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David P Smith
Rangeland Resources & Systems Research
Research Ecologist

Phone: (970) 492-7124
Fax: (970) 492-7160

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Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)
In search of an optimal bio-logger timeframe and device combination for quantifying activity budgets in free-ranging cattle - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Data management infrastructure: building elements at Central Plains - (Abstract Only)
Kaplan, N.E., Derner, J.D., Vandenberg, B.C., Delgado, J.A., Augustine, D.J., Hoover, D.L., Smith, D.P., Gaffney, R.M. 2019. Data management infrastructure: building elements at Central Plains. Meeting Abstract. Not published.
Importance of early season conditions and grazing on carbon dioxide fluxes in Colorado shortgrass steppe - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Morgan, J.A., Parton, W., Derner, J.D., Glimanov, T., Smith, D.P. 2016. Importance of early season conditions and grazing on carbon dioxide fluxes in Colorado shortgrass steppe. Rangeland Ecology and Management. 69:342-350.
Microclimatic performance of a free-air warming and CO2 enrichment experiment in windy Wyoming, USA Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Lecain, D.R., Smith, D.P., Morgan, J., Kimball, B.A., Pendall, E., Miglietta, F. 2015. Microclimatic performance of a free-air warming and CO2 enrichment experiment in windy Wyoming, USA. PLoS One. 10(2):e0116834. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116834.
Characteristics of burns conducted under modified prescriptions to mitigate limited fuels in a semi-arid grassland - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Augustine, D.J., Derner, J.D., Smith, D.P. 2014. Characteristics of burns conducted under modified prescriptions to mitigate limited fuels in a semi-arid grassland. Fire Ecology. 10(2):36-47.
Impact of precipitation dynamics on net ecosystem exchange - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Parton, W., Morgan, J.A., Smith, D.P., Del Grosso, S.J., Prihodko, L., Lecain, D.R., Kelly, R. 2012. Impact of precipitation dynamics on net ecosystem exchange. Global Change Biology. 28:915-927.
Seasonal and interannual variability in surface energy partitioning and vegetation cover with grazing at shortgrass steppe - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Jamiyansharav, K., Ojima, D., Pielke, R.A., Parton, W., Morgan, J.A., Beltran-Przekurat, A., Lecain, D.R., Smith, D.P. 2010. Seasonal and interannual variability in surface energy partitioning and vegetation cover with grazing at shortgrass steppe. Journal of Arid Environments. 75:360-370.
Aboveground productivity of C3 and C4 perennial grasses are differentially affected by elevated CO2 and warming in a Wyoming northern mixed-grass prairie - (Abstract Only)
Morgan, J.A., Lecain, D.R., Booth, D.T., Blumenthal, D.M., Williams, D.G., Pendall, E., Dijkstra, F.A., Smith, D.P., Kimball, B.A., West, M.S. 2009. Aboveground productivity of C3 and C4 perennial grasses are differentially affected by elevated CO2 and warming in a Wyoming northern mixed-grass prairie. Ecological Society of America Proceedings. COS 38-5.
Concerning the Measurement and Magnitude of Heat, Water, Vapor, and Carbon Dioxide Exchange from a Semiarid Grassland - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Alfieri, J., Blanken, P., Morgan, J.A., Smith, D.P. 2009. Concerning the Measurement and Magnitude of Heat, Water, Vapor, and Carbon Dioxide Exchange from a Semiarid Grassland. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 48(5):982-996.
Infrared heater arrays for warming grazingland field plots - (Proceedings)
Kimball, B.A., Conley, M.M., Wang, S., Lin, X., Luo, C., Morgan, J.A., Smith, D.P. 2008. Infrared heater arrays for warming grazingland field plots. International Grasslands Congress, (I):577.
INFRARED HEATER ARRAYS FOR WARMING ECOSYSTEM FIELD PLOTS - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Kimball, B.A., Conley, M.M., Wang, S., Xingwu, L., Morgan, J.A., Smith, D.P. 2008. Infrared heater arrays for warming ecosystem field plots. Global Change Biology, (14):309-320.
Prairie Heating And CO2 Enrichment (PHACE) project: Semi-arid grassland responses to elevated CO2 and warming. - (Abstract Only)
Morgan, J.A., Migletta, F., Kimball, B.A., Parton, W., Lecain, D.R., Pendall, E., Williams, D., Blumenthal, D.M., Smith, D.P., Hardy, E.M., et al. 2007. Prairie Heating And CO2 Enrichment (PHACE) project: Semi-arid grassland responses to elevated CO2 and warming. Shortgrass Steppe Symposium, January 2007, Ft. Collins, CO.
ROOT BIOMASS OF INDIVIDUAL SPECIES, AND ROOT SIZE CHARACTERISTICS AFTER FIVE YEARS OF CO2 ENRICHMENT ON NATIVE SHORTGRASS STEPPE - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Lecain, D.R., Morgan, J.A., Milchunas, D.G., Mosier, A.R., Nelson, J.A., Smith, D.P. 2006. Root biomass of individual species, and root size characteristics after five years of CO2 enrichment on native shortgrass steppe. Plant and Soil Journal. 279:219-228.