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Long-Term Consequences of Disturbance on Nitrogen Dynamics in an Arid Ecosystem, R. D. Evans and J. Belnap

Long-term impact of agricultural practices on biological soil crusts and their hydrological processes in a semiarid landscape, E. Zaady, S. Arbel, D. Barkai, and S. Sarig

Magnificent microbes: Biological soil crusts in Piñon-Juniper communities, Jayne Belnap

Management recommendations for hanging gardens in Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Dinosaur National Monument, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Natural Bridges National Monument, and Zion National Park, J. F. Fowler, N. L. Stanton, and S. W. Buskirk

Mapping ecological sites for long-term monitoring in national parks, Steven L. Garman, Dana L. Witwicki, and Aneth Wight

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Mechanics of Graben Evolution in Canyonlands National Park, Utah, P. Walsh and D. D. Schultz-Ela

Microbes and microfauna associated with biological soil crusts, Jayne Belnap

Microbial colonization and controls in dryland systems, Stephen B. Pointing and Jayne Belnap

Microbiotic Crusts and Ecosystem Processes, R. D. Evans and J. R. Johansen

Microbiotic crusts: Their role in past and present ecosystems, Jayne Belnap

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Microclimate and Propagule Availability are Equally Important for Rehabilitation of Dryland N-Fixing Lichens, Matthew A. Bowker, J. Belnap, and D. W. Davidson

Microenvironments and microscale productivity of cyanobacterial desert crusts, Ferran Garcia-Pichel and Jayne Belnap

Microphytic crusts: 'Topsoil' of the desert, Jayne Belnap

Microtopography of microbiotic crusts on the Colorado Plateau, and distribution of component organisms, D. B. George, D. W. Davidson, K. C. Schliep, and L. J. Patrell-Kim

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Modeling of Grabens Extending above Evaporites in Canyonlands National Park, Utah, D. D. Schultz-Ela and P. Walsh

Monitoring ecosystem quality and function in arid settings of the Mojave Desert, Menlo Park, CA, Jayne Belnap, Robert H. Webb, Mark E. Miller, David M. Miller, Lesley A. DeFalco, Phillip A. Medica, Matthew L. Brooks, Todd C. Esque, and Dave Bedford

Monitoring Rangeland Health - A Guide for Facilitators and Pastoralist Communities, Corinna Riginos, Jeffrey E. Herrick, Jayne Belnap, Siva R. Sundaresan, Jeffrey S. Worden, and Margaret F. Kinnaird

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Multi-Decadal Impacts of Grazing on Soil Physical and Biogeochemical Properties in Southeast Utah, J. C. Neff, R. L. Reynolds, J. Belnap, and P. Lamothe

Natural recovery from severe disturbance in the Mojave Desert, Robert H. Webb, Jayne Belnap, and K. A. Thomas

Nitrogen fixation in biological soil crusts from southeast Utah, USA, Jayne Belnap

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NO Gas Loss from Biologically Crusted Soils in Canyonlands National Park, Utah, N. N. Barger, J. Belnap, D. S. Ojima, and A. Moiser

Non-native brome grasses in the new National Monument, Diane W. Davidson and Jayne Belnap

Nutrient availability affects pigment production but not growth in lichens of biological soil crusts, Matthew A. Bowker, George W. Koch, Jayne Belnap, and Nancy C. Johnson

Observational and Synoptic Analyses of the Winter Precipitation Regime Change over Utah, Robert R. Gillies, Shih-Yu Wang, and Marty R. Booth

Occurrence of Four Major Perennial Grasses in Relation to Edaphic Factors in a Pristine Community, Edgar F. Kleiner and K. T. Harper

On carbon sequestration in desert ecosystems, William H. Schlesinger, Jayne Belnap, and Giles Marion

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On the brink of change: plant responses to climate on the Colorado Plateau, Seth M. Munson, Jayne Belnap, M. Schelz, Mary Moran, and T. W. Caolin

Opportunities for Increasing Utility of Models for Rangeland Management, Justin D. Derner, David J. Augustine, James C. Ascough, and Lajpat R. Ahuja

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Origin of the Salt Valleys in the Canyonlands Section of the Colorado Plateau - Evaporite-Dissolution Collapse Versus Tectonic Subsidence, F. Gutierrez

