Samuel D. Fuhlendorf
Professor
Office: 471 Ag Hall
Address: 008C Ag Hall
Stillwater, OK 74077
Phone: 405-744-9646
Fax: (405) 744-3530
Email: sam.fuhlendorf@okstate.edu
Education
BS: Agricultural Sciences, Angelo State University, May 1987
MS: Rangeland Ecology and Management, Texas A&M University, August 1992
PhD: Rangeland Ecology and Management, Texas A&M University, August 1996
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Curriculum Vitae  
Honors and Awards
Award for Best Wildlife Publication - 2006, The Wildlife Society
Award for Best Scientific Publication - 2004, Society for Range Management (Texas Section)
Ecological Society of America, Rangeland Section, Chair 2003-2004
USDA-NRI Managed Ecosystems Program Panelist 2003
USDA-NRI Managed Ecosystems Program Panelist 2004
James A. Whatley Award for Meritorious Research in Agricultural Science, Division of Agricultural Sciences
     and Natural Resources, Oklahoma State University, 2001
Outstanding Faculty Research Award, OSU, Plant and Soil Science Department, 1999
Oustanding Youth Range Professional, Society for Range Management, 1999Phoenix Award for Outstanding Graduate Faculty 1999, OSU-GSA, Finalist
Recognized as an Effective Teacher/Advisor in the 1999 OSU Student Satisfaction and Institutional
     Priorities Survey
Who's Who in Agriculture Higher Education, Academic Keys - 2003
Society for Range Management, Oklahoma Section, Directory 1999-2001
Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society for Agriculture, Member
Society for Range Management Member Since 1990
International Association of Vegetation Science, Memeber since 1997
Ecological Society of America, Member since 1995
  
Professional Memberships
Associate Editor for Rangeland Ecology and Management, 2004-2006
Ecological Society of America, Rangeland Section, Chair-elect 2002-2003
Range Science Education Council, Member 2000-Present
Range Science Education Council, Secretary 2002
Range Science Education Council, V. President 2003
Range Science Education Council, President 2004
Current Graduate Students
PhD
  Jay Kerby, 2003 – present (Rangeland Ecology and Management)
  Chad Cummings, 2003- present (Rangeland Ecology and Management)
  Steve Winter
  Ray Moranz, 2004- Present (Rangeland Ecology and Management)
MS
  Dirac Twidwell- 2004-present (Rangeland Ecology and Management)
  Megan McLachlin- 2005- present (Environmental Sciences)
Publications
Fuhlendorf, S.D. and F.E. Smeins. 1996. Spatial scale influence on long term temporal patterns of a semi-arid grassland. Landscape Ecology 11: 107-113. (Impact Factor = 2.2)

Fuhlendorf, S.D. and Smeins, F.E. 1997. Long-term vegetation dynamics mediated by herbivores, weather and fire in a juniperus-quercus savanna. Journal of Vegetation Science 8: 819-828. (Impact Factor = 2.1)

Fuhlendorf, S.D., F.E. Smeins and C.A. Taylor. 1997. Influence of tree size and browse history on understory relationships of Ashe juniper. Journal of Range Management. 50: 507-512. (Impact Factor = 0.7)

Fuhlendorf, S.D. and F.E. Smeins. 1998. Influence of soil depth on plant species response to grazing within a semi-arid savanna. Plant Ecology 138:89-96. (Impact Factor = 1.0)

Coppedge, B.R., S.D. Fuhlendorf, D.M. Engle, B.J. Carter, and J.H. Shaw. 1999. Grassland soil depressions: Relict bison wallows or inherent landscape heterogeneity? American Midland Naturalists 142: 382-392 (Impact Factor = 0.8)

Fuhlendorf, S.D. and F.E. Smeins. 1999. Scaling effects of grazing in a semi-arid savanna. Journal of Vegetation Science: 10: 731-738. (Impact Factor = 2.1)

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 1999. Ecological considerations for woody plant management. Rangelands 21: 12-15. (Impact Factor = NA)

