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Merilynn C Schantz
                        Grassland Soil and Water Research Laboratory

                        




                        
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                            ProjectsContributions of Climate, Soils, Species Diversity, and Management to Sustainable Crop, Grassland, and Livestock Production Systems
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                                                                    (D)Accession Number: 445467**Publications**
                                                (Clicking on the reprint icon
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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)Optimized NMME climate forecasts for rangeland management applications in the western US

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Forecasting plant production across Great Basin rangelands

- (Abstract Only)Forecasting rangeland plant production by ecological sites; are they better than forecasts by geographical location

- (Abstract Only)Evaluating multimodel ensemble seasonal climate forecasts on rangeland plant production in the California Annual Grassland
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Schantz, M., Hardegree, S.P., James, J., Becchetti, T., Abatzoglou, J., Hegewisch, K., Sheley, R.L. 2023. Evaluating multimodel ensemble seasonal climate forecasts on rangeland plant production in the California Annual Grassland. Rangeland Ecology and Management. 88:135-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2023.02.013.Germination timing and rate of locally collected western wheatgrass and smooth brome grass: the role of collection site and light sensitivity along a riparian corridor
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Schantz, M.C., Espeland, E.K. 2016. Germination timing and rate of locally collected western wheatgrass and smooth brome grass: the role of collection site and light sensitivity along a riparian corridor. Native Plant Journal. 17(1):28-37.


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