Samuel D. Fuhlendorf


 
Address: 368 Agricultural Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078-6028
Office: 471 Agricultural Hall
Phone: 405-744-9646
Email: sam.fuhlendorf@okstate.edu
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Personal Data  
  Birth Date: February 8, 1964
  Birth Place: Fort Worth, Texas
     
Employment
  Professor Oklahoma State University, 7/06 - Present
  Associate Professor Oklahoma State University, 7/02 - 7/06
  Assistant Professor Oklahoma State University, 7/97 - 7/02
  Post-Doctoral Research Associate Texas A&M University, 9/96 - 7/97
  Assistant Lecturer Texas A&M University, 5/95 - 8/95 & 5/96 - 8/96
  Research/Teaching Assistant Texas A&M University 1/90 - 5/96
  Chemist Texas Industries, Midlothian, Texas, 5/88 - 1/90
     
Education
  Ph.D. Rangeland Ecology and Management, Texas A&M University, August 1996
  M.S. Rangeland Ecology and Management, Texas A&M University, August 1992
  B.S. Agricultural Sciences, Angelo State University, May 1987
     
Honors and Affiliations
  Award for Best Wildlife Publication - 2006, The Wildlife Society
  Award for Best Scientific Publication - 2004, Society for Range Management(Texas Section)
  Associate Editor for Rangeland Ecology and Management, 2004-2006
  Ecological Society of America, Rangeland Section, Chair 2003-2004
  Ecological Society of America, Rangeland Section, Chair-elect 2002-2003
  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, 1999
  Phoenix Award for Outstanding Graduate Faculty 1999, OSU-GSA, Finalist
  University of Oklahoma, Dept. of Geography, Special Member of Graduate College, 2003
  Texas Tech University, Range and Wildlife Department, Adjunct Professor 1999
  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
  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
  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
     
Publications
  Peer-reviewed Articles - (ISI impact factor in 2004 = IF)
   
  1. Fuhlendorf, S.D., F.E. Smeins and W.E. Grant. 1996.  Simulation of a fire-sensitive ecological threshold: A case study of Ashe juniper on the Edwards Plateau, Texas, USA.  Ecological Modelling 90: 245-255. (Impact Factor=1.65)
     
  2. 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)
     
  3. 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)
     
  4. 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)
     
  5. 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)
     
  6. 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)
     
  7. 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)
     
  8. Fuhlendorf, S.D. 1999. Ecological considerations for woody plant management. Rangelands 21: 12-15. (Impact Factor = NA)
     
  9. Fuhlendorf, S.D., C.S. Boyd, and D.M. Engle. 1999. SRM philosophy: Science or Advocacy. Rangelands 21: 20-23. (Impact Factor = NA)
     
  10. 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)
     
  11. 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)
     
  12. 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)
     
  13. 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)
     
  14. 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)
     
  15. 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)
     
  16. 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)
     
  17. 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)
     
  18. 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)
     
  19. 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)
     
  20. 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.
     
  21. 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.
     
  22. 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)
     
  23. 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)
     
  24. 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)
     
  25. 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)
     
  26. 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)
     
  27. 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)
     
  28. 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)
     
  29. 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)
     
  30. 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)
     
  31. 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)
     
  32. 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)
     
  33. 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
     
  34. 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)
     
  35. 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)
     
  36. 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)
     
  37. 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)
     
  38. 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)
     
  39. 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)
     
  Book Chapters, Proceedings and Other Publications
   

Smeins, F.E., M.K. Owens and S.D. Fuhlendorf 1994. Biology and Ecology of Ashe juniper. In Charles A. Taylor (ed.). Juniper Symposium Proceedings, Sonora Experiment Station. Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Report 94-2.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 1997. Ecology and Natural Resource Management: System Analysis and Simulation. Book review. Ecological Engineering 9: 119-121

Fuhlendorf, S.D.  and F.E. Smeins 1997. Long-term importance of grazing, fire, and weather patterns on Edwards Plateau vegetation change. In Charles A. Taylor (ed.). Juniper Symposium Proceedings,  Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Report. San Angelo, TX.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 1997. Why does brush dominate our rangelands? In Dale Rollins, Darrell N. Ueckert and Cristy G. Brown (eds.). Brush Sculptors Proceedings, Texas A&M University Research and Extension Center, San Angelo, TX.

Smeins, F.E. and S.D. Fuhlendorf 1997. Biology/Ecology of Ashe (Blueberry) juniper. In Charles A. Taylor (ed.). Juniper Symposium Proceedings, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Report. San Angelo, TX.

Smeins, F.E., S.D. Fuhlendorf, and C.A. Taylor, Jr. 1997. Environmental and Land Use Changes: A Long-Term Perspective. In Charles A. Taylor (ed.). Juniper Symposium Proceedings,  Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Report. San Angelo, TX.

Bodine , T. N., H. T. Purvis II, S. D. Fuhlendorf, G. W. Horn, R. L. Gillen, F. T. McCollum III, J. R. Weir and B. R. Karges.  1998. Effects of grazing system and stocking density on performance of summer stocker cattle grazing tallgrass prairie.  Okla. Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. Rep.  P965:161.

Leslie, D., A. Woodward, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and J. Shackford. 1999. Landscape-level evaluation of the decline of the lesser prairie chicken in Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico. Final Report – Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. AP- 96-201W.

Vermeire, L.T., R.B. Mitchell, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2000. Fire Effects on Cattle Distribution in Sand Sagebrush-Mixed Prairie Communities. In Research Highlights Volume 31. Department of Range, Wildlife, & Fisheries Management, Texas Tech University.

Vermeire, L.T., R.B. Mitchell, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2000. Sand sagebrush response to fall and spring prescribed burns. In: McArthur, E. Durant; Fairbanks, Daniel J., Proceedings: Shrubland Ecosystem Genetics and Biodiversity; 2000 June 13-15; Provo, UT. Proceedings RMRS-P-000. Ogden, UT; Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

O'Neil, A.D., D.L. Lalman, H.T. Purvis II, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2001. Accuracy of nutritive value estimates from fecal NIRS analysis from beef cattle grazing bermudagrass and native tall grass prairie in Oklahoma. Okla. Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. Rep.

