2013

Faculty Achievements and Activities

Quinney College of Natural Resources

Awards and Honors

Aubry, Lise

Professional development fund, USU QCNR Dean’s Office, (October 2013). Center for woman and gender travel grant, Center for woman and gender, (January 2013).

Brain, Roslynn G.

Chair-Elect, Extension Specialists Association, (February 2013).

Brunson, Mark William

Faculty Advisor of the Year, Quinney College of Natural Resources, (April 2013). And, QCNR

Graduate Mentor of the Year (March 2014) Burritt, Elizabeth A

NACAA Communication Awards - Computer Generated Graphics - Regional Winner, National

Association of County Agricultural Agents, (September 18, 2013). NACAA Communication Awards - Publication - Regional Winner, National Association of County

Agricultural Agents, (September 18, 2013). NACAA Communication Awards - Web Site - National Winner, National Association of County

Agricultural Agents, (September 18, 2013).

Call, Chris

QCNR Faculty Advisor of the Year, (April 2014)

Conover, Michael R

Elected to the Board, The Wildlife Society, Wildlife Damage Management Working Group, (October

2013). Elected to Heritage Committee, The Wildlife Society, (January 1, 2013).

Cramer, Patricia C

Federal Highways Environmental Excellence Award for Research, U S Federal Highway

Administration, (June 2013). Utah Chapter of the Wildlife Society Award of Meri, Utah Chapter of the Wildlife Society, (March

2013).

Etchberger, Rich

QCNR Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year (March 2014).

Frey, Shandra Nicole

Professional Achievement Award, Central Mountain and Plains Section of the Wildlife Society,

(August 17, 2013). Howe, Peter David

Finalist, J. Warren Nystrom Award, Association of American Geographers, (April 2013).

Larese-Casanova, Mark

Outstanding Educational Materials, Alliance of Natural Resource Outrach and Service Programs,

(November 5, 2013). Macnulty, Daniel Robert

QCNR 2014 Teacher of the Year, Quinney College of Natural Resources, (December 11, 2013).

Mesner, Nancy O

2013 Environmental Education Program of the Year, Utah Society of Environmental Education,

(October 2013). Messmer, Terry A

Letter of Appreciation, Utah Governor's office, (April 2013). 2013 Conservation Champion, CWMU Assocation, (February 22, 2013).

Mock, Karen E

Quinney College of Natural Resources Rearcher of the Year, Quinney College of Natural Resources,

(March 2014). Monz, Christopher A.

Fulbright Scholar Award, Council for International Exchange of Scholars, (March 2013).

Schmidt, Robert H

Certificate of Appreciation, University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program's Hanauma Bay

Education Program, (April 20, 2013).

Publications/Intellectual Contributions

Adler, Peter B

Warming, soil moisture, and loss of snow increase Bromus tectorum's population growth rate, (2014),

Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 2, 000020. Cover, density and demographics of shortgrass steppe plants mapped from 1997-2010 in permanent

grazed and ungrazed quadrats, (2013), Ecology, 94, 1435.

Predicting invasion in grassland ecosystems: is exotic dominance the real embarrassment of richness?, (2013), Global Change Biology, 19, 3677–3687.

Contrasting effects of precipitation manipulations on production in two sites within the central

grassland region, USA, (2013), Ecosystems, 16, 1039-1051. Life history constraints in grassland plant species: a growth-defense tradeoff is the norm, (2013),

Ecology Letters, 16, 513-521. Can the past predict the future? Experimental tests of historically-based population models, (2013),

Global Change Biology, 19, 1793-1803. Trait-based tests of coexistence mechanisms, (2013), Ecology Letters, 16, 1294-1306.

Aubry, Lise

Effects of exploitation on a native invasive species: the lesser snow goose dilemma, (2014), Journal of

Animal Ecology. Winter space use of coyotes in high-elevation environments: behavioral adaptations to deep-snow

landscapes, (2014), Journal of Ethology, 32, 29–41. Climate Change, Phenology And Habitat Degradation: Drivers Of Gosling Body Condition And

Juvenile Survival In Lesser Snow Geese, (2013), Global Change Biology, 19, 149–160. Looking for a needle in a haystack: inference about individual fitness components in a heterogeneous

population, (2013), Oikos, 122, 739-753. The influence of snowmobile trails on coyote movements during winter in high-elevation landscapes,

(2013), PloS one, 8, e82862. Banner, Roger E

Elk and cattle grazing can be complementary: Elk response to a 19-year exclusion of cattle grazing.,

(February 2013), Rangelands, 35, 1-6. Beard, Karen H

Predicting Risk of Invasive Species Occurrence: Plot Based, (2014), USGS/NPS joint publication. The Process of Model Assessment and Evaluation, (2014). Invasion Ecology Second Edition, J.L. Lockwood, M.F. Hoopes, and M.P. Marchetti, Wiley-Blackwell

(2013). 466 pp. Paperback, Price US$ 57.99, ISBN: 978-1444333657, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2014), Biological Conservation, 169, 157.

Novel Ecosystems: Intervening in the New Ecological World Order, , R.J. Hobbs, E.S. Higgs, C. Hall.

John Wiley & Sons (2013). 380 pp. Hardback, Price US$ 79.95, ISBN: 978-1-118-35422-3, (December 2013), Biological Conservation, 168, 168.

Community-level response to habitat structure manipulations: An experimental case study in a tropical

ecosystem, (December 2013), Forest Ecology and Management, 307, 313-321. Rodent-mediated interactions among seed species of differing quality in a shrubsteppe ecosystem,

(December 2013), Western North American Naturalist, 73, 426–441.

Community-level response to habitat structure manipulations: An experimental case study in a tropical ecosystem, (November 2013), Forest Ecology and Management, 307, 313-321.

Increasing precipitation intensity linked to woody plant encroachment, (August 2013), Nature Climate

Change, 3, 833-837. Invasive plants in U.S. National Wildlife Refuges: A coordinated research project using undergraduate

ecology students, (August 2013), Bioscience, 63, 644-656. Biotic acceptance in introduced amphibians and reptiles in Europe and North America, (February

2013), Global Ecology and Biogeography, 22, 192–201. Root niche partitioning among grasses, saplings, and trees measured using a tracer technique, (January

(1st Quarter/Winter) 2013), Oecologia, 171, 25-37. Brain, Roslynn G.

Undergraduate students as sustainability consultants: Applying service-learning to enhance career

skills and foster community environmental sustainability, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 8, 2013), Sustainability: The Journal of Record, 6, 277-281.

Researching and communicating environmental issues among farmers and ranchers: Implications for

extension outreach, (June 2013), Journal of Extension, 51. Strategies to Improve Recycling in Natural Areas: Examples from Zion National Park, (June 2013),

USU Extension. Researching and Communicating Environmental Issues among Farmers and Ranchers: Implications for

Extension Outreach, (June 1, 2013), Journal of Extension, 51. Rangeland Carbon Sequestration, (May 2013), USU Extension. Wind Power in Utah, (May 2013). Demystifying the cowboy through his song: How cowboy poetry and music create a common language

between multiple-use conservationists and forever-wild preservationists to meet the goals of sustainable agriculture., (May 10, 2013), Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 37, 659-671.

Beef Production & Consumption: Sustainable Alternatives, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2013), USU

Cooperative Extension. Designing your home for maximum natural light., (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2013), USU

Cooperative Extension. Easy steps to reduce your energy bill., (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2013), USU Cooperative

Extension. Home gardening: Quick tips to efficient watering, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2013), USU

Cooperative Extension. Meat-wise eating habits, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2013), USU Cooperative Extension. Urban Edibles: Ornamentals, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2013), USU Cooperative Extension.

Biking as an alternative mode of transportation, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2013), USU Cooperative Extension.

Freestores: What, why & how, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2013), USU Cooperative Extension. Urban edibles: Weeds, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2013), USU Extension.

Brunson, Mark William

Community-level response to habitat structure manipulations: An experimental case study in a tropical

ecosystem, (December 2013), Forest Ecology and Management, 307, 313-321. Community-level response to habitat structure manipulations: An experimental case study in a tropical

ecosystem, (November 2013), Forest Ecology and Management, 307, 313-321. Monitoring Road Dust Emission and Related Dust Effects in National Parks, (June 2013). A War of Words: Do Conflict Metaphors Affect Beliefs About Managing “Unwanted” Plants?, (March

26, 2013), Societies, 3, 158-169. Burr, Steven W.

A Study of the Heritage Business Owners and Artisans of the Bear River Heritage Area, (December

2013), Published as an IORT fact sheet under Utah Recreation & Tourism Matters and posted on the USU Institute for Outdoor Recreation and Tourism's website.

Bear River Heritage Area Visitor Study-General Results, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2013),

Published as an IORT fact sheet under Utah Recreation & Tourism Matters and posted on the USU Institute for Outdoor Recreation and Tourism's website.

A Study of the Bear River Heritage Area, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 11, 2013), Published as an

IORT Professional Research Report and posted on the USU Institute for Outdoor Recreation and Tourism's website.

The Economic Impact of Bear River Heritage Area Tourism, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 11, 2013),

Center for Society, Economy, and the Environment, Utah State University. Burritt, Elizabeth A

Finishing bison by offering a choice of feeds and room to roam, (December 1, 2013), Journal of the

National County Agricultural Agents, 6. Training livestock to avoid a specific forage, (November 30, 2013), Utah State University, 1-13. Utah Chapter Northern Range Tour, (September 2013), Society for Range Management Utah Section

Newsletter, Fall, 6-7. A new look at an old forage: Teaching cows to eat big sagebrush to reduce winter feed costs and

improve biodiversity, (September 15, 2013), Galaxy IV Conference: Joint Council of Extension Professionals, 121.

The Importance of livestock behavior – Learning what our great, great grandfathers understood,

(September 15, 2013), Galaxy IV Conference: Joint Council of Extension Professionals, 127-128.

Community engagement and noxious weed control in southern Cache County, Utah, (June 2013), Proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management--Estes Park, Colorado/.

Elk and cattle grazing can be complementary: Elk response to a 19-year exclusion of cattle grazing.,

(February 2013), Rangelands, 35, 1-6. Mother knows best, (February 2013), Utah State University, 1-4. Ingestion of toxic plants by herbivores, (February 2013), Utah State University, 1-3.

Conner, Mary M

Realized population change for long-term monitoring: California spotted owl case study, (2013), The

Journal of Wildlife Management, 77, 1449–1458. Risk-sensitive allocation in seasonal dynamics of fat and protein reserves in a long-lived mammal,

(2013), Journal of Animal Ecology. Conover, Michael R

Eared grebe diets on Great Salt Lake, Utah, and competition with the commercial harvest of brine

shrimp cysts., (2013), Journal of Wildlife Management, 77, 1380-1385. EFFECTS OF AVIAN PREDATORS AND ANTHROPOGENIC AND LANDSCAPE FEATURES

ON GREATER SAGE-GROUSE (CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS) USE OF SAGEBRUSH HABITAT, (2013), Condor.

