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- PhD Botany University of California, Davis
- Masters Botany University of California, Davis
- Bachelors Botany University of California, Davis
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- Measurements of Terrestrial Vegetation (1989) (574)
- Structure and Function of Microphytic Soil Crusts in Wildland Ecosystems of Arid to Semi-arid Regions (1990) (509)
- Plant-Induced Soil Chemical Patterns in Some Shrub-Dominated Semi-Desert Ecosystems of Utah (1975) (400)
- Biodiversity of rangelands. (1993) (234)
- Livestock Grazing-Fire Regime Interactions within Montane Forests of Zion National Park, Utah (1983) (218)
- Nitrogen in Desert Ecosystems (1978) (189)
- Synthesis Paper Ecology and management of sage-grouse and sage-grouse habitat (2004) (185)
- Western intermountain sagebrush steppe (1983) (177)
- Micro-patterns of nitrogen mineralization activity in soils of some shrub-dominated semi-desert ecosystems of Utah (1977) (176)
- Tree age and dominance patterns in Great Basin pinyon-juniper woodlands. (1981) (166)
- Ecology and management of sage-grouse and sage-grouse habitat (2004) (158)
- Temperate deserts and semi-deserts (1983) (142)
- Implications of livestock grazing in the intermountain sagebrush region: plant composition. (1994) (137)
- Vegetation Change after 13 Years of Livestock Grazing Exclusion on Sagebrush Semidesert in West Central Utah (1984) (125)
- VEGETATION RESPONSES FOLLOWING WILDFIRE ON GRAZED AND UNGRAZED SAGEBRUSH SEMI-DESERT (2002) (117)
- A Protocol for Retrospective Remote Sensing–Based Ecological Monitoring of Rangelands (2006) (114)
- Dynamics of Soil Seeds Pools in Burned and Unburned Sagebrush Semi‐Deserts (1986) (109)
- Recovery of Sagebrush-Grass Vegetation Following Wildfire (1985) (101)
- PLANT DEMOGRAPHIC STUDIES IN SAGEBRUSH-GRASS COMMUNITIES OF SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO' (1979) (99)
- The Worst Is Yet to Come (1995) (93)
- MICROPHYTIC CRUST INFLUENCE ON WIND EROSION (1995) (92)
- Toleration of Traffic by Vegetation: Life Form Conclusions and Summary Extracts from a Comprehensive Data Base (1997) (80)
- Ecosystems of the World, 5: Temperate Deserts and Semi-Deserts. (1984) (79)
- Nutrient Cycling in Soils of Semiarid and Arid Regions (1991) (76)
- Successional patterns and productivity potentials of pinyon-juniper ecosystems (1984) (72)
- Cover components on long-term seasonal sheep grazing treatments in three-tip sagebrush steppe. (1998) (70)
- Comparison of Two Approaches for Determining Fire Dates From Tree Scars (1982) (69)
- Rodent‐Influenced Establishment of Ponderosa Pine and Bitterbrush Seedlings in Central Oregon (1968) (68)
- Nutrient Cycling in Desert Ecosystems (1981) (67)
- Quantification of the Ecological Resilience of Drylands Using Digital Remote Sensing (2008) (66)
- Microphytic Crust Influence on Interrill Erosion and Infiltration Capacity (1995) (64)
- Effects of climatic change on the edaphic features of arid and semiarid lands of western North America (1994) (62)
- Microbiotic Crust Influence on Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity (1999) (60)
- Rangelands in a sustainable biosphere (1996) (58)
- Remote Sensing of Biological Soil Crusts (2001) (55)
- Estimation of Phytomass for Ungrazed Crested Wheatgrass Plants Using Allometric Equations (1988) (54)
- Comparison of sheep and goat preferences for leafy spurge (1994) (52)
- Taxonomic determination, distribution, and ecological indicator values of sagebrush within the pinyon juniper woodlands of the Great Basin. (1978) (49)
- Relationships of the Error Associated with Ocular Estimation and Actual Total Cover (1986) (48)