Harrell, Wade C., Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, David M. Engle, and Robert Hamilton. 2002. Restoring heterogeneity of tallgrass prairie with cattle grazing and fire: Applying the Bison/Fire model to domestic livestock. Rangeland Wire 11(3):2-3.

Bidwell, T.G., S.D. Fuhlendorf, R. Gillen, S. Harmon, R. Horton, R. Rodgers, S. Sherrod, D. Wiedenfeld, and D. Wolfe. 2002. Ecology and Management of the Lesser Prairie-Chicken in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Oklahoma State University, E-970.

Engle, D.M., S.D. Fuhlendorf, and B.R. Coppedge.  2003.  Conservation priorities on fragmented, homogenized Great Plains landscapes.  Invited Paper, Pages 1-6, In:  S. Foré (ed.) Proceedings of the 18th North American Prairie Conference.

Bidwell, T.G., S.D. Fuhlendorf, R. Gillen, S. Harmon, R. Horton, R. Rodgers, S. Sherrod, D. Wiedenfeld, and D. Wolfe. 2003. Ecology and Management of the Greater Prairie-Chicken in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Oklahoma State University, E-970.

Bidwell, T.G., J.R. Weir, J.D. Carlson, M.M. Moseley, R.E. Masters, P. McDowell, D.M. Engle, S.D. Fuhlendorf, J. Waymire, S. Conrady. 2003. Using Prescribed Fire in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Oklahoma State University, E-927.

Fuhlendorf, Samuel 2004. Section Report: Rangeland Section. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 85: 191-193.

Fuhlendorf, S. D. and D.M. Engle. 2005. Summary of application of the fire-grazing interaction to restore a shifting mosaic on tall grass prairie. In: Implementation of Ecosystem Management in the Thunder Basin. Procceeding from the Second Grasslands Symposium of the Thunder Basin Grasslands Prairie Ecosystem Association. May 12-13, 2004. Casper Wyoming.

     
Symposia and Workshops Organized
   

Delivering on the promise of ecological science to improve land management: Ecological site descriptions, and informal discussion. 2005. Ecological Society of America. Organizers: Linda Wallace, University of Oklahoma, and Sam Fuhlendorf, Oklahoma State University. Section Sponsors : Rangeland Ecology Section

Biogeochemistry of Grassland and Shrubland Ecosystems:Local to Regional Linkages and Impacts of Land Use. 2003 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Organizers: Bob Nowak, University of Nevada, Reno; Sam Fuhlendorf, Oklahoma State University. Section Sponsors: Rangeland Ecology Section; Soil Ecology Section; Applied Ecology Section.

Workshop – Strategies for Increasing the Relevance of Rangeland Ecological Research. 2003 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Organizers: Jeff Herrick, USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range and Sam Fuhlendorf, Oklahoma State University.

Fire Ecology and Management on Central and Southern Great Plains Rangelands. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri. J. Ansley, Texas A&M, D. Engle and S.D. Fuhlendorf, Oklahoma State University

     
Invited Presentations
   

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 2006. Restoring heterogeneity on rangelands. Keynote Speaker of the Plenary Session. Grassland Society of Southern Africa. Warmbaths, South Africa. July 17, 2006.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 2006. Restoring heterogeneity on rangelands. University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. July 23, 2006.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 2006. Restoring heterogeneity on rangelands. University of Fort Hare,  South Africa. July 28, 2006.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 2006. Integrating scale and heterogeneity into wildlife habitat research and management. Symposium: Wildlife Habitat Analysis of the Future: Examining Multiple Scales Using Geospatial Technology. Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management, Vancouver Canada, February 13, 2006

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 2006. How do grazing systems influence community structure and function? Symposium: Effectiveness of Grazing Systems on Rangelands-A Critical Examination of the Evidence. Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management, Vancouver Canada, February 16, 2006

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 2006. Fire and grazing for conservation of biodiversity. US Fish and Wildlife Service, Regional Fire Management Workshop, San Antonio Texas. January 25, 2006.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. and D.M. Engle. 2005 Closing Keynote: Using the fire-grazing interaction to restore heterogeneity on rangelands. TallTimbers Fire Ecology Conference, Bartlesville Oklahoma, October 17-20, 2005.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 2005. Keynote Address: Promoting heterogeneity on rangelands. US Forest Service- 2005 National Grassland Managers Meeting. May 10-12. Pueblo Colorado.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 2005. Keynote Address: Fire-grazing interaction for heterogeneity. Fire Learning Network. Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, March 29, 2005. Pawhuska Oklahoma.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 2005. Keynote Address: Heterogeneity and conservation of grassland ecosystems. Great Plains Grasslands Conservation: Progress, Priorities, and Strategies for the Future. Fort Collins, Colorado. February 22-25, 2005.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 2005. Fragmentation of the Great Plains: Fragmentation of a fragmented landscape. Symposium: Energy Development and Biodiversity. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting. Ft. Worth Texas. February 3-8, 2005

Russell, R., S. Wood, S. Fuhlendorf, E. Muldhavin, I. Woiwod. 2005. Why empirical tests of theory mandate more attention to ecological context: Using local versus regional drivers of local species richness as a case-study. Organized Oral Session 53: Days to decades and meters to miles: Exploring community dynamics across scales, taxa, and habitats. Ecological Society of America Annual meeting, Montreal, Canada. August 7-13, 2005.

Woiwod, I, D. Currie, S. Fuhlendorf , U. Gaedke , J. Houlahan, and T. Willis 2005. A test of the 'neutral model' assumption of stochastic zero-sum communities. Organized Oral Session 53: Days to decades and meters to miles: Exploring community dynamics across scales, taxa, and habitats. Ecological Society of America Annual meeting, Montreal, Canada. August 7-13, 2005.

