 2023. Fuel treatments in shrublands experiencing pinyon and juniper expansion result in trade‑offs between desired vegetation and increased fire behavior
• Georgia L. Vasey, Alexandra K. Urza, Jeanne C. Chambers, Elizabeth G. Pringle, Peter J. Weisberg. 2023. Clinal variations in seedling traits and responses to water availability correspond to seed-source environmental gradients in a foundational dryland tree species
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Jessi L. Brown, John B. Bradford, David Board, Steven B. Campbell, Karen J. Clause, Brice Hanberry, Daniel R. Schlaepfer, Alexandra K. Urza. 2023. New indicators of ecological resilience and invasion resistance to support prioritization and management in the sagebrush biome, United States
• Damaris A. Chenoweth, Daniel R. Schlaepfer, Jeanne C. Chambers, Jessi L. Brown, Alexandra K. Urza, Brice Hanberry, David Board, Michele Crist, John B. Bradford. 2022. Ecologically relevant moisture and temperature metrics for assessing dryland ecosystem dynamics
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Barb Smith, Scott Baggett. 2022. Five-year effects of introduced mountain goats and recreation on plant communities and species of conservation concern in an alpine sky island
• Silvia Kantor, Jeanne C. Chambers, Jerry Miller, Shawn Espinosa. 2022. The shape of streams to come: New decision tools for assessing watershed sensitivity and ecological resilience in the Great Basin
• David A. Pyke, Scott E. Shaff, Jeanne C. Chambers, Eugene W. Schupp, Beth A. Newingham, Margaret L. Gray, Lisa M. Ellsworth. 2022. Ten-year ecological responses to fuel treatments within semiarid Wyoming big sagebrush ecosystems
• L. M. Ellsworth, B. A. Newingham, S. E. Shaff, C. L. Williams, E. K. Strand, Matt C. Reeves, D. A. Pyke, E. W. Schupp, Jeanne C. Chambers. 2022. Fuel reduction treatments reduce modeled fire intensity in the sagebrush steppe
• Terrie B. Jain, Ilana Abrahamson, Nathaniel Anderson, Sharon M. Hood, Brice Hanberry, Francis F. Kilkenny, Shawn McKinney, Jeffrey E. Ott, Alexandra K. Urza, Jeanne C. Chambers, Michael A. Battaglia, J. Morgan Varner, Joseph J. O'Brien. 2021. Effectiveness of fuel treatments at the landscape scale: State of understanding and key research gaps
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Alexandra K. Urza, David Board, Richard F. Miller, David A. Pyke, Bruce A. Roundy, Eugene W. Schupp, Robin J. Tausch. 2021. Sagebrush recovery patterns after fuel treatments mediated by disturbance type and plant functional group interactions
• Stephanie M. Freund, Beth A. Newingham, Jeanne C. Chambers, Alexandra K. Urza, Bruce A. Roundy, J. Hall Cushman. 2021. Plant functional groups and species contribute to ecological resilience a decade after woodland expansion treatments
• Sylvia Kantor, Jeanne C. Chambers, Richard Miller, Duncan Leao, Cody Coombs. 2021. Between a rock and a hard place: Understanding and managing pinyon and juniper woodlands in a changing climate
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Jerry R. Miller, Mark L. Lord, David Board, Anna C. Knight. 2021. Geomorphic sensitivity and ecological resilience of Great Basin streams and riparian ecosystems
• Adam L. Mahood, Rachel O. Jones, David Board, Jennifer K. Balch, Jeanne C. Chambers. 2021. Interannual climate variability mediates changes in carbon and nitrogen pools caused by annual grass invasion in a semiarid shrubland
• Alexandra K. Urza, Peter J. Weisberg, David Board, Jeanne C. Chambers, Stanley G. Kitchen, Bruce A. Roundy. 2021. Episodic occurrence of favourable weather constrains recovery of a cold desert shrubland after fire
• Peter B. Adler, John B. Bradford, Anna Chalfoun, Jeanne C. Chambers, Nicole DeCrappeo, Jeffrey Evans, Sean P. Finn, Erica Fleishman, Matthew J. Germino, Kathleen Griffin, Steven T. Jackson, Michael S. O’Donnell, Robin O’Malley, Sara J. Oyler-McCance, Holly R. Prendeville, Brandi Skone, Leona K. Svancara, Lee Turner. 2021. Climate adaptation [Chapter L.]
• Matthew J. Germino, Mark W. Brunson, Jeanne C. Chambers, Rebecca Epanchin-Niell, Garth Fuller, Steven E. Hanser, Stuart P. Hardegree, Tracey N. Johnson, Beth A. Newingham, Michael Pellant, Chris Sheridan, John Tull. 2021. Restoration [Chapter R.]
• Jeremy D. Maestas, David E. Naugle, Jeanne C. Chambers, Jason D. Tack, Chad S. Boyd, Joe M. Tague. 2021. Conifer expansion [Chapter M.]
• Bruce A. Roundy, Jeanne C. Chambers. 2021. Effects of elevation and selective disturbance on soil climate and vegetation in big sagebrush communities
• Devin E. McMahon, Alexandra K. Urza, Jessi L. Brown, Conor Phelan, Jeanne C. Chambers. 2021. Modelling species distributions and environmental suitability highlights risk of plant invasions in western United States
