​​Peer-reviewed publications
   * = grad student or post-doc in my lab
 ** = undergrad student in my lab
  1. Werner, C.M., D.M. Kimuyu, K.E. Veblen, R.L. Sensenig, E.M. LaMalfa*, and T.P. Young. In press. Synergistic effects of herbivores and previous fire on spatial heterogeneity of prescribed grassland burns. Ecology.
  2. ​Liu, L.*, K.E. Veblen, and T.A. Monaco. 2020. Shrub size modulates resource heterogeneity in a sagebrush-steppe ecosystem. Western North American Naturalist 80: 28-37. article
  3. Veblen, K.E., E.A. Beever, and D.A. Pyke. 2020. Context-dependent effects of livestock grazing in deserts of western North America. Disturbance Ecology and Biological Diversity. (Eds. E. Beever, S. Prange, D. DellaSala), pp. 81-105. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press (Taylor and Francis Group).  
  4. Veblen, K.E. and L.M. Porensky. 2019. Thresholds are in the eye of the beholder: plants and wildlife respond differently to short-term cattle corrals. Ecological Applications. article **highlighted in the journal Rangelands**
  5. Riginos, C.*, T.A. Monaco, K.E. Veblen, E. Thacker, D. Dahlgren, and T. Messmer. 2019. Potential for post-wildlife recovery of Greater Sage-grouse habitat. Ecosphere 10(11):e02870. 10.1002/ecs2.2870. article
  6. ​LaMalfa, E.*, D.M. Kimuyu, R.L. Sensenig, T.P. Young, C. Riginos, and K.E. Veblen. 2019. Tree resprout dynamics following fire depend on herbivory by wild ungulate herbivores. Journal of Ecology ​107:2493-2502. article
  7. Wilder, L.E.*, K.E. Veblen, E.W. Schupp, and T.A. Monaco. 2019. Influence of mountain and Wyoming big sagebrush plant community soils on seed germination patterns of six restoration species. Western North American Naturalist 79:233-246. article
  8. Paschke, M.W., L.B. Perkins, and K.E. Veblen. 2019. Restoration for multiple use. Restoration Ecology 27:701-704. **Invited** article​
  9. Riginos, C.*, K.E. Veblen, K.L. Gunnell, E. Thacker, and T.A. Monaco. 2019. Disturbance type and sagebrush community affect plant community structure following sagebrush reduction. Rangeland Ecology and Management 72:619-631. article
  10. Eldridge, D.J., S.K. Travers, J. Val, A. Zaja, and K.E. Veblen. 2019. Horse activity is associated with degraded subalpine grassland structure and reduced habitat for a threatened rodent. Rangeland Ecology and Management 72:467-473. article
  11. Wilder, L.E.*, K.E. Veblen, K.L. Gunnell, and T.A. Monaco. 2019. Influence of fire and mechanical sagebrush reduction treatments on restoration seedings in Utah. Restoration Ecology 27:308-319. article
  12. Koerner, S.E. et al. including K.E. Veblen and K.C. Nehring*. 2018. Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on biodiversity. Nature Ecology and Evolution 25:1925-1932. article
  13. Adler, P.B., D. Smull, K.H. Beard, R.T. Choi, T. Furniss, A. Kulmatiski, J. Meiners, A.T. Tredennick, and K.E. Veblen. 2018. Competition and coexistence in plant communities: is intraspecific competition stronger than interspecific competition? Ecology Letters 21:1319-1329. article
  14. Goheen, J.R., D.J. Augustine, K.E. Veblen, D.M. Kimuyu, T.M. Palmer, L.M. Porensky, R.M. Pringle, J. Ratnam, C. Riginos, M. Sankaran, A. Ford, A.A. Hassan, R. Jakopak, T. Kartzinel, S. Kurukura, A.M. Louthan, W.O. Odadi, T.O. Otieno, A.M. Wambua, H.S. Young, and T.P. Young. 2018. Conservation lessons from large-mammal manipulations in East African savannas: the KLEE, UHURU, and GLADE experiments. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1429: 31-49. article
  15. Gonzales, J.B., R.H. Petipas, O. Franken, E.T. Kiers, K.E. Veblen, and A.K. Brody. 2018. Herbivore removal reduces influence of arbuscular mycorrhizae on plant growth and tolerance in an East African savanna. Oecologia 187:123-133. article
