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2024

Raynor, E.J., Derner, J.D., Hartman, M.D., Dorich, C.D., Parton, W.J., Hendrickson, J.R., Harmoney, K.R., Brennan, J.R., Owensby, C.E., Kaplan, N.E., Lutz, S.M., Hoover, D.L. and D.J. Augustine. 2024. Secondary production of the central rangeland region of the United States. Ecological Applications: e2978.  https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eap.2978

Karp, A.T., Koerner, S.E., Hempson, G.P., Abraham, J.O., Anderson, T.M., Bond, W.J., Burkepile, D.E., Goheen, J.R., Guyton, J.A., Kartzinel, T.R., Kimuyu, D.M., Mohanbabu, N., Palmer, T.M., Porensky, L.M., Pringle, R.M., Ritchie, M.E., Smith, M.D., Thompson, D.I., Young, T.P. and A.C. Staver. 2024. Grazing herbivores reduce herbaceous biomass and fire activity across broad-scale savanna gradients. Ecology Letters 27: e14450.  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ele.14450

Davies. K.W., Boyd, C.S., Bates, J.D., Svejcar, L. and L.M. Porensky. 2024. Ecological benefits of strategically applied livestock grazing in sagebrush communities. Ecosphere 15: e4859. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.4859

Sonnier, G., Augustine, D.J., Paudel, S., Porensky, L.M., Silveira, M., Toledo, D., Azad, S., Boughton, R.K., Browning, D.M., Clark, P.E., Fay, P.A., Kaplan, N., Thibault, K.M., Swain, H.M., Veum, K.S. and E.H. Boughton. 2024. Impact of plant diversity and management intensity on magnitude and stability of productivity in North American grazing lands. Applied Vegetation Science 27: e12776. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/avsc.12776

Frost, M.D.T., Komatsu, K.J., Porensky, L.M., Reinhart, K.O., Wilcox, K.R., Bunch, Z.L., Jolin, A.D., Johnston, K.A., Trimas, G.E. and S.E. Koerner. 2024. Plant, insect, and soil microbial communities vary across brome invasion gradients in northern mixed-grass prairies. Oikos 2024: e10515. https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/oik.10515

Wilmer, H., Ferguson, D.B., Dinan, M., Thacker, E., Adler, P.B., Walsh, K.B., Bradford, J.B., Brunson, M., Derner, J.D., Elias, E., Felton, A. ... Suding, K.N. 2024. Resilience is not enough: Toward a more meaningful rangeland adaptation science. Rangeland Ecology & Management  95: 56-67.  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1550742424000551

Raynor, E.J., Derner, J.D., Hartman, M.D., Dorich, C.D., Parton, W.J., Hendrickson, J.R., Harmoney, K.R., Brennan, J.R., Owensby, C.E., Kaplan, N.E., Lutz, S.M., Hoover, D.L. and Augustine, D.J. 2024. Secondary production of the central rangeland region of the United States. Ecological Applications: e2978.  https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/eap.2978

Anderson, B.G., Antognoli, E., Caldrone, S.L., Derner, J.D., Farrell, S.L., Fenlon, K., Hendrickson, J.R., Hendrickson, L.G., Johnson, H.A., Kaplan, N.E., Kelly, J.A., Mastel, K.L. and Williams, S.C. 2024. Issues and paths forward in the identification and reuse of historic analog records. Frontiers in Environmental Science 12:1338628.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2024.1338628

Jorns T.R., Scasta, J.D., Derner, J.D., Augustine D.J., Porensky, L.M., Raynor, E.J. and the CARM Stakeholder Group. 2024. Adaptive multi-paddock grazing management reduces diet quality of yearling cattle in shortgrass steppe. The Rangeland Journal 45(4): 160–172. https://doi.org/10.1071/RJ23047

Raynor, E.J., Schilling-Hazlett, A., Place, S.E., Martinez, J.V., Thompson, L.R., Johnston, M.K., Jorns, T.R., Beck, M.R., Kuehn, L.A., Derner, J.D. and Stackhouse-Lawson, K.R. 2024. Snapshot of enteric methane emissions from stocker cattle grazing extensive semiarid rangelands. Rangeland Ecology & Management 93: 77-80.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2024.01.001

2023

Jablonski, K.E., Derner, J.D., Bailey, D.W., Davies, K.W., Meiman, P.J., Roche, L.M., Thacker, E.T., Vermeire, L.T. and Stackhouse-Lawson, K.R., 2023. Principles for successful livestock grazing management on western US rangelands. Rangelands 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2023.11.001

Briske, D.D., Archer, S.R., Burchfield, E., Burnidge, W., Derner, J.D., Gosnell, H., Hatfield, J., Kazanski, C.E., Khalil, M., Lark, T.J. and Nagler, P. 2023. Supplying ecosystem services on US rangelands. Nature Sustainability 1-9. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-023-01194-6

Kearney, S.P., Porensky, L.M., Augustine, D.J. and Pellatz, D.W. 2023. Toward broad-scale mapping and characterization of prairie dog colonies from airborne imagery using deep learning. Ecological Indicators 154: 110684. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110684

Frost, M.D., Komatsu, K.J., Porensky, L.M., Reinhart, K.O., Wilcox, K.R. and Koerner, S.E. 2023. Consequences of rainfall manipulations for invasive annual grasses vary across grazed northern mixed-grass prairie sites. Rangeland Ecology & Management 90: 1-12.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2023.05.007

Maxwell, T.M., Germino, M.J., Romero, S., Porensky, L.M., Blumenthal, D.M., Brown, C.S. and Adler, P.B. 2023. Experimental manipulation of soil-surface albedo alters phenology and growth of Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass). Plant and Soil 487: 325–339. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-023-05929-4

Ochoa‐Hueso, R., Delgado‐Baquerizo, M., Risch, A.C., Ashton, L., Augustine, D., Bélanger, N., Bridgham, S., Britton, A.J., Bruckman, V.J., Camarero, J.J., Cornelissen, G. … Bremer, E. 2023. Bioavailability of macro and micronutrients across global topsoils: Main drivers and global change impacts. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 37(6): e2022GB007680.  https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GB007680

Ibáñez, I., Petri, L., Barnett, D.T., Beaury, E.M., Blumenthal, D.M., Corbin, J.D., Diez, J., Dukes, J.S., Early, R., Pearse, I.S., Sorte, C.J., Vilà, M. and Bradley, B. 2023. Combining local, landscape, and regional geographies to assess plant community vulnerability to invasion impact. Ecological Applications 33(4): e2821. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2821

Rinella, M.J., Porensky, L.M., S. Bellows, S., Knox, J. and E.P. Metier. 2023. Establishing forbs for pollinators in agricultural landscapes of the Great Plains. Restoration Ecology 31(4): e13846. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13846

Augustine, D.J., Kearney, S.P., Raynor, E.J., Porensky, L.M. and Derner, J.D. 2023. Adaptive, multi-paddock, rotational grazing management alters foraging behavior and spatial grazing distribution of free-ranging cattle. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 352: 108521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2023.108521

Copeland, S.M., Hoover, D.L., Augustine, D.J., Bates, J.D., Boyd, C.S., Davies, K.W., Derner, J.D., Duniway, M.C., Porensky, L.M. and Vermeire, L.T. 2023. Variable effects of long-term livestock grazing across the western United States suggest diverse approaches are needed to meet global change challenges. Applied Vegetation Science 26(1):e12719.  https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12719

Barrile, G.M., Augustine, D.J., Porensky, L.M., Duchardt, C.J., Shoemaker, K.T., Hartway, C.R., Derner, J.D., Hunter, E.A. and Davidson, A.D. 2023. A big data–model integration approach for predicting epizootics and population recovery in a keystone species. Ecological Applications 33(4): e2827. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2827

Derner, J.D., Wilmer, H., Stackhouse-Lawson, K., Place, S., and Boggess, M. 2023. Practical considerations for adaptive strategies by US grazing land managers with a changing climate. Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment 6: 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20356

Gornish, E. S., Guo, J. S., Porensky, L.M., Perryman, B. L., & Leger, E. A. 2023. Pre-fire grazing and herbicide treatments can affect post-fire vegetation in a Great Basin rangeland. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 4: e12215. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12215

Li, L., Ma, L., Qi, Z., Fang, Q., Harmel, R.D., Schmer, M.R. and Jin, V.L. 2023. Measured and simulated effects of residue removal and amelioration practices in no-till irrigated corn (Zea mays L.)European Journal of Agronomy 146: 126807. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2023.126807

Pan, P., Qi, Z., Zhang, T. and Ma, L. 2023. Modeling phosphorus losses to subsurface drainage under tillage and compost management. Soil and Tillage Research 227: 105587.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2022.105587

Pan, P., Qi, Z., Koehn, A., Leytem, A., Bjorneberg, D. and Ma, L. 2023. Modification of the RZWQM2-P model to simulate labile and total phosphorus in an irrigated and manure-amended cropland soil. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 206: 107672.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2023.107672

 

2022

Raynor, E.J., Derner, J.D., Augustine, D.J., Jablonski, K.E., Porensky, L.M., Ritten, J., Hoover, D.L. and Elliott, J. 2022. Balancing ecosystem service outcomes at the ranch-scale in shortgrass steppe: The role of grazing management. Rangelands 44: 391-397.          https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2022.05.003

Fang, Q.X., Harmel, R.D., Ma, L., Bartling, P.N.S., Derner, J.D., Jeong, J., Williams, J.R. and Boone, R.B. 2022. Evaluating the APEX model for alternative cow-calf grazing management strategies in Central Texas. Agricultural Systems 195: 103287.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103287

Chu, X., Flerchinger, G.N., Ma, L., Fang, Q., Malone, R.W., Yu, Q., He, J., Wang, N., Feng, H. and Zou, Y. 2022. Development of RZ-SHAW for simulating plastic mulch effects on soil water, soil temperature, and surface energy balance in a maize field. Agricultural Water Management 269: 107666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107666

Spiegal, S., Webb, N.P., Boughton, E.H., Boughton, R.K., Brymer, A.B., Clark, P.E., Collins, C.D.H., Hoover, D.L., Kaplan, N., McCord, S.E., Meredith, G., Porensky, L.M., Toledo, D., Wilmer, H., Wulfhorst, J.D. and Bestelmeyer, B.T. 2022. Measuring the social and ecological performance of agricultural innovations on rangelands: Progress and plans for an indicator framework in the LTAR network. Rangelands 44: 334–344.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2021.12.005

Wilmer, H., Schulz, T., Fernández-Giménez, M.E., Derner, J.D., Porensky, L.M., Augustine, D.J., Ritten, J., Dwyer, A. and Meade, R. 2022. Social learning lessons from collaborative adaptive rangeland management. Rangelands 44(5): 316-326.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2021.02.002

Derner, J.D., Roberts, K., Eisele, M., Wilmer, H., Mortenson, M., Freeman, P. and Lockman, R. 2022. King Ranch: Ranching on the edge. Rangelands 44(6), 411-417.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2022.09.002

Hoover, D.L., Abendroth, L.J., Browning, D.M., Saha, A., Snyder, K., Wagle, P., Witthaus, L., Baffaut, C., Biederman, J.A., Bosch, D.D., Bracho, R., Clark, P., Ellsworth, P., Fay, P.A., Flerchinger, G., Kearney, S., Levers, L., Saliendra, N., Schmer, M., Schomberg, H., Scott, R.L. 2022. Indicators of water use efficiency across diverse agroecosystems and spatiotemporal scales. Science of The Total Environment 864, 160992.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160992

Walsh, K.B. and Rose, J. 2022. A Review of Restoration Techniques and Outcomes for Rangelands Affected by Oil and Gas Production in North America. Ecological Restoration 40(4), 259-269.  doi: 10.3368/er.40.4.259

Pearse, I.S., Duchardt, C.J., Legg, L., and L.M. Porensky. 2021. Grasshopper Species Composition Differs Between Prairie Dog Colonies and Undisturbed Sites in a Sagebrush Grassland. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 94(3), 183-198.  https://doi.org/10.2317/0022-8567-94.3.183

Duchardt, C.J., Augustine, D.J., Porensky, L.M., Beck, J.L., Hennig, J.D., Pellatz, D.W., Scasta, J.D., Connell, L.C. and A.D. Davidson. 2022. Disease and Weather Induce Rapid Shifts in a Rangeland Ecosystem Mediated by a Keystone Species (Cynomys ludovicianus). Ecological Applications 33: e2712. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2712

Crow, L., Porensky, L.M., Augustine, D.J., Ritten, J., Bastian, C.T., Paisley, S.I. 2022. Evaluating Prairie Dog–Cattle Competition from the Perspective of a Ranching Enterprise in the Western Great Plains: Economic Analysis of Potential Effects on Long-Term Profitability. Rangeland Ecology & Management 85, 56-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2022.09.003.

Elias, E., Savoy, H.M., Swanson, D.A., Cohnstaedt, L.W., Peters, D.P.C., Derner, J.D., Pelzel-McCluskey, A., Drolet, B., and L. Rodriguez. 2022. Landscape Dynamics of a Vector-Borne Disease in the Western US: How Vector–Habitat Relationships Inform Disease Hotspots. Ecosphere 13(11): e4267. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4267

Jorns, T.R., Derner, J.D., Augustine, D.J., Briske, D.D., Porensky, L.M., Scasta, J.D., Beck, J.L., and S. Lake. 2022. Movement Dynamics and Energy Expenditure Do Not Explain Weight Gain Differences of Free-ranging Yearling Steers in Shortgrass Steppe Under Contrasting Grazing Management. Rangeland Ecology and Management 85:38-47.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2022.09.001

Ebel, C.R., M.F. Case, C.M. Werner, L.M. Porensky, K.E. Veblen, H.B.M. Wells, D.M. Kimuyu, R.E. Langendorf, T.P. Young, and L.M. Hallett. 2022. Herbivory and drought reduce the temporal stability of herbaceous cover by increasing synchrony in a semi-arid savanna. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10:867051. doi:10.3389/fevo.2022.867051

Baldwin, T., Ritten, J.P., Derner, J.D., Augustine, D.J., Wilmer, H., Wahlert, J., Anderson, S., Irisarri, G. and Peck, D.E. 2022. Stocking rate and marketing dates for yearling steers grazing rangelands: Can producers do things differently to increase economic net benefits? Rangelands 44(4):251–257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2022.04.002

Stears, A.E., Adler, P.B., Blumenthal, D.M., Kray, J.A., Mueller, K.E., Ocheltree, T.W., Wilcox, K.R. and Laughlin, D.C., 2022. Water availability dictates how plant traits predict demographic rates. Ecology, p.e3799. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3799

Price, J.N., Sitters, J., Ohlert, T., Tognetti, P.M., Brown, C.S., Seabloom, E.W., Borer, E.T., Prober, S.M., Bakker, E.S., MacDougall, A.S., Yahdjian, L., Gruner, D.S., Venterink, H.O., Barrio, I.C., Graff, P., Bagchi, S., Arnillas, C.A., Bakker, J.D., Blumenthal, D.M., ... Wardle, G.M. 2022. Evolutionary history of grazing and resources determine herbivore exclusion effects on plant diversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01809-9

Lopez, B.E., Allen, J.M., Dukes, J.S., Lenoir, J., Vilà, M., Blumenthal, D.M., Beaury, E.M., Fusco, E.J., Laginhas, B.B., Morelli, T.L. and O’Neill, M.W., 2022. Global environmental changes more frequently offset than intensify detrimental effects of biological invasions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(22). https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2117389119

Bagnall, D. K., Morgan, C. L. S., Bean, G. M., Liptzin, D., Cappellazzi, S. B., Cope, M., Greub, K. L. H., Rieke, E. L., Norris, C. E., Tracy, P. W., Aberle, E., Ashworth, A., Tavarez, O. B., Bary, A. I., Baumhardt, R. L., Gracia, A. B., Brainard, D. C., Brennan, J. R., Reyes, D. B., Bruhjell, D., Carlyle, C. N., Crawford, J. J. W., Creech, C. F., Culman, S. W., Deen, B., Dell, C. J., Derner, J.D., ... Honeycutt, C. W. 2022. Selecting soil hydraulic properties as indicators of soil health: Measurement response to management and site characteristics. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20428

Augustine, D.J., Raynor, E.J., Kearney, S.P. and Derner, J.D. 2022. Can measurements of foraging behaviour predict variation in weight gains of free-ranging cattle? Animal Production Science. https://doi.org/10.1071/AN21560

Schnarr, C., Schipanski, M., and Tatarko, J. 2022. Crop residue cover dynamics for wind erosion control in a dryland, no-till system. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 77(3), 221-229. https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2022.00005

Davidson, A.D., Augustine, D.J., Jacobsen, H., Pellatz, D., Porensky, L.M., McKee, G. and Duchardt, C., 2022. Boom and bust cycles of black-tailed prairie dog populations in the Thunder Basin grassland ecosystem. Journal of Mammalogy 103(5): 1112-1126. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyac035.

Finger-Higgens, R., Duniway, M.C. , Ficka, S., Geigera, E.L., Hoover, D.L., Pfennigwerth, A.A., Van Scoyoc, M.W., Belnap, J. 2022. Decline in biological soil crust N-fixing lichens linked to increasing summertime temperatures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119(16): e2120975119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2120975119

Schoenecker, K.A., Linda C. Zeigenfuss, L.C. Augustine, D.J. 2022. Can Grazing by Elk and Bison Stimulate Herbaceous Plant Productivity in Semiarid Ecosystems? Ecosphere 13(4): e4025. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4025

Wells, H.B.M., Crego, R.D., Ekadeli, J., Namoni, M., Kimuyu, D.M., Odadi, W.O., Porensky, L.M., Dougill, A.J., Stringer, L.C. and Young, T.P. 2022. Less Is More: Lowering Cattle Stocking Rates Enhances Wild Herbivore Habitat Use and Cattle Foraging Efficiency. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10:825689. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.825689

Bagnall, D. K., Morgan, C.L.S., Cope, M., Bean, G. M., Cappellazzi, S., Greub, K., Liptzin, D., Norris, C. L., Rieke, E., Tracy, P., Aberle, E., Ashworth, A., Bañuelos Tavarez, O., Bary, A., Baumhardt, R. L., Borbón Gracia, A., Brainard, D., Brennan, J., Briones Reyes, D., Bruhjell, D., Carlyle, C., Crawford, J., Creech, C., Culman, S., Deen, W., Dell, C., Derner, J., ... Honeycutt, C.W. 2022. Carbon-sensitive pedotransfer functions for plant available water. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20395

Goodrich, D. C., Bosch, D., Bryant, R., Cosh, M. H., Endale, D., Veith, T., Kleinman, P., Langendoen, E., McCarty, G., Pierson, F., Schomberg, H., Smith, D., Starks, P., Strickland, T., Tsegaye, T., Awada, T., Swain, H., Derner, J., Bestelmeyer, B., …Armendariz, G. (2022). Long term agroecosystem research experimental watershed network. Hydrological Processes 36( 3), e14534. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14534

Cheng, G., Harmel, R.D., Ma, L., Derner, J.D., Augustine, D.J., Bartling, P.N.S., Fang, Q.X., Williams, J.R., Zilverberg, C.J., Boone, R.B. and Yu, Q., 2022. Evaluation of the APEX cattle weight gain component for grazing decision-support in the Western Great Plains. Rangeland Ecology & Management 82, 1-11.

Coetsee, C., Wigley, B.J., Sankaran, M. Ratnam, J. Augustine, D.J. 2022. Contrasting Effects of Grazing vs Browsing Herbivores Determine Changes in Soil Fertility in an East African Savanna. Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-022-00748-7

Kearney, S.P., Porensky, L.M., Augustine, D.J., Derner, J.D., Gao, F. 2022. Predicting Spatial-Temporal Patterns of Diet Quality and Large Herbivore Performance Using Satellite Time Series. Ecological Applications 32(2): e2503. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2503.

Wells, H.B.M., Porensky, L.M., Veblen, K.E., Riginos, C., Stringer, L.C., Dougill, A.J., Namoni, M., Ekadeli, J., Young, T.P. 2022. At High Stocking Rates, Cattle Do Not Functionally Replace Wild Herbivores in Shaping Understory Community Composition. Ecological Applications 32:e2520. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2520.

Kearney, S.P., Porensky, L.M., Augustine, D.J., Gaffney, R., Derner, J.D. 2022. Monitoring standing herbaceous biomass and thresholds in semiarid rangelands from harmonized Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 imagery to support within-season adaptive management. Remote Sensing of Environment 271: 112907. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.112907.

