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CURRICULUM VITAE

DAVID B. WESTER

Department of Animal, Rangeland and Wildlife Sciences &

Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute

Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Kingsville, Texas 78363

Voice: 361 593 4000 FAX: 361 593 3788

[email protected]

EDUCATION:

1979-1984: Texas Tech University

Ph.D., May 1984, Range Science

Dissertation title: “Ordination and Classification of Vegetation in

Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas,” 271 pp.

1976-1979: Texas Tech University

MS, August 1979, Range Science

Thesis title: “Moisture and Temperature Effects on Seed Germination and

Seedling Survival,” 161 pp.

1972-1976: Colorado State University

BS (cum laude), May 1976, Range-Forest Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Texas A&M University-Kingsville:

Professor and Research Scientist, Department of Animal, Rangeland and Wildlife Sciences &

Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, 2011 to present.

Texas Tech University:

Professor, Department of Natural Resources Management, 1999 to 2011.

Associate Professor, Department of Range, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management, 1993 to 1999.

Assistant Professor, Department of Range and Wildlife Management, 1988 to 1993.

Research Scientist/Lecturer, Department of Range and Wildlife Management, 1983 to 1988.

Research Assistant, Department of Range and Wildlife Management, 1976 to 1983.

Colorado State University

Student Assistant, Department of Range Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins,

1975 to 1976.

Forest Technician, U.S. Forest Service, Albuquerque, 1974.

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PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: The Wildlife Society

Gamma Sigma Delta

Society for Range Management

Southwestern Association of Naturalists (inactive)

American Association for the Advancement of Science

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-KINGSVILLE SERVICE: Graduate Council Representation, Department of Animal, Rangeland and Wildlife Sciences,

2016-present

Scholarship Committee, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute (member), 2015-present

Scholarship Committee, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute (chair), 2011 –2015

Tenure Committee, Department of Animal, Rangeland and Wildlife Sciences, 2012 (chair)

Promotion Committee, Department of Animal, Rangeland and Wildlife Sciences, 2012 (chair)

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SERVICE: Service on 171 graduate student committees, Texas Tech University, 1984 to 2011

Promotion Committee for faculty member, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, 2009

Three-Year Review Committee for faculty member, Department of Agricultural and

Applied Economics, 2007

Chair, Three-Year Review Committee for faculty member, Department of Natural Resources

Management, 2005-2008

Chair, Mentoring Committee, Department of Natural Resources, 2004-2009

Mentoring Committee, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences (2 faculty members),

2007-2011

Chair, Mediation Committee, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, 2004 to

2011

Chair, search committee faculty position, Department of Natural Resources Management,

2007

University Committee to Review Statistics Programs, Texas Tech University, 2004

Teaching Enhancement and Recognition Committee, College of Agricultural Sciences and


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Natural Resources, 2004

Chair, Graduate Program Review of the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, 2004

Graduate Program Review of the Department of Animal and Food Sciences, 2006

Search Committee for Dean of College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, 2003-

2004

Review Panel, Multidisciplinary Seed Grant Program, The Graduate School, Texas Tech

University, 2002

Promotion and Tenure Committee, Department of Animal and Food Sciences, 2008

Promotion and Tenure Committee, Department of Agricultural Economics, 2002, 2003 (one

faculty member each year)

Promotion and Tenure Committee, Department of Plant and Soil Science, 2000, 2002, 2005,

2005 (one faculty member each year)

Promotion and Tenure Committee, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2006

(three faculty members)

Core Committee for the Urbanovsky Fellowship Endowment, 1996 to 1999, 2003-2004, 2005-

2011

Graduate Council, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources representative,

1995 to 1998

Graduate Faculty Subcommittee, Graduate Council, 1997 to 1998

Selection Committee for Thornton Distinguished Chair of Plant Sciences, College of

Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, 1994

College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources representative to Phi Kappa Phi,

1987 to 2011

Scholarship Committee, Phi Kappa Phi, Texas Tech University chapter, 1990

Faculty Nominations Committee chair, Phi Kappa Phi, Texas Tech University chapter, 2005 to

2011

Computer Usage Committee chairman, College of Agricultural Sciences, 1989 to 1993


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Computer Usage Committee, College of Agricultural Sciences, 1984 to 1993

Chair, Graduate Studies Coordination Committee, College of Agricultural Sciences and

Natural Resources, 1995 to 1997

Graduate Programs Committee, Department of Range, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management,

1995 to 2011

Curriculum Committee, Department of Range and Wildlife Management, 1984

Computer Usage Account Administrator, Department of Range, Wildlife and Fisheries