Cumming, G., J. Houlahan, S. Fuhlendorf. 2005. Linking spatial and temporal variability: Do dynamic feedbacks exist? Organized Oral Session 53: Days to decades and meters to miles: Exploring community dynamics across scales, taxa, and habitats. Ecological Society of America Annual meeting, Montreal, Canada. August 7-13, 2005.

Cottenie, K., E. Morgan, S. Fuhlendorf, R. Stevens, 2005. Dispersal through time: Temporal metacommunity dynamics of annual desert plant communities. Organized Oral Session 53: Days to decades and meters to miles: Exploring community dynamics across scales, taxa, and habitats. Ecological Society of America Annual meeting, Montreal, Canada. August 7-13, 2005.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 2004. Restoring heterogeneity to rangelands: what is "proper" distribution?. Joint meeting of Wyoming and South Dakota Society for Range Management. Hot Springs South Dakota. September 2004.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 2004. Heterogeneity of grasslands. The Wildlife Society, Nebraska Section. Lincoln, NE. September 24-25.

Harrell, Wade C., Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, David M. Engle, and Robert Hamilton. 2004. Importance of management-imposed heterogeneity for grassland bird conservation. Grassland Bird Symposium The Wildlife Society annual meeting September 2004 Calgary,Canada.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 2004. Planning Grassland Ecosystem Diversity based on an historical framework. The 2nd Grassland Symposium of the Thunder Basin Grasslands Prairie Ecosystem Association. May 12-13, 2004. Parkway Plaza, Casper, Wyoming

Fuhlendorf, S.D., S. Archer, F.E. Smeins, D.M. Engle. 2004. The combined influence of grazing, fire and climate on the Juniperus-grass relationships. Symposium: Juniper Woodlands. Southwestern Association of Naturalists Annual Meeting. San Antonio, Texas. April 17, 2004.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 2004. Spatial organization of rangelands: Heterogeneity vs. Fragmentation. Visiting Scientist Program. Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Station. USDA-ARS. Burns Oregon.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 2004. Moving cattle with fire: Fire, grazing and land management in the Southern Plains. Visiting Scientist Program. Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Station. USDA-ARS. Burns Oregon.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 2003. Managing rangelands for wildlife: fire patches instead of cross fences. 7th Annual Meeting of the Lesser Prairie Chicken Interstate Working Group. Garden City, KS

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 2003. Creating diversity for native flora and fauna. Plenary Session: Texas Section, Society for Range Management, Wichita Falls, TX. October 17, 2003.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 2003. Ecosystem management for a shifting mosaic on tallgrass prairies. Joint meeting of the Southern and Kansas Sections of the Society for Range Management. El Dorado Springs, Missouri.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. and D.M Engle. 2003. Multi-scale indicators for conservation of grassland avifauna: heterogeneity vs. fragmentation. Symposium: Society for Range Management, Annual Meeting, Casper Wyoming.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. Conservation gone awry: fragmentation and homogenization of the Great Plains. Oklahoma State University, Forestry Department Seminar Series. Stillwater OK, November 3, 2003.

Fuhlendorf , S.D. Fragmentation of a Fragmented landscape: Wind Power in the Great Plains. Workshop on Wildlife Effects of Wind Power Facilities. Kansas City, Missouri. March 19, 2003.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 2002 Conservation of grassland avifauna: Prioritizing issues. Texas Tech University, Department of Biology Seminar Series. Lubbock Texas. November 6, 2002

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 2002. Multi-scale indicators for conservation of grassland avifauna:heterogeneity vs. fragmentation. Emporia State University, Department of Biology Seminar Series. Emporia Kansas. November 13, 2002

Engle, D.M., S.D. Fuhlendorf, and B.R. Coppedge.  2002.  Habitat restoration in fragmented Great Plains landscapes. Program and Abstracts.  The Wildlife Society 9th Annual Conference.  Bismarck, ND.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 2002. Fire, Grazing and Landscape Ecology. Forum Topic: Fire Ecology and Management on Central and Southern Great Plains Rangelands. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri.

Coppedge, B.R., D.M. Engle, and S.D. Fuhlendorf, R.E. Masters, and M.S. Gregory. 2002. Assessing the effects of landscape fragmentation on grassland birds in the Southern Great Plains. Symposium: Landscape Analysis for Rangeland Assessment and Monitoring. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri.

Archer, S.R., S.D. Fuhlendorf, J.C. Scanlan, and F.E. Smeins. 2002. Beyond boxes and arrows: approaches for quantifying state transitions. Forum Topic:  It Keeps Changing: Using State and Transition Models to Manage Rangelands in the Face of Biological Invasions. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. and D.M. Engle. 2000. States, Communities and Transitions: Illustrated examples from Texas and Oklahoma. Ecological Site Symposium, Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative, Austin, Texas. September.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 2000. Patch burning: Restoring Heterogeneity to rangelands. OK Section, Society for Range Management, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. September 16, 2000.

Suedkamp, K.M, F.S. Guthery, and S.D. Fuhlendorf.  2000. Heat, grazing, and ground-nesting birds. Bollenbach Quail Symposium, Kingfisher, OK.  4 August (Symposium Presentation).

Suedkamp, K.M., S.D. Fuhlendorf, and F.S. Guthery.  1999. Quantifying the effects of thermal loading: a multivariate approach.  Invited Seminar, Department of Forestry, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK.  8 November (Seminar Presentation). 

Fuhlendorf, S.D. Ecological Perspective of Grazing Management. OK Section, Society for Range Management, Woodward, Oklahoma. September 17, 1999.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 1997.Vegetation dynamics of an oak-juniper savanna. Oklahoma State University, Botany Department Seminar.

