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Assessing herbivore foraging behavior with GPS collars in a semiarid grassland by Augustine, David J, Derner, Justin D

“…Advances in global positioning system (GPS) technology have dramatically enhanced the ability to track and study distributions of free-ranging livestock…”
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Monitoring standing herbaceous biomass and thresholds in semiarid rangelands from harmonized Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 imagery to support within-season adaptive management by Kearney, Sean P., Porensky, Lauren M., Augustine, David J., Gaffney, Rowan, Derner, Justin D.

“…Adaptive management requires rangeland managers to respond to changing forage conditions (e.g., standing herbaceous biomass) within the grazing season at the…”
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Plant traits related to precipitation sensitivity of species and communities in semiarid shortgrass prairie by Wilcox, Kevin R., Blumenthal, Dana M., Kray, Julie A., Mueller, Kevin E., Derner, Justin D., Ocheltree, Troy, Porensky, Lauren M.

“…Summary Understanding how plant communities respond to temporal patterns of precipitation in water‐limited ecosystems is necessary to predict interannual…”
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Complexity fosters learning in collaborative adaptive management by Fernández-Giménez, María E., Augustine, David J., Porensky, Lauren M., Wilmer, Hailey, Derner, Justin D., Briske, David D., Stewart, Michelle O.

“…Learning is recognized as central to collaborative adaptive management (CAM), yet few longitudinal studies examine how learning occurs in CAM or apply the…”
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Long-Term Effects of Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs on Livestock Grazing Distribution and Mass Gain by AUGUSTINE, DAVID J., DERNER, JUSTIN D.

“…The conservation and management of black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) have been contentious issues in grasslands of central North America for…”
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Elevated CO₂ induces substantial and persistent declines in forage quality irrespective of warming in mixedgrass prairie by Augustine, David J., Blumenthal, Dana M., Springer, Tim L., LeCain, Daniel R., Gunter, Stacey A., Derner, Justin D.

“…Increasing atmospheric [CO₂] and temperature are expected to affect the productivity, species composition, biogeochemistry, and therefore the quantity and…”
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Does Grazing Matter for Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration in the Western North American Great Plains? by Derner, Justin D., Augustine, David J., Frank, Douglas A.

“…Considerable uncertainty remains regarding grazing-induced influences on soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration in semiarid grassland ecosystems due to three…”
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Grazing intensity differentially regulates ANPP response to precipitation in North American semiarid grasslands by Irisarri, J. Gonzalo N, Justin D. Derner, Lauren M. Porensky, David J. Augustine, Justin L. Reeves, Kevin E. Mueller

“…Grazing intensity elicits changes in the composition of plant functional groups in both shortgrass steppe (SGS) and northern mixed‐grass prairie (NMP) in…”
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Thresholds and gradients in a semi-arid grassland: long-term grazing treatments induce slow, continuous and reversible vegetation change by Porensky, Lauren M., Mueller, Kevin E., Augustine, David J., Derner, Justin D.

“…1. Temporal changes in semi-arid ecosystems can include transitions between alternative stable states, involving thresholds and multiple domains of attraction,…”
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Controls over the strength and timing of fire–grazer interactions in a semi‐arid rangeland by Augustine, David J, Derner, Justin D, Morgan, Eric

“…The degree to which large herbivores select and forage within recently burned areas is a key driver of vegetation heterogeneity in rangeland ecosystems…”
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Predicting spatial‐temporal patterns of diet quality and large herbivore performance using satellite time series by Kearney, Sean P., Porensky, Lauren M., Augustine, David J., Derner, Justin D., Gao, Feng

“…Adaptive management of large herbivores requires an understanding of how spatial‐temporal fluctuations in forage biomass and quality influence animal…”
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Collaborative Adaptive Rangeland Management Fosters Management-Science Partnerships by Wilmer, Hailey, Derner, Justin D., Fernández-Giménez, María E., Briske, David D., Augustine, David J., Porensky, Lauren M.

“…Rangelands of the western Great Plains of North America are complex social-ecological systems where management objectives for livestock production, grassland…”
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Adaptive rangeland management benefits grassland birds utilizing opposing vegetation structure in the shortgrass steppe by Davis, Kristin P., Augustine, David J., Monroe, Adrian P., Derner, Justin D., Aldridge, Cameron L.

“…Rangelands are temporally and spatially complex socioecological systems on which the predominant land use is livestock production. In North America, rangelands…”
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Plant Community Composition After 75 Yr of Sustained Grazing Intensity Treatments in Shortgrass Steppe by Porensky, Lauren M., Derner, Justin D., Augustine, David J., Milchunas, Daniel G.

“…Plant community responses to livestock grazing lack conformity across studies, even those conducted within similar ecosystems. Variability in outcomes can…”
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Semi-Arid Grassland Bird Responses to Patch-Burn Grazing and Drought by SKAGEN, SUSAN K., AUGUSTINE, DAVID J., DERNER, JUSTIN D.

“…As grassland birds of central North America experience steep population declines with changes in land use, management of remaining tracts becomes increasingly…”
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Regional grassland productivity responses to precipitation during multiyear above‐ and below‐average rainfall periods by Petrie, Matthew D., Peters, Debra P. C., Yao, Jin, Blair, John M., Burruss, Nathan D., Collins, Scott L., Derner, Justin D., Gherardi, Laureano A., Hendrickson, John R., Sala, Osvaldo E., Starks, Patrick J., Steiner, Jean L.

“…There is considerable uncertainty in the magnitude and direction of changes in precipitation associated with climate change, and ecosystem responses are also…”
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Grazing moderates increases in C3 grass abundance over seven decades across a soil texture gradient in shortgrass steppe by Augustine, David J., Derner, Justin D., Milchunas, Daniel, Blumenthal, Dana, Porensky, Lauren M., Schmidtlein, Sebastian

“…Questions How does long‐term exclusion of cattle grazing influence plant community composition in a semi‐arid grassland? Can spatial variation in the effects…”
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Patch-burn grazing management, vegetation heterogeneity, and avian responses in a semi-arid grassland by Augustine, David J., Derner, Justin D.

“…Anthropogenic changes to disturbance regimes in grasslands, and associated homogenization of vegetation structure, have been implicated as factors contributing…”
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Vulnerability of crops and croplands in the US Northern Plains to predicted climate change by Wienhold, Brian J., Vigil, Merle F., Hendrickson, John R., Derner, Justin D.

“…The states of Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming comprise the Northern Great Plains region of the USA. The soil and water…”
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SRM 2020 Annual Meeting: A New Look: Transformation and Translation by Derner, Justin D., Wilmer, Hailey

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