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Matthew C Mortenson
Rangeland Resources & Systems Research
Agricultural Science Research Technician

Phone: (307) 772-2433 ext. 116
Fax: (307) 637-6124

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Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)
Flexible stocking: Livestock production and economic responses in mixed-grass prairie - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
King Ranch: Ranching on the edge Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Derner, J.D., Eisele, K., Eisele, M., Wilmer, H.N., Mortenson, M.C., Freeman, P., Lockman, R. 2022. King Ranch: Ranching on the edge. Rangelands. 44:411-417. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2022.09.002.
Estimating overnight weight loss of corralled yearling steers in semiarid rangeland - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Derner, J.D., Reeves, J.L., Mortenson, M.C., West, M.S. 2016. Estimating overnight weight loss of corralled yearling steers in semiarid rangeland. Rangelands. 38(3):101-104.
Trace gas fluxes from a northern mixed-grass prairie interseeded with alfalfa Reprint Icon - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Ingram, L.J., Schuman, G., Parkin, T.B., Mortenson, M.C. 2014. Trace gas fluxes from a northern mixed-grass prairie interseeded with alfalfa. Plant and Soil. 386:285-301.
Do environmental variables influence overnight weight loss of yearling steers in semiarid rangelands? - (Abstract Only)
Effects of Wyoming big sagebrush seeding rate and grass competition on the long-term density and canopy volume of the big sagebrush and wildlife habitat - (Proceedings)
Everybody Wins!! Happy cattle makes for a happy staff at the new low stress and low maintenance facilities at CPER - (Abstract Only)
Ashby, M.M., Thomas, J.B., Mortenson, M.C., Derner, J.D. 2007. Everybody Wins!! Happy cattle makes for a happy staff at the new low stress and low maintenance facilities at CPER. Shortgrass Steppe Symposium.
EFFECT OF INTERSEEDING ALFALFA (MEDICAGO SATIVA SSP. FALCATA) ON FORAGE PRODUCTION AND FORAGE QUALITY OF A MIXED-GRASS RANGELAND - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
IN VITRO DIGESTION OF ALFALFA AND NATIVE FORAGES COLLECTED FROM RANGELAND INTERSEEDED WITH YELLOW-FLOWERING ALFALFA - (Proceedings)
Hess, B.W., Nayigihugu, V., Mortenson, M.C., Schuman, G.E. 2004. In vitro digestion of alfalfa and native forages collected from rangeland interseeded with yellow-flowering alfalfa. Proceedings of the Society for Range Management Meeting Abstracts. p. 144.
IN VITRO DIGESTION OF FORAGES COLLECTED FROM RANGELAND INTERSEEDED WITH YELLOW-FLOWERING ALFALFA - (Proceedings)
Hess, B.W., Nayigihugu, V., Mortenson, M.C., Schuman, G.E. 2004. In vitro digestion of forages collected from rangeland interseeded with yellow-flowering alfalfa. Society for Range Management Meeting Abstracts. p. 145.
CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN RANGELANDS INTERSEEDED WITH YELLOW-FLOWERING ALFALFA (MEDICAGO SATIVA SSP. FALCATA) - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Mortenson, M.C., Schuman, G.E., Ingram, L.J. 2004. Carbon sequestration in rangelands interseeded with yellow-flowering alfalfa (medicago sativa ssp. falcata). Environmental Management 33 (Supplement) S475-S481.
INTERSEEDING MEDICAGO SATIVA SSP. FALCATA INTO RANGELANDS TO ENHANCE CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND FORAGE PRODUCTION - (Proceedings)
SCHUMAN, G.E., MORTENSON, M.C., INGRAM, L.J. INTERSEEDING MEDICAGO SATIVA SSP. FALCATA INTO RANGELANDS TO ENHANCE CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND FORAGE PRODUCTION. INTERNATIONAL RANGELAND CONGRESS. 2003.
INTERSEEDING MEDICAGO SATIVA SSP. FALCATA INTO RANGELANDS TO ENHANCE CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND FORAGE PRODUCTION - (Abstract Only)
Schuman, G.E., Mortenson, M.C., Ingram, L.J. 2003. Interseeding medicago sativa ssp. falcata into rangelands to enhance carbon sequestration and forage production. Proceedings: II International Rangeland Congress, Rangelands in the New Millenium. Durbin, South Africa. CD.
INTERSEEDING FALCATA ALFALFA (MEDICAGO SATIVA SSP. FALCATA) INTO NATIVE RANGELANDS: I. SOIL CARBON AND NITROGEN DYNAMICS - (Abstract Only)
MORTENSON, M.C., SCHUMAN, G.E., INGRAM, L. INTERSEEDING FALCATA ALFALFA (MEDICAGO SATIVA SSP. FALCATA) INTO NATIVE RANGELANDS: I. SOIL CARBON AND NITROGEN DYNAMICS. AGRONOMY ABSTRACTS. 2002.
INTERSEEDING FALCATA ALFALFA (MEDICAGO SATIVA SSP. FALCATA) INTO NATIVE RANGELANDS: II. EFFECTS ON FORAGE PRODUCTION AND CARBON INPUTS - (Abstract Only)
SCHUMAN, G.E., MORTENSON, M.C., INGRAM, L.J. INTERSEEDING FALCATA ALFALFA (MEDICAGO SATIVA SSP. FALCATA) INTO NATIVE RANGELANDS: II. EFFECTS ON FORAGE PRODUCTION AND CARBON INPUTS. AGRONOMY ABSTRACTS. 2002.
CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN RANGELANDS INTERSEEDED WITH YELLOW-FLOWERING ALFALFA (MEDICAGO SATIVA SPP. FALCATA) - (Proceedings)
MORTENSON, M.C., SCHUMAN, G.E., INGRAM, L. CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN RANGELANDS INTERSEEDED WITH YELLOW-FLOWERING ALFALFA (MEDICAGO SATIVA SPP. FALCATA). USDA SYMPOSIUM ON NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TO OFFSET GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. 2002.
THE EFFECTS OF INTERSEEDED ALFALFA ON NATIVE RANGELAND SOILS - (Proceedings)
Schuman, G.E., Mortenson, M.C. 2002. The effects of interseeded alfalfa on native rangeland soils. p. 11. Proceedings of the Western Society of Soil Science Annual meeting.
YELLOW-FLOWERING ALFALFA - ITS MANY ATTRIBUTES - (Popular Publication)
Schuman, G.E., Mortenson, M.C., and N.R. Smith. 2002. Yellow-flowering alfalfa - its many attributes. p. 8-10. Western Farmer Stockman. May 2002.