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Keith Owens |
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| Education | |
| BS: | Forest Management, University of Idaho, Moscow, May 1977 |
| BS: | Range Management, University of Idaho, Moscow, May 1977 |
| MS: | Range Management, University of Wyoming, Laramie, February 1981 |
| PhD: | Range Science, Utah State University, Logan, February 1987 |
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| Curriculum Vitae |
| Research Interests: |
| Honors and Awards |
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Vice Chancellors Award in
Excellence - Off-Campus Research, 2006. |
| Professional Memberships |
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Society for Range
Management, 1986 to present.
Ecological Society of America, 1988 to present. Botanical Society of America, 1994 to 1998. American Geophysical Union, 2002 to present. |
| Recent Publications (since 2000) |
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Owens M.K. and G.W. Moore. 2007. Saltcedar water use: realistic and unrealistic expectations. Rangeland Ecology & Management (in press). Moore, ZG.W., J.R. Cleverly, and M.K. Owens. 2007. Nocturnal transpiration in riparian Tamarix thickets authenticated by sap flux, eddy covariance, and leaf gas exchange measurements. Tree Physiology: (In press). Owens, M.K., R.K. Lyons and C.J. Alejandro. 2006. Rainfall partitioning within semiarid juniper communities: Effects of event size and canopy cover. Hydrological Processes 20:3179-3189. Wilcox, B.P., M.K. Owens, W.A. Dugas, D.N. Ueckert, and C.R. Hart. 2006. Shrubs, streamflow, and the paradox of scale . Hydrological Processes 20:3245-3259. Amador, B. A., J. E. Slosser, G. B. Idol, M. N. Parajulee, W. E. Pinchak, R. J. Ansley and M. K. Owens. 2006. Population dynamics and response to mesquite pod supplementation of Algarobius bottimeri and Mimosetes amicus. Southwest Entomology 31:103-112. Moore, G.W. and M.K. Owens. 2006. Removing adult overstory trees stimulates growth and transpiration of conspecific juvenile trees. Rangeland Ecology & Management 59:416-421. Cooper, S.M., M.K. Owens, R. M. Cooper and T.F. Ginnett. 2006. Effect of supplemental feeding on spatial distribution and browse utilization by white-tailed deer in semi-arid rangeland. Journal of Arid Environments 66:716-726. Wilcox, B.P., M.K. Owens, R.W. Knight and R.K. Lyons. 2005. Do woody plants affect streamflow on semiarid karst rangelands? Ecological Applications 15:127-136. Streeks, T.J., M.K. Owens and S.G. Whisenant. 2005. Fire behavior modeling in mesquite/acacia shrublands. International Journal of Wildland Fire 14:131-140. Ocumpaugh, W.R., W.J. Grichar Jr., M.A. Hussey, A.H. Abrament, M.K. Owens, R.L. Reed, J.P. Muir, D. Bade, and J.L. Reilley. 2004. Registration of ‘BeeTAM-08' Bundleflower. Crop Science 44:1861. Ocumpaugh, W.R., W.J. Grichar Jr., M.A. Hussey, A.H. Abrament, M.K. Owens, R.L. Reed, J.P. Muir, D. Bade, and J.L. Reilley. 2004. Registration of ‘BeeTAM-57' Bundleflower. Crop Science 44:1863. Ocumpaugh, W.R., W.J. Grichar Jr., M.A. Hussey, A.H. Abrament, M.K. Owens, R.L. Reed, J.P. Muir, D. Bade, and J.L. Reilley. 2004. Registration of ‘BeeTAM-37' Bundleflower. Crop Science 44:1862. Ocumpaugh, W.R., W.J. Grichar Jr., M.A. Hussey, A.H. Abrament, M.K. Owens, R.L. Reed, J.P. Muir, D. Bade, and J.L. Reilley. 2004. Registration of ‘BeeTAM-06' Bundleflower. Crop Science 44:1860. Engle, D.M., J.R. Brown, J.S. Fehmi, S.D. Fuhlendorf, R.L. Gillen, and M.K. Owens. (Authors in alphabetical order after the senior author) 2003. An analysis of the Journal of Range Management: Report of the SRM Task Force. Rangelands 25:13‑22. Cooper, S.M., M.K. Owens, D.E. Spalinger, and T.F. Ginnett. 2003. The architecture of shrubs and the subsequent feeding behavior of browsers. Oikos 100:387-393. Perkins, S. and M.K. Owens. 2003. Growth and biomass allocation of shrub and grass seedlings in response to predicted changes in precipitation seasonality. Plant Ecology 168:107-120. Owens, M. Keith, J.W. Mackley and C.J. Carroll. 2002. Vegetation dynamics following seasonal fires in mixed mesquite/acacia savanna. J. Range Manage 55:509-516. |
