College of Agricultural Sciences

K. W. Davies, Leger, E. A., Boyd, C. S., and Hallett, L. M., “Living with Exotic Annual Grasses in the Sagebrush Ecosystem”, Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 288, no. June 2021, pp. 1-11, 2021.

J. B. Nippert, Telleria, L., Blackmore, P., Taylor, J., and O'Connor, R., “Is a Prescribed Fire Sufficient to Slow the Spread of Woody Plants in an Infrequently Burned Grassland? A Case Study in Tallgrass Prairie”, Rangeland Ecology & Management, vol. 78, pp. 79-89, 2021.

R. O'Connor, “Small-Scale Water Deficits After Wildfires Create Long-Lasting Ecological Impacts”, IOPScience, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 1-11, 2020.

R. O'Connor, Taylor, J. H., and Nippert, J. B., “Browsing and Fire Decreases Dominance of a Resprouting Shrub in Woody Encroached Grassland”, Ecology, vol. 101, no. 2, pp. 1-11, 2019.

K. W. Davies, Boyd, C. S., and Bates, J. D., “Eighty Years of Grazing by Cattle Modifies Sagebrush and Bunchgrass Structure”, Rangeland Ecology & Management, vol. 71, no. 3, pp. 275 - 280, 2018.

R. A. Gill, O'Connor, R., Rhodes, A., Bishop, T. B. B., Laughlin, D. C., and St Clair, S. B., “Niche Opportunities for Invasive Annual Plants in Dryland Ecosystems are Controlled by Disturbance, Trophic Interactions, and Rainfall”, Oecologia, vol. 187, no. 3, pp. 755-765, 2018.

A. L. Rasmussen, J. Brewer, S., Jackson, C. R., and Hoeksema, J. D., “Tree thinning and fire affect ectomycorrhizal fungal communities and enzyme activities”, Ecosphere, vol. 9, p. e02471, 2018.

T. Svejcar, Boyd, C. S., Davies, K. W., Hamerlynck, E. P., and Svejcar, L., “Challenges and limitations to native species restoration in the Great Basin, USA”, Plant Ecology, no. 1v1111, pp. 81 - 94, 2017.

K. W. Davies and Bates, J. D., “Restoring big sagebrush after controlling encroaching western juniper with fire: aspect and subspecies effects”, Restoration Ecology, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 33 - 41, 2017.

C. S. Boyd, Kerby, J. D., Svejcar, T., Bates, J. D., Johnson, D. D., and Davies, K. W., “The Sage-Grouse Habitat Mortgage: Effective Conifer Management in Space and Time”, Rangeland Ecology & Management, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 141 - 148, 2017.

S. B. St Clair, O'Connor, R., Gill, R., and McMillan, B., “Biotic Resistance and Disturbance: Rodent Consumers Regulate Post-Fire Plant Invasions and Increase Plant Community Diversity”, Ecological Society of America, vol. 97, no. 7, pp. 1700-1711, 2016.

K. W. Davies, Nafus, A. M., Boyd, C. S., Hulet, A., and Bates, J. D., “Effects of Using Winter Grazing as a Fuel Treatment on Wyoming Big Sagebrush Plant Communities”, Rangeland Ecology & Management, vol. 69, no. 3, pp. 179 - 184, 2016.

K. W. Davies, Gearhart, A., Vavra, M., Shultz, B., and Rimbey, N. R., “Longer Term Rest from Grazing: A Response to Jones & Carter”, Journal of Rangeland Applications, vol. 3, pp. 9–15, 2016.

C. S. Boyd, Green, S., and Schupp, E. W., “Great Basin Fact Sheet – Woody Fuels Reduction in Wyoming Big Sagebrush Communities”, USDA-FS, 13, 2015.

K. W. Davies, Boyd, C. S., Bates, J. D., and Hulet, A., “Winter grazing can reduce wildfire size, intensity and behaviour in a shrub-grassland”, International Journal of Wildland Fire, vol. 25, no. 2, p. 191, 2015.

J. D. Bates and Davies, K. W., “Cattle Grazing and Vegetation Succession on Burned Sagebrush Steppe”, Rangeland Ecology & Management, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 412 - 422, 2014.

K. W. Davies, Bates, J. D., Madsen, M. D., and Nafus, A. M., “Restoration of Mountain Big Sagebrush Steppe Following Prescribed Burning to Control Western Juniper”, Environmental Management, vol. 531434275847782239473281657616314466229105585553602910656423037, no. 5, pp. 1015 - 1022, 2014.

A. M. Nafus and Davies, K. W., “Exotic annual grass invasion alters fuel amounts, continuity and moisture content”, International Journal of Wildland Fire, vol. 22, no. 3, p. 353, 2013.

C. ’ Connor, Miller, R., and Bates, J. D., “Vegetation Response to Western Juniper Slash Treatments”, Environmental Management, vol. 5239695853585967473920336114448416043175253122666071685256642726105303369, no. 3, pp. 553 - 566, 2013.

J. J. James, Svejcar, T., and Rinella, M. James, “Demographic processes limiting seedling recruitment in arid grassland restoration”, Journal of Applied Ecology, vol. 4856201455454102545231791199819069541344161772735011397343178137824832413548434459911444, no. 4, pp. 961 - 969, 2011.

S. T. Knick, Connelly, J. W., Knick, S. T., Hanser, S. E., Miller, R. F., Pyke, D. A., Wisdom, M. J., Finn, S. P., E. Rinkes, T., and Henny, C. J., Ecology and Conservation of a Landscape Species and Its Habitats: Ecological Influence and Pathways of Land Use in Sagebrush. University of California Press, 2011, pp. 202 - 251.

J. D. Bates, Boyd, C. S., Davies, K. W., and Svejcar, T., “Beef Research Report - 2010 Edition”. Oregon State University Beef Cattle Sciences 2010 Edition, 2010.

K. W. Davies, Bates, J. D., Svejcar, T., and Boyd, C. S., “Effects of Long-Term Livestock Grazing on Fuel Characteristics in Rangelands: An Example From the Sagebrush Steppe”, Rangeland Ecology & Management, vol. 63, no. 6, pp. 662 - 669, 2010.

J. J. James and Svejcar, T., “Limitations to Postfire Seedling Establishment: The Role of Seeding Technology, Water Availability, and Invasive Plant Abundance”, Rangeland Ecology & Management, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. 491 - 495, 2010.

J. D. Bates and Svejcar, T., “Herbaceous succession after burning of cut western juniper trees”, Western North American Naturalist, vol. 69, pp. 9–25, 2009.