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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Understanding How Ranchers Adaptively Manage for Drought in Northeastern Colorado	164
Distribution of Willows Along Streambanks of Publicly Managed Streams in the Interior Pacific Northwest	58
Trends in the Outcomes, Practice, and Law of Low-Tech Process-Based Restoration in Western Rangelands	48
Towards integrated frameworks for assessing bird species richness using citizen science and geospatial data	37
Improving Winterfat Seedling Emergence Using Hydrophobic Seed Coatings	30
Incorporating Land Use Changes and Pastoralists’ Behavior in Sustainable Rangeland Management: Evidence from Iran	28
Table of Contents	27
Temperature Effects on Huisache (Vachellia farnesiana (L.) Wight & Arn.) Seed Germination	27
Moderate Grazing During the Off-Season (Fall-Winter) Reduces Exotic Annual Grasses in Sagebrush-Bunchgrass Steppe	25
Geospatial Decision Support System for Urban and Rural Aquifer Resilience: Integrating Remote Sensing-Based Rangeland Analysis With Groundwater Quality Assessment	24
Plant Phenology of High-Elevation Meadows: Assessing Spectral Responses of Grazed Meadows	19
Regional Context for Balancing Sagebrush- and Woodland-Dependent Songbird Needs with Targeted Pinyon-Juniper Management	19
Table of Contents	19
A Spatial Prioritization of Conifer Management to Defend and Grow Sagebrush Cores	18
Photosynthetic Resilience of Elymus elymoides and Pseudoroegneria spicata Seedlings Following Acute Water Stress	18
Bridging the Gap Between Spatial Modeling and Management of Invasive Annual Grasses in the Imperiled Sagebrush Biome	18
Movement Dynamics and Energy Expenditure of Yearling Steers Under Contrasting Grazing Management in Shortgrass Steppe	17
Assessing Pastoral Reforms Through the Performance of Agro-Pastoral Community-Based Organizations in South Tunisia	17
Climate Change Vulnerabilities and Adaptation Strategies for Land Managers on Northwest US Rangelands	17
Debris Barriers Reduce the Effects of Livestock Grazing Along Streams After Timber Harvest	17
Editorial Board/Journal Info	16
Future Direction of Fuels Management in Sagebrush Rangelands	16
Tracking Livestock Diets Using Stable Isotopes in Complex Mixed Farming Systems	16
Changes in Forage Quality and Cattle Performance with Short-Duration Grazing of Mesic Meadows in the Intermountain West	16
Dormant-Season Moderate Grazing Prefire Maintains Diversity and Reduces Exotic Annual Grass Response Postfire in Imperiled Artemisia Steppe	15

Editorial Board/Journal Info	15
Herders’ Preferences for Maintaining Yak Herding in the Eastern Himalayas	15
Predictors of ranchers’ Protection Behaviors in the Use of Pastures Through Protection Motivation Theory	15
Holistic Management Shifts Ranchers’ Mental Models for Successful Adaptive Grazing	15
Effects of Postwildfire Mechanical Seeding on Soil Properties in Wyoming Big Sagebrush Communities	14
Managing Medusahead Using Dormant Season Grazing in the Northern Great Basin	14
Carbon Sequestration in Degraded Intermountain West Rangelands, United States	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
Local-Scale Variation in Land Use Practice Supports a Diverse Carnivore Guild on Namibian Multiple-Use Rangeland	13
Continuous Decrease in Grassland Quality in Cold-Season Pasture Over Three River Headwater Region	13
Diversity and Abundance of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Soil Bacteria in Purshia tridentata Stands in the Sagebrush Steppe	13
Deeper Seeding Allows Bunchgrass Establishment While the Pre-emergent Herbicide Indaziflam Controls Invasive Annual Grasses	13
Salt Cedar Intake by Cattle, Sheep, and Goats Following 21 Days of Exposure	12
Evaluating Mesquite Distribution Using Unpiloted Aerial Vehicles and Satellite Imagery	12
Patch-Burn Grazing: An Economic Analysis of Pyric Herbivory Rangeland Management by Cow–Calf Producers	12
Editorial Board/Journal Info	12
Long-Term Grazing Intensity Impacts Belowground Carbon Allocation and Mycorrhizas Revealed by 13CO2 Pulse Labeling	12
