OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Rangeland Ecology & Management is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Understanding How Ranchers Adaptively Manage for Drought in Northeastern Colorado	127
Distribution of Willows Along Streambanks of Publicly Managed Streams in the Interior Pacific Northwest	63
Trends in the Outcomes, Practice, and Law of Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration in Western Rangelands	55
Plant Phenology of High-Elevation Meadows: Assessing Spectral Responses of Grazed Meadows	48
Table of Contents	38
Regional Context for Balancing Sagebrush- and Woodland-Dependent Songbird Needs with Targeted Pinyon-Juniper Management	33
Temperature Effects on Huisache (Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Wight & Arn.) Seed Germination	30
Table of Contents	30
A Spatial Prioritization of Conifer Management to Defend and Grow Sagebrush Cores	30
Incorporating Land Use Changes and Pastoralists’ Behavior in Sustainable Rangeland Management: Evidence from Iran	28
Geospatial Decision Support System for Urban and Rural Aquifer Resilience: Integrating Remote Sensing-Based Rangeland Analysis With Groundwater Quality Assessment	27
Bridging the Gap Between Spatial Modeling and Management of Invasive Annual Grasses in the Imperiled Sagebrush Biome	26
Managing invasive plants on Great Plains grasslands: A discussion of current challenges	23
Moderate Grazing During the Off-Season (Fall-Winter) Reduces Exotic Annual Grasses in Sagebrush-Bunchgrass Steppe	23
Assessing Pastoral Reforms Through the Performance of Agro-Pastoral Community-Based Organizations in South Tunisia	22
Photosynthetic Resilience of Elymus elymoides and Pseudoroegneria spicata Seedlings Following Acute Water Stress	21
Evaluation of a Runoff Monitoring Methodology for Rangelands: UBeTubes	21
Tracking Livestock Diets Using Stable Isotopes in Complex Mixed Farming Systems	19
Future Direction of Fuels Management in Sagebrush Rangelands	18
Editorial Board/Journal Info	18
Debris Barriers Reduce the Effects of Livestock Grazing Along Streams After Timber Harvest	17
Climate Change Vulnerabilities and Adaptation Strategies for Land Managers on Northwest US Rangelands	17
Changes in Forage Quality and Cattle Performance with Short-Duration Grazing of Mesic Meadows in the Intermountain West	17
Holistic Management Shifts Ranchers’ Mental Models for Successful Adaptive Grazing	16
Movement Dynamics and Energy Expenditure of Yearling Steers Under Contrasting Grazing Management in Shortgrass Steppe	16

Local-Scale Variation in Land Use Practice Supports a Diverse Carnivore Guild on Namibian Multiple-Use Rangeland	15
Herders’ Preferences for Maintaining Yak Herding in the Eastern Himalayas	15
Editorial Board/Journal Info	15
Dormant-Season Moderate Grazing Prefire Maintains Diversity and Reduces Exotic Annual Grass Response Postfire in Imperiled Artemisia Steppe	15
Predictors of ranchers’ Protection Behaviors in the Use of Pastures Through Protection Motivation Theory	15
Managing Medusahead Using Dormant Season Grazing in the Northern Great Basin	15
Effects of Postwildfire Mechanical Seeding on Soil Properties in Wyoming Big Sagebrush Communities	14
Long-Term Grazing Intensity Impacts Belowground Carbon Allocation and Mycorrhizas Revealed by 13CO2 Pulse Labeling	14
Vertical Brush Sculpting for Heterogeneity in Mesquite Savanna: Implementation and Effect on Grass Production	14
Salt Cedar Intake by Cattle, Sheep, and Goats Following 21 Days of Exposure	14
Carbon Sequestration in Degraded Intermountain West Rangelands, United States	14
A Mediated Peer-to-Peer Prescribed Fire Outreach Program for Texas Hill Country Landowners	14
Goat Defoliation and Debarking on Eastern Redcedar with Rumen Undegradable Protein Supplement	13
Nutritional potential of native shrub species for cattle feeding in northeastern Peru	13
Review on the Socioecological Performance of Grassland Ecological Payment and Award Policy with the Consideration of an Alternate Approach for Nonequilibrium Ecosystems	13
Diversity and Abundance of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Soil Bacteria in Purshia tridentata Stands in the Sagebrush Steppe	13
Evaluating Mesquite Distribution Using Unpiloted Aerial Vehicles and Satellite Imagery	13
Editorial Board/Journal Info	13
Effects of Digestion on Germination of Native Grasses of the Southern Great Plains	12
Variation of the Montezuma Quail's Diet in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas	12
