Brandon T. Bestelmeyer,^* Kendra Moseley,^* Pat L. Shaver,^* Homer Sanchez,^* David D. Briske,^* Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez<sup>*


*</sup>Authors are Research Ecologist, USDA–Agricultural Research Service Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA, bbestelm@nmsu.edu (Bestelmeyer); State Rangeland Ecologist, USDA–Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) California State Office, Davis, CA 95616, USA (Moseley); Rangeland Management Specialist, USDA–NRCS West National Technology Support Center, Portland, OR 97232, USA (Shaver); Rangeland Management Specialist, USDA–NRCS, Central National Technology Support Center, Fort Worth, TX 76115, USA (Sanchez); Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA (Briske); and Associate Professor, Dept of Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.