• Introduction: Shrub ecophysiology and biotechnology / E, Durant McARthur, Arthur Wallace, Marshall R. Haferkamp
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• 1. Biotechnology and breeding: Breeding systems of woody plant species in Utah / Rosemary L. Pendleton, Burton K. Pendleton, Kimball T. Harper ; A relationship between polyploidy and habitat in western shrub species / Stewart C. Sanderson, E. Durant McArthur, Howard C. Stutz ; Cellular and molecular approaches to the ecophysiology and genetic improvement of shrubs / John G. Carman ; Organogenesis and shoot-tip multiplication from tissue cultures of Atriplex species / Jerry R. Barrow ; Responses of callus culturs. microshoot cultures, and whole plants of the halophyte, Atriplex canesces var. gigantea to exogenous NaCl / Eve Syrkin Wurtele
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• 2. Environmental management and technology: Transplanting of native shrubs on disturbed land in the Mojave Desert / E.M. Romney, A. Wallace, R.B. Hunter ; Pulse establishment of woody shrubs on denuded Mojave Desert land / E.M. Romney, A. Wallace, R.B. Hunter ; High-tech polyacrylamides as soil conditioners in the reclamation and stability of desert lands / Garn A. Wallace and Arthur Wallace ; Creating riparian wildlife habitat along a Columbia River impoundment in north-central Washington / Robert G. Carson and Paul J. Edgerton ; Use of native shrubs on strip-mined lands in the humid EAst / H. Glenn Hughes
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• 3. Ecophysiology: Influence of stress history on water use patterns of honey mesquite / R.J. Ansley, P.W. Jacoby, B.K. Lawrence ; A model of freeze tolerance in winterfat germinants / D. terrance Booth ; Water relations, aboveground growth, and phenology of Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyane in relation to dispersion pattern / Alan T. Carpenter and Neil E. West ; Stomatal sensitivity and water-use efficiency in oaks and their hybrids / James R. Ehleringer and Mark P. Smedley ; Plant ecophysiology : a case study of honey mesquite / R.E. Sosebee and C. Wan ; Wildland shrup dieoffs in Utah : an approach to understanding the cause / Davd L. Nelson [and others] ; Are wildland plant communities a potential source of understanding biological responses to iron-deficiency stress? / Sheldon D. Nelson and Von D. Jolley ; Effects of heavy grazing by mule deer on "Hobble Creek" Mountain big sagebrush seed stalk production / Ronald L. Rodriguez and Bruce L. Welch ; Interaction of stresses in the behavior of native shrub populations / Arthur Wallace ; Seed germination biology of antelope bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata) / Susan E. Meyer and Stephen B. Monsen ; Fire effects on Amelanchier alnifolia shrubs during phenological development stages / Nonan V. Noste, Elizabeth D. Reinhardt, Ralph A. Wilson, Jr. ; The ecology of Vaccinium globulare : seedling establishment and nutrition / Nellie M. Stark ; Comparative growth of four shrub species in a native desert soil and an amended non-calcareous soil and some unsolved problems in mineral nutrition of desert shrubs / Arthur Wallace ; Physiological changes in Chrysothamnus nauseosus in relation to rubber resin production / D.J. Weber [and others].

• History and use of semiarid plant communities-changes in vegetation
• Evolution of weedy annuals
• Cheatgrass demography-establishment attributes, recruitment, ecotypes, and genetic variability
• Ecological impacts of cheatgrass and resultant fire on ecosystems in the Western Great Basin
• Fire conditions and pre- and post-occurrence of annual grasses in the Snake River Plain
• Potential for replacing naturalized weeds in California's annual grasslands with selected Mediterranean species: plant exploration and management considerations
• Competitive influences of cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) on site restoration
• Fire ecology and management
• Ecology
• Management implications of yellow starthistle adaptations in the Pacific Northwest
• Effects of simulated fall and early spring grazing on cheatgrass and perennial grass in Western Nevada
• Potential role of soil microorganisms in medusahead invasion
• Controlling erosion on lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca District, Nevada
• Washington State shrub-steppe ecosystem studies with emphasis on the relationship between non-game birds and shrub and grass cover densities
• Grasshopper community responses to shrub loss, annual grasslands and crested wheatgrass seedlings: management implications
• Resource impacts of cheatgrass and wildfires on public lands and livestock grazing
• Displacement of rare plants by exotic grasses
• Mechanical control of undesirable annuals on the Boise Front, Idaho
• Restoration: seed germination and establishment
• Restoration: seedbed preparation and seeding
• Restoration: species utility
• Woody chenopods useful for rangeland reclamation in Western North America
• Annual rangeland management principles and practices: the California experience.

"Annual weeds continue to expand throughout the West eliminating many desirable species and plant communities. Wildfires are now common on lands infested with annual weeds, causing a loss of wildlife habitat and other natural resources. Measures can be used to reduce burning and restore native plant communities, but restoration is difficult and costly."