13: "+" = " - " = "0" = "+ / - " = Treatment Response Location Habitat Response Methods Citation Variable Wildfire - Mountain big sagebrush Density 5-minute point Significantly Holmes and Great count surveys reduced density at Robinson Basin (NV) across burned and burned plots. 2013 unburned plots However, show a pattern of recovery, reaching 75% of unburned densities after years. + Wildfire Central OR Mountain big sagebrush Bird density Compared Bird communities successional gradient (birds/ha/yr) vegetative observed across et al. structure and bird landscape types, 2007 communities impacts surmised among 4 from results. successional Highest density in states post-burn grassland vegetative state. - Wildfire Southeastern Sagebrush Steppe, Occurrence Fixed-radius point Abundance and Noson et al. OR mountain big sagebrush count occurrence 2006 positively correlate with sagebrush burned sites had low sagebrush cover compared to unburned. - Wildfire OR, ID, UT, Big sagebrush Bird counts Flushing bird No Sage Welch 2002 WY, MT counts Thrashers found on burned sites, only unburned. - Prescribed burning Southcentral Sagebrush habitats Density Line sampling Positive Erickson WY (Stratton including mountain big (birds/ha) transect with correlation with 2011 Sagebrush sagebrush and black stratified random local tall shrub Ecological design cover. Burn
13: "+" = " - " = "0" = "+ / - " = Treatment Response Location Habitat Response Variable Methods Citation Wildfire - Great Basin (NV) Mountain big sagebrush Density 5-minute point count surveys across burned and unburned plots Significantly reduced density at burned plots. However, show a pattern of recovery, reaching 75% of unburned densities after years. Holmes and Robinson 2013 Wildfire + Central OR Mountain big sagebrush successional gradient Bird density (birds/ha/yr) Compared vegetative structure and bird communities among 4 successional states Bird communities observed across landscape types, impacts surmised from results. Highest density in post-burn grassland vegetative state. et al. 2007 Wildfire - Southeastern OR Sagebrush Steppe, mountain big sagebrush Occurrence Fixed-radius point count Abundance and occurrence positively correlate with sagebrush burned sites had low sagebrush cover compared to unburned. Noson et al. 2006 Wildfire - OR, ID, UT, WY, MT Big sagebrush Bird counts Flushing bird counts No Sage Thrashers found on burned sites, only unburned. Welch 2002 Prescribed burning - Southcentral WY (Stratton Sagebrush Ecological Sagebrush habitats including mountain big sagebrush and black Density (birds/ha) Line sampling transect with stratified random design Positive correlation with local tall shrub cover. Burn Erickson 2011
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