Effects of increasing age on fecundity of old-aged Canada geese., (2013), Waterbirds, 36, 378-384. Impacts of weather and accidents on wildlife, (2013), The Wildlife Society and John Hopkins

University Press, 144-145. Population fluctuations and distribution of staging eared grebes in North America, (2013). Survival of juvenile ferruginous hawks in Utah., (2013), Journal of Raptor Research, 47, 3140.

Coppock, David Layne

Cross-border interaction spurs innovation and hope among pastoral women of Ethiopia and Kenya,

(December 2013), Rangelands/Allen Press, 35, 22-28. Foreward: Women as change agents in the world's rangelands, (December 2013), Rangelands/Allen

Press, 35, 3-6. The world's gender gap in agriculture and natural resources: Evidence and explanations, (December

2013), Rangelands/Allen Press, 35, 7-14. Women as change agents in the world's rangelands: Synthesis and way forward, (December 2013),

Rangelands/Allen Press, 35, 82-90. The world’s gender gap in agriculture and natural resources: Evidence and explanations, (December

2013), Rangelands, 35, 7-14.

Community engagement and noxious weed control in southern Cache County, Utah, (June 2013), Proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management--Estes Park, Colorado/.

Cross-border interaction spurs innovation and hope among pastoral women of Ethiopia and Kenya,

(February 2013), Proceedings of the 66th Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management--Oklahoma City/Allen Press.

Gender and natural resources: Global overview, (February 2013), Proceedings, 66th Annual Meeting

Society for Range Management--Oklahoma City/Allen Press. Simple evaporative cooling method reduces bacterial content of traditionally marketed camel milk in

Isiolo County, Kenya, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2013), African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 13, 7213-7224.

Collective action, innovation, and wealth generation among settled pastoral women in northern Kenya,

(January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2013), Rangeland Ecology and Management/Allen Press. Cramer, Patricia C

Design recommendations from five years of wildlife crossing research across Utah, (November 2013),

University of North Carolina, Raleigh, Center for Transportation and the Environment. Exemplary ecosystem initiative award winner: Lava Butte US 97 wildlife crossings in Bend, Oregon,

(November 2013), University of North Carolina, Raleigh, Center for Transportation and the Environment.

Du Toit, Johan Truter

Interactions between megaherbivores and microherbivores: elephant browsing reduces host plant

quality for caterpillars, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2014), Ecosphere / Ecological Society of America.

Emmons, Nichlas D

A Real Threat to Freedom (and Nobody is Talking About It), (August 24, 2013), The Salt Lake

Tribune. Endter-Wada, Joanna Lynne

Adaptive wetland management in an uncertain and changing arid environment, (2014), Ecology and

Society. Keeping Wetlands Wet in the Western United States: Adaptations to Drought in Agriculture-

Dominated Human-Natural Systems, (November 2013), Journal of Environmental Management, 131, 394-406.

Water User Dimensions of Meter Implementation on Secondary Pressurized Irrigation Systems, (April

(2nd Quarter/Spring) 2013). Developing adaptive capacity to droughts: the rationality of locality, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring)

2013), Ecology and Society, 18, 7. Frey, Shandra Nicole

EFFECTS OF AVIAN PREDATORS AND ANTHROPOGENIC AND LANDSCAPE FEATURES ON GREATER SAGE-GROUSE (CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS) USE OF SAGEBRUSH HABITAT, (2013), Condor.

The effect of vegetation treatments on Greater sage-grouse habitat use in southern Utah, (October (4th

Quarter/Autumn) 2013), Human-Wildlife Interactions, 7, 260-272. Effects of vegetation differences in relocated Utah prairie dog release sites, (July (3rd

Quarter/Summer) 2013), Natural Science, 5. Howe, Peter David

Extreme weather and climate change in the American mind: November, 2013, (January (1st

Quarter/Winter) 2014), Yale University. “Who remembers a hot summer or a cold winter? The asymmetric effect of beliefs about global

warming on perceptions of local seasonal climate conditions in the U.S., (December 2013), Global Environmental Change, 23, 1488-1500.

Climate change in the American mind: a focus on California, Colorado, Ohio, and Texas, (October

(4th Quarter/Autumn) 2013), Yale University. Climate change in the Columbus, Ohioan mind, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2013), Yale

University. Climate change in the San Franciscan mind, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2013), Yale University. Climate change in the Californian mind, (September 2013), Yale University. Climate change in the Ohioan mind, (September 2013), Yale University. Climate change in the Texan mind, (September 2013), Yale University. Climate change in the Coloradan mind, (August 2013), Yale University. Americans’ actions to limit global warming in April 2013, (June 2013), Yale University. Americans’ global warming beliefs and attitudes in April 2013, (May 2013), Yale University. Extreme weather and climate change in the American mind: April 2013, (May 2013), Yale University. Public support for climate and energy policies in April 2013, (May 2013), Yale University. Global perceptions of local temperature change, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2013), Nature Climate

Change, 3, 352-356. Global Warming’s Six Americas in September 2012, (March 2013), Yale University. The Participatory Vulnerability Scoping Diagram: deliberative risk ranking for community water

systems, (March 2013), Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 103, 343-352. A support system for assessing local vulnerability to weather and climate, (January (1st

Quarter/Winter) 2013), Natural Hazards, 65, 999-1008. Jenkins, Michael J

Spruce Beetle Biology, Ecology and Management in the Rocky Mountains: an addendum to Spruce Beetle in the Rockies, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2014), Forests, Volume 5, 5(1), 21-71.

Crown fire potential in recently attacked mountain pine beetle-infested lodgepole pine stands, (January

(1st Quarter/Winter) 2014), Forestry. Spruce bark beetle-induced changes to Engelmann spruce crown flammability, (January (1st

Quarter/Winter) 2014), Forest Science. Interactions among the Mountain Pine Beetle, Fires, and Fuels, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2014),

Forest Science. Resistance to control of wildfires in mountain pine beetle-attacked lodgepole pine forests, (December

2013), Forestry Chronicle, 89, 783-94. Modelling changes in foliar moisture content in lodgepole pine over the diurnal cycle during the red

stage of mountain pine beetle attack, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2013), Environmental Modeling and Software, 98-102.

Jin, Jiming

Model predictions of toxaphene degradation in the atmosphere over North America, (October (4th

Quarter/Autumn) 27, 2013), Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 118, 11,863-11,874. Modeling of temporal patterns and sources of atmospherically transported and deposited pesticides in

ecosystems of concern: A case study of toxaphene in the Great Lakes, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 27, 2013), Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere, 118, 11,863–11,874.

Calibration and validation of lake surface temperature simulations with the coupled WRF-Lake model,

(October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 1, 2013), Climatic Change. Spatiotemporal variation in the microclimatic edge effect in the surface layer between wetland and

farmland, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 27, 2013), Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere, 118, 7,640-7,650.

Evaluation of the CLM4 lake model at a large and shallow freshwater lake, (April (2nd

Quarter/Spring) 1, 2013), Journal of Hydrometeorology. Kettenring, Karin Marie

Use of remote sensing to assess changes in wetland plant communities over an 18-year period – a case

study from the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Great Salt Lake, UT, (2014), Western North American Naturalist.

Adaptive wetland management in an uncertain and changing arid environment, (2014), Ecology and

Society. Application of genetic diversity-ecosystem function research to ecological restoration, (2014), Journal

of Applied Ecology. Phragmites australis management in the Unites States: 40 years of methods and outcomes, (2014), AoB

Plants. An assessment of permanent and nonpermanent plots in riparian vegetation monitoring, (2013),

Western North American Naturalist, 73, 337-346.

Assessing approaches to manage Phragmites in the Great Salt Lake watershed. Final report to the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands, (2013), 1-17.

The importance of roads, nutrients, and climate for invasive plant establishment in riparian areas in the

northwestern United States, (2013), Biological Invasions, 15, 1601-1612. The pattern and structure of genetic diversity of Schoenoplectus maritimus: implications for wetland

revegetation., (2013), Aquatic Botany, 104, 47-54. Phragmites australis Control at the Rural-Urban Interface Final Report, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 8,

2013). Developing adaptive capacity to droughts: the rationality of locality, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring)

2013), Ecology and Society, 18, 7. Koons, David N

Effects of exploitation on a native invasive species: the lesser snow goose dilemma, (2014), Journal of

Animal Ecology. Body condition dynamics and the cost-of-delay hypothesis in a temperate-breeding duck, (2013),

Journal of Avian Biology, 44, 575-582. Climate Change, Phenology And Habitat Degradation: Drivers Of Gosling Body Condition And

Juvenile Survival In Lesser Snow Geese, (2013), Global Change Biology, 19, 149–160. Intra-guild interactions and projected impact of climate and land use changes on North American

pochard ducks, (2013), Oecologia, 172, 1159-1165. Looking for a needle in a haystack: inference about individual fitness components in a heterogeneous

population, (2013), Oikos, 122, 739-753. Terrestrial predation by polar bears: not just a wild goose chase, (2013), Polar Biology, 36, 1373-1379. The effects of predators, alternative prey, and climate on common eider nesting success, (2013),

Journal of Animal Ecology, 82, 683-693. The legacy of destructive snow goose foraging on supratidal marsh habitat in the Hudson Bay

Lowlands, (2013), Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 45, 575-583. Effects of landscape-scale environmental variation on greater sage-grouse chick survival, (2013),

PLOS ONE, 8, e65582. Niche opportunities and invasion dynamics in a desert annual community, (2013), Ecology Letters.

Kuhns, Michael R

Meeting horticulture clientele interests in an urban setting: A needs assessment for reduced pesticide

and pollinator education in the greater Salt Lake area, (June 1, 2013), Journal of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents, 6.

Kulmatiski, Andrew

Increasing precipitation intensity linked to woody plant encroachment, (August 2013), Nature Climate

Change, 3, 833-837.

Plant-soil feedback, invasion, and consequences for community dynamics, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2013), Journal of Ecology, 101, 298-308.

Plant-soil feedback: the past, the present and future challenges, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2013),

Journal of Ecology, 101, 265-276. Root niche partitioning among grasses, saplings, and trees measured using a tracer technique, (January

(1st Quarter/Winter) 2013), Oecologia, 171, 25-37. Larese-Casanova, Mark

Utah Master Naturalist Watersheds Plant Field Book, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 15, 2013), USU

Cooperative Extension. Phragmites australis Control at the Rural-Urban Interface Final Report, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 8,

2013). Utah Master Naturalist Mountains Plant Field Book, (June 15, 2013), USU Cooperative Extension. Utah Master Naturalist Deserts Plant Field Book, (May 25, 2013), USU Cooperative Extension. Utah Master Naturalist Desert Wildlife Field Book, (May 1, 2013), USU Cooperative Extension.

Long, James N

Effect of increasing temperature on the distribution of spruce beetle in Engelmann spruce forests of the

Interior West, USA, (December 2013), Forest Ecology and Management, 308, 198-206. The interacting ecological effects of large-scale disturbances and salvage logging on montane spruce

forest regeneration in the western European Alps., (December 2013), Forest Ecology and Management, 292, 19-28.

