EBIPM Field School 2009

The Ecologically-Based Invasive Plant Management Field School at the Circle Bar Ranch in Mitchell, Oregon.

2009 EBIPM Field School
For any questions or comments about the 2009 Field School or EBIPM,
please feel free to contact Brenda Smith at brenda.smith@ars.usda.gov.

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2009 EBIPM Field School
September 16th & 17th at the Circle Bar Ranch in Mitchell, Oregon

Field School Workbook
Table of Contents

EBIPM Field School
Registration Packet

EBIPM Field School Area Map

Program

EBIPM Field School Recommended Reading

What is EBIPM?

   EBIPM Model
   Applying EBIPM
   Principles for EBIPM

Goals & Objectives

Self-Organizing Systems and Environmental Management
Managing Complex Problems in Rangeland Ecosystems

Assessment Guidelines

Rangeland Health Attributes and Indicators for Qualitative Assessment
Ecological Site/Plant Association and Vegetation

Site Availability

   The Behavior of Seeds in Soil
Are Plant Populations Seed Limited?
   Applies Historical Ecology
   Site Availability Worksheet

Species Availability

     A Conceptual Framework for Preventing the Spatial Dispersal of Invasive Plants
     Invasive Plant Prevention Guidelines
     Evaluating Montana's Dyers Woad Cooperative Eradication Project
     A Day in the Life of a Seed

Species Performance

    Benefits of Plant Diversity to Ecosystems: immediate filter and founder effects
    Toward a Casual Explanation of Plant Invasiveness
    Species Performance Worksheet
    Species Performance Nitrogen Cycle

Species Performance

    Prescription Grazing for Rangeland Weed Management
    Response of Bluebunch Wheatgrass and Medusahead to Defoliation
    Understanding Plant Response to Grazing
    Variable Impacts of Imazapic Rate on Downy Brome

EBIPM in Practice

Augmentative Restoration
Successful Adaptive Management