• Bruce A. Roundy, R. F. Miller, R. J. Tausch, Jeanne C. Chambers, Benjamin Rau. 2020. Long-term effects of tree expansion and reduction on soil climate in a semiarid ecosystem
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Richard F. Miller. 2020. New science synthesis to inform pinyon and juniper woodlands management in the western United States
• Jeffrey E. Ott, Francis F. Kilkenny, Alexandra K. Urza, Jeanne C. Chambers, David Board. 2020. Post-fire native species seed mixes are effective at keeping out cheatgrass in the Great Basin
• Matthew A. Williamson, Erica Fleishman, Ralph C. Mac Nally, Jeanne C. Chambers, Bethany A. Bradley, David S. Dobkin, David Board, Frank A. Fogarty, Ned Horning, Matthias Leu, Martha Wohlfeil Zillig. 2020. Fire, livestock grazing, topography, and precipitation affect occurrence and prevalence of cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) in the central Great Basin, USA
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Steve Campbell, Jeremy Maestas, Jennifer Cartwright. 2020. Sagebrush ecosystem resilience and resistance [Chapter 24]
• David Board, Thomas E. Dilts, Peter J. Weisberg, Anna C. Knight, Jeanne C. Chambers, Mark L. Lord, Jerry R. Miller. 2020. Characterizing ecoregions and montane perennial watersheds of the Great Basin
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Craig R. Allen, Samuel A. Cushman. 2020. Editorial: Operationalizing the concepts of resilience and resistance for managing ecosystems and species at risk
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Michele R. Crist, Jeremy D. Maestas, Karen L. Prentice, David A. Pyke. 2020. A framework for sagebrush
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Craig R. Allen, Samuel A. Cushman. 2020. Operationalizing the concepts of resilience and resistance for managing ecosystems and species at risk
• Sue Miller, Jeanne C. Chambers, Michele Crist, Susan Ellsworth, Kenneth E. Mayer. 2019. Sage advice for managers: A new, collaborative science framework for conservation and restoration of the sagebrush biome
• Richard F. Miller, Jeanne C. Chambers, Louisa Evers, C. Jason Williams, Keirith A. Snyder, Bruce A. Roundy, Fred B. Pierson. 2019. The ecology, history, ecohydrology, and management of pinyon and juniper woodlands in the Great Basin and Northern Colorado Plateau of the western United States
• John B. Bradford, Daniel R. Shlaepfer, William K. Lauenroth, Kyle A. Palmquist, Jeanne C. Chambers, Jeremy D. Maestas, Steven B. Campbell. 2019. Climate-driven shifts in soil temperature and moisture regimes suggest opportunities to enhance assessments of dryland resilience and resistance
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Craig R. Allen, Samuel A. Cushman. 2019. Operationalizing ecological resilience concepts for managing species and ecosystems at risk
• Michele R. Crist, Jeanne C. Chambers, Jonathon A. Skinner. 2019. Wildland fire and vegetation management [Chapter 4]
• Lindy Garner, Michael Ielmini, Jeanne C. Chambers, Kenneth E. Mayer, Michele R. Crist. 2019. Invasive plant management [Chapter 5]
• Michael G. “Sherm” Karl, Jeanne C. Chambers. 2019. Livestock grazing management [Chapter 7]
• Paul Griffin, Jared Bybee, Hope Woodward, Gail Collins, Jacob D. Hennig, Jeanne C. Chambers. 2019. Wild horse and burro considerations [Chapter 8]
• Michele R. Crist, Karen L. Prentice, Jeanne C. Chambers, Susan L. Phillips, Lief A. Wiechman. 2019. Integration and tradeoffs [Chapter 9]
• Lief A. Wiechman, David A. Pyke, Michele R. Crist, Seth M. Munson, Matthew L. Brooks, Jeanne C. Chambers, Mary M. Rowland, Emily J. Kachergis, Zoe Davidson. 2019. Adaptive management and monitoring [Chapter 2]
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Louisa Evers, Linda A. Joyce. 2019. Climate adaptation [Chapter 3]
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Karen L. Prentice, Michele R. Crist. 2019. Overview of the Science Framework [Chapter 1]
• Alexandra K. Urza, Peter J. Weisberg, Jeanne C. Chambers, Benjamin W. Sullivan. 2019. Shrub facilitation of tree establishment varies with ontogenetic stage across environmental gradients
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Matthew L. Brooks, Matthew J. Germino, Jeremy D. Maestas, David Board, Matthew O. Jones, Brady W. Allred. 2019. Operationalizing resilience and resistance concepts to address invasive grass-fire cycles
• Michele R. Crist, Jeanne C. Chambers, Susan L. Phillips, Karen L. Prentice, Lief A. Wiechman. 2019. Science framework for conservation and restoration of the sagebrush biome: Linking the Department of the Interior’s Integrated Rangeland Fire Management Strategy to long-term strategic conservation actions. Part 2. Management applications
• Alexandra K. Urza, Peter J. Weisberg, Jeanne C. Chambers, David Board, Samuel W. Flake. 2019. Seeding native species increases resistance to annual grass invasion following prescribed burning of semiarid woodlands
