Peer-reviewed publications ​
 * = grad student or post-doc in my lab
** = undergrad student in my lab
  1. Koutzoukis, S.*, D.A. Pyke, M. Brunson, J. Baggio, C. Calzado-Martinez and K.E. Veblen. In press. Goldilocks forbs: survival is highest outside – but not too far outside – of Wyoming big sagebrush canopies. Restoration Ecology. https://doi-org.dist.lib.usu.edu/10.1111/rec.13919 
  2. Calzado-Martinez, C., M.W. Brunson, S. Koutzoukis*, J. Baggio, and K.E. Veblen. In press. Addressing barriers to proactive restoration of at-risk sagebrush communities: A causal layered analysis. Restoration Ecology. https://doi-org.dist.lib.usu.edu/10.1111/rec.13897 
  3. 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 
  4. 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 
  5. 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 
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. ​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
  14. 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).  
  15. 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**
  16. 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
  17. ​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
  18. 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
  19. Paschke, M.W., L.B. Perkins, and K.E. Veblen. 2019. Restoration for multiple use. Restoration Ecology 27:701-704. **Invited** article​
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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**
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. Young, T.P. and K.E. Veblen. 2015. Strong recruitment from sparse plug plantings of native California bunchgrasses. Grasslands 25:9-11. article
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. 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
  51. 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
  52. 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
  53. 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
  54. 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.​
  55. 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
  56. 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
  57. 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
  58. 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
  59. 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
  60. 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
  61. Veblen, K.E. 2008. Season- and herbivore-dependent competition and facilitation in a semi-arid savanna. Ecology 89: 1532-1540. article or author copy
  62. 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
  63. 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
  64. 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
  65. 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. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Young, T.P., K.E. Veblen, and L.M. Porensky. 2019. Ecological Restoration. Encylopaedia Brittanica. link
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. Mann, R.K.*, T.A. Monaco, K.E. Veblen, and J.R. Williams. Utah Shrubland Management Newsletter, Volume 5 (Spring 2015). link
  8. Mann, R.K.*, T.A. Monaco, K.E. Veblen, and J.R. Williams. Utah Shrubland Management Newsletter, Volume 4 (Winter 2014/2015). link
  9. Mann, R.K.*, T.A. Monaco, K.E. Veblen, and J.R. Williams. Utah Shrubland Management Newsletter, Volume 3 (Winter 2013/2014). link
  10. Mann, R.K.*, T.A. Monaco, K.E. Veblen, and J.R. Williams. Utah Shrubland Management Newsletter, Volume 2 (Summer 2013). link
  11. Mann, R.K.*, T.A. Monaco, K.E. Veblen, and J.R. Williams. Utah Shrubland Management Newsletter, Volume 1 (Spring 2013). link
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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. 
  15. Veblen, K.E. and T.P. Young. Plants helping plants in defense against cattle and wildlife. Laikipia Wildlife Form Newsletter, January 2011.
  16. ​Veblen, K.E. Cattle and wildlife affect development of old boma sites. Laikipia Wildlife Forum Newsletter, January 2009