Peer-reviewed publications ​
 (Bold indicates lab members)
  1. Stosich, A., K.E. Veblen, Y. Sun, L. and DeFalco. In press. Development of a vegetative propagation protocol for Penstemon albomarginatus, an herbaceous perennial of the Mojave Desert, USA. Native Plants Journal.
  2. Schreiber, S.P., B. Muzzo, K.E. Veblen, J.J. Villalba and E.T. Thacker. 2026. Islands of plant diversity within working landscapes: a strategic intervention for restoring rangeland monocultures. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 10: 1794915. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2026.1794915
  3. ​Stahl, M.K., K.E. Veblen, and T. Avgar. 2025. A call for using rangeland-based livestock operations as model systems for studying the movement ecology of terrestrial animals. Movement Ecology 13: 67  https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-025-00591-0
  4. Koutzoukis, S., T.A. Monaco and K.E. Veblen. 2025. Above- and below-ground microenvironmental attributes cluster to varying degrees around Wyoming Big Sagebrush canopies. Ecosphere 16: e70396. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70396
  5. Wells, H.B.M., D. Kimuyu, W.O. Odadi, G.K. Charles, K.E. Veblen, L.M. Porensky, C. Riginos, J. Ekadeli, M. Namoni, J. Ekeno, B. Kimiti, S. Kurukura, A.A. Hassan, L.M. Hallett, A.A. Wolf, R.M. Pringle, and T.P. Young. 2025. Disturbances in drylands: Interactions among herbivory, drought, and termite activity in savanna plant communities. Journal of Ecology 113: 1491-1503  https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.70036
  6. Wells, H.B.M., D. Kimuyu, K.E. Veblen and T.P. Young. 2025. Megaherbivores suppress precipitation-driven plant irruptions in a tropical savanna. Ecosphere 16: e70239.   https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70239​
  7. Bailey, E.C., E.T. Thacker, T.A. Monaco and K.E. Veblen. 2024. Mountain big sagebrush restoration in former dryland pasture. USU Extension Fact Sheets. digitalcommons.usu.edu/extension_curall/2474/
  8. ​​Riginos, C., D.M. Kimuyu, K.E. Veblen, L.M. Porensky, W.O. Odadi, R.L. Sensenig, and H.B.M. Wells. 2024. Getting better with age: Lessons from the Kenya Long-term Exclosure Experiment (KLEE). Ecology Letters 27: e14466. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14466
  9. Rohal, C.B., B. Duncan, J. Follstad Shah, K.E. Veblen, and K.M. Kettenring. 2024. Targeted grazing reduces a widespread wetland invader with minimal nutrient impacts, yet native plant community recovery is limited. Journal of Environmental Management 362: 121168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121168
  10. Condon, L.A., R. Rosentreter, K.E. Veblen and P.S. Coates. 2024. Season of grazing interacts with soil texture, selecting for association of biocrust morphogroups. Geoderma 445: 116783 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2024.116783
  11. Bailey, E.C., E.T. Thacker, T.A. Monaco, and K.E. Veblen. 2024. Transplanted “wildlings” exhibit higher survival than greenhouse-grown tubelings yet both recruit new plants. BMC Ecology and Evolution 24: 50. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-024-02236-z
  12. Koutzoukis, S., M. Madsen and K.E. Veblen. 2024. Under drought conditions, fungicide seed coating does not increase emergence of two native grass species in sagebrush stands of the Intermountain West. Restoration Ecology 32: e13988. http://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13988
  13. Calzado-Martinez, C., M.W. Brunson, S. Koutzoukis, J. Baggio, and K.E. Veblen. 2023. Addressing barriers to proactive restoration of at-risk sagebrush communities: A causal layered analysis. Restoration Ecology 31: e13897. https://doi-org.dist.lib.usu.edu/10.1111/rec.13897 
  14. Koutzoukis, S., D.A. Pyke, M. Brunson, J. Baggio, C. Calzado-Martinez and K.E. Veblen. 2023. Goldilocks forbs: survival is highest outside – but not too far outside – of Wyoming big sagebrush canopies. Restoration Ecology 31: e13919. https://doi-org.dist.lib.usu.edu/10.1111/rec.13919 
  15. Riginos, C., K.E. Veblen, E. Thacker, K.L. Gunnell, and T.A. Monaco. 2023. Resistance and resilience framework predicts vegetation responses to shrub reduction treatments in the sagebrush ecosystem. Rangeland Ecology & Management 86:35-43.  https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.rama.2022.10.008 
  16. Veblen, K.E., E. Thacker, M. Larese-Casanova, K.C. Nehring, M. Duniway, and C. Brungard. 2023. Establishing big sagebrush seedlings on the Colorado Plateau. USU Extension Fact Sheets. link
  17. Veblen, K.E., K.C. Nehring, M.C. Duniway, A. Knight, S. Fick, T.A. Monaco, E.W. Schupp, J.L. Boettinger, J.J. Villalba, C.B. Brungard, and E.T. Thacker. 2022. Soil depth and precipitation moderate soil textural effects on seedling survival of a foundation shrub species. Restoration Ecology 30: e13700. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13700 