• Keirith A. Snyder, Louisa Evers, Jeanne C. Chambers, Jason Dunham, John B. Bradford, Michael E. Loik. 2018. Effects of changing climate on the hydrological cycle in cold desert ecosystems of the Great Basin and Columbia Plateau
• Bruce A. Roundy, Jeanne C. Chambers, David A. Pyke, Richard F. Miller, Robin J. Tausch, Eugene W. Schupp, Benjamin Rau, Trevor Gruell. 2018. Resilience and resistance in sagebrush ecosystems are associated with seasonal soil temperature and water availability
• Mark A. Ricca, Peter S. Coates, K. Benjamin Gustafson, Brianne E. Brussee, Jeanne C. Chambers, Shawn P. Espinosa, Scott C. Gardner, Sherri Lisius, Pilar Ziegler, David J. Delehanty, Michael L. Casazza. 2018. A conservation planning tool for Greater Sage-grouse using indices of species distribution, resilience, and resistance
• Wayne G. Padgett, Matt C. Reeves, Stanley G. Kitchen, David L. Tart, Jeanne C. Chambers, Cheri Howell, Mary E. Manning, John G. Proctor. 2018. Effects of climate change on nonforest vegetation [Chapter 7]
• David Board, Jeanne C. Chambers, Richard F. Miller, Peter J. Weisberg. 2018. Fire patterns in piñon and juniper land cover types in the Semiarid Western United States from 1984 through 2013
• Jeanne C. Chambers, J.L. Beck, J.B. Bradford, J. Bybee, S. Campbell, J. Carlson, T.J. Christiansen, K.J. Clause, G. Collins, M.R. Crist, J.B. Dinkins, K.E. Doherty, F. Edwards, S. Espinosa, K.A. Griffin, P. Griffin, Jessica R. Haas, S.E. Hanser, D.W. Havlina, K.F. Henke, J.D. Hennig, Linda A. Joyce, Francis F. Kilkenny, S.M. Kulpa, L.L. Kurth, J.D. Maestas, M. Manning, K.E. Mayer, B.A. Mealor, C. McCarthy, M. Pellant, M.A. Perea, K.L. Prentice, D.A. Pyke, L.A. Wiechman, A. Wuenschel. 2017. Science framework for conservation and restoration of the sagebrush biome: Linking the Department of the Interior’s Integrated Rangeland Fire Management Strategy to long-term strategic conservation actions
• Rachel E. Williams, Bruce A. Roundy, April Hulet, Richard F. Miller, Robin J. Tausch, Jeanne C. Chambers, Jeffrey Matthews, Robert Schooley, Dennis Eggett. 2017. Pretreatment tree dominance and conifer removal treatments affect plant succession in sagebrush communities
• Jeanne C. Chambers, David Board, Bruce A. Roundy, Peter J. Weisberg. 2017. Removal of perennial herbaceous species affects response of cold desert scrublands to fire
• James H. Thorne, Hyeyeong Choe, Peter Stine, Jeanne C. Chambers, Andrew Holguin, Amber C. Kerr, Mark W. Schwartz. 2017. Climate change vulnerability assessment of forests in the Southwest USA
• Alexandra K. Urza, Peter J. Weisberg, Jeanne C. Chambers, Jessica M. Dhaemers, David Board. 2017. Post-fire vegetation response at the woodland-shrubland interface is mediated by the pre-fire community
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Jeremy D. Maestas, David A. Pyke, Chad S. Boyd, Mike Pellant, Amarina Wuenschel. 2017. Using resilience and resistance concepts to manage persistent threats to sagebrush ecosystems and greater sage-grouse
• David A. Pyke, Jeanne C. Chambers, Mike Pellant, Richard F. Miller, Jeffrey L. Beck, Paul S. Doescher, Bruce A. Roundy, Eugene W. Schupp, Steven T. Knick, Mark Brunson, James D. McIver. 2017. Restoration handbook for sagebrush steppe ecosystems with emphasis on greater sage-grouse habitat - Part 3: Site level restoration decisions
• Jeanne C. Chambers. 2016. Great Basin Factsheet Series 2016 - Information and tools to restore and conserve Great Basin ecosystems
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Jeffrey L. Beck, Steve Campbell, John Carlson, Thomas J. Christiansen, Karen J. Clause, Jonathan B. Dinkins, Kevin E. Doherty, Kathleen A. Griffin, Douglas W. Havlina, Kenneth F. Henke, Jacob D. Hennig, Laurie Kurth, Jeremy D. Maestas, Mary Manning, Kenneth E. Mayer, Brian A. Mealor, Clinton McCarthy, Marco A. Perea, David A. Pyke. 2016. Using resilience and resistance concepts to manage threats to sagebrush ecosystems, Gunnison sage-grouse, and Greater sage-grouse in their eastern range: A strategic multi-scale approach
• Jeremy D. Maestas, Steven B. Campbell, Jeanne C. Chambers, Mike Pellant, Richard F. Miller. 2016. Tapping soil survey information for rapid assessment of sagebrush ecosystem resilience and resistance
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Jeffrey L. Beck, Steve Campbell, John Carlson, Thomas J. Christiansen, Karen J. Clause, Michele R. Crist, Jonathan B. Dinkins, Kevin E. Doherty, Shawn Espinosa, Kathleen A. Griffin, Steven E. Hanser, Douglas W. Havlina, Kenneth F. Henke, Jacob D. Hennig, Laurie Kurth, Jeremy D. Maestas, Mary Manning, Kenneth E. Mayer, Brian A. Mealor, Clinton McCarthy, Mike Pellant, Marco A. Perea, Karen L. Prentice, David A. Pyke, Lief A. Wiechman, Amarina Wuenschel. 2016. Science Framework for the Conservation and Restoration Strategy of the Department of the Interior, Secretarial Order 3336: Using resilience and resistance concepts to assess threats to sagebrush ecosystems and sage-grouse, prioritize conservation and restoration actions, and inform management strategies
