OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Rangeland Ecology & Management is 6. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Annual and 16-Day Rangeland Production Estimates for the Western United States	61
Adaptive, Multipaddock Rotational Grazing Management: A Ranch-Scale Assessment of Effects on Vegetation and Livestock Performance in Semiarid Rangeland	55
Thinking Like a Grassland: Challenges and Opportunities for Biodiversity Conservation in the Great Plains of North America	43
Comparison of Three Machine Learning Algorithms Using Google Earth Engine for Land Use Land Cover Classification	42
Fall-Winter Grazing After Fire in Annual Grass-Invaded Sagebrush Steppe Reduced Annuals and Increased a Native Bunchgrass	38
Cattle Grazing Distribution Patterns Related to Topography Across Diverse Rangeland Ecosystems of North America	35
Managing invasive plants on Great Plains grasslands: A discussion of current challenges	35
An Assessment of Production Trends on the Great Plains from 1984 to 2017	32
Virtual Fencing Effectively Excludes Cattle from Burned Sagebrush Steppe	31
Vegetation Canopy Gap Size and Height: Critical Indicators for Wind Erosion Monitoring and Management	31
Agrosilvopastoral Systems and Well-Managed Pastures Increase Soil Carbon Stocks in the Brazilian Cerrado	29
Can Collaborative Adaptive Management Improve Cattle Production in Multipaddock Grazing Systems?	25
A Social-Relational Approach for Analyzing Trust and Collaboration Networks as Preconditions for Rangeland Comanagement	24
Energy Development and Production in the Great Plains: Implications and Mitigation Opportunities	23
Pollinators of the Great Plains: Disturbances, Stressors, Management, and Research Needs	21
Comparative Pasture Management on Canadian Cattle Ranches With and Without Adaptive Multipaddock Grazing	20
Assessing Sustainability Goals Using Big Data: Collaborative Adaptive Management in the Malpai Borderlands	20
Grassland Ecological Subsidy Policy and Livestock Reduction Behavior: A Case Study of Herdsmen in Northern China	19
Challenges of Brush Management Treatment Effectiveness in Southern Great Plains, United States	18
Advancing Fire Ecology in 21st Century Rangelands	18
Weed-Suppressive Bacteria Fail to Control Bromus tectorum Under Field Conditions	18
Prospects for stakeholder cooperation in effective implementation of enhanced rangeland restoration techniques in southern Tunisia	18
Collaborative Adaptive Rangeland Management, Multipaddock Rotational Grazing, and the Story of the Regrazed Grass Plant	17
Challenges and Potentials for Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration in Forage and Grazing Systems	16
Dormant-Season Moderate Grazing Prefire Maintains Diversity and Reduces Exotic Annual Grass Response Postfire in Imperiled Artemisia Steppe	15

Predicting Cattle Grazing Behavior on Rangeland using Accelerometers	14
Foraging Behavior of Heritage versus Desert-Adapted Commercial Rangeland Beef Cows in Relation to Dam-Offspring Contact Patterns	14
Water use by mature and sapling western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) Trees	14
Using Satellite-Based Vegetation Data for Short-Term Grazing Monitoring to Inform Adaptive Management	14
Managed Grazing on California Annual Rangelands in the Context of State Climate Policy	14
Forum: Critical Decision Dates for Drought Management in Central and Northern Great Plains Rangelands	13
Managing an Invasive Species While Simultaneously Conserving Native Plant Diversity	13
Recent Climate Changes Across the Great Plains and Implications for Natural Resource Management Practices	13
Long-Term Trends in Vegetation on Bureau of Land Management Rangelands in the Western United States	13
Slope and Aspect Effects on Seedbed Microclimate and Germination Timing of Fall-Planted Seeds	13
A Quantitative Soil-Geomorphic Framework for Developing and Mapping Ecological Site Groups	13
Tracking and sensor-based detection of livestock water system failure: A case study simulation	13
Ranchers’ Use of Drought Contingency Plans in Protective Action Decision Making	13
Outcome-Based Approaches for Managing Wildfire Risk: Institutional Interactions and Implementation Within the “Gray Zone”	12
Management Innovations for Resilient Public Rangelands: Adoption Constraints and Considerations for Interagency Diffusion	12
Post-Fire Management-Scale Trials of Bacterial Soil Amendment MB906 Show Inconsistent Control of Invasive Annual Grasses	12
Preemergent Herbicide Protection Seed Coating: A Promising New Restoration Tool	12
Reintroduction of Bilbies (Macrotis lagotis) to Matuwa, an Indigenous Protected Area in Western Australia	11
