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Land Treatment Digital Library

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1. Fact Sheet
  Pilliod, David, 2009, Land treatment digital library—A dynamic system to enter, store, retrieve, and analyze Federal land-treatment data (ver. 1.1, August 2015): U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2009-3095, 2 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/fs20093095. (view)

2. Data Release
  Pilliod, D.S., Welty, J.L., and Jeffries, M.I., 2019, USGS Land Treatment Digital Library Data Release: A centralized archive for land treatment tabular and spatial data (ver. 6.0, August 2023): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P98OBOLS (view)
  Pilliod, D.S., Welty, J.L., and Jeffries, M.I., 2019, USGS Land Treatment Digital Library Data Release: A centralized archive for land treatment tabular and spatial data (ver. 5.0, June 2022): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P98OBOLS (view)
  Pilliod, D.S., Welty, J.L., and Jeffries, M.I., 2019, USGS Land Treatment Digital Library Data Release: A centralized archive for land treatment tabular and spatial data (ver. 4.0, June 2021): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P98OBOLS (view)
  Pilliod, D.S., Welty, J.L., and Jeffries, M.I., 2019, USGS Land Treatment Digital Library Data Release: A centralized archive for land treatment tabular and spatial data (ver. 2.0, May 2020): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P98OBOLS (view)
  Pilliod, D.S., Welty, J.L., and Jeffries, M.I., 2019, USGS Land Treatment Digital Library Data Release: A centralized archive for land treatment tabular and spatial data (ver. 3.0, November 2020): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P98OBOLS (view)
  Pilliod, D.S., Welty, J.L., and Jeffries, M.I., 2019, USGS Land Treatment Digital Library Data Release: A centralized archive for land treatment tabular and spatial data (ver. 1.0, April 2019): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P98OBOLS (view)

3. Website
  Pilliod, D.S., Welty, J.L., and Jeffries, M.I., 2019, USGS Land Treatment Digital Library Data Release: A centralized archive for land treatment tabular and spatial data (ver. 3.0, November 2020): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P98OBOLS (date accessed). (view)

4. Meta-analyses
  Pilliod, D.S., J.L. Welty, and G.R. Toevs. 2017. Seventy-five years of vegetation treatments on public rangelands in the Great Basin of North America. Rangelands 39:1–9. (view)
  Copeland, S. M., Munson, S. M., Pilliod, D. S., Welty, J. L., Bradford, J. B. and Butterfield, B. J. (2018), Long-term trends in restoration and associated land treatments in the southwestern United States. Restoration Ecology, 26: 311–322. doi:10.1111/rec.12574 (view)

Publications Using the Land Treatment Digital Library
  Zaiats, A., Cattau, M.E., Pilliod, D.S., Liu, R., Requena-Mullor, J.M. and Caughlin, T.T., 2023. Forecasting natural regeneration of sagebrush after wildfires using population models and spatial matching. Landscape Ecology, 38(5), pp.1291-1306. (view)
  Arkle, R.S., Pilliod, D.S., Germino, M.J., Jeffries, M.I., and Welty, J.L. 2022. Reestablishing a foundational species: Limitations on post-wildfire sagebrush seedling establishment. Ecosphere 13(8) (view)
  Baughman, O.W., Kulpa, S.M. and Sheley, R.L., 2022. Four paths toward realizing the full potential of using native plants during ecosystem restoration in the Intermountain West. Rangelands 44(3). (view)