 Fuhlendorf, S.D. Why does brush dominate our rangelands? Brush Sculptors Symposium, Texas A&M University Research and Extension Center, San Angelo, TX. 1997.

Smeins, F.E. and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 1997. Biology/Ecology of Ashe (Blueberry) juniper. Juniper Symposium, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, San Angelo, Texas. Smeins FE., S.D. Fuhlendorf, and C.A. Taylor, Jr. 1997. Environmental and Land Use Changes: A Long-Term Perspective. Juniper Symposium, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, San Angelo, Texas.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. and F.E. Smeins. 1997. Long-term importance of grazing, fire, and weather patterns on Edwards Plateau vegetation change. Juniper Symposium, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, San Angelo, Texas 1997.

Smeins, F.E. and S.D. Fuhlendorf 1996.Our Natural Resource Legacy: Past, Present and Future. Society of Range Management, Summer Meeting. San Antonio, Texas.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 1995. Simulation of a fire-sensitive ecological threshold: Temporal dynamics of Ashe juniper. AIBS, Symposium on Ecological Modeling. San Diego, California. 1995.

 
     
Published Abstracts/Presentations
   

Kerby, J., D. Engle, S. Fuhlendorf. 2005. Spatial variation of fire behavior on simulated grassland mosaics. Ecological Society of America Annual meeting, Montreal, Canada.

Cummings, D.C., S. Fuhlendorf, D.Engle. 2005. Invasive Lespedeza cuneata dynamics at multiple spatial scales as influenced by dominant disturbances on rangelands. Ecological Society of America Annual meeting, Montreal, Canada.

Russell, R., S. Wood, S. Fuhlendorf, E. Muldhavin, I. Woiwod. 2005. Why empirical tests of theory mandate more attention to ecological context: Using local versus regional drivers of local species richness as a case-study. Organized Oral Session 53: Days to decades and meters to miles: Exploring community dynamics across scales, taxa, and habitats. Ecological Society of America Annual meeting, Montreal, Canada. August 7-13, 2005.

Woiwod, I, D. Currie, S. Fuhlendorf , U. Gaedke , J. Houlahan, and T. Willis 2005. A test of the 'neutral model' assumption of stochastic zero-sum communities. Organized Oral Session 53: Days to decades and meters to miles: Exploring community dynamics across scales, taxa, and habitats. Ecological Society of America Annual meeting, Montreal, Canada. August 7-13, 2005.

Cumming, G., J. Houlahan, S. Fuhlendorf. 2005. Linking spatial and temporal variability: Do dynamic feedbacks exist? Organized Oral Session 53: Days to decades and meters to miles: Exploring community dynamics across scales, taxa, and habitats. Ecological Society of America Annual meeting, Montreal, Canada. August 7-13, 2005.

Cottenie, K., E. Morgan, S. Fuhlendorf, R. Stevens, 2005. Dispersal through time: Temporal metacommunity dynamics of annual desert plant communities. Organized Oral Session 53: Days to decades and meters to miles: Exploring community dynamics across scales, taxa, and habitats. Ecological Society of America Annual meeting, Montreal, Canada. August 7-13, 2005.

Harrell, Wade C., Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, David M. Engle, and Robert Hamilton. 2004. Importance of management-imposed heterogeneity for grassland bird conservation. Grassland Bird Symposium The Wildlife Society annual meeting September 2004 Calgary,Canada.

Churchwell, R.T., C.A. Davis, S.D. Fuhlendorf and D.M. Engle. 2004. Grazing and fire interactions and their influence on demographics of grassland birds of tallgrass praire. Cooper Ornithological Society Annual Meeting.

Engle, D., S.D. Fuhlendorf, T.G. Bidwell, J.Weir, T. Tunnell, and R. Hamilton.  2003.  Managing grasslands for multiple objectives using prescribed fire.  In:  Abstracts of Papers.  2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress.  Orlando, Florida.

Churchwell, R., C.A. Davis, S. D. Fuhlendorf, and D.M. Engle. 2003. The Role of Heterogeneity in Grassland Bird Productivity at the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Oklahoma: a First Year Look. Oklahoma Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Sherman Texas.

Harrell, Wade C., Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, David M. Engle, and Robert Hamilton. 2003. Increasing grassland heterogeneity with fire and grazing: Implications for grassland birds. Ecological Society of America 88th annual meeting August 2003 Savannah, GA.

Harrell, Wade C., Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, David M. Engle, and Robert Hamilton.2003 Effects of increasing spatial heterogeneity on a grassland bird community. Oklahoma Section of The Wildlife Society Annual meeting February 2003. Stillwater, OK.

Bell, L.A., S.D. Fuhlendorf, M.A. Patten, S.S. Sherrod, D.H. Wolfe. 2003. Brood Survivorship in relation to microclimate/habitat use of Lesser Prairie Chickens. Prairie Grouse Technical Council Annual Meeting. Garden City Kansas.

Shaver, J.M., J.A. Hattey, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and D.D. Redfearn. 2003. Putting Assessment Data to Work. Agronomy Society of America Annual Meeting. Denver, CO.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. and D.M Engle. 2003. Multi-scale indicators for conservation of grassland avifauna:heterogeneity vs. fragmentation. Symposium: Rangeland Birds. Wyoming Audubon. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Casper Wyoming.

Vermeire, L.T., R.B. Mitchell, S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2003. Prescribed Fire Effects On Grasshopper Assemblages In The Southern Plains. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Casper Wyoming.

Vermeire, L.T., R.B. Mitchell, S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2003.Control Of Rangeland Grasshoppers Using Prescribed Fire. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Casper Wyoming.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 2002. Fire, Grazing and Landscape Ecology. Forum Topic: Fire Ecology and Management on Central and Southern Great Plains Rangelands. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri.