Irisarri, J.G.N., Durante, M., Derner, J.D., Oesterheld, M., Augustine, D.J. 2022. Remotely Sensed Spatiotemporal Variation in Crude Protein of Shortgrass Steppe Forage. Remote Sensing 14, 854. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14040854

Podebradská, M., Wylie, B.K., Bathke, D.J., Bayissa, Y.A., Dahal, D., Derner, J.D., Fay, P.A., Hayes, M.J., Schacht,W.H., Volesky, J.D., et al. 2022. Monitoring Climate Impacts on Annual Forage Production across U.S. Semi-Arid Grasslands. Remote Sensing 14(1): 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14010004

 2021

Derner, J.D., Budd, B., Grissom, G., Kachergis, E.J., Augustine, D.J., Wilmer, H., Scasta, J.D. and Ritten, J.P. 2021. Adaptive grazing management in semiarid rangelands: An outcome-driven focus. Rangelands 44(1):111–118. doi 10.1016/j.rala.2021.02.004.

Augustine, D.J., Derner, J.D. 2021. Long‐Term Effects of Black‐Tailed Prairie Dogs on Livestock Grazing Distribution and Mass Gain. The Journal of Wildlife Management 85(7): 1332–1343. DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.22103

Wilcox, K. R., D. M. Blumenthal, J. A. Kray, K.E. Mueller, J. D. Derner, T. Ocheltree and L. M. Porensky. 2020. Plant traits related to precipitation sensitivity of species and communities in semiarid shortgrass prairie. New Phytologist 229:2007-2019. doi: 10.1111/nph.17000

Gaffney, R., D.J. Augustine, S.P. Kearney, and L.M. Porensky. 2021. Using hyperspectral imagery to characterize rangeland vegetation composition at process-relevant scales. Remote Sensing 13:4603. doi: 10.3390/rs13224603

Porensky, L.M. 2021. Embracing complexity and humility in rangeland science. Rangelands 43: 142-150.

Shackelford, N., G.B. Paterno, D.E. Winkler, T.E. Erickson, E.A. Leger, L.N. Svejcar, M.F. Breed, A.M. Faist, P.L. Harrison, M.F. Curran, Q. Guo, A. Kirmer, D. Law, K. Mganga, S.M. Munson, L.M. Porensky, R.E. Quiroga, P. Török, C.E. Wainwright, ...and K.L. Suding. 2021. Drivers of seedling establishment success in dryland restoration efforts. Nature Ecology and Evolution 5:1283-1290. doi: 10.1038/s41559-021-01510-3

Blumenthal, D.M., D. LeCain, L.M. Porensky, E.A. Leger, R. Gaffney, T. Ocheltree, and A. Pilmanis. 2021. Local adaptation to precipitation in the perennial grass Elymus elymoides: tradeoffs between growth and drought resistance traits. Evolutionary Applications 14:524– 535.

Duchardt, C.J., L.M. Porensky, and I.S. Pearse. 2021. Direct and indirect effects of an ecosystem engineer on a shrubland-prairie food web. Ecology 102:e03195.

Timmer, J., C.Y. Tipton, R.A. Bruegger, D.J. Augustine, C. P.K. Dickey, M.E. Fernández-Giménez, C.L. Aldridge. 2021. Integrating wildlife count models with state-and-transition models to enhance rangeland management for multiple objectives. Rangeland Ecology & Management 78: 15–25.

Briske, D. D., J. P. Ritten, A. R. Campbell, T. Klemm, and A. E. King. 2021. Future Climate Variability Will Challenge Rangeland Beef Cattle Production in the Great Plains. Rangelands.

Cheng, G.,  R.D. Harmel , L. Ma, J.D. Derner,  D.J. Augustine, P.N.S. Bartling, Q. X. Fang, J.R. Williams, C.J. Zilverberg, R.B. Boone, D. Hoover, Q. Yu. 2021. Evaluation of APEX modifications to simulate forage production for grazing management decision-support in the Western US Great Plains. Agricultural Systems 191:103139, doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103139

Derner, J. D, D. J. Augustine, D. D. Briske, H. Wilmer, L. M. Porensky, M. E. Fernández-Giménez , D. E. Peck,  J. P. Ritten , and the CARM Stakeholder Group. 2021. Can Collaborative Adaptive Management Improve Cattle Production in Multipaddock Grazing Systems? Rangeland Ecology & Management 75:1–8.

Duchardt, C. J., D. J. Augustine, J. L. Beck. 2020.  Anthropogenic and natural disturbance differentially affect sagebrush bird habitat use. The Journal of Wildlife Management 84:1361–1372; DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21907

Hoover, D. L., W. K. Lauenroth, D. G. Milchunas, L. M. PorenskyD. J. Augustine, and J. D. Derner. 2021. Sensitivity of productivity to precipitation amount and pattern varies by topographic position in a semiarid grassland. Ecosphere 12(2): e03376. 10.1002/ecs2.3376

Porensky, L. M., O. Baughman, M. A. Williamson, B. L. Perryman, M. D. Madsen, E. A. Leger. 2021. Using native grass seeding and targeted spring grazing to reduce low-level Bromus tectorum invasion on the Colorado Plateau.  Biological Invasions 23:705–722, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-020-02397-0

Raynor, E.J., J. D. Derner, T. Baldwin, J. P. Ritten, D.J. Augustine. 2021. Multidecadal directional shift in shortgrass stocking rates. Rangeland Ecology and Management 74: 72-80, 56 doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2020.09.005789

Raynor, E.J., S.P. Gersie, M.B. Stephenson, P.E. Clark, S.A. Spiegal, R.K. Boughton, D.W. Bailey, A. Cibils, B.W. Smith, J.D. Derner, R.E. Estell, R.M. Nielson, D.J. Augustine. 2021. Cattle Grazing Distribution Patterns Related to Topography Across Diverse Rangeland Ecosystems of North America. Rangeland Ecology & Management 75: 91–103.

Reid RS, Fernández-Giménez ME, Wilmer H, Pickering T, Kassam K-AS, Yasin A, Porensky LMDerner JD, Nkedianye D, Jamsranjav C, Jamiyansharav K, Ulambayar T, Oteros-Rozas E, Ravera F, Bulbulshoev U, Kaziev DS and Knapp CN. 2021. Using research to support transformative impacts on complex, “wicked problems” with pastoral peoples in rangelands. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 4:600689. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2020.600689

Taylor, S., K.B. Walsh, G.L. Theodori, J. Jacquet, A. Kroepsch, and J.H. Haggerty. 2021. Addressing research fatigue in energy communities. New tools to prepare researchers for better community engagementSociety & Natural Resources. Vol. 34.

Vilà, M., E. M. Beaury, D. M. Blumenthal, B. A. Bradley, R. Early, B. B Laginhas, A. Trillo, J. S. Dukes, C. J. B. Sorte, and I. Ibañez. 2021. Understanding the combined impacts of weeds and climate change on crops. Environmental Research Letter, 16:  034043 https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abe14b

Weeks, J. J., G.M. Hettiarachchi, E. Santos, J. Tatarko. 2021. Potential human inhalation exposure to soil contaminants in urban gardens on brownfields sites: A breath of fresh air? Journal of Environmental Quality 1-9, DOI: 10.1002/jeq2.20208

Zhang, H., Han, M., Comas, L., DeJonge, K., Gleason, S., Trout, T. J., and Ma, L. 2021. Response of maize yield components to growth stage-based deficit irrigation. Agron. J. 111:3244-3252. 2019.  

Zhang, H., Ma, L., Douglas-Mankin, K., Han, M., and Trout, T. J. 2021. Modelling Maize Production under Growth Stage-Based Deficit Irrigation Management with RZQWM2. Agric. Water Manage. 248, 106767. 

 2020

Augustine, D. J., J. D. Derner, M. E. Fernández-Giménez, L. M. PorenskyH. Wilmer, D. D. Briske, the CARM Stakeholder Group. 2020.  Adaptive, multipaddock rotational grazing management: a ranch-scale assessment of effects on vegetation and livestock performance in semiarid rangeland. Rangeland Ecology & Management 73: 796–810. doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2020.07.005

Baldwin, C. and D. Augustine2020. Plovers, prairie dogs, and fire: Managing semi-arid rangelands for wildlife and livestock. Great Plains Fire Exchange, GPE publication on 2020-5

Bharath, S., E. T. Borer, L. A. Biederman, D. M. Blumenthal, P. A. Fay, L. A. Gherardi, J. M. H. Knops, A. D. B. Leakey, L. Yahdjian, and E. W. Seabloom. 2020. Nutrient addition increases grassland sensitivity to droughts. Ecology 101(5):e02981. 10.1002/ecy.2981

Casperson, S. L., Z. Conrad, S. K. Raatz, J. Derner, J. N. Roemmich, L. Jahns, M. J. Picklo.  2020. Impact of beef consumption on saturated fat intake in the United States adult population: Insights from modeling the influences of bovine genetics and nutrition. Meat Science, doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2020.108225

Davis, K. P., D. J. Augustine, A. P. Monroe, J. D. Derner, and C. L. Aldridge. 2020. Adaptive rangeland management benefits grassland birds utilizing opposing vegetation structure in the shortgrass steppe. Ecological Applications 30(1):e02020. 10.1002/eap.2020

Davis, K. P., D. J. Augustine, A. P. Monroe, J. D. Derner, and C. L. Aldridge. 2020. Adaptive rangeland management benefits grassland birds utilizing opposing vegetation structure in the shortgrass steppe. Ecological Applications 30(1):e02020. 10.1002/eap.2020

Duchardt, C. J., J. L. Beck, and D. J. Augustine. 2020. Mountain Plover habitat selection and nest survival in relation to weather variability and spatial attributes of black-tailed prairie dog disturbance.  American Ornithological Society; 122:1–15 DOI: 10.1093/condor/duz059

Espeland, E.K., L. Schreeg, and L.M. Porensky. 2020. Managing risks related to climate variability in rangeland-based livestock production: what producer driven strategies are shared and prevalent across diverse dryland geographies? Journal of Environmental Management 255:109889. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109889

Gonzales, H. B., J. Tatarko, M. E. Casada, R. G. Maghirang, L. J. Hagen, C. J. Barden 2020. Computational fluid dynamics simulation Of airflow through standing vegetation. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 62(6): 1713-1722, doi.org/10.13031/trans.13449

Hartman, M. D., W. J. Parton, J. D. Derner, D. K. Schulte, W. K. Smith, D. E. Peck, K. A. Day, S. J. Del Grosso, S. Lutz, B. A. Fuchs, M. Chen, and W. Gao. 2020. Seasonal grassland productivity forecast for the U.S. Great Plains using Grass-Cast. Ecosphere 11(11): e03280. 10.1002/ecs2.3280

Hartman, M. D., W. J. Parton, J. D. Derner, D. K. Schulte, W. K. Smith, D. E. Peck, K. A. Day, S. J. Del Grosso, S. Lutz, B. A. Fuchs, M. Chen, and W. Gao. 2020. Seasonal grassland productivity forecast for the U.S. Great Plains using Grass-Cast. Ecosphere 11(11): e03280. 10.1002/ecs2.3280

Hillis, A.V., K. Berry, B. de Souza Leao Swette, C. Aslan, S. Berry, and L.M. Porensky. 2020. Unlikely alliances and their implications for resource management in the American West. Environmental Research Letters 15:045002.

Hoover, D. L., B. Bestelmeyer, N. B. Grimm, T. E. Huxman, S. C. Reed, O. Sala, T. R. Seastedt, H. Wilmer, And S. Ferrenberg. 2020.  Traversing the Wasteland: A Framework for Assessing Ecological Threats to Drylands.  BioScience XX: 1–13, doi:10.1093/biosci/biz126

Jarrah, M., S. Mayel, J. Tatarko, R. Funk, K. Kuka. 2020. A review of wind erosion models: Data requirements, processes, and validity.   Catena 187: 104388; doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2019.104388

Kearney, S.P., N.C . Coops, S .Sethi, G.B. Stenhouse. 2020. Maintaining accurate, current, rural road network data: An extraction and updating routine using RapidEye, participatory GIS and deep learning. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2019.102031

Klemm, T., D. D. Briske, and M. C. Reeves (2020): Potential Natural Vegetation and NPP Responses to Future Climates in the U.S. Great PlainsEcosphere, 11 (10), e03264.

Klemm, T., D. D. Briske, and M. C. Reeves (2020): Vulnerability of Rangeland Beef Cattle Production to Climate-Induced NPP Fluctuations in the U.S. Great PlainsGlobal Change Biology, 26, 4841-4853.

Lassa, M. J., H. Wilmer, M. Boone, Z. Brown, J.D. Derner, D.E. Peck, C. Thissen, C. Marlow. 2020. How to talk with ranchers about drought and climate resilience: Lessons from Knowledge exchange workshops in Montana. Journal of Extension 58: 1-14.

Lassa, M. J., H. Wilmer, M. Boone, Z. Brown, J.D. Derner, D.E. Peck, C. Thissen, C. Marlow. 2020. How to talk with ranchers about drought and climate resilience: Lessons from Knowledge exchange workshops in Montana. Journal of Extension 58: 1-14.

Lassa, M. J., H. Wilmer, M. Boone, Z. Brown, J.D. Derner, D.E. Peck, C. Thissen, C. Marlow. 2020. How to talk with ranchers about drought and climate resilience: Lessons from Knowledge exchange workshops in Montana. Journal of Extension 58: 1-14.

Malone, R. W., Garbrecht, J., Busteed, P., Hatfield, J. L., Todey, D., Gerlitz, J., Fang, Q. X., Sima, M., Radke, A., Ma, L., Qi, Z., Wu, H., Jaynes, D., and Kaspar, T. 2020. Drainage N Loads Under Climate Change with Winter Rye Cover Crop in a Northern Mississippi River Basin Corn-Soybean Rotation. Sustainability. 12, 7630; doi:10.3390/su12187630.

Maloney, M., J.A. Merkle, D. Aadland, D. Peck, R.D. Horan, K.L. Monteith, T. Winslow, J. Logan, D.C. Finnoff, C. Sims, B.A. Schumaker. 2020. Chronic wasting disease undermines efforts to control the spread of brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Ecological Applications, 10.1002/eap.2129. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/eap.2129

Negrón, J. F., R. Pate and J. D. Derner, 2020. Flight of the Mountain Pine Beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), in Suburban Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA during Summer 2011. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 74: 532–535. DOI.org/10.1649/0010-065X-74.3.532

Peck, D. E., W. K. Reeves, A. M. Pelzel-McCluskey, J. D. Derner, B. Drolet, L. W. Cohnstaedt, D. Swanson, D. S. McVey, L. L. Rodriguez, D. P.C. Peters. 2020. Management Strategies for Reducing the Risk of Equines Contracting Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV) in the Western United StatesJournal of Equine Veterinary Science 90 (2020) 103026

Peck, D. E., W. K. Reeves, A. M. Pelzel-McCluskey, J. D. Derner, B. Drolet, L. W. Cohnstaedt, D. Swanson, D. S. McVey, L. L. Rodriguez, D. P.C. Peters. 2020. Management Strategies for Reducing the Risk of Equines Contracting Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV) in the Western United States. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science 90 (2020) 103026

Peters, D. P. C., D. S. McVey, E. H. Elias, A. M. Pelzel-McCluskey, J. D. Derner, N. D. Burruss, T. S. Schrader, J. Yao, S. J. Pauszek, J. Lombard, and L. L. Rodriguez. 2020. Big data–model integration and AI for vector-borne disease prediction. Ecosphere 11(6):e03157. 10.1002/ecs2.3157

Porensky, L.M., R.A. McGee, and D.W. Pellatz. 2020. Long-term grazing removal increased invasion and reduced native plant abundance and diversity in a sagebrush grassland. Global Ecology and Conservation 24:e01267.

Raynor E. J., J. D. Derner, D. L. Hoover, W. J. Parton, and D. J. Augustine. 2020. Large-scale and local climatic controls on large herbivore productivity: implications for adaptive rangeland management. Ecological Applications 00(00):e02053. 10.1002/eap.2053

Raynor E. J., J. D. Derner, D. L. Hoover, W. J. Parton, and D. J. Augustine. 2020. Large-scale and local climatic controls on large herbivore productivity: implications for adaptive rangeland management. Ecological Applications 00(00):e02053. 10.1002/eap.2053

Raynor E. J., J. D. Derner, D. L. Hoover, W. J. Parton, and D. J. Augustine. 2020. Large-scale and local climatic controls on large herbivore productivity: implications for adaptive rangeland management. Ecological Applications 00(00):e02053. 10.1002/eap.2053

Raynor E. J., J. D. Derner, D. L. Hoover, W. J. Parton, and D. J. Augustine. 2020. Large-scale and local climatic controls on large herbivore productivity: implications for adaptive rangeland management. Ecological Applications 00(00):e02053. 10.1002/eap.2053

Sanderson, J. S., C. Beutler, J.R. Brown, I. Burke, T. Chapman, R. T. Conant, J. D. Derner, M. Easter, S. D. Fuhlendorf, G. Grissom, J. E. Herrick, D. Liptzin, J. A. Morgan, R. Murph, C.Pague, I. Rangwala, D.Ray, R. Rondeau, T.Schulz, and T. Sullivan. 2020.  Cattle, conservation, and carbon in the western Great Plains.  Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 75:5A-12A ,doi:10.2489/jswc.75.1.5A

Scasta, J.D., T. Jorns, J.D. Derner, B. Stam, M. McClaren, Craig Calkins, W. Stewart. 2020. Technical note: Toxic plants in sheep diets grazing extensive landscapes: Insights from Fecal DNA metabarcoding. Livestock Science 236 :104002; doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2020.104002.

Smart, A. J., Harmoney, K., Scasta, J. D., Stephenson, M. B., Volesky, J. D., Vermeire, L. T., Mosely, J. C., Sedivec, K., Meehan, M., Haigh, T., Derner, J. D., McClaran, M. P. Forum: Critical decision dates for drought management in central and northern Great Plains rangelands. Rangeland Ecology and Management (in press, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2019.09.005)

Smart, A. J., Redfearn, D., Mitchell, R., Wang. T., Zilverberg, C., Bauman, P. J., Derner, J. D., Walker, J., Wright, C. Forum: Integration of crop-livestock systems: An opportunity to protect grasslands from conversion to cropland in the US Great Plains. Rangeland Ecology and Management (in press, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2019.12.007)

 Smith, M. D., S. E. Koerner, A. K. Knapp, M. L. Avolio, F. A. Chaves, E. M. Denton, J. Dietrich, D. J. Gibson, J. Gray, A. M. Hoffman, D. L. Hoover, K. J. Komatsu, A. Silletti, K. R. Wilcox, Q. Yu| J. M. Blair. 2020. Mass ratio effects underlie ecosystem responses to environmental change. Journal of Ecology 00:1–10., DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13330

Sohoulande, C. D. D., L. Ma, A. A. Szogi, G. C. Sigua, K. C. Stone, R. W. Malone. 2020. Evaluating nitrogen management for corn production with supplemental irrigation on sandy soils of the Southeastern Coastal Plain Region of the U.S. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 63(3): 731-740, doi.org/10.13031/trans.13885

Tatarko, J., Kucharski, M., Li, H., Li, H. 2020. PM2.5 and PM10 emissions by abrasion of agricultural soils. Soil & Tillage Research.  200:104601

Tatarko, J., M. Kucharski, H. Li, Huiru Li. 2020.  PM2.5 and PM10 emissions by breakage during saltation of agricultural soils. Soil & Tillage Research 208: 104902, doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2020.104902

Van Pelt, R. S., J. Tatarko, T.E. Gill, C. Chang, J. Li, I. G. Eibedingil and M. Mendez. 2020. Dust emission source characterization for visibility hazard assessment on Lordsburg Playa in Southwestern New Mexico, USA. Van Pelt et al. Geoenvironmental Disasters, 7:34 Geoenvironmental Disasters doi.org/10.1186/s40677-020-00171-x

Wallingford, P. D., T. L. Morelli, J.M. Allen, E. M. Beaury, D. M. Blumenthal, B. A. Bradley, J. S. Dukes, R. Early, E. J. Fusco, D. E. Goldberg, I. Ibáñez, B.B. Laginhas, M. Vilà and C. J. B. Sorte. 2020. Adjusting the lens of invasion biology to focus on the impacts of climate-driven range shifts. Nature Climate Change, doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0768-2

 Walsh, K. B. and J. H. Haggerty. 2020. Social license to operate during Wyoming’s coalbed methane boom: Implications of private participation. Energy Policy. Vol. 138.

 Walsh, K. B., Haggerty, J. H., Jacquet, J. B., Theodori, G. T., Kroepsch. A. 2020. Uneven impacts and uncoordinated studies: A systematic review of research on unconventional oil and gas development in the United StatesEnergy Research and Social Science. Vol. 66.

