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DOI	10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117628
	Gaps and hotspots in the state of knowledge of pinyon-juniper communities
	Hartsell J.A.; Copeland S.M.; Munson S.M.; Butterfield B.J.; Bradford J.B.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0378-1127
卷号	455
英文摘要	Pinyon-juniper (PJ) plant communities cover a large area across North America and provide critical habitat for wildlife, biodiversity and ecosystem functions, and rich cultural resources. These communities occur across a variety of environmental gradients, disturbance regimes, structural conditions and species compositions, including three species of juniper and two species of pinyon. PJ communities have experienced substantial changes in recent decades and identifying appropriate management strategies for these diverse communities is a growing challenge. Here, we surveyed the literature and compiled 441 studies to characterize patterns in research on PJ communities through time, across geographic space and climatic conditions, and among focal species. We evaluate the state of knowledge for three focal topics: 1) historical stand dynamics and responses to disturbance, 2) land management actions and their effects, and 3) potential future responses to changing climate. We identified large and potentially important gaps in our understanding of pinyon-juniper communities both geographically and topically. The effect of drought on Pinus edulis, the pinyon pine species in eastern PJ communities was frequently addressed, while few studies focused on drought effects on Pinus monophylla, which occurs in western PJ communities. The largest proportion of studies that examined land management actions only measured their effects for one year. Grazing was a common land-use across the geographic range of PJ communities yet was rarely studied. We found only 39 studies that had information on the impacts of anthropogenic climate change and most were concentrated on Pinus edulis. These results provide a synthetic perspective on PJ communities that can help natural resource managers identify relevant knowledge needed for decision-making and researchers design new studies to fill important knowledge gaps. © 2019
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Biodiversity; Decision making; Drought; Land use; Anthropogenic climate changes; Biodiversity and ecosystem functions; Climatic conditions; Disturbance regime; Environmental gradient; Management strategies; Species composition; Structural condition; Climate change; anthropogenic effect; biodiversity; climate change; climate conditions; decision making; disturbance; environmental gradient; land management; plant community; species diversity; stand dynamics; strategic approach; wild population; Biodiversity; Decision Making; Drought; Juniperus; Land Use; Management; Patterns; Pinus Edulis; North America; Juniperus; Pinus edulis; Pinus monophylla
来源期刊	Forest Ecology and Management
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/155667
作者单位	U.S. Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, United States; Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, United States; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center, Burns, OR 97720, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Hartsell J.A.,Copeland S.M.,Munson S.M.,et al. Gaps and hotspots in the state of knowledge of pinyon-juniper communities[J],2020,455.
APA	Hartsell J.A.,Copeland S.M.,Munson S.M.,Butterfield B.J.,&Bradford J.B..(2020).Gaps and hotspots in the state of knowledge of pinyon-juniper communities.Forest Ecology and Management,455.
MLA	Hartsell J.A.,et al."Gaps and hotspots in the state of knowledge of pinyon-juniper communities".Forest Ecology and Management 455(2020).