| western juniper management: assessing strategies for improving greater sage-grouse habitat and rangeland productivity. | western juniper (juniperus occidentalis subsp. occidentalis) range expansion into sagebrush steppe ecosystems has affected both native wildlife and economic livelihoods across western north america. the potential listing of the greater sage-grouse (centrocercus urophasianus) under the u.s. endangered species act has spurred a decade of juniper removal efforts, yet limited research has evaluated program effectiveness. we used a multi-objective spatially explicit model to identify optimal juniper ... | 2015 | 25957623 |