Weed-Suppressive Bacteria Applied as a Spray or Seed Mixture Did Not Control Bromus tectorum	11
Where There's Smoke, There's Fuel: Dynamic Vegetation Data Improve Predictions of Wildfire Hazard in the Great Basin	11
Is a Prescribed Fire Sufficient to Slow the Spread of Woody Plants in an Infrequently Burned Grassland? A Case Study in Tallgrass Prairie	11
Effect of the Bioherbicide Pseudomonas fluorescens D7 on Downy Brome (Bromus tectorum)	11
Weed-Suppressive Bacteria Have No Effect on Exotic or Native Plants in Sagebrush-Steppe	11
Trends, Impacts, and Cost of Catastrophic and Frequent Wildfires in the Sagebrush Biome	11
Incorporating Land Use Changes and Pastoralists’ Behavior in Sustainable Rangeland Management: Evidence from Iran	11
Ventenata (Ventenata dubia) Response to Grazing and Prescribed Fire on the Pacific Northwest Bunchgrass Prairie	11
Rapid Re-encroachment by Juniperus virginiana After a Single Restoration Treatment	11
Forb Standing Crop Response to Grazing and Precipitation	11
Historical Fire and Ventenata dubia Invasion in a Temperate Grassland	10
Multidecadal directional shift in shortgrass stocking rates	10
Rancher Experiences and Perceptions of Climate Change in the Western United States	10
A Strategic and Science-Based Framework for Management of Invasive Annual Grasses in the Sagebrush Biome	10
Effect of Tree Shade on the Yield of Brachiaria brizantha Grass in Tropical Livestock Production Systems in Mexico	10
Patch-Burn Grazing Impacts Forage Resources in Subtropical Humid Grazing Lands	10
Targeted Grazing of an Invasive Grass Improves Outcomes for Native Plant Communities and Wildlife Habitat	10
Closing the Conservation Gap: Spatial Targeting and Coordination are Needed for Conservation to Keep Pace with Sagebrush Losses	10
Does Grazing Affect Soil Carbon in Subtropical Humid Seminatural Grasslands?	10
Agreement and Uncertainty Among Climate Change Impact Models: A Synthesis of Sagebrush Steppe Vegetation Projections	10
Moderate Grazing During the Off-Season (Fall-Winter) Reduces Exotic Annual Grasses in Sagebrush-Bunchgrass Steppe	10
Forum: A Change in the Ecological Understanding of Rangelands in the Great Basin and Intermountain West and Implications for Management: Revisiting Mack and Thompson (1982)	9
Non-Native Plant Invasions in Prairie Grasslands of Alberta, Canada	9
Bridging the Gap Between Spatial Modeling and Management of Invasive Annual Grasses in the Imperiled Sagebrush Biome	9
Forum: Integration of Crop-Livestock Systems: An Opportunity to Protect Grasslands from Conversion to Cropland in the US Great Plains	9
Effects of Mob-Grazing on Soil and Range Quality Vary with Plant Species and Season in a Semiarid Grassland	9
Improving Drought Preparedness Among Utah Cattle Ranchers	9
Synthesis of Weed-Suppressive Bacteria Studies in Rangelands of the Western United States: Special Section of Articles in Rangeland Ecology & Management Provides Little Evidence of Effectiveness	9
Assessing commercial and early-seral arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculation to aid in restoring sagebrush steppe shrubs	9
Collective Action and Invasive Species Governance in Southern Arizona	9
Grazing Effects on the Composition, Diversity, and Function of Wet Meadow Grasslands in Manitoba, Canada	9
When do Farmers Burn Pasture in Brazil: A Model-Based Approach to Determine Burning Date	8

Vegetation and Animal Performance Responses to Stocking Density Grazing Systems in Nebraska Sandhills Meadows	8
Kentucky Bluegrass Impacts Diversity and Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics in a Northern Great Plains Rangeland	8
Effect of Simulated Tibetan Sheep and Yak Trampling at Different Periods on the Reproductive Characteristics, Underground Morphology, and Carbohydrate Content of Kobresia humilis	8
Shrub cover impacts on yak growth performance and herbaceous forage quality on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China	8
Forage Quantity and Quality Dynamics Due to Weathering over the Dry Season on California Annual Rangelands	8
Socio-Ecological Factors and Risk Perception of Herders Impact Grassland Rent in Inner Mongolia, China	8
Using Virtual Fencing to Create Fuel Breaks in the Sagebrush Steppe	8
Departures of Rangeland Fractional Component Cover and Land Cover from Landsat-Based Ecological Potential in Wyoming, USA	8
Retrospective Assessment of Beef Cow Numbers to Climate Variability Throughout the U.S. Great Plains	8
Mixed‐Prairie Well Site Reclamation with Natural Recovery, Seeding, and Grazing	8
Local-Scale Variation in Land Use Practice Supports a Diverse Carnivore Guild on Namibian Multiple-Use Rangeland	8