- Managing for Biodiversity of Rangelands (1998) (47)
- Theoretical Underpinnings of Rangeland Monitoring (2003) (47)
- Riparian Tree Species Distribution and Succession along the Lower Escalante River, Utah (1979) (46)
- History of Rangeland Monitoring in the U.S.A. (2003) (46)
- Differential Establishment of Pinyon and Juniper Following Fire (1988) (44)
- Vegetation differences in desert shrublands of western Utah's Pine Valley between 1933 and 1989. (1992) (41)
- Distribution, Composition, and Classification of Current Juniper-Pinyon Woodlands and Savannas Across Western North America (1999) (41)
- Juniper-Pinon Savanna and Woodlands of Western North America (1999) (40)
- Remote Sensing-Based Piosphere Analysis (2004) (39)
- Rainfall interception by cool-desert shrubs. (1976) (38)
- Senecio Sylvaticus in Relation to Douglas-Fir Clear-Cut Succession in the Oregon Coast Range (1968) (38)
- A Plant Phenological Index Technique (1971) (38)
- 12 – Spatial Pattern–Functional Interactions in Shrub-Dominated Plant Communities (1989) (37)
- Evaluation of double-sampling estimators of subalpine herbage production. (1980) (37)
- Pinyon--juniper woodlands of the Great Basin: distribution (1979) (36)
- Germination of Kochia americana in relation to salinity. (1969) (35)
- Nondestructive assessment of rangeland soil depth to petrocalcic horizon using electromagnetic induction (1997) (33)
- A Management-Oriented Classification of Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands of the Great Basin (1998) (33)
- Soil-Vegetation Relationships in the Shadscale Zone of Southeastern Utah (1968) (33)
- Spatiotemporal mapping of the dry season vegetation response of sagebrush steppe (2004) (32)
- Survival patterns of major perennials in salt desert shrub communities of southwestern Utah. (1979) (31)
- Phytogeographical variation within juniper-pinyon woodlands of the Great Basin (1978) (31)
- Soil Depth Assessment of Sagebrush Grazing Treatments Using Electromagnetic Induction (1998) (30)
- Calibration of broad- and narrow-band spectral variables for rangeland cover component quantification (1999) (30)
- Plant Species Composition Patterns with Differences in Tree Dominance on a Southwestern Utah Pinon-Juniper Site (1995) (29)
- Change detection of the effect of severe drought on subsistence agropastoral communities on the Bolivian Altiplano (1998) (29)
- Soil Physical Properties in Relation to Plant Community Patterns in the Shadscale Zone of Northwestern Utah (1966) (29)
- A comparison of techniques for assessing dispersion patterns (1979) (28)
- Cheatgrass Dynamics Following Wildfire on a Sagebrush Semidesert Site in Central Utah (1994) (27)
- Strategies for Maintenance and Repair of Biotic Community Diversity on Rangelands (1996) (27)
- Tree Patterns in Central Oregon Ponderosa Pine Forests (1969) (27)
- Viewpoint: delineating ecological sites. (1999) (26)
- North American terrestrial vegetation (second edition) (2000) (26)
- Germination of Eurotia Lanata in Relation to Temperature and Salinity (1967) (25)
- Influence of parasitic and mutualistic fungi on Artemisia tridentata during high precipitation years (1987) (23)
- Developing an Approach for Using the Soil Phytolith Record to Infer Vegetation and Disturbance Regime Changes over the Past 200 Years (2009) (23)
- Effects of fire on salt-desert shrub rangelands (1994) (22)
- Rangeland Cover Component Quantification Using Broad (TM) and Narrow-Band (1.4 NM) Spectrometry (1999) (22)
- Early seral trends in plant community diversity on a recontoured surface mine (1987) (21)
- Fire History of Two Montane Forest Areas of Zion National Park (1981) (21)