• Matthew J. Germino, Jeanne C. Chambers, Cynthia S. Brown. 2016. Introduction: Exotic annual Bromus in the western USA [Chapter 1]
• David A. Pyke, Jeanne C. Chambers, Jeffrey L. Beck, Matthew L. Brooks, Brian A. Mealor. 2016. Land uses, fire, and invasion: Exotic annual Bromus and human dimensions [Chapter 11]
• Bethany A. Bradley, Caroline A. Curtis, Jeanne C. Chambers. 2016. Bromus response to climate and projected changes with climate change [Chapter 9]
• Matthew L. Brooks, Cynthia S. Brown, Jeanne C. Chambers, Carla M. D'Antonio, Jon E. Keeley, Jayne Belnap. 2016. Exotic annual Bromus invasions: Comparisons among species and ecoregions in the western United States [Chapter 2]
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Matthew J. Germino, Jayne Belnap, Cynthia S. Brown, Eugene W. Schupp, Samuel B. St. Clair. 2016. Plant community resistance to invasion by Bromus species: The roles of community attributes, Bromus interactions with plant communities, and Bromus traits [Chapter 10]
• Deborah M. Finch, D. A. Boyce, Jeanne C. Chambers, C. J. Colt, Kas Dumroese, Stanley G. Kitchen, C. McCarthy, Susan E. Meyer, Bryce A. Richardson, Mary M. Rowland, Mark A. Rumble, Michael K. Schwartz, Monica Tomosy, Michael Wisdom. 2016. Conservation and restoration of sagebrush ecosystems and sage-grouse: An assessment of USDA Forest Service Science
• David A. Pyke, Jeanne C. Chambers, Mike Pellant, Steven T. Knick, Richard F. Miller, Jeffrey L. Beck, Paul S. Doescher, Eugene W. Schupp, Bruce A. Roundy, Mark Brunson, James D. McIver. 2015. Restoration handbook for sagebrush steppe ecosystems with emphasis on greater sage-grouse habitat - Part 1
• David A. Pyke, Steven T. Knick, Jeanne C. Chambers, Mike Pellant, Richard F. Miller, Jeffrey L. Beck, Paul S. Doescher, Eugene W. Schupp, Bruce A. Roundy, Mark Brunson, James D. McIver. 2015. Restoration handbook for sagebrush steppe ecosystems with emphasis on greater sage-grouse habitat - Part 2: Landscape level restoration decisions
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Jeremy D. Maestas, Mike Pellant. 2015. Putting resilience and resistance concepts into practice
• Emile Elias, Caiti Steele, Kris Havstad, Kerri Steenwerth, Jeanne C. Chambers, Helena Deswood, Amber Kerr, Albert Rango, Mark Schwartz, Peter Stine, Rachel Steele. 2015. Southwest Regional Climate Hub and California Subsidiary Hub assessment of climate change vulnerability and adaptation and mitigation strategies
• Blake M. Engelhardt, Jeanne C. Chambers, Peter J. Weisberg. 2015. Geomorphic predictors of riparian vegetation in small mountain watersheds
• Richard F. Miller, Jeanne C. Chambers, Mike Pellant. 2015. A field guide for rapid assessment of post-wildfire recovery potential in sagebrush and pinon-juniper ecosystems in the Great Basin: Evaluating resilience to disturbance and resistance to invasive annual grasses and predicting vegetation response
• Thomas E. Dilts, Peter J. Weisberg, Camie M. Dencker, Jeanne C. Chambers. 2015. Functionally relevant climate variables for arid lands: Aclimatic water deficit approach for modelling desert shrub distributions
• Rachel Jones, Jeanne C. Chambers, Dale W. Johnson, Robert R. Blank, David Board. 2015. Effect of repeated burning on plant and soil carbon and nitrogen in cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) dominated ecosystems
• Deborah M. Finch, Douglas Boyce, Jeanne C. Chambers, Chris Colt, Clint McCarthy, Stanley G. Kitchen, Bryce A. Richardson, Mary M. Rowland, Mark A. Rumble, Michael K. Schwartz, Monica Tomosy, Michael Wisdom. 2015. USDA Forest Service Sage-Grouse Conservation Science Strategy
• Rachel O. Jones, Jeanne C. Chambers, David Board, Dale W. Johnson, Robert R. Blank. 2015. The role of resource limitation in restoration of sagebrush ecosystems dominated by cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum)
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Richard F. Miller, David Board, David A. Pyke, Bruce A. Roundy, James B. Grace, Eugene W. Schupp, Robin J. Tausch. 2014. Resilience and resistance of sagebrush ecosystems: Implications for state and transition models and management treatments
• Richard F. Miller, Jaime Ratchford, Bruce A. Roundy, Robin J. Tausch, April Hulet, Jeanne C. Chambers. 2014. Response of conifer-encroached shrublands in the Great Basin to prescribed fire and mechanical treatments
• David A. Pyke, Scott E. Shaff, Andrew I. Lindgren, Eugene W. Schupp, Paul S. Doescher, Jeanne C. Chambers, Jeffrey S. Burnham, Manuela M. Huso. 2014. Region-wide ecological responses of arid Wyoming big sagebrush communities to fuel treatments