  16. Young, T.P., L.M. Porensky, C. Riginos, K.E. Veblen, W.O. Odadi, D.M. Kimuyu, G.K. Charles, and H.S. Young. 2018. Relationships between cattle and biodiversity in multiuse landscape revealed by the Kenya Long-term Exclosure Experiment. Rangeland Ecology & Management 71:281-291. article **Editor's Choice**
  17. Germain, S.**, R.K. Mann*, T.A. Monaco, and K.E. Veblen. 2018. Short-term regeneration dynamics of Wyoming big sagebrush at two sites in northern Utah. Western North American Naturalist 78:7-16. article
  18. Riginos, C., L.M. Porensky, K.E. Veblen, and T.P. Young. 2018. Herbivory and drought generate short-term stochasticity and long-term stability in a savanna understory community. Ecological Applications 28:323-335. article
  19. Hulvey, K.B., E Leger, L.M. Porensky, L.M. Roche, K.E. Veblen, A. Fund, J. Shaw, and E.S. Gornish. 2017. Restoration islands: a tool for efficiently restoring dryland ecosystems? Restoration Ecology 25: S124-S134. article
  20. Monroe, A.P., C.L. Aldridge, T.J. Assal, K.E. Veblen, D.A. Pyke, and M.L. Casazza. 2017. Patterns in Greater Sage-grouse population dynamics correspond with public grazing records at broad scales. Ecological Applications 27: 1096-1107. article
  21. Odadi, W.O., D.M. Kimuyu, K.E. Veblen, C. Riginos, and T.P. Young. 2017. Fire-induced negative nutritional outcomes for cattle when sharing habitat with native ungulates in an African savanna. Journal of Applied Ecology 54: 934-944. article
  22. Sensenig, R.L., D.M. Kimuyu, J.C Ruiz-Guajardo, K.E. Veblen, C. Riginos, and T.P. Young. 2017. Fire disturbance disrupts an acacia ant-plant mutualism in favor of a subordinate ant species. Ecology 98: 1455-1464. article
  23. Kimuyu, D.M., K.E. Veblen, C. Riginos, R.M. Chira, J.M. Githaiga, and T.P. Young. 2017. Influence of cattle on browsing and grazing wildlife varies with rainfall and presence of megaherbivores. Ecological Applications 27: 786-798. article
  24. Young, H.S., D.J. McCauley, R. Dirzo, C.L. Nunn, M.G. Campana, B. Agwanda, E.R. Otarola-Castillo, E.R. Castillo, R.M. Pringle, K.E. Veblen, D.J. Salkeld, K. Stewardson, R. Fleischer, E. Lambin, T.M. Palmer, and K.M. Helgen. 2017. Interacting effects of land use and climate on rodent-borne pathogens in central Kenya. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 372: 20160116. article
  25. Charles, G.K., L.M. Porensky, C. Riginos, K.E. Veblen, and T. P. Young. 2017. Herbivore effects on herbaceous productivity vary by guild: cattle increase mean productivity while wildlife reduce variability. Ecological Applications 27: 143-155. article
  26. Holthuijzen, M.F.* and K.E. Veblen. 2016. Grazing effects on precipitation-driven associations between sagebrush and perennial grasses. Western North American Naturalist 76: 313-325. article
  27. Veblen, K.E., L.M. Porensky, C. Riginos, and T.P. Young. 2016. Are cattle surrogate wildlife? Savanna plant community composition explained by total herbivory more than herbivore type. Ecological Applications 26: 1610-1623. article
  28. Braithwaite, H.**, T. Bateman**, K.E. Veblen, E. Thacker, and J.J. Villalba. 2016. Identification of diet supplements for management of elk distributions. The Wildlife Society Bulletin 40:368-374. article
  29. Young, H.S., R. Dirzo, K.M. Helgen, D.J. McCauley, C. Nunn, P. Snyder, K.E. Veblen, S. Zhao, and V.O. Ezenwa. 2016. Large wildlife removal drives immune defence increases in rodents. Functional Ecology 30: 799-807. article
  30. Holthuijzen, M.F.* and K.E. Veblen. 2015. Grass-shrub spatial associations over a precipitation gradient and their implications for restoration in the Great Basin, USA. PLoS ONE 10(12): e0143170. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0143170. article
  31. Pringle, R.M., D.M. Kimuyu, R.L. Sensenig, T.M. Palmer, C. Riginos, K.E. Veblen and T.P. Young. 2015. Synergistic effects of fire and elephants on arboreal animals in an African savannah. Journal of Animal Ecology 84: 1637-1645. article