- Temperate Deserts and Semi-Deserts. Ecosystems of the World. (1984) (21)
- Improving the monitoring of rangelands. (1997) (20)
- Improvement of Desert Ranges in Soviet Central Asia. 1985 (1986) (20)
- Germination Requirements of Scarlet Globemallow (1966) (20)
- Ecotypic Variation of Eurotia lanata Populations in Utah (1969) (19)
- Matrix Cluster Analysis of Montane Forest Vegetation of the Oregon Cascades (1966) (19)
- Autecology and Population Biology of Dyers Woad (Isatis tinctoria) (1988) (18)
- Changes in Vegetation and Land Use at Two Townships in Skull Valley, Western Utah (1990) (18)
- LONG-TERM INTERACTIONS OF CLIMATE, PRODUCTIVITY, SPECIES RICHNESS, AND GROWTH FORM IN RELICTUAL SAGEBRUSH STEPPE PLANT COMMUNITIES (2006) (18)
- Phenology of the aerial portions of shadscale and winterfat in Curlew Valley, Utah. (1978) (16)
- Desert ecosystems: Desertification or xerification? (1986) (16)
- Germination of bur buttercup seeds. (1992) (15)
- Changes in pinyon-juniper woodlands in western Utah's Pine Valley between 1933-1989. (1994) (15)
- Laboratory comparisons of five seed-trap designs for dry, windy environments (1988) (15)
- Vegetation of two relict mesas in Zion National Park. (1984) (15)
- Comparison of some methods for collecting and analyzing data on aboveground net production and diversity of herbaceous vegetation in a northern Utah subalpine context (1991) (14)
- Aboveground Litter Production of Three Temperate Semidesert Shrubs (1985) (14)
- Can soil phytolith analysis and charcoal be used as indicators of historic fire in the pinyon-juniper and sagebrush steppe ecosystem types of the Great Basin Desert, USA? (2010) (13)
- Retrospective assessment of dryland soil stability in relation to grazing and climate change (2010) (13)
- TWO BASIC METHODOLOGICAL CHOICES IN WILDLAND VEGETATION INVENTORIES: THEIR CONSEQUENCES AND IMPLICATIONS (1982) (12)
- Biomass and Nutrient Dynamics of Some Major Cold Desert Shrubs (1972) (12)
- Reference Unit-based Estimates of Winterfat Browse Weights (1986) (12)
- A comprehensive ecological land classification for Utah's West Desert (2005) (12)
- Snow as a Factor in Salt Desert Shrub Vegetation Patterns in Curlew Valley, Utah (1983) (11)
- An analysis of montane forest vegetation on the east flank of the central Oregon Cascades (1964) (10)
- Seed reserves in stockpiled topsoil on a coal stripmine near Kemmerer, Wyoming (1989) (10)
- Shrub-Steppe: Balance and change in a semi-arid terrestrial ecosystem (1989) (10)
- Effects of clipping and sheep grazing on dyers woad. (1989) (10)
- Phenology of salt desert plants near contour furrows. (1971) (10)
- Biodiversity depletion with respect to human and livestock populations in Indian desert. (1996) (10)
- Testing soil phytolith analysis as a tool to understand vegetation change in the sagebrush steppe and pinyon-juniper woodlands of the Great Basin Desert, USA (2010) (10)
- Forage Moisture Variations on Mountain Summer Range (1968) (9)
- Successional Changes in the Montane Forest of the Central Oregon Cascades (1969) (9)
- Effects of polyacrylamide on some biological and physical features of soil: Preliminary results from a greenhouse Study (1991) (9)
- Indifference of mountain big sagebrush growth to supplemental water and nitrogen. (1987) (8)
- Biodiversity on rangelands: Definitions and values (1995) (8)
- Validating the reference unit method of aboveground phytomass estimation on shrubs and herbs (1987) (8)
- Survival and growth of immature Juniperus osteosperma and Pinus edulis following woodland chaining in central Utah. (1990) (8)
- In situ narrow‐band reflectance characteristics of cover components in sagebrush‐steppe (1998) (7)