Management, 1982 to 2011

Statistical Consultant, College of Agricultural Sciences and Department of Range, Wildlife

and Fisheries Management, 1980 to present. Service extends to College of Home

Economics and College of Arts and Sciences

College of Agricultural Sciences Representative on the University Academic Computer Users

Committee, 1987 to 1988

Teaching Improvement Committee, College of Agricultural Sciences, 1983 to 1986

Student Representative, Graduate Council, 1979 to 1980

Student Representative, Graduate Research and Program Committee, Department of Range

and Wildlife Management, 1979 to 1980

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE: Associate Editor (Plant Ecology), The Southwestern Naturalist, 1995 to 2009

Editorial Board Committee, The Southwestern Naturalist, 2005-2006

Member of Executive Committee (Texas Tech University representative), Shrub Research

Consortium, Shrub Sciences Laboratory, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research

Station, Provo, Utah, 2004 to 2011

Secretary, Texas Section for Society of Range Management, 1987

Manuscript/proposal reviews invited from:

Journal of Range Management (Rangeland Ecology and Management)

Rangelands

Journal of Seed Technology

Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies

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Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Arctic and Alpine Research

Journal of Arid Environments

Texas Journal of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

Journal of Environmental Quality

Journal of Soil and Sediment Contamination

Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology (Islamic Republic of Iran)

Restoration Ecology

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute

Plant Ecology

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Herpetological Review

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Land Degradation and Development

National Science Foundation

SpringerPlus

Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International

Agriculture and Forest Meteorology

Books/Chapters/Special Report reviews invited for:

Range Research: Basic Problems and Techniques (C.W. Cook and J.E. Stubbendieck,

eds.), Chapter 10: Experimental Designs, pp. 251-276. Society of Range Management,

Denver, Colorado (1986)

Vegetation Science Applications for Rangeland Analysis and Management (P.T. Tueller,

ed.), Chapter 3: Ecophysiology of Range Plants, pp. 29-67. Handbook of Vegetation

Science Series No. 14. Kluwer Academic Publ., Dordrecht (1988)

Ecology and Management of North American Savannas, by G.R. McPherson. University

of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona (1997)

Evaluation of the Ecological Risks Associated with Land Application of Municipal

Sewage Sludge, by R.A. Efroymson, B.E. Sample, R.J. Luxmore, L.S. Tharp, and L.W.

Barnthouse. Prepared for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research

and Development, by the Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National

Laboratory

Grasses of South Texas, A Guide to Their Identification and Values, by James Everitt, D. L.

Drawe, C. R. Little, and R.I Lonard. 2011. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock, TX.

Quantitative Analyses in Wildlife Science, L.A. Brennan, A.N. Tri and B.G. Marcot (eds.),

chapter entitled “Occupancy Modeling Applications,” Johns Hopkins University Press,

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Statistical Consultant for Associate Editor, Journal of Range Management, 1988 to 1991. 90+

manuscripts

Poster judge, 3rd Annual Student Research and Creative Activities Day, sponsored by Sigma

Xi, Texas Tech University chapter, March 22, 1995

Graduate Student paper judge, 49th Annual Meeting, Society for Range Management, Wichita,

Kansas, February 10-15, 1996

Graduate Student paper judge, 50th Annual Meeting, Society for Range Management, Rapid

City, South Dakota, February 17-20, 1997

Session Moderator, Thirteenth Wildlife Shrub Symposium, Shrub Dynamics, Fire and Water.

Texas Tech University, August 10-12, 2004

TEACHING: Courses taught at Texas A&M University-Kingsville:

1. Experimental Design and Analysis (WSCI 6390), graduate course: 2011, 2013, 2015 F.

2. Ecology of Arid and Semi-arid Lands (RWSC 4383, undergraduate course: 2012, 2014 S.

3. Applied Regression Analysis (WSCI 6390), graduate course: 2012, 2014, 2016 F, 2015 S,

2016 F.

4. Practical Nonparametric Statistics (WSCI 6390), graduate course: 2013 S, 2016 S.

5. Applied Multivariate Analysis (WSCI 6390), graduate course: 2015, S.

Assisted in courses at Texas A&M University-Kingsville:

1. Wildlife Management Techniques (ANSC 3310). Guest lecturer

2. Statistics in Agriculture (ANSC 5390). Guest lecturer

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS:

1. Wester, D.B. and M.J. Trlica. 1977. Mixtures of bottom ash and soil as a growth

medium for three range species. J. Range Manage. 30(5):391-394.