  Fick, S.E., Nauman, T.W., Brungard, C.C. and Duniway, M.C., 2022. What determines the effectiveness of Pinyon-Juniper clearing treatments? Evidence from the remote sensing archive and counter-factual scenarios. Forest Ecology and Management, 505, p.119879. (view)
  Germino, M.J., Torma, P., Fisk, M.R. and Applestein, C.V., 2022. Monitoring for adaptive management of burned sagebrush-steppe rangelands: addressing variability and uncertainty on the 2015 Soda Megafire. Rangelands, 44(1), pp.99-110. (view)
  Heger, T., Jeschke, J.M., Febria, C., Kollmann, J., Murphy, S., Rochefort, L., Shackelford, N., Temperton, V.M. and Higgs, E., 2022. Mapping and assessing the knowledge base of ecological restoration. Restoration Ecology, p.e13676. (view)
  Heller, A., Webb, N.P., Bestelmeyer, B.T., Brungard, C.W. and Davidson, Z.M., 2022. An inductive approach to developing ecological site concepts with existing monitoring data. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 83, pp.133-148. (view)
  Kachergis, E., Miller, S.W., McCord, S.E., Dickard, M., Savage, S., Reynolds, L.V., Lepak, N., Dietrich, C., Green, A., Nafus, A. and Prentice, K., 2022. Adaptive monitoring for multiscale land management: Lessons learned from the Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring (AIM) principles. Rangelands, 44(1), pp.50-63. (view)
  McCord, S.E. and Pilliod, D.S., 2022. Adaptive monitoring in support of adaptive management in rangelands. Rangelands, 44(1), pp.1-7. (view)
  Monroe, A.P., Nauman, T.W., Aldridge, C.L., O’Donnell, M.S., Duniway, M.C., Cade, B.S., Manier, D.J. and Anderson, P.J., 2022. Assessing vegetation recovery from energy development using a dynamic reference approach. Ecology and Evolution, 12(2), p.e8508. (view)
  Poessel, S.A., Barnard, D.M., Applestein, C., Germino, M.J., Ellsworth, E.A., Major, D., Moser, A. and Katzner, T.E., 2022. Greater sage‐grouse respond positively to intensive post‐fire restoration treatments. Ecology and evolution, 12(3), p.e8671. (view)
  Schroeder, V.M., Johnson, D.D., O'Connor, R.C., Crouch, C.G., Dragt, W.J., Quicke, H.E., Silva, L.F. and Wood, D.J., 2022. Managing invasive annual grasses, annually: A case for more case studies. Rangelands 44(3). (view)
  Shi, H., Rigge, M., Postma, K. and Bunde, B., 2022. Trends analysis of rangeland condition monitoring assessment and projection (RCMAP) fractional component time series (1985–2020). GIScience & Remote Sensing, 59(1), pp.1243-1265. (view)
  Simler-Williamson, A.B. and Germino, M.J., 2022. Statistical considerations of nonrandom treatment applications reveal region-wide benefits of widespread post-fire restoration action. Nature Communications, 13(1), p.3472. (view)
  Simler‐Williamson, A.B., Applestein, C. and Germino, M.J., 2022. Interannual variation in climate contributes to contingency in post‐fire restoration outcomes in seeded sagebrush steppe. Conservation Science and Practice, p.e12737. (view)
  Applestein, C. and Germino, M.J., 2021. Detecting shrub recovery in sagebrush steppe: comparing Landsat-derived maps with field data on historical wildfires. Fire Ecology, 17(1), pp.1-11. (view)
  Applestein, C., Caughlin, T.T. and Germino, M.J., 2021. Weather affects post‐fire recovery of sagebrush‐steppe communities and model transferability among sites. Ecosphere, 12(4), p.e03446. (view)
  Bowman-Prideaux, C., Newingham, B.A. and Strand, E.K., 2021. The effect of seeding treatments and climate on fire regimes in Wyoming sagebrush steppe. Fire, 4(2), p.16. (view)