Coppedge, B.R., D.M. Engle, and S.D. Fuhlendorf, R.E. Masters, and M.S. Gregory. 2002. Assessing the effects of landscape fragmentation on grassland birds in the Southern Great Plains. Symposium: Landscape Analysis for Rangeland Assessment and Monitoring. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri.

Archer, S.R., S.D. Fuhlendorf, J.C. Scanlan, and F.E. Smeins. 2002. Beyond boxes and arrows: approaches for quantifying state transitions. Forum Topic:  It Keeps Changing: Using State and Transition Models to Manage Rangelands in the Face of Biological Invasions. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri.

Engle, D.M., S.D. Fuhlendorf, and B.R. Coppedge.  2002.  Habitat restoration in fragmented Great Plains landscapes. Program and Abstracts.  The Wildlife Society 9th Annual Conference.  Bismarck, ND.

Vermeire, L.T., R.B. Mitchell, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2002. Patch burning effects on cattle distribution in sand sagebrush rangelands. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri.

Townsend, III, D.E. and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2002. What is grassland habitat structure: exploring the role of temperature and predation. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri.

O’Meilia, C.M., D.M. Engle, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2002. Herbicide effects on invertebrate and plant communities in an ecosystem dominated by Lespedeza cuneata. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri.

Yoder, J. M. Tilley, D.M. Engle, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2002. An economic perspective of liability for prescribed burning. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri.

Kerby, J.D., D.M. Engle, S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2002. Patch-level foraging paths of bison and cattle on tallgrass prairie. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri.

Ganguli, A. C., D. M. Engle, and S. D. Fuhlendorf. 2002. When does a native species become invasive? Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri.

Harrell, W.C., S.D. Fuhlendorf, D.M. Engle, and R. Hamilton. 2002. Influences of patch burning and cattle grazing on songbirds in tallgrass prairie. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri.

Ganguli, A. C., D. M. Engle, S. D. Fuhlendorf, and P. M. Mayer.  Conservation programs that promote invasive species.  Ecological Society of America 55th Annual Meeting.  Tuscon, Arizona p135, August 4-9, 2002.

Roper, A.W., D.M. Engle, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2002. Influences of a Rotational Patch-Burn Land Management System on the Insect Community in a Tallgrass Prairie Ecosystem. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri.

Tunnell, T.R., S.D. Fuhlendorf, D.M. Engle, and J.R. Weir. 2002. Patch Burning: Effects on livestock performance and habitat in Tallgrass prairie. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri.

Puckett, Jr. W.H., F.S. Guthery, S.D. Fuhlendorf, S.G. Smith and R.A. Baker. 2002. Winter habitat use of bobwhites in a high plains steppe. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri.

Smith, S.G. F.S. Guthery, S.D. Fuhlendorf and W.H. Puckett Jr. 2002. Nesting Behavior of the Northern Bobwhite in Relation to the Thermal Environment. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri.

Puckett, Jr. W.H., F.S. Guthery, S.D. Fuhlendorf and S.G. Smith. 2002. Effects of simulated grazing and rainfall on the thermal environment of northern bobwhites. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri.

Baker, R.A., S.D. Fuhlendorf, F.S. Guthery and W.H. Puckett Jr.. 2002. Harvest management of northern bobwhites on a north Texas ranch. Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri.

Harrell, W.C., S.D. Fuhlendorf, D.M. Engle, and R. Hamilton. 2002. Effects of patch burning management on grassland birds in Tallgrass Prairie. Oklahoma Ornithological Society. Claremore OK.

Coppedge, B., D. Engle, S. Fuhlendorf, R. Chapman, M. Gregory, and R. Masters. 2002. Juniper encroachment and avifaunal dynamics in southern Great Plains grasslands. Oklahoma Ornithological Society. Claremore OK.

Harrell, W.C., S.D. Fuhlendorf, D.M. Engle, and R. Hamilton. 2001. Effects of alternative prairie management on grassland birds. Oklahoma Section of Society for Range Management Annual Meeting, Stillwater Oklahoma.

Townsend III, D.E., and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2001. Thermal Heterogeneity of Mixed Grass Prairie: Importance of Structure, Grazing, and Topographic Position. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Annual Meeting. Hays, KS.

Harrell, W.C. and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2001. Historical and current changes in sand shinnery oak community structure and composition in relation to fire. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Annual Meeting. Hays, KS.

Suedkamp Wells, K , J.J. Lusk, F. S. Guthery, and S. D. Fuhlendorf. 2001. Lark Sparrow nest -site selection and success in a southern mixed-grass prairie. 119th meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, Seattle, WA 16--18 August 2001.

Lusk, J. J., K.M. Suedkamp, F.S. Guthery, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2001. Factors affecting nest success of lark sparrows (Chondestes grammacus) in a southern mixed-grass prairie. 71st Annual Meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Society, Albuquerque, New Mexico USA.  20 April 2001

Suedkamp, K.M., F.S. Guthery, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2001. Effects of temperature on nest site selection of grassland birds. The Wildlife Society, National Meeting.

Suedkamp, K.M., J.J. Lusk, F.S. Guthery, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2001. What factors influence nest-site selection in lark sparrows (Chondestes grammacus) in a southern mixed-grass prairie. 71st Annual Meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Society, Albuquerque, New Mexico USA.  20 April 2001

Vermeire L.T., R.B. Mitchell, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and R.L.Gillen. 2000. Sand Sagebrush Response to Fall and Spring Prescribed Burns. 11th Annual Wildland Shrub Symposium, Shrubland Ecosystem Genetics and Biodiversity. Shrub Research Consortium, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.

Woodward, A.J.W. and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2000. Measuring landscape heterogeneity: relationships between landscape structure and lesser prairie-chicken population trends. Society for Range Management, Annual Meeting, Boise, Idaho.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. and D.M. Engle. 2000. Management of grazing for heterogeneity on Great Plains rangelands. Society for Range Management, Annual Meeting, Boise, Idaho.

