Saving the sagebrush sea: An ecosystem conservation plan for big sagebrush plant communities
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Saving the sagebrush sea: An ecosystem conservation plan for big sagebrush plant communities
Vegetation change and anthropogenic development are altering ecosystems and decreasing biodiversity. Successful management of ecosystems threatened by multiple stressors requires development of ecosystem conservation plans rather than single species plans. We selected the big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt.) ecosystem to demonstrate this approach. The area occupied by the sagebrush ecosys...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biological Conservation
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0006-3207
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.07.016