  Jeffries, M.I., Pilliod, D.S., Welty, J.L. and Arkle, R.S., 2021. Interactive Supplement to Protecting restoration investments from the cheatgrass‐fire cycle in sagebrush steppe. https://doi.org/10.5066/P931LUJ1 (view)
  Jensen, S., Anderson, V.J., Christensen, W., Roundy, B., Kitchen, S. and Allphin, L., 2021. Does basin wildrye (Leymus cinereus) show local adaptation when deployed according to generalized provisional seed zones in the Central Basin and Range ecoregion?. Native Plants Journal, 22(2), pp.112-123. (view)
  Ladouceur, E. and Shackelford, N., 2021. The power of data synthesis to shape the future of the restoration community and capacity. Restoration Ecology, 29(1), p.e13251. (view)
  Pilliod, D.S., Jeffries, M.I., Welty, J.L. and Arkle, R.S., 2021. Protecting restoration investments from the cheatgrass‐fire cycle in sagebrush steppe. Conservation Science and Practice, 3(10), p.e508. (view)
  Rigge, M., Homer, C., Shi, H., Meyer, D., Bunde, B., Granneman, B., Postma, K., Danielson, P., Case, A. and Xian, G., 2021. Rangeland fractional components across the Western United States from 1985 to 2018. Remote Sensing, 13(4), p.813. (view)
  Rigge, M., Meyer, D. and Bunde, B., 2021. Ecological potential fractional component cover based on long-term satellite observations across the western United States. Ecological Indicators, 133, p.108447. (view)
  Balazs, K.R., Kramer, A.T., Munson, S.M., Talkington, N., Still, S. and Butterfield, B.J., 2020. The right trait in the right place at the right time: Matching traits to environment improves restoration outcomes. Ecological Applications, 30(4), p.e02110. (view)
  Barga, S.C., Olwell, P., Edwards, F., Prescott, L. and Leger, E.A., 2020. Seeds of Success: A conservation and restoration investment in the future of US lands. Conservation Science and Practice, 2(7), p.e209. (view)
  Graves, R.A., Haugo, R.D., Holz, A., Nielsen-Pincus, M., Jones, A., Kellogg, B., Macdonald, C., Popper, K. and Schindel, M., 2020. Potential greenhouse gas reductions from Natural Climate Solutions in Oregon, USA. PloS one, 15(4), p.e0230424. (view)
  Jones, M.O., Naugle, D.E., Twidwell, D., Uden, D.R., Maestas, J.D. and Allred, B.W., 2020. Beyond Inventories: Emergence of a New Era in Rangeland Monitoring. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 73(5), pp.577-583. (view)
  Nafus, A.M., Svejcar, T.J. and Davies, K.W., 2020. Native Vegetation Composition in Crested Wheatgrass in Northwestern Great Basin. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 73(1), pp.9-18. (view)
  O’Connor, R.C., Germino, M.J., Barnard, D.M., Andrews, C.M., Bradford, J.B., Pilliod, D.S., Arkle, R.S. and Shriver, R.K., 2020. Small-scale water deficits after wildfires create long-lasting ecological impacts. Environmental Research Letters, 15(4), p.044001. (view)
  Paolini, K.E., Modlin, M., Suazo, A.A., Pilliod, D.S., Arkle, R.S., Vierling, K.T. and Holbrook, J.D., 2020. Harvester ant seed removal in an invaded sagebrush ecosystem: Implications for restoration. Ecology and Evolution, 10(24), pp.13731-13741. (view)
  Pilliod, D.S., Jeffries, M.I., Arkle, R.S. and Olson, D.H., 2020. Reptiles Under the Conservation Umbrella of the Greater Sage‐Grouse. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 84(3), pp.478-491. (view)
  Pyke, D.A., Shriver, R.K., Arkle, R.S., Pilliod, D.S., Aldridge, C.L., Coates, P.S., Germino, M.J., Heinrichs, J.A., Ricca, M.A. and Shaff, S.E., 2020. Postfire growth of seeded and planted big sagebrush—strategic designs for restoring greater sage‐grouse nesting habitat. Restoration Ecology. (view)