A comprehensive framework of forest stand property-density relationships: perspectives for plant

population ecology and forest management, (December 15, 2013), Annals of Forest Science. Lutz, James A

Calocedrus decurrens (CADE) tree ring chronologies for Yosemite National Park, (2014), International

Tree-Ring Data Bank. Remnants of an early forest provide ecological context for Early Miocene fossil apes, (February 18,

2014), Nature Communications, 5, 1-8. Canopy closure exerts weak controls on understory dynamics: a 30-year study of overstory-understory

interactions, (2013), Ecological Monographs, 83, 221-237. Development and testing of a snow interceptometer to quantify canopy water storage and interception

processes in the rain/snow transition zone of the North Cascades, Washington, USA, (2013), Water Resources Research, 49, 324303256.

Ground-based testing of MODIS fractional snow cover in subalpine meadows and forests of the Sierra

Nevada, (2013), Remote Sensing of Environment, 128, 44-57. Landscape-scale effects of fire severity on mixed-conifer and red fir forest structure in Yosemite

National Park, (2013), Forest Ecology and Management, 287, 17-31.

Lower forest density enhances snow retention in regions with warmer winters: A global framework developed from plot-scale observations and modeling, (2013), Water Resources Research.

Restoring forest resilience: from reference spatial patterns to silvicultural prescriptions and monitoring,

(2013), Forest Ecology and Management, 291, 442-457. Scale-dependent relationships between species richness and ecosystem function in forests, (2013),

Journal of Ecology, 101, 1214-1224. The ecological importance of large-diameter trees to forest structural heterogeneity, (2013), PLOS

ONE. Ma, Zhao

Rangeland Carbon Sequestration, (May 2013), USU Extension. Extending a geographic lens towards climate justice, part 1: Climate change characterization and

impacts, (March 15, 2013), Geography Compass, 7, 239-248. Extending a geographic lens towards climate justice, part 2: Climate action, (March 15, 2013),

Geography Compass, 7, 228-238. The Elephant in the Room: Absentee Landowners and Conservation Management, (January (1st

Quarter/Winter) 2013), Land Use Policy, 30, 157-166. Macnulty, Daniel Robert

The case for fencing remains intact., (November 1, 2013), Ecology letters, 16, 1414, e4. The adaptive value of morphological, behavioural, and life-history traits in reproductive female

wolves, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2013), Journal of Animal Ecology. Mesner, Nancy O

Review of Utah's 319 Nonpoint Source Program., (December 2013).

Messmer, Terry A

Effects of landscape-scale environmental variation on greater sage-grouse chick survival, (2013),

PLOS ONE, 8, e65582. Greater Sage-Grouse Sex Ratios: Does the Evidence Support the Assumption? Journal of Wildlife

Management, (November 2013), Journal of Wildlife Management, 77, 1593-1597. Inter-seasonal movements in tri-state greater, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2013), Jack H. Berryman

Institute, 7, 172-181. Stakeholder contemporary knowledge, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2013), Human Wildlife

Interactions, 7(2):273-298., 273-298. Vitals rates and seasonal movements of two isolated, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2013), Human

Wildlife Interactions, 7, 182-193. Winter habitat use by juvenile sage-grouse, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2013), Jack H. Berryman

Institute, 7(2):250-259., 250-259.

Greater Sage-Grouse Sex Ratios in Utah:, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2013), The Wildlife Society, 77, 1593-1597.

Lessons Learned from the Greater Sage-grouse. Challenges and Emerging, (July (3rd

Quarter/Summer) 2013), Policy Brief for the National Agricultural and Rural Development Policy Center.

Effects of Landscape-Scale Environmental Variation on Greater Sage-Grouse Chick Survival., (June

2013), PLoS ONE. Turfgrass IPM Advisory-Spring 2013, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2013), 6. Greater sage-grouse and natural gas development in Utah: using population genetic data for

conservation efforts., (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2013), Western NA Naturalist, 73, 73:177-183.

Mock, Karen E

The pattern and structure of genetic diversity of Schoenoplectus maritimus: implications for wetland

revegetation., (2013), Aquatic Botany, 104, 47-54. Comparison of population genetic patterns in two widespread freshwater mussels with contrasting life

histories in western North America (Margaritifera falcata) of western North America., (December 9, 2013), Molecular Ecology, 22, 5963-6197.

Continental-scale assessment of genetic diversity and population structure in quaking aspen (Populus

tremuloides), (September 2013), Journal of Biogeography, 40, 1780-1791. Transcriptome Characterization and Detection of Gene Expression Differences in Aspen (Populus

tremuloides), (August 2013), Tree Genetics and Genomes, 9, 1031-1041. Molecular tools and aspen management: a primer and prospectus, (May 2013), Forest Ecology and

Management, 299, 6-13. The world’s largest organism in trouble, (February 5, 2013), National Public Radio - Living on Earth. Greater sage-grouse and natural gas development in Utah: using population genetic data for

conservation efforts., (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2013), Western NA Naturalist, 73, 73:177-183.

Monz, Christopher A.

Enhancing the utility of visitor impact assessment in parks and protected areas: A combined social-

ecological approach, (2013), Journal of Environmental Management, 124, 72-81. Factors Influencing Behavioral Intentions for Leave No Trace Behavior in National Parks, (2013),

Journal of Interpretation Research, 18, 23-38. Recent advances in recreation ecology and the implications of different relationships between

recreation use and ecological impacts, (2013), Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 11, 441-446.

Dimensions of Alternative Transportation Experience in Yosemite and Rocky Mountain National

Parks, (2013), Journal of Transport Geography, 30, 37-46. Radel, Claudia A

La migración internacional como detonante de empoderamiento femenino. Estudio de caso en una

comunidad rural, municipio de Calakmul, México, (2014), El Colegio de la Frontera Sur. Labour migration and gendered agricultural asset shifts in southeastern Mexico: Two stories of

farming wives and daughters, (February 28, 2014), Springer. The world’s gender gap in agriculture and natural resources: Evidence and explanations, (December

2013), Rangelands, 35, 7-14. Environment, transnational labor migration, and gender: Case studies from Southern Yucatán, Mexico

and Vermont, USA, (2013), Edward Elgar Publishing. Gender, the household, and land change in southeastern Mexico, (August 2013), Routledge. Extending a geographic lens towards climate justice, part 1: Climate change characterization and

impacts, (March 15, 2013), Geography Compass, 7, 239-248. Extending a geographic lens towards climate justice, part 2: Climate action, (March 15, 2013),

Geography Compass, 7, 228-238. Persistence of swidden cultivation in the face of globalization: a case study from communities in

Calakmul, Mexico, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2013), Human Ecology, 41, 93-107. Ramsey, Robert Douglas

Climate Change Trend in China, with Improved Accuracy, (May 24, 2013), Climate Change. A Landscape Similarity Index: Multitemporal Remote Sensing to Track Changes in Big Sagebrush

Ecological Sites, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2013), Rangeland Ecology and Management. Ryel, Ronald J.

Adjustments in epidermal UV-transmittance of leaves in sun-shade transitions, (2013), Physiologia

Plantarum. Avian response to frost-damaged aspen in northern Utah, (2013), Western North American Naturalist,

73, in press. Schmidt, Robert H

No secret to what actually helps us, (December 10, 2013), Herald Journal, 103, C1. Winter: time to wash up, (November 12, 2013), The Herald Journal, 103, C1. Logan city's urban trail system is for everyone, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 15, 2013), Herald

Journal, 103, C2. Finding a new speed for wellness, (August 21, 2013), The Herald Journal, 103, A8. Wildlife Conservation in a Changing Climate, (May 2013), Animal Welfare Institute Quarterly, 62, 26. Cat Fight! The TNR Wars, (May 13, 2013), Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference, 25, 89-

94. For extra boost, turn to coaching, (May 1, 2013), Herald Journal.

Wildlife pests of California agriculture: regional variability and subsequent impacts on management,

(April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2013), Crop Protection, 46, 29-37. Eating fish is healthy, but pick wisely, (March 6, 2013), The Herald Journal, 103, A8. Take Time To Slow And Reflect, (February 6, 2013), The Herald Journal, 103, A10.

Schupp, Eugene W

Seed harvesting is influenced by associational effects in mixed seed neighbourhoods, not just by seed

density, (2013), Functional Ecology, 27, 775-785. Effects of plant spatial patterns on ecological processes in experimental semiarid grassland

communities, (2013), Oecologia. Influence of aboveground vegetation on seed bank composition and distribution in a Great Basin

Desert sagebrush community, (2013), Journal of Arid Environments, 88, 113-120. Seed harvesting by a generalist consumer is context dependent: Interactive effects across multiple

spatial scales, (2013), Oikos, 122, 563–574. Effect of storage time, site, and floral morph on seed germination of the threatened distylous primrose

Primula cusickiana var. maguirei, (2013), Plant Species Biology, 28, 101-108. Tainter, Joseph A

Energy and Existential Sustainability: The Role of Reserve Capacity, (2013), Journal of Environmental

Accounting and Management, 1, 213-228. L’Effondrement des Sociétés Complexes, (2013), Le Retour aux Sources. Ons Energiedilemma, Oftewel: Wat Weet Een Vis Van Water?, (2013), Nicolaas G. Pierson

Foundation, Uitgeverij Jan van Arkel, 57-68. Thacker, Eric T

Greater Sage-Grouse Sex Ratios: Does the Evidence Support the Assumption? Journal of Wildlife

Management, (November 2013), Journal of Wildlife Management, 77, 1593-1597. Van Miegroet, Helga

Effect of wildfires on soil respiration in three typical Mediterranean forest ecosystems in Madrid,

Spain, (June 2013), Plant and Soil, 369, 403-420. Veblen, Kari

Utah Shrubland Management Newsletter Volume 3, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2014). Monitoring of livestock grazing effects on Bureau of Land Management land, (January (1st

Quarter/Winter) 2014), Rangeland Ecology and Management, 67, 68-77. Utah Shrubland Management Newsletter Volume 2, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2013). Impacts of traditional livestock corrals on woody plant communities in an East African savanna, (July

(3rd Quarter/Summer) 2013), Rangeland Journal, 35, 349-353.

Megaherbivores and cattle alter edge effects around ecosystem hotspots in an African savanna, (July

(3rd Quarter/Summer) 2013), Journal of Arid Environments, 96, 55-63. Utah Shrubland Management Newsletter Volume 1, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2013).

Villalba, Juan J

Influence of drinking water with quebracho tannin on intake of endophyte-infected tall fescue by

cattle, (February 1, 2014), Animal Feed Science and Technology, 188, 13-16. Effects of supplementing endophyte-infected tall fescue with sainfoin and polyethylene glycol on the

physiology and ingestive behavior of sheep, (December 2013), Journal of Animal Science. Influence of Experience on Browsing Sagebrush by Cattle and its Impacts on Plant Community

Structure, (December 2013), Rangeland Ecology & Management. Finishing bison by offering a choice of feeds and room to roam, (December 1, 2013), Journal of the

National County Agricultural Agents, 6. Veterinary Medicine: Balancing Consumer and Ecological Health?, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn)

2013), Springer, 3, 165-190. The quality of meat from sheep treated with tannin- and saponin-based remedies as a natural strategy

for parasite control, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2013), Meat Science, 96, 744-749. The quality of meat from sheep treated with tannin- and saponin-based remedies as a natural strategy

for parasite control, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2013), Meat Science, 96, 744-749. The importance of diet choice on stress-related responses by lambs, (September 2013), ELSEVIER,

148, 37-45. Can cattle be used to control sericea lespedeza?, (August 1, 2013), Rangelands, 35, 6-12. Preference for tannin-containing supplements by sheep consuming endophyte-infected tall fescue hay,

(July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2013), Journal of Animal Science, 91, 3445-3456. Influence of Diet Sequence on Intake of Foods Containing Ergotamine D Tartrate, Tannins and

Saponins by Sheep, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2013), ELSEVIER, 144, 57-62. Preference for tanniferous (Onobrychis viciifolia) and non-tanniferous (Astragalus cicer) forage plants

by sheep in response to challenge infection with Haemonchus contortus, (March 2013), Small Ruminant Research, 112, 199-207.

Plant secondary compounds as complementary resources: Are they always complementary?, (January

(1st Quarter/Winter) 1, 2013), Oecologia, 172, 1041-1049. Wurtsbaugh, Wayne A

A modeling approach for assessing the effect of multiple lakes in sequence on nutrient transport.,

(April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2013), Aquatic Sciences, 75, 199-212.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Adler, Peter B

Forecasting climate change impacts on rangeland plant communities: Selecting, validating and scaling-

up population models, Funded, $80,000.00, (2012 - 2017). CAREER: Forecasting the community impacts of climate change—When do species interactions

matters?, Funded, $710,000.00, (2011 - 2016). Ecohydrological models to predict climate change impacts on rangeland plant species, Funded,

$20,000.00, (2012 - 2014). Forecasting the ecological impacts of climate change: New methods to monitor plant demography at

landscape scales, Funded, $20,000.00, (2012 - 2014). A systems approach to seedling establishment on degraded rangeland: Managing ecological processes

driving recruitment bottlenecks, Funded, $500,000.00, (2011 - 2014). Aubry, Lise

Award to advisee, Funded, (September 1, 2013 - August 31, 2017). Adaptive Responses to Climate Change in our Backyard: Drivers of Life History Variation in Uinta

Ground Squirrels, Funded, $19,800.00, (July 1, 2013 - September 1, 2014). Black bear population dynamics, Funded, $28,000.00, (July 1, 2013 - August 31, 2014). Adaptive responses to climate change in our backyard: Drivers of life history variation in the Unita

Ground Squirrel, Funded, $20,000.00, (July 2013 - June 2014). Cougar Management in Utah, Funded, $19,734.00, (July 1, 2013 - May 31, 2014).

Baker, Frederick A

Developing a field indicator for suckering ability of aspen, Funded, $63,897.00, (June 2011 - June

2013). Beard, Karen H

Asynchrony in the timing of goose-vegetation interactions: implications for biogeochemical cycling in

wet sedge tundra, Funded, $1,500,000.00, (2014 - 2017). How do matrix-habitat types influence edge effects? Ecological perspectives of local farmer and

applied field study on bromeligenous and leaf-litter frogs at Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest, Funded, $9,200.00, (November 15, 2013 - November 14, 2015).

Do coqui frogs affect bird communities in Hawaii?, Funded, $50,000.00, (October 2013 - September

2014). How do matrix-habitat types influence edge effects? Field study on bromeligenous frogs, Funded,

$1,000.00, (2012 - 2013). Matrix habitat use and edge effects on the leaf-litter frog community in Brazil’s Atlantic Rainforest,

Funded, $1,000.00, (2012 - 2013). A definitive water budget for a savanna system: a continuation, Funded, $169,000.00, (November 18,

2011 - November 17, 2013).

How do matrix-habitat types influence edge effects? Field study on bromeligenous frogs and Ecological perspective of local farmers at Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, Funded, $9,200.00, (September 15, 2011 - September 14, 2013).

Belmont, Patrick

Climate and Human Dynamics as Amplifiers of Natural Change: A Framework for Vulnerability

Assessment and Mitigation Planning., Funded, $4,372,127.00, (September 1, 2012 - August 30, 2017).

Collaborative Implementation Strategy for Sediment Reduction for the Greater Blue Earth River Basin,

Funded, $770,000.00, (September 1, 2012 - August 30, 2015). An integrated sediment budget for the Root River, southeastern Minnesota., Funded, $227,658.00,

(May 1, 2012 - April 30, 2015). Linking landscape sediment dynamics and aquatic habitat in the Columbia River, Funded, $55,319.00,

(April 2011 - June 30, 2013). Brain, Roslynn G.

Farm-Chef-Fork: Establishing enhanced farm to restaurant communication and sourcing across Utah,

Funded, $29,096.00, (October 2012 - January 2015). Blue Goes Green house solar panels, Funded, $4,000.00, (January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014). Farm-Chef-Fork, Funded, $29,096.00, (2012 - 2014). True Blue Reuse Sale Infrastructure, Funded, $1,740.00, (January 1, 2014 - December 13, 2014). Renewable energy in extension: Message framing and communication with extension clientele,

Funded, $2,642.00, (April 2013 - April 2014). Life literacy: Education for a sustainable future, Funded, $10,000.00, (April 2013 - January 2014). USU Sustainability in Extension (USU-SE) Website Design, Funded, $4,500.00, (May 1, 2012 -

December 2013). Aggie Shuttle Bike Racks Project, Funded, $2,836.00, (March 2013 - August 2013). Aggie Village Compost, Funded, $720.00, (March 2013 - August 2013). USU Extension Sustainability Website & Certification Training Series Development, Funded,

$9,800.00, (September 1, 2012 - June 2013). Brunson, Mark William

Tribal Consultation Meeting and Science Communication Assistance, Funded, $12,574.00, (July 1,

2013 - December 31, 2016). Preparation of Natural Resource Condition Assessment Reports for Five Intermountain Region Parks,

Funded, $61,065.00, (September 15, 2013 - December 31, 2015). Development of Outreach and Interpretive Materials to Communicate Best Management Practices for

Confronting Marijuana Growers in National Parks, Funded, $4,000.00, (June 15, 2013 - December 31, 2015).

Translational Ecology - A Pedagogical Framework to Integrate Natural and Social Sciencse, Funded,

(September 2013 - August 2015). Weather Data and Forecasting Applications for Management of Ecologic Site Transitions, Funded,

$437,099.00, (February 1, 2013 - January 31, 2015). Science Communication Assistance for Devil's Postpile National Monument, Funded, $9,927.00,

(September 15, 2013 - December 31, 2014). Science Communication Assistance for Yosemite National Park, Funded, $4,000.00, (July 30, 2012 -

December 31, 2014). Contemporary Tribes of Capitol Reef National Park, Funded, $13,500.00, (May 15, 2012 - December

31, 2014). Preparation of Natural Resource Condition Assessment Reports for Bent’s Old Fort, Fort Davis, and

Fort Larned National Historic Sitesr, Funded, $42,463.00, (September 1, 2012 - September 30, 2014).

Climate Driven Invasive Grass-Fire Cycles: Understanding Ecosystem Responses for Effective Pre-

and Post-fire Management of Great Basin and Mojave Rangelands, Funded, $419,973.00, (September 1, 2010 - August 31, 2014).

A Systems Approach to Seedling Establishment on Degraded Rangeland: Managing Ecological

Processes Driving Recruitment Bottlenecks, Funded, $499,034.00, (March 1, 2012 - July 31, 2014).

Public Opinions on Fur-Bearers (especially Beaver), Funded, $10,184.00, (September 30, 2013 - June

30, 2014). Develop Outreach and Interpretive Materials to Communicate Best Management Practices for

Confronting Illegal Marijuana Cultivation, Funded, $11,000.00, (September 1, 2012 - February 28, 2014).

Science Communication Assistance (Yellowstone/Bighorn Canyon/Delaware Water Gap), Funded,

$33,693.00, (June 1, 2012 - December 31, 2013). Preparation of a Natural Resource Condition Assessment Report for Three Intermountain Region

Parks, Funded, $32,962.00, (August 15, 2011 - June 30, 2013). Content Development for Science Learning Centers, Funded, $74,897.00, (September 1, 2010 -

February 28, 2013). Burr, Steven W.

Bear River Heritage Area (BRHA) Visitor Survey/Qualitative Study of Heritage Businesses and

Artisans in the Bear River Heritage Area (BRHA), Funded, $17,000.00, (May 2012 - June 2013). Burritt, Elizabeth A

An ecological site-based handbook and demonstration of brush management (CP 314) and range

planting (CP 550) technology for Utah shrublands, Funded, $74,785.00, (September 1, 2012 - August 31, 2015).

Rangeland Stewardship and Health CoP Optimization Plan 2014, Funded, $50,000.00, (January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2014).

Influence of the Feeding Context to Reduce Aspen Utilization by Herbivores, Funded, $15,000.00,

(July 2013 - September 2014). Using New Knowledge on grazing behavior to control medusahead in the western US, Funded,

$416,000.00, (October 2011 - September 2014). Does Secondary Chemistry Influence Sheep Preferences for Aspen?, Funded, $10,000.00, (June 1,

2013 - June 30, 2014). Improving intake of big sagebrush by cattle in fall and winter to reduce feed costs and improve

vegetative biodiversity and productivity in sagebrush steppe communities, Funded, $15,000.00, (May 2010 - May 2013).

Primary Roles for Secondary Compounds: Enhancing the Health of Soil, Plants, Herbivores and

People, Funded, $374,133.00, (April 5, 2009 - April 5, 2013). Call, Christopher A

Improving Medusahead Control: Interactions between Herbicide Application Timing and Plant Growth

Stage, Funded, $25,572.09, (July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013). Repositioning Rangeland Education for a Changing World, Funded, $461,485.00, (July 1, 2010 - June

30, 2013). Ecologically-based Management of Cheatgrass-dominated Rangelands, Funded, $57,000.00, (July 1,

2010 - June 30, 2013). Conover, Michael R

Impact of common ravens on greater sage-grouse nests in southern Wyoming during 2012-2013.,

Funded, $35,000.00, (2014 - 2017). Impact of common ravens on greater sage-grouse nests in southern Wyoming during 2012-2013.,

Funded, $37,000.00, (2012 - 2016). Impact of coyote removal on mule deer in Nevada, Funded, $625,000.00, (2011 - 2015). Impact of ravens on sage-grouse, Funded, $37,000.00, (2011 - 2015). Food web linkages among birds on the Great Salt Lake, Funded, $47,240.00, (2013 - 2014). Impact of raven and fox predation on nesting sage-grouse, Funded, $30,000.00, (2013 - 2014). Impact of ravens on sage-grouse nests in southern Wyoming, Funded, $70,000.00, (2013 - 2014). Tropic mismatches between nesting and migrating birds using the Great Salt Lake and its food pulses,

Funded, $20,000.00, (2012 - 2014). Impact of raven and fox predation on nesting sage-grouse, Funded, $40,000.00, (2012 - 2013). Winter distribution and feeding of waterfowl on the Great Salt lLke, Funded, $53,531.00, (2012 -

2013).

Coppock, David Layne

Climate and livestock in Nepal, Funded, $450,000.00, (July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2015). Risk Management and Utah Ranching, Funded, $310,690.00, (July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2015). Improving the Resilience of Mixed Farm Systems to Pending Climate Change in Far Western Nepal,

Funded, $449,987.00, (May 1, 2012 - April 30, 2015). Sustainable Livestock Production on the Borana Plateau, Funded, $500,000.00, (October 1, 2012 -

April 19, 2015). Using New Knowledge on grazing behavior to control medusahead in the western US, Funded,

$416,000.00, (October 2011 - September 2014). Support for a Special Issue of Rangelands Magazine: "Women as Change Agents in the World's

Rangelands", Funded, $16,400.00, (June 2013 - May 2014). Crowl, Todd A

iUTAH-innovative Urban Transitions and Aridregion Hydro-sustainability, Funded, $20,000,000.00,

(August 1, 2012 - July 31, 2017). Utah EPSCoR RII Track-1: Interactions Among Water, Energy, and the, Funded, $20,000,000.00,

(August 1, 2012 - July 30, 2017). Du Toit, Johan Truter

Improved monitoring for management of the Henry Mountains bison herd, Funded, $330,286.00,

(2011 - 2014). Endter-Wada, Joanna Lynne

Software for Analyzing Metered Secondary Water Use in Weber Basin Water Conservancy District,

Funded, $26,901.00, (May 1, 2012 - January 31, 2013). Water Use Dimensions of Meter Implementation on Secondary Pressurized Irrigation Systems,

Funded, $41,492.00, (August 2011 - January 2013). Frey, Shandra Nicole

Hamlin Valley Greater Sage-grouse Population Monitoring Continuation, Funded, $80,000.00, (July 1,

2013 - July 30, 2016). Effects of Construction Activities and Reclamation on Sage-grouse Movements and Habitat Use,

Funded, $181,921.00, (July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2016). Protect Visitor Experience, Health and Historic Structures via Wildlife Exclusion at Bryce Canyon,

Funded, $78,108.00, (July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2016). Comparison of Methods to Control Pocket Gophers in Alfalfa, Funded, $6,743.00, (July 1, 2013 - June

30, 2014). Damage Management of Ringtails in Southern Utah, Funded, $9,266.00, (July 1, 2013 - June 30,

2014).

Wildlife Research Education Network Intern, Funded, $5,000.00, (July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014). Successful Relocation of Ringtails using an adaptive resource management strategy, Funded,

$90,585.78, (October 1, 2010 - December 30, 2013). Factors Influencing Successful Utah Prairie Dog Recolonization, Funded, $25,843.40, (July 1, 2010 -

December 30, 2013). UT Greater Sage Grouse Populations, Funded, $33,186.64, (May 17, 2010 - December 30, 2013). ARRA UT Greater Sage Grouse Populations within Beaver and Iron Counties, Funded, $120,019.20,

(May 14, 2010 - December 30, 2013). Hamlin Valley Sage-grouse Population Monitoring, Funded, $50,000.00, (July 1, 2009 - December 30,

2013). UT Greater Sage Grouse Populations, Funded, $72,000.00, (September 17, 2012 - September 30,

2013). Investigate Wildlife Use of Historic Structures at Bryce Canyon National Park, Funded, $9,933.00,

(June 2012 - September 30, 2013). Wildlife Education Intern, Funded, $10,000.00, (July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013). State 4-H WHEP program, Funded, $6,500.00, (January 1, 2007 - January 7, 2013).

Hawkins, Charles P

Consequences of global climate change for stream biodiversity and implications for the application a,

Funded, $789,000.00, (September 1, 2009 - July 31, 2013). Jenkins, Michael J

Fuels Treatments to Reduce Environmental and Human Impacts of Large Fires at Camp Williams,

Utah., Funded, $120,000.00, (April 2013 - March 2015). Monitoring the Impact of Climate Change on the Frequency and Severity of Fires in Great Basin

Bristlecone Pine Sky Island Ecosystems, Funded, $24,000.00, (December 2013 - November 2014).

The Influence of Fuel Moisture and Flammable Monoterpenes on the Combustibility of Conifer Fuels,

Funded, $423,529.00, (September 2011 - August 2014). Monitoring the impact of climate on the disturbance regime of Great Basin bristlecone pine in sky

island ecosystems, Funded, $36,000.00, (May 2013 - April 2014). Fuel and Fire Behavior in High Elevation Five Needle Pines Affected by Mountain Pine Beetle,

Funded, (June 2010 - May 2013). Jin, Jiming

Effective assessments for climate uncertainties in dynamical downscaling over the Colorado regions,

Funded, $141,000.00, (September 1, 2011 - August 31, 2013). Consequences of global climate change for stream biodiversity and implications for the application a,

Funded, $789,000.00, (September 1, 2009 - July 31, 2013).

Improving regional precipitation downscaling for climate projections in the West, Funded, $19,734.00,

(July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2013). Kettenring, Karin Marie

The effects of water management on wetland condition, Funded, $133,668.00, (January 1, 2012 -

December 31, 2015). Assessing approaches to manage Phragmites in Utah wetlands, Funded, $28,000.00, (2011 - 2015). RUI-Collaborative Proposal: Reduction in riverine silica transport due to human-induced change in

riparian vegetation, Funded, $21,746.00, (March 15, 2012 - February 28, 2015). Mapping wetland vegetation in the Great Salt Lake Ecosystem, Funded, $67,414.00, (2012 - 2014). Mapping wetland vegetation in the Great Salt Lake ecosystem, Funded, $40,531.00, (2012 - 2014). Improving control of Phragmites and restoring native wetland vegetation in Great Salt Lake wetlands,

Funded, $50,000.00, (July 1, 2011 - December 31, 2014). Predicting impacts of stressors at the land water interface, Funded, $253,005.00, (2009 - 2014). Assessing approaches to manage Phragmites in the Great Salt Lake watershed, Funded, $24,000.00,

(August 8, 2012 - September 30, 2014). Assessing approaches to manage Phragmites in Utah wetlands, Funded, $10,000.00, (November 29,

2012 - June 30, 2014). Assessing approaches to manage Phragmites in the Great Salt Lake, Funded, $110,845.00, (August 1,

2011 - June 30, 2014). Assessment of wetland vegetation in the Willard Spur, Great Salt Lake, Utah, Funded, $24,380.00,

(2012 - 2013). Phragmites australis control at the rural-urban interface, Funded, $14,805.00, (July 1, 2012 - June 30,

2013). Development and evaluation of strategies for invasive Phragmites australis control in Great Salt Lake

wetlands: a partnership with USU, and private, state, and federal natural resource managers, Funded, $36,497.00, (May 2011 - June 2013).

Koons, David N

The Hudson Bay Project, Funded, $125,000.00, (2012 - 2016). The Hudson Bay Project, Funded, $125,000.00, (2011 - 2015). Improved monitoring for management of the Henry Mountains bison herd, Funded, $330,286.00,

(2011 - 2014). Climate change, phenology shifts, and novel predator-prey interactions between polar bears and snow

geese, Funded, $9,400.00, (2013). Climate change, phenology shifts, and novel predator-prey interactions between polar bears and snow

geese, Funded, $20,000.00, (2013).

Climate change, phenology shifts, and novel predator-prey interactions between polar bears and snow

geese, Funded, $3,500.00, (2013). Climate change, phenology shifts, and novel predator-prey interactions between polar bears and snow

geese, Funded, $9,800.00, (2013). Rapid assessment of invasion and degradation of interior habitats by lesser snow geese, Funded,

$10,400.00, (2013). How do environmental conditions during development affect senescence & consequent population

dynamics?, Funded, $210,401.00, (2011 - 2013). Kuhns, Michael R

Managing for resilience in forested ecosystems of the Intermountain West: a model for training future

researchers and managers, Funded, $236,000.00, (2011 - 2015). Restore Community Ecosystems While Promoting Green Jobs in the Puget Sound Area, Funded,

$1,300,000.00, (March 13, 2009 - March 13, 2014). Extension Forestry Newsletter Support, Funded, $2,000.00, (February 24, 2010 - September 30, 2013). Extension Forestry Newsletter Support, Funded, $2,000.00, (January 20, 2011 - September 30, 2013). USU Extension Sustainability Website & Certification Training Series Development, Funded,

$9,800.00, (September 1, 2012 - June 2013). Kulmatiski, Andrew

Ecohydrological models to predict climate change impacts on rangeland plant species, Funded,

$20,000.00, (2012 - 2014). A definitive water budget for a savanna system: a continuation, Funded, $169,000.00, (November 18,

2011 - November 17, 2013). Larese-Casanova, Mark

Development and Piloting of the Utah Junior Naturalist Program, Funded, $17,500.00, (July 1, 2012 -

June 30, 2014). USU Extension Sustainability Website & Certification Training Series Development, Funded,

$9,800.00, (September 1, 2012 - June 2013). Extension Undergraduate Internship Award, Funded, $5,000.00, (July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013). Phragmites australis control at the rural-urban interface, Funded, $14,805.00, (July 1, 2012 - June 30,

2013). Long, James N

FIA Increment Core Archiving, Funded, $50,028.00, (July 16, 2012 - December 31, 2016). Managing for resilience in forested ecosystems of the Intermountain West: a model for training future

researchers and managers, Funded, $236,000.00, (2011 - 2015).

Ecosystem and Integrated Resource Management at Camp Williams, UT, Funded, $477,357.11, (July 1, 2013 - December 31, 2014).

Pocket Field Guide to Sagebrush Species in Western Sagebrush/Sage Steppe Ecosystems, Funded,

$30,000.00, (July 1, 2012 - December 31, 2013). Ma, Zhao

Managing for resilience in forested ecosystems of the Intermountain West: a model for training future

researchers and managers, Funded, $236,000.00, (2011 - 2015). Linking perception and action: Building Utah agricultural communities' capacity to adapt to climate

change, Funded, $20,000.00, (September 1, 2012 - May 31, 2014). Macnulty, Daniel Robert

Determinants of population growth in Utah moose, Funded, $50,400.00, (January 20, 2013 - June 30,

2017). Yellowstone Wolves: their ecology and community consequences, Funded, $450,000.00, (September

1, 2012 - June 30, 2017). Mesner, Nancy O

FY 2013 USU Extension Nonpoint Source Reduction Proposal for 319 Funding, Funded, $97,000.00,

(July 21, 2013 - July 1, 2018). FY 12 USU Extension Statewide Nonpoint Source Pollution Education and Citizen Monitoring

Program. FY 2012., Funded, $102,500.00, (July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2016). FY 11 USU Extension Statewide Nonpoint Source Pollution Education and Citizen Monitoring

Program. FY 2011., Funded, $102,500.00, (July 2011 - June 2014). FY 10 USU Extension Statewide Nonpoint Source Pollution Education FY 2010 Program for fiscal

year 2010, Funded, $37,500.00, (July 2010 - June 2013). Messmer, Terry A

Greater Sage-Grouse Response to Season-Long and Prescribed Grazing (NRCS Conservation Practice

528) on Paired Ecological Sites (Phase 1), Funded, $385,821.00, (August 1, 2011 - June 30, 2017). Utah Communiity-Based Cponservation, Funded, $82,500.00, (October 2013 - June 2014). Research Publications, Funded, $30,000.00, (October 2013 - June 2014). Sage-grouse Ecology in West Box Elder County, Funded, $107,000.00, (June 2013 - June 2014). Sage-grouse Response to Livestock Graziing, Funded, $66,000.00, (July 2013 - May 2014). Monitoring Sage-grouse Response to Management Actions, Funded, $350,000.00, (October 1, 2007 -

September 30, 2013). Ecology of Greater Sage-grouse on the Bear Lake Plateau, Funded, $90,000.00, (January 2009 -

August 2013).

Building the Capacity of Sage-grouse Local Working Groups, Funded, $15,000.00, (August 15, 2012 - August 15, 2013).

Greater Sage-Grouse Response to Season-Long and Prescribed Grazing (NRCS Conservation Practice

528) on Paired Ecological Sites (Phase 1- Year 2), Funded, $66,000.00, (July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013).

Sustaining Utah's Local working Groups, Funded, $79,000.00, (July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013). Development of a Siting Tool Prototype to Mitigate the Potential Effects of Anthropogenic Features

with Emphasis on Tall Structures (i.e., Power and Transmissions Lines) Surface Occupancy on Sage-grouse in Utah, Funded, $40,000.00, (October 1, 2012 - March 1, 2013).

Mock, Karen E

Estimation of Eriogonum corymbosum var. nilesii. Range, Funded, $80,000.00, (August 2012 - July

2017). Genetic Analysis of Utah Bears, Funded, $118,878.00, (January 2011 - December 2016). Managing for resilience in forested ecosystems of the Intermountain West: a model for training future

researchers and managers, Funded, $236,000.00, (2011 - 2015). Adaptive capacity of mountain pine beetle in a changing climate, Funded, $145,640.00, (September

2009 - September 2015). Latitudinal variance in aspen (Populus tremuloides) transcriptomes, Funded, $115,700.00, (September

2009 - September 2014). Remote sensing of forest genetic diversity and assessment of belowground microbial communities in

Populus tremuloides forests, Funded, $92,004.00, (December 2008 - December 2013). Monz, Christopher A.

Moose-Wilson Road Visitor Movement Study, Funded, $383,345.00, (May 2013 - December 2014). Managing Sustainable Recreation/Tourism in the Northern Forest, Funded, $96,522.00, (November

2012 - December 30, 2014). Monitoring and Management of Arctic and Alpine Protected Areas in Norway, Funded, $16,000.00,

(January 1, 2014 - July 1, 2014). Alternative transportation planning study at Colorado Front Range high visitation sites in the Arapaho-

Roosevelt National Forest (ARNF), Funded, $460,000.00, (March 2012 - June 2014). Colorado State-wide Wilderness Assessment, Funded, $86,000.00, (2008 - May 30, 2014). Campsite Monitoring Analysis and Protocol Development for Glacier Bay National Park, Funded,

$20,866.00, (April 15, 2012 - December 30, 2013). Understanding Visitor Use Patterns and Ecological Thresholds in Meadow and Riparian Environments

of Yosemite National Park, Funded, $37,365.00, (July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2013). Assessment of backcountry campsite impacts on the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest., Funded,

$9,300.00, (2009 - June 30, 2013).

Null, Sarah Elizabeth

WaterSMART: Building decadal prediction of extreme climate for managing water supply in

Intermountain West, Funded, $294,990.00, (September 1, 2013 - August 31, 2015). How do changes to the causeway in Utah's Great Salt Lake affect water and salt flow in Gilbert and

Gunnison Bays, Funded, $56,849.00, (July 1, 2013 - July 1, 2014). Development of a Hydrologic Model for FERC Relicensing, Funded, $300,000.00, (2011 - 2013).

Radel, Claudia A

CAREER: Gendered Transnational Labor Migration, Agriculture, and Environmental Change in

Mesoamerica, Funded, $464,494.00, (August 15, 2011 - July 31, 2016). Conference Travel, Funded, (January 2014). Conference Travel, Funded, (March 2013). Faculty Travel Grants, Funded, $500.00, (February 2013).

Ramsey, Robert Douglas

Computation of National Forest Carbon Budgets, Funded, $571,701.43, (October 13, 2010 - September

30, 2015). Predictive Modeling of Bromus Tectorum in the West Desert Region of Utah, Funded, $23,912.00,

(February 1, 2011 - January 31, 2014). Remote Sensing of Milford Flat Fire, Funded, $75,000.00, (September 1, 2012 - September 30, 2013). UtahView, Funded, $23,500.00, (July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013). GBCESU: REFUGE LANDS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATIO9N SYSTEM UPDATE: SUPPORT

AND TRAINING, Funded, $20,000.00, (September 1, 2011 - June 1, 2013). Ryel, Ronald J.

Managing for resilience in forested ecosystems of the Intermountain West: a model for training future

researchers and managers, Funded, $236,000.00, (2011 - 2015). Schupp, Eugene W

Conservation of a candidate species: breeding system and seed pool dynamics of the endemic DeBeque

Phacelia (Phacelia submutica), Funded, $50,000.00, (July 1, 2011 - December 31, 2015). Ongoing funding for SageSTEP regional experiment, Funded, $470,823.00, (June 7, 2011 - 2015). Sclerocactus wetlandicus habitat characterization and seed germination, Funded, $98,999.00, (May 1,

2013 - April 30, 2015). Evaluate Habitat Quality of Mexican Spotted Owl Terretories in Utah, Funded, $125,508.00,

(November 1, 2010 - June 30, 2014). North Elk Ridge/Cottonwood Ecosystem Condition Assessment, Funded, $135,000.00, (May 1, 2011 -

December 31, 2013).

Van Miegroet, Helga

Improving feasibility of pinyon-juniper utilization for energy feedstock and ecological restoration,

Funded, $30,000.00, (2011 - 2015). Soils as the basis for assessment of site condition and ecosystem health, Funded, $154,000.00, (2011 -

2014). Analysis of mountain pine beetle effects on ecosystem processes in Lodgepole pine, Funded,

$63,415.00, (2008 - 2014). Using New Knowledge on grazing behavior to control medusahead in the western US, Funded,

$416,000.00, (October 2011 - September 2014). Veblen, Kari

LTREB Renewal: KLEE- scaling up and scaling out at the Kenya Long-term Exclosure Experiment in

Laikipia rangeland, Funded, $449,817.00, (August 1, 2013 - July 31, 2018). Improving feasibility of pinyon-juniper utilization for energy feedstock and ecological restoration,

Funded, $30,000.00, (2011 - 2015). An ecological site-based handbook and demonstration of brush management (CP 314) and range

planting (CP 550) technology for Utah shrublands, Funded, $74,785.00, (September 1, 2012 - August 31, 2015).

Restoration of native understory plants in degraded sagebrush steppe ecosystems, Funded,

$135,500.00, (February 1, 2013 - September 30, 2014). Long-term patterns and context-dependence of deer, elk and cattle effects on rangeland plant

communities, Funded, $19,994.00, (July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014). Consequences of livestock removal for plant communities across three ecological sites in southeastern

Utah (Colorado Plateau), Funded, $20,900.00, (July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013). Restoration of native understory plants in degraded sagebrush steppe ecosystems, Funded, $3,326.00,

(May 2012 - April 30, 2013). Villalba, Juan J

Self-Medication in Herbivores: A Novel Approach for Increasing the Ecological Services of

Pasturelands and for Restoring Rangelands, Funded, $665,544.20, (July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2017). Manipulating early experience in ruminants to increase intake of forages of low palatability, Funded,

$350,000.00, (May 1, 2013 - January 1, 2016). Training Livestock to Eat Weeds in the Tropical Pacific and Effects on Meat Quality for Stronger

Ranch Profits, Funded, $49,610.00, (2011 - 2014). Influence of the Feeding Context to Reduce Aspen Utilization by Herbivores, Funded, $15,000.00,

(July 2013 - September 2014). Using New Knowledge on grazing behavior to control medusahead in the western US, Funded,

$416,000.00, (October 2011 - September 2014).

Biochemical Diversity in Pasturelands: Influences on Foraging Behavior and Animal Production, Funded, $29,985.00, (July 2013 - June 2014).

Understanding the impact of medusahead on herbivores to create new methods of control, Funded,

$19,777.76, (July 2012 - June 2014). Influence of the Feeding Context to Reduce Aspen Utilization by Herbivores, Funded, $5,000.00,

(May 2013 - December 2013). Request for Equipment: Purchase of a Livestock Behavior Monitoring System, Funded, $8,000.00,

(May 2013). Request for Equipment: Freeze Dryer for lab NR 309, Funded, $5,059.25, (April 2013). Request for Equipment: Freeze Dryer for lab NR 309, Funded, $10,118.00, (April 2013). Investigation of Diatomaceous Earth's Effects on Gastrointestinal Roundworms, Feed Efficiency, and

Weight Gain in Sheep, Funded, $22,184.09, (April 2012 - April 2013). Primary Roles for Secondary Compounds: Enhancing the Health of Soil, Plants, Herbivores and

People, Funded, $374,133.00, (April 5, 2009 - April 5, 2013). Wheaton, Joseph Michael

Assessment of Indicator Sites & Quantifying Short-Term Effects of High Flows on Riparian

Vegetation along the Yampa & Green Rivers, Funded, $80,000.00, (July 31, 2011 - December 31, 2013).

Remote Sensing of Fish Habitat Support, Funded, $85,000.00, (July 15, 2011 - July 15, 2013). Linking Fisheries, beaver, geomorphic and physical habitat monitoring data to better understand the

effectiveness of restoration efforts in Bridge Creek, Funded, $60,000.00, (September 1, 2011 - June 30, 2013).

Develop Yampa River Flow Prescription and Long-term Research and Monitoring Recommendations

for Protection of Riparian Vegetation Resources in Dinosaur National Monument, Funded, $46,000.00, (April 1, 2011 - June 30, 2013).

Presentations and Posters

Adler, Peter B

Climate change and plant populations: Can 20th century observations predict 21st century responses?,

2013. Can functional traits explain variation in plant life history strategies?, 2012. Comparison of lifespan and survival for 114 herbaceous perennials across five ecosystems in the

western US, 2012. Selective pressure for increased demographic variability in a perennial plant community, 2012. Warming and reduced snow cover improve cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) performance in the

Intermountain West, 2012.

Can intraspecific density-dependence explain community dynamics?, 2012. Climate change and plant populations: Can 20th century observations predict 21st century responses?,

2012. Aubry, Lise

Climate, phenology, and habitat degradation: drivers of early life demography in lesser snow geese,

2013. Ageing in the wild: senescence in cause-specific mortality when detection is imperfect, October 6,

2013. Consequences of early-life environment on senescence in the wild, October 6, 2013. Climate change, phenology and habitat degradation: drivers of gosling body condition and juvenile

survival in lesser snow geese, January 26, 2013. Beard, Karen H

Activated carbon as a restoration technique in Utah, October 2013. Toads, roads, and nodes: The influence of landscape composition and configuration on the distribution

and abundance of frogs and toads in the Eastern and Central U.S.A, August 2013. Matrix-habitat and edge effects on amphibian communities in the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest, July

2013. Influence of a non-native frog, Eleutherodactylus planirostris on invertebrates in Maui, Hawai, July

2013. The response of frogs to matrix-habitat types and edge effects: preliminary results, July 2013. The two-layer hypothesis is dead, long live the two-layer hypothesis, March 2013.

Brain, Roslynn G.

Transitioning conservative students into environmental leaders through service learning: A step-by-

step guide for educators, January 2013. Using participatory action research to foster successful large-scale campus sustainability events.,

October 6, 2013. Communicating climate and sustainability issues through extension programming., September 15,

2013. Campus-wide participatory planning: Moving quickly from thought to action, June 25, 2013. Life Literacy: Education for a Sustainable Future., June 10, 2013. Energy educational programming in biomass: Research, outreach, and collaboration, April 29, 2013. Discovering sustainable resources in Utah through Cooperative Extension, March 6, 2013. How to better use campus-based extension faculty and resources: A panel discussion, March 6, 2013.

Extension sustainability: Research, outreach, and communication techniques to foster positive change., February 2013.

Brunson, Mark William

Managing for social-ecological resilience: a dimly lit path to a bright future?, October 17, 2013. Reaction and synthesis, September 10, 2013. Production and management of dust from gravel roads: potential effects on desert roadside plant

communities, August 8, 2013. Engaging Ecologists in Public Policy: Revisiting ESA Recommendations, August 5, 2013. Post-fire management decision making - research and observations, April 17, 2013. Noah's Heirs? Biodiversity, Endangered Species, and Resiliency - A socio-ecological systems

perspective, April 12, 2013. Effects of Fugitive Dust from Roads Crossing Arid Rangelands, February 7, 2013. Drought impacts to socio-economic systems, February 5, 2013. NEPA-phobia and the "trust gap": Impediments to rangeland resilience?, January 15, 2013.

Burr, Steven W.

Heritage tourism and the Bear River Heritage Area: A study of heritage visitors and heritage

businesses and artisans, September 19, 2013. An examination of the implementation of environmentally sustainable practices in the Utah ski

industry: A qualitative study, August 8, 2013. The Bear River Heritage Area: A study of heritage businesses and artisans, August 7, 2013. The Bear River Heritage Area: A study of heritage businesses and artisans, August 7, 2013. The Bear River Heritage Area: A study of heritage visitors, August 7, 2013. The Bear River Heritage Area: A study of heritage visitors, August 7, 2013. An examination of the implementation of environmentally sustainable practices in the Utah ski

industry: A qualitative study, June 7, 2013. Burritt, Elizabeth A

A new website for the Utah Section Society for Range Management, November 1, 2013. Improving Intake of Medusahead: Is it Possible?, October 31, 2013. Principles and Application of Diet Training in Livestock, July 31, 2013. Community engagement and noxious weed control in southern Cache County, Utah, June 2013. Foraging for medicines: Evidence of self-medication in parasitized sheep, June 19, 2013.

Utah’s Rangelands West Website – An update, May 13, 2013. Training cattle to eat sagebrush, March 6, 2013. How livestock know what to eat, February 19, 2013. Biodiversity: It’s benefits for pasture and livestock grazing, January 17, 2013.

Coppock, David Layne

Community engagement and noxious weed control in southern Cache County, Utah, June 2013. Sustainable pastoralism on the Borana Plateau: Project Update, May 2013. Cross-border interaction spurs innovation and hope among pastoral women of Ethiopia and Kenya,

February 2013. Preliminary perspectives from human dimensions (social science): Medusahead proejct in southern

Cache County, Utah, February 2013. Rancher response to drought: the case for Utah, February 2013.

Cramer, Patricia C

Design recommendations from five years of wildlife crossing research across Utah., January 2014. Wildlife Crossing Structures: What Progressive States are Doing., September 2013. Design recommendations from five years of wildlife crossing research across Utah., June 2013. Planning, Building, Researching and Adaptively Managing Wildlife Crossings, April 2013. The state of the science and practice of wildlife crossings in Utah: 2013, March 2013. The state of wildlife crossings in the west, December 3, 2012. Wildlife Crossings Research in Utah: Lessons Learned, November 15, 2012. Wildlife Crossings in Utah, November 1, 2012. The use of science and adaptive management to prefect wildlife crossings, October 25, 2012. Helping wildlife cross roads based on them and their movement needs., October 17, 2012. Wildlife Crossings Research in Utah: Lessons Learned, August 2, 2012. Helping to maintain wildlife connectivity across North American landscapes with wildlife crossings,

June 10, 2012. Transportation and Wildlife, April 2012. Moving Wildlife Under US 93 in Montana, March 2012. Evaluating retrofit opportunites for wildlife passage at existing bridges and culverts, January 2012. Research of wildlife use of wildlife crossings, November 2011.

Considering wildlife by going the extra mile, November 2011. Getting from roadkill to roadwise: wildlife crossings in the west, October 2011. Planning and designing for wildlife in transportation systems, October 2011. Maintaining wildlife connectivity across roads through tested wildlife crossing designs, August 2011. Improving structures to facilitate wildlife passage: in depth review of the species movement guilds,

April 2011. Restoring Ecological Connectivity with Wildlife Crossings, November 2010. Wildlife and Roads in Utah, an Update on What is Working and What Needs Improvement.,

November 2010. Wildlife Connectivity: Keeping Wildlife Alive and Moving. Invited Speaker to Accept Conservationist

of the Year Award, October 2010. How Highways Reduce Habitat Effectiveness in Western Forests and Sage-Steppe Habitats:

Challenges and Solutions, October 2010. Wildlife Crossings in the West, keeping wildlife alive and moving, October 2010. Wildlife and Roads: the State of Our Science and Practice, October 2010. Retrofitting Existing Structures to Facilitate Wildlife Passage., July 2010. Transportation Planning and Herpetological Conservation, July 2010. Wildlife Crossings in Utah, March 2010. Wildlife and Roads in Utah, March 2010. Wildlife Crossings in Utah, the state of the practice and science, November 2013.

Du Toit, Johan Truter

The global herbivore fauna: both toolbox and warehouse of parts for novel ecosystems., November

2013. Controlling the contingency problem in community ecology, April 2013.

Emmons, Nichlas D

All Our Relations: Teaching Environmental Education with an Indigenous Perspective, October 18,

2013. Endter-Wada, Joanna Lynne

Neighborhood Socio-Ecohydrology along a Gradient of Urbanization, December 9, 2013. The Impact of Urban Form on Water Use and Management in the Intermountain West, June 2013.

Learning, modeling and envisioning: An application of integrated water and land use planning, November 4, 2013.

Place-Based Policies and Practices: Connecting Water, Land and People to Sustain Food Systems,

October 25, 2013. Working with People to Promote Landscape Water Conservation, October 20, 2013. Ways of Knowing: Humans Connected through Hydrology and History in the Bear River Basin,

October 2, 2013. Coupling water and urban planning in mega cities: A review of theoretical, political, and technical

integration needs, September 16, 2013. Policy Debates over the Southern Nevada Water Authority Pipeline Project, June 4, 2013. Promoting Urban Water Use Accountability and Conservation through Providing Site-Specific

Information Feedback on Appropriateness and Change in Landscape Irrigation, June 4, 2013. Policy Debates over the Southern Nevada Water Authority Pipeline Project, April 9, 2013. Water-smart growth: Integrating water management and land use planning, April 9, 2013. Weber Basin Secondary System Metering Project: Information Provision for Urban Water Use

Accountability, March 18, 2013. Approaches for Promoting Urban Landscape Water Use Accountability and Conservation, March 5,

2013. Frazer, Nat

Sustainability Improves Student Learning in STEM, September 19, 2013. Getting to the Point: Using Sustainability to Improve Student Learning (SISL) in STEM, January 25,

2013. Frey, Shandra Nicole

Using dermatoglyphics for non-invasive mark-recapture abundance estimates of ringtails in Zion

National Park, Utah, October 10, 2013. Management and natural history of the Ringtail in Zion National Park, August 20, 2013. Using dermatoglyphics for non-invasive mark-recapture abundance estimates of ringtails in Zion

National Park, Utah, August 19, 2013. The Basics of Identifying Wildlife, April 15, 2013. Explanation of population structure for Utah Prairie Dog recovery, February 2013.

Hawkins, Charles P

Prioritizing wetlands for Phragmites australis control and wetland restoration around the Great Salt

Lake, UT, 2013.

Prioritizing wetlands for Phragmites australis control and wetland restoration around the Great Salt Lake, UT, 2013.

Response of stream ecosystems to climate change (I): Linking invertebrate biodiversity to hydrologic

and thermal alteration, August 5, 2013. Response of stream ecosystems to climate change (II): An improved climate dynamical downscaling

for the conterminous United States, August 5, 2013. Response of stream ecosystems to climate change (III): Characterizing and predicting ecologically

relevant flow regimes, August 5, 2013. Response of stream ecosystems to climate change (IV): Stream temperature modeling, August 5, 2013. Large-scale spatial response of stream invertebrate composition and richness to variation in thermal

and hydrologic regimes, May 19, 2013. Potential changes in ecologically relevant streamflow regimes in the USA in response to projected

climate change, May 19, 2013. Howe, Peter David

The role of local weather and climate in public perceptions of climate change: Recent research and big

questions, January 2014. Downscaling U.S. public opinion about climate change and the ‘Six Americas’ to states, cities, and

counties, December 2013. Perceptions of changes in rainfall and extreme events among the Indian public, October 2013. Perceptions of extreme weather events: evidence from climate-related hazards around the U.S., June

2013. Global perceptions of local temperature change (Nystrom Award finalist session), April 2013. Beliefs about global warming may bias perceptions of local climate, February 2013.

Jin, Jiming

Evaluation and improvement of climate modeling at regional scales, August 22, 2012. Evaluation and improvement of climate modeling at regional scales., March 22, 2012. Response of stream ecosystems to climate change (I): Linking invertebrate biodiversity to hydrologic

and thermal alteration, August 5, 2013. Response of stream ecosystems to climate change (II): An improved climate dynamical downscaling

for the conterminous United States, August 5, 2013. Response of stream ecosystems to climate change (III): Characterizing and predicting ecologically

relevant flow regimes, August 5, 2013. Response of stream ecosystems to climate change (IV): Stream temperature modeling, August 5, 2013. Predictions of lake processes and their effects on precipitation through dynamical downscaling with

WRF for the Great Lakes, June 24, 2013.

An effective approach to improve regional climate prediction using a proper combination of dynamical

and statistical technique, June 24, 2013. Bias-correction of global climate model output to improve regional climate modeling of the North

American Monsoon, June 24, 2013. Dynamic origins of WRF bias in simulating southeastern United States summer precipitation., June 24,

2013. Exploring the WRF simulation skill of southeastern United States summer rainfall: Sources of skills

and the mechanisms, June 24, 2013. Improved monsoon precipitation simulations using the WRF model, May 31, 2013. Lake process modeling within the Weather Research and Forecasting model, May 23, 2013. Potential changes in ecologically relevant streamflow regimes in the USA in response to projected

climate change, May 19, 2013. Research and Forecasting and Community Land Models (WRF-CLM), April 23, 2013. Regional Climate Modeling of the West African Monsoon Using Coupled Weather Research and

Forecasting and Community Land Models (WRF-CLM), April 9, 2013. Simulations of lake processes and their effects on precipitation using a coupled WRF-Lake model,

April 9, 2013. Lake process simulations with a regional climate model, January 7, 2013. Regional climate simulations with bias corrected GCM forcing data for the Western United States,

January 7, 2013. Kettenring, Karin Marie

The role of land use in recovery from Phragmites removal, 2013. Controlling Phragmites australis in Great Salt Lake wetlands, 2013. Prioritizing wetlands for Phragmites australis control and wetland restoration around the Great Salt

Lake, UT, 2013. How Is Physical Depositional Setting Related To Silica Chemistry In The Platte River, USA?, 2013. Application of genetic diversity-ecosystem function research to ecological restoration, 2013. Assessing the ecological condition of emergent wetlands in a hydrologically dynamic, ecologically

unique and extensively managed system - the Great Salt Lake, Utah, 2013. Controlling Phragmites australis in Great Salt Lake wetlands, 2013. Prioritizing wetlands for Phragmites australis control and wetland restoration around the Great Salt

Lake, UT, 2013. Using remote sensing images and systems modeling to improve wetlands management, 2013.

The reduction of riverine silica transport due to invasive riparian vegetation, 2013. Assessing the ecological condition of emergent wetlands in a hydrologically dynamic, ecologically

unique and extensively managed system - the Great Salt Lake, Utah, 2013. Drivers of emergence and productivity of a widespread wetland plant: the roles of seed source identity,

seed source diversity and hydrology, 2013. Evaluating Phragmites management in watersheds with differing land uses, 2013. Reciprocal relationships between science and restoration: Phragmites australis invasion mechanisms,

control, and post-control revegetation, 2013. Deciphering and managing the invasion of Phragmites in Great Salt Lake wetlands, 2013. How ecologists and managers are partnering to address an intractable environmental problem:

Phragmites invasion into Great Salt Lake wetlands, 2013. Ecology informing restoration and restoration informing ecology: Phragmites australis invasion

mechanisms, control, and post-control revegetation, August 4, 2013. Koons, David N

Life-history trade-offs among core and transient species regulate local diversity and community

structure, August 6, 2013. Climate, phenology, and habitat degradation: drivers of early life demography in lesser snow geese,

2013. Drivers of waterfowl population dynamics: from teal to trumpeters, 2013. Body condition dynamics and the cost-of-delay hypothesis in a temperate-breeding duck, 2013. Effects of apparent competition with lesser snow geese on the stochastic population dynamics of

common eiders, 2013. How biotic and abiotic factors affect spatio-temporal population dynamics of scaup, 2013. Ageing in the wild: senescence in cause-specific mortality when detection is imperfect, October 6,

2013. Consequences of early-life environment on senescence in the wild, October 6, 2013.

Kulmatiski, Andrew

The potential of and potential need for soil-based management of plant communities, July 13, 2013. Activated carbon as a restoration technique in Utah, October 2013. The two-layer hypothesis is dead, long live the two-layer hypothesis, March 2013.

Larese-Casanova, Mark

Assessment and Evaluation 201: Improving Programs, October 26, 2013.

Long, James N

Western aspen regeneration ecology: webinar, October 29, 2013. Seedlings and suckers, stands and clones - so you think you know aspen?, October 2013.

Lutz, James A

Restoring what? Big trees, pattern, process, and large, longitudinal data sets, October 16, 2013.

Ma, Zhao

The Impact of Urban Form on Water Use and Management in the Intermountain West, June 2013. Climate information: Is it the cure?, April 23, 2013. Mixed methods, mixed results: Examining smallholder climate change perception, vulnerability and

adaptation in northwest China, April 11, 2013. Macnulty, Daniel Robert

Understanding the limits to wolf predatory power, October 12, 2013. Elk spatial response to wolf predation in Yellowstone National Park, October 11, 2013. Reproductive consequences of life history traits, morphology, pack composition, and environmental

conditions for female wolves, October 11, 2013. Influence of wolf predation risk on elk movement in Yellowstone National Park, October 8, 2013. Understanding the ecological consequences of wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone National Park,

September 24, 2013. Mechanisms of population regulation in wolves and their community consequences, August 8, 2013. Understanding the ecological consequences of wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone National Park, April

12, 2013. Mesner, Nancy O

Quantification of impervious surfaces along the Wasatch Front, Utah: An object-based image analysis

approach to identifying an indicator for wetland stress, December 9, 2013. Watershed Education that makes a difference, October 2013. Stream Side Science: Watershed Education that makes a difference, February 2013.

Mock, Karen E

Reciprocal relationships between science and restoration: Phragmites australis invasion mechanisms,

control, and post-control revegetation, 2013. Aspen Clonal Dynamics: New Genetic Insights, November 22, 2013. Western aspen regeneration ecology: webinar, October 29, 2013. Seedlings and suckers, stands and clones - so you think you know aspen?, October 2013.

Triploidy in western aspen, October 2013. Ecology informing restoration and restoration informing ecology: Phragmites australis invasion

mechanisms, control, and post-control revegetation, August 4, 2013. Changing perspectives on aspen: from genetics to silviculture., April 12, 2013. Genotyping-by-Sequencing (GBS) for population genomics of aspen (Populus tremuloides), January

12, 2013. Monz, Christopher A.

Assessing visitor movements and resource impacts in the MWC of Grand Teton National Park,

October 4, 2013. Natural Resource Conse- quences of Park Transportation System Delivery: An Example From Rocky

Mountain National Park, March 11, 2013. Understanding Visitor. Perceptions of Recreation Re- source Impacts: A Comparison of. Climber and

Hiker Perceptions, March 11, 2013. Radel, Claudia A

The gendered dimension of agricultural change and migration in Mesoamerica, March 21, 2013. Past Findings on Migration and Land use Changes in Southeastern Mexico; Next Research Steps in

Mexico, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, March 18, 2013. Gender and natural resources: A global overview, February 5, 2013.

Ramsey, Robert Douglas

Using remote sensing to understand spatiotemporal landscape dynamics of aspen decline in southern

Utah's Cedar Mountain, October 27, 2010. A remote sensing landscape analysis of sudden aspen decline (SAD) in southern Utah's Cedar

Mountain, February 7, 2010. Quantification of impervious surfaces along the Wasatch Front, Utah: An object-based image analysis

approach to identifying an indicator for wetland stress, December 9, 2013. Ryel, Ronald J.

Understory phenotypic plasticity and functional diversity may buffer inter-annual variations in

overstory soil resource uptake, October 27, 2010. Using remote sensing to understand spatiotemporal landscape dynamics of aspen decline in southern

Utah's Cedar Mountain, October 27, 2010. Diurnal changes in epidermal UV transmittance of plants: variation among species and locations,

August 2, 2010. A remote sensing landscape analysis of sudden aspen decline (SAD) in southern Utah's Cedar

Mountain, February 7, 2010.

Schmidt, Robert H

The Hawaii Coalition for the Protection of Cats and Wildlife: working together to find solutions for a

wicked problem, July 18, 2013. Schupp, Eugene W

Assessing Ecosystem Health Using the Ecological Site Framework in the absence of Ecological Site

Descriptions, August 8, 2013. Effects of Sagebrush Fire and Fire Surrogate Treatments on a Great Basin Seed Bank Community,

August 8, 2013. Reproductive Strategy of Phacelia submutica (Boraginaceae; Formerly in Hydrophyllaceae), a

Threatened Plant Species in Western Colorado, August 6, 2013. Tainter, Joseph A

Energy Gain and the Evolution of Complexity, September 18, 2013. Sustainability: The Fundamental Question, October 28, 2013. Energy Gain and the Evolution of Complexity, September 16, 2013. Energy, Complexity, and Innovation, August 7, 2013. The Roots of Complexity: Why Collapse is So Difficult to Understand, March 1, 2013. Complexity and Sustainability: What Makes a Society Resilient?, January 14, 2013.

Van Miegroet, Helga

Linking overstory, soil and climate characteristics to explain C storage in forest soils – a meta-analysis,

June 17, 2013. The use of spectroscopic techniques to determine overstory species influence on SOC properties and

origin, June 17, 2013. Veblen, Kari

Long-term patterns of wild and domestic ungulate effects on rangeland plant communities of the

Colorado Plateau, November 2013. Shrub management in Utah: An experimental framework to investigate how ecological sites may guide

management decisions, November 2013. Grass-shrub spatial associations over a precipitation gradient in the Great Basin, USA: insights into

ecological restoration, October 2013. Cattle, wild herbivores, and drought interact to drive vegetation change over 17 years in an East

African savanna, August 2013. Plant responses to rainfall and microsite in sagebrush communities: Keys to restoration success in the

Great Basin?, August 2013.

Use of the NRCS Ecological Site Framework to Improve Ecological Understanding in Restoration Projects, August 2013.

Effects of boma occupation time on glade hotspot development, July 2013. Plant community dynamics and livestock-wildlife interactions in semi-arid rangelands., July 2013. Context-dependent plant community dynamics and applications to rangeland systems, January 2013.

Villalba, Juan J

The dynamic relationship between flavors, nutrients and plant secondary compounds on foraging

decisions by herbivores, November 26, 2013. Learning and Diet Selection in Ruminants: Central Idea and Applications, November 8, 2013. Improving Intake of Medusahead: Is it Possible?, October 31, 2013. Foraging behavior and homeostatic endeavor in herbivores: The role of post-ingestive feedback,

September 26, 2013. Effects of supplementing endophyte-infected tall fescue with sainfoin and polyethylene glycol on the

physiology and ingestive behavior of lambs., July 8, 2013. Influence of dietary flavors on sheep feeding behavior and nutrient digestibility., July 8, 2013. Foraging for medicines: Evidence of self-medication in parasitized sheep, June 19, 2013. Interactions among alkaloids tannins and saponins in herbivores' diets, May 2, 2013. Plant extracts for animal production, May 2, 2013. Plant diversity and early experience in ruminants : Opportunities to increase animal health and well-

being, May 2, 2013. Evidence of self-medication in parasitized sheep, March 25, 2013. Primary Roles for Secondary Compounds: Enhancing the Health of Soils, Plants, Herbivores and

People through Plant Biochemical Diversity, March 7, 2013. Foraging for medicines: Evidence of self-medication in parasitized sheep, March 6, 2013. Using new knowledge on grazing behavior to control medusahead in the Western US., February 3,

2013. Linking Plant Chemistry and Herbivore Health, January 17, 2013.

Wheaton, Joseph Michael

Influence of Beaver Dams on Channel Complexity, Hydrology, and Temperature Regime in a

Mountainous Stream, December 9, 2013.