Collaborative Research Projects
A collaborative research project is a study outside of the core SageSTEP study that takes place on or in relation to one or more of the SageSTEP study plots. We welcome proposals for non-invasive research on aspects of sagebrush ecosystems that are not covered in the SageSTEP proposal. If you are interested in conducting a study using SageSTEP plots or data, click here.
List of Current and Past Projects
The following projects have been approved and are currently taking place or completed. Click on the project title for more information.
Field of Study |
Project Title |
Researcher(s) |
| Seed Pools, Vegetation |
The Relationships Between the Seed Bank and Above-ground Vegetation in the Context of Restoration |
Kristen Pekas and Gene Schupp |
| Seed Pools, Vegetation |
Viable Seedbank Composition Under a Gradient of Western Juniper Cover |
Corinne Duncan and others |
| Seed Pools, Vegetation |
Seed Pool Response to Juniper/Pinyon Encroachment and Fire |
Kert Young and Bruce Roundy |
| Seed Pools, Vegetation, Wildlife |
Restoring Cheatgrass-Degraded Sagebrush Steppe Systems: the Interaction of Ant Foraging Behavior, Seed Pools, and Restoration Management Initiatives |
Scott Newbold and others |
| Wildlife |
An evaluation of ecological restoration treatments on small mammal communities |
Steven Ostoja |
| Soil Crusts, Vegetation |
The effects of fire on biological soil crusts and their subsequent recovery in pinyon-juniper |
Steven Warren, Larry St. Clair, Jeff Johansen, Paul Kugrens |
| Vegetation, Soils |
Mechanisms for species success following juniper mastication |
Kert Young and Bruce Roundy |
| Grazing, Vegetation |
Impacts of defoliation on the competitive abilities of resident bunchgrasses with cheatgrass |
Michael Reisner and others |
| Soils, Hydrology, Vegetation |
Soil and hydrologic response to mastication of juniper woodlands |
Nathan Cline and others |
| Social Science |
Factors Influencing the Social Acceptability of Conifer Removal for Rangeland Restoration |
Mark Brunson and others |
| GIS |
Finding the Most Similar Landscape: Automated Control Site Selection Using GIS |
Thomas Dilts and Peter Weisberg |
| GIS |
Applying remote sensing (RS) and geographic information system (GIS) technology to estimate tree density and cover of pinyon-juniper woodlands |
April Hulet and others |
| Fungi, Vegetation |
Mycorrhizae in Sagebrush Restoration: Mycorrhizal Dependency of Invasive and Native Grasses with Intraspecific and Interspecific Competition |
Dara Scherpenisse and Gene Schupp |
| Pollination, Vegetation |
Reproductive biologies and pollinators of common Great Basin restoration forbs, and consequences of fire for bee and forb reproduction |
Jim Cane |