• Bruce A. Roundy, Kert Young, Nathan Cline, April Hulet, Richard F. Miller, Robin J. Tausch, Jeanne C. Chambers, Benjamin Rau. 2014. Pinon-juniper reduction increases soil water availability of the resource growth pool
• James McIver, Mark Brunson, Steve Bunting, Jeanne C. Chambers, Paul Doescher, James Grace, April Hulet, Dale Johnson, Steve Knick, Richard Miller, Mike Pellant, Fred Pierson, David Pyke, Benjamin Rau, Kim Rollins, Bruce Roundy, Eugene Schupp, Robin J. Tausch, Jason Williams. 2014. A synopsis of short-term response to alternative restoration treatments in Sagebrush-Steppe: The SageSTEP Project
• Bruce A. Roundy, Richard F. Miller, Robin J. Tausch, Kert Young, April Hulet, Benjamin Rau, Brad Jessop, Jeanne C. Chambers, Dennis Eggett. 2014. Understory cover responses to pinon-juniper treatments across tree dominance gradients in the Great Basin
• Benjamin Rau, Jeanne C. Chambers, David A. Pyke, Bruce A. Roundy, Eugene W. Schupp, Paul Doescher, Todd G. Caldwell. 2014. Soil resources influence vegetation and response to fire and fire-surrogate treatments in Sagebrush-Steppe Ecosystems
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Bethany A. Bradley, Cynthia S. Brown, Carla D'Antonio, Matthew J. Germino, James B. Grace, Stuart P. Hardegree, Richard F. Miller, David A. Pyke. 2014. Resilience to stress and disturbance, and resistance to Bromus tectorum LBromus tectorum L. invasion in cold desert shrublands of western North America
• Robert S. Arkle, David S. Pilliod, Steven E. Hanser, Matthew L. Brooks, Jeanne C. Chambers, James B. Grace, Kevin C. Knutson, David A. Pyke, Justin L. Welty, Troy A. Wirth. 2014. Quantifying restoration effectiveness using multi-scale habitat models: Implications for sage-grouse in the Great Basin
• Kevin C. Knutson, David A. Pyke, Troy A. Wirth, Robert S. Arkle, David S. Pilliod, Matthew L. Brooks, Jeanne C. Chambers, James B. Grace. 2014. Long-term effects of seeding after wildfire on vegetation in Great Basin shrubland ecosystems
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Eric P. Eldredge, Keirith A. Snyder, David Board, Tara Forbis de Queiroz, Vada Hubbard. 2014. Restoring abandoned agricultural lands in cold desert shrublands: Tradeoffs between water availability and invasive species
• Jeanne C. Chambers, David A. Pyke, Jeremy D. Maestas, Mike Pellant, Chad S. Boyd, Steven B. Campbell, Shawn Espinosa, Douglas W. Havlina, Kenneth E. Mayer, Amarina Wuenschel. 2014. Using resistance and resilience concepts to reduce impacts of invasive annual grasses and altered fire regimes on the sagebrush ecosystem and greater sage-grouse: A strategic multi-scale approach
• Richard F. Miller, Jeanne C. Chambers, Mike Pellant. 2014. A field guide for selecting the most appropriate treatment in sagebrush and pinon-juniper ecosystems in the Great Basin: Evaluating resilience to disturbance and resistance to invasive annual grasses, and predicting vegetation response
• Richard F. Miller, Jeanne C. Chambers, David A. Pyke, Fred B. Pierson, C. Jason Williams. 2013. A review of fire effects on vegetation and soils in the Great Basin Region: response and ecological site characteristics
• Matthew L. Brooks, Jeanne C. Chambers. 2013. Science-based management of public lands in southern Nevada [Chapter 11] (Executive Summary)
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Matthew L. Brooks, Kent Turner, Carol B. Raish, Steven M. Ostoja. 2013. An overview of the Southern Nevada Agency Partnership Science and Research Synthesis [Chapter 1] (Executive Summary)
• Burton K. Pendleton, Jeanne C. Chambers, Matthew L. Brooks, Steven M. Ostoja. 2013. Ecosystem stressors in southern Nevada [Chapter 2] (Executive Summary)
• Matthew L. Brooks, Steven M. Ostoja, Jeanne C. Chambers. 2013. Invasive species in southern Nevada [Chapter 4] (Executive Summary)
• Matthew L. Brooks, Jeanne C. Chambers, Randy A. McKinley. 2013. Fire history, effects, and management in southern Nevada [Chapter 5] (Executive Summary)
• Steven M. Ostoja, Matthew L. Brooks, Jeanne C. Chambers, Burton K. Pendleton. 2013. Species of conservation concern and environmental stressors: Local, regional and global effects [Chapter 6] (Executive Summary)
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Burton K. Pendleton, Donald W. Sada, Steven M. Ostoja, Matthew L. Brooks. 2013. Maintaining and restoring sustainable ecosystems in southern Nevada [Chapter 7] (Executive Summary)
• Burton K. Pendleton, Jeanne C. Chambers, Mathew L. Brooks, Steven M. Ostoja. 2013. Southern Nevada ecosystem stressors [Chapter 2]
• Mathew L. Brooks, Steven M. Ostoja, Jeanne C. Chambers. 2013. Invasive species in southern Nevada [Chapter 4]
• Mathew L. Brooks, Jeanne C. Chambers, Randy A. McKinley. 2013. Fire history, effects and management in southern Nevada [Chapter 5]
