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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Plant Phenology of High-Elevation Meadows: Assessing Spectral Responses of Grazed Meadows	213
Temperature Effects on Huisache (Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Wight & Arn.) Seed Germination	71
Table of Contents	43
Table of Contents	42
Regional Context for Balancing Sagebrush- and Woodland-Dependent Songbird Needs with Targeted Pinyon-Juniper Management	37
Drivers of the Fine- and Broad-Scale Distribution of a Woody Encroacher in a Montane Grassland	30
Understanding How Ranchers Adaptively Manage for Drought in Northeastern Colorado	30
Bridging the Gap Between Spatial Modeling and Management of Invasive Annual Grasses in the Imperiled Sagebrush Biome	29
Moderate Grazing During the Off-Season (Fall-Winter) Reduces Exotic Annual Grasses in Sagebrush-Bunchgrass Steppe	29
Fire and Drought Effects on Kentucky Bluegrass in a Northern Great Plains Grassland	27
A Spatial Prioritization of Conifer Management to Defend and Grow Sagebrush Cores	25
Distribution of Willows Along Streambanks of Publicly Managed Streams in the Interior Pacific Northwest	24
Towards integrated frameworks for assessing bird species richness using citizen science and geospatial data	23
Improving Winterfat Seedling Emergence Using Hydrophobic Seed Coatings	22
Geospatial Decision Support System for Urban and Rural Aquifer Resilience: Integrating Remote Sensing-Based Rangeland Analysis With Groundwater Quality Assessment	21
The Role of Age Set Systems and Indigenous Knowledge in Responding to Climatic Stresses: Insights From the Maasai Agro-Pastoralist Communities in Northern Tanzania	20
Photosynthetic Resilience of Elymus elymoides and Pseudoroegneria spicata Seedlings Following Acute Water Stress	20
Trends in the Outcomes, Practice, and Law of Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration in Western Rangelands	20
Future Direction of Fuels Management in Sagebrush Rangelands	19
Changes in Forage Quality and Cattle Performance with Short-Duration Grazing of Mesic Meadows in the Intermountain West	19
Editorial Board/Journal Info	17
Holistic Management Shifts Ranchers’ Mental Models for Successful Adaptive Grazing	17
Assessing Pastoral Reforms Through the Performance of Agro-Pastoral Community-Based Organizations in South Tunisia	16
Predictors of ranchers’ Protection Behaviors in the Use of Pastures Through Protection Motivation Theory	16
How is the Species Biodiversity Swimming Upstream Amidst the Overall Decline of Global Grassland?	16

Tracking Livestock Diets Using Stable Isotopes in Complex Mixed Farming Systems	16
Herders’ Preferences for Maintaining Yak Herding in the Eastern Himalayas	16
Spatio-Temporal Assessment of Vegetation Response to Climatic Variability Using NDVI and VCI in the Forested Landscape	15
Climate Change Vulnerabilities and Adaptation Strategies for Land Managers on Northwest US Rangelands	15
Movement Dynamics and Energy Expenditure of Yearling Steers Under Contrasting Grazing Management in Shortgrass Steppe	15
Carbon Sequestration in Degraded Intermountain West Rangelands, United States	15
Editorial Board/Journal Info	15
Managing Medusahead Using Dormant Season Grazing in the Northern Great Basin	15
Nutritional potential of native shrub species for cattle feeding in northeastern Peru	14
Continuous Decrease in Grassland Quality in Cold-Season Pasture Over Three River Headwater Region	14
Goat Defoliation and Debarking on Eastern Redcedar with Rumen Undegradable Protein Supplement	13
Vertical Brush Sculpting for Heterogeneity in Mesquite Savanna: Implementation and Effect on Grass Production	13
Diversity and Abundance of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Soil Bacteria in Purshia tridentata Stands in the Sagebrush Steppe	13
A Mediated Peer-to-Peer Prescribed Fire Outreach Program for Texas Hill Country Landowners	13
Introducing Resiliency as a Novel Metric for Enhanced Drought Monitoring	12
Effects of Postwildfire Mechanical Seeding on Soil Properties in Wyoming Big Sagebrush Communities	12
Long-Term Grazing Intensity Impacts Belowground Carbon Allocation and Mycorrhizas Revealed by 13CO2 Pulse Labeling	12
Effects of Seeding Rate and Sowing Season on the Establishment Success of Wyoming Big Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata subsp. wyomingensis)	12
Deeper Seeding Allows Bunchgrass Establishment While the Pre-emergent Herbicide Indaziflam Controls Invasive Annual Grasses	12
Perception of Rangeland Degradation in Mongolia: The Role of Herder Groups and Local Ecological Knowledge	12
Evaluating Mesquite Distribution Using Unpiloted Aerial Vehicles and Satellite Imagery	12
Variation of the Montezuma Quail's Diet in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas	11
