Landscape conservation forecasting to evaluate ecological condition and wildlife habitat suitability in eastern Nevada U.S.A.

View article .

Drier climate suppressed fire but its greater precipitation variability increased fire and avalanche frequency. Treatments decreased area burned at lower elevations where non-native annual fuels facilitated fires. Ecological departure (vegetation dissimilarity) from reference conditions was unchanged when lower elevation seedings included introduced species, but ecological departure decreased with native species seeding. Prescribed fire and increased avalanche frequency increased bighorn sheep habitat suitability.