A Synthesis of Research on the Human Dimensions of Sagebrush Ecosystem Management	12
Evaluation of the Gap Intercept Method to Measure Rangeland Connectivity	12
Leveraging Historic Cattle Exclosures to Detect Evidence of State Change in an Arid Rangeland	12
Patch-Burn Grazing: An Economic Analysis of Pyric Herbivory Rangeland Management by Cow–Calf Producers	12
How Transhumance and Pastoral Commons Shape Plant Community Structure and Composition	12
Table of Contents	12
Study on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Mounds Produced by Plateau Zokor (Eospalax Baileyi) on Qinghai–Tibet Plateau	12
Effects of Mob-Grazing on Soil and Range Quality Vary with Plant Species and Season in a Semiarid Grassland	12
Effect of Tree Shade on the Yield of Brachiaria brizantha Grass in Tropical Livestock Production Systems in Mexico	11
Avifauna Assemblages in Sand Shinnery Oak Shrublands Managed with Prescribed Fire	11
Evaluating Native Plant Community Characteristics After Restoration Efforts in Invaded Tallgrass Prairies	11
Habitat Use of Wintering Mule Deer Across a Juniper-Treated and Burned Landscape	11
Responses of Ground-Dwelling Arthropods to Long-Term Prescribed Fire Regimes in a Savanna-Protected Area	10
Management and Behavior of Livestock Guarding Dogs in a Multiuse Rural Landscape in Northern Israel	10
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle–Based Remote Sensing of Cattle Dung: Detection, Classification, and Spatial Analysis of Distribution	10
State of the Sagebrush: Implementing the Sagebrush Conservation Design to Save a Biome	10
Low Neighbor Abundances Are Often Necessary but Insufficient for Establishing Seeded Shrubs	10
Grazing Effects on the Composition, Diversity, and Function of Wet Meadow Grasslands in Manitoba, Canada	10
Influence of Livestock Grazing History on Plant Community Composition on Native Prairies of the Southern Prairie Pothole Region	10
Assessing Rangeland Sensitivity to Degradation in North Tibet	10
Regional Assessment of Stocking Rate Effects on Uruguayan Rangelands: A Ranch-Level Study	10
Editorial Board/Journal Info	10
Corrigendum to “Digital Mapping of Vegetative Great Groups to Inform Management Strategies” [Rangeland Ecology & Management, volume 94, May 2024, pages 7-19]	9
Spread of Forage Kochia in Invasive Annual Grass-Dominated Sagebrush Steppe	9
Plot-Measured Variables Indicate Landscape-Scale Patterns of Annual Grass Invasion in Northwestern US Rangelands	9
Editorial Board/Journal Info	9
Table of Contents	9
Rehabilitating Invaded Rangeland in Central South Dakota with Grazing, Seeding, and Herbicides	9
Table of Contents	9
Energy Development and Production in the Great Plains: Implications and Mitigation Opportunities	9

Evaluation of Land Use Land Cover Changes in Response to Land Surface Temperature With Satellite Indices and Remote Sensing Data	9
Thresholds and Driving Mechanisms of Plateau Pika Burrowing on Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Alpine Meadows	9
Biocrusts Indicators of Livestock Grazing Effects on Soil Stability in Sagebrush Steppe: A Case Study from a Long-Term Experiment in the Northern Great Basin	8
Developing Large-Scale Pasture Approaches to Quantify Forage Mass in Rangelands Using Drones	8
Evaluating Fecal DNA Metabarcoding to Estimate the Dietary Botanical Composition of Goats	8
Costs of Land Treatments on Public Lands in the Western United States	8
Wintering Greater Sage-Grouse Preferentially Select Shrub Microhabitat Characteristics Within the Home Range	8
Temporal and Spatial Factors Influence Native Forb Emergence More Than Sowing Depth	8
The Declining Ogallala Aquifer and the Future Role of Rangeland Science on the North American High Plains	7
Growing Season Fires and Herbicide May not Be the Silver Bullet to Lespedeza cuneata Management	7
Long-Term Trends in Vegetation on Bureau of Land Management Rangelands in the Western United States	7
Biological Soil Crusts of the Great Plains: A Review	7
Considering Spatiotemporal Forage Variability in Rangeland Inventory and Monitoring	7
Comparison of Three Machine Learning Algorithms Using Google Earth Engine for Land Use Land Cover Classification	7
Ecological Stoichiometry of Multiple Nutrients in Leymus chinensis and Soils Subjected to Long-Term Saline-Sodic Stress in Western Jilin Province, China	7
Pollinators of the Great Plains: Disturbances, Stressors, Management, and Research Needs	7
A Strategic and Science-Based Framework for Management of Invasive Annual Grasses in the Sagebrush Biome	7
