Editor's Choice from Rangeland Ecology & Management, Volume 72, Issue 2: Mortality and Flowering of Great Basin Perennial Forbs After Experimental Burning: Implications for Wild Bees

Nothing is more fundamental to healthy rangeland ecosystems and their management than the interdependent linkage between plants and animals. Since early plants like mosses and liverworts created an environment for animals, these two kingdoms have evolved some very sophisticated interdependence and complex mechanisms that convey the ability for each to survive in a changing environment. The effect of fires on critical plant and bee interactions is a function of the bees’ nesting habits and the plants’ ability to produce flowers (nectar and pollen) after burning. [...]plants’ ability to survive and produce flowers after burning determines the fate of bees in cases where the interdependence is strong. Roger Sheley Editor-in-Chief, Rangeland Ecology & ManagementRangeland Ecology & Management Volume 72, Issue 2 Forum: Iterative-Adaptive Management and Contingency-Based Restoration Planning in Variable Environment Stuart P. Hardegree, Roger A. Sheley, Mark W. Brunson, Michael H. Taylor, Corey A. Moffet Weather Tools for Retrospective Assessment of Restoration Outcomes Corey A. Moffet, Stuart P. Hardegree, John T. Abatzoglou, Katherine C. Hegewisch, R. Ryan Reuter, Roger L. Sheley, M.W. Brunson, G.N. Flerchinger, Alex R. Boehm Generalized and Specific State-and-Transition Models to Guide Management and Restoration of Caldenal Forests H. Raúl Peinetti, Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, Claudia C. Chirino, Alicia G. Kin, María E. Frank Buss Evaluating the Effectiveness of Low Soil-Disturbance Treatments for Improving Native Plant Establishment in Stable Crested Wheatgrass Stands Christo Morris, Lesley R. Morris, Thomas A. Monaco Restoring Perennial Grasses in Medusahead Habitat: Role of Tilling, Fire, Herbicides, and Seeding Rate Merilynn Schantz, Roger Sheley, Stuart Hardegree Longer-Term Evaluation of Sagebrush Restoration After Juniper Control and Herbaceous Vegetation Trade-offs Kirk W. Davies, Jon D. Bates Long-Term Persistence of Cool-Season Grasses Planted to Suppress Broom Snakeweed, Downy Brome, and Weedy Forbs Clinton A. Stonecipher, Eric Thacker, Kevin D. Welch, Michael H. Ralphs, Thomas A. Monaco Coastal Prairie Recovery in Response to Shrub Removal Method and Degree of Shrub Encroachment Parker A. Watson, Heather D. Alexander, Jonathan D. Moczygemba Relationship Between Seed Mass and Young-Seedling Growth and Morphology Among Nine Bluebunch Wheatgrass Populations Jayanti Ray Mukherjee, Thomas A. Jones, Thomas A. Monaco, Peter B. Adler Rough Soil Surface Lessens