  Rigge, M., Homer, C., Shi, H. and Wylie, B., 2020. Departures of rangeland fractional component cover and land cover from landsat-based ecological potential in Wyoming, USA. Rangeland Ecology & Management. (view)
  Barnard, D.M., M.J. Germino, R.S. Arkle, J.B. Bradford, M.C. Duniway, D.S. Pilliod, D.A. Pyke, R.K. Shriver, J.L. Welty. 2019. Soil characteristics are associated with gradients of big sagebrush canopy structure after disturbance. Ecosphere 10: e02780. (view)
  Copeland, S.M., Munson, S.M., Bradford, J.B. and Butterfield, B.J., 2019. Influence of climate, post‐treatment weather extremes, and soil factors on vegetation recovery after restoration treatments in the southwestern US. Applied Vegetation Science, 22(1), pp.85-95. (view)
  Davies, K.W., R.C. Rios, J.D. Bates, D.D. Johnson, J. Kerby, and Chad S. Boyd. 2019. To burn or not to burn: Comparing reintroducing fire with cutting an encroaching conifer for conservation of an imperiled shrub‐steppe. Ecology and Evolution 9: 9137-9148. (view)
  Mahood, A.L. and J.K. Balch. 2019. Repeated fires reduce plant diversity in low‐elevation Wyoming big sagebrush ecosystems (1984–2014). Ecosphere 10: e02591 (view)
  Requena-Mullor, J.M., K.C. Maguire, D.J. Shinneman, and T.T. Caughlin. 2019. Integrating anthropogenic factors into regional‐scale species distribution models—A novel application in the imperiled sagebrush biome. 2019. Integrating anthropogenic factors into regional‐scale species distribution models—A novel application in the imperiled sagebrush biome. Global Change Biology (Online) (view)
  Shriver, R.K., C.M. Andrews, R.S. Arkle, D.M. Barnard, M.C. Duniway, M.J. Germino, D.S. Pilliod, D.A. Pyke, J.L. Welty, and J.B. Bradford. 2019. Transient population dynamics impede restoration and may promote ecosystem transformation after disturbance. Ecology Letters 22: 1357-1366. (view)
  Condon, L.A. and D.A. Pyke. 2018. Fire and Grazing Influence Site Resistance to Bromus tectorum Through Their Effects on Shrub, Bunchgrass and Biocrust Communities in the Great Basin (USA). Ecosystems 21: 1416-1431. (view)
  Condon, L.A. and Pyke, D.A., 2018. Resiliency of biological soil crusts and vascular plants varies among morphogroups with disturbance intensity. Plant and Soil, 433(1-2), pp.271-287. (view)
  Johnston, A. N., Beever, E. A., Merkle, J. A., & Chong, G. (2018). Vegetation responses to sagebrush-reduction treatments measured by satellites. Ecological Indicators, 87, 66-76.
  Jones, M.O., Allred, B.W., Naugle, D.E., Maestas, J.D., Donnelly, P., Metz, L.J., Karl, J., Smith, R., Bestelmeyer, B., Boyd, C. and Kerby, J.D., 2018. Innovation in rangeland monitoring: annual, 30 m, plant functional type percent cover maps for US rangelands, 1984–2017. Ecosphere, 9(9), p.e02430. (view)
  Rohde, A.T., D.S. Pilliod, and S.J. Novak. 2018. Insect communities in big sagebrush habitat are altered by wildfire and post-fire restoration seeding. Insect Conservation and Diversity. https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12329 (view)
  Shriver, R.K., C.M. Andrews, D.S. Pilliod, R.S. Arkle, J.L. Welty, M.J. Germino, M.C. Duniway, D.A. Pyke, and J.B. Bradford. 2018. Adapting management to a changing world: Warm temperatures, dry soil, and interannual variability limit restoration success of a dominant woody shrub in temperate drylands. Global Change Biology 24: 4972-4982 (view)
  Church, M. 2017. Plant community response to mowing in Wyoming big sagebrush habitat in Nevada (Doctoral dissertation, University of Nevada, Reno).