- Desertification or xerification (1986) (7)
- Outline for Autecological Studies of Range Grasses. (1968) (7)
- Reproductive allocation in Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana: effects of dispersion pattern, nitrogen and water (1988) (7)
- Shoot Growth and Litter Fall Processes as they Bear on Primary Production of some Cool Desert Shrubs (1973) (6)
- Standing crops and dynamics of phytomass and minerals in two salt desert shrub communities (1984) (6)
- Seedling survival on erosion control treatments in a salt desert area. (1971) (6)
- Soil Changes Caused by Erosion Control Treatments on a Salt Desert Area1 (1973) (5)
- Plant Synecology in the Service of Rangeland Management (1988) (5)
- PHYSICAL MICROCLIMATES OF EROSION-CONTROL STRUCTURES IN A SALT DESERT AREA* (1972) (5)
- Comparison of phosphorus distribution and cycling between adjacent native semidesert shrub and cultivated grass-dominated ecosystems (1984) (5)
- FURTHER STUDIES OF EUROTIA LANATA GERMINATION IN RELATION TO SALINITY (1971) (5)
- Nontarget effects of the herbicide tebuthiuron on mycorrhizal fungi in sagebrush semidesert (1993) (5)
- Forage yield response of mimosa (Albizia julibrissin) to harvest frequency. (1996) (4)
- Temperate Deserts and Semi-Deserts (Ecosystems of the World 5) (1984) (4)
- CHANGES IN VEGETATION AND LAND USE (2012) (4)
- Predicting the Impact of Climate Change on Cheat Grass (Bromus tectorum) Invasibility for Northern Utah: A GIS and Remote Sensing Approach (2011) (4)
- The competitive influence of seeded smooth brome (Bromus inermis) and intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyron intermedium) within aspen-mountain brush communities of central Utah (1996) (4)
- DETERMINATION OF ADEQUATE PLOT SIZE BY USE OF MEAN DISTANCE BETWEEN SALT DESERT SHRUBS (1968) (4)
- Intersection of ecosystem and biodiversity concerns in the management of rangelands (1995) (4)
- Effects of manual application method on application time, thoroughness, and tebuthiuron outlays. (1990) (4)
- Retrospective assessment of soil stability on a landscape subject to continual grazing. (2003) (4)
- Managing Canadian rangelands as a sustainable resource: policy issues. (1996) (4)
- Distribution of galleta roots and rhizomes at two Utah sites. (1973) (3)
- What role for biodiversity in the sustainable use of rangelands in developing countries (1996) (3)
- Aboveground Dissolution of Tebuthiuron Particles Placed Beneath the Crowns of Small Pinyon Trees (1989) (3)
- Effects of Polyacrylamide on Establishment and Growth of Cresed Wheatgrass Seedlings and Sagebrush Tubelings (1994) (3)
- Field Test of a New Australian Method of Rangeland Monitoring (2001) (3)
- Comparison of some multivariate analyses of perennial atriplex vegetation in southeastern Utah (1971) (3)
- Timber Top Mesa: a relict area in Zion National Park. (1970) (3)
- A Protocol for Retrospective Remote Sensing: Based Ecological Monitoring of Rangelands (2006) (3)
- Existing status and potential for sustainable improvement of the high altitude rangelands of Bhutan. (1996) (2)
- SEED RAIN ON AND NEAR A COAL STRIPMINE IN SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING (1991) (2)
- Phytosociological characteristics of perennial atriplex-dominated vegetation of Southeastern Utah (1972) (2)
- Ecosym-Vegetation Classification (1977) (2)
- Interactions of pinyon and juniper trees with tebuthiuron applications at 2 matched reinvaded sites in Utah. (1993) (2)
- Effect of simulated defoliation and plant competition on flowering and seed yield of leafy spurge (1995) (1)
- Genesis of a New Rangeland Monitoring System, Arid Land Research and Management (2003) (1)
