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Rangelands Special Issue, Volume 32, Issue 6 (December 2010)

  1. Bestelmeyer, B. T. and J. R. Brown. 2010. An Introduction to the Special Issue on Ecological Sites. Rangelands 32:3-4.
  2. Bestelmeyer, B. T., K. Moseley, P. L. Shaver, H. Sanchez, D. D. Briske, and M. E. Fernandez-Gimenez. 2010. Practical guidance for developing state-and-transition models. Rangelands 32:23-30.
  3. Brown, J. R. 2010. Ecological Sites: Their History, Status, and Future. Rangelands 32:5-8.
  4. Duniway, M. C., B. T. Bestelmeyer, and A. Tugel. 2010. Soil processes and properties that distinguish ecological sites and states. Rangelands 32:9-15.
  5. Gilgert, W. and S. Zack. 2010. Integrating Multiple Ecosystem Services Into Ecological Site Descriptions. Rangelands 32:49-54.
  6. Karl, J. W. and J. E. Herrick. 2010. Monitoring and Assessment Based on Ecological Sites. Rangelands 32:60-64.
  7. Knapp, C. N., M. E. Fernandez-Gimenez, and E. Kachergis. 2010. The Role of Local Knowledge in State-and-Transition Model Development. Rangelands 32:31-36.
  8. Moseley, K., P. L. Shaver, H. Sanchez, and B. T. Bestelmeyer. 2010. Ecological site development: A gentle introduction. Rangelands 32:16-22.
  9. Stringham, T. K. and J. P. Repp. 2010. Ecological Site Descriptions: Consideration for Riparian Systems. Rangelands 32:43-48.
  10. Talbot, C. J., S. B. Campbell, M. Hansen, and A. B. Price. 2010. Information Technologies and Ecological Site Descriptions. Rangelands 32:55-59.
  11. Townsend, L. 2010. Ecological Site Descriptions: Developmental Considerations for Woodlands and Forests. Rangelands 32:37-42.

 

 

 

 

  1. Aguilera, M.O., D.F. Steinaker, M.R. Demaría, A.O. Ávila. 1998. Estados y transiciones de los pastizales de Sorghastrum pellitum del área medanosa de San Luís, Argentina. Ecotropicos 11: 107-120.
  2. Bestelmeyer, B.T., J.R. Brown, K.M. Havstad, G. Chavez, and R. Alexander, and J.E. Herrick. 2003. Development and use of state-and-transition models for rangelands. Journal of Range Management 56: 114-126.
  3. Bestelmeyer, B.T., J.E. Herrick, J.R. Brown, D.A. Trujillo, K.M. Havstad. 2004. Land management in the American Southwest: a state-and-transition approach to ecosystem complexity. Environmental Management 34: 38-51.
  4. Bestelmeyer, B. T., D. A. Trujillo, A. J. Tugel, and K. M. Havstad. 2006. A multi-scale classification of vegetation dynamics in arid lands: what is the right scale for models, monitoring, and restoration? Journal of Arid Environments 65: 296-318.
  5. Bestelmeyer, B. T., A. J. Tugel, G. L. Peacock, Jr., D. G. Robinett, P. L. Shaver, J. R. Brown, J. E. Herrick, H. Sanchez, and K. M. Havstad. 2009. State-and-transition models for heterogeneous landscapes: A strategy for development and application. Rangeland Ecology and Management 62:1-15.
  6. Briske, D. D., B.T. Bestelmeyer, T.K. Stringham, and P.L. Shaver. 2008. Recommendations for development of resilience-based state-and-transition models. Rangeland Ecology and Management 61:359-367.
  7. Briske, D. D., S. D. Fuhlendorf, and F. E. Smeins. 2005. State-and-transition models, thresholds, and rangeland health: a synthesis of ecological concepts and perspectives. Rangeland Ecology and Management 58:1-10.
  8. Briske, D. D., S. D. Fuhlendorf and F. E. Smeins. 2006. A unified framework for assessment and application of ecological thresholds. Rangeland Ecology and Management 59:225-236.
  9. Brown, J. R. and B. T. Bestelmeyer. 2008. Resolving critical issues for the development of ecological site descriptions: Summary of a symposium. Rangelands 30: 16-18.
  10. Brown, J. R., T. Svejcar, M. Brunson, J. Dobrowolski, E. Fredrickson, U. Krueter, K. Launchbaugh, J. Southworth and T. Thurow. 2002. Range Sites: Are they the appropriate spatial unit for measuring and managing rangelands? Rangelands 24: 7-12.
  11. Burkett, L. M., B. T. Bestelmeyer A. J. Tugel. 2011. A Field Guide to Pedoderm and Pattern Classes, Version 1.1.  59 pp.
  12. Creque, J. A., S. D. Bassett, and N. E. West. 1999. Viewpoint: Delineating ecological sites. Journal of Range Management 52: 546-549.
  13. Dyksterhuis, E.J. 1949. Condition and management of rangeland based on quantitative ecology. Journal of Range Management 2: 104-115.
  14. Dyksterhuis, E.J. Ecological Principles in Range Evaluation. 1958, Botanical Review, 24:253-272.
  15. Herrick, J.E., B.T. Bestelmeyer, S.R. Archer, A.J. Tugel, and J.R. Brown. 2006. An integrated framework for science-based arid land management. Journal of Arid Environments 65: 319-335.
  16. Karl, J., Herrick J.E. 2010. Monitoring and assessment based on ecological sites. Rangelands. 32(6):60-64.
  17. Miller, M.E. 2005. The structure and functioning of dryland ecosystems: Conceptual models to inform long-term ecological monitoring. U. S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5197. Reston, VA. 74 pp.
  18. Peterson, F. F. 1981. Landforms of the Basin and Range Province, Defined for Soil Survey. Technical Bulletin 28, Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Nevada, Reno.
  19. Schoeneberger, P.J., Wysocki, D.A., Benham, E.C., and Broderson, W.D. (editors), 2002. Field book for describing and sampling soils, Version 2.0. Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Soil Survey Center, Lincoln, NE.
  20. Shiflet, T.N. 1975. Range Sites and Soils in the United States. In: D.N. Hyder (ed). Proceedings of the Third Workshop of the US/Australia Rangelands Panel. Society for Range Management, Denver, CO.
  21. Skaggs, R., Z. Edwards, B.T. Bestelmeyer, J.B. Wright, J. Williamson, P. Smith. 2011. Vegetation Maps at the Passage of the Taylor Grazing Act (1934): A Baseline to Evaluate Rangeland Change After a Regime Shift. Rangelands 33(1):13-19.
  22. Stringham, T.K., W.C. Krueger, and P.L. Shaver. 2003. State and transition modeling: an ecological process approach. Journal of Range Management 56: 106-113.
  23. Tugel, A., J. E. Herrick, J. R. Brown, M. J. Mausbach, W. Puckett, K. Hipple. 2005. Soil change, soil survey, and natural resources decision making: a blueprint for action. Soil Science Society of America Journal 69: 738–747.
  24. Westoby, M, B. Walker, and I. Noy-Meir. 1989. Opportunistic management for rangelands not at equilibrium. Journal of Range Management 42: 266-274.
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