2. Hoppe, R.T., L.M. Smith, and D.B. Wester. 1986. Foods of wintering diving ducks in

South Carolina. J. Field Ornithology 57:126-134.

3. Sears, W.E., C.M. Britton, D.B. Wester, and R.D. Pettit. 1986. Herbicide conversion of a

sand shinnery oak (Quercus havardii) community: Effects on nitrogen. J. Range

Manage. 39:403-407.


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4. Sears, W.E., C.M. Britton, D.B. Wester, and R.D. Pettit. 1986. Herbicide conversion of a

sand shinnery oak (Quercus havardii) community: Effects on biomass. J. Range

Manage. 39:399-403.

5. Wester, D.B., B.E. Dahl, and P.F. Cotter. 1986. Effects of pattern and amount of

simulated rainfall on seedling dynamics of weeping lovegrass and Kleingrass. Agron. J.

78:851-855.

6. Wilcox, B.P., F.C. Bryant, D. Wester, and B.L. Allen. 1986. Grassland communities and

soils on a high elevation grassland of central Peru. Phytologia 61(4):231-250.

7. Mosely, J.C., D.B. Wester, and S.C. Bunting. 1987. Estimating herbaceous yield from

species frequency. Northwest Science 61(1):55-59.

8. Phillips, S., W. Rogers, D.B. Wester, and L. Chandler. 1987. Ordination analysis of ant

faunae along the range expansion front of the red imported fire ant in south-central

Texas. Texas J. Agric. Nat. Res. 1:11-15.

9. Wester, D.B., and H.A. Wright. 1987. Ordination of vegetation change in Guadalupe

Mountains, New Mexico. Vegetatio 72:27-33.

10. Stoecker, B.J., Y.C. Li, D.B. Wester, and S.B. Chan. 1987. Effects of torula and brewer's

yeast diets in obese and lean mice. Biol. Trace Element Research 14:249-254.

11. Roberts, F.H., C.M. Britton, D.B. Wester, and R.G. Clark. 1988. Fire effects on

tobosagrass and weeping lovegrass. J. Range Manage. 41(5):407-409.

12. Hansmire, J.A., D.L. Drawe, D.B. Wester, and C.M. Britton. 1988. Effect of winter

burns on forbs and grasses of the Texas coastal Prairie. Southwestern Naturalist

33(3):333-338.

13. McPherson, G.R., H.A. Wright, and D.B. Wester. 1988. Patterns of shrub invasion in

semiarid Texas grasslands. Amer. Midl. Nat. 120:391-397.

14. McPherson, G.R., G.A. Rasmussen, D.B. Wester and R.A. Masters. 1991. Vegetation

and soil zonation associated with Juniperus pinchotii Sudw. trees. Great Basin Naturalist

51(4):316-324.

15. Wester, D.B. 1992. Replication, randomization, and statistics in range research, a view

point. J. Range Manage. 45(3):285-290.

16. Smith, L.M., D.G. Sheeley, and D.B. Wester. 1992. Condition models for wintering

northern pintails in the Southern High Plains. Great Basin Naturalist 52(3): 226-231.


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17. Schweitzer, S.H., F.C. Bryant, and D.B. Wester. 1993. Potential forage species for deer

in the Southern Mixed Prairie. J. Range Manage. 46(1): 70-75.

18. Seitheko, E.M., Allen, B.L. and D.B. Wester. 1993. Effect of three grazing intensities on

selected soil properties in semi-arid west Texas. Afr. J. For. Range Science. 10(2):82-85.

19. Walulu, R.S., D.T. Rosenow, D.B. Wester, and H.T. Nguyen. 1994. Inheritance of the

stay green trait in sorghum. Crop Sci. 34:970-972.

20. Wu, Y., K. Rylander, and D. Wester. 1996. Rodent-habitat associations in a Chihuahuan

desert grassland community in Trans-Pecos Texas. Texas J. Sci. 48(1):68-74.

21. Harmel, R.D., R.E. Zartman, C. Mouron, D.B. Wester, and R.E. Sosebee. 1997.

Modeling ammonia volatilization from biosolids applied to semiarid rangelands. Soil Sci.

Soc. Am. J. 61:1794-1798.

22. Hild, A., and D.B. Wester. 1998. Methods alter interpretation of treatment impacts on

winterfat shrublands. J. Range Manage. 51(2):173-178.

23. Benton, M.W., and D.B. Wester. 1998. Effects of topically applied biosolids on

tobosagrass and alkali sacaton growth in a Chihuahuan desert grassland. J. Environ.