Effects of Digestion on Germination of Native Grasses of the Southern Great Plains	11
Review on the Socioecological Performance of Grassland Ecological Payment and Award Policy with the Consideration of an Alternate Approach for Nonequilibrium Ecosystems	11
Patch-Burn Grazing: An Economic Analysis of Pyric Herbivory Rangeland Management by Cow–Calf Producers	10
Responses of Ground-Dwelling Arthropods to Long-Term Prescribed Fire Regimes in a Savanna-Protected Area	10
Habitat Use of Wintering Mule Deer Across a Juniper-Treated and Burned Landscape	10
How Transhumance and Pastoral Commons Shape Plant Community Structure and Composition	10
Management and Behavior of Livestock Guarding Dogs in a Multiuse Rural Landscape in Northern Israel	10
Evaluation of the Gap Intercept Method to Measure Rangeland Connectivity	10
Seed Storage Conditions Shape Germination Outcomes: Differing Responses in Two Closely Related Grass Species	9
Editorial Board/Journal Info	9
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
State of the Sagebrush: Implementing the Sagebrush Conservation Design to Save a Biome	9
Editorial Board/Journal Info	9
Influence of Livestock Grazing History on Plant Community Composition on Native Prairies of the Southern Prairie Pothole Region	9
Evaluating Native Plant Community Characteristics After Restoration Efforts in Invaded Tallgrass Prairies	9
Assessing Rangeland Sensitivity to Degradation in North Tibet	9
Thresholds and Driving Mechanisms of Plateau Pika Burrowing on Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Alpine Meadows	9
Costs of Land Treatments on Public Lands in the Western United States	8
A Strategic and Science-Based Framework for Management of Invasive Annual Grasses in the Sagebrush Biome	8
Plot-Measured Variables Indicate Landscape-Scale Patterns of Annual Grass Invasion in Northwestern US Rangelands	8
Extensive Use of Agricultural and Conservation Fields by Male Greater Sage-Grouse in Washington State	8
Rehabilitating Invaded Rangeland in Central South Dakota with Grazing, Seeding, and Herbicides	8
Evaluating Fecal DNA Metabarcoding to Estimate the Dietary Botanical Composition of Goats	8
Corrigendum to “Well-Connected Core Areas Retain Ecological Integrity of Sagebrush Ecosystems Amidst Overall Declines From 2001–2021” [Rangeland Ecology & Management Volume 97, November 2024, Page	8
Temporal and Spatial Factors Influence Native Forb Emergence More Than Sowing Depth	8
Table of Contents	8
Adapting to Climatic Extremes: Do Grazing Management Strategies Matter?	8

Wintering Greater Sage-Grouse Preferentially Select Shrub Microhabitat Characteristics Within the Home Range	8
Low Neighbor Abundances Are Often Necessary but Insufficient for Establishing Seeded Shrubs	8
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
Morphological, Productive, and Pest Susceptibility Characteristics of Forage Cactus Clones in Semiarid Regions of Brazil	8
Long-Term Trends in Vegetation on Bureau of Land Management Rangelands in the Western United States	8
Regional Assessment of Stocking Rate Effects on Uruguayan Rangelands: A Ranch-Level Study	8
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle–Based Remote Sensing of Cattle Dung: Detection, Classification, and Spatial Analysis of Distribution	8
Evaluation of Land Use Land Cover Changes in Response to Land Surface Temperature With Satellite Indices and Remote Sensing Data	8
Importance of Stocking Rate, Grazing, and Browsing Capacity in Relation to Rainfall on a Wildlife Estate in the Central Free State of South Africa	8
Critical Precipitation Months Across the Western United States	7
Reliability of Two Microhistological Analyses for Quantifying the Botanical Composition of Mediterranean Deer Diets	7
Developing Large-Scale Pasture Approaches to Quantify Forage Mass in Rangelands Using Drones	7
Integrating Erosion Models Into Land Health Assessments to Better Understand Landscape Condition	7
Beef Cattle Producer Perspectives on Virtual Fencing	7
15-Yr Biomass Production in Semiarid Nebraska Sandhills Grassland: Part 2-Response to Seasonal Precipitation and Temperature	7
Editorial Board/Journal Info	7
Grassland Vegetation Responses to Rotational Stocking in the U.S. Southern Great Plains	7
Dynamics of Land Use Changes and Eco-efficiency of Pastoralists in Northern Iran	7
The Declining Ogallala Aquifer and the Future Role of Rangeland Science on the North American High Plains	7
Comparison of Three Machine Learning Algorithms Using Google Earth Engine for Land Use Land Cover Classification	7
Biophysical Challenges to Pastoral Mobility in Northern Tanzania	7
Growing Season Fires and Herbicide May not Be the Silver Bullet to Lespedeza cuneata Management	7
Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Sustainable Management of Improved Rangelands in Kayseri, Turkey	7
