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Woodland Dynamics at the Northern Range Periphery: A Challenge for Protected Area Management in a Changing World

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Scott L. Powell, Andrew J. Hansen, Thomas J. Rodhouse, Lisa K. Garrett, Gordon H. Dicus, and Meghan K. Lonneker, 2013-07-28, Woodland Dynamics at the Northern Range Periphery: A Challenge for Protected Area Management in a Changing World: PLOS ONE, v. 8, iss. 7.

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Abstract (from http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0070454): Managers of protected natural areas increasingly are confronted with novel ecological conditions and conflicting objectives to preserve the past while fostering resilience for an uncertain future. This dilemma may be pronounced at range peripheries where rates of change are accelerated and ongoing invasions often are perceived as threats to local ecosystems. We provide an example from City of Rocks National Reserve (CIRO) in southern Idaho, positioned at the northern range periphery of pinyon-juniper (P-J) woodland. Reserve managers are concerned about P-J woodland encroachment into adjacent sagebrush steppe, but the rates and biophysical variability [...]

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