  Condon, L.A. 2017. Biological Soil Crusts of the Great Basin: An Examination of their Distribution, Recovery from Disturbance and Restoration (Doctoral dissertation, Oregon State University). 136. (view)
  Mahood, A.L. 2017. Long-Term Effects of Repeated Fires on the Diversity and Composition of Great Basin Sagebush Plant Communities. Master of Arts Thesis. University of Colorado at Boulder. 46p. (view)
  Strand, E., C. Bowman-Prideaux, and B.A. Newingham. 2017. Do perennial bunchgrasses competitively exclude Bromus tectorum in post-fire rehabilitation across spatial scales? - Final report to the Joint Fire Science Program - Project 15-2-01-22: p. 21. (view)
  Williams, J. R., Morris, L. R., Gunnell, K. L., Johanson, J. K., & Monaco, T. A. (2017). Variation in sagebrush communities historically seeded with crested wheatgrass in the eastern Great Basin. Rangeland Ecology and Management, 70(6), 683-690. (view)
  Dougherty, A.L. 2016. Long-Term Monitoring of Post-Fire Vegetation Recovery: A Case Study in Winnemucca District, Nevada. George Mason University. 104p. (view)
  Holbrook, J. D., R. S. Arkle, J. L. Rachlow, K. T. Vierling, D. S. Pilliod, and M. M. Wiest. 2016. Occupancy and abundance of predator and prey: implications of the fire- cheatgrass cycle in sagebrush ecosystems. Ecosphere 7: e01307. (view)
  Holbrook, J.D., D.S. Pilliod, R.S. Arkle, J.L. Rachlow, K.T. Vierling, M.M. Wiest. 2016. Transition of Vegetation States Positively Affects Harvester Ants in the Great Basin, United States. Rangeland Ecology & Management 69: 449-456. (view)
  Shinneman S.J., and S.K. McIlroy. 2016. Identifying key climate and environmental factors affecting rates of post-fire big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) recovery in the northern Columbia Basin, USA. International Journal of Wildland Fire 25: 933-945 (view)
  Swanson, S.R., J.C. Swanson, P.J. Murphy, J.K. McAdoo, and B. Schultz. 2016. Mowing Wyoming Big Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis) Cover Effects Across Northern and Central Nevada. Rangeland Ecology & Management 69: 360-372 (view)
  Leger, E. A., & Baughman, O. W. 2015. What Seeds to Plant in the Great Basin? 2015. Comparing Traits Prioritized in Native Plant Cultivars and Releases with those that Promote Survival in the Field. Natural Areas Journal, 35(1), 54-68. (view)
  Arkle, R.S., Pilliod, D.S., Hanser, S.E., Brooks, M.L., Chambers, J.C., Grace, J.B., Knutson, K.C., Pyke, D.A., Welty, J.L., Wirth, T., 2014, Quantifying restoration effectiveness using multi-scale habitat models- implications for sage-grouse in the Great Basin. DOI- 10.1890/ES13-00278.1: Ecosphere, v. 5, no. 3, p. 1-32. (view)
  Knutson, K.C., Pyke, D.A., Wirth, T., Arkle, R.S., Pilliod, D.S., Brooks, M.L., Chambers, J.C., Grace, J.B., 2014, Long-term effects of seeding after wildfire on vegetation in Great Basin shrubland ecosystems. DOI- 10.1111/1365-2664.12309: Journal of Applied Ecology, v. 51, no. 5, p. 1414-1424. (view)
  Gray, E.C. and P.S. Muir. 2013. Does Kochia prostrata spread from seeded site? An evaluation from southwestern Idaho. Rangeland Ecology and Management 66: 191-203.
  Sankey, J.B., Wallace, C.S.A. , Ravi, S. 2013. Phenology-based remote sensing of post-burn disturbance windows in rangelands. Ecological Indicators 30:35-44.
  Gray, E.C. 2011. An Evaluation of the Invasion Potential of Kochia prostrata (forage kochia) in Southwestern Idaho, USA. Master of Science Thesis. Oregon State University. 73p. (view)
  Jensen, S. and Stettler, J. 2011 Great Basin Native Plant Selection and Increase. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station and USDI Bureau of Land Management, Boise, ID. 2011 Progress Report. 87p.
  Finn, S.P., K. Kitchell, L. Baer, D.R. Bedford, M.L. Brooks, A.L. Flint, L.E. Flint, J.R. Matchett, A. Mathie, D.M. Miller, D.S. Pilliod, A.Torregrosa, and A. Woodward. 2010. Great Basin Integrated Landscape Monitoring Pilot Summary Report: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, p. 50. (view)
  Knutson, K.C., D.A. Pyke, T.A.Wirth, D.S. Pilliod, M.L. Brooks and J.C. Chambers. 2009. A Chronosequence Feasibility Assessment of Emergency Fire Rehabilitation Records within the Intermountain Western United States - Final report to the Joint Fire Science Program - Project 08-S-08: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1099, p. 20. (view)


How to cite the Land Treatment Digital Library:
Pilliod, D.S., Welty, J.L., and Jeffries, M.I., 2019, USGS Land Treatment Digital Library Data Release: A centralized archive for land treatment tabular and spatial data (ver. 6.0, August 2023): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P98OBOLS (date accessed).