  32. Munson, S.M., R.H. Webb, D. Housman; K.E. Veblen, K.E. Nussear, E.A. Beever, K.B. Hartney, M.N. Miriti, S.L. Phillips, R.E. Fulton, and N.G. Tallent. 2015. Long-term plant responses to climate are moderated by biophysical attributes in a North American desert. Journal of Ecology103:657-668. article or author copy
  33. Porensky, L.M. and K.E. Veblen. 2015. Generation of ecosystem hotspots using short-term catle corrals in an African savanna. Rangeland Ecology and Management 68:131-141. article or author copy
  34. Young, T.P. and K.E. Veblen. 2015. Strong recruitment from sparse plug plantings of native California bunchgrasses. Grasslands 25:9-11. article
  35. Veblen, K.E., K.C. Nehring*, C.M. McGlone, and M.E.Ritchie. 2015. Contrasting effects of different mammalian herbivores on sagebrush plant communities. PLoS ONE 10(2): e0118016. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118016. article
  36. Kimuyu, D.M., R.L. Sensenig, C. Riginos, K.E. Veblen, and T.P. Young. 2014. Native and domestic browsers and grazers reduce fuels, fire temperatures, and acacia-ant mortality in an African savanna. Ecological Applications 24: 741-749. article or author copy
  37. Veblen, K.E., D.A. Pyke, C.L. Aldridge, M.L. Casazza, T.J. Assal, and M.A. Farinha. 2014. Monitoring of livestock grazing effects on Bureau of Land Management land. Rangeland Ecology and Management 67: 68-77. article or author copy
  38. Veblen, K.E. 2013. Impacts of traditional livestock corrals on woody plant communities in an East African savanna. The Rangeland Journal 35: 349-353. article or author copy
  39. Porensky, L.M., S.F. Bucher, K.E. Veblen, A.C. Treydte, and T.P. Young. 2013. Megaherbivores and cattle alter edge effects around ecosystem hotspots in an African savanna. Journal of Arid Environments 96: 55-63. article or author copy
  40. Riginos, C., L.M. Porensky, K.E. Veblen, W.O. Odadi, R.L. Sensenig, D. Kimuyu, F. Keesing, M.L. Wilkerson and T.P. Young. 2012. Lessons on the relationship between livestock husbandry and biodiversity from the Kenya Long-term Exclosure Experiment (KLEE). Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 2:10. article
  41. Porensky, L.M. and K.E. Veblen. 2012. Grasses and browsers reinforce landscape heterogeneity by excluding trees from ecosystem hotspots. Oecologia 168:749-759. article or author copy
  42. Veblen, K.E. 2012. Savanna glade hotspots: plant community development and synergy with large herbivores. Journal of Arid Environments78:119-127. article or author copy
  43. Assal, T.J., K.E. Veblen, M.A. Farinha, C.L. Aldridge, M.L. Casazza, and D.A. Pyke. 2012. Data Resources for Range-wide assessment of livestock grazing across the sagebrush biome: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 690, posted 6/13/12.​
  44. Veblen, K.E., D.A. Pyke, C.L. Aldridge, M.L. Casazza, T.J. Assal, and M.A. Farinha. 2011. Rangewide assessment of livestock grazing across the sagebrush biome. U.S. Geological Survey OpenFile Report 2011-1263, 74 p. article
  45. Augustine, D.J., K.E. Veblen, J.R. Goheen, C. Riginos and T.P. Young. 2011. Pathways for positive cattle-wildlife interactions in semi-arid rangelands. Conserving Wildlife in African Landscapes: Kenya’s Ewaso Ecosystem (Ed. N.J. Georgiadis), pp. 55-71. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology no. 632. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. article
  46. Holmes, K.A., K.E. Veblen, T.P. Young, and A.M. Berry. 2011. Effects of prescribed fires on young valley oak trees at a research restoration site in the Sacramento Valley. Restoration Ecology 19:118-125. article or author copy
  47. Veblen, K.E. and T.P. Young. 2010. Contrasting effects of cattle and wildlife on the vegetation development of a savanna landscape mosaic. Journal of Ecology 98: 993-1001. article or author copy