Suedkamp, K.M, F.S. Guthery, and S.D. Fuhlendorf 2000. Effects of thermal loading on nest microclimates of ground-nesting birds. Ecological Society of America- Annual Meeting, Snowbird Utah.

Suedkamp, K.M, F.S. Guthery, and S.D. Fuhlendorf 2000. Effects of grazing on the thermal environment of grassland birds. Society for Conservation Biology, Annual Meeting, Missoula, Montana.

Woodward, A.J., S.D. Fuhlendorf and D.M. Leslie. 1999. Landscape-level evaluation of the impacts of land-use on lesser prairie chicken habitat. The Wildlife Society, National Meeting, Austin, Texas.

Harrell, W.C. and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 1999. Habitat evaluation of Sand Shinnery Communities in relation to prescribed burning: Implications for Lesser Prairie Chickens. The Wildlife Society, National Meeting, Austin, Texas.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. and D.M. Engle. 1999. Management of grazing for heterogeneity on rangeland landscapes. International Association of Landscape Ecologists, Annual Meeting, Vail, Colorado.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 1999. Hierarchical influences of grazing on plant species diversity. Society for Range Management, Annual Meeting, Omaha Nebraska.

Woodward, A.J., S.D. Fuhlendorf and D.M. Leslie. 1999. Landscape-level evaluation of the impacts of land-use on lesser prairie chicken habitat. Society for Range Management, Annual Meeting, Omaha Nebraska.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. and D.M. Engle. 1998. Landscape ecology and the management of rangelands: Past lesson and future prospects. International Association of Landscape Ecologists, Annual Meeting. Lansing, Michigan.

Fuhlendorf, S.D., F.E. Smeins, and D.D. Briske. 1998. Herbaceous vegetation change in a semi-arid savanna: Is grazing or climate variability the primary change agent? Society for Range Management. Annual Meeting. Guadalajara, Mexico.

Bodine, T.N., H.T. Purvis, S.D. Fuhlendorf, G.W. Horn, R.L. Gillen, F.T. McCollum and B.K. Karges. 1998. Effects of grazing and stocking rate on performance of summer stocker cattle grazing tallgrass prairie. American Society of Animal Science, Annual Meeting, Denver Colorado.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. 1997 Influences of variable grazing, weather and fire patterns on vegetation dynamics: Long-term lessons from west-central Texas. Oklahoma Section of the Society for Range Management. Annual Meeting. Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Fuhlendorf, S.D., F.E. Smeins, and S.R. Archer 1997. Transition intervals in Markov succession models: a quantitative assessment.  Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting. Albuquerque,  New Mexico.

Smeins, F.E. and S.D. Fuhlendorf 1997. Long-term herbivory and weather driven dynamics within grassland patches of a juniper/oak savanna. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting. Albuquerque,  New Mexico.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. and F.E. Smeins 1996. Multi-scaled influence of herbivory on graminoid diversity of a semi-arid grassland. International Association of Landscape Ecologists, Annual Meeting. Galveston, Texas.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. and F.E. Smeins 1995. Simulation of a fire-sensitive ecological threshold: Temporal dynamics of Ashe juniper. Symposium. American Institute of Biological Sciences, Invited Symposium on Ecological Modeling. San Diego, California.

Fuhlendorf, S.D. and F.E. Smeins 1995. Importance of scale on long term temporal vegetation patterns following removal of domestic herbivory. International Association of Vegetation Science, Annual Meeting. Houston, Texas.

Fuhlendorf, S.D., F.E. Smeins, and E.J. Rykiel 1994. Influence of scale on vegetation dynamics of a semi-arid grassland community. Ecological Society of America, National Meeting. Knoxville, Tennessee.

Fuhlendorf, S.D., and F.E. Smeins 1993. Influence of size and grazing history on understory relationships of Ashe juniper. Society for Range Management , National Meeting. Albuquerque,  New Mexico.

Fuhlendorf, S.D., and F.E. Smeins 1993. Age/size relationships of Ashe juniper as influenced by grazing history and tree size. Society for Range Management, National Meeting. Albuquerque,  New Mexico.

Fuhlendorf, S.D., and F.E. Smeins 1991. Influence of grazing history on understory relationships of Ashe juniper. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Annual Meeting. Junction, Texas.

 

     
Peer-reviewer for Journals and Proposals While at OSU
    Journals
   

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
American Midland Naturalists
Applied Vegetation Science
Australian Journal of Ecology
Biological Conservation
Conservation Biology
Conservation Ecology
Diversity and Distributions
Ecology
Ecological Applications
Ecological Complexity
Forest Ecology and Management
Frontiers in Ecology and the
Environment

Journal of Range Management
Journal of Tropical Ecology
Journal of Vegetation Science
Journal of Wildlife Management
Landscape Ecology
Oecologia
International Rangeland Congress
Journal of Arid Environments
Journal of Applied Ecology
Journal of Environmental Management
Plant Ecology
Restoration Ecology
Southwestern Association of Naturalists Western Journal of Applied forestry Wetlands

    Proposals
   

National Science Foundation
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
USDA-NRI- Managed Ecosystems
USDA-NRI- Ecosystem Studies

 
     
Funding
  Funded Proposals
   

Restoration of evolutionary fire-grazing interactions to limit invasion of exotic forages in the central grasslands. USDA CSREES-NRI Biology of Weedy and Invasive Species in Agroecosystems. Fuhlendorf, S.D., K. Hickman, D. Engle, D. Debinski, J. Miller. $500,000 over 4 years.

Development of a Research and Demonstration Area for the Management and Conservation of Cross-Timbers and Prairie Ecosystems. 2006. Fuhlendorf, S.D. (PI) with 22 co-PIs. OSU-DASNR-Team Initiative Program. 35,000 over 2 years and 8 months.

Patch Burn Management: Enhancing Habitat for Imperiled Grassland Bird Species. ODWC Special Projects. $150,000  July 2005- December 2008. Fuhlendorf, S.D.(PI), D. M. Engle, C. A. Davis, D.M. Leslie, Jr.