Using Adaptive Management to Restore Grasslands Invaded by Tall Fescue (Schedonorus arundinaceus)	8
Sheep Trampling Modifies Soil and Plant C:N:P Stoichiometry in a Typical Steppe of the Loess Plateau	7
Biological Soil Crusts of the Great Plains: A Review	7
Effects of Mowing Frequency on Biomass Allocation and Yield of Leymus chinensis	7
Exploring Opinions for Using Prescribed Fire to Control Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana) Encroachment in the Southern Great Plains, United States	7
Change in Piñon-Juniper Woodland Cover Since Euro-American Settlement: Expansion Versus Contraction Associated with Soil Properties	7
Overlap Between Sagebrush Habitat Specialists Differs Among Seasons: Implications for Umbrella Species Conservation	7
Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Rangeland Transformation using machine learning algorithms and Remote Sensing data	7
Influence of Weather on Production Dynamics in Wyoming Big Sagebrush Steppe Across Plant Associations	7
Livestock Increase Soil Organic Carbon in the Northern Great Plains	7
Farmers' Behavioral Intention to Cultivate Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Farmlands: Solutions for the Conservation of Rangelands	7
A Synthesis of Ranch-Level Sustainability Indicators for Land Managers and to Communicate Across the US Beef Supply Chain	7
Effective Management Practices for Increasing Native Plant Diversity on Mesquite Savanna-Texas Wintergrass-Dominated Rangelands	7
Future Direction of Fuels Management in Sagebrush Rangelands	7
Furrows and, to a Lesser Extent, Seed Priming Improve Restoration Success in the Sagebrush Steppe	7
Considering Spatiotemporal Forage Variability in Rangeland Inventory and Monitoring	7
Pastoral Livelihood Diversification and Gender in Borana, Southern Ethiopia	7
Timing and duration of precipitation pulses and interpulses influence seedling recruitment in the Great Basin	7
Defend and Grow the Core for Birds: How a Sagebrush Conservation Strategy Benefits Rangeland Birds	7
State of the Sagebrush: Implementing the Sagebrush Conservation Design to Save a Biome	6
Effects of Using Indaziflam and Activated Carbon Seed Technology in Efforts to Increase Perennials in Ventenata dubia–Invaded Rangelands	6
A Synthesis of Research on the Human Dimensions of Sagebrush Ecosystem Management	6
Evaluating the Efficacy of Targeted Cattle Grazing for Fuel Break Creation and Maintenance	6
Long-term evaluation of restoring understories in Wyoming big sagebrush communities with mowing and seeding native bunchgrasses	6
Suppression of Cheatgrass by Perennial Bunchgrasses	6
Holistic versus continuous grazing in Patagonia: A station-scale case study of plant and animal production	6
Assessing variation in range health across grazed northern temperate grasslands	6
An abundance estimate of free-roaming horses on the Navajo Nation	6
Evaluating the Sagebrush Conservation Design Strategy Through the Performance of a Sagebrush Indicator Species	6
Monitoring for spatial regimes in rangelands	6
Guinea Grass Establishment in South Texas Is Driven by Disturbance History and Savanna Structure	6
Fire controls annual bromes in northern great plains grasslands—Up to a point	6
Divergent Responses of Plant Communities under Increased Land-Use Intensity in Oasis-Desert Ecotones of Tarim Basin	6
The Declining Ogallala Aquifer and the Future Role of Rangeland Science on the North American High Plains	6
What Is Driving the Proliferation of Exotic Annual Grasses in Sagebrush Communities? Comparing Fire with Off-Season Grazing	6
UAV−Enabled Quantification of Grazing-Induced Changes in Uniformity of Green Cover on Semiarid and Mesic Grasslands	6
Plant Community Assembly Mechanisms of a Subalpine Meadow Community Along Different Successional Time	6
Reduction of Grazing Capacity in High-Elevation Rangelands After Black Locust Invasion in South Africa	6
Forage Quality and Quantity in Migratory and Resident Mule Deer Summer Ranges	6
FeatherFlame: An Arduino-Based Thermocouple Datalogging System to Record Wildland Fire Flame Temperatures in Agris	6
Evaluation of the APEX cattle weight gain component for grazing decision-support in the Western Great Plains	6
Evaluating Prairie Dog–Cattle Competition from the Perspective of a Ranching Enterprise in the Western Great Plains: Economic Analysis of Potential Effects on Long-Term Profitability	6
Drought Alters The Understory of Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands Indirectly through Tree Dieback	6
Compatibility of Dual Enterprises for Cattle and Deer in North America: A Quantitative Review	6
Indaziflam Reduces Seed Bank Richness and Density but not Sagebrush-Grassland Plant Diversity	6