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Pollinators

The global declines in many kinds of pollinator species could potentially impact the global food supply, as many plants depend upon specific pollinators to reproduce. The Web site of the NBII Pollinators Project provides access to information about the biology, ecology, conservation status, and threats to native pollinators, pollinator-dependent More...

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Fire and Fire Surrogate Study Sequoia National Park Site

The Fire and Fire Surrogate study is a network of 13 long-term sites established nationwide to evaluate the ecosystem impacts of different fire hazard reduction treatment in forests that historically experienced short-interval, low- to moderate-severity fire regimes. The fuel reduction treatments being investigated by USGS researchers at Sequoia More...

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Effectiveness of Postfire Seeding to Reduce Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) Growth and Reproduction in Recently Burned Sagebrush Steppe

This web resource addresses the positive relationship between cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) and fire frequency as a major concern for land managers in semi-arid shrublands throughout western North America, particularly in Great Basin sagebrush steppe. Management tools are needed to break this cycle, and in this project we will evaluate the use of More...

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Long Term Resource Monitoring Program

This web resource provides decision makers with the information needed to maintain the Upper Mississippi River System as a viable multiple-use large river ecosystem. This resource also includes Data and sampling information, publication links, reports, other related documents and statistics, as well as links to field stations and other projects More...

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Distribution, Abundance and Ecology of Introduced Plants in the Sierra Nevada National Parks: Baseline Data for Management

Invasion and subsequent restructuring of ecosystems by nonnative organisms is taking on increasingly urgent significance as an example of human-caused environmental change with potentially dramatic consequences. This web resource discusses the affects of vascular plants - particularly in Sequoia, Kings Canyon, and Yosemite National Parks - on the More...

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