The 2008 Joint Meeting of the Society for Range Management and the America Forage and Grassland Council.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008: 8:30 AM-5:00 PM
French - E3 (Galt House Hotel & Suites)
State-and-Transition Models: Triggers, Feedbacks and Thresholds
Moderators:James Dobrowolski
Barry Perryman
Organizer:Tamzen Stringham
8:30 AMWelcoming Remarks
8:40 AMRangeland Health Indicators: Can they provide early warning signals?
David A. Pyke
9:10 AMCurrent Status of the State-and-Transition Framework
Tamzen Stringham, David D. Briske, Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, Pat L. Shaver
9:40 AMVariation in Ecological Resilience: A Fundamental Concept for Rangeland Ecology
Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, David D. Briske, Joel Brown, Kris M. Havstad, Rhonda K. Skaggs
10:10 AMBreak
10:40 AMResilience-Based Application of State-and-Transition Models
David D. Briske, Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, Tamzen K. Stringham, Pat L. Shaver
11:10 AMSoils, Resilience, and State and Transition Models
Jeffrey E. Herrick, Skye Wills, Debra Peters, Arlene Tugel, Brandon Bestelmeyer
11:40 AMResilience, Triggers, Feedbacks and Thresholds: A Western Juniper Model
Steven L. Petersen, Tamzen K. Stringham
12:10 PMLunch
1:40 PMWinterfat in the Catlow Valley: Ecological Resilience and State-and-Transition Modeling
Casey A. Matney
2:10 PMVulnerability and Triggers in Threshold Development: Models from the Chihuahuan Desert
Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, Jeffrey E. Herrick, Caiti M. Steele
2:40 PMPlant Community Dynamics in the Northern Great Plains - Recognizing the Impacts of Invasive Species
Jeffrey L. Printz, Stan Boltz
3:10 PMResilience and Feedbacks within A Deep Sand Savannah Ecological Site
Pat L. Shaver
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