Quality. 27:199-208.

24. Grissom, P.J. and D.B. Wester. 1999. A gradient analysis of understory vegetation in a

sugarberry-elm floodplain forest on the Brazos River. Texas J. Agr. Nat. Res. 11:48-63.

25. Haukos, D.A., H.Z. Sun, L.M. Smith, and D.B. Wester. 1998. Collection and analysis of

vertical structure data from profile board in wetland vegetation. Wetlands 18(2):203-215.

26. Tian, S., and D.B. Wester. 1999. Aboveground biomass estimation of broom snakeweed

(Gutierrezia sarothrae) plants. Texas J. Sci. 51(1):55-64.

27. Taylor, J.P., D.B. Wester, and L.M. Smith. 1999. Soil disturbance, flood management,

and riparian woody plant establishment in the Rio Grande floodplain. Wetlands

19(2):372-382.

28. Kenworthy, K.E., D.L Auld, D.B. Wester, R.E. Durham, and C.B. McKenney. 1999.

Evaluation of buffalograss germplasm for induction of fall dormancy and spring greenup.

J. Turfgrass Management. 3:23-42.

29. Strait, R.K., R. E Zartman, R.E. Sosebee, and D.B. Wester. 1999. Evaluating temperature

constraints for municipal biosolids application to a desert grassland soil. Texas J. Agric.

Nat. Resources. 12:80-87.


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30. Klueva, N.A., R.C. Joshi, C.P. Joshi, D.B. Wester, R.E Zartman, R.G. Cantrell, and H.T.

Nguyen. 2000. Genetic variability and molecular responses of root penetration in cotton.

Plant Science 155:41-47.

31. Yan, Shanguo, C. Wan, R.E. Sosebee, D.B. Wester, E.B. Fish, and R.E Zartman. 2000.

Responses of photosynthesis and water relations to rainfall in the desert shrub

creosotebush (Larrea tridentata) as influenced by municipal biosolids. J. Arid

Environments. 46:397-412.

32. Forbes, A.R., J.M. Mueller, R.B. Mitchell, C.B. Dabbert, and D.B. Wester. 2000.

Accuracy of red imported fire ant (Hymenoptera: Formididae) mound density estimates.

Environmental Entomology 25(2):109-112.

33. Jurado, E., O. Aguirre, J. Flores, J. Navar, H. Villalon, and D.B. Wester. 2000.

Germination of Tamaulipan thornscrub of northeastern Mexico. J. Arid Environments.

46:413-424.

34. Jurado, P. and D.B. Wester. 2001. Effects of biosolids on tobosagrass growth in the

Chihuahuan desert. J. Range Management 54:89-95.

35. Vermeire, L.T. and D.B. Wester. 2001. Shinnery oak poisoning in rangeland cattle:

Causes, effects, and solutions. Rangelands. 23:19-21.

36. Mitchell, R., J. Fritz, K. Moore, L. Moser, K. Vogel, D. Redfearn, and D. Wester. 2001.

Predicting forage quality in switchgrass and big bluestem. Agron. J. 93:118-124.

37. Fike, J.H., V.G. Allen, R.E. Schmidt, X. Zhang, J.P. Fontenot, C.P. Bagley, R.L. Ivy,

R.R. Evans, R.Coelho, and D.B. Wester. 2001.Tasco-forage: I. Influence of a seaweed

extract on antioxidant activity in tall fescue and in ruminants. Journal of Animal Science.

79:1011-1021.

38. Saker, K.E., V.G. Allen, J.P. Fontenot, C.P. Bagley, R.L. Ivy, R.R. Evans, and D.B.

Wester. 2001. Tasco-forage: II. Monocyte immune cell response and performance of beef

steers grazing tall fescue treated with a seaweed extract. Journal of Animal Science.

79:1022-1031.

39. Allen, V.G., K.R. Pond, K.E. Saker, J.P. Fontenot, C.P. Bagley, R.L. Ivy, R.R. Evans,

C.P. Brown, M.F. Miller, J.L. Montgomery, T.M. Dettle, and D.B. Wester. 2001.Tasco-

forage: III. Influence of performance, monocyte immune cell response, and carcass

characteristics in feedlot-finished steers. Journal of Animal Science. 79:1032-1040.