Weltz, M. A., Chi-Hua Huang, B. A. Newingham, J. Tatarko, S. K. Nouwakpo, and T. Tsegaye. 2020. A strategic plan for future USDA Agricultural Research Service erosion research and model development.Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 75(6):137A-143A

Wigley, B. J., D. J. Augustine, C. Coetsee, J. Ratnam, and M. Sankaran. 2020. Grasses continue to trump trees at soil carbon sequestration following herbivore exclusion in a semiarid African savanna. Ecology 00(00): e03008. 10.1002/ecy.3008

Wilcox, K. R., D. M. Blumenthal, J. A. Kray, K.E. Mueller, J. D. Derner, T. Ocheltree and L. M. Porensky. 2020. Plant traits related to precipitation sensitivity of species and communities in semiarid shortgrass prairie. New Phytologist, doi: 10.1111/nph.17000

Wilcox, K. R., D. M. Blumenthal, J. A. Kray, K.E. Mueller, J. D. Derner, T. Ocheltree and L. M. Porensky. 2020. Plant traits related to precipitation sensitivity of species and communities in semiarid shortgrass prairieNew Phytologist, doi: 10.1111/nph.17000

Wilcox, K. R., D. M. Blumenthal, J. A. Kray, K.E. Mueller, J. D. Derner, T. Ocheltree and L. M. Porensky. 2020. Plant traits related to precipitation sensitivity of species and communities in semiarid shortgrass prairie. New Phytologist, doi: 10.1111/nph.17000

Wilmer, H. and J. Sturrock. 2020. “Humbled by Nature” A rancher’s mental model of adaptation in the great plains. Great Plains Research, 30: 15-33.

Wilmer, H., D. J. Augustine, J. D. Derner, D. G. Milchunas. 2020. Assessing the rate and reversibility of large-herbivore effects on community composition in a semi-arid grassland ecosystem. Journal of Vegetation Science, DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12934

Wilmer, H., D. J. Augustine, J. D. Derner, D. G. Milchunas. 2020. Assessing the rate and reversibility of large-herbivore effects on community composition in a semi-arid grassland ecosystem. Journal of Vegetation Science, DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12934

Wilmer, H., D. J. Augustine, J.D. Derner, D. G. Milchunas. 2020. Assessing the rate and reversibility of large-herbivore effects on community composition in a semi-arid grassland ecosystem Journal of Vegetation Science, DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12934

Windh, J. L., J. P. Ritten, J. D. Derner, S. Paisley and B. Lee. 2020. Effects of long-term cattle market conditions on continuous season-long and rotational grazing system revenues. The Rangeland Journal42, 227–231 https://doi.org/10.1071/RJ20067

 

 

 

2019

Augustine, D. J., B. J. Wigley, J. Ratnam, S. Kibet, M. Nyangito, M. Sankaran. 2019. Large herbivores maintain a two‐phase herbaceous vegetation mosaic in a semi‐arid savanna. Ecology and Evolution. 2019;00:1–10. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5750

Augustine, D., A. Davidson, K. Dickinson, B. Van Pelt. 2019. Thinking like a grassland: challenges and opportunities for biodiversity conservation in the great plains of North America. Rangeland Ecology & Management. doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2019.09.001

Bruno, J.E, C. Jamsranjav, K. E. Jablonski, E. G. Dosamantes, H. Wilmer, M. E. Fernandez-Gimenez. 2019, Landscape of North American Rangeland Social Science: Systematic Map, Rangeland Ecology & Management, doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2019.10.005

Chen, X., Qi, Z., Gui, D., Gu, Z., Ma, L., Zeng, F., and Li, L. 2019. Simulating the impacts of climate change on cotton yield and water requirement using RZWQM2. Agric. Water Manage. 222:231-241.

Chen, X., Z. Qi , D. Gui , Z. Gu, L. Ma, F. Zeng, L. Li  and M. W. Sima. 2019. A model-based real-time decision support system for irrigation scheduling to improve water productivity. Agronomy, 9, 686; doi:10.3390/agronomy9110686

Connell, L.C., L.M. Porensky, A. Chalfoun, and J.D. Scasta. 2019. Black-tailed prairie dog (Sciuridae: Cynomys ludovicianus) metapopulation response to conspecific signals from a novel source. Animal Behaviour 150: 189-199.

Connell, L.C., L.M. Porensky, and J.D. Scasta. 2019. Prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) influence on forage quantity and quality in a grazed grassland-shrubland ecotone. Rangeland Ecology and Management 72: 360-373.

Davis, K. P., D. J. Augustine, A. P. Monroe, J. D. Derner, and C. L. Aldridge. 2019. Adaptive rangeland management benefits grassland birds utilizing opposing vegetation structure in the shortgrass steppe. Ecological Applications 00(00):e02020. 10.1002/eap.2020

Derner , J. D., D. J. Augustine & D. A. Frank. 2019. 2019. Does Grazing Matter for Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration in the Western North American Great Plains? Ecosystems DOI 10.1007/s10021-018-0324-3

Derner, J. D., E. J. Raynor, J. L. Reeves, D. J. Augustine, D. G. Milchunas. 2019. Climatic and management determinants of large herbivore production in semiarid grassland. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 290:106761, doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2019.106761

Duchardt, C.J., D.J. Augustine, and J.L. Beck. 2019.  Threshold responses of grassland and sagebrush birds to patterns of disturbance created by an ecosystem engineer. Landscape Ecology 34(4): 895-909.  doi.org/10.1007/s10980-019-00813-y.

Edwards, B.L., N.P. Webb, D.P. Brown, E. Elias, D.E. Peck, F.B. Pierson, C.J. Williams, J.E. Herrick.  2019. Climate change impacts on wind and water erosion on US rangelands. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 74(4):405-418.  doi:10.2489/jswc.74.4.405

Elderbrook, M., B. Schumaker, T. Cornish, D. Peck, K. Sondgeroth. 2019. Seroprevalence and risk factors of Brucella ovis infection in Wyoming domestic sheep. BMC Veterinary Research, 15:246 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-019-1995-5

Elias, D. S. McVey, D. Peters, J. D. Derner, A. Pelzel-McCluskey, T. S. Schrader, and L. Rodriguez. 2019. Contributions of hydrology to vesicular stomatitis virus emergence in the western USA. Ecosystems 22: 416–433 doi.org/10.1007/s10021-018-0278-5

Fang, Q. X., Ma, L., Harmel, R. D., Yu, Q., Sima, M. W., Bartling, P. N. S., Malone, R. W., Nolan, B. T., and Doherty, J.  2019. Uncertainty of model calibration using the PEST optimization algorithm. Agronomy 9, 241; doi:10.3390/agronomy9050241.

Fernández-Giménez, M.E., D.J. Augustine, L.M. Porensky, H. Wilmer, J.D. Derner, D.D. Briske, and M. Olsgard Stewart. 2019. Complexity fosters learning in collaborative adaptive management. Ecology and Society 24(2):29. doi.org/10.5751/ES-10963-240229.

Gersie, S.P., D.J. Augustine, and J.D. Derner. 2019. Cattle Grazing Distribution in Shortgrass Steppe: Influences of Topography and Saline Soils. Rangeland Ecology & Management 72:602–614.

Ghajar, S., M. E. Fernández-Giménez, H. Wilmer.  2019. Home on the digital range: ranchers’ web access and use. Rangeland Ecology & Management 72:711–720

Gu, C., X. Mu, P. Gao, G. Zhao, Y. Sun, J. Tatarko, X. Tan. 2019. Influence of vegetation restoration on soil physical properties in the Loess Plateau, China.  J. Soils and Sediments.  19:716-728.

Hoover D.L., K. Koriakin, J. Albrigtsen, and T. Ocheltree. 2019.  Comparing water-related plant functional traits among dominant grasses of the Colorado Plateau: Implications for drought resistance. Plant Soil, doi.org/10.1007/s11104-019-04107-9

Hoppe, I., J. Olney Harrison, E.J. Raynor, M. Bomberger Brown, L. A. Powell, and A. J. Tyre. 2019. Temperature, wind, vegetation, and roads influence incubation patterns of greater prairie-chickens (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) in the Nebraska Sandhills, USA. Canadian Journal of Zoology 97(2): 91-99

Irisarri, J.G., J. D. Derner, J. P. Ritten, D. E. Peck . 2019. Beef production and net revenue variability from grazing systems on semiarid grasslands of North America. Livestock Science 220: 93–99

Levi, M.R., E.S. Krueger, G.J. Snitker, T. Ochsner, M.L. Villarreal, E.H. Elias, D.E. Peck. 2019. Rating fire danger from the ground up. EOS 100: https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EO137858

Ling B., E.J. Raynor, D. G. Goodin and A. Joern. 2019. Effects of fire and large herbivores on canopy nitrogen in a tallgrass prairie. Remote Sensing. 11:1364; doi:10.3390/rs11111364

Ling, B., D. Goodin, E.J. Raynor, and A. Joern. 2019 Hyperspectral analysis of leaf pigments and nutritional elements in tallgrass prairie vegetation. Frontiers in Plant Science https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00142

Ma, L., Derner, J. D., Harmel, R. D., Tatarko, J., Moore, A. D., Rotz, C. A., Augustine, D. J., Boone, R. B., Coughenour, M. B., Beukes, P. C., van Wijk, M. T., Bellocchi, G., Cullen, B. R., and Wilmer. H. 2019. Application of Grazing Land Models in Ecosystem Management: Current Status and Next Frontiers. Adv. Agronomy 158:173-216.

Malone, R. W., Herbstritt, S., Ma, L., Richard, T. L., Cibin, R., Gassman, P. W., Zhang, H., Karlen, D. L., Hatfield, J. L., Obrycki, J. F., Helmers, M. J., Jaynes, D. B., Kaspar, T. C, Parkin, T. B., and Fang. Q. X.  2019. Corn stover harvest and N losses in central Iowa. Sci. Total Environ. 663:776-792. 

Ng’weno, C.C., S.W. Buskirk, N.J. Georgiadis, B.C. Gituku, A.K. Kibungei, L.M. Porensky, D.I. Rubenstein, and J.R. Goheen. 2019. Apparent competition, lion predation, and managed livestock grazing: can conservation value be enhanced? Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7:123. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00123.

Peck, D.,  J. Derner, W. Parton, M. Hartman, and B. Fuchs. 2019.  Flexible stocking with Grass-Cast: A new grassland productivity forecast to translate climate outlooks for ranchers. Western Economics Forum,17: 24 – 39.

Raynor, E. J., J. J. Coon, T. M. Swartz, L. W. Morton, W. H. Schacht, J. R. Miller. 2019. Shifting Cattle Producer Beliefs on Stocking and Invasive Forage: Implications for Grassland Conservation. Rangeland Ecology & Management 72: 888e898

Raynor, E.J., J. O. Harrison, C. E. Whalen, J. A. Smith, W. H. Schacht, A. J. Tyre, J. F. Benson, M. B. Brown,. and L. A. Powell. 2019. Anthropogenic noise does not surpass land cover in explaining habitat selection of Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido)The Condor: Ornithological Applications XX:1–15; DOI: 10.1093/condor/duz044

Reynolds, A. Q., J. D. Derner, D. J. Augustine, L. M. Porensky, H. Wilmer, T. Jorns, D. D. Briske, J. D. Scasta, and M. E. Fernández-Giménez, and the CARM Stakeholder Group. 2019. Ecological sites: can they be managed to promote livestock production? Rangelands 41:239–243, doi 10.1016/j.rala.2019.07.003

Rink, K.A., P. Turk, S. L. Archibeque-Engle, H. Wilmer, J. K. Ahola, J. C. Hadrich, and I. N. Roman-Muniz. 2019. Dairy producer perceptions of the Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) Animal Care Program. Journal Dairy Science 102 ; doi.org/10.3168/jds.2019-16859

Sadhukhan, D., Qi, Z., Zhang, T. Q., Tan, C. S., and Ma, L. 2019. Modeling and mitigating phosphorus losses in a tile-drained field with manure application using RZWQM2-P. J. Environ. Qual. 48:995-1005.

Sadhukhan, D., Qi, Z., Zhang, T. Q., Tan, C. S., Ma, L., and Andales, A. A. 2019. Development and evaluation of a phosphorus (P) module in RZWQM2 for P management in agricultural field. Environmental Modelling Software 113:48-58. 2019.

Scasta, J.D., T. Jorns, J.D. Derner, S. Lake, D.J. Augustine, J.L. Windh, and T.L. Smith.  2019.  Validation of DNA metabarcoding of fecal samples using cattle fed known rations.  Animal Feed Science and Technology 255:114219 doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2019.114219.

Sima, N. Q., Andales, A. A., Harmel, R. D., Ma, L., and Trout, T. J. 2019. Evaluating RZWQM-CERES-Maize and water production functions for predicting irrigated maize yield and biomass in eastern Colorado. Trans. ASABE. 62:213-223. 

Stephenson, M.B., H. Wilmer, R. Bolze, and B. Schiltz 2019. Evaluating an on-ranch rangeland monitoring program in Nebraska. Rangelands, 39: 143-151; doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2017.08.001

Tatarko, J., L. Wagner, F. Fox. 2019. The Wind Erosion Prediction System and its Use in Conservation Planning. In: O. Wendroth, R.J. Lascano, L. Ma, editors, Bridging Among Disciplines by Synthesizing Soil and Plant Processes, Adv. Agric. Syst. Model. 8. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA, Madison, WI. doi:10.2134/advagricsystmodel8.2017.0021

Veblen, K. E., and L. M. Porensky. 2019. Thresholds are in the eye of the beholder: plants and wildlife respond differently to short-term cattle corrals. Ecological Applications 29(8):e01982. 10.1002/eap.1982

Webb, N.P., E. Kachergis, S. W. Miller, S. E. McCord, B. T. Bestelmeyer, J. R. Brown, A. Chappell, B. L. Edwards, J. E. Herrick, J. W. Karl, J. F. Leys, L. J. Metz, S. Smarik, J. Tatarko, J. W. Van Zee, G. Zwicke. 2019. Indicators and benchmarks for wind erosion monitoring, assessment and management. Ecological Indicators 110:105881

Wigley, B.J. C. Coetsee, D.J. Augustine, J. Ratnam, D. Hattas, and M. Sankaran. 2019. A thorny issue: Woody plant defence and growth in an East African savanna.  Journal of Ecology 107: 1839-1851.  doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13140.

Wilmer, H., M. E. Fernandez‑Gimenez, S. Ghajar, P. L. Taylor, C. Souza, J. D. Derner. 2019. Managing for the middle: rancher care ethics under uncertainty on Western Great Plains rangelands. Agriculture and Human Values, doi.org/10.1007/s10460-019-10003-w

Wilmer, H.; Porensky, L.M.; Fernández-Giménez, M.E.; Derner, J.D.; Augustine, D.J.; Ritten, J.P.; Peck, D.P. 2019. Community-Engaged Research Builds a Nature-Culture of Hope on North American Great Plains Rangelands. Social Sciences, 8, 22; doi:10.3390/socsci8010022

Windh, J. L., J. P. Ritten, J. D. Derner, S. I. Paisley, and B. P. Lee. 2019. Economic cost analysis of continuous-season-long versus rotational grazing systems.   Western Economics Forum 17:62-72.

Winkler, D. E., J. Belnap, D. Hoover, S. C. Reed, M. C. Duniway. 2019. Shrub persistence and increased grass mortality in response to drought in dryland systems. Global Change Biology, 2019;00: 1–15.

Zhang, H., Malone, R. W., Ma, L., Ahuja, L. R., Anapalli, S. S., Marek, G., Gowda, P. H., Evett, S., and Howell, T.  2019. Modeling evapotranspiration and crop growth of irrigated and non-irrigated corn in the Texas High Plains using RZWQM. Trans. ASABE. 61:1653-1666. 

 

2018

Augustine, D. J., D. M. Blumenthal, T. L. Springer, D. R. Lecain, S. A. Gunter, and J. D. Derner. 2018 Elevated CO2 induces substantial and persistent declines in forage quality irrespective of warming in mixedgrass prairie. Ecological Applications, 28(3), 721–735

Bastian, C. T., J. P. Ritten, and J. D. Derner. 2018. Ranch profitability given increased precipitation variability and flexible stocking. Journal of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers p 122-139

Bergstrom, B. J., R. L. Sensenig, D. J. Augustine, and T. P. Young. 2018. Searching for cover: soil enrichment and herbivore exclusion, not fire, enhance African savanna small-mammal abundance. Ecosphere, 9:1-22.

Conant, R.T., D. Kluck, M. Anderson, A. Badger, B.M. Boustead, J. Derner, L. Farris, M. Hayes, B. Livneh, S. McNeeley, D. Peck, M. Shulski, and V. Small, 2018: Northern Great Plains. In Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II [Reidmiller, D.R., C.W. Avery, D.R. Easterling, K.E. Kunkel, K.L.M. Lewis, T.K. Maycock, and B.C. Stewart (eds.)]. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA. doi: 10.7930/NCA4.2018.CH22

Connell, L.C., J.D. Scasta, and L.M. Porensky. 2018. Prairie dogs and wildfires shape vegetation structure in a sagebrush grassland more than does rest from ungulate grazingEcosphere 9(8): e02390.

Del Grosso,S. J., W.J. Parton, J. D. Derner, M. Chen, C. J. Tucker. 2018. Simple models to predict grassland ecosystem C exchange and actual evapotranspiration using NDVI and environmental variables. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 249: 1–10.

Delgado, J. A., B. Vandenberg, N. Kaplan, D. Neer, G. Wilson, R. D'Adamo, J. Carter, L. O’Gan, N. Grow, R. Marquez, D. Arthur, M. Eve, S. J. Del Grosso, J. M.F. Johnson, D. L. Karlen, L. Durso, J. Finley, V. Acosta-Marti­nez, D. B. Knaebel, D. Harmel, and J. D. Derner. 2018. Agricultural Collaborative Research Outcomes System (AgCROS): A network of networks connecting food security, the environment, and human health.  doi:10.2489/jswc.73.6.158A

Derner, J. , D. Briske,  M.  Reeves, T. Brown-Brandl, M.  Meehan, D. Blumenthal, W. Travi ,D. Augustine,  H.  Wilmer, D. Scasta, J. Hendrickson,  J. Volesky, L. Edwards, D. Peck. 2018. Vulnerability of grazing and confined livestock in the Northern Great Plains to projected mid and late-twenty-first century climate. Climatic Change 146:19–32 DOI 10.1007/s10584-017-2029-6

Derner, J. , D. Briske,  M.  Reeves, T. Brown-Brandl, M.  Meehan, D. Blumenthal, W. Travi ,D. Augustine,  H.  Wilmer, D. Scasta, J. Hendrickson,  J. Volesky, L. Edwards, D. Peck. 2018. Vulnerability of grazing and confined livestock in the Northern Great Plains to projected mid and late-twenty-first century climate. Climatic Change 146:19–32 DOI 10.1007/s10584-017-2029-6

Derner, J.D. , 2018. Beef Production: A Grand Challenge. Cow Country, Fall - 16-17

Derner, J.D., A. J. Smart , T. P. Toombs, D. Larsen, R. L. McCulley , J. Goodwin , S. Simsg, L. M. Roche. 2018. Soil health as a transformational change agent for US grazing lands management. Rangeland Ecology & Management  doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2018.03.007

Díaz-Nigenda, E.,  J. Tatarko, H. Morales-Iglesias ,Z. Hernández Méndez, W.  Vázquez Morales  and A. Alatorre-Ibargüengoitia . 2018. Measurement and Modeling Air Quality Impacts of Dust Emissions from Unpaved Roads in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas. Geosciences 2018, 8, 284; doi:10.3390/geosciences8080284

Duchardt, C. J., L. M. Porensky, D. J. Augustine, and J. L. Beck. 2018. Disturbance shapes avian communities on a grassland–sagebrush ecotone. Ecosphere 9(10):e02483. 10.1002/ecs2.2483

Dufek, N. A., D. J. Augustine, D. M. Blumenthal, J. A. Kray, and J D. Derner.  2018. Dormant-season fire inhibits sixweeks fescue and enhances forage production in shortgrass steppe. Fire Ecology 14:33-49 doi: 10.4996/fireecology.140132048

Fernández-Giménez, M. E., L. B. Jennings & H. Wilmer. 2018. Poetic Inquiry as a Research and Engagement Method in Natural Resource Science. Society & Natural Resources, 1-12. DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2018.1486493

Gaffney, R., L. M. Porensky, F. Gao, J. G. Irisarri, M. Durante, J. D. Derner and D. J. Augustine. 2018. Using APAR to predict aboveground plant productivity in semi-aid rangelands: spatial and temporal relationships differ. Remote Sensing; doi:10.3390/rs10091474

Gaffney, R., L. M. Porensky, F. Gao, J. G. Irisarri, M. Durante, J. D. Derner and D. J. Augustine. 2018. Using APAR to predict aboveground plant productivity in semi-aid rangelands: spatial and temporal relationships differ. Remote Sensing; doi:10.3390/rs10091474

Goheen, J.R.,  D. J. Augustine, K. E. Veblen, D. M. Kimuyu, T. M. Palmer, L. M. Porensky, R. M. Pringle, J. Ratnam, C. Riginos, M. Sankaran, A. T. Ford,  A. A. Hassan, R.  Jakopak,  T. R. Kartzinel,  S. Kurukura,  A.M. Louthan, W. O. Odadi,  T. O. Otieno, A. M. Wambua, H. S. Young, and T. P. Young. 2018. Conservation lessons from large-mammal manipulations in East African savannas: the KLEE, UHURU, and GLADE experiments. Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences, doi: 10.1111/nyas.13848

Gonzales, H.B., M.E. Casada, L.J. Hagen, J. Tatarko, R.G. Maghirang, C.J. Barden. 2018. Porosity and drag determination of a single row vegetative barrier (Maclura pomifera).  Trans. ASABE. 61(2): 641-652. 

Gonzales, H.B., J. Tatarko, M. E. Casada, R. G. Maghirang, L. J. Hagen, C. J. Barden. 2018. Dust reduction efficiency of a single-row vegetative barrier (maclura pomifera). American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 61: 1907-1914; doi.org/10.13031/trans.12879

Griffin‑Nolan, R. J., T. W. Ocheltree, K. E. Mueller, D. M. Blumenthal, J. A. Kray, A. K. Knapp. 2018. Extending the osmometer method for assessing drought tolerance in herbaceous species. Oecologia; doi.org/10.1007/s00442-019-04336-w

Han, M., Zhang, H. H., Chavez, J. L., Ma, L., Trout, T. J., and DeJonge, K. C.  2018.  Improved soil water deficit estimation through the integration of crop canopy temperature measurements into a soil water balance model. Irrigation Science 36:187–201, doi.org/10.1007/s00271-018-0574-z

He, Y., D.R. Presley, J. Tatarko, H. Blanco-Canqui.  2018. Crop residue harvest impacts wind erodibility and simulated loss in the Central Great Plains.  Global Change Biology and Bioenergy. 10:213-226.

Hoover, D. L., K. R. Wilcox, and K. E. Young. 2018. Experimental droughts with rainout shelters: a methodological review. Ecosphere 9(1):e02088. 10.1002/ecs2.2088

Jones Ritten, C., D. Peck, M. Ehmke, M.A.B. Patalee. 2018. Firm efficiency and returns-to-scale in the pollination services industry. Journal of Economic Entomology, 111(3):1014–1022. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toy075

Joyce L. A.,  G. Bentrup,  A. S. Cheng, P. Kolb, M. Schoeneberger, J. Derner.  2018. Native and agricultural forests at risk to a changing climate in the Northern Plains. Climatic Change 146:59–74 DOI 10.1007/s10584-017-2070-5

Kleinman, P. J. A.,  S. Spiegal, J. R. Rigby, S. C. Goslee, J. M. Baker, B. T. Bestelmeyer, R. K. Boughton, R. B. Bryant, M. A. Cavigelli, J. D. Derner, E. W. Duncan, D. C. Goodrich, D. R. Huggins, K. W. King, M. A. Liebig, M. A. Locke, S. B. Mirsky, G. E. Moglen, T. B. Moorman, F. B. Pierson, G. P. Robertson, E. J. Sadler, J. S. Shortle, J. L. Steiner, T. C. Strickland, H. M. Swain, T. Tsegaye, M. R. Williams, and C. L. Walthall. 2018. Advancing the Sustainability of US Agriculture through Long-Term Research. Journal of Environmental Quality , 1412-25.

Li J, Ren L, Bai Y, Lecain D, Blumenthal D, Morgan J.  2018. Seed traits and germination of native grasses and invasive forbs are largely insensitive to parental temperature and CO2 concentration. Seed Science Research 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1017/ S0960258518000314

Li, J., T.  Kandakji, J. A. Lee, J. Tatarko , J. Blackwell III , T. E. Gill, J.  D. Collins. 2018. Blowing dust and highway safety in the southwestern United States: Characteristics of dust emission “hotspots” and management implications.  Science of the Total Environment 621: 1023–1032

Malone, J. F. Obrycki, D. L. Karlen, L. Ma, T. C. Kaspar, D. B. Jaynes, T. B. Parkin, S. H. Lence, G. W. Feyereisen, Q. X. Fang, T. L. Richard, and K. Gillette. 2018. Harvesting fertilized rye cover crop: simulated revenue, net energy, and drainage nitrogen loss. Agricultural & Environmental Letters3:170041 doi:10.2134/ael2017.11.0041

Peters, D. P.C. , N. D. Burruss, L. L. Rodriguez, D. S. Mcvey, E. H. Elias, A. M. Pelzel-Mccluskey, J. D. Derner, T. S. Schrader, J. Yao, S. J. Pauszek, J. Lombard, S. R. Archer, B. T. Bestelmeyer, D. M. Browning, C. W. Brungard, J. L. Hatfield, N. P. Hanan, J. E. Herrick, G. S. Okin, O. E. Sala, H. Savoy and E. R. Vivoni. 2018.  An integrated view of complex landscapes: a big data- model integration approach to transdisciplinary science.  BioScience 68: 653–669  doi:10.1093/biosci/biy069

Petrie, M. D., D. P. C. Peters, J. Yao, J. M. Blair, N. D. Burruss, S. L. Collins,  J. D. Derner, L. A. Gherardi, R. Hendrickson, O. E. Sala, P. J. Starks, J. L. Steiner. 2018. Regional grassland productivity responses to precipitation during multiyear above- and below-average rainfall periods. Global Change Biology 24:1935–1951, DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14024

Porensky, L. M., J. D. Derner, and D. W. Pellatz. 2018. Plant community responses to historical wildfire in a shrubland–grassland ecotone reveal hybrid disturbance response. Ecosphere 9(8):e02363. 10.1002/ecs2.2363

Porensky, L.M., B. L. Perryman, M. A. Williamson, M D. Madsen, E. A. Leger. 2018. Combining active restoration and targeted grazing to establish native plants and reduce fuel loads in invaded ecosystems. Ecology and Evolution.; 8:12533–12546; DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4642

Rigby, C.W., K. B. Jensen , J. E. Creech , E. T. Thacker, B. L. Waldron, J.D. Derner. 2018. Establishment and Trends in Persistence of Selected Perennial Cool- Season Grasses in Western United States. Rangeland Ecology & Management 71: 681–690

Riginos, C., L.M. Porensky, K.E. Veblen, T.P. Young. 2018. Herbivory and drought generate short-term stochasticity and long-term stability in a savanna understory community. Ecological Applications 28: 323–335.

Robertson, A. D., Zhang, Y., Sherrod, L. A., Rosenzweig, S. T., Ma, L., Ahuja, L. R., and Schipanski, M. E.. Climate change impacts on yields and soil carbon below dryland agriculture. J. Environ. Qual. 47:684-694. 2018. doi:10.2134/jeq2017.08.0309.

Shuai, X. Ma, L., and Wendroth, O. Unified weak and strong soil tests to estimate latent plant available phosphorus pools. Agronomy  Journal  110:859-867. 2018.

Sima, N. Q., Harmel, R. D., Fang, Q. X., MaL., and Andales, A. A. 2018. A modified F-test for evaluating model performance by considering both experimental and simulation uncertainties. Environmental Modelling & Software 104:236-248

Skagen, S. K., D. J. Augustine, and J. D. Derner. 2018. Semi-arid grassland bird responses to patch-burn grazing and drought. The Journal of Wildlife Management 82(2):445–456; DOI: 0.1002/jwmg.21379

Snyman, A., E.J. Raynor, C. Chizinski, L.A. Powell, and J. Carroll. 2018.  African lion (Panthera leo) space use in eastern Botswana's transfrontier conservation area. African Journal of Wildlife Research 48 (2) 1:12

Spiegal S. , B. T. Bestelmeyer , D. W. Archer, D. J.  Augustine, E.H. Boughton,  R. K. Boughton, M. A. Cavigelli, P. E. Clark, J.D. Derner, E.W. Duncan, C. J. Hapeman, R. D. Harmel, P. Heilman, M. A. Holly, R. Huggins, K. King, P. J. A. Kleinman, M. A. Liebig, M. A. Locke, G.W. McCarty, N. Millar, S. B. Mirsky, T. B. Moorman, F. B.  Pierson,  J. R. Rigby, G. P. Robertson , J. L. Steiner, T. C. Strickland, H. M. Swain, B. J. Wienhold,  J. D. Wulfhorst,  M. A. Yost and C. L. Walthall. 2018. Evaluating strategies for sustainable intensification of US agriculture through the Long-Term Agroecosystem Research network. Environmental Research Letters 13:  034031

Webb, N. P., J. W. Van Zee, J. W. Karl, J. E. Herrick, E. M. Courtright, B. J. Billings, R. Boyd, A. Chappell, M. C. Duniway, J. D. Derner, J. L. Hand, E. Kachergis, S. E. McCord, B. A. Newingham, F. B. Pierson, J. L. Steiner, J. Tatarko, N. H. Tedela, D. Toledo, and R. S. Van Pelt. 2018. Enhancing wind erosion monitoring and assessment for U.S. RangelandsRangelands 39:85—96 doi 10.1016/j.rala.2017.04.001

Wilmer,  H., D. J. Augustine ,  J. D. Derner,  M. E. Fernández-Giménez  D. D. Briske, L. M. Roche, K. W. Tate , K. E. Miller. 2018.  Diverse Management Strategies Produce Similar Ecological Outcomes on Ranches in Western Great Plains: Social-Ecological Assessment. Rangeland Ecology & Management 71: 626–636

Wilmer, H.,  J. D. Derner, M. E. Fernández-Giménez , D. D. Briske , D. J. Augustine, L. M. Porensky , the CARM Stakeholder Group.  2018.  Collaborative Adaptive Rangeland Management Fosters Management-Science Partnerships. Rangeland Ecology & Management 71: 646–657

Young, T.P., L.M. Porensky, C. Riginos, K.E. Veblen, W.O. Odadi, D.M. Kimuyu, G.K. Charles and H.S. Young. 2018. Relationships between cattle and biodiversity revealed by the Kenya Long-term Exclosure Experiment (KLEE). Rangeland Ecology and Management 71: 281-291.

 

2017

 

Anar, M. J., Z. Lin, L. MaP. N. S. Bartling, J. M. Teboh, M. Ostlie. 2017. Analysis of parameter sensitivity and identifiability of root zone water quality model (RZWQM) for dryland sugarbeet modeling. Transactions of the ASABE 60(6):1995-2010.

Augustine, D.J. J. D. Derner, D. Milchunas, D. Blumenthal & L. M. Porensky. 2017. Grazing moderates increases in C3 grass abundance over seven decades across a soil texture gradient in shortgrass steppe. Journal of Vegetation Science,Doi: 10.1111/jvs.12508

Averyt, K., J. Derner, L. Dilling, R. Guerrero, L. Joyce, S. McNeeley, E. McNie, J.Morisette, D. Ojima, R. O'Malley, D. Peck, A. Ray, M. Reeves, and W. Travis, 2017: Regional Climate Response Collaboratives: Multi-institutional Support for American Meteorological Society Climate ResilienceBulletin of the American Meteorological Society doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0183.1, in press.

Blumenthal, D. M., D. R. LeCain, and D. J. Augustine. 2017. Composted manure application promotes longterm invasion of semi-arid rangeland by Bromus tectorumEcosphere 8:e01960. 10.1002/ecs2.1960

Carver, A.R., J. D. Ross, D.J. Augustine, S.K. Skagen, A.M. Dwyer, D. F. Tomback & M. B. Wunder. 2017. Weather radar data correlate to hail-induced mortality in grassland birds. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. doi: 10.1002/rse2.41

Carver, A.R., J. D. Ross, D.J. Augustine, S.K. Skagen, A.M. Dwyer, D. F. Tomback & M. B. Wunder. 2017. Weather radar data correlate to hail-induced mortality in grassland birdsRemote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. doi: 10.1002/rse2.41

Charles, G.K., L.M. Porensky, C. Riginos, K.E. Veblen and T.P. Young. 2017. Herbivore effects on productivity vary by guild: cattle increase mean productivity while wildlife reduce variability. Ecological Applications 27:143-155.

Chen, M., W. J. Parton, S. J. Del Grosso, M. D. Hartman, K. A. Day, C. J. Tucker, J. D. Derner, A. K. Knapp,W. K. Smith, D. S. Ojima, and W. Gao. 2017. The signature of sea surface temperature anomalies on the dynamics of semiarid grassland productivity. Ecosphere 8(12):e02069. 10.1002/ecs2.2069

Derner, J.D., L. Hunt, K. E. Filho, J. Ritten, J. Capper, and G. Han. 2017. Chapter 10 Livestock Production Systems. p.347-372. http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-46709-2

Fang, Q. L. Ma, L. R. Ahuja, T. J. Trout, R. W. Malone, H. Zhang, D. Gui, Q. Yu. 2017. Long-term simulation of growth stage-based irrigation scheduling in maize under various water constraints in Colorado, USAFrontiers Agricultural Science and Engineering 4: 172–184

Fang, Q. X., L. Ma, Z. Qi, Y. J. Shen, L. He, S. H. Xu, I. Kisekka, M. Sima, R. W. Malone, Q. Yu. 2017. Optimizing et-based irrigation scheduling for wheat and maize with water constraints.  Transactions of the ASABE 60(6):2053-2065

Fang, X., L. Ma, T. J. Trout, L. H. Comas, K. C. Dejonge, L. R. Ahuja, L. A. Sherrod, R. W. Malone. 2017. Modeling N concentration and uptake for maize hybrids under growth stage-based deficit irrigations. Transactions of the ASABE 60(6): 2067-2081

Gillette, K. L., Ma, L., Malone, R. W., Fang, Q. X., Halvorson, A. D., Hatfield, J. L., and Ahuja, L. R. 2017. Simulating N2O emissions in different tillage systems using RZWQM2. Soil and Tillage Research 165:268-278.

Gillette, K. L., Ma, L., Malone, R. W., Fang, Q. X., Halvorson, A. D., Hatfield, J. L., and Ahuja, L. R. 2017. Simulating N2O emissions in different tillage systems using RZWQM2Soil and Tillage Research 165:268-278.

Gillette, K., L. Ma, R. W. Malone, Q.X. Fang, A. D. Halvorson, J. L. Hatfield, L.R. Ahuja. 2017. Simulating N2O emissions under different tillage systems of irrigated corn using RZ-SHAW model. Soil & Tillage Research 165: 268–278

Gonzales, H., M. Casada, L. Hagen, J. Tatarko, R. Maghirang. 2017. Sand transport and abrasion within simulated standing vegetation. Trans. ASABE.

Gonzales, H., M. Casada, L. Hagen, J. Tatarko, R. Maghirang. 2017. Sand transport and abrasion within simulated standing vegetation. Trans. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.

Gu, Z., Z. Qi, L. Ma, D. Gui, J. Xu, Q. Fang, S. Yuan, G. Feng. 2017. Development of an irrigation scheduling software based on model predicted crop water stressComputers and Electronics in Agriculture 143: 208–221

He, Y., D. Presley and J. Tatarko. 2017. Liquid N and S fertilizer solutions effects on the mass, chemical, and strength properties of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) residue. Trans. ASABE.

He, Y., D. Presley and J. Tatarko. 2017. Liquid N and S fertilizer solutions effects on the mass, chemical, and strength properties of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) residue.  Trans. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

Hoover D.L., M. Duniway,  J. Belnap. 2017. Testing the apparent resistance of three dominant plants to chronic drought on the Colorado Plateau. Journal of Ecology, 105:152-162.

Hulvey, K.B., E.A. Leger, L.M. Porensky, L.M. Roche, K.E. Veblen, A. Fund, J. Shaw and E.S. Gornish. 2017. Restoration islands: a tool for efficiently restoring dryland ecosystems. Restoration Ecology 25: S124-S134.

Irisarri, J. G .N., S. Aguiar, M. Oesterheld, J. D. Derner, R. A. Golluscio. 2017. A narrower gap of grazing intensity. Reply to Fetzel et al., 2017. Seasonality constrains to livestock grazing intensity. Global Change Biology, DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13800

Kisekka, I., A. Schlegel, L. Ma, P.H. Gowda, P.V.V. Prasad. 2017. Optimizing preplant irrigation for maize under limited water in the High Plains. Agricultural Water Management 187:154-163.

Kisekka, I., A. Schlegel, L. Ma, P.H. Gowda, P.V.V. Prasad. 2017. Optimizing preplant irrigation for maize under limited water in the High Plains. Agricultural Water Management 187:154–163

Kisekka, I., Schlegel, A., Vanderveer, M., and Ma, L. 2017. Effect of preplanitng irrigation on corn yield, evapotranspiration, and profitability under limited water in semi-arid climate. Agriculture Water Management 187:154-163.

Ma, L., Ahuja, L. R., A. Islam, T. J. Trout, S. A. Saseendran, and Malone, R.W. 2017. Modeling Yield and Biomass Responses of Maize Cultivars to Climate Change under Full and Deficit Irrigation. Agriculture Water Management 180:88-98.

Ma, L., Ahuja, L. R., A. Islam, T. J. Trout, S. A. Saseendran, and Malone, R.W. 2017. Modeling Yield and Biomass Responses of Maize Cultivars to Climate Change under Full and Deficit Irrigation. Agriculture Water Management 180:88-98.

Malone, R. W., Kersebaum, K. C., Kaspar, T. C., Ma, L., Jaynes, D. B., and Gillette, K. 2017. Winter rye as a cover crop reduces nitrate loss to subsurface drainage in central Iowa as simulated by HERMES. Agriculture Water Management 184:156-169.

Malone, R. W., Kersebaum, K. C., Kaspar, T. C., Ma, L., Jaynes, D. B., and Gillette, K. 2017. Winter rye as a cover crop reduces nitrate loss to subsurface drainage in central Iowa as simulated by HERMESAgriculture Water Management 184:156-169.

Munsick, T.R., D.E. Peck, J.P. Ritten, R. Jones, M. Jones, M.M. Miller. 2017. Expected net benefit of vaccinating rangeland sheep against bluetongue virus using a modified-live versus killed virus vaccine. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 4: 166. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2017.00166. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2017.00166

Peck, D., M. Bruce. 2017. Economic efficiency and equity of government policies on brucellosis: comparative insights from Albania and the United States. In (J. Rushton, ed.) The Economics of Animal Health. Rev. Sci. Tech. Off. Int. Epiz., 36(1) (In press)

Porensky, L.M., Derner, J.D., Augustine, D.J., Milchunas, D.G. 2017. Plant community composition after 75 years of sustained grazing intensity treatments in shortgrass steppe. Rangeland Ecology & Management. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2016.12.001.

Ritten, J., C. Bastian and J. Derner. 2017. We corralled our computers, branded them and weaned some surprising results. Reflections 9-11.

Smith, M.D., Wilcox, K.R., Power, S.A., Tissue, D.T., Knapp, A.K. 2017. Assessing community and ecosystem sensitivity to climate change – toward a more comparative approach. Journal of Vegetation Science. 28.2: 235-237.

Wienhold, B. J.; Vigil, M. F.; Hendrickson, J. R.; and Derner, J. D. 2017. Vulnerability of crops and croplands in the US Northern Plains to predicted climate change. Climatic Change DOI 10.1007/s10584-017-1989-x

Wilcox K., Z. Shi, L. Gherardi, N. Lemoine, S. Koerner, D. Hoover, et al. 2017. Asymmetric responses of primary productivity to climate extremes: a synthesis of grassland precipitation manipulation experiments. Global Change Biology. 23:4376-4385.  

Wilcox, K.R., Tredennick, A.T., Koerner, S.E., Grman, E., Hallett, L.M., Avolio, M.L., La Pierre, K.J. et al.  Asynchrony among local communities stabilizes ecosystem function of metacommunities. Ecology Letters.  

Zhang J., N. Zhao, C. Liu, H. Yang, M. Li, G. Yu, K. Wilcox, Q. Yu, N. He. 2017. C:N:P stoichiometry in China’s forests: from organs to ecosystems.Functional Ecology. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12979  

 

 

2016

Blanco-Canqui, H., J. Tatarko, A.L. Stalker, T.M. Shaver, and S.J. van Donk. 2016. Impacts of Corn Residue Grazing and Baling on Wind Erosion Potential in a Semiarid Environment. Soil Sci. Soc. of Am. J. 80:1027-1037 doi: 10.2136/sssaj2016.03.0073

Blumenthal, D.M., J.A. Kray, W. Ortmans, L.H. Ziska, E. Pendall. 2016. Cheatgrass is favored by warming but not CO2 enrichment in a semi-arid grassland. In press, Global Change Biology.

Derner, J. D., C. Stanley, and C Ellis. 2016. Usable Science: Soil Health. Rangelands 38:64-67 doi: 10.1016/j.rala.2015.10.010

Derner, J.D. and D. J. Augustine. 2016. Adaptive Management for Drought on Rangelands. Rangelands 211-215.

Derner, J.D., J. L. Reeves, M. C. Mortenson, M. West, J. Gonzalo Irisarri, and M. Durante. 2016. Estimating Overnight Weight Loss of Corralled Yearling Steers in Semiarid Rangeland.Rangelands 38:101-104,doi: 10.1016/j.rala.2016.02.004

Fynn, R. W. S., D. J. Augustine, M. J. S. Peel and M. de Garine-Wichatitsky. 2016. Strategic management of livestock to improve biodiversity conservation in African savannahs: a conceptual basis for wildlife-livestock coexistence. Journal of Applied Ecology, 53:388-397

Ibanez I, J.M. Diez, L.P. Miller, J.D. Olden, C.J.B. Sorte, D.M. Blumenthal, B.A. Bradley, C.M. D'Antonio, J.S. Dukes, R.I. Early, E.D. Grosholz, J.J .Lawler. 2014. Integrated assessment of biological invasions.Ecological Applications 24:25-37.

Irisarri, J.G.N., J.D. Derner, L.M. Porensky, D.J. Augustine, J.L. Reeves and K.E. Mueller. 2016. Grazing intensity differentially regulates ANPP response to precipitation in North American semiarid grasslands. Ecological Applications 26: 1370-1380.

Irisarri, J.G.N., J.D. Derner, L.M. Porensky, D.J. Augustine, J.L. Reeves and K.E. Mueller. 2016. Grazing intensity differentially regulates ANPP response to precipitation in North American semiarid grasslands. Ecological

Kelley, W. K., J. D. Scasta, and J. D. Derner. 2016. Advancing Knowledge for Proactive Drought Planning and Enhancing Adaptive Management for Drought on Rangelands: Introduction to a Special Issue. Rangelands 159-161

La Pierre, K.J., D.M. Blumenthal, C.S. Brown, J.A. Klein, M.D. Smith. 2016. Drivers of variation in aboveground net primary productivity and plant community composition differ across a broad precipitation gradient. Ecosystems DOI: 10.1007/s10021-015-9949-7.

Ma, L., Ahuja, L. R., Trout, T. J., Nolan, B. T., and Malone, R. W. 2016. Simulating maize yield and biomass with spatial variability of soil field capacity. Agronomy J. 108:171-184.

Morgan, J. A.,W. Parton, J. D. Derner, T. G. Gilmanov, D. P. Smith. 2016. Importance of Early Season Conditions and Grazing on Carbon Dioxide Fluxes in Colorado Shortgrass Steppe. Rangeland Ecology & Management 69:342-350.

Mueller, K. E., D. M. Blumenthal, Y. Carrillo, S. Cesarz, M. Ciobanu, J. Hines, S. Pabst, E. Pendall, C. M. de Tomasel , D. H. Wall, N. Eisenhauer. 2016. Elevated CO2 and warming shift the functional composition of soil nematode communities in a semiarid grassland. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 103:46-51

Porensky, L.M. and T.P. Young. 2016. Development of edge effects around experimental ecosystem hotspots is affected by edge density and matrix type. Landscape Ecology 31: 1663-1680.

Porensky, L.M., D. M. Blumenthal. 2016. Historical wildfires do not promote cheatgrass invasion in a western Great Plains steppe. Biol Invasions 18:3333–3349

Porensky,L.M., K. E. Mueller, D. J. Augustine and J. D. Derner. 2016. Thresholds and gradients in a semi-arid grassland:long-term grazing treatments induce slow, continuous and reversible vegetation change. Journal of Applied Ecology, 53:1013–1022

Qi, Z., Ma, L., W. C. Bausch, T. J. Trout, L. R. Ahuja, G. N. Flerchinger, and Q. X. Fang,. 2016. Simulating maize production, water and surface energy balance, and canopy temperature, and water stress under full and deficit irrigation. Trans. ASABE. 59:623-633.

Saseendran, S. A., L. R. Ahuja , P. H. Gowda, L. Ma, G. Marek, S. Evett, and T. Howell. 2016. Simulation of crop evapotranspiration and crop coefficients with data in weighing lysimeters. Agriculture Water Management 177:274-283.

Saseendran, S. A., W. T. Pettigrew, K. N. Reddy, L. Ma, D. K. Fisher, and R. Sui. 2016. Climate Optimized planting windows for cotton in the lower Mississippi Delta region. Agronomy 6(4), 46. doi: 10.3390/agronomy6040046.

Tatarko, J., S.J. van Donk, J.A. Ascough II, and D.G. Walker. 2016. Application of the WEPS and SWEEP models to non-agricultural disturbed lands. Heliyon. 2(12) e00215.

Veblen,K. E., L. M. Porensky, C. Riginos, and T. P. Young. 2016. Are cattle surrogate wildlife? Savanna plant community composition explained by total herbivory more than herbivore type. Ecological Applications, 26:1610–1623

Webb, N.P., J.E. Herrick, J.W. Van Zee, E.M. Courtright, C.H. Hugenholtz, T.M. Zobeck, G.S. Okin, T.E. Barchyn, B.J. Billings, R. Boyd, S.D. Clingan, B.F. Cooper, M.C. Duniway, J.D. Derner, F.A. Fox, K.M. Havstad, P. Heilman, V. LaPlante, N.A. Ludwig, L.J. Metz, M.A. Nearing, M.L. Norfleet, F.B. Pierson, M.A. Sanderson, B.S. Sharratt, J.L. Steiner, J. Tatarko, N.H. Tedela, D. Toledo, R.S. Unnasch, R. S. Van Pelt, L. Wagner. 2016. The National Wind Erosion Research Network: Building a standardized long-term data resource for aeolian research, modeling and land management. Aeolian Research. 22:23-36.

Webb,N. P., J. E. Herrick, J. W. Van Zee, E. M. Courtright, C. H. Hugenholtz, T. M. Zobeck, G. S. Okin, T. E. Barchyn, B. J. Billings, R. Boyd, S. D. Clingan, B. F. Cooper, M. C. Duniway, J. D. Derner, F. A. Fox, K. M. Havstad, P. Heilman, V. LaPlante, N A. Ludwig, L. J. Metz, M. A. Nearing, M. L. Norfleet, F. B. Piersonm, M. A. Sanderson, B. S. Sharratt, J. L. Steiner, J. Tatarko, N. H. Tedela, D. Toledo, R. S. Unnasch, R. S. Van Pelt, L. Wagner. 2016. The National Wind Erosion Research Network: Building a standardized long-term data resource for aeolian research, modeling and land management. Aeolian Research 22:23-26.

2015

Augustine D. J., J. D. Derner. 2015. Patch burn grazing management in a semiarid grassland: Consequences for pronghorn, plains pricklypear, and wind erosion. Rangeland Ecology & Management 68:40-47

Augustine, D. J., J. D. Derner. 2015. Patch-burn grazing management, vegetation heterogeneity, and avian responses in a semi-arid grassland. The Journal of Wildlife Management; DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.909

Augustine,D. J., J. D. Derner. 2015. Patch-burn grazing management, vegetation heterogeneity, and avian responses in a semi-arid grassland.The Journal of Wildlife Management; DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.909

Fay, P.L., S.M. Prober, W.S. Harpole, J.M.H. Knops, J.D. Bakker, E.T. Borer, E.M. Lind, A.S. MacDougall, E.W. Seabloom, P.D. Wragg, P.B .Adler, D.M. Blumenthal, Y.M. Buckley, C. Chu, E.E. Cleland, S.L. Collins, K.F. Davies, G. Du, X. Feng, J. Firn, D.S. Gruner, N. Hagenah, Y. Hautier, R.W. Heckman, V.L. Jin, K.P. Kirkman, J. Klein, L.M. Ladwig, Q. Li, R.L . McCulley, B.A. Melbourne, C.E. Mitchell, J.L. Moore, J.W. Morgan, A.C. Risch, M. Sch?tz, C.J. Stevens, D.A. Wedin and L.H. Yang. 2015. Grassland productivity limited by multiple nutrients. Nature Plants, NutNet NPK limitation, Nature Plants DOI: 10.1038/NPLANTS.2015.80

Ford, A. T., J. R. Goheen, D. J. Augustine, M. F. Kinnaird, T. G. O'brien, T. M. Palmer, R. M. Pringle, and R. Woodroffe. 2015. Recovery of African wild dogs suppresses prey but does not trigger a trophic cascade. Ecology, 96: 2705-2714.

Hermance, J.F., D. J. Augustine & J. D. Derner. 2015. Quantifying characteristic growth dynamics in a semi-arid grassland ecosystem by predicting short-term NDVI phenology from daily rainfall: a simple four parameter coupled-reservoir model.International Journal of Remote Sensing, 36:5637-5663, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2015.1103916

Li, H., J. Tatarko, M. Kucharski, and Z. Dong. 2015. PM2.5 and PM10 emission from agricultural soils by wind erosion. Aeolian Research. 19:171-182. doi:10.1016/j.aeolia.2015.02.003.

Meeks, J.C., L.E. Wagner, R.G. Maghirang, J. Tatarko, and N. Bloedow. 2015. Fugitive Dust Emissions from Off-road Vehicle Maneuvers on Military Training Lands. Trans. ASABE. 58(1): 49-60.

Mowll W., D.M. Blumenthal, K. Cherwin, A. Smith, A.J. Symstad, L.T. Vermeire, S.L. Collins, M.D. Smith, A.K. Knapp. 2015. Climatic controls of aboveground net primary production in semi-arid grasslands along a latitudinal gradient portend low sensitivity to warming.  Oecologia 177:959-969.

Nelson, R., J. Tatarko, and J.C. Ascough II. 2015. Soil erosion and organic matter variations for central Great Plains cropping systems under residue removal. Trans. ASABE. 58(2):415-427.

Nichols, K. L. S. J. Del Grosso, J. D. Derner, R. F. Follett, S. L. Archibeque, C. E. Stewart, K. H. Paustian. 2015. Nitrous oxide and methane fluxes from cattle excrement on C3 pasture and C4-dominated shortgrass steppe. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 225:104-115

Polley, H. W., J. D. Derner, R. B. Jackson, R. A. Gill, A. C. Procter, P. A. Fay. 2015. Plant community change mediates the response of foliar ?15N to CO2 enrichment in mesic grasslands.Oecologia, DOI 10.1007/s00442-015-3221-x

Porensky, L. M., K. E. Veblen. 2015. Generation of Ecosystem Hotspots Using Short-Term Cattle Corrals in an African Savanna. Rangeland Ecology & Management 68:131-141.

Reeves J. L. and J. D. Derner. 2015. Temperament does not affect steer weight gains on extensively managed semiarid rangeland.Rangelands, 37:186-190.

Reeves, J. L., D. M. Blumenthal, J. A. Kray, J. D. Derner. 2015. Increased seed consumption by biological control weevil tempers positive CO2 effect on invasive plant (Centaurea diffusa) fitness.Biological Control 84:36-43

Reeves, J. L., J. D. Derner, M. A. Sanderson, S. L. Kronberg,J. R. Hendrickson, L. T. Vermeire, M. K. Petersen, and J. G. Irisarri. 2015 . Seasonal weather-related decision Making for cattle p roduction in the northern great plains. Rangelands 37:119-124, doi: 10.1016/j.rala.2015.03.003

Roche, L.M., B.B. Cutts, J.D. Derner, M.N. Lubell, K.W. Tate. 2015. On-ranch grazing strategies: Context for the rotational grazing dilemma. Rangeland Ecology & Management 68:248-256

Sanderson, M. A., M. A. Liebig, J. R. Hendrickson, S. L. Kronberg, D. Toledo, J. D.Derner, and J. L. Reeves. 2015. A century of grazing: The value of long-term research.Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 71:5a-8a, doi:10.2489/jswc.71.1.5A

Seabloom, E. W. E. T. Borer, Y. M. Buckley, E. E. Cleland, K. F. Davies, J. Firn, W. S. Harpole, Y. Hautier, E. M. Lind, A. S. MacDougall, J. L. Orrock, S. M. Prober, P. B. Adler, T. M. Anderson, J. D. Bakker, L. A. Biederman, D. M. Blumenthal, C. S. Brown, L. A. Brudvig, M. Cadotte, C. Chu, K. L. Cottingham, M. J. Crawley, E. I. Damschen, C. M. Dantonio, N. M. DeCrappeo, G. Du, P. A. Fay, P. Frater, D. S. Gruner, N. Hagenah, A. Hector, H. Hillebrand, K. S. Hofmockel, H. C. Humphries, V. L. Jin, A. Kay, K. P. Kirkman, J. A. Klein, J. M. H. Knops, K. J. La Pierre, L. Ladwig, J. G. Lambrinos, Q. Li, W. Li, R. Marushia, R. L. McCulley, B. A. Melbourne, C. E. Mitchell, J. L. Moore, J. Morgan, B. Mortensen, L. R. O'Halloran, D. A. Pyke, A. C. Risch, M. Sankaran, M. Schuetz, A. Simonsen, M. D. Smith, C. J. Stevens, L. Sullivan, E. Wolkovich, P. D. Wragg, J. Wright & L Yang. 2015 Plant species' origin predicts dominance and response to nutrient enrichment and herbivores in global grasslands.Nature Communications, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8710

Sharratt, B.S., J. Tatarko, J. Abatzoglou, F. Fox, and D. Huggins. 2015. Implications of climate change on wind erosion of agricultural lands in the Columbia Plateau. Weather Clim. Extrem. 10:20-31. doi:10.1016/j.wace.2015.06.001.

Young, D. J. N., L. M. Porensky, K. M. Wolf, S. E. Fick, and T. P. Young. 2015. Burning reveals cryptic plant diversity and promotes coexistence in a California prairie restoration experiment. Ecosphere 6(5):81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES14-00303.1

Zelikova T.J., DG Williams, R. Hoenigman, D.M. Blumenthal, J.A. Morgan, and E. Pendall. 2015. Seasonality of soil moisture mediates responses of ecosystem phenology to elevated CO2 and warming in a semi-arid grassland. 2015. Journal of Ecology 103:1119-1130.

2014

Alba C., M.D. Bowers, D.M. Blumenthal, R.A. Hufbauer. 2014. Chemical and mechanical defenses vary among maternal lines and leaf ages in Verbascum thapsus L. (Scrophulariaceae) and reduce palatability to a generalist insect.PLoS One 9:e104889.

Augustine, D. J., and J. D. Derner. 2014. Controls over the strength and timing of fire-grazer interactions in a semi-arid rangeland.Journal of Applied Ecology 51:242-250.

Augustine, D.J., J. D. Derner, and J. K. Detling. 2014. Testing for Thresholds in a Semiarid Grassland: The Influence of Prairie Dogs and Plague. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 67:701-709.

Augustine, D.J., P. Brewer, D. M. Blumenthal, J. D. Derner, and J. C. von Fischer. 2014. Prescribed fire, soil inorganic nitrogen dynamics, and plant responses in a semiarid grassland.Journal of Arid Environments 104:59-66.

Augustine, D.J.,and S.K. Skagen. 2014. Mountain Plover nest survival in relation to prairie dog and fire dynamics in shortgrass steppe. The Journal of Wildlife Management 78:595-602; DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.700

Augustine,  D.J. , J. D. Derner, and D. P. Smith. 2014. Characteristics of burns conducted under modified prescriptions to mitigate limited fuels in a semi-arid grassland. Fire Ecology  10:36-47, doi: 10.4996/fireecology.1002036

Blanco-Canqui, H., R.B. Ferguson, V.L. Jin, M.R. Schmer, B.J. Wienhold, and J. Tatarko. 2014. Can Cover Crop and Manure Maintain or Improve Soil Properties after Stover Removal from Irrigated No-Till Corn? Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 78:1368-1377. DOI: 10.2136/SSSAJ2013.12.0550.

Blumenthal D.M. and J.A. Kray. 2014. Climate change, plant traits, and invasion in natural and agricultural ecosystems.  In L Ziska and JS Dukes, Eds., Invasive species and global climate change. CABI Press, Wallingford, UK.   Published 9/3/14. (Peer-reviewed invited book chapter).

Borer E.T., et al.(>50 authors). 2014. Herbivores and nutrients control grassland plant diversity via light limitation.  Nature 508:517-520

Briske, D. D., A. J. Ash, J. D. Derner, and L. Huntsinger. 2014. Commentary: A critical assessment of the policy endorsement for holistic management. Agricultural Systems 125:50-53.

Borer E.T., et al.(>50 authors). 2014. Herbivores and nutrients control grassland plant diversity via light limitation.  Nature 508:517-520.

Carillo Y., E. Pendall, F.A. Dijkstra, D.R. LeCain, J.A. Morgan, D.M. Blumenthal, S. Waldron. 2014. Disentangling root responses to climate change in a semiarid grassland.  Oecologia 175:699-711.

Cameira, M. R., A. Pereira, Ahuja, L. R., and Ma, L. 2014. Sustainability and Environmental Assessment of Fertigation in an Intensive Olive Grove under Mediterranean Conditions. Agriculture Water Management 146:346-360

Derner, J. D.,  D. J. Augustine, and E. Kachergis. 2014. Cattle as ecosystem engineers: New grazing management enhances rangeland biodiversity.Western Confluence, winter:10-13.

Derner, J. D.,  G. E. Schuman, R. F. Follett and G. F. Vance. 2014. Plant and soil consequences of shrub management in a big sagebrush-dominated rangeland ecosystem.Environment and Natural Resources Research 4:19-30.

Fang, Q. X., Andales, A. A., Derner, J., Ahuja, L.R., Ma, L., Bartling, P. N. S., J. L. Reeves, and Z. Qi. 2014. Quantifying stocking density and weather effects on forage and steer production on the Northern Mixed-Grass Prairie. Agricultural Systems 129:103-114.

Fang, Q. X., Ma, L., Flerchinger, G. N., Qi, Z., Ahuja, L. R., Xing, H. T., Li, J., and Yu, Q. 2014. Modelling Evapotranspiration and Energy Balance in a Wheat-Maize Cropping System Using the Revised RZ-SHAW Model. Agricultural Forest Meteorology 194:218-229.

Fang, Q.X., A.A. Andales, J.D. Derner, L.R. Ahuja, L. Ma, P.N.S. Bartling, J.L. Reeves, Z. Qi. 2014. Modeling weather and stocking rate effects on forage and steer production in northern mixed-grass prairie. Agricultural Systems,  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2014.05.011

Fang, Q.X., L.R. Ahuja, A. A. Andales, and J. D. Derner. 2014. Using a model and forecasted weather to predict forage and livestock production for making stocking decisions in the coming growing season.Practical Applications of Agricultural System Models to Optimize the Use of Limited Water. doi:10.2134/advagricsystmodel5.c7

Kachergis, E., J. D. Derner, B. B. Cutts, L. M. Roche, V. T. Eviner, M. N. Lubell, and K. W. Tate. 2014. Increasing flexibility in rangeland management during drought.Ecosphere 5:1-14.

Li, J., G.S. Okin, J. Tatarko, N.P. Webb, J.E. Herrick. 2014. Consistency of wind erosion assessments across land use and land cover types: a critical analysis. Aeolian Research.   15:253-260.

Malone, R. W., Nolan, B. T., Ma, L., Kanwar, R. S., Peterson, C., and Heilman, P. 2014. Tillage and application rate affects atrazine transport to subsurface drainage with macropore flow: evaluation of RZWQM using a long-term field study. Agriculture Water Management 132:10-22. 2014.

Malone, R.W., Jaynes, D.B., Kaspar, T.C., Thorp, K.R., Kladivko, E., Ma, L., James, D.E., Singer, J., Morin, X., Searchinger, T. 2014. Cover crops in the upper Midwestern United State: Simulated effect on nitrate leaching with artificial dranage. Journal Soil Water Conservation. 69:(4):292-305.

Moran, M. S., G. E. Ponce-Campos, A. Huete, M. P. Mcclaran, Y .  Zhang,  E. P. Hamerlynck, D. J. Augustine, S. A. Gunter, S. G. Kitchen, D. P. C. Peters, P. J. Starks, And M. Hernandez. 2014. Functional response of U.S. grasslands to the early 21st-century drought. Ecology, 95: 2121-2133.

Newbold, T. A. S., P. Stapp, K. E. Levensailor, J. D. Derner and W. K. Lauenroth. 2014. Community Responses of arthropods to a range of traditional and manipulated grazing in shortgrass steppe.Environmental Entomology 43: 556-568; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/EN12333

Porensky, L. M., E. A. Leger, J. Davison, W. W. Miller, E. M. Goergen, E. K. Espeland, and E. M. Carroll-Moore. 2014. Arid shrubland restoration: native perennial grasses suppress weeds and erosion, but also suppress native shrubs. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 184:135-144.

Porensky, L. M., J. Davison, E. A. Leger, W. W. Miller, E. M. Goergen, E. K. Espeland, E. M. Carroll-Moore. 2014. Grasses for biofuels: A low water-use alternative for cold desert agriculture? Biomass and Bioenergy 66:133-142.

Reeves, J. L., J. D. Derner, M. A. Sanderson, J. R. Hendrickson, S. L. Kronberg, M. K. Petersen, and L. T. Vermeire. 2014. Seasonal weather influences on yearling beef steer production in C3-dominated Northern Great Plains rangeland Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 183:110-117.

Retta, A., L.E. Wagner, and J. Tatarko. 2014. Military vehicle trafficking impacts vegetation and soil bulk density at Fort Benning, Georgia. Trans. ASABE. 57(4):1043-1055.

Saseendran, S. A., Ahuja, L. R., Ma, L., Nielsen, D. C., Trout, T. J., Andales, A. A., Chaves, J., and Ham, J.. 2014. Enhancing the water stress factors for simulation of corn (Zea mays L.) in RZWQM2. Agronomy J. 106:81-94.

Svejcar, T., C. Boyd, K. Davies, M. Madsen, J. Bates, R. Sheley, C. Marlow, D. Bohnert, M. Borman, R. Mata-Gonza`lez, J. Buckhouse, T. Stringham, B. Perryman, S. Swanson, K. Tate, M. George, G. Ruyle, B. Roundy, C. Call, K. Jensen, K. Launchbaugh, A. Gearhart, L. Vermeire, J. Tanaka, J. Derner, G. Frasier, and K. Havstad. 2014.  Western land managers will need all available tools for adapting to climate change, including grazing: A critique of Beschta et al. Environmental Management DOI 10.1007/s00267-013-0218-2.

Toledo D., M. Sanderson, H. Johnson, J.L. Reeves, J.D. Derner, L. Vermeire, J. Hendrickson. 2014. Evaluating plant biodiversity measurements and exotic species detection in National Resources Inventory Sampling protocols using examples from the Northern Great Plains of the USA.Ecological Indicators 46:149-155.

Wiggins, D. A., G. D. Schnell, and D. J. Augustine. 2014. Distribution and nesting success of ferruginous hawks and Swanson's hawks on an agricultural landscape in the Great Plains. The Southwestern Naturalist 59:356-363

Zelikova, T. J., D. M. Blumenthal, D. G. Williams, L.Souza, D. R. LeCain, J. Morgan, and E. Pendall.  2014. Long-term exposure to elevated CO2 enhances plant community stability by suppressing dominant plant species in a mixed-grass prairie. PNAS, doi:10.1073

2013

Augustine, D. J., and B. W. Baker. 2013 Associations of grassland bird communities with black-tailed prairie dogs in the North American Great Plains. Conservation Biology 27:324-334, DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12013

Augustine, D. J., and J. D. Derner, 2013. Assessing herbivore foraging behavior with GPS collars in a semiarid grassland.Sensors 13:3711-3723; doi:10.3390/s130303711

Augustine, D. J., and T. L. Springer. 2013. Competition and facilitation between a native and a domestic herbivore: trade-offs between forage quantity and quality. Ecological Applications 23:850-863.

Augustine, D. J., D. G. Milchunas, and J. D. Derner. 2013. Spatial redistribution of nitrogen by cattle in semiarid rangeland.Rangeland Ecology & Management 66:56-62.

Baker,B. W., D. J. Augustine, J. A. Sedgwick, and B. C. Lubow. 2013. Ecosystem engineering varies spatially: a test of the vegetation modification paradigm for prairie dogs. Ecography 36:230-239

Blanco, Humberto, J. Holman, A. Schlegel, J. Tatarko, T. Shaver. 2013. Replacing fallow with cover crops in a semiarid soil: Effects on soil properties. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 77:1026–1034.

Blickley, J. L., K. Deiner, K. Garbach, I. Lacher, M. H. Meek, L. M. Porensky, M. L. Wilkerson, E. M. Winford, and M.W. Schwartz. 2013. A graduate student's guide to necessary skill sets for non-academic conservation careers. Conservation Biology 27:24-34.

Blumenthal, D. M., V. Resco, J. A. Morgan, D. G. Williams, D. R. LeCain, E. M. Hardy, E. Pendall, and E. Bladyka. 2013. Invasive forb benefits from water savings by native plants and carbon fertilization under elevated CO2 and warming. New Phytologist, doi: 10.1111/nph.12459.

Derner, J. D., and J. Reeves. 2013. Lessons from long-term cattle weight gain data.Cow County 18.

Derner, J., E. Kachergis and J. Reeves. 2013 Rangeland Research Roundup: So what? Who cares?CowCountry Spring 18-19.

Donihue, C. M., L. M. Porensky, J. Foufopoulus, C. Riginos, and R.M. Pringle. 2013. Glade cascades: indirect legacy effects of pastoralism enhance the abundance and spatial structuring of arboreal fauna. Ecology 94:827-837.

Evers, B.J., H. Blanco-Canqui, S. Staggenborg, J. Tatarko. 2013. Dedicated Bioenergy Crop Impacts on Soil Wind Erodibility and Organic Carbon in Kansas. Agron. J. 105(5):1271-1276.  

Fang, Q. X., Ma, L., Yu, Q., Hu, C. S., X. X. Li, R. W. Malone, and Ahuja, L. R. 2013. Quantifying climate and management effects on regional N leaching and crop yield in the North China Plain. Journal Environmental Quality 42:1466-1479.

Jamieson, M. A., C Quintero, and D. M. Blumenthal. 2013. Interactive effects of simulated nitrogen deposition and altered precipitation patterns on plant allelochemical concentrations. Journal Chemical Ecology DOI 10.1007/s10886-013-0340-x

Kachergis, E., J. D. Derner, L. M. Roche, K. W. Tate, M.N. Lubell, R. D. Mealor, and J. Magagna. 2013. Characterizing Wyoming ranching operations: Natural resource goals, management practices and information sources.Natural Resources 4:45-54.

Kumschick, S., C. Alba, R. Hufbauer, and D.M. Blumenthal. 2013. Evolution of fast-growing but more resistant phenotypes in introduced common mullein (Verbascum thapsus). Journal of Ecology, 101:378-387.

Lind, E., E. Borer, E. Seabloom, P. Adler, J. Bakker, D. Blumenthal, M. Crawley, K. Davies, J. Firn, D. Gruner, W. Harpole, Y. Hautier, H. Hillebrand, J. Knops, B. Melbourne, A. Risch, M. Schuetz, C. Stevens, and P. Wragg. 2013.  Life history constraints in grassland plant species: a growth-defense tradeoff is the norm.  Ecology Letters, 16:513-521, doi: 10.1111/ele.12078.

Lubell, M. N., B. B. Cutts, L. M. Roche, M. Hamilton, J. D. Derner, E. Kachergis, and K. W. Tate. 2013. Conservation program participation and adaptive rangeland decision-making. Rangeland Ecology & Management 66:609-620

Parker J. D., M. E. Torchin, R. A. Hufbauer, N. P. Lemoine, C. Alba, D. M. Blumenthal, O. Bossdorf, J. E. Byers, A. M. Dunn, R. W. Heckman, M. Hejda, V. Jarosik, A. R. Kanarek, L. B. Martin, S. E. Perkins, P. Pysek, K. Shierenbeck, C. Schloder, R. van Klinken, K. J. Vaughn, W. Williams, and L. M. Wolfe.  2013. Do invasive species perform better in their new ranges? Ecology, 94:985-994.

Perry, L. G., P. B. Shafroth, D. M. Blumenthal, J. A. Morgan, and D. R. LeCain.  2013.  levated CO2 does not offset greater water stress predicted under climate change for native and exotic riparian plants.  New Phytologist 19:532-543.

Porensky, L. M., and T. P. Young. 2013. Edge interactions in fragmented and patchy landscapes. Conservation Biology 27:509-519.

Porensky, L. M., S. E. Wittman, C. Riginos, and T. P. Young. 2013. Herbivory and drought interact to enhance diversity and spatial patterning in a savanna understory. Oecologia 173:591-602.

Porensky, L. M., S. F. Bucher, K. E. Veblen, A. C. Treydte, and T. P. Young. 2013. Large herbivores alter edge effects around ecosystem hotspots in an African savanna. Journal of Arid Environments 96:55-63.

Qi, Z., Bartling, P. N. S., Jabro, J. D., Lensen, A.W., Ahuja, L. R., Ma, L. Allen, B. L. and Evans, R. G. 2013. Simulating dryland water availability and spring wheat production in the Northern Great Plains. Agronomy Journal 105:37-50.

Rebollo, S., D. G. Milchunas , P. Stapp , D. J. Augustine, and J. D. Derner. 2013. Disproportionate effects of non-colonial small herbivores on structure and diversity of grassland dominated by large herbivores. Oikos 122: 1757-1767.

Reeves, J. L., J. D. Derner, M. A. Sanderson, M. K. Petersen, L. T. Vermeire, J. R. Hendrickson, and S. L. Kronberg. 2013. Temperature and precipitation affect steer weight gains differentially by stocking rate in northern mixed-grass prairie. Rangeland Ecology & Management 66: 438-444.

Reeves, J. L., J. D. Derner, M. A.Sanderson, M. K.Petersen, L. T.Vermeire, J. R. Hendrickson, and S. L. Kronberg. 2013. Seasonal temperature and precipitation effects on cow-calf production in northern mixed-grass prairie. Livestock Science 155:355-363.

Retta, A., L.E. Wagner, J. Tatarko, and T.C. Todd. 2013. Evaluation of bulk density and vegetation as affected by military vehicle traffic at Fort Riley, Kansas. Trans. ASABE. 56(2):653-665.

Sankaran M., D. J. Augustine, and J. Ratnam. 2013.Native ungulates of diverse body sizes collectively regulate long-term woody plant demography and structure of a semi-arid savanna. Journal of Ecology 101:1389-1399.

Saseendran S.A., Nielsen, D. C., Ahuja, L. R., Ma, L., and Lyon, D. 2013. Simulated yield and profitability of five potential crops for intensifying the dryland wheat-fallow production system. Agriculture Water Management

Seabloom E. et al.(>50 authors). 2013. Predicting invasion in grassland ecosystems: is exotic dominance the real embarrassment of richness? Global Change Biology 19:3677-3687.

Sorte, C. J. B., I. Ibanez, D. M. Blumenthal, N. A. Molinari, L. P. Miller, E. D. Grosholz, J. M. Diez, C. M. D'Antonio, J. D. Olden, S. J. Jones, and J. S. Dukes. 2013. Poised to prosper? A cross-system comparison of climate change effects on native and non-native species performance. Ecology Letters, 16:261-270, doi: 10.1111/ele.12017

Tatarko, J., M.A. Sporcic, E.L. Skidmore. 2013. A history of wind erosion prediction models in the United States Department of Agriculture prior to the Wind Erosion Prediction System. Aeolian Research. 10:3-8.

Walthall, C. L., J. Hatfield, P. Backlund, L. Lengnick, E. Marshall, M. Walsh, S. Adkins, M. Aillery, E. A. Ainsworth, C. Ammann, C. J. Anderson, I. Bartomeus, L. H. Baumgard, F. Booker, B. Bradley, D. M. Blumenthal, J. Bunce, K. Burkey, S. M. Dabney, J. A. Delgado, J. Dukes, A. Funk, K. Garrett, M. Glenn, D. A. Grantz, D. Goodrich, S. Hu, R. C. Izaurralde, R. A. C. Jones, S. H. Kim, A. D. B. Leaky, K. Lewers, T. L. Mader, A. McClung, J. Morgan, D. J. Muth, M. Nearing, D. M. Oosterhuis, D. Ort, C. Parmesan, W. T. Pettigrew, W. Polley, R. Rader, C. Rice, M. Rivington, E. Rosskopf, W. A. Salas, L. E. Sollenberger, R. Srygley, C. Stockle, E. S. Takle, D. Timlin, J. W. White, R. Winfree, L. Wright-Morton, and L. H. Ziska. 2013. Climate change and agriculture in the United States: effects and adaptation. USDA Technical Bulletin 1935. Washington, DC. 186 pages.

Zobeck, T.M., M. Baddock, R.S. Van Pelt, J. Tatarko, V. Acosta-Martinez. 2013. Soil property effects on wind erosion of organic soils. Aeolian Research. 10:43-51.

2012

Augustine, D. J., and J. D. Derner. 2012. Disturbance regimes and mountain plover habitat in shortgrass steppe: large herbivore grazing does not substitute for prairie dog grazing or fire.The Journal of Wildlife Management 76:721-728.

Augustine, D. J., D. T. Booth, S. E. Cox, and J. D. Derner. 2012. Grazing intensity and spatial heterogeneity in bare soil in a grazing-resistant grassland. Rangeland Ecology & Management 65:39-46.

Bradley, B. A., D. M. Blumenthal, R. Early, E. D. Grosholz, J. J. Lawler, L. P. Miller, C. J. B. Sorte, C. M. D'Antonio, J. M Diez, J. S. Dukes, I. Ibanez, and J. D. Olden.  2012.  Global change, global trade, and the next wave of plant invasions.  Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment 10:20-28.

Carrillo, Y., F. A. Dijkstra, E. Pendall, J. A. Morgan,and D. M. Blumenthal. 2012. Controls over soil nitrogen pools in a semiarid grassland under elevated CO2 and warming. Ecosystems 15:761-774.

Derner, J. D., and V. L. Jin. 2012. Soil carbon dynamics and rangeland management. In: M.A. Liebig, A.F. Franzluebbers and R.F. Follett (eds.). Managing Agricultural Greenhouse Gases. Elsevier. pp. 79-92.

Derner, J. D., D. D. Briske, and H. W. Polley. 2012. Tiller organization within the tussock grass Schizachyrium scoparium: a field assessment of competition-cooperation tradeoffs.Botany 90:669-677.

Derner, J. D., D. J. Augustine, J. C. Ascough II, and L. R. Ahuja. 2012. Opportunities for increasing utility of models for rangeland management. Rangeland Ecology & Management 65:623-631.

Diez, J. M., C. M. D'Antonio, J. S. Dukes, E. D. Grosholz, J. D. Olden, C. J. B. Sorte, D. M. Blumenthal, B. A. Bradley, R. Early, I. Ibanez, S. Jones, J. Lawler, and L. P. Miller. 2012 Will extreme climatic events facilitate biological invasions?   Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment 10:249-257.  

Dijkstra, F. A., E. Pendall, J. A. Morgan, D. M. Blumenthal, Y. Carrillo, D. R. LeCain, R. F. Follett, and D. G. Williams. 2012. Climate change alters stoichiometry of phosphorus and nitrogen in a semiarid grassland. New Phytologist 196:807-815.

Dijkstra,F. A., D. J. Augustine, P. Brewer, and  J. C. von Fischer. 2012. Nitrogen cycling and water pulses in semiarid grasslands: are microbial and plant processes temporally asynchronous? Oecologia 170:799-808

Dunn, A. M., M. E. Torchin, M. J. Hatcher, P. M. Kotanen, D. M. Blumenthal, J. E. Byers, C. A. C. Coon, V. M. Frankel, R. D. Holt, R. A. Hufbauer, A. R. Kanarek, K. A. Schierenbeck, L. M. Wolfe, and S. E. Perkins. 2012.  Indirect effects of parasites in invasions.  Functional Ecology 26:1262-1274.

Fang, Q. X., Malone, R. W., Ma, L., Jaynes, D. B., Green, T. R., and Ahuja, L. R. 2012. Modeling controlled tile flow, N application rate, and weather effects on N loss to streams. Agriculture Water Management. 103:150-161.

Heilman, P., Malone, R. W., Ma, L., Hatfield, J. L., Ahuja, L. R., Boyle, K., and Kanwar, R. S. 2012. Getting the most from intensively monitored data for water quality decision support. Agriculture Systems. 106:69-71.

Heilman, P., R. S. Kanwar, R. W. Malone, L. Ma, J. L. Hatfield and K. Boyle. 2012. The Nashua agronomic, water quality, and economic dataset. Journal Soil Water Conservation. 67:502-512.

Islam, Adlul, Ahuja, L. R., Garcia, L. A. Ma, L., Saseendran, S. A. and Trout, T. J. 2012. Modelling the impact of climate change on corn yield using multi-model ensemble climate change scenarios. Agriculture Water Management 110:94-108.

Islam, Adlul, Ahuja, L. R., Garcia, L. A. Ma, L., Saseendran, S. A. 2012. Modelling effect of climate change and elevated CO2 on potential evapotranspiration demand using multi-model ensemble climate change scenarios. Trans. ASABE. 55:2135-2146.

Ko, J., Ahuja, L. R., Saseendran, S. A., Green, T. R., Ma, L., Nielsen, D. C., and Walthall, C. 2012. Climate change impacts on dryland cropping systems in the central Great Plains, USA. Climatic Change 111:445-472.

Li, Z., Ma, L., Flerchinger, G. N., Ahuja, L. R., Wang, H., and Li, Z. 2012. Simulation of over-winter soil water and soil temperature with SHAW and RZ-SHAW. Soil Science Society American Journal. 76:1548-1563.

Ma, L., Ahuja, L. R., B. T. Nolan, Malone, R. W., Trout, T. J., and Qi, Z. 2012. Root Zone Water Quality Model (RZWQM2): Model use, calibration and validation. Trans. ASABE. 55:1425-1446.

Ma, L., Flerchinger, G. N., Ahuja, L. R., Sauer, T., Prueger, J. H., Malone, R. W., and Hatfield, J. L. 2012. Simulation of the surface energy balances in a soybean canopy using SHAW and RZ-SHAW. Trans. ASABE. 55:175-179.

Ma, L., Trout, T. J., Ahuja, L. R., Bausch, W., Saseendran, S. A., Malone, R. W., and Nielsen, D. C. 2012. Calibrating RZWQM2 model for maize responses to deficit irrigation. Agriculture Water Management 103:140-149.

Nielsen, D. C., Saseendran, S. A., Ma, L., and Ahuja, L. R., 2012. Simulating the production potential of dryland spring canola in the central Great Plains. Agronomy Journal. 104:1182-1188.

Nolan, B. T., Malone, R. W., Gronberg, J. A., Thorp, K. R. and Ma, L. 2012. Verifiable metamodels for predicting N and water fluxes in the Corn Belt, USA. ES&T. 46:901-908.

Pearse, I. S., L. M. Porensky, L. H. Yang, M. L. Stanton, R. Karban, L. Bhattacharyya, R. Cox, K. Dove, A. Higgins, C. Kamoroff, T. Kirk, C. Knight, R. Koch, C. Parker, H. Rollins, and K. Tanner. 2012. Complex consequences of herbivory and interplant cues in three annual plants. PLoS ONE 7: e38105.

Porensky, L. M., and K. E. Veblen. 2012. Grasses and browsers reinforce landscape heterogeneity by excluding trees from ecosystem hotspots. Oecologia 168:749-759.

Porensky, L. M., K. J. Vaughn, and T. P. Young. 2012. Can initial intraspecific spatial aggregation increase multi-year coexistence by creating temporal priority? Ecological Applications 22:927-936.

Qi, Z., Ma, L., Helmers, M. J., Ahuja, L. R., and Malone, R. W. 2012. Simulating NO3-N concentration in tile drainage at various nitrogen application rates using RZWQM2. J. Environmental Quality. 41:289-295.

Qi, Z., P. N. S. Bartling, L. R. Ahuja, J. D. Derner, G. H. Dunn, and L. Ma.  2012.  Development and evaluation of the carbon-nitrogen cycle module for the GPFARM-Range modelComputers and Electronics in Agriculture 83:1-10.

Riginos, C., L. M. Porensky, K. E. Veblen, W. O. Odadi, R. L. Sensenig, D. Kimuyu, F. Keesing, M. L. Wilkerson, and T. P. Young. 2012. Lessons on the relationship between pastoralism and biodiversity from the Kenya Long-term Exclosure Experiment (KLEE).  Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 2:10.

Sidle, J. G., D. J. Augustine, D. H. Johnson, S. D. Miller, J. F. Cully, Jr., and R. P. Reading. 2012. Aerial surveys adjusted by ground surveys to estimate area occupied by black-tailed prairie dog colonies.  Wildlife Society Bulletin 36:248-256

2011

Adiku, S. G. K., L. R. Ahuja, G. H. Dunn, J. D. Derner, A. A. Andales, L. Garcia, and P. N. S. Bartling. 2011. Parameterization of the GPFARM-Range model for simulating rangeland productivity. In: L. R. Ahuja and L. Ma (eds.). Methods of Introducing System Models into Agricultural Research. American Society of Agronomy, Inc., Crop Science Society of America, Inc., and Soil Science Society of America, Inc. Madison, WI. pp. 209-228.

Augustine, D. J. 2011. Habitat selection by mountain plovers in shortgrass steppe. Journal of Wildlife Management 75:297-304.

Augustine, D. J., F. A. Dijkstra, E. W. Hamilton III, and J. A. Morgan. 2011. Rhizosphere interactions, carbon allocation, and nitrogen acquisition of two perennial North American grasses in response to defoliation and elevated atmospheric CO2. Oecologia 165:755-770.

Augustine, D. J., K. E. Veblen, J. R. Goheen, C. Riginos, and T. P. Young. 2011. Pathways for positive cattle-wildlife interactions in semiarid rangelands. In: N. Georgiadis (editor). Conserving Wildlife in African Landscapes: Kenya's Ewaso Ecosystem. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, Washington D. C. pp 55-71.

Blumenthal, D. M., A. P. Norton, S. E. Cox, E. M. Hardy, G. E. Liston, L. Kennaway, D. T. Booth, and J. D. Derner. 2011. Linaria dalmatica invades south-facing slopes and less grazed areas in grazing-tolerant mixed-grass prairie. Biological Invasions doi: 10.1007/s10530-011-0085-9.

Briske, D. D., J. D. Derner, D. G. Milchunas, and K. W. Tate. 2011. An evidence-based assessment of prescribed grazing practices. In: D.D. Briske (ed.). Conservation Benefits of Rangeland Practices: Assessment, Recommendations, and Knowledge Gaps. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. pp. 21-74.

Briske, D. D., N. F. Sayre, L. Huntsinger, M. Fernandez-Gimenez, B. Budd, and J. D. Derner. 2011. Origin, persistence, and resolution of the rotational grazing debate: Integrating human dimensions into rangeland research.Rangeland Ecology & Management 64:325-334.

Derner, J. D., K. R. Hickman, and H. W. Polley. 2011. Decreasing precipitation variability does not elicit major aboveground biomass or plant diversity responses in a mesic rangeland.Rangeland Ecology & Management 64:352-357.

Follett, R. F., S. Mooney, J. A. Morgan, K. Paustian, L. H. Allen, Jr., S. Archibeque, S. J. Del Grosso, J. D. Derner, et al. 2011.  Carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas fluxes in agriculture: Challenges and opportunities. Task Force Report No. 142, 106 pp, Council for Agricultural Science and Technology Ames, Iowa, USA.

Knight, K. B., T. P. Toombs, and J. D. Derner. 2011. Cross-fencing on private US rangelands: financial costs and producer risks. Rangelands 33(2):41-44.

Porensky, L. M. 2011. When edges meet: interacting edge effects in an African savanna.Journal of Ecology 99:923-934.

Porensky, L. M., C. Riginos, J. Balachowski, and Jayne Belnap. 2011. Guide to Boma Monitoring. 

Singer, J., Malone, R. W., Jaynes, D. B., and Ma, L. 2011. Cover crop effects on nitrogen load in tile drainage from Walnut Creek Iowa using RZWQM. Agriculture Water Management. 98:1622-1628.

Spangler, L., G. F. Vance, G. E. Schuman, and J. D. Derner. 2011. Rangeland sequestration potential assessment-final report. Big Sky Carbon Sequestration Partnership, U.S. Department of Energy.

Steinberg, P.D., M.T. Brett, J.S. Bechtold, J.E. Richey, L.M. Porensky, and S.N. Osborne. 2011. The influence of watershed characteristics on nitrogen export to Hood Canal, Washington, USA. Biogeochemistry 106:415-433.

2010

Ahuja, L. R., Ma, L., and Green, T. R. 2010. Effective soil properties of heterogeneous areas for modeling infiltration and redistribution. Soil Science Society American Journal. 74:1469-1482.

Anderson, L. J., J. D. Derner, H. W. Polley, W. S. Gordon, D. M. Eissenstat, and R. B. Jackson. 2010. Root responses along a subambient to elevated CO2 gradient in a C3-C4 grassland. Global Change Biology 16:454-468.

Augustine, D. J. 2010. Spatial versus temporal variation in precipitation in a semiarid ecosystem. Landscape Ecology 25:913-925.

Augustine, D. J.  2010.  Response of native ungulates to drought in semi-arid Kenyan rangeland.  African Journal of Ecology 48:1009-1020

Augustine, D. J., J. D. Derner, and D. G. Milchunas. 2010. Prescribed fire, grazing, and herbaceous plant production in shortgrass steppe.Rangeland Ecology & Management 63:317-323

Blumenthal D. M., A. P. Norton, and T. R. Seastedt. 2010. Restoring competitors and natural enemies for long-term control of plant invaders. Rangelands 32:16-20.

Borchgrevink, M. B., J. D. Derner, T. R. Weston, R. A. Olson, G. E. Schuman, and B. W. Hess. 2010. Small mammal and plant community responses to mechanical disturbance and rest in Wyoming Big Sagebrush grassland. Arid Land Research and Management 24:57-67.

Bradley B. A., D. M. Blumenthal, D. S. Wilcove, and L. H. Ziska. 2010. Predicting plant invasion in an era of global change.  Trends in Ecology and Evolution 25:310-318.

Derner, J. D. and R. H. Hart. 2010. Livestock responses to complementary forages in shortgrass steppe.Great Plains Research 20:223-28.

Diaz, E.N., Tatarko, J., Jazcilevich, A.D., Garcia, A.R., Caetano, E., and Ruiz-Suarez, L.G. 2010. A modeling study of Aeolian erosion enhanced by surface wind confluences over Mexico City. Aeolian Research 2:143-157.

Dijkstra, F. A., D. Blumenthal, J. A. Morgan, D. R. LeCain, and R. F. Follett.2010. Elevated CO2 effects on semi-arid grassland plants in relation to water availability and competition. Functional Ecology 24:1152-1161.

Dijkstra, F. A., D. Blumenthal, J. A. Morgan, E. Pendall, Y. Carrillo, and R.F. Follett. 2010. Contrasting effects of elevated CO2 and warming on nitrogen cycling in a semiarid grassland.New Phytologist 187:426-437.

Dijkstra, F. A., J. A. Morgan, D. Blumenthal, and R. F. Follett. 2010. Water limitation and plant inter-specific competition reduce rhizosphere-induced C decomposition and plant N uptake.Soil Biology and Biochemistry 42:1073-1082.

Dumanski, J., R. L. Desjardins, R. Lal, and M. Rosegrant (with boxes contributed by P. L. De Freitas, J. N. Landers, P. Gerber, H. Steinfeld, L. Verchot, G. E. Schuman, and J. D. Derner). 2010. Supporting evidence for greenhouse gas mitigation in agriculture. In: K. Stigter (ed.) Applied Agrometeorology. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 989-996.

Dumanski, J., R. L. Desjardins, R. Lal, P. L. De Freitas, P. Gerber, H. Steinfeld, L. Verchot, G. E. Schuman, J. D. Derner, and M. Rosegrant. 2010. Global potentials for greenhouse gas mitigation in agriculture. In: K. Stigter (ed.) Applied Agrometeorology. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 977-982.

Dumanski, J., R. L. Desjardins, R. Lal, P. L. De Freitas, P. Gerber, H. Steinfeld, L. Verchot, G. E. Schuman, J. D. Derner, and M. Rosegrant. 2010. Strategies and economies for greenhouse gas mitigation in agriculture. In: K. Stigter (ed.) Applied Agrometeorology. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 983-988.

Fang, Q. Ma, L., Green, T. R., Yu, Q., Wang, T. D., and Ahuja, L. R.. 2010. Water resources and agricultural water use in the North China Plain: current status and management options. Agricultural Water Management. 97:1102-1116.

Fang, Q. X., Green, T. R., Ma, L., Malone, R. W., Erskine, R. H., and Ahuja, L. R 2010. Optimizing soil hydraulic parameters in RZWQM2 using automated calibration methods. Soil Science Society America Journal. 74:1897-1913.

Fang, Q., Ma, L., Yu, Q., Ahuja, L. R., Malone, R. W., and Hoogenboom, G.. 2010. Irrigation strategies to improve the water use efficiency of wheat-maize double cropping systems in North China Plain. Agricultural Water Management. 97:1165-1174.

Ko, J., Ahuja, L. R., Kimball, B., Saseendran, S. A., Ma, L., Green, T. R., Wall, G., and Pinter, P. 2010. Simulation of climate change impacts on wheat-fallow cropping systems. Agriculture and Forest Meteorology. 150:1331-1346.

Li, L., Nielsen, D. C., Yu, Q., Ma, L., and Ahuja, L. R., 2010. Seasonal variations of CWSI and its correlation with soil moisture, CO2 flux, and canopy water use efficiency in the North China Plain. Agriculture Water Management. 97:1145-1155.

Malone, R. W., Jaynes, D. B., Ma, L., Nolan, B. T., Meek, D., Karlen, D. 2010. Soil test N recommendation augmented with PEST-optimized RZWQM simulations. Journal Environmental Quality. 39:1711-1723.

Mitchell, C. E., D. Blumenthal, V. Jarosik, E. E. Puckett, and P. Pysek.  2010.  Controls on pathogen species richness in plants introduced and native ranges: roles of residence time, range size and host traitsEcology Letters Online Early 13:1525-1535.

Morgan, J. A., R. F. Follett, L. H. Allen, Jr., S. D. Grosso, J. D. Derner, F. Dijkstra, A. Franzluebbers, R. Fry, K. Paustian, and M. M. Schoeneberger. 2010.  Carbon sequestration in agricultural lands of the United StatesJournal of Soil and Water Conservation 65:6A-13A.  doi:10.2489/jswc.65.1.6A

Nolan, B. T., Puckett, L. J., Ma, L., Green, C. T., Bayless, E. R., and Malone, R. W., 2010. Predicting unsaturated zone nitrogen mass balances in diverse agricultural settings of the United States. Journal Environmental Quality. 39:1051-1065.

Perry, L. G., D. Blumenthal, T. A. Monaco, M. W. Paschke, and E. F. Redente.  2010.  Immobilizing nitrogen to control plant invasion.  Oecologia 163:13-24.

Saseendran S. A., Nielsen, D. C., Ma, L., Ahuja, L. R., and Vigil, M. F. 2010. Simulating alternative dryland rotational cropping systems in the central Great Plains with RZWQM2. Agronomy Journal. 102:1521-1534.

Saseendran S. A., Nielsen, D. C., Ma, L., and Ahuja, L. R. 2010. Adapting CROPGRO for simulating spring canola growth with both RZWQM2 and DSSAT4.0. Agronomy. J. 102:1606-1621.

Smart, A. J., J. D. Derner, J. R. Hendrickson, R. L. Gillen, B. H. Dunn, E. M. Mousel, P. S. Johnson, R. N. Gates, K. K. Sedive, K. R. Harmoney, J. D. Volesky, and K. C. Olson. 2010. Effects of grazing pressure on efficiency of grazing on North American Great Plains rangelands.Rangeland Ecology Management 63:397-406.

Toombs, T. P., J. D. Derner, D. J. Augustine, B. Krueger, and S. Gallagher. 2010. Managing for biodiversity and livestock -A scale-dependent approach for promoting vegetation heterogeneity in western Great Plains grasslands.Rangelands 32:10-15.

Vaughn, K., L. Porensky, M. Wilkerson, J. Balachowski, E. Peffer, C. Riginos, and T. Young. 2010. Restoration Ecology. Nature Education Knowledge 1:51.

2009

Augustine, D. J., and D. G. Milchunas. 2009. Vegetation responses to prescribed burning of grazed shortgrass steppe. Rangeland Ecology & Management 62:89-97.

Blumenthal, D.  2009. Carbon addition interacts with water availability to reduce invasive forb establishment in a semi-arid grassland. Biological Invasions 11:1281-1290.

Blumenthal, D., and D. Augustine. 2009. Plant interactions with herbivores. In: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE SCIENCES. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester http://www.els.net/ [Doi:10.1002/9780470015902.a0003203.pub2]

Blumenthal, D., C. E. Mitchell, P. Pysek, and V. Jarosik.  2009.  Synergy between resource availability and pathogen release in plant invasion.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106:7899-7904.

Derner, J. D. and A. J. Whitman. 2009. Plant interspaces resulting from contrasting grazing management in northern mixed-grass prairie: Implications for ecosystem function. Rangeland Ecology & Management 62:83-88.

Derner, J. D., D. J. Augustine and B. Lauenroth. 2009. Conservation Grazing Management. Cow Country, Winter 139:10-11.

Derner, J. D.,  W. K. Lauenroth, P. Stapp and D.J. Augustine. 2009.  Livestock as ecosystem engineers for grassland bird habitat in the western Great Plains of North America. Rangeland Ecology & Management 62:111-118.

Drolet, B. S.,  M. A. Stuart, and J. D. Derner. 2009. Infection of Melanoplus sanguinipes grasshoppers following ingestion of rangeland plant species harboring vesicular stomatitis virus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75:3029-3033.

Ma, L., Hoogenboom, G., Saseendran, S. A., Bartling, P. N. S., Ahuja, L. R., Green, T. R. 2009. Effects of estimating soil hydraulic properties and root growth factor on soil water balance and crop production. Agronomy Journal. 101:572-583.

Malone, R. W., Meek, D. W., Hatfield, J. L., Jaquis, R. J., and Ma, L. 2009. Quasi-biennial corn yield cycles. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 149:1087-1094.

Riginos, C, J. B. Grace, D. J. Augustine, and T.P. Young.  2009.  Local versus landscape-scale effects of savanna trees on grasses.  Journal of Ecology 97:1337-1345. 

Saseendran, S. A., Nielsen, D. C., Lyon, D, Ma, L., Felter, D. G., Baltensperger, D. D., Hoogenboom, G., and Ahuja, L. R. 2009. Modeling responses of dryland spring triticale, proso millet, and foxtail millet to initial soil water in the High Plains. Field Crop Research. 113:48-63.

Scheintaub, M. R., J. D. Derner, E. F. Kelly, and A. K. Knapp. 2009. Response of the shortgrass steppe plant community to fire. Journal of Arid Environments 73:1136-1143

Schuman, G. E.,  L. J. Ingram, P. D. Stahl, J. D. Derner, G. F. Vance, and J. A. Morgan. 2009. Influence of management on soil organic carbon dynamics in northern mixed-grass rangeland. In: R. Lal and R.F. Follett (eds.). Soil carbon sequestration and the greenhouse effect. Soil Science Society of America, Special Publication 57, second edition, Madison, WI. pp. 169-180.

Sophocleous, M., Townsend, M. A., Vocasek, F., Ma, L., and Ashok, K. C. 2009. Soil nitrogen balance under wastewater management: field measurements and simulation results. Journal Environmental Quality. 38:1286-1301.

Thorp, K.R., Youssef, M.A., Jaynes, D.B., Malone, R.W., and Ma, L. 2009. DRAINMOD-N II: Evaluated for an agricultural system in Iowa and compared to RZWQM-DSSAT. Trans. ASABE. 52:1557-1573.

Wilby, A., C. Mitchell, D. Blumenthal, P. Daszak, M.L. Deprez-Loustau, C.S. Friedman, P. Jutro, A. Mazumder, A.H. Prieur-Richard, M.B. Thomas, and C. Mitchell.  2009.  Biodiversity, food provision and human health.  In: O. Sala, L. Meyerson, and C. Parmesan, eds., Biodiversity Change and Human Health: From Ecosystem Services to Spread of Disease.  Island Press, Washington D.C.

2008

Augustine, D. J., M. R. Matchett, T. B. Toombs, J. F. Cully, T. L. Johnson, and J. G. Sidle. 2008.  Spatiotemporal dynamics of black-tailed prairie dog colonies affected by plague.  Landscape Ecology 23:255-267.

Augustine, D. J., S. J. Dinsmore, M. B. Wunder, V. J. Dreitz, and F. L. Knopf.  2008.  Response of mountain plovers to plague-driven dynamics of black-tailed prairie dog colonies.  Landscape Ecology 23:689-697.  

Blumenthal, D, R. A. Chimner, J. M. Welker, and J. A. Morgan. 2008. Increased snow facilitates plant invasion in mixedgrass prairie.New Phytologist 179: 440-448.

Briske, D. D., J. D.Derner, J. R. Brown, S. D. Fuhlendorf, W. R. Teague, K. M. Havstad,  R. L. Gillen, A. J. Ash, and W. D.Willms,  2008. Rotational grazing on rangelands: Reconciliation of perception and experimental evidence.Rangeland Ecology & Management 61:3-17.

Burke, I. C., W. K. Lauenroth, M. F. Antolin, J. D.Derner, D. G. Milchunas, J. A. Morgan, P. Stapp . 2008. The future of the shortgrass steppe. In:  W. K. Lauenroth and I. C. Burke (eds.). Ecology of the shortgrass steppe: A long?term perspective. Oxford University Press, pp. 484?510.

Derner, J. D., R. H. Hart, M. A. Smith, and J. W. Waggoner Jr. 2008. Long-term cattle gain responses to stocking rate and grazing systems in northern mixed-grass prairie.Livestock Science 117:60-69.

Derner, J. D.,  B.W. Hess, R.A. Olson, and  G.E. Schuman.  2008. Functional group and species responses to precipitation in three semi-arid rangeland ecosystems.Arid Lands Research & Management 22:81-92.

Fang, Q., Ma, L., Yu, Q., Malone, R. W., Saseendran, S. A., and Ahuja, L. R. 2008. Modeling nitrogen and water management effects in a wheat-maize double-cropping system. Journal Environmental Quality. 37:2232-2242.

Hardy, E. M., and D. Blumenthal.  2008.  An efficient and inexpensive system for greenhouse pot rotation. Horticultural Science 43:965-966.

Hart, R. H.,  J. D.Derner. 2008. Cattle grazing on the shortgrass steppe. In: W. K. Lauenroth and I. C.Burke (eds.). Ecology of the shortgrass steppe: A long?term perspective. Oxford University Press. pp.447?458.

Ingram, L. J., P. D. Stahl, G. E. Schuman, J. S. Buyer, G. F. Vance, G. K. Ganjegunte, J. M. Welker, and Derner, J. D. 2008. Grazing impacts on soil carbon and microbial communities in a mixed-grass ecosystemSoil Science Society of America Journal 72:939-948.

Li, L. Malone, R. W., Ma, L., Kaspar, T. C., Jaynes, D. B., Saseendran, S. A., Yu, Q., and Ahuja, L. R. 2008. Winter cover crop effects on nitrate leaching in subsurface drainage as simulated by RZWQM-DSSAT. Trans. ASABE 51(5):1575-1583.

Ma, L., Malone, R. W., Jaynes, D. B., Thorp, K., and Ahuja, L. R. 2008. Simulated effects of nitrogen management and soil microbes on soil nitrogen balance and crop production. Soil Science Society America Journal. 72:1594-1603.

McGeoch, L., I. Gordon, and J. Schmitt. 2008. Impacts of land use, anthropogenic disturbance, and harvesting on an African medicinal liana. Biological Conservation 141:2218-2229.

Morgan, J. A., J. D. Derner, D. G. Milchunas, and E. Pendall. 2008. Management implications of global change for Great Plains rangelands.Rangelands 30:18-22.

Norton, U., A. R. Mosier, J. A. Morgan, J.D. Derner, L.J. Ingram, and P.D. Stahl. 2008. Moisture pulses, trace gas emissions and soil C and N in cheatgrass and native grass-dominated sagebrush-steppe in Wyoming, USA. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 40:1421-1431.

Saseendran, S. A., Ahuja, L. R., Nielsen, D. C., Trout, T., and Ma, L,. 2008. Use of crop simulation models to evaluate limited irrigation management options for corn in a semiarid environment. Water Resources Reseach. 44, W00E02, doi:10.1029/2007WR006181.

Thompson,C. M., D. J. Augustine, and D. M. Mayers. 2008. Swift fox response to prescribed fire in shortgrass steppe. Western North American Naturalist 68:251-256

Weston, T. R., J. D. Derner, C. M. Murrieta, D. C. Rule, and B. W. Hess. 2008. Comparison of catalysts for direct transesterification of fatty acids in freeze-dried forage samples. Crop Science 48:1636-1641.

2007

Ahuja, L. R., Andales, A. A., Ma, L., and Saseendran, S. A., 2007. Whole system integration and modeling essential to agricultural science and technology for the 21st century. Journal Crop Improvement. 19:73-103.

Ahuja, L. R., Kozak, J. A., Andales, A. A., Ma, L. 2007. Scaling parameters of the Lewis-Kostiakov ponded-water infiltration equation across soil texture classes. Trans. ASABE. 50:1525-1541.

Augustine, D. J., J. F. Cully, and T. L. Johnson. 2007.  Influence of fire on black-tailed prairie dog colony expansion in shortgrass steppe.  Rangeland Ecology & Management 60:538-542.

Blumenthal, D., and R. A. Hufbauer. 2007. Increased plant size in exotic populations: a common garden test with 14 invasive species.   Ecology 88:2758-2768.

Blumenthal, D., T. Booth, S. Cox, and C. Ferrier. 2007. Large-scale aerial images capture details of invasive plant populations.  Rangeland Ecology & Management 60:523-528

Cameira, M. R., Fernando, R. M., Ahuja, L. R., and Ma, L. 2007. Using RZWQM to simulate the fate of nitrogen in field soil – crop environment in the Mediterranean region. Agricultural Water Management. 90:121-136.

Derner, J. D. and G. E. Schuman. 2007. Carbon sequestration and rangelands: a synthesis of land management and precipitation effects. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 62:77-85. 

Derner, J. D. and R. H. Hart,  2007. Livestock and vegetation responses to rotational grazing in short-grass steppe.Western North American Naturalist 67:359-367.

Derner, J. D. and R. H. Hart.  2007. Grazing-induced modifications to peak standing crop in northern mixed-grass prairie.Rangeland Ecology & Management 60:270-276. 

Hickman, K. R. and J. D.Derner. 2007. Blackland tallgrass prairie vegetation dynamics following cessation of herbicide application. Rangeland Ecology & Management 60:186-190.

Kozak, J. A., Aiken, R., Flerchinger, G. N., Nielsen, D. C., Ma, L., and Ahuja, L. R. 2007. Quantifying residue architecture effects on soil temperature and water. Soil & Tillage Research. 95:84-96.

Kozak, J., Ahuja, L. R., Green, T. R. and Ma, L. 2007. Modeling crop canopy and residue rainfall interception effects on soil hydrological components for semi-arid agriculture. Hydrological Processes. 21:229-241.

Ma, L. Malone, R. W., Heilman, P., Jaynes, D., Ahuja, L. R., Saseendran, S. A., Kanwar, R. S., and Ascough II, J. C. 2007. RZWQM simulated effects of crop rotation, tillage, and controlled drainage on crop production and nitrate-N loss in drain flow. Geoderma, 140:260-271.

Ma, L., Ahuja, L. R., and Malone, R. W., 2007.Systems modeling for soil and water research and management: current status and further needs in the 21st century. Trans. ASABE. 50:1705-1713.

Ma, L., Malone, R. W., Heilman, P., Ahuja, L. R., Meade, T., Saseendran, S. A., Ascough II, J. C., and Kanwar, R. S. 2007. Sensitivity of tile drainage flow and crop yield on measured and calibrated soil hydraulic properties. Geoderma.140:284-296.

Ma, L., Malone, R. W., Heilman, P., Karlen, D. L., Kanwar, R. S., Cambardella, C. A., Saseendran, S. A., and Ahuja, L. R. 2007. RZWQM simulation of long-term crop production, water and nitrogen balances in Northeast Iowa. Geoderma, 140:247-259.

Malone, R. W., Huth, N., Carberry, P. S., Ma, L., Kaspar, T., Karlen, D. L., Meade, T., Kanwar, R. S., and Heilman, P., 2007. Evaluating and predicting agricultural management effects under tile drainage using modified APSIM. Geoderma. 140:310-322.

Malone, R. W., Ma, L., Heilman, P., Karlen, D. L., Kanwar, R. S. and Hatfield, J. L. 2007. Simulated nitrogen management effects on corn yield and N loss in tile flow. Geoderma, 140:272-283.

Malone, R. W., Ma, L., Karlen, D. L., Meade, T., Meek, D., Heilman, P., Kanwar, R. S., Hatfield, J. L. 2007. Empirical analysis and prediction of nitrate loading and crop yield for corn-soybean rotations. Geoderma. 140:223-234.

Polley, H. W., B. J. Wilsey, and J. D.Derner. 2007. Dominant species constrain effects of species diversity on temporal variability in biomass production of tallgrass prairie.Oikos 116:2044-2052.

Sabbagh, G. J., Fox, G. A., Ma, L., Malone, R. W., Arthur, E. L., and Dyer, D. G. 2007. Modeling pesticide fate and nonideal transport from seeds treated with a slow-release pesticide in a laboratory soil column. Trans. ASABE. 50:523-532.

Saseendran, S. A., Ma, L., Malone, R. W., Heilman, P., Ahuja, L. R., Kanwar, R. S., Karlen, D. L., Hoogenboom, G., 2007. Simulating management effects on crop production, tile drainage, and water quality using RZWQM-DSSAT. Geoderma, 140:297-309.

Tatarko, J. and N.A. Stefonick. 2007. Wind erodibility of biosolids - amended soils: A Status Report. Water Environment Federation. 12(5):12-15.

Young, T. P., and D. J. Augustine. 2007. Interspecific variation in the reproductive response of acacia species to protection from large mammalian herbivores. Biotropica 39:559-561

Yu, Q., Flerchinger, G. N., Xu, S., Kozak, J., Ma, L., and Ahuja, L. R., 2007. Energy balance simulation of a wheat canopy using RZ-SHAW Model. Trans. ASABE. 50:1507-1516.

Ziska, L., and D. Blumenthal.  2007. Empirical Selection of Cultivated Oat in Response to Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide.  Crop Science 47:1547-1552.

Ziska, L., and D. Blumenthal.  2007.  Empirical selection of cultivated oat in response to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide?  Crop Science 47:1547-1552.

2006

Ahuja, L. R., Ma, L., and Timlin, D. J. 2006. Trans-disciplinary soil physics research critical to synthesis and modeling of agricultural systems. Soil Science Society America Journal. 70:311-326.

Andales, A. A., J. D. Derner,  L. R. Ahuja, and R. H. Hart. 2006. Strategic and tactical prediction of forage production in northern mixed-grass prairie. Rangeland Ecology & Management 59:576-584.

Augustine, D. J., and S. J. McNaughton.  2006.  Interactive effects of large herbivores, soil fertility and variable rainfall on ecosystem processes in a semi-arid savanna.  Ecosystems  9:1242-1256.

Blumenthal, D, U. Norton, J. D. Derner, and J. D. Reeder.  2006.  Long-term effects of tebuthiuron on Bromus tectorum. Western North American Naturalist 66:420-425.

Blumenthal, D.  2006.  Interactions between resource availability and enemy release in plant invasion.  Ecology Letters 9:887-895.

Derner, J. D., J. K. Detling, and  M. F. Antolin. 2006.Are livestock gains affected by blacktailed prairie dogs?Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4:459-464.

Derner, J. D., T. W. Boutton, and  D. D. Briske.   2006. Grazing and ecosystem carbon storage in the North American Great Plains. Plant and Soil 280:77-90.

Hu, C., Saseendran S. A., Green, T. R., Ma, L., Li, X. and Ahuja, L. R. 2006. Evaluating nitrogen and water management in a double-cropping system using RZWQM. Vadose Zone Journal. 5:493-505.

Ma, L., Hoogenboom, G., Ahuja, L. R., Ascough II, J. C., and Anapalli, S. S. 2006. Evaluation of RZWQM-CERES-maize hybrid model for maize production. Agricultural Systems. 87:274-295.

Polley, H. W., B. J. Wilsey, J. D. Derner, H. B. Johnson, and J. Sanabria.  2006. Early-successional plants regulate grassland productivity and species composition: a removal experiment.Oikos 113:287-295. 

Potter, K. N., and J. D. Derner. 2006. Soil carbon pools in central Texas: prairies, restored grasslands and croplands.Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 61:124-128.

Weston, T. R., J. D.Derner, C. M. Murrieta, D. C. Rule, and B. W. Hess,  2006. Comparison of catalysts for direct transesterification of fatty acids in freeze-dried forage samples. Proc. Western Section, American Society of Animal Science 57:245-248.

Yu, Q., Saseendran, S. A., Ma, L. Flerchinger, G. N., T. R. Green, and Ahuja, L. R. 2006. Modeling a wheat-maize double cropping system in China using two plant growth modules with RZWQM. Agricultural Systems. 89:457-477.

2005

Andales, A. A., J. D. Derner, P. N. S. Bartling, L. R. Ahuja, G. H. Dunn, R. H. Hart, and J. D. Hanson.  2005.  Evaluation of GPFARM for simulation of forage production and cow-calf weights.  Rangeland Ecology and Management 58:247-255.   Derner, J. D. and R. H. Hart.  2005.  Heifer performance under two stocking rates on fourwing saltbush-dominated rangeland.Rangeland Ecology and Management 58:489-494.

Blumenthal, D. M., N. R. Jordan, and E. L. Svenson.  2005.  Effects of prairie restoration on weed invasions.  Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment 107:221-230.

Blumenthal, D.  2005.  Interrelated causes of plant invasion.  Science 310:243-244.

Derner, J. D., C. R. Tischler, H. W. Polley, and H. B. Johnson. 2005.  Seedling growth of two honey mesquite varieties under CO2 enrichment.  Rangeland Ecology & Management 58:292-298.  

Derner, J. D., G. E. Schuman, M. Jawson, S. R. Shafer, J. A. Morgan, H. W. Polley, G. B. Runion, S. A. Prior, H. A. Torbert, H. H. Rogers, J. Bunce, L. Ziska, J. W. White, A. J. Franzluebbers, J. D. Reeder, R. T. Venterea, and L. A. Harper. 2005  USDA-ARS global change research on rangelands and pasturelandsRangelands 27:36-42.

Lui, L.Y., E.L. Skidmore, E. Hasi, L. Wagner, and J. Tatarko. 2005. Dune sand transport as influenced by wind directions, speed and frequencies in the Ordos Plateau, China. Geomorphology. 67:283-297.

Mooney, S., G. F. Vance, J. D. Derner, and G. Schuman. 2005.  Committee participation furthers carbon sequestration research.  University of Wyoming, College of Agriculture, Reflections. 

Polley, H. W., J. D. Derner, and B. J. Wilsey.  2005.  Patterns of plants species diversity in remnant and restored tallgrass prairies.  Restoration Ecology 13:480-487.

Sankaran, M., N. P. Hanan, R.J . Scholes, J. Ratnam, and D.J. Augustine. 2005.  Determinants of woody cover in African savannas.  Nature 438:846-849.

van Donk, S. J., L.E. Wagner, E.L. Skidmore, and J. Tatarko. 2005. Comparison of the Weibull model with a wind speed distributions for stochastic wind generation. Trans. of the ASAE. 48(2):503-510.

Weston, T. R., R. A. Olson, V. Nayigihugu, S. L. Lake, J. D. Derner, G. E. Schuman, and B. W. Hess. 2005. Characteristics and potential nutritive value of sagebrush-grassland vegetation collected from sites continuously grazed, rested for one year and one year post-disturbance. Proceedings of the Western Section, American Society of Animal Science. 56:9-12. 

2004

Augustine, D. J. 2004. Influence of cattle management on habitat selection by impala on central Kenyan rangeland.  Journal of Wildlife Management 68:916-923.

Augustine, D. J., and S. J. McNaughton. 2004.  Regulation of shrub dynamics by native browsing ungulates on East African rangeland.  Journal of Applied Ecology 41:45-58. 

Augustine, D. J., and S. J. McNaughton. 2004.  Temporal asynchrony in soil nutrient dynamics and plant production in a semi-arid ecosystem.  Ecosystems 7:829-840.

Blank, R.R., and Derner, J.D. 2004. Effects of CO2 enrichment on plant-soil relationships of Lepidium latifolium. Plant and Soil 262:159-167.

Derner, J. D., and X. B. Wu.  2004. Spatial patterns of light gaps in mesic grasslands. Journal of Range Management 57:393-398.

Derner, J. D., C. R. Tischler, H. W. Polley, and H. B. Johnson. 2004. Intergenerational above-and belowground responses of spring wheat (Triticum aestivum) to elevated CO2.Basic & Applied Ecology 5:145-152.

Derner, J. D., H. W. Polley, H. B.  Johnson, and C. R. Tischler, . 2004. Structural attributes of Schizachyrium scoparium in restored Texas Blackland prairiesRestoration Ecology 12:80-84.

Sankaran, M. S., and D. J. Augustine. 2004.  Large herbivores suppress decomposer abundance in a semiarid grazing ecosystem.  Ecology 41:45-58. 

2003

Augustine, D. J. 2003.  Long-term, livestock-mediated redistribution of nitrogen and phosphorous in an East African savanna.  Journal of Applied Ecology 40:137-149.

Augustine, D. J.  2003.  Spatial heterogeneity in the herbaceous layer of a semi-arid    savanna ecosystem.Plant Ecology 167:319-332.

Augustine, D. J., and D. S. deCalesta.  2003.  Defining deer overabundance and threats to forest communities: from individual plants to landscape structure. Ecoscience 10: 472-486.

Augustine, D. J., S. J. McNaughton, and D. A. Frank.  2003.  Feedbacks between large herbivores and soil nutrients in a managed savanna ecosystem. Ecological Applications 13:1325-1337.

Blumenthal, D. M., N. R. Jordan, and E. L. Svenson.  2003.  Weed control as a rationale for restoration: the example of tallgrass prairie.  Conservation Ecology 7:1:6 [online]

Blumenthal, D. M., N. R. Jordan, and M. P. Russelle.  2003.  Soil carbon addition controls weeds and facilitates prairie restoration.  Ecological Applications 13:605-613.

Coen, G.M., J. Tatarko, T.C. Martin, K.R. Cannon, T.W. Goddard, and N.J. Sweetland. 2003. A method for using of WEPS to map wind erosion risk assessment of Albert soils. Environmental Modelling and Software. 19(2):185-189.

Derner, J. D., H. B. Johnson, B. A. Kimball, P. J. Pinter Jr., H. W. Polley, C. R. Tischler, T. W. Boutton, R. L. LaMorte, G. W. Wall, N. R. Adam, S. W. Leavitt, M. J. Ottman, A. D. Matthias, and T. J. Brooks. 2003. Above- and belowground responses of C3-C4 species mixtures to elevated CO2 and soil water availability. Global Change Biology 9:452-460.

Polley, H. W., B. J. Wilsey, and J. D.Derner. 2003. Do species evenness and plant diversity influence the magnitude of selection and complementarity effects in annual plant species mixtures?Ecology Letters 6:248-256.

Polley, H. W., H. B. Johnson, and  J. D. Derner. 2003. Increasing CO2 from subambient to superambient concentrations alters species composition and increases above-ground biomass in a C3/C4 grassland.New Phytologist 160:319-327. 2003.

2002

Polley, H. W., C. R. Tischler,  H. B. Johnson, and J. D. Derner. 2002. Growth rate and survivorship of drought: CO2 effects on the presumed tradeoff in seedlings of five woody legumes.Tree Physiology  22:383-391.

Polley, H. W.,  H. B. Johnson, and J. D.Derner. 2002. Soil- and plant-water dynamics in a C3/C4 grassland exposed to a subambient to superambient CO2 gradient.Global Change Biology 8:1118-1129.

Tatarko, J. 2001. Soil aggregation and wind erosion: processes and measurements. Annals of Arid Zone 40(3): 303-322.

2001

Augustine, D. J., and D. A. Frank.  2001.  Effects of migratory grazers on spatial heterogeneity of soil nitrogen properties in a grassland ecosystem.Ecology 82:3149-3162.

Blumenthal, D. M., and N. R. Jordan.  2001.  Weeds in field margins: a spatially explicit simulation analysis of Cirsium arvense population dynamics.Weed Science 49: 509-519.

Derner, J. D., H. W. Polley, H. B. Johnson, and C. R. Tischler. 2001.  Root system responses of C4 grass seedlings to CO2 and soil water.Plant and Soil 231:97-104.

Derner, J. D., and X. B  Wu. 2001. Light distribution in mesic grasslands: spatial patterns and temporal dynamics.Applied Vegetation Science 4:189-196.

Derner, J. D. and D. D Briske. 2001. Below-ground carbon and nitrogen accumulation in perennial grasses: A comparison of caespitose and rhizomatous growth forms.Plant and Soil 237:117-127.

2000

Blumenthal, D. M., and J. L. Jannink.  2000. A classification of collaborative management methods.Conservation Ecology 4:13.  [online].

1999

Derner, J. D., and D. D. Briske. 1999. Does a tradeoff exist between morphological and physiological root plasticity? A comparison of grass growth forms.Acta Oecologia 20:519-526. 

Derner, J. D., and D. D. Briske. 1999.  Intraclonal regulation in a perennial, caespitose grass: a field evaluation of above- and belowground resource availability.Journal of Ecology 87:737-747. 

1998

Augustine, D. J., and S. J. McNaughton.  1998.  Ungulate effects on the functional species composition of plant communities: herbivore selectivity and plant tolerance.  Journal of Wildlife Management  62:1165-1183.

Augustine, D. J., L. E. Frelich, and P. A. Jordan.  1998.  Evidence for two alternate stable states in an ungulate grazing system.  Ecological Applications 8:1260-1269.

Augustine, D. J., and P. A. Jordan.  1998.  Predictors of white-tailed deer grazing intensity in fragmented deciduous forests.  Journal of Wildlife Management 62:1076-1085.  

Augustine, D. J., and L. E. Frelich.  1998.  Effects of white-tailed deer on populations of an understory forb in fragmented deciduous forestsConservation Biology 12:995-1004

Derner, J. D., and D. D. Briske. 1998. An isotopic (15N) assessment of intraclonal regulation in C4, perennial grasses: ramet interdependence, independence or both?Journal of Ecology  86:305-314.  

Briske, D. D., and  J.D. Derner. 1998.  Clonal biology of caespitose grassesIn: Cheplick, G.P. (ed.) Population Biology of Grasses, CambridgeUniversity Press, Cambridge, UK.  pp.  106-136.

1997

Belsky, A. J., and D. M. Blumenthal.  1997.  Effects of livestock grazing on stand dynamics and soils in upland forests of the Interior West.  Conservation Biology 11:315-327.

Derner, J. D., D. D. Briske, and  T. W. Boutton. 1997. Does grazing mediate soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation beneath C4 perennial grasses along an environmental gradient?Plant and Soil 191:147-156. 

1996

1995

1994

Derner, J. D.,  R. L. Gillen, F. T. McCollum, and K. W. Tate. 1994. Little bluestem tiller defoliation patterns under continuous and rotational grazing. Journal of  Range Management 47:220-225. 

1993

1992

1991

1990

Skidmore, E.L. and J. Tatarko. 1990. Stochastic wind simulation for erosion modeling. Trans. Am. Soc. Agr. Engin. 33(6): 1893-1899.

1988

Lyles, L. and J. Tatarko. 1988. Soil wind erodibility index in seven north central states. Trans. Am. Soc. Agr. Engin. 31(5): 1396-1399.

1987

Lyles, L. and J. Tatarko. 1987. Precipitation effects on ridges created by grain drills. J. Soil and Water Conserv. 42(4): 269-271.

1985

Lyles, L. and J. Tatarko. 1985. Wind erosion affects soil texture and organic matter. J. Soil and Water Conserv. 41(3): 191-193.

1984

Lyles, L., J. Tatarko, and J.D. Dickerson. 1984. Windbreak effects on soil water and wheat yields. Trans. Am. Soc. Agr. Engin. 27(1): 69-72.

1982

Lyles, L. and J. Tatarko. 1982. Emergency tillage to control wind erosion: Influences on winter wheat yields. J. Soil and Water Conserv. 37(6): 344-347.