Patch Burning on Grasslands: Effects on Fuels, Fire Behavior, and Fire Spread. 2003. Joint Fire Sciences Program. Department of Interior and USDA Forest Service. Engle, D.M., S.D. Fuhlendorf, D.L. Nofziger, T.G. Bidwell. $378,446 over 3 years.

Fish and Wildlife Partners Collaborative Habitat and Internet Map Service with National Wildlife Project Registry. 2003. Wildlife Management Institute. S.D. Fuhlendorf and D.M. Leslie Jr. $22,980 for 2003-2004

Heterogeneity on Rangelands: Effects on Biodiversity and Productivity. USDA-NRICGP- 2003 Managed Ecosystems. Fuhlendorf, S.D.(PI), D. M. Engle, C. A. Davis, D.M. Leslie, Jr. $340,000 over 4 years.

Southwest Regional Partnership for Carbon Sequestration. US Department of Energy.- 2003. Brian McPherson (PI) New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. S.D. Fuhlendorf and D.L. Nofziger (Co-PIs) for OSU $12,000.

Ecology and Economics of Prescribed Fire Cooperatives. USFS- Southern Research Station. May 2003- October 2005. S.D. Fuhlendorf (PI), D.M. Engle, OSU Plant and Soil Sciences; David Lewis, OSU Forestry, J. Yoder, Washington State University- Dept. of Ag. and Resource Economics; C.A. Taylor Jr., TAMU, Rangeland Ecology and Management; J. Johnson, TAMU AGECON. $84,175 for 2.5 years.

Evaluating the shifting mosaic model of vegetation dynamics driven by a grazing-fire interaction. The Nature Conservancy, 2002-2006. S.D. Fuhlendorf (PI) and D.M. Engle, Tallgrass Prairie Preserve $30,000 over 4 years.

Landscape-level evaluation of the decline of northern bobwhite populations in central and eastern Oklahoma. 2002. Oklahoma Division of Wildlife Conservation. Fuhlendorf, S.D. (PI), F.S. Guthery, C. Davis, and D.M. Leslie. $100,000 for 3 years.

Restoring Heterogenity of Tallgrass Prairie with Cattle Grazing and Fire: Applying the Bison/Fire Model to Domestic Livestock. 2001. The Nature Conservancy, S.D. Fuhlendorf (PI) and D.M. Engle, Tallgrass Prairie Preserve $20,000 over 4 years

Mesa Vista Project: Evaluating the thermal landscape of quail habitat. 2000. Funded by Boone Pickens. $200,000 over 5 years. F.S. Guthery, S.D. Fuhlendorf (Co-PI), E.C. Hellgren, and D. Fisher,

Restoring native landscapes and rural economies: Native flora, native fauna, and native people. 2000. OAES-TRIP, D. Engle, S.D. Fuhlendorf (Co-PI) et al., $40,000 over 2 years.

Factors affecting land use change in Western Oklahoma. 2000. OAES-TRIP, M. Dicks et al. Co-PI $15,260 over 2 years.

Increasing efficiency and sustainability of Oklahoma beef production. 2000. OAES-TRIP, H. Purvis et al., Co-PI. $40,000 over 2 years.

Manipulating cattle grazing patterns to enhance alternative enterprises on Oklahoma grasslands 1999. OAES-TRIP,  Fuhlendorf et al. PI – $30,000 over 2 years

Vegetation assessment of sand shinnery and sand sagebrush for lesser prairie chicken habitat. 1998. USDA- Forest Service; Black Kettle National Grassland. $26,000 over 2 years. Sam Fuhlendorf and Terry Bidwell.

Grazing effects on vegetation, bobwhite quail and white-tailed deer. 1999. Kerr Foundation. Cooperator W. Olson - PI. $7,500 over 2 years.

Characterization of protein fractions and digestibility of native and introduced forages of Oklahoma. 1998 OAES-TRIP, Co-PI $36,500 over 2 years.

  Unfunded Proposals
   

Leaf chemistry of Oaks in the cross timbers region and its effect on fire treatments. 2004. Joint Fire Sciences Program. Department of Interior and USDA Forest Service. John R. Weir, David M. Engle, Terrence G. Bidwell and Sam Fuhlendorf. $319,301 over 3 years.

Heterogeneity and Stability on Rangelands: Is Complexity Fundamental to Sustainability? USDA-NRI Managed Ecosystems Program. 2005-2009. Fuhlendorf, S.D. (PI), D.M. Engle, and K. Hickman. $468,178 over four years

 The impact of Eastern Redcedar on land values and land use in the Southern Great Plains. Program of Research on the Economics of Invasive Species. Yoder, J, D.M. Engle, S.D. Fuhlendorf, J. $499,391 over 3 years.

A2 M2: Agroecosystems Analysis, Modeling, and Monitoring: A solution Network for Agricultural Sustainability. 2002. NASA Earth Science REASoN CAN (CAN-02-OES-01). Fuhlendorf (local PI)- $234,633 over 5 years for OSU. MultiUniversity through UNL CALMIT- G. M. Henebry.

Ecological Risk Assessment for Managed Ecosystems. USDA-NRICGP- 2002 Managed Ecosystems. White, L., S.R. Archer, S.D. Fuhlendorf. $448,397 over 3 years.

Ecological Risk Management: The Ecology & Economy of Natural Resource Sustainability. USDA-CSREES-Risk Management. 2001. White, L.D., S.R. Archer, S.D. Fuhlendorf. $299,366 over 3 years. OSU portion $27,191 over three years

Agricultural Alternatives for economically and ecologically fragmented rangeland. USDA-CSREES-IFAFS. 2001. J.K. Yoder, S.D. Fuhlendorf, D.M. Engle, M.D. Woods, J.H. Shaw, T.S. Carter, and P. Kenkel. $1,503,977 over 4 years.