  48. Veblen, K.E. and T.P. Young. 2009. A California grasslands alkali specialist, Hemizonia pungens pungens, prefers non-alkali soil. Journal of Vegetation Science 20:170-176. article or author copy
  49. Chang, A. L., J.D. Grossman, T.S. Spezio, H.W. Weiskel, J.C. Blum, J.W. Burt, A.A. Muir, J. PioviaScott, K.E. Veblen, and E.D. Grosholz. 2009. Tackling aquatic invasions: risks and opportunities for the aquarium fish industry. Biological Invasions 11:773-785. article
  50. Veblen, K.E. 2008. Season- and herbivore-dependent competition and facilitation in a semi-arid savanna. Ecology 89: 1532-1540. article or author copy
  51. Holmes, K.A., K.E. Veblen, T.P. Young and A.M. Berry. 2008. California oaks and fire: a review and case study. Pages 551-565 in Merenlender, A., D. McCreary, and K.L. Purcell, technical editors. Proceedings of the Sixth California Oak Symposium: Today's Challenges, Tomorrow's Opportunities. 2006, October 9-12. General Technical Report PSW-GTR-217. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. article
  52. Veblen, K.E., K.A. Holmes, and T.P. Young. 2007. Response of one-year-old planted native grasses to controlled burns (California). Ecological Restoration 25: 50-51. article or author copy
  53. Burt, J.W., A.A. Muir, J. Piovia-Scott, K.E. Veblen, A.L. Chang, J.D. Grossman, and H.W. Weiskel. 2007. Preventing horticultural introductions of invasive plants: potential efficacy of voluntary initiatives. Biological Invasions 9: 909-923. article
  54. Dawson, K., K.E. Veblen, and T.P. Young. 2007. Experimental evidence for an alkali ecotype of Lolium multiflorum. Biological Invasions 9: 327-334. article or author copy

  ​ Outreach publications

  1. Mann, R.K., T.A. Monaco, K.E. Veblen, E. Thacker, and B. Burritt. 2020. Shrub Management Handbook for Utah. USU Extension Fact Sheets. link
  2. Veblen, K.E. and L.M. Porensky. 2020. Thresholds are in the eye of the beholder: plants and wildlife respond differently to short-term cattle corrals. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 101:e01639. link
  3. Young, T.P., K.E. Veblen, and L.M. Porensky. 2019. Ecological Restoration. Encylopaedia Brittanica. link
  4. Duncan, B.L., R. Hansen, K. Hambrecht, C. Cranney, J.J. Follstad Shah, K.E. Veblen, and K.M. Kettenring. 2019. Cattle grazing for invasive Phragmites management. USU Fact Sheet NR/Wildlands/2019-01pr, Logan, UT. 5pp. link
  5. Veblen, K.E., B.A. Newingham, J. Bates, E.M. LaMalfa, and J. Gicklhorn. 2015. Post-fire grazing management in the Great Basin. Great Basin Factsheet Series no. 7. link
  6. Mann, R.K., T.A. Monaco, K.E. Veblen, and J.R. Williams. Utah Shrubland Management Newsletter, Volume 5 (Spring 2015). link
  7. Mann, R.K., T.A. Monaco, K.E. Veblen, and J.R. Williams. Utah Shrubland Management Newsletter, Volume 4 (Winter 2014/2015). link
  8. Mann, R.K., T.A. Monaco, K.E. Veblen, and J.R. Williams. Utah Shrubland Management Newsletter, Volume 3 (Winter 2013/2014). link
  9. Mann, R.K., T.A. Monaco, K.E. Veblen, and J.R. Williams. Utah Shrubland Management Newsletter, Volume 2 (Summer 2013). link
  10. Mann, R.K., T.A. Monaco, K.E. Veblen, and J.R. Williams. Utah Shrubland Management Newsletter, Volume 1 (Spring 2013). link
  11. Young, T.P., R.L. Sensenig, D.M. Kimuyu, C. Riginos, and K.E. Veblen. Livestock and wildlife reduce fire intensity. (KLEE Corner #18) Laikipia Wildlife Forum Newsletter, November 2013.
  12. Porensky, L.M., K.E. Veblen, and T.P. Young. What is so special about glade edges? (KLEE Corner #16). Laikipia Wildlife Forum Newsletter  July  2011.
  13. Veblen, K.E. and L.M. Porensky. To move or not to move: optimizing the benefits of mobile bomas. Mpala Research Centre Newsletter, July 2011. 
  14. Veblen, K.E. and T.P. Young. Plants helping plants in defense against cattle and wildlife. Laikipia Wildlife Form Newsletter, January 2011.
  15. ​Veblen, K.E. Cattle and wildlife affect development of old boma sites. Laikipia Wildlife Forum Newsletter, January 2009