40. Montgomery, J.L., V.G. Allen, K.R. Pond, M.F. Miller, D.B. Wester, C.P. Brown, R.

Evans, C.P. Bagley, R.L. Ivy, and J.P Fontenot. 2001. Tasco-forage: IV. Influence of a


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seaweed extract applied to tall fescue pastures on sensory characteristics, shelf-life, and

vitamin E in feedlot-finished steers. J. Animal Science. 79:884-894.

41. Allen, V.G., K.R. Pond, K.E. Saker, J.P. Fontenot, C.P. Bagley, R.L. Ivy, R.R. Evans,

R.E. Schmidt, J.H. Fike, X. Zhang, J.Y. Ayad, C.P. Brown, M.F. Miller, J.L.

Montgomery, J. Mahan, D.B. Wester, C. Melton. 2001. Tasco: Influence of a brown

seaweed on antioxidants in forages and livestock—A review. J. Anim. Sci. 79 (E.

Suppl.): E21-E31.

42. Rupp, S.P., M.C. Wallace, D. Wester, S. Fettig, and R. Mitchell. 2001. Effects of

simulated elk grazing and trampling (I): Intensity. Alces 37(1): 129-146.

43. Rupp, S.P., M.C. Wallace, D. Wester, S. Fettig, and R. Mitchell. 2001. Effects of

simulated elk grazing and trampling (II): Frequency. Alces 37(1): 129-146.

44. Guay, K., H. Brady, K. Pond, V. Allen, D.B. Wester, L.A. Janecka, and N. L. Heninger.

2002. Matua bromegrass for mares in gestation and lactation. J. Animal Science

80:2960-2966.

45. Wester, D.B., R.E. Sosebee, R.E Zartman, E.B. Fish, and J.C. Villalobos. 2003. Effects

of biosolids in a Chihuahuan desert ecosystem. Rangelands 25(4):27-32.

46. Jaynes, W.F., R.E Zartman, R.E. Sosebee, and D.B. Wester. 2003. Decomposition of

biosolids after surface applications in west Texas. J. Environmental Quality 32:1773-1781.

47. Light, G.G., T. Baughman, P.A. Dotray, J.W. Keeling, and D.B. Wester. 2003. Yield of

glyphosate-tolerant cotton as affected by topical applications on the Texas High and

Rolling Plains. Journal of Cotton Science 7:231-235.

48. 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.

49. Hahm, J.M. and D.B. Wester. 2004. Effects of surface-applied biosolids on grass seedling

emergence in the Chihuahuan desert. Journal of Arid Environments 58:19-42.

50. C. R. Richardson, G. A. Nunnery, D. B. Wester, N. A. Cole, and M. L. Galyean. 2004.

Power of test considerations for beef cattle experiments: A review. J. Animal Science 82

(E. Suppl.):E214-E222.

51. Montgomery, J.L., M.L. Galyean, R.L. Horst, K.J. Morrow, J.R. Blanton, Jr., D.B.

Wester, and M.F. Miller. 2004. Supplemental vitamin D3 concentration and biological

type of beef steers: I. Feedlot performance and carcass traits. Journal of Animal Science

82:2050-2058.


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52. Montgomery, J.L., M.B. King, J.G. Gentry, A.R. Barham, B.L. Barham, G.G. Hilton, J.R.

Blanton, Jr., R.L. Horst, M.L. Galyean, K.J. Morrow, Jr., D.B. Wester, and M.F. Miller.

2004. Supplemental vitamin D3 concentration and biological type of beef steers: II.

Tenderness, quality, and residues of beef. Journal of Animal Science 82:2092-2104.

53. Montgomery, J.L., J.R. Blanton, R.L. Horst, M.L. Galyean, J.K. Morrow, Jr., V.G. Allen,

D.B. Wester, and M.F. Miller. 2004. Effects of supplemental vitamin D3 concentration

on concentrations of calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium relative to protein in

subcellular components of the longissimus and the distribution of calcium within

longissimus muscle of beef steers. Journal of Animal Science 82:2742-2749.

54. Montgomery, J.L., J.R. Blanton, R.L. Horst, M.L. Galyean, K.J. Morrow, Jr., D.B.

Wester, and M.F. Miller. 2004. Effects of biological type of beef steers on vitamin

D,calcium and phosphorus status. Journal of Animal Science 82:2043-2049.

55. Arzani, H., M. Zohdi, E. Fish, G.H. Zahedi Amiri, A. Nikkhah, and D. Wester. 2004.

Phenological effects on forage quality of five grass species. J. Range Management

57(6):624-629.

56. Montague, T., R. Kjelgren, R. Allen and D.B. Wester. 2004. Water loss estimates for five

recently transplanted landscape tree species in a semiarid climate. J. Environmental

Horticulture 22(4):189-196.