- Alternative species to raise productivity and extend the grazing season in the tussock grasslands of south Patagonia. (1996) (1)
- Estimating Components of Plant Community Diversity on Mined Lands (1985) (1)
- Indigenous vs. introduced grasses in degraded rangeland restoration of southern Patagonia, Argentina. (1996) (1)
- Probable Origin of Laterally Coalesced Nabkas and Adjacent Bare Lanes at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, USA (2005) (1)
- Phenology, Productivity and Nutrient Dynamics of some Cool Desert Desert Shrubs (1974) (1)
- Spatial Pattern Analysis in Plant Ecology. (2001) (1)
- Revival of community management of range resources in Western India. (1996) (1)
- Potential of medics, trifoliums, melilotus as companion forage crop with oat. (1996) (1)
- Biodiversity on rangelands, proceedings of the symposium (1995) (1)
- Detection of Harbingers of Catastrophic Regime Shifts in Drylands (2014) (1)
- Autecological Studies of Atriplex confertifolia and Eurotia lanata Process Study (1971) (1)
- Comparison of Two Approaches for Determining (1982) (1)
- Average seasonal phytomass: a temporally independent index of herbaceous plant dominance (1984) (1)
- The effects of grazing on deciduous plant communities in the Boreal Ecoprovince of Alberta (1995) (1)
- Desert vegetation of Israel and Sinai: Avinoam Danin. Cana Publishing House, Jersualem, 1983, 148 pages, no price given (1985) (0)
- Think-tanking the challences in three regions: the Great Basin (1995) (0)
- Indifference of Mountain Big plemental Water and Nitrogen Sagebrush Growth to Sup - (1999) (0)
- Comparison of some multivariate analyses of perennial atriplex vegetation in Southeastern Utah (2006) (0)
- Developing New Tools to Understand Vegetation Change in the Sagebrush Steppe and Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands of the Great Basin Desert Region (2009) (0)
- Average daily biomass: a temporally independent index of herbaceous plant dominance (1980) (0)
- Qualitative and quantitative analysis of Ferroukha Mountain (Blidean atlas) (north of center Algeria) grasslands. (1996) (0)
- Alternatives for Ecosystem Classification and Their Use in Developing Rangeland Inventory and Management Planning Approaches (1978) (0)
- Plant Ecological Studies in Southern Nevada (1973) (0)
- Genesis of a New Rangeland Monitoring System (2003) (0)
- Rediscovery of Festuca dasyclada and Range Extensions of Astragalus lutosus and Ceanothus martinii in Colorado (1978) (0)
- SOIL-VEGETATION RELATIONSHIPS IN THE SHADSCALE ZONE (2016) (0)
- Simulating spatially varying energy budgets and ET across a watershed (1996) (0)
- Ecosym-Plant Community Classification (1978) (0)
- Proceedings of the Fifth International Rangeland Congress. Vol. 1. Rangelands in a Sustainable Biosphere (1996) (0)
- 1-1-2011 Predicting the Impact of Climate Change on Cheat Grass ( Bromus tectorum ) Invasibility for Northern Utah : A GIS and Remote Sensing Approach (2013) (0)
- Benchmarks for Rangeland Management and Environmental Quality (2021) (0)
- The Application of Ecosym Vegetation Classification to Rangelands Near Price, Utah (1978) (0)
- Junipers of the Western U.S.: Classification, Distribution, Ecology, and Control (2021) (0)
- Getting It All Together in Plant Synecology (1975) (0)
- Forage resources and animal maintenance: a watershed study case from Sikkim Himalaya. (1996) (0)
- Comparison leafy spurge of sheep and goat preferences for (1998) (0)
- Ecology and management of salt desert shrub ranges: a bibliography. (1968) (0)
- Growth, development and nutritive value of Leucaena leucocephala and Chamaecytisus palmensis in marginal areas. (1996) (0)
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