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Paleo-Yardangs -- Wind-Scoured Desert Landforms at the Permo-Triassic Unconformity, D. W. Tewes and D. B. Loope

Patterns of plant invasions: A case example in native species hotspots and rare habitats, Thomas J. Stohlgren, Yuka Otsuki, Cynthia A. Villa, Michelle Lee, and Jayne Belnap

Patton's tracks in the Mojave Desert, USA: An ecological legacy, Jayne Belnap and Steven D. Warren

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Performance of Bromus tectorum L. in Relation to Soil Properties, Water Additions, and Chemical Amendments in Calcareous Soils of Southeastern Utah, USA, M. E. Miller, J. Belnap, S. W. Beatty, and R. L. Reynolds

Photosynthesis of green algal soil crust lichens from arid lands in southern Utah, USA: Role of water content on light and temperature responses of CO2 exchange, Otto L. Lange, Jayne Belnap, H. Reichenberger, and A. Meyer

Photosynthesis of the cyanobacterial soilcrust lichen Collema tenax from arid lands in southern Utah, USA: Role of water content on light and temperature responses of CO2 exchange, Otto L. Lange, Jayne Belnap, and H. Reichenberger

Physical, chemical, ecological and age data and trench logs from surficial deposits at Hatch Point, southeastern Utah, Harland L. Goldstein, Mark E. Miller, James C. Yount, Marith C. Reheis, Richard L. Reynolds, Jayne Belnap, Paul J. Lamothe, and John P. McGeehan

Physiological ecology of the desert moss Syntrichia caninervis after ten years exposure to elevated CO2: evidence for enhanced photosynthetic thermotolerance, Kirsten K. Coe, Jayne Belnap, Edmund E. Grote, and Jed P. Sparks

Plant community response to tamarisk invasion and hydrologic regime in the Cataract Canyon, Canyonlands National Park: A preliminary investigation, Susan G. Mortenson and Peter J. Weisberg

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Population Growth, Fecundity, and Survivorship in Recovering Populations of Bighorn Sheep, F. J. Singer, E. Williams, M. W. Miller, and L. C. Zeigenfuss

Post-cultivation recovery of biological soil crusts in semi-arid native grasslands, southern Australia, A. L. Briggs and J. W. Morgan

Post-fire land treatments and wind erosion - Lessons from the Milford Flat Fire, UT, USA, Mark E. Miller, Matthew A. Bowker, Richard L. Reynolds, and Harland L. Goldstein

Potential for influencing native bunchgrass restoration by manipulating soil biota, R. L. Johnston and Jayne Belnap

Potential role of cryptobiotic soil crusts in semiarid rangelands, Jayne Belnap

Precipitation-driven carbon balance controls survivorship of desert biocrust mosses, Kirsten K. Coe, Jayne Belnap, and Jed P. Sparks

Predicting regime shifts in flow of the Colorado River, Subhrendu Gangopadhyay and Gregory J. McCabe

Processes of Faulting in Jointed Rocks of Canyonlands National Park, Utah, J. M. Moore and R. A. Schultz

Processes of Tamarix Invasion and Floodplain Development along the Lower Green River, Utah, Adam S. Birken and David J. Cooper

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Protozoa of Biological Soil Crusts of a Cool Desert in Utah, S. S. Bamforth

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Radiocarbon Dates on the All American Man Pictograph, Marian Hyman, Marvin W. Rowe, Nancy J. Coulam, Alan Schroedl, and Kathleen Hogue

Rain pulse response of soil CO(2) exchange by biological soil crusts and grasslands of the semiarid Colorado Plateau, United States, D. R. Bowling, E. E. Grote, and J. Belnap

Ranching and Multiyear Droughts in Utah: Production Impacts, Risk Perceptions, and Changes in Preparedness, D. Layne Coppock

Rare drought-induced mortality of juniper is enhanced by edaphic stressors and influenced by stand density, M. A. Bowker, A. Munoz, T. Martinez, and M. K. Lau

Recovery rates of cryptobiotic crusts: Inoculant use and assessment methods, Jayne Belnap

Reestablishing cold-desert grasslands: A seeding experiment in Canyonlands National Park, Utah, Jayne Belnap and S. Sharpe

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Regional and Climatic Controls on Seasonal Dust Deposition in the Southwestern US, Marith Reheis and Frank Urban