• Steven M. Ostoja, Mathew L. Brooks, Jeanne C. Chambers, Burton K. Pendleton. 2013. Species of conservation concern and environmental stressors: Local regional and global effects [Chapter 6]
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Burton K. Pendleton, Donald W. Sada, Steven M. Ostoja, Matthew L. Brooks. 2013. Maintaining and restoring sustainable ecosystems in southern Nevada [Chapter 7]
• Matthew L. Brooks, Jeanne C. Chambers. 2013. Science-based management of public lands in southern Nevada [Chapter 11]
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Matthew L. Brooks, Kent Turner, Carol B. Raish, Steven M. Ostoja. 2013. An overview of the Southern Nevada Agency Partnership Science and Research Synthesis [Chapter 1]
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Matthew L. Brooks, Burton K. Pendleton, Carol B. Raish. 2013. The Southern Nevada Agency Partnership Science and Research Synthesis: Science to support land management in Southern Nevada
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Matthew L. Brooks, Burton K. Pendleton, Carol B. Raish. 2013. The Southern Nevada Agency Partnership Science and Research Synthesis: Science to support land management in Southern Nevada - Executive Summary
• John Schelhas, James Miller, Jeanne C. Chambers. 2012. Non-native plants and adaptive collaborative approaches to ecosystem restoration [Chapter 8]
• Mark L. Lord, Lionel F. Villarroel, Jerry R. Miller, Dru Germanoski, Jeanne C. Chambers. 2012. Structural organization of process zones in upland watersheds of central Nevada and its influence on basin connectivity, dynamics, and wet meadow complexes
• Paulette L. Ford, Jeanne C. Chambers, Sharon J. Coe, Burton K. Pendleton. 2012. Disturbance and Climate Change in the Interior West (Chapter 6)
• Marcus V. Warwell, Jeanne C. Chambers, Stanley G. Kitchen, Megan M. Friggens. 2012. Modeling and predicting vegetation response of western USA grasslands, shrublands, and deserts to climate change (Chapter 1)
• Benjamin Rau, Robin J. Tausch, A. Reiner, D. W. Johnson, Jeanne C. Chambers, R. R. Blank. 2012. Developing a model framework for predicting effects of woody expansion and fire on ecosystem carbon and nitrogen in a pinyon-juniper woodland
• Matthew L. Brooks, Jeanne C. Chambers. 2011. Resistance to invasion and resilience to fire in desert shrublands of North America
• Erin Goergen, Jeanne C. Chambers. 2011. Facilitation and interference of seedling establishment by a native legume before and after wildfire
• Blake M. Engelhardt, Peter J. Weisberg, Jeanne C. Chambers. 2011. Influences of watershed geomorphology on extent and composition of riparian vegetation
• Wendy Trowbridge, Jeanne C. Chambers, Dru Germanoski, Mark L. Lord, Jerry R. Miller, David G. Jewett. 2011. Charcterization of meadow ecosystems based on watershed and valley segment/reach scale characteristics [chapter 7]
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Jerry R. Miller. 2011. Meadow management and treatment options [chapter 8]
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Jerry R. Miller, Dru Germanosk. 2011. Introduction and overview [chapter 1]
• Mark L. Lord, David G. Jewett, Jerry R. Miller, Dru Germanoski, Jeanne C. Chambers. 2011. Hydrologic processes influencing meadow ecosystems [chapter 4]
• Chris A. Jannusch, Sudeep Chandra, Tom Dudley, Jeanne C. Chambers, Wendy Trowbridge. 2011. Meadow-stream processes and aquatic invertebrate community structure [chapter 6]
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Jerry R. Miller. 2011. Geomorphology, hydrology, and ecology of Great Basin meadow complexes - implications for management and restoration
• Lea Condon, Peter J. Weisberg, Jeanne C. Chambers. 2011. Abiotic and biotic influences on Bromus tectoreum invasion and Artemisia tridentata recovery after fire
• David Board, Jeanne C. Chambers, Joan G. Wright. 2011. Effects of spring prescribed fire in expanding pinyon-juniper woodlands on seedling establishment of sagebrush species
• Brittany G. Johnson, Dale W. Johnson, Jeanne C. Chambers, Robert R. Blank. 2011. Fire effects on the mobilization and uptake of nitrogen by cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.)
• Benjamin Rau, Robin J. Tausch, Alicia Reiner, Dale W. Johnson, Jeanne C. Chambers, Robert R. Blank, Annmarrie Lucchesi. 2010. Influence of Prescribed Fire on Ecosystem Biomass, Carbon, and Nitrogen in a Pinyon Juniper Woodland
• Monica B. Mazzola, Jeanne C. Chambers, Robert R. Blank, David A. Pyke, Eugene W. Schupp, Kimberly G. Allcock, Paul S. Doescher, Robert S. Nowak. 2010. Effects of resource availability and propagule supply on native species recruitment in sagebrush ecosystems invaded by Bormus tectorum
