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Contents Page Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................1 Stephen B. Monsen Richard Stevens Symposium on Pinyon and Juniper Ecology, Restoration, and Management: Introduction .............................................................................................. 3 Ecology ..................................................................................................................................................................5 W. A. Laycock Ecology and Management of Pinyon-Juniper Communities Within the Interior West: Overview of the "Ecological Session" of the Symposium ................... 7 Robin J. Tausch Historic Pinyon and Juniper Woodland Development ................................................... 12 Neil E. West Distribution, Composition, and Classification of Current Juniper-Pinyon Woodlands and Savannas Across Western North America .......................................... 20 George E. Gruell Historical and Modern Roles of Fire in Pinyon-Juniper ................................................. 24 Jeanne C. Chambers Eugene W. Schupp Stephen B. Vander Wall Seed Dispersal and Seedling Establishment of Pinon and Juniper Species within the Pinon-Juniper Woodland ................................................................. 29 Robert S. Nowak Darrin J. Moore Robin J. Tausch Ecophysiological Patterns of Pinyon and Juniper ......................................................... 35 James A. Young T. J. Svejcar Harvesting Energy from 19th Century Great Basin Woodlands .................................... 47 Kimball T. Harper James N. Davis Biotic, Edaphic, and Other Factors Influencing Pinyon-Juniper Distribution in the Great Basin ...................................................................................... 51 Renee A. O'Brien Sharon W. Woudenberg Description of Pinyon-Juniper and Juniper Woodlands in Utah and "Nevada From an Inventory Perspective ........................................................................ 55 Robert M. Thompson An Example of Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Classification in Southeastern Utah ........... 60 Simon A. Lei Gradient Analysis of Pinyon-Juniper Woodland in a Southern Nevada Mountain Range ............................................................................................................ 64 Sherel Goodrich Natalie Gale Cheatgrass Frequency at Two Relic Sites Within the Pinyon-Juniper Belt of Red Canyon ....................................................................................................... 69 Darren Naillon Kelly Memmott Stephen B. Monsen A Comparison of Understory Species at Three Densities in a Pinyon-Juniper Woodland ............................................................................................. 72 Stephen C. Bunting James L. Kingery Eva Strand Effects of Succession on Species Richness of the Western Juniper Woodland/Sagebrush Steppe Mosaic ........................................................................... 76 Steven K. Rust Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Classification and Description in Research Natural Areas of Southeastern Idaho ............................................................................ 82 Simon A. Lei Tree Size and Ring Width of Three Conifers in Southern Nevada ............................... 94 Simon A. Lei Host-Parasite Relationship Between Utah Juniper and Juniper Mistletoe in the Spring Mountains of Southern Nevada ............................................................... 99 Chad S. Horman Val Jo Anderson Utah Juniper Herbaceous Understory Distribution Patterns in Response to Tree Canopy and Litter Removal ............................................................................ 105 N. J. Brian P. G. Rowlands D. A. Jameson Resurvey of the Vegetation and Soils of Fishtail Mesa: A Relict Area in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona ........................................................... 113 Allen Huber Sherel Goodrich Kim Anderson Diversity with Successional Status in the Pinyon-Juniper/Mountain Mahogany/Bluebunch Wheatgrass Community Type Near Dutch John, Utah ........................................................................................................ 114 D. J. Weber E. D. Bunderson J. N. Davis D. L. Nelson A. Hreha Diseases and Environmental Factors of the Pinyon-Juniper Communities ............................................................................................................... 118 Jeffrey A. Creque Neil E. West James P. Dobrowolski Methods in Historical Ecology: A Case Study of Tintic Valley, Utah ........................... 121 Angela R. Jones Bruce N. Smith Lee D. Hansen Stephen B. Monsen Richard Stevens Calorimetric Study of the Effects of Water and Temperature on the Respiration and Growth of Small Burnet and Alfalfa ................................................... 134 Dennis D. Austin Changes in Plant Composition within a Pinyon-Juniper Woodland ............................ 138 Clare L. Poulsen Scott C. Walker Richard Stevens Soil Seed Banking in Pinyon-Juniper Areas With Differing Levels o! Tree Cover, Understory Density and Composition ................................................. 