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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The Proceedings of the 16th Wildland Shrub Proceedings are now available online.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Volume 17 (2011) Threats to Shrubland Ecosystem Integrity
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Proceedings of the 16th Wildland Shrub Symposium</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">May 25-27, 2010</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Logan, UT</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Shrub Research Consortium</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Compilers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Thomas A. Monaco<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Eugene W. Schupp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Rosemary L. Pendleton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Stanley G. Kitchen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Patsy Palacios<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1776&context=nrei" title="PDF is 50.5 MB">PDF</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Wildland Shrub Symposium Threats to Shrubland Ecosystem Integrity 2010 May 18-20 Logan, UT</a><br>
Thomas A. Monaco, Eugene W. Schupp, Rosemary L. Pendleton, Stanley G. Kitchen, and Patsy K. Palacios<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1747&context=nrei" title="PDF is 499 KB">PDF</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Climate Change Mitigation the Best Use of Desert Shrublands?</a><br>
Susan E. Meyer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Legacies of Cultivation in Shrublands: Ghosts in the Ecosystem</a><br>
Lesley R. Morris<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Use and Habitat Conditions Across the Southwestern Wyoming Sagebrush Steppe: Development Impacts, Management Effectiveness and the Distribution of Invasive Plants</a><br>
Daniel J. Manier, Cameron Aldridge, Patrick Anderson, Geneva Chong, Collin Homer, Michael O'Donnell, and Spencer Schell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1750&context=nrei" title="PDF is 557 KB">PDF</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Year Soil Impacts of Well-Pad Development and Reclamation on Wyoming</a><br>
Amber Mason, Cally Driessen, Jay Norton, and Calvin Strom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1751&context=nrei" title="PDF is 450 KB">PDF</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Effects of Controlled Livestock Treatment on Reclaimed Natural Gas Well Pads</a><br>
Cally Driessen, Amber Mason, Jay Norton, and Calvin Strom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1752&context=nrei" title="PDF is 4.8 MB">PDF</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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of Seismic Exploration on Pygmy Rabbits</a><br>
Tammy L. Wilson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Snakeweed Increase and Dominance in Big Sagebrush Communities</a><br>
Michael H. Ralphs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1754&context=nrei" title="PDF is 699 KB">PDF</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Management Approaches for Salt Desert Shrublands Dominated by Downy Brome</a><br>
Merilynn C. Hirsch and Thomas Monaco<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1755&context=nrei" title="PDF is 582 KB">PDF</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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and Physiological Traits Account for Similar Nitrate Uptake by Crested Wheatgrass and Cheatgrass</a><br>
A. Joshua Leffler, Thomas A. Monaco, and Jeremy J. James<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1756&context=nrei" title="PDF is 586 KB">PDF</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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that Invasion by Cheatgrass Alters Soil Nitrogen Availability</a><br>
Robert R. Blank and Tye Morgan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Lauren P. Ducas, Scott B. Jones, A. Joshua Leffler, and Ronald J. Ryel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Amy Pocewicz, Holly Copeland, and Joseph Kiesecker<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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of Fire on Sage-grouse Habitat and Diet Resources</a><br>
Jon D. Bates, Edward C. Rhodes, and Kirk Davies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Blair L. Waldron<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Historical Data for Evidence-Based Shrubland Management</a><br>
Jeb C. Williamson, Laura M. Burkett, B T. Bestelmeyer, Rhonda Skaggs, and K M. Havstad<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Pamela G. Sikkink<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Robert J. Steers and Edith B. Allen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Barry A. Prigge, Thomas R. Huggins, M R. Sharifi, and Philip W. Rundel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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