Regional impacts of oil and gas development on ozone formation in the western United States, Marco A. Rodriguez, Michael G. Barna, and Tom Moore

Regional vegetation die-off in response to global-change-type drought, David D. Breshears, Neil S. Cobb, Paul M. Rich, Kevin P. Price, Craig D. Allen, Randy G. Balice, William H. Romme, Jude H. Kastens, M. Lisa Floyd, Jayne Belnap, Jesse J. Anderson, Orrin B. Myers, and Clifton W. Meyer

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Relay-Ramp Forms and Norma-Fault Linkages, Canyonlands National-Park, Utah, B. Trudgill and J. Cartwright

Relevance of ammonium oxidation within biological soil crust communities, Shannon L. Johnson, Charles R. Budinoff, Jayne Belnap, and Ferran Garcia-Pichel

Repeated use of ion-exchange resin membranes in calcareous soils: Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, S. K. Sherrod, Jayne Belnap, and Mark E. Miller

Response and resilience of soil biocrust bacterial communities to chronic physical disturbance in arid shrublands, Cheryl R. Kuske, Chris M. Yeager, Shannon Johnson, Lawrence O. Ticknor, and Jayne Belnap

Response of Colorado River runoff to dust radiative forcing in snow, Thomas H. Painter, Jeffrey S. Deems, Jayne Belnap, Alan F. Hamlet, Christopher C. Landry, and Bradley Udall

Response of desert biological soil crusts to alterations in precipitation frequency, Jayne Belnap, Susan L. Phillips, and Mark E. Miller

Responses of Desert Bighorn Sheep to Increased Human Recreation, C. M. Papouchis, F. J. Singer, and W. B. Sloan

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Responses of wind erosion to climate induced vegetation changes on the Colorado Plateau, S. M. Munson, J. Belnap, and G. S. Okin

Review of the Air Quality Biological Effects Research Program, Saguaro National Monument, Arizona, W. L. Halvorson, S. Veirs, B. Shaw, D. Meko, J. AcAuliffe, R. Hiebert, E. Betterton, and Jayne Belnap

Revisiting classic water erosion models in drylands: The strong impact of biological soil crusts, Matthew A. Bowker, Jayne Belnap, V. Bala Chaudhary, and Nancy C. Johnson

Revolutionary Land Use Change in the 21st Century: Is (Rangeland) Science Relevant?, J. E. Herrick, J. R. Brown, B. T. Bestelmeyer, S. S. Andrews, G. Baldi, J. Davies, M. Duniway, K. M. Havstad, J. W. Karl, D. L. Karlen, D. P.C. Peters, J. N. Quinton, C. Riginos, P. L. Shaver, D. Steinaker, and S. Twomlow

Roads as Conduits for Exotic Plant Invasions in a Semiarid Landscape, Jonathan L. Gelbard and Jayne Belnap

Roberts Rift, Canyonlands, Utah, A Natural Hydraulic Fracture Caused by Comet or Asteroid Impact, P. W. Huntoon and E. M. Shoemaker

Runoff at contrasting scales in a semiarid ecosystem: A complex balance between biological soil crust features and rainfall characteristics, Sonia Chamizo, Yolanda Canton, Emilio Rodriguez-Caballero, Francisco Domingo, and Adrian Escudero

Safeguarding Species, Languages, and Cultures in the Time of Diversity Loss: From the Colorado Plateau to Global Hotspots, Gary Paul Nabhan, Patrick Pynes, and Tony Joe

Sandstone Scarp Form and Retreat in the Land of Standing Rocks, Conyonlands-National-Park, Utah, R. M. Nicholas and J. C. Dixon

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Second Record of the Mexican Big-Eared Bat in Utah, David M. Armstrong

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Sediment Losses and Gains Across a Gradient of Livestock Grazing and Plant Invasion in A Cool, Semi-Arid Grassland, Colorado Plateau, USA, J. Belnap, Richard L. Reynolds, Marith Reheis, Susan L. Phillips, Fank E. Urban, and Harland L. Goldstein

Sediment losses and gains across a gradient of livestock grazing and plant invasion in a cool, semi-arid grassland, Colorado Plateau, USA, Jayne Belnap, Richard L. Reynolds, Marith C. Reheis, Susan L. Phillips, Frank E. Urban, and Harland L. Goldstein