Saline-Alkali Stress Influences Ecological Stoichiometric Homeostasis of Manganese and Zinc in Leymus chinensis	7
Prioritizing Accuracy or Efficiency: Comparing General Allometric Models for Perennial Bunchgrass Species	7
Fire and Nitrogen Effects on Aristida purpurea Mineral Concentrations	7
Table of Contents	6
Temporal Variation and Habitat Management Influence Arthropod Prey for Northern Bobwhites (Colinus virginianus)	6
A Novel Chart to Score Rumen Fill Following Simple Sequential Instructions	6
Tradeoffs and Challenges in the Development of Prototype Seed Enhancement Technologies for Sagebrush	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
Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Responses to Long-Term Flood Irrigation and Fertilization in High-Elevation Hay Meadows	6
Spring-Applied Treatments Offer Another Window of Opportunity for Revegetation of Annual Grass−Invaded Rangelands	6
Above Ground Biomass Estimation for Alpine Grasslands of Kashmir Himalayas Using Remote Sensing and Field-Data	6
Wildfire and Postfire Restoration Treatments Have Lasting Effects on Rodent Habitat and Community Composition	6
Herbicide Application in Mojave Desert Shrublands: Invasive Grass Reduction, Native Forb Resilience, and Shrub Mortality	6
Herbicide Applications in California Dryland Perennial Grasses Improve Forage Yield and Crop Coverage	6
Optimized NMME Climate Forecasts for Rangeland Management Applications in the Western United States	6
Can Changing Livestock Structure Serve as a Climate Adaptation Strategy? Evidence From the Mongolian Plateau	6
Effect of Defoliation Frequency on Rytidosperma Virescens Plants and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Colonization	6
Ecological Stoichiometry of Multiple Nutrients in Leymus chinensis and Soils Subjected to Long-Term Saline-Sodic Stress in Western Jilin Province, China	6
Implications of Climate Change for the Distribution of the Invasive Grass Genus Nassella in South Africa and Lesotho	6
Editorial Board/Journal Info	6
Mapping and Modeling Aboveground Biomass Dynamics in Savanna Grasslands Southern Ethiopia	6
Management Strategies Determine How Invasive Plant Impacts on Rangeland Provisioning Services Change Net Revenue on California Annual Rangeland	6
Table of Contents	6
Long-Term Legacy of Juniper Encroachment: Increased Infiltration and Reduced Compaction a Decade After Mortality	5
Desertification and Aquifers’ Depth: Assessment of Comparative Vulnerability in Rural Desert Zone of Tharparkar District, Pakistan	5
Predation on the Endangered Hungarian Meadow Viper in Pastures and Hayfields: Insights From Plasticine Models	5
Does Initial Body Size Influence Weight Gain of Stocker Steers During the Growing Season in Semiarid Western Great Plains Rangeland?	5
Impact of Wildlife Grazing During Drought on Herbaceous Vegetation in a Semiarid Rangeland and Postdrought Recovery	5
Assessment of Drought Impact on Rangelands Using Multi-Index Remote Sensing Approach	5
Sagebrush-Associated Bunchgrasses Drive Invasion Resistance in a Greenhouse Experiment	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 Variable Weather on Vegetation Dynamics and Eddy Fluxes in Tallgrass Prairie	5
15-Yr Biomass Production in Semiarid Nebraska Sandhills Grasslands: Part 1—Plant Functional Group Analysis	5
Beyond the Pasture: A Review of Business Risk and Rangeland Management Decisions	5
Influence of Cattle Grazing on the Spatiotemporal Activity of Wildlife	5
Plant Richness, Species Assessment, and Ecology in the M'goun Geopark Rangelands, High Atlas Mountains, Morocco	5
Predicting Exotic Annual Grass Abundance in Rangelands of the Western United States Using Various Precipitation Scenarios	5
Influences of Land Cover, Fire, and Human Activity on Bison Habitat Selection in Restored Grasslands	5
Virtual Fences Successfully Contain Cattle Over a Wide Range of Stocking Densities and at Stubble Heights Below Common Riparian Management Targets	5
Ranch Economics of Using Targeted Grazing to Create Wildfire Fuel Breaks on Public Land	5
Spring Manure and Biosolid Compost Additions Affect Soil, Vegetation, and Microbial Characteristic in Dry Rangelands	5
An Interactive Tool to Promote Stepping Down the Sagebrush Conservation Design to Local Conservation Planning	5
Monitoring on U.S. Pasture and Rangelands: Highlighting the Value of Informal Approaches for Practical Use	5
Seasonal Climate Effects in Sagebrush-Steppe Plant Community Production	5
From a Bird to a Biome: Exploring the Sage Grouse Initiative's Role in Defending and Growing Sagebrush Core Areas	5
Defend and Grow the Core for Birds: How a Sagebrush Conservation Strategy Benefits Rangeland Birds	5
Grazing Intensity and Seasonality Manipulate Invasive Annual Grasses and Native Vegetation	5