Getting climate-smart with seeds: How a new software tool helps prepare landscapes for expected future conditions

Brian Cooke; Bryce A. Richardson; Francis F. Kilkenny; Brad St. Clair; Deborah M. Finch; Holly R. Prendeville

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Getting climate-smart with seeds: How a new software tool helps prepare landscapes for expected future conditions

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Authors:

Brian Cooke, Bryce A. Richardson, Francis F. Kilkenny, Brad St. Clair, Deborah M. Finch, Holly R. Prendeville

Year:

2019

Type:

Science Bulletins and Newsletters

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Science You Can Use Bulletin, Issue 35. Fort Collins, CO: Rocky Mountain Research Station. 11 p.

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Abstract

Sagebrush ecosystems are a major component of western U.S. landscapes and they provide vital habitat to a wide array of wildlife species, including greater sage-grouse and pygmy rabbits. However, in recent decades, sagebrush ecosystems have been reduced or degraded by a wide range of disturbances, including human development, overgrazing, severe fires, and encroachment by cheatgrass and pinyon-juniper woodlands. These factors are expected to continue or worsen with anticipated climate change.

Keywords

Science You Can Use, SYCU, climate change, landscape management, sagebrush ecosystems, habitat, wildlife, sage-grouse, pygmy rabbit, disturbance, Climate-Smart Restoration Tool, restoration

Citation

Cooke, Brian; Richardson, Bryce; Kilkenny, Francis; St. Clair, Brad; Finch, Deborah; Prendeville, Holly. 2019. Getting climate-smart with seeds: How a new software tool helps prepare landscapes for expected future conditions. Science You Can Use Bulletin, Issue 35. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 11 p.