57. Moffet, C.A., R.E Zartman, D.B. Wester, and R.E. Sosebee. 2005. Surface biosolids

application: Effects on infiltration, erosion and soil organic carbon in Chihuahuan desert

grasslands and shrublands. J. Environmental Quality 34:299-311.

58. 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 on Sandhills rangeland.

J. Environ. Quality. 34:1559-1565.

59. Philipp, D., V.G. Allen, R.B. Mitchell, C.P. Brown, and D.B. Wester. 2005. Forage

nutritive value and morphology of three old world bluestems under a range of irrigation

levels. Crop Sci. 45:2258-2268.

60. Jurado-Guerra, P., D.B. Wester, and E.B. Fish. 2006. Soil nitrate-nitrogen dynamics after

biosolids application in a tobosagrass desert grassland. J. Environ. Qual. 35:641-650.

61. Philipp, D., C.P. Brown, V.G. Allen, and D.B. Wester. 2006. Influence of irrigation on

mineral concentrations in three old world bluestems. Crop Sci. 46: 2033-2040.

62. Parajulee, M.N., R.B. Shrestha, J.F. Leser, D.B. Wester, and C. Blanco. 2006. Evaluation

of the functional response of selected arthropod predators on bollworm eggs in the

laboratory and effect of temperature on their predation efficiency. Environmental


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Entomology 35(2):379-386.

63. Vines, K.A., V.G. Allen, M. Alley, J.P. Fontenot, and D. B. Wester. 2006. Nitrogen

fertilization of legumes in tall fescue pastures affect soil and forage nitrogen. Forages and

Grazing Lands doi:10:1094/FG-2006-0918-01-RS

64. Reed, J.E., W.B. Ballard, P.S. Gibson, B.T. Kelly, P.R. Krausman, M.C. Wallace, and

D.B. Wester. 2006. Diets of free-ranging Mexican wolves in Arizona and New Mexico.

Wildlife Soc. Bulletin 34(4):1127-1133.

65. Teolis, Igino, E.B. Peffley, and D.B. Wester. 2007. Comparing student performance in

live versus web-based instruction in herbaceous plant identification. HortTechnology

17(1): 120-124. This paper received the Outstanding Education Publication Award by the

American Society for Horticultural Science, 2007.

66. Merriman, J.W., C.W. Boal, Bashore, T.L., P.J. Zwank, and David B. Wester. 2007.

Abundance of diurnal raptors in relation to prairie dog colonies: implications for bird

aircraft strike risk (BASH). J. Wildlife Mgt. 74(1):811-815.

67. Philipp, D., V.G. Allen, R.J. Lascano, C.P. Brown and D.B. Wester. 2007. Production

and water use efficiency of three old world bluestems. Crop Science 47:787-79.

68. Ortega-Ochoa, C., C. Villalobos, C.M. Britton., D.B. Wester., D.E. Ethridge, and D.B.

Willis. 2007. Profitability Analysis of a Beef Production on WW-B. Dahl (Bothriochloa

bladhii) Pasture under Different Combinations of Irrigation and Supplement Feeding.

Texas Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources. 20:42-51. This paper received the

2009 Publication Award: Technical Writing award from the Texas Section of the Society

of Range Management.

69. Rice, M.B., W.B. Ballard, E.B. Fish, D.B. Wester and D. Holdermann. 2008. Landowner

attitudes toward black bears in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas. Human Dimensions of

Wildlife. 12:405-415.

70. Carrera, R., W. Ballard, P. Gipson, B.T. Kelly, P.R. Krausman, M.C. Wallace, C.

Villalobos, and D.B. Wester. 2008. Comparison of Mexican wolf and coyote diets in

Arizona and New Mexico. J. Wildlife Mgt. 72: 376-381.

71. Radke, N.J., D. B. Wester, G. Perry, and S. Rideout-Hanzak. 2008. Short-term effects of

prescribed fire on lizards in mesquite-Ashe juniper vegetation in central Texas. Applied

Herpetology 5:281-292.

72. May, B.C., D.B. Wester, C.M. Britton and T. Bryson. 2008. Macro- and micro-habitat

characteristics of Kuenzler’s hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus fendleri var. kuenzleri).

Haseltonia 14:170-175.


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73. Sandra Rideout-Hanzak, D.B. Wester, G. Perry and C. M. Britton. 2009. Echinocereus

viridiflorus var. viridiflorus mortality in shortgrass plains of Texas: Observations

following wildfire and drought. Haseltonia 15:1-7.