Seed banks in a degraded desert shrubland: Influence of soil surface condition and harvester ant activity on seed abundance, L. A. DeFalco, T. C. Esque, J. M. Kane, and M. B. Nicklas

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Seismic Reflection Study of Upheaval Dome, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, Z. Kanbur, J. N. Louie, S. Chavez-Perez, G. Plank, and D. Morey

Sensitivity of desert cryptogams to air pollutants: Soil crusts and rock lichens, Jayne Belnap

Sensitivity of the Colorado Plateau to change: climate, ecosystems and society, Susan Schwinning, Jayne Belnap, David R. Bowling, and James R. Ehleringer

Shifting species interactions in terrestrial dryland ecosystems under altered water availability and climate change, Kevin E. McCluney, Jayne Belnap, Scott L. Collins, Angelica L. Gonzalez, Elizabeth M. Hagen, J. Nathaniel Holland, Burt P. Kotler, Fernando T. Maestre, Stanley D. Smith, and Blair O. Wolf

Short-term monitoring of aridland lichen cover and biomass using photography and fatty acids, Matthew A. Bowker, Nancy C. Johnson, Jayne Belnap, and George W. Koch

Shrews of the La Sal Mountains, Southearstern Utah, Eric A. Rickart and Lawrence R. Heaney

Shrub-Grassland Small Mammal and Vegetation Responses to Rest from Grazing, Steven S. Rosenstock

Size and Geographical Variation in PM1, PM2.5 and PM10: Source Profiles from Soils in the Western United States, R. Labban, J. M. Veranth, J. C. Chow, J. L.P. Engelbrecht, and J. G. Watson

Small-scale environments and distribution of biological soil crusts, F. Garcia-Pichel and Jayne Belnap

Small-scale vertical distribution of bacterial biomass and diversity in biological soil crusts from arid lands in the Colorado Plateau, Ferran Garcia-Pichel, S. L. Johnson, D. Youngkin, and Jayne Belnap

Soil amendment effects on the exotic annual grass Bromus tectorum L. and facilitation of its growth by the native perennial grass Hilaria jamesii (Torr.) Benth, Jayne Belnap and Susan K. Sherrod

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Soil Biota Can Change after Exotic Plant Invasion: Does This Affect Ecosystem Processes?, Jayne Belnap, Susan L. Phillips, Susan K. Sherrod, and Andy Moldenke

Soil biota changes along a disturbance gradient: Impacts on vegetation composition and prospects for restoration, R. Johnston and Jayne Belnap

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Soil Biota in an Ungrazed Grassland: Response to Annual Grass (Bromus tectorum) Invasion, Jayne Belnap and Susan L. Phillips

Soil characteristics and plant exotic species invasions in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA, Michael Bashkin, Thomas J. Stohlgren, Yuka Otsuki, Michelle Lee, Paul Evangelista, and Jayne Belnap

Soil crusts sound pollution alarm, Jayne Belnap

Soil fertility in deserts: A review on the influence of biological soil crusts and the effect of soil surface disturbance on nutrient inputs and losses, Richard L. Reynolds, Susan L. Phillips, Jayne Belnap, and Michael C. Duniway

Soil lichen and moss cover and species richness can be highly dynamic: The effects of invasion by the annual exotic grass Bromus tectorum, precipitation, and temperature on biological soil crusts in SE Utah, Jayne Belnap, Susan L. Phillips, and Tonya Troxler

Soil microstructure in soils of the Colorado Plateau: The role of the cyanobacterium Microcoleus vaginatus, Jayne Belnap and J. S. Gardner

Soil nematode communities are ecologically more mature beneath late- than early-successional stage biological soil crusts, Brian J. Darby, Deborah A. Neher, and Jayne Belnap

Soil Properties in Relation to Cryptogamic Groundcover in Canyonlands National Park, Edgar F. Kleiner and K. T. Harper

Soil Respiration in the Cold Desert Environment of the Colorado Plateau (USA): Abiotic Regulators and Thresholds, Daniel P. Fernandez, Jason C. Neff, Jayne Belnap, and Richard L. Reynolds

Soil surface disturbances in cold deserts: Effects on nitrogenase activity incyanobacterial-lichen soil crusts, Jayne Belnap