Review on the Socioecological Performance of Grassland Ecological Payment and Award Policy with the Consideration of an Alternate Approach for Nonequilibrium Ecosystems	12
Variation of the Montezuma Quail's Diet in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas	12
A Mediated Peer-to-Peer Prescribed Fire Outreach Program for Texas Hill Country Landowners	12
Vertical Brush Sculpting for Heterogeneity in Mesquite Savanna: Implementation and Effect on Grass Production	12
Effects of Digestion on Germination of Native Grasses of the Southern Great Plains	12
Responses of Ground-Dwelling Arthropods to Long-Term Prescribed Fire Regimes in a Savanna-Protected Area	12
Effect of Tree Shade on the Yield of Brachiaria brizantha Grass in Tropical Livestock Production Systems in Mexico	11
Seed Storage Conditions Shape Germination Outcomes: Differing Responses in Two Closely Related Grass Species	11
Table of Contents	11
Avifauna Assemblages in Sand Shinnery Oak Shrublands Managed with Prescribed Fire	11
Assessing Rangeland Sensitivity to Degradation in North Tibet	11
Editorial Board/Journal Info	10
Thresholds and Driving Mechanisms of Plateau Pika Burrowing on Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Alpine Meadows	10
Effects of Mob-Grazing on Soil and Range Quality Vary with Plant Species and Season in a Semiarid Grassland	10
How Transhumance and Pastoral Commons Shape Plant Community Structure and Composition	10
Editorial Board/Journal Info	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
Evaluating Native Plant Community Characteristics After Restoration Efforts in Invaded Tallgrass Prairies	10
Spread of Forage Kochia in Invasive Annual Grass-Dominated Sagebrush Steppe	10
State of the Sagebrush: Implementing the Sagebrush Conservation Design to Save a Biome	10
Habitat Use of Wintering Mule Deer Across a Juniper-Treated and Burned Landscape	10
Evaluation of Land Use Land Cover Changes in Response to Land Surface Temperature With Satellite Indices and Remote Sensing Data	9
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle–Based Remote Sensing of Cattle Dung: Detection, Classification, and Spatial Analysis of Distribution	9
Adapting to Climatic Extremes: Do Grazing Management Strategies Matter?	9
Corrigendum to “Digital Mapping of Vegetative Great Groups to Inform Management Strategies” [Rangeland Ecology & Management, volume 94, May 2024, pages 7-19]	9
Regional Assessment of Stocking Rate Effects on Uruguayan Rangelands: A Ranch-Level Study	9
Influence of Livestock Grazing History on Plant Community Composition on Native Prairies of the Southern Prairie Pothole Region	9
Grazing Effects on the Composition, Diversity, and Function of Wet Meadow Grasslands in Manitoba, Canada	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
Plot-Measured Variables Indicate Landscape-Scale Patterns of Annual Grass Invasion in Northwestern US Rangelands	8

Developing Large-Scale Pasture Approaches to Quantify Forage Mass in Rangelands Using Drones	8
Table of Contents	8
Evaluating Fecal DNA Metabarcoding to Estimate the Dietary Botanical Composition of Goats	8
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
Temporal and Spatial Factors Influence Native Forb Emergence More Than Sowing Depth	7
The Declining Ogallala Aquifer and the Future Role of Rangeland Science on the North American High Plains	7
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	7
Beef Cattle Producer Perspectives on Virtual Fencing	7
Growing Season Fires and Herbicide May not Be the Silver Bullet to Lespedeza cuneata Management	7
Morphological, Productive, and Pest Susceptibility Characteristics of Forage Cactus Clones in Semiarid Regions of Brazil	7
Costs of Land Treatments on Public Lands in the Western United States	7
Table of Contents	7
Importance of Stocking Rate, Grazing, and Browsing Capacity in Relation to Rainfall on a Wildlife Estate in the Central Free State of South Africa	7
A Strategic and Science-Based Framework for Management of Invasive Annual Grasses in the Sagebrush Biome	7
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	7
Rehabilitating Invaded Rangeland in Central South Dakota with Grazing, Seeding, and Herbicides	7
Ecological Stoichiometry of Multiple Nutrients in Leymus chinensis and Soils Subjected to Long-Term Saline-Sodic Stress in Western Jilin Province, China	6
Editorial Board/Journal Info	6
Herbicide Applications in California Dryland Perennial Grasses Improve Forage Yield and Crop Coverage	6
Wildfire and Postfire Restoration Treatments Have Lasting Effects on Rodent Habitat and Community Composition	6
Fire and Nitrogen Effects on Aristida purpurea Mineral Concentrations	6
Drought Resistance and Resilience of Non-Native versus Invaded-Native Grassland in the Northern Tallgrass Prairie	6
Integrating Erosion Models Into Land Health Assessments to Better Understand Landscape Condition	6
Dynamics of Land Use Changes and Eco-efficiency of Pastoralists in Northern Iran	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
Table of Contents	6
Mapping and Modeling Aboveground Biomass Dynamics in Savanna Grasslands Southern Ethiopia	6
Long-Term Trends in Vegetation on Bureau of Land Management Rangelands in the Western United States	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
Management Strategies Determine How Invasive Plant Impacts on Rangeland Provisioning Services Change Net Revenue on California Annual Rangeland	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
Editorial Board/Journal Info	6
15-Yr Biomass Production in Semiarid Nebraska Sandhills Grassland: Part 2-Response to Seasonal Precipitation and Temperature	6
Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Responses to Long-Term Flood Irrigation and Fertilization in High-Elevation Hay Meadows	6
An Interactive Tool to Promote Stepping Down the Sagebrush Conservation Design to Local Conservation Planning	5
Implications of Climate Change for the Distribution of the Invasive Grass Genus Nassella in South Africa and Lesotho	5
Effect of Defoliation Frequency on Rytidosperma Virescens Plants and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Colonization	5
Predation on the Endangered Hungarian Meadow Viper in Pastures and Hayfields: Insights From Plasticine Models	5
Above Ground Biomass Estimation for Alpine Grasslands of Kashmir Himalayas Using Remote Sensing and Field-Data	5
Impact of Wildlife Grazing During Drought on Herbaceous Vegetation in a Semiarid Rangeland and Postdrought Recovery	5
What and Why: South Dakota Rangeland Livestock Producers’ Usage of Parasiticides	5
Monitoring on U.S. Pasture and Rangelands: Highlighting the Value of Informal Approaches for Practical Use	5
Beyond the Pasture: A Review of Business Risk and Rangeland Management Decisions	5
Ranch Economics of Using Targeted Grazing to Create Wildfire Fuel Breaks on Public Land	5
Spring-Applied Treatments Offer Another Window of Opportunity for Revegetation of Annual Grass−Invaded Rangelands	5
Table of Contents	5
Impact of Variable Weather on Vegetation Dynamics and Eddy Fluxes in Tallgrass Prairie	5
Spring Manure and Biosolid Compost Additions Affect Soil, Vegetation, and Microbial Characteristic in Dry Rangelands	5
Long-Term Legacy of Juniper Encroachment: Increased Infiltration and Reduced Compaction a Decade After Mortality	5
Does Initial Body Size Influence Weight Gain of Stocker Steers During the Growing Season in Semiarid Western Great Plains Rangeland?	5
Corrigendum to ‘Integrating Erosion Models Into Land Health Assessments to Better Understand Landscape Condition’ [Rangeland Ecology & Management, Volume 96, September 2024, Pages 32-46]	5
A Novel Chart to Score Rumen Fill Following Simple Sequential Instructions	5
Herbicide Application in Mojave Desert Shrublands: Invasive Grass Reduction, Native Forb Resilience, and Shrub Mortality	5
Plant Richness, Species Assessment, and Ecology in the M'goun Geopark Rangelands, High Atlas Mountains, Morocco	5
Assessment of Drought Impact on Rangelands Using Multi-Index Remote Sensing Approach	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
From a Bird to a Biome: Exploring the Sage Grouse Initiative's Role in Defending and Growing Sagebrush Core Areas	5