  18. Ebel, C.R., M.F. Case, C.M. Werner, L.M. Porensky, K.E. Veblen, H.B.M. Wells, D.M. Kimuyu, R.E. Langendorf, T.P. Young, and L.M. Hallett. 2022. Herbivory and drought reduce the temporal stability of herbaceous cover by increasing synchrony in a semi-arid savanna. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.867051 
  19. Wells, H.B.M., L.M. Porensky, K.E. Veblen, C. Riginos, L.C. Stringer, A. J. Dougill, M. Namoni, J. Ekadeli, and T.P. Young. 2022. At high stocking rates, cattle do not functionally replace wild herbivores in shaping savanna understory community composition. Ecological Applications 32:e2520 https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2520
  20. Pilliod, D.S., J.L. Beck, C.J Duchardt, J.L. Rachlow, and K.E. Veblen. 2022. Leveraging vegetation monitoring data for wildlife: from concept to practice. Rangelands 44:87-98   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2021.09.005
  21. LaMalfa, E., C. Riginos, and K.E. Veblen. 2021. Browsing wildlife and heavy grazing indirectly facilitate sapling recruitment in an East African savanna. Ecological Applications 31:e02399  article
  22. Shackelford, N., G. Paterno, K.L. Suding and 75 others, including K.E. Veblen. 2021. Drivers of seedling establishment success in dryland restoration efforts. Nature Ecology and Evolution 5:1283-1290. article
  23. Charles, G.K., C. Riginos, K.E. Veblen, D.M. Kimuyu, and T.P. Young. 2021. Termite mound cover and abundance respond to herbivore-mediated biotic changes in an African savanna. Ecology & Evolution 11:7226-7238. article
  24. Brungard, C., T. Nauman, M. Duniway, K. Veblen, K. Nehring, D. White, S. Salley, and J. Anchang. 2021. Regional ensemble modeling reduces uncertainty for digital soil mapping. Geoderma 397: 11498. article
  25. Werner, C.M., D.M. Kimuyu, K.E. Veblen, R.L. Sensenig, E.M. LaMalfa, and T.P. Young. 2021. Synergistic effects of herbivores and previous fire on spatial heterogeneity of prescribed grassland burns. Ecology:e03270. article
  26. ​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
  27. 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).  
  28. 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
  29. 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**
  30. 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
  31. ​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
  32. 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
  33. Paschke, M.W., L.B. Perkins, and K.E. Veblen. 2019. Restoration for multiple use. Restoration Ecology 27:701-704. **Invited** article​
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. Koerner, S.E. et al. plus 81 others 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
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. 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**
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. 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
  51. 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
  52. 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
  53. 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
  54. 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
  55. 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
  56. 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
  57. 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
  58. 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 Ecology 103:657-668. article or author copy
  59. 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
  60. Young, T.P. and K.E. Veblen. 2015. Strong recruitment from sparse plug plantings of native California bunchgrasses. Grasslands 25:9-11. article
  61. 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
  62. ​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
  63. 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
  64. 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
  65. 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
  66. 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
  67. 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
  68. 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
  69. Veblen, K.E. 2012. Savanna glade hotspots: plant community development and synergy with large herbivores. Journal of Arid Environments 78:119-127. article or author copy
  70. 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.​
  71. 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
  72. 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
  73. 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
  74. 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
  75. 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
  76. 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
  77. Veblen, K.E. 2008. Season- and herbivore-dependent competition and facilitation in a semi-arid savanna. Ecology 89: 1532-1540. article or author copy
  78. 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
  79. 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
  80. 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
  81. 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
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