Research Project: Development of Ecological Strategies for Invasive Plant Management and Rehabilitation of Western Rangelands

Location: Great Basin Rangelands Research

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon will take you to the publication reprint.)

Managing Cheatgrass in Nevada: past and present - (Popular Publication)
Harmon, D.N., Clements, D.D. 2024. Managing Cheatgrass in Nevada: past and present. The Progressive Rancher. 24(6):24-26.

Cheatgrass control with herbicides to improve seeding success: renewed Interest on Rangelands - (Popular Publication)
Clements, D.D., Young, J.A., Harmon, D.N. 2024. Cheatgrass control with herbicides to improve seeding success: renewed Interest on Rangelands. The Progressive Rancher. 24(4):26-28.

Integrated cheatgrass control from herbicides to perennial restoration seeding - (Abstract Only)
Harmon, D.N., Clements, D.D. 2024. Integrated cheatgrass control from herbicides to perennial restoration seeding. Meeting Abstract. 24:4.

Cheatgrass control with herbicides to improve seeding success: the development years - (Popular Publication)
Clements, D.D., Young, J.A., Harmon, D.N. 2024. Cheatgrass control with herbicides to improve seeding success: the development years. The Progressive Rancher. 24(3):32-34.

Pre-adaptation of cheatgrass for the Great Basin - (Popular Publication)
Clements, D.D., Young, J.A., Harmon, D.N. 2023. Pre-adaptation of cheatgrass for the Great Basin. The Progressive Rancher. 23(8):24-26.

The Martin Fire: then and now - (Popular Publication)
Clements, D.D., Freese, M., Mcadoo, C., Harmon, D.N. 2023. The Martin Fire: then and now. The Progressive Rancher. 23(7):26-28.

Great Basin Rangelands Research Unit, USDA, Agricultural Research Service: Assessing the efficacy of integrated cheatgrass management tools - (Abstract Only)
Harmon, D.N., Clements, D.D. 2023. Great Basin Rangelands Research Unit, USDA, Agricultural Research Service: Assessing the efficacy of integrated cheatgrass management tools. Meeting Abstract. 23:3.

Cheatgrass, wildfire and stand renewal process - (Popular Publication)
Clements, D.D., Harmon, D.N. 2023. Cheatgrass, wildfire and stand renewal process. The Progressive Rancher. 23(2):22-24.

Cheatgrass management: past and current paradigms - (Abstract Only)
Harmon, D.N., Clements, D.D. 2023. Cheatgrass management: past and current paradigms. Meeting Abstract. 23:3.

Perennial grass emergence following indaziflam and imazapic applications on great basin rangelands - (Abstract Only)
Clements, D.D., Harmon, D.N., Quicke, H. 2023. Perennial grass emergence following indaziflam and imazapic applications on great basin rangelands. Society for Range Management. 76:37.

Plant-soil relationships: long-term monitoring of soil nitrogen and moisture after cheatgrass chemical control - (Abstract Only)
Harmon, D.N., Clements, D.D. 2023. Plant-soil relationships: long-term monitoring of soil nitrogen and moisture after cheatgrass chemical control. Society of Range Management. 76:65.

Indaziflam and imazapic comparisons for reducing annual grass fuels in forage kochia (bassia prostrata) green strips. - (Abstract Only)
Harmon, D.N., Clements, D.D. 2023. Indaziflam and imazapic comparisons for reducing annual grass fuels in forage kochia (bassia prostrata) green strips. Society of Range Management. 76:64.

Performance of the pre-emergent herbicide indaziflam on cheatgrass rangelands - (Popular Publication)
Clements, D.D., Quicke, H., Harmon, D.N. 2022. Performance of the pre-emergent herbicide indaziflam on cheatgrass rangelands. The Progressive Rancher. 22(8):12-13.

A new Aculodes species (Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) described from an invasive weed by morphological, morphometric and DNA barcode analyses - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Vidovic, B., Andelkovic, N., Jojic, V., Cvrkovic, T., Petanovic, R., Marini, F., Cristofaro, M., Rector, B.G. 2022. A new Aculodes species (Prostigmata: Eriophyidae) described from an invasive weed by morphological, morphometric and DNA barcode analyses. Insects. 13(10). Article 877. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13100877.

