Ecosystem disturbance and wildlife conservation in western grasslands - A symposium proceedings

Abstract

This publication is the result of a half-day symposium, "Ecology, management, and sustainability of western grassland ecosystems" held at The Wildlife Society's First Annual Technical Conference, September 22-26, 1994 in Albuquerque, NM. The purpose of the symposium was to review and synthesize information about the structure, function, and components of steppe and desert grassland ecosystems in the western United States with special emphasis on the ecological roles and requirements of wildlife species. This work, designed to draw attention to some wildlife topics that have been particularly neglected for western grasslands, represents a cross-section of the papers orally presented at the symposium as well as some additional papers solicited afterwards. To provide a quality product, a minimum of two peer reviews were solicited for each manuscript, and authors were instructed to revise manuscripts based on editor's and referees' comments. Land managers, range conservationists, wildlife biologists, ecologists, and private citizens interested in sustaining the ecological health, productivity, and biological diversity of western grassland ecosystems should find this publication valuable.

Titles contained within Ecosystem disturbance and wildlife conservation in western grasslands - A symposium proceedings

• Sustaining western grasslands and associated wildlife: An introduction
• Geographic overview: Climate, phenology, and disturbance regimes in steppe and desert communities
• Grazing effects on grassland ecosystems
• Ecology of fire in shortgrass prairie of the southern Great Plains
• Evolution and management of the North American grassland herpetofauna
• Grassland bats and land management in the Southwest
• Sparrow migration along a river corridor in desert grassland
• Integrating livestock production and wildlife in a sagebrush-grass ecosystem

Citation

Finch, Deborah M., Editor. 1996. Ecosystem disturbance and wildlife conservation in western grasslands - A symposium proceedings; September 22-26, 1994; Albuquerque, NM. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-285. Fort Collins, CO: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 82 p.