Developing a Series of Experiential Courses in Prescribed Burning of Rangelands. USDA- Higher Education Challenge Grant. 2001. D.M. Engle and S.D. Fuhlendorf. $100,000 over 3 years.

Heterogeneity on Rangelands: Effects on Biodiversity and Productivity. USDA-NRICGP- 2000. Ecosystem Studies. Fuhlendorf, S.D. and D. M. Engle. $246,507 over 4 years.

Alternative management of rangeland to promote heterogeneity for grassland birds. USGS-Species at Risk. Preproposal Fuhlendorf, S.D. and D.M. Engle. $55,000 over 18 months

Spatio-spectral heterogeneity in grasslands: a cross-comparison of multi-, super-, and hyper-spectral rescaling and retrieval of canopy characteristics and ecosystem indicators. NASA- NRA-99-OES-01, Co-PI with G.M. Henebry and D.G. Goodin

Weed Control with 2, 4-D on Rangelands: Potential for an IPM Alternative. OSU-IPM Program. $27,700.

An Advanced Multi-Resolution, Multi-Sensor Approach to Monitoring Rangeland Dynamics. USDA-NRI. $98,000 over 3 years. Co-PI with G.M. Henebry and D.G. Goodin.

An Advanced Multi-Resolution, Multi-Sensor Approach to Monitoring Rangeland Dynamics. NASA-NRA-98-OES-09. $104,664.81 over 3 years, Co-PI with G.M. Henebry and D.G. Goodin.

Influences of Climate Change and Drought on Ecosystem Dynamics of the Mixed Grass Prairie. Environmental Institue, Center for Water Research. $50,000 for 1 year. Co-PI with Anne Cross

Desertification Thresholds: Experimental Comparison of Grazing and Climatic Effects. NSF-Ecosystem Studies. $332,786 for 3 years. Co-PI with Anne Cross

Sustainability of dominant management practices on Great Plains rangelands. 1998. DASNR-TRIP, Project Leader.

Black Kettle National Grassland landscape level habitat evaluation and management applications. 1998. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Project Leader.

Development of long-term experimental watershed to determine influence of vegetation and fire on water quality and quantity. 1998. DASNR-TRIP, Co-PI with D. Engle, D. Storm, and M. Smolen.

Bringing applied science to the urban-rural interface. 1998, CASNR-APEX. $1,140. Co-PI with J.A. Hattey, K.J. Donnelly.

     
Graduate Student Advising at OSU
  M.S. Committee Chair
   

Alan Woodward, 1998 to 2001 (Rangeland Ecology and Management)
Wade Harrell, 1998 to 2000 (Rangeland Ecology and Management)
Kimberly Suedkamp 1998- 2000 (Zoology Co-Chair, w/Fred Guthery)
Timothy Tunnell 1999 to 2002 (Rangeland Ecology and Management)
Steven Smith, 2001- 2003 (Rangeland Ecology and Management Co-chair w/Fred Guthery)
Hunter Anderson, 2002- 2005. (Environmental Sciences)
Luke Bell, 2002- 2005 (Rangeland Ecology and Management)
Dirac Twidwell- 2004-present (Rangeland Ecology and Management)
Megan McLachlin- 2005- present (Environmental Sciences)

   
  Ph.D. Dissertation Chair
   

Darrell Townsend, 1999 to 2004 (Rangeland Ecology and Management)
Wade Harrell, 2000 to 2004 (Rangeland Ecology and Management)
Alexander Rybak, 2000 to present (Rangeland Ecology & Mgt) Presidential Fellowship
Jay Kerby, 2003 – present (Rangeland Ecology and Management)
Chad Cummings, 2003- present (Rangeland Ecology and Management)
Ray Moranz, 2004- Present (Rangeland Ecology and Management)

     
  M.S. Committees
   

Timothy N. Bodine, 1997- 1999, (Animal Science)
Holly Beck, 1997- 2001 (Botany)
Andy O'Neil 1999- 2001 (Animal Science)
Shauna Ginger 1999-2002 (Zoology)
Arron Roper, 2000-2003 (Rangeland Ecology and Management)
Jay Kerby, 2000 – 2003 (Rangeland Ecology and Management)
Bob Baker, 2000-2003 (Zoology)
Todd Puckett, 2000- 2003 (Zoology)
Chris O’Melia, 2000-2004 (Rangeland Ecology and Management)
Jared Linneman, 2000-2004 (Botany)
Michael Pettijohn 2001-2003 (Agronomy)
Tim Hiller, 2001-2004 (Zoology)
Valerie Horncastle 2001-2003 (Zoology)
Beth Moeller 2002- 2004 (Zoology)
John Wilson 2000-present (Zoology)
Sherry Leis 2002- 2004 (Rangeland Ecology and Management)
James Huffman 2002-present (Environmental Management)
Jill Sporrong 2002- 2004 (Zoology)
Allen E. Graber 2002- present (Zoology)
Kimberly Freel 2003-present (Zoology)
Loretta Rush 2004-present (Entomology and Plant Pathology)
Martin Piorkowski 2004-present (Zoology)

     
  Ph.D. Committees
   

Callan Ackerman, 1997- 1999, (Animal Science)
Elena Jigoulina, 1998-2001 (Soil Science)
Jack Eckroat, 1997- 2001, (Rangeland Ecology and Management)
Lance Vermeire, 1999 to 2002 (Texas Tech University, Range & Wildlife Department)
Susan Mullins 1998- 2002, (Rangeland Ecology and Management)
Dave Onorato 1999-2003 (Zoology)
Jeffery Lusk, 1998- 2004 (Forestry)
Amy Ganguli, 2000-2005 (Rangeland Ecology and Management)
David Walter 2002-present (Zoology)
Greg Broussard, 2002- Present (Entomology)
Georges Backoulou, 2003- Present (Geography)