Fuhlendorf, S.D., C.S. Boyd, and D.M. Engle. 1999. SRM philosophy: Science or Advocacy. Rangelands 21: 20-23. (Impact Factor = NA)

Fuhlendorf, S.D. and D.M. Engle. 2001. Restoring heterogeneity on rangelands: ecosystem management based on evolutionary grazing patterns. Bioscience 51:625-632 (Impact Factor = 3.0)
 
Woodward, A.J.W., S.D. Fuhlendorf, D.M. Leslie, Jr., and J. Shackford. 2001. Influence of Landscape Composition and Change on Lesser Prairie-chicken Populations. American Midland Naturalist 145: 261-274. (Impact Factor = 0.8)
 
Harrell, W.C., S.D. Fuhlendorf, and T.G. Bidwell. 2001. Effects of prescribed fire on sand shinnery oak communities. Journal of Range Management 54: 685-690. (Impact Factor = 0.7)
 
Fuhlendorf, S.D., D.D. Briske and F.E. Smeins. 2001. Herbaceous community structure in a semi-arid savanna: The relative contribution of grazing and climatic variability. Applied Vegetation Science 4: 177-188. (Impact Factor = 1.5)
 
Coppedge, B. R., D.M. Engle, S.D. Fuhlendorf, R.E. Masters, and M.S. Gregory.  2001.  Urban sprawl and juniper encroachment effects on abundance of wintering passerines in Oklahoma.  Pages 225-242, In: J.M. Marzluff, R. Bowman, and R. Donnelly (eds.). Avian Ecology and Conservation In An Urbanizing World.  Kluwer Academic Publishers. (Impact Factor = NA)
 
Fuhlendorf, S.D., H. Zhang, T. Tunnell, D.M. Engle and A. Fernald Cross. 2002. Effects of grazing on restoration of southern mixed prairie soils. Restoration Ecology 10: 401-407. (Impact Factor = 1.3)
 
Fuhlendorf, S.D., D.M. Engle, D.C. Arnold and T.G. Bidwell. 2002. Influence of herbicide application on forb and arthropod communities of North American tallgrass prairies. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment.92: 251-259. (Impact Factor = 1.5)
 
Harrell, W.C. and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2002. Evaluation of habitat structural measures in a shrubland community. Journal of Range Management 55: 488-493 (Impact Factor = 0.7)
 
Coppedge, B. R., D.M. Engle, S.D. Fuhlendorf, R.E. Masters, and M.S. Gregory.  2002. Landscape cover type and pattern dynamics in fragmented southern Great Plains grasslands, USA.  Landscape Ecology 16: 677-690. (Impact Factor = 2.2)
 
Fuhlendorf, S.D., A.J.W. Woodward, D.M. Leslie, Jr. and J.S. Shackford. 2002. Multi-scale effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on lesser prairie-chicken populations. Landscape Ecology 17: 617-628 (Impact Factor = 2.01)
 
Lusk, J.J., K. Suedkamp Wells, F. S. Guthery, and S. D. Fuhlendorf.  2003.  Lark sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) nest-site selection and success in a mixed-grass prairie. Auk 120(1): 120-129.
 
Yoder, J., M. Tilley, D. Engle, and S. Fuhlendorf. 2003. Economics and prescribed fire law in the United States. Review of Agricultural Economics 25: 218-233.
 
