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Rangelands Special Issue, Volume 32, Issue 6 (December 2010) |
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Bestelmeyer, B.T., J.R. Brown. 2010. An Introduction to the special issue on ecological sites. Rangelands 32:3-4.
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Bestelmeyer, B.T., K. Moseley, P.L. Shaver, H. Sanchez, D.D. Briske, M.E. Fernandez-Gimenez. 2010. Practical guidance for developing state-and-transition models. Rangelands 32:23-30.
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Brown, J.R. 2010. Ecological sites: Their history, status, and future. Rangelands 32:5-8.
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Duniway, M.C., B.T. Bestelmeyer, A. Tugel. 2010. Soil processes and properties that distinguish ecological sites and states. Rangelands 32:9-15.
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Gilgert, W., S. Zack. 2010. Integrating multiple ecosystem services into ecological site descriptions. Rangelands 32:49-54.
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Karl, J.W., J.E. Herrick. 2010. Monitoring and assessment based on ecological sites. Rangelands 32:60-64.
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Moseley, K., P.L. Shaver, H. Sanchez, B.T. Bestelmeyer. 2010. Ecological site development: A gentle introduction. Rangelands 32:16-22.
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Stringham, T.K., J.P. Repp. 2010. Ecological site descriptions: Consideration for riparian systems. Rangelands 32:43-48.
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General Concepts and Techniques |
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Bashari, H., C. Smith, O.J.H. Bosch. 2009. Developing decision support tools for rangeland management by combining state and transition models and Bayesian belief networks. Agricultural Systems 99:23-34
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Bestelmeyer, B.T. 2006. Threshold concepts and their use in rangeland management and restoration: the good, the bad, and the insidious. Restoration Ecology 14:325-329.
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Bestelmeyer, B.T., D. P. Goolsby, S.R. Archer. 2011. Spatial perspectives in state-and-transition models: a missing link to land management? Journal of Applied Ecology 48:746–757.
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Bestelmeyer, B.T., D.A. Trujillo, A.J. Tugel, K.M. Havstad. 2006. A multi-scale classification of vegetation dynamics in arid lands: what is the right scale for models, monitoring, and restoration? Journal of Arid Environments 65:296-318.
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Steele, C.M., B.T. Bestelmeyer, L.M. Burkett, P.L. Smith, S. Yanoff. 2012. Spatially explicit representation of state-and-transition models. Rangeland Ecology and Management 65:213-222.
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Soil Science Resources |
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Bestelmeyer, B., J. Ward, J. Herrick, A. Tugel. 2006. Fragmentation effects on soil aggregate stability in a patchy arid grassland. Rangeland Ecology and Management 59:406-415.
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Burkett, L.M., B.T. Bestelmeyer, A.J. Tugel. 2012. A field guide to pedoderm and pattern classes, version 2.3. 74 pp.
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Australia |
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Ash, A.J., J.A. Bellamy, T.G.H. Stockwell. 1994. State and transition models for rangelands: Application of state and transition models to rangelands in northern Australia. Tropical Grasslands 28:223-228.
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Hall, T.J., P.G. Filet, B. Banks, R.G. Silcock. 1994. State and transition models for rangelands: A state and transition model of the Aristida-Bothriochloa pasture community of central and southern Queensland. Tropical Grasslands 28:270-273.
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Bagchi, S., D.D. Briske, X.B. Wu, M.P. McClaran, B.T. Bestelmeyer, M.E. Fernandez-Gimenez. 2012. Empirical assessment of state-and-transition models with a long-term vegetation record from the Sonoran Desert. Ecological Applications 22(2):400-411.
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Wildlife/Animals in State and Transition Models |
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