74. Covey, T.L., N. E. Elam, J. A. Carroll, D. B. Wester, and M. L. Galyean. 2010. Effects of

supplemental selenium source in Holstein steers given an intranasal challenge of bovine

infectious rhinotracheitis virus and in newly received beef heifers: Performance,

morbidity, antibody titers, and blood cell counts. The Professional Animal Scientist.

26(1):82-92.

75. Covey, T.L., N. E. Elam, J. A. Carroll, D. B. Wester, M. A. Ballou, D. M. Hallford, and

M. L. Galyean. 2010. Effects of supplemental selenium source in Holstein steers given an

intranasal challenge of bovine infectious rhinotracheitis virus: Blood metabolites,

hormones, and cytokines. The Professional Animal Scientist. 26(1): 93-102.

76. V. Acosta-Martínez, S. E. Dowd, Y. Sun, D. Wester and V. Allen. 2010. Pyrosequencing

analysis for characterization of soil bacterial populations as affected by an integrated

livestock-cotton production system. Applied Soil Ecology. 45:13-25.

77. Ewusie, E.A., M.N. Parajulee, D. A. Adabie-Gomez and D. Wester. 2010. Strip cropping:

a potential IPM tool for reducing whiteflue Bemeisia tabaci Gennadius (Homoptera:

Aleyrodidea) infestations in Cassava. West African Journal of Applied Ecology 17:109-

119.

78. Galyean, M.L. and D.B. Wester. 2010. Comparison of multinomial and binomial

proportion methods for analysis of multinomial count data. J. Animal Science 88:3452-

3463.

79. Vermeire, L.T., J.L. Crowder and D.B. Wester. 2011. Plant community and soil

environment responses to summer fire in the northern Great Plains. Rangeland Ecology

and Management 64:37-46.

80. Rideout-Hanzak, S., D.B. Wester, C.M. Britton and H. Whitlaw. 2011. Biomass not

linked to perennial grass mortality following severe wildfire in the southern High Plains.

Rangeland Ecology and Management 64: 47-55.

81. Panasci, M., W.B. Ballard, R. Breck, D. Rodriguez, L.D. Densmore, D.B. Wester and

R.J. Baker. 2011. Evaluation of Fecal DNA Preservation Techniques and Effects of

Sample Age and Diet on Genotyping Success. Journal of Wildlife Management.

75(7):1616-1624.

82. Derington, A.J., J.C. Brooks, A.J. Garmyn, L.D. Thompson, D.B. Wester and M.F.

Miller. 2011. Relationships of slice shear force and Warner-Bratzler shear force of beef

loin steaks as related to the tenderness gradient of the strip loin. Meat Science 88:203-

208.


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83. Wester, D.B., R.E. Sosebee, R.E Zartman, E. B. Fish, J. C. Villalobos, R. Mata-Gonzalez,

P. Jurado and C. A. Moffet. 2011. Biosolids effects in Chihuahuan desert rangelands: a

ten-year study. Applied and Environmental Soil Science. Article ID 717863, 13 pp.

doi:10.1155/2011/717863.

84. Zartman, R., C. Moffet, D.B. Wester, R.E. Sosebee, E.B. Fish and W. Jaynes. Influence

of surface biosolids on infiltration. 2011. Applied and Environmental Soil Science.

Article ID 642791, 9 pp., doi:10.1155/2012/642791

85. Zartman, R. E, C. McKenney, D. Wester, R. Sosebee and J. Borrelli. 2011. Precipitation

and mowing effects on highway rights-of-way vegetation height and safety. Landscape

and Ecological Engineering. DOI 10.1007/s11355-011-0184-x.

86. Roberts, A.J., C.W. Boal., D.B. Wester, S. Rideout-Hanzak and H.A. Whitlaw. 2012.

Grassland bird community response to large wildfires. Wilson J. Ornithology 124:24-30.

87. Chou, Y.F., R.D. Cox and D.B. Wester. 2012. Smoke water and heat shock influence

germination of shortgrass prairie species. Rangeland Ecology and Management 65:260-

267.

88. Sorensen, G.E., D. B. Wester and S. Rideout-Hanzak. 2012. A non-destructive method to

estimate standing crop of purple threeawn and blue grama. Rangeland Ecology and

Management 65:538-542.

89. Hernandez, F., L.A. Brennan, S.J. DeMaso, J.P. Sands and D.B. Wester. 2012. On

reversing the northern bobwhite population decline: Twenty years later. Wildlife Society

Bulletin 37:177-188.

