Supervisory Research Rangeland Management Specialist
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Dr. Justin D. Derner Rangeland Scientist CONTACT INFORMATION
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| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | ||
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B.S. |
Agricultural Sciences (Range Management) |
1991 |
| Oklahoma State University | ||
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M.S. |
Agronomy (Range Science) |
1993 |
| Texas A&M University | ||
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Ph. D. |
Rangeland Ecology and Management |
1996 |
Serves as Research Leader for the Rangeland Resources and Systems Research Unit with our “Adaptive grazing management and decision support to enhance ecosystem services in the western Great Plains” project in the ARS National Program 215 – Grass, Forage, and Rangeland Agroecosystems. Personal research objectives are to: (1) determine the potential for adaptive grazing management and the contributions of flexible stocking strategies, adjusted annually based on forecasts weather and forage availability, to the sustainable intensification of livestock production in semiarid rangelands, (2) determine the contribution of genetic variability (source population) in livestock, and its interaction with environmental variability and management strategies in livestock performance and the rumen microbiome, (3) quantify the influences of seasonal-, annual-, and decadal-scale precipitation amounts, variability, and patterns on forage and livestock production, and (4) provide land managers with information and decision tools needed to maintain profitability and environmental sustainability, and reduce risk to livestock operations in a changing climate. The research is expected to lead to novel and urgently needed effective sustainable management strategies for semiarid rangeland social-ecological systems in the face of increasing climatic variability and extremes. These strategies will encompass pioneering blending of precision environmental data with precision spatial and temporal livestock movement, integrating management-science partnerships, science-informed monitoring, and human dimensions and social science for outcome-based livestock grazing strategies in semiarid rangeland social-ecological systems.
PUBLICATIONS:
Augustine, D.J., Derner, J.D., Porensky, L.M., Hoover, D.L., Ritten, J.P., Kearney, S.P., Ma, L., Peck, D., Wilmer, H., and the CARM Stakeholder Group. 2024. The LTAR Grazing Land Common Experiment at the Central Plains Experimental Range: Collaborative adaptive rangeland management. Journal of Environmental Quality: 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20599
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
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
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
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
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/agg2.2035
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.282
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
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
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
Raynor, E.J., Derner, J.D., Porensky, L.M., Hoover, D.L., Augustine, D.J., Jablonski, K.E., Dwyer, A.M., and K.P. Davis. 2022. Grazing Management Practices for Grassland Bird Breeding Habitat in the Shortgrass Steppe. Colorado State University Extension Fact Sheet No. 1.636 Nature Resources Management.
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., D.J. Augustine, D.D. Briske, L.M. Porensky, J.D. Scasta, J.L. Beck 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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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: 1-15.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.112907.
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
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.
Porensky, L. M., D. J. Augustine, J. D. Derner, H. Wilmer, M. N. Lipke, M. E. Fernández-Giménez , D.D. Briske, the CARM Stakeholder Group. 2021 Collaborative adaptive rangeland management, multipaddock rotational grazing, and the story of the regrazed grass plant. Rangeland Ecology & Management 78: 127–141
Smart, A. J., K. Harmoney , J. D. Scasta, M.B. Stephenson, J. D. Volesky, L. T. Vermeire, J. C. Mosley, K. Sedivec, M. Meehan, T. Haigh, J. D. Derner, M. P. McClaran. 2021 Forum: Critical Decision Dates for Drought Management in Central and Northern Great Plains Rangelands. Rangeland Ecology & Management 78: 191e200
J. Smart, D. Redfearn, R. Mitchell, T. Wang, C. Zilverberg, P. J. Bauman, J.D. Derner, J Walker, C. Wright. 2021. Forum: Integration of Crop-Livestock Systems: An Opportunity to Protect Grasslands from Conversion to Cropland in the US Great Plains. Rangeland Ecology & Management 78 250e256
Raynor, E. J., J. D. Derner, K. J. Soder, D. J. Augustine. 2021. Noseband sensor validation and behavioural indicators for assessing beef cattle grazing on extensive pastures. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 242: 105402
Porensky, L. M., D. J. Augustine , J. D. Derner , H. Wilmer, M. N. Lipke , M. E. Fernández-Giménez , D. D. Briske , the CARM Stakeholder Group Collaborative Adaptive Rangeland Management. 2021. Multipaddock rotational grazing, and the story of the regrazed grass plant. Rangeland Ecology & Management 78: 127–141
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
Hoover, D. L., W. K. Lauenroth, D. G. Milchunas, L. M. Porensky, D. 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
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().
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 Journal, 42, 227–231 https://doi.org/10.1071/RJ20067
Reid RS, Fernández-Giménez ME, Wilmer H, Pickering T, Kassam K-AS, Yasin A, Porensky LM, Derner 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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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
Augustine, D. J., J. D. Derner, M. E. Fernández-Giménez, L. M. Porensky, H. 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; doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2020.07.005
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
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
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)
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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. Advances in Agronomy 158:173-216.
Scasta, J.D., T. Jorns, J.D. Derner, S. Lake, D.J. Augustine, J.L. Windh, T.L. Smith. 2019. Validation of DNA metabarcoding of fecal samples using cattle fed known rations. Animal Feed Science and Technology; doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2019.114219
Chen, M., W. J. Parton, M. D. Hartman, S. J. Del Grosso, W. K. Smith, A. K. Knapp, S. Lutz, J. D. Derner, C. J. Tucker, D. S. Ojima, J. D. Volesky, M. B. Stephenson, W. H. Schacht, and W. Gao. 2019. Assessing precipitation, evapotranspiration, and NDVI as controls of U.S. Great Plains plant production. Ecosphere 10(10): e02889. 10.1002/ecs2.2889; appendix 1; appendix 2; appendix 3; appendix 4.
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.
Gersie, S. P., D. J. Augustine, J. D. Derner. 2019. Cattle Grazing Distribution in Shortgrass Steppe: Influences of Topography and Saline Soils. Rangeland Ecology & Management 72:602–614.
Derner, J. D., D. J. Augustine & D. A. Frank. 2019. Does Grazing Matter for Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration in the Western North American Great Plains? Ecosystems 22: 1088–1094, DOI 10.1007/s10021-018-0324-3
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
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
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.
Wilmer, H.; Porensky, L.M.; Fernández-Giménez, M.E.; Derner, J.D.; Augustine, D.J.; Ritten, J.P.; Peck, D.P. Community-Engaged Research Builds a Nature-Culture of Hope on North American Great Plains Rangelands. Social Sciences, 8, 22; doi:10.3390/socsci8010022
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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. Rangelands. Rangelands 39:85—96 doi 10.1016/j.rala.2017.04.001
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
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
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.
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
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
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
Chen, M., W. J. Parton, S. J. Del Grosso, M. D. Hartman, K. A. Day, C. J. Tucker, J. D. Derner, A. K. Knapp, 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
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 Resilience. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0183.1,
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
Porensky, L. M., J. D. Derner, D.J. Augustine, and D. G. Michunas. 2017. Plant community composition after 75 yr of sustained grazing intensity treatments in shortgrass steppe. Rangeland Ecology & Management 70:456-464.
Hamilton, T.W., J. P. Ritten, C. T. Bastian, J. D. Derner, J. A. Tanaka. 2016. Economic impacts of increasing seasonal precipitation variation on southeast Wyoming cow-calf enterprises. Rangeland Ecology & Management 69:465–473
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
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.
Derner, J. D. and D. J. Augustine. 2016. Adaptive management for drought on rangelands. Rangelands 38:211-215.
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 38:159-161
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.
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
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.
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
Nichols, K. L. S. J. Del Grosso, J. D. Derner, R. F. Follett, S. L. Archibeque, C. E. Stewart, K. H. Paustian. 2016. Nitrous oxide and methane fluxes from cattle excrement on C3 pasture and C4-dominated shortgrass steppe. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 225:104-115
Roche, L. M., T. K. Schohr, J. D. Derner, M. N. Lubell, B. B. Cutts, E. Kachergis, V. T. Eviner, K. W. Tate. 2015. Sustaining working rangelands: insights from rancher decision making. Rangeland Ecology and Management, 68(5): 383-389. doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2015.07.006
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
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
Qi, Z., Morgan, J. A., McMaster, G. S., Ahuja, L. R., Derner, J. D. 2015. Simulating carbon dioxide effects on range plant growth and water use with GPFARM-Range model. Climatic Change 68(5):423-431.
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., 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 production in the northern great plains. Rangelands 37:119-124, doi: 10.1016/j.rala.2015.03.003
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
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
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
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
Derner, J. D., Crowder, J., Smith, M., Plechaty, T. 2015. Undergraduate range management exam: 1999-2014. Rangelands 37(1):26-38.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
Polley, H. W., Derner, J. D., Jackson, R., B., Wilsey, B. J., Fay, P. A. 2014. Impacts of climate change drivers on C4 grassland productivity: Scaling driver effects through the plant community. Journal of Experimental Biology 65(13):3415-3424.
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.
Briske, D. D., A. J. Ash, J. D. Derner, and L. Huntsinger, A. J. Ash. 2014. Commentary: A critical assessment of the policy endorsement for holistic management. Agricultural Systems 125:50-53.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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., D. G. Milchunas, and J. D. Derner. 2013. Spatial redistribution of nitrogen by cattle in semiarid rangeland. Rangeland Ecology & Management 66:56-62.
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.
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.
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.
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 model. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 83:1-10.
Toombs, T. P., Derner, J. D., Bracy-Knight, K. 2012. Response to Barnes et al. Letter to the Editor (reference to Bracy Knight et al. 2011 paper in rangelands). Rangelands 34(1):40-41.
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.
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 14:395-404.
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.
Bracey-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.
Derner, J. D. and R. H. Hart. 2010. Livestock responses to complementary forages in shortgrass steppe. Great Plains Research 20:223-28.
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.
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.
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.
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
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 States. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 65:6A-13A. doi:10.2489/jswc.65.1.6A
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.
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
Drolet, B. S., M. A. Stuart, and J. D. Derner. 2009. Infection of Melanoplus sanguinipes grasshoppers following ingestionof rangeland plant species harboring vesicular stomatitis virus. Applied and Enviromental Microbiology 75:3029-3033.
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.
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., 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.
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.
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.
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 ecosystem. Soil Science Society of America Journal 72:939-948.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hickman, K. R. and J. D.Derner. 2007. Blackland tallgrass prairie vegetation dynamics following cessation of herbicide application. Rangeland Ecology & Management 60:186-190.
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. Grazing-induced modifications to peak standing crop in northern mixed-grass prairie. Rangeland Ecology & Management 60:270-276.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Blumenthal, D. M., Norton, U., Derner, J. D., Reeder, J. D. Long-term effects of tebuthiuron on Bromus tectorum. Western North American Naturalist 66:420-425. 2006.
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 pasturelands. Rangelands 27:36-42.
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.
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.
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.
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., H. W. Polley, H. B. Johnson, and C. R. Tischler,. 2004. Structural attributes of Schizachyrium scoparium in restored Texas Blackland prairies. Restoration Ecology 12:80-84.
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.
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.
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., 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