141 John E. Mitchell Thomas C. Roberts, Jr. Distribution of Pinyon-Juniper in the Western United States ...................................... 146 Resource Values ............................................................................................................................................ 155 James E. Bowns Ecology and Management of Pinyon-Juniper Communities Within the Interior West: Overview of the "Resource Values Session" of the Symposium ....................................................................................................... 157 Sherel Goodrich Multiple Use Management Based on Diversity of Capabilities and Values Within Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands .................................................................. 164 Bruce A. Roundy Jason L. Vernon Watershed Values and Conditions Associated with Pinyon-Juniper Communities ............................................................................................................... 172 James P. Dobrowolski Watershed-Scale Research in a Juniper Ecosystem .................................................. 188 Francis J. McCarthy III James P. Dobrowolski Hydrogeology and Spring Occurrence of a Disturbed Juniper Woodland in Rush Valley, Utah .................................................................................. 194 Theresa M. Lowe James P. Dobrowolski Erosion and Deposition in a Juniper Woodland: The Chicken or the Egg? ................ 200 Charles L. Greenwood Sherel Goodrich John A. Lytle Response of Bighorn Sheep to Pinyon-Juniper Burning Along the Green River Corridor, Dagget County, Utah ......................................................... 205 Mitchell J. Willis Richard F. Miller Importance of Western Juniper Communities to Small Mammals ............................. 210 William H. Kruse Commercial Fuelwood Harvesting Affects on Small Mammal Habitats in Central Arizona ......................................................................................... 215 Craig G. White Jerran T. Flinders Rex G. Cates Boyde H. Blackwell H. Duane Smith Dietary Use of Utah Juniper Berries by Gray Fox in Eastern Utah ............................. 219 Michael L. Morrison Linnea S. Hall Habitat Relationships of Amphibians and Reptiles in the Inyo-White Mountains, California and Nevada .............................................................................. 233 Michelle L. Commons Richard K. Baydack Clait E. Braun Sage Grouse Response to Pinyon-Juniper Management ........................................... 238 Kathleen M. Paulin Jeffrey J. Cook Sarah R. Dewey Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands as Sources of Avian Diversity ......................................... 240 Merrill Webb Importance of Pinyon-Juniper Habitat to Birds ........................................................... 244 Joel C. Janetski Role of Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands in Aboriginal Societies of the Desert West ................................................................................................................ 249 Peter F. Ffolliott Gerald J. Gottfried William H. Kruse Past, Present, and Potential Utilization of Pinyon-Juniper Species ............................ 254 Sherel Goodrich Lori Armstrong Robert Thompson Endemic and Endangered Plants of Pinyon-Juniper Communities ............................ 260 Ecological Restoration ................................................................................................................................ 269 Robert B. Campbell, Jr. Ecology and Management of Pinyon-Juniper Communities Within the Interior West: Overview of the "Ecological Restoration" Session of the Symposium ....................................................................................................... 271 John A. Fairchild Pinyon-Juniper Chaining Design Guidelines For Big Game Winter Range Enhancement Projects .................................................................................... 278 Richard Stevens Mechanical Chaining and Seeding ............................................................................. 281 Richard Stevens Restoration of Native Communities by Chaining and Seeding ................................... 285 James H. Chadwick Deanna R. Nelson Carol R. Nunn Debra A. Tatman Thinning Versus Chaining: Which Costs More? ......................................................... 290 Douglas Sorensen Advantages and Effectiveness of Rollerchopping ....................................................... 293 Brian F. Jacobs Richard G. Gatewood Restoration Studies in Degraded Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands of North-Central New Mexico .......................................................................................... 294 M. E. Farmer K. T. Harper J. N. Davis The Influence of Anchor-Chaining on Watershed Health in a Juniper-Pinyon Woorland in Central Utah ................................................................... 