• James D. McIver, Mark Brunson, Steve C. Bunting, Jeanne C. Chambers, Nora Devoe, Paul Doescher, James Grace, Dale Johnson, Steve Knick, Richard Miller, Mike Pellant, Fred Pierson, David Pyke, Kim Rollins, Bruce Roundy, Eugene Schupp, Robin J. Tausch, David Turner. 2010. The Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation Project (SageSTEP): a test of state-and-transition theory
• Benjamin Rau, Dale W. Johnson, Jeanne C. Chambers, Robert R. Blank, Annmarie Lucchesi. 2009. Estimating root biomass and distribution after fire in a Great Basin woodland using cores and pits
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Michael Wisdom. 2009. Priority research and management issues for the imperiled Great Basin of the western United States
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Elizabeth Leger, Erin Goergen. 2009. Cold desert fire and invasive species management: Resources, strategies, tactics, and response
• Michael Wisdom, Jeanne C. Chambers. 2009. A landscape approach for ecologically based management of Great Basin shrublands
• Benjamin Rau, D. W. Johnson, R. R. Blank, Jeanne C. Chambers. 2009. Soil carbon and nitrogen in a Great Basin pinyon-juniper woodland: Influence of vegetation, burning, and time
• Kevin C. Knutson, David A. Pyke, Troy A. Wirth, David S. Pilliod, Matthew L. Brooks, Jeanne C. Chambers. 2009. A chronosequence feasibility assessment of emergency fire rehabilitation records within the intermountain western United States-final report to the Joint Fire Science Program-Project 08-S-08
• Erin M. Goergen, Jeanne C. Chambers. 2009. Influence of a native legume on soil N and plant response following prescribed fire in sagebrush steppe
• Erin Goergen, Jeanne C. Chambers, Robert Blank. 2009. Effects of water and nitrogen availability on nitrogen contribution by the legume, Lupinus argenteus Pursh
• Erica Fleishman, Jeanne C. Chambers, Michael Wisdom. 2009. Introduction to the special section on alternative futures for Great Basin ecosystems
• Carla M. D'Antonio, Jeanne C. Chambers, Rhonda Loh, J. Tim Tunison. 2009. Applying ecological concepts to the management of widespread grass invasions [Chapter 7]
• Monica B. Mazzola, Kimberly G. Allcock, Jeanne C. Chambers, Robert R. Blank, Eugene W. Schupp, Paul S. Doescher, Robert S. Nowak. 2008. Effects of nitrogen availability and cheatgrass competition on the establishment of Vavilov Siberian wheatgrass
• Alison Whittaker, Bruce Roundy, Jeanne C. Chambers, Susan E. Meyer, Robert Blank, Stanley G. Kitchen, John L. Korfmacher. 2008. The effect of herbaceous species removal, fire and cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) on soil water availability in sagebrush steppe
• Elizabeth A. Allen, Jeanne C. Chambers, Robert S. Nowak. 2008. Effects of a spring prescribed burn on the soil seed bank in sagebrush steppe exhibiting pinyon-juniper expansion
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Mike Pellant. 2008. Climate change impacts on northwestern and intermountain United States rangelands
• Jeanne C. Chambers. 2008. Great Basin sagebrush ecosystems
• Jeanne C. Chambers. 2008. Invasive plant species and the Great Basin
• Jeanne C. Chambers. 2008. Fire and the Great Basin
• Jeanne C. Chambers. 2008. Climate change and the Great Basin
• Jeanne C. Chambers. 2008. Water resources in the Great Basin
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Nora Devoe, Angela Evenden. 2008. Introduction
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Nora Devoe, Angela Evenden. 2008. Collaborative management and research in the Great Basin - examining the issues and developing a framework for action
• Benjamin Rau, Jeanne C. Chambers, Robert R. Blank, Dale W. Johnson. 2008. Prescribed fire, soil, and plants: burn effects and interactions in the central Great Basin
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Bruce A. Roundy, Robert R. Blank, Susan E. Meyer, A. Whittaker. 2007. What makes Great Basin sagebrush ecosystems invasible by Bromus tectorum?
• R. R. Blank, Jeanne C. Chambers, B. Roundy, A. Whittaker. 2007. Nutrient availability in rangeland soils: influence of prescribed burning, herbaceous vegetation removal, overseeding with Bromus tectorum, season, and elevation
• Eugenie M. MontBlanc, Jeanne C. Chambers, Peter E. Brussard. 2007. Variation in ant populations with elevation, tree cover, and fire in a pinyon-juniper-dominated watershed
• Jeanne C. Chambers, E. Durant McArthur, Steven B. Monson, Susan E. Meyer, Nancy L. Shaw, Robin J. Tausch, Robert R. Blank, Steve Bunting, Richard R. Miller, Mike Pellant, Bruce A. Roundy, Scott C. Walker, Alison Whittaker. 2005. Sagebrush steppe and pinyon-juniper ecosystems: effects of changing fire regimes, increased fuel loads, and invasive species
• Jeanne C. Chambers. 2000. Great Basin Research and Management Project: Restoring and maintaining riparian ecosystem integrity

