Response of western thatching ant (Formica obscuripes) colonies to mechanical shrub crushing and livestock exclusion in Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis) community

Related Titles

Series: Technical bulletin (United States. Bureau of Land Management. Idaho State Office), 2009-1

By

Yeo, Jeffrey J.

United States. Bureau of Land Management. Idaho State Office.
United States. Bureau of Land Management. Challis Field Office.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

[Shoshone, Idaho], [U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Idaho State Office], [2009]

Notes

"In 2003, the Bureau of Land Management Challis Field Office implemented a project to evaluate methods to restore the herbaceous understory of a Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata wyomingensis)/bluebunch wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata) community. Management treatments included mechanical shrub crushing, livestock exclusion, and seeding native bunchgrasses. Experimental units were sampled in summer 2003 prior to treatment and in 2 years following treatments (2005 and 2007) spanning 4 growing seasons. The mechanical shrub crushing was intended to substantially reduce sagebrush cover which could have negative consequences on thatching ant colonies. This report presents the responses of thatching ant colonies to the treatments"--BLM website.

"BLM Challis Field Office staff contributed to the conceptual development of the project, conducted the Environmental Assessment process, provided the funding for the project implementation phase, built the enclosure fences, and helped install the project weather station"--Page 13.

Subjects

Idaho , Pahsimeroi River Valley , Range management , Rangelands , Revegetation , Sagebrush steppe ecology , Western thatching ant , Wyoming big sagebrush

Call Number

QL84.2 .L352 no.2009-01

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 1162818406