299 Vicente L. Lopes Peter F. Ffolliott Malchus B. Baker, Jr. Impacts -of Vegetative Manipulations on Sediment Concentrations from Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands ................................................................................. 302 Harry Barber Paul Chapman The Panguitch Wildlife Habitat Improvement Project .................................................. 306 Sid Goodloe Watershed Restoration Through Integrated Resource Management on Public and Private Rangelands ................................................................................... 307 Samuel R. Loftin Initial Response of Soil and Understory Vegetation to a Simulated Fuelwood Cut of a Pinyon-Juniper Woodland in the Santa Fe National Forest .......... 311 Ivan Erskine Sherel Goodrich Applying Fire to Pinyon-Juniper Communities of the Green River Corridor, Daggett County, Utah .................................................................................. 315 Sherel Goodrich Chad Reid Soil and Watershed Implications of Ground Cover at Burned and Unburned Pinyon-Juniper Sites at Rifle Canyon and Jarvies Canyon ........................ 317 Mike Pellant Julie Kaltenecker Steven Jirik Use of OUST® Herbicide to Control Cheatgrass in the Northern Great Basin ................................................................................................................. 322 E. Durant McArthur Stanford A. Young Development of Native Seed Supplies to Support Restoration of Pinyon-Juniper Sites ................................................................................................... 327 Scott C. Walker Species Compatibility and Successional Processes Affecting Seeding of Pinyon-Juniper Types ............................................................................................. 331 Mark Majerus Susan Winslow Joe Scianna Native Plant Solutions for Conservation Problems ..................................................... 338 Melissa V. Britton Val Jo Anderson R. D. Horrocks Howard Horton Evaluation of Plant Materials for Use in Reclamation of Disturbed Rangelands in Semi-Arid Areas of Northern Utah ...................................................... 339 Sherel Goodrich Allen Huber Response of a Seed Mix and Development of Ground Cover on Northerly and Southerly Exposures in the 1985 Jarvies Canyon Burn, Daggett County, Utah ................................................................................................. 346 Richard Stevens Scott C. Walker Stuart Wooley Regrowth of 'Ladak' Alfalfa on Pinyon-Juniper Rangelands Following Various Timing and Types of Spring Use ................................................................... 352 Management Implications .......................................................................................................................... 355 Mike Pellant Ecology and Management of Pinyon-Juniper Communities Within the Interior West: Overview of the "Management Implications Session" of the Symposium ....................................................................................................... 357 Robin J. Tausch Transitions and Thresholds: Influences and Implications for Management in Pinyon and Juniper Woodlands ........................................................ 361 Lee E. Eddleman Ecological Guidelines for Management and Restoration of Pinyon and Juniper Woodlands .............................................................................................. 366 Deanna R. Nelson John A. Fairchild Carol R. Nunn-Hatfield Political Guidelines for Management and Restoration of Pinyon and Juniper Woodlands .............................................................................................. 371 Rick Miller Robin Tausch Wendy Waichler Old-Growth Juniper and Pinyon Woodlands ............................................................... 375 Rick Miller Tony Svejcar Jeff Rose Conversion of Shrub Steppe to Juniper Woodland ..................................................... 385 Sherel Goodrich Brian Barber Return Interval for Pinyon-Juniper Following Fire in the Green River Corridor, Near Dutch John, Utah ................................................................................ 391 Tony Svejcar Implications of Weedy Species in Management and Restoration of Pinyon and Juniper Woodlands .................................................................................. 394 Tom J. Eager Factors Affecting the Health of Pinyon Pine Trees (Pinus edulis) in the Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands of Western Colorado ................................................. 397 Thomas C. Roberts, Jr. The Budgetary, Ecological, and Managerial Impacts of Pinyon-Juniper and Cheatgrass Fires .................................................................................................. 400 Sherel Goodrich Dustin Rooks Control of Weeds at a Pinyon-Juniper Site by Seeding Grasses ................................ 403 G. Allen Rasmussen Robin Tausch Steve A. Bunting Use of the Helitorch to Enhance Diversity on Riparian Corridors in Mature Pinyon-Juniper Communities: A Conceptual Approach .................................. 408 Linda MacDonald Wildfire Rehabilitation in Utah ..................................................................................... 410
