Research Project: Precision Technologies and Management for Northern Plains Rangeland

Location: Livestock and Range Research Laboratory

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

Variability in weight gains of cows and their calves across grazing management and dam age class: Implications for maternal productivity - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Perceptions of prescribed fire among ranchers near northern US National Grasslands - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
McGranahan, D.A., Boland, K., Geaumont, B., Wonkka, C.L., Ott, J.P., Kreuter, U.P. 2025. Perceptions of prescribed fire among ranchers near northern US National Grasslands. Fire. 8(3). Article 102. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire8030102.

Simple bioassay for phytotoxic concentrations of the herbicide indaziflam in soil - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Foraging behavior, botanical composition, and quality of beef cattle diets on burned versus unburned foothill rangelands - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Kluth, J., Davis, N., Wyffels, S., Marlow, C., Vermeire, L.T., Sitz, T., Hamilton, T., Delcurto, T. 2025. Foraging behavior, botanical composition, and quality of beef cattle diets on burned versus unburned foothill rangelands. Grasses. 4(1). Article 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/grasses4010008.

Spatially-discrete disturbance overrides inherent environmental heterogeneity in grazed mixed-grass prairie - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Historical trajectories and current perspectives on Sub-Saharan wildland fire science and management in select scientific literature - (Review Article)
Mcgranahan, D.A., Kirkman, K.P. 2025. Historical trajectories and current perspectives on Sub-Saharan wildland fire science and management in select scientific literature. African Journal of Range & Forage Science. 42(1):1-11. https://doi.org/10.2989/10220119.2024.2424529.

Quantifying wildfire risk to the built environment in rural rangelands of the US Interior West - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Do plants respond to multi-year disturbance rhythms and are we missing the beat? - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Vermeire, L.T., Reinhart, K.O., Ott, J. 2024. Do plants respond to multi-year disturbance rhythms and are we missing the beat?. Oikos. 11. Article e10791. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10791.

Extending multi-output methods for long-term aboveground biomass time series forecasting using convolutional neural networks - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Noa-Yarasca, E., Osorio Leyton, J.M., Angerer, J.P. 2024. Extending multi-output methods for long-term aboveground biomass time series forecasting using convolutional neural networks. Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction. 6(3): 1633-1652. https://doi.org/10.3390/make6030079.