Beef Cattle Producer Perspectives on Virtual Fencing	7
Table of Contents	6
A Novel Chart to Score Rumen Fill Following Simple Sequential Instructions	6
Editorial Board/Journal Info	6
Integrating Erosion Models Into Land Health Assessments to Better Understand Landscape Condition	6
Prioritizing Accuracy or Efficiency: Comparing General Allometric Models for Perennial Bunchgrass Species	6
Reliability of Two Microhistological Analyses for Quantifying the Botanical Composition of Mediterranean Deer Diets	6
Ranch Economics of Using Targeted Grazing to Create Wildfire Fuel Breaks on Public Land	6
Effect of Defoliation Frequency on Rytidosperma Virescens Plants and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Colonization	6
Spring-Applied Treatments Offer Another Window of Opportunity for Revegetation of Annual Grass−Invaded Rangelands	6
Table of Contents	6
Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Sustainable Management of Improved Rangelands in Kayseri, Turkey	6
Optimized NMME Climate Forecasts for Rangeland Management Applications in the Western United States	6
Drought Resistance and Resilience of Non-Native versus Invaded-Native Grassland in the Northern Tallgrass Prairie	6
Fire and Nitrogen Effects on Aristida purpurea Mineral Concentrations	6
Can Changing Livestock Structure Serve as a Climate Adaptation Strategy? Evidence From the Mongolian Plateau	6
Temporal Variation and Habitat Management Influence Arthropod Prey for Northern Bobwhites (Colinus virginianus)	6
Corrigendum to ‘Integrating Erosion Models Into Land Health Assessments to Better Understand Landscape Condition’ [Rangeland Ecology & Management, Volume 96, September 2024, Pages 32-46]	6
Management Strategies Determine How Invasive Plant Impacts on Rangeland Provisioning Services Change Net Revenue on California Annual Rangeland	6
Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Responses to Long-Term Flood Irrigation and Fertilization in High-Elevation Hay Meadows	6
Editorial Board/Journal Info	6
15-Yr Biomass Production in Semiarid Nebraska Sandhills Grassland: Part 2-Response to Seasonal Precipitation and Temperature	6
Predation on the Endangered Hungarian Meadow Viper in Pastures and Hayfields: Insights From Plasticine Models	5
Beyond the Pasture: A Review of Business Risk and Rangeland Management Decisions	5
Defend and Grow the Core for Birds: How a Sagebrush Conservation Strategy Benefits Rangeland Birds	5
Virtual Fences Successfully Contain Cattle Over a Wide Range of Stocking Densities and at Stubble Heights Below Common Riparian Management Targets	5
Grazing Intensity and Seasonality Manipulate Invasive Annual Grasses and Native Vegetation	5
Systematic Process for Determining Field-Sampling Effort Required to Know Vegetation Changes in Large, Disturbed Rangelands Where Management Treatments Have Been Applied	5
Impact of Wildlife Grazing During Drought on Herbaceous Vegetation in a Semiarid Rangeland and Postdrought Recovery	5
Plant Richness, Species Assessment, and Ecology in the M'goun Geopark Rangelands, High Atlas Mountains, Morocco	5
An Interactive Tool to Promote Stepping Down the Sagebrush Conservation Design to Local Conservation Planning	5
Influence of Cattle Grazing on the Spatiotemporal Activity of Wildlife	5
Spring Manure and Biosolid Compost Additions Affect Soil, Vegetation, and Microbial Characteristic in Dry Rangelands	5
From a Bird to a Biome: Exploring the Sage Grouse Initiative's Role in Defending and Growing Sagebrush Core Areas	5
15-Yr Biomass Production in Semiarid Nebraska Sandhills Grasslands: Part 1—Plant Functional Group Analysis	5
Gradient Analysis and Classification of Tall Forb Communities in the Bridger-Teton National Forest, United States	5
Assessing commercial and early-seral arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculation to aid in restoring sagebrush steppe shrubs	5
Influences of Land Cover, Fire, and Human Activity on Bison Habitat Selection in Restored Grasslands	5
Above Ground Biomass Estimation for Alpine Grasslands of Kashmir Himalayas Using Remote Sensing and Field-Data	5
Impact of Variable Weather on Vegetation Dynamics and Eddy Fluxes in Tallgrass Prairie	5
Sagebrush-Associated Bunchgrasses Drive Invasion Resistance in a Greenhouse Experiment	5
Predicting Exotic Annual Grass Abundance in Rangelands of the Western United States Using Various Precipitation Scenarios	5
Seasonal Climate Effects in Sagebrush-Steppe Plant Community Production	5
What and Why: South Dakota Rangeland Livestock Producers’ Usage of Parasiticides	5