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Forecasting forage response to climate change and shrub control
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This project was funded for 2024-2027 by USDA NIFA.
It is hard to predict how forage plants and shrubs will respond to climate change or shrub control if we don't understand how different species absorb water from the soil.
In this study, we will measure grass and shrub water uptake at sites across the sagebrush step range in the western US. We will use this data to parameterize the STEPWAT2 ecohydrological model to predict species and functional group responses to anticipated climate change. We will also use the model to predict how forage plant growth will respond to shrub removal.
This work is funded by the USDA NIFA program and will be performed near Bishop, CA; Monticello, UT; and Glasgow, MT.