Data and Tools

• Tool
  

  Geomorphic Sensitivity and Ecological Resilience of Great Basin Streams and Riparian Ecosystems

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/products/dataandtools/geomorphic-sensitivity-and-ecological-resilience-great-basin-streams-and
• Tool
  

  Great Basin Perennial Montane Watersheds - Geomorphology, hydrology, vegetation, disturbance and species

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/products/dataandtools/great-basin-perennial-montane-watersheds-geomorphology-hydrology

• Project
  

  Research supporting the Dixie National Forest Pine Valley high-risk landscape

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/projects/bilresearch-supporting-wildlife-habitat-and-ecological-resiliency-improvement-project
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Program
  

  Maintaining Resilient Dryland Ecosystems

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/programs/drylandecosystems
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Project
  

  Sensitivity & Resilience of Great Basin Riparian Systems

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/projects/sensitivity-resilience-great-basin-riparian-systems-gallery
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Center or Group
  

  Invasive Species Working Group

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/centers/invasivespeciesworkinggroup
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station

Articles

• Article
  

  Climate smart management strategies for dryland shrublands and woodlands

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/articles/climate-smart-management-strategies-dryland-shrublands-and-woodlands
• Article
  

  Evaluating economic efficiency of fuel treatments in sagebrush that vary in ecological resilience and invasion resistance

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/articles/evaluating-economic-efficiency-fuel-treatments-sagebrush-vary-ecological-resilience
• Article
  

  A review of fuel treatment effects on fuels, fire behavior, and ecological resilience in sagebrush ecosystems

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/articles/review-fuel-treatment-effects-fuels-fire-behavior-and-ecological-resilience-sagebrush
• Article
  

  A burning question: Does cheatgrass need fire to become ecologically dominant?

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/articles/burning-question-does-cheatgrass-need-fire-become-ecologically-dominant
• Article
  

  Selecting appropriate vegetation treatments in shrubland and pinyon-juniper ecosystems

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/articles/selecting-appropriate-vegetation-treatments-shrubland-and-pinyon-juniper-ecosystems

Multimedia

• Webinars

  Fuels Treatments in Non-Forested Systems: Considerations for rangelands, grasslands, and shrublands

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/products/multimedia/webinars/fuels-treatments-non-forested-systems-considerations-rangelands
• Webinars

  Using an Understanding of Stream and Riparian Geomorphic Sensitivity and Ecological Resilience to Guide Management Part 2

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/products/multimedia/webinars/using-understanding-stream-and-riparian-geomorphic-sensitivity-0
• Webinars

  Using an Understanding of Stream and Riparian Geomorphic Sensitivity and Ecological Resilience to Guide Management Part 1

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/products/multimedia/webinars/using-understanding-stream-and-riparian-geomorphic-sensitivity

• Utah State University, Ph.D., Biology/ Ecology, 1987
• Utah State University, M.S., Range Science, 1979
• Idaho State University, B.S., Wildlife Conservation, 1975