Briske, D.D., S.D. Fuhlendorf, and F.E. Smeins. 2003. Vegetation dynamics on rangelands: a critique of the current paradigms. Journal of Applied Ecology 40: 601-614. (Impact Factor = 4.6)
 
Yoder, J., D.M. Engle, M. Tilley, and S. Fuhlendorf. 2003. The Economic Logic of Prescribed Burning Law and Regulation. Journal of Range Management 56: 306-313. (Impact Factor = 0.68)
 
Engle, D.M., J.R. Brown, J.S. Fehmi, S.D. Fuhlendorf, R.L. Gillen, and M.K. Owens. (Authors in alphabetical order) 2003. An analysis of the Journal of Range Management: Report of the SRM Task Force. Rangelands 13-22. (Impact Factor = NA)
 
Vermeire, L.T., R.B. Mitchell, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and D.B. Wester.  2004. Selective Control of Rangeland Grasshoppers with Prescribed Fire. Journal of Range Management 57: 29-33 (Impact Factor = 0.7)
 
Vermeire, L.T., R.B. Mitchell, S.D. Fuhlendorf and R.L. Gillen. 2004. Patch Burning Effects on Grazing Distribution. Journal of Range Management 57:248-252 (Impact Factor = 0.7)
 
Yoder, J., D.M. Engle, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2004. Effects of Liability on Prescribed Burning Decisions. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2:361-366. (Impact Factor = 4.7)
 
Fuhlendorf, S.D. and D.M. Engle. 2004. Application of the fire-grazing interaction to restore a shifting mosaic on tallgrass prairie. Journal of Applied Ecology. 41: 604-614 (Impact Factor = 4.6)
 
Guthery, F.S., A.R. Rybak, S.D. Fuhlendorf, T.L. Hiller, S.G. Smith, W.H. Puckett, Jr., R.A. Baker. 2005 Thermal ecology of Northern Bobwhite in the Texas High Plains. Wildlife Monographs. NO. 159. April 2005 (Impact Factor = 1.7)
 
Briske, D.D., S.D. Fuhlendorf, and F.E. Smeins. 2005. Invited Synthesis. State-and-transition models, thresholds, and rangeland health: A synthesis of ecological concepts and perspectives. Rangeland Ecology and Management 58:1-10 – inaugural issue of a new journal (Impact Factor = 0.7)
 
Vermeire, L.T., D.B. Wester, R.B. Mitchell, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2005. Fire and grazing effects on wind erosion, soil water content, and soil temperature. Journal of Environmental Quality 34:1559-1565. (Impact Factor = 1.6)
 
Guthery, F.S., A.R. Rybak, W.R. Walsh, S.D. Fuhlendorf, T.L. Hiller. 2005. Quantifying Usable Space for Wildlife with Use-availability Data. Journal of Wildlife Management. 69:655-663 (Impact Factor = 1.5)
 
Churchwell, R., C. A. Davis, S. D. Fuhlendorf, and D. M. Engle. 2005. Direct impacts of cattle grazing on grassland nesting birds. Oklahoma Ornithological Bulletin 38:25-30
 
Suedkamp, K. M., and S. D. Fuhlendorf.  2005. Comparison of microclimate at grassland bird nests with different substrates. The Prairie Naturalist. 37:21-28 (Impact Factor = NA)
 
Lusk, J.J., S.G. Smith, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and F.S. Guthery. 2006. Factors Influencing Northern Bobwhite Nest-Site Selection and Fate. Journal of Wildlife Management-Accepted January 2006. (Impact Factor = 1.5)
 
Briske, D.D., S.D. Fuhlendorf, and F.E. Smeins. 2006. Invited Synthesis. A Unified Framework for Threshold Assessment and Application. Rangeland Ecology and Management (In press). (Impact Factor = 0.7)
 
Fuhlendorf, S.D., W.C. Harrell, D.M. Engle, R.G. Hamilton, C.A. Davis, and D.M. Leslie Jr. 2006. Should heterogeneity be the basis for conservation? Grassland bird response to fire and grazing. Ecological Applications. 16 (5) 1706-1716 (Impact Factor = 3.8)
 
Anderson, R.H. and Fuhlendorf, S.D. and Engle, D.M. 2007. Soil N availability in tallgrass prairie under the fire - grazing interaction. Rangeland Ecology and Management (In Press)
 
Townsend, D.E., S.S. Ditchkoff and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2007. Species-specific transmitter height influences error fo ground-based radio-telemetry. Wildlife Biology 13 (1) march 2007. (impact factor = 0.7)