Do mites eat and run? A systematic review of feeding and dispersal strategies - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Alicja Laska and others, Do mites eat and run? A systematic review of feeding and dispersal strategies, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 198, Issue 2, June 2023, Pages 462–475, https://doiorg/101093/zoolinnean/zlac094

Challenges in rehabilitating extremely arid habitats; a case study: dry lake valley - (Popular Publication)
Clements, D.D., Harmon, D.N. 2022. Challenges in rehabilitating extremely arid habitats; a case study: dry lake valley. The Progressive Rancher. 22(3):12-14.

Phylogenetic position of a new Trisetacus mite species (Nalepellidae) destroying seeds of North American junipers and new hypotheses on basal divergence of Eriophyoidea - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Chetverikov, P.E., Rector, B.G., Tonkel, K.C., Dimitri, L., Cheglakov, D.S., Romanovich, A.E., Amrine, J. 2022. Phylogenetic position of a new Trisetacus mite species (Nalepellidae) destroying seeds of North American junipers and new hypotheses on basal divergence of Eriophyoidea. Insects. 13(2). Article 201. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13020201.

Indaziflam soil activity after a one and two-year fallow - (Abstract Only)
Harmon, D.N., Clements, D.D. 2022. Indaziflam soil activity after a one and two-year fallow. Society for Range Management. 75:81.

Establishing perennial grasses reduces cheatgrass and associated fuels - (Abstract Only)
Clements, D.D., Harmon, D.N. 2022. Establishing perennial grasses reduces cheatgrass and associated fuels. Society for Range Management. 75:89.

Breaking the cheatgrass fire cycle - (Popular Publication)
Harmon, D.N., Clements, D.D. 2021. Breaking the cheatgrass fire cycle. The Progressive Rancher. 21(7):12-16.

Taxonomic description of Stenodiplosis tectori n. sp. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), a seed parasite of cheatgrass (Anisantha tectorum), based on morphological and mitochondrial DNA data - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Rector, B.G., Gagné, R.J., Perilla López, J., Tonkel, K.C., Bon, M., Guermache, F., Cristofaro, M. 2021. Taxonomic description of Stenodiplosis tectori n. sp. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), a seed parasite of cheatgrass (Anisantha tectorum), based on morphological and mitochondrial DNA data. Insects. 12(8), 755. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12080755.

A preliminary assessment of Amblyseius andersoni (Chant) as a potential biocontrol agent against Phytophagous Mites occurring on coniferous plants - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Puchalska, E., Zagrodzki, S.K., Kozak, M., Rector, B.G., Mauer, A. 2023. A preliminary assessment of Amblyseius andersoni (Chant) as a potential biocontrol agent against Phytophagous Mites occurring on coniferous plants. Insects. 12(8), 664. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12080664.

Establishing native perennial grasses in restoration efforts - (Abstract Only)
Clements, D.D., Harmon, D.N. 2021. Establishing native perennial grasses in restoration efforts. Society of Range Management.

Strategic considerations for invasive species managers in the utilization of environmental DNA (eDNA): steps for incorporating this powerful surveillance tool - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Morisette J, Burgiel S, Brantley K, Daniel WM, Darling J, Davis J, Franklin T, Gaddis K, Hunter M, Lance R, Leskey T, Passamaneck Y, Piaggio A, Rector B, Sepulveda A, Smith M, Stepien CA, Wilcox T (2021) Strategic considerations for invasive species managers in the utilization of environmental DNA (eDNA): steps for incorporating this powerful surveillance tool. Management of Biological Invasions 12(3): 747–775, https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2021.12.3.15.

Effectiveness of cheatgrass suppression using perennial grasses as a biological control method - (Abstract Only)
Harmon, D.N., Clements, D.D. 2021. Effectiveness of cheatgrass suppression using perennial grasses as a biological control method. California Fish and Game. 21:3.

The effect of seeding treatments and climate on fire regimes in Wyoming sagebrush steppe - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Bowman-Prideaux, C., Newingham, B.A., Strand, E.K. 2021. The effect of seeding treatments and climate on fire regimes in Wyoming sagebrush steppe. Fire. 4(2). Article 16. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire4020016.

Rehabilitation of perennial pepperweed infested habitats - (Popular Publication)
Clements, D.D., Harmon, D.N. 2022. Rehabilitation of perennial pepperweed infested habitats. The Progressive Rancher. 22(2):24-26.

Cheatgrass seed bank densities following imazapic and indaziflam treatments - (Abstract Only)
Clements, D.D., Harmon, D.N., Quicke, H. 2021. Cheatgrass seed bank densities following imazapic and indaziflam treatments. Western Society of Weed Science. 74:17.