Mountain pine beetle host selection behavior confirms high resistance in Great Basin bristlecone pine
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.06.034
Abstract: Abstract Over the last two decades, mountain pine beetle ( Dendroctonus ponderosae ) populations reached epidemic levels across much of western North America, including high elevations where cool temperatures previously limited mountain pine beetle persistence.… read more here.
Keywords: pine; pine beetle; mountain pine; great basin ... See more keywords
Using germination prediction to inform seeding potential: II. comparison of germination predictions for cheatgrass and potential revegetation species in the Great Basin, USA
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2017.11.019
Abstract: Germination models predict germination timing under seedbed water potential and temperature conditions. Using a wet thermal time model for germination prediction, we estimated progress toward germination (PTG) of 31 seedlots (10 species) as a function… read more here.
Keywords: ptg; germination; water potential; germination prediction ... See more keywords
Integrating visual and chemical data to source chert artifacts in the North American Great Basin
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.12.037
Abstract: Abstract Studies of toolstone procurement and conveyance in the North American Great Basin have generated an extensive database of geochemistry and provenance over the last few decades, and, more recently, provenance analyses have been extended… read more here.
Keywords: chert artifacts; chemical data; chert; great basin ... See more keywords
Reconstructing paleohydrology in the northwest Great Basin since the last deglaciation using Paisley Caves fish remains (Oregon, U.S.A.)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106936
Abstract: Abstract The arid northwest Great Basin underwent substantial hydroclimate changes in the past 15,000 years, greatly affecting its desert ecosystems and prehistoric people. There are conflicting interpretations of the timing of hydrologic changes in this… read more here.
Keywords: northwest great; isotope compositions; basin; fish remains ... See more keywords
Basalt Milkvetch Responses to Novel Restoration Treatments in the Great Basin ☆
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rama.2018.12.002
Abstract: ABSTRACT The restoration of native forbs in the Great Basin and similar dryland ecosystems remains a great challenge for land managers. Variable soil water, precocious germination and emergence, and the presence of soil fungal pathogens… read more here.
Keywords: seed; basalt milkvetch; restoration; great basin ... See more keywords
RETURN TO FORT ROCK CAVE: ASSESSING THE SITE'S POTENTIAL TO CONTRIBUTE TO ONGOING DEBATES ABOUT HOW AND WHEN HUMANS COLONIZED THE GREAT BASIN
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DOI: 10.1017/aaq.2017.12
Abstract: Oregon's Fort Rock Cave is iconic in respect to both the archaeology of the northern Great Basin and the history of debate about when the Great Basin was colonized. In 1938, Luther Cressman recovered dozens… read more here.
Keywords: fort rock; rock cave; fort; site ... See more keywords
Growth response of Great Basin limber pine populations to climate variability over the past 4002 years
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DOI: 10.1017/qua.2020.128
Abstract: Abstract Tree-rings representing annual dates from live and deadwood Pinus flexilis at ten sites across the central Great Basin (~38°N) yielded a cumulative record across 4002 years (1983 BC–AD 2019). Individual site chronologies ranged in… read more here.
Keywords: climate variability; 4002 years; growth response; great basin ... See more keywords
Fine-scale modeling of bristlecone pine treeline position in the Great Basin, USA
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DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa5432
Abstract: Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) and foxtail pine (Pinus balfouriana) are valuable paleoclimate resources due to their longevity and climatic sensitivity of their annually-resolved rings. Treeline research has shown that growing season temperatures limit… read more here.
Keywords: pine; treeline position; great basin;
Nutrient uptake and gas exchange of Great Basin plants provide insight into drought adaptations and coexistence
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DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtab037
Abstract: Although increases in precipitation variability in arid ecosystems are projected due to climate change, the response of desert shrub communities to precipitation change has not been fully elucidated. Such knowledge is important since drought-adapted plants… read more here.
Keywords: gas exchange; coexistence; nutrient uptake; drought ... See more keywords
Natural rewilding of the Great Basin: Genetic consequences of recolonization by black bears (Ursus americanus)
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DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12666
Abstract: Aim In the mid-20th century, many populations of large-bodied mammals experienced declines throughout North America. Fortunately, within the last several decades, some have begun to rebound and even recolonize extirpated portions of their native range,… read more here.
Keywords: recolonized areas; recolonization; bears ursus; great basin ... See more keywords
Geochemical study of Cenozoic mafic volcanism in the west-central Great Basin, western Nevada, and the Ancestral Cascades Arc, California
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DOI: 10.1130/ges01535.1
Abstract: Processes linked to shallow subduction, slab rollback, and extension are recorded in the whole-rock major-, trace-element, and Sr, Nd, and Pb isotopic compositions of mafic magmatic rocks in both time and space over southwestern United… read more here.
Keywords: nevada ancestral; west central; lavas; great basin ... See more keywords