90. Parent, C.J., F. Hernandez, D.B. Wester and F.C. Bryant. 2012. Temporal and spatial

trends in northern bobwhite survival and nest success. Proceedings of the National Quail

Symposium 7: 173:183

91. Fultz, L.J., J. Moore-Kucera, T.M. Zobeck, V. Acosta-Martinez, D.B. Wester and V.G.

Allen. 2013. Organic carbon dynamics and soil stability in five semiarid agro-

ecosystems. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. Agriculture, Ecosystems and

Environment 181:231-240.

92. Cui, Song, V.G. Allen, C.P. Brown and D.B. Wester. 2013. Growth and nutritive value of

three Old World bluestems and three legumes in the semiarid Texas High Plains. Crop

Sci. 53:329-340.

93. Vermeire, L.T., J.L. Crowder and D.B. Wester. 2014. Grazing utilization effects on

semiarid rangeland following summer fire. Rangeland Ecology and Management 67:52-


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60.

94. McCuistion, K., M. Grigar, D.B. Wester, R. Rhoades, C. Mathis and L. Tedeschi. 2014.

Can we predict forage nutritive value with historical weather parameters? Rangelands

36:2-9.

95. Acosta-Martinez, V., J. Moore-Kucera, J. Cotton and D.B. Wester. 2014. Enzyme

activities of soil during the 2011 Texas record drought/heat wave and implications to

biogeochemical cycling and organic matter dynamics. Applied Soil Ecology 75:43-51.

96. Wiemers, D.W., T.E. Fulbright, D.B. Wester, J. A. Ortega-S., G. A. Rasmussen and D.G.

Hewitt. 2014. Role of thermal environment in resource selection by male white-tailed

deer during summer in Texas, USA. Wildlife Biology 20:47-56.

97. Acosta-Martinez, V., T. Gardner, J. Cotton, J. Moore-Kucera, J. Zak, D. Wester and S.

Cox. 2014. Predominant bacterial and fungal assemblages in agricultural soils during a

record drought/heat wave and linkages to enzyme activities of biogeochemical. Applied

Soil Ecology 84:69-82.

98. Cui, S., C.J. Zilverberg, V.G. Allen, C.P. Brown, J. Moore-Kucera, D.B. Wester, M. Mirik, S.

Chaudhuri, and N. Phillips. 2014. Carbon and nitrogen responses of three old world bluestems to

nitrogen fertilization or inclusion of a legume. Field Crops Res. 164:45-53.

99. Eversole, C.B., S.E. Henke, J.L. Ogdee, D.B. Wester and A. Cooper. 2014. Nuisance

American alligators: an investigation into trends and public opinion. Human-Wildlife

Interactions 8:5-21.

100. Ruppert, D.E., B.A. Needelman, M.C. Rabenhorst and D.B. Wester. 2014. Drainage

ditch soil morphology and mineralogy influenced by hydrologic and soil treatments. Soil

Horizons 55(4):1-7

101. Wester, D.B., Rideout-Hanzak, S., C.M. Britton and H. Whitlaw. 2014. Plant

Community Response to the East Amarillo Complex Wildfires in the Southern High

Plains, USA Community Ecology 15(2):222-234.

102. Hewitt, D. G., J. Lewis, M. Hellickson, D.B. Wester, and F. C.Bryant. 2014. Age

Related Patterns of Antler Development in Free-ranging White-Tailed Deer. 2014. J.

Wildlife Mgt. 78: 976-984

103. Luna, M., C.J. Villalobos, C.M. Britton, D.B. Wester, S. Rideout-Hanzak and R.E.

Sosebee. 2014. Effect of burning season and intensity on two grass species of the

Chihuahuan desert. Rangeland Ecology and Management. 67:64-620.

104. Turner, J.W., F. Hernandez, C.W. Boal, B.M Ballard, F.C. Bryant and D.B. Wester.


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2014. Influence of raptor abundance on northern bobwhite survival and habitat use. J.

Wildlife Mgt. 38:689-696.

105. Folks, D.J., K. Gann, T.E. Fulbright, D.G. Hewitt, C.A. DeYoung, D.B. Wester, K.N.

Echols and D.A. Draeger. 2014. Drought but not population density influences dietary

niche breadth in white-tailed deer in a semiarid environment. Ecosphere 5(12): 1-15.

106. Eversole, C.B., S.E. Henke, D.B. Wester, B.M Ballard and R.L. Powell. 2015.

Responