| Browsing and fire decreases dominance of a resprouting shrub in woody encroached grassland RC O’Connor, JH Taylor, JB Nippert Ecology 101 (2), e02935, 2020 | 78 | 2020 |
| Biotic resistance and disturbance: rodent consumers regulate post-fire plant invasions and increase plant community diversity BMM Samuel B. St. Clair, Rory O'Connor, Richard Gill Ecology 97 (7), 1700 - 1711, 2016 | 78 | 2016 |
| Virtual fencing effectively excludes cattle from burned sagebrush steppe CS Boyd, R O'Connor, J Ranches, DW Bohnert, JD Bates, DD Johnson, ... Rangeland Ecology & Management 81, 55-62, 2022 | 48 | 2022 |
| Small-scale water deficits after wildfires create long-lasting ecological impacts RC O’Connor, MJ Germino, DM Barnard, CM Andrews, JB Bradford, ... Environmental Research Letters 15 (4), 044001, 2020 | 46 | 2020 |
| Niche opportunities for invasive annual plants in dryland ecosystems are controlled by disturbance, trophic interactions, and rainfall RA Gill, RC O’Connor, A Rhodes, TB Bishop, DC Laughlin, SB St. Clair Oecologia 187 (3), 755-765, 2018 | 30 | 2018 |
| Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally MD Smith, KD Wilkins, MC Holdrege, P Wilfahrt, SL Collins, AK Knapp, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121 (4), e2309881120, 2024 | 29 | 2024 |
| Are drought indices and climate data good indicators of ecologically relevant soil moisture dynamics in drylands? DM Barnard, MJ Germino, JB Bradford, RC O'Connor, CM Andrews, ... Ecological Indicators 133, 108379, 2021 | 26 | 2021 |
| Using virtual fencing to create fuel breaks in the sagebrush steppe CS Boyd, RC O'Connor, J Ranches, DW Bohnert, JD Bates, DD Johnson, ... Rangeland Ecology & Management 89, 87-93, 2023 | 23 | 2023 |
| Is a prescribed fire sufficient to slow the spread of woody plants in an infrequently burned grassland? A case study in tallgrass prairie JB Nippert, L Telleria, P Blackmore, JH Taylor, RC O'Connor Rangeland Ecology & Management 78, 79-89, 2021 | 22 | 2021 |
| Ratcheting up resilience in the northern Great Basin D Johnson, C Boyd, RC O'Connor, D Smith Rangelands 44 (3), 200-209, 2022 | 19 | 2022 |
| Herbaceous Biomass Response to Prescribed Fire in Juniper-Encroached Sagebrush Steppe JD Bates, KW Davies, J Bournoville, C Boyd, R O’Connor, TJ Svejcar Rangeland Ecology & Management 72 (1), 28-35, 2019 | 18 | 2019 |
| VEGETATION RECOVERY AND FUEL REDUCTION AFTER SEASONAL BURNING OF WESTERN JUNIPER. JD Bates, R O'Connor, KW Davies Fire Ecology 10 (3), 27-48, 2014 | 18 | 2014 |
| Managing invasive annual grasses, annually: A case for more case studies VM Schroeder, DD Johnson, RC O'Connor, CG Crouch, WJ Dragt, ... Rangelands 44 (3), 210-217, 2022 | 17 | 2022 |
| Effects of virtual fence monitored by global positioning system on beef cattle behavior J Ranches, R O′ Connor, D Johnson, K Davies, J Bates, C Boyd, ... Translational Animal Science 5 (Supplement_S1), S144-S148, 2021 | 16 | 2021 |
| Dormant-Season Moderate Grazing Prefire Maintains Diversity and Reduces Exotic Annual Grass Response Postfire in Imperiled Artemisia Steppe KW Davies, JD Bates, CS Boyd, RC O'Connor, S Copeland Rangeland Ecology and Management 79, 91-99, 2021 | 16 | 2021 |
| Poor relationships between NEON Airborne Observation Platform data and field‐based vegetation traits at a mesic grassland S Pau, JB Nippert, R Slapikas, D Griffith, S Bachle, BR Helliker, ... Ecology 103 (2), e03590, 2022 | 13 | 2022 |
| State of the sagebrush: implementing the sagebrush conservation design to save a biome KE Doherty, J Maestas, T Remington, DE Naugle, C Boyd, L Wiechman, ... Rangeland Ecology & Management 97, 1-11, 2024 | 9 | 2024 |
| Long-term evaluation of restoring understories in Wyoming big sagebrush communities with mowing and seeding native bunchgrasses KW Davies, JD Bates, RC O'Connor Rangeland Ecology and Management 75, 81-90, 2021 | 9 | 2021 |
| An assessment of seed head and flag leaf contributions to reproductive effort in sagebrush steppe bunchgrasses EP Hamerlynck, RC O'Connor Journal of Arid Environments 187, 1-6, 2021 | 8 | 2021 |
| Spatial variation in soil microbial processes as a result of woody encroachment depends on shrub size in tallgrass prairie RK Connell, JB O'Connor, Rory C., Nippert, JM Blair Plant and Soil, 2021 | 8 | 2021 |
Jesse B. NippertProfessor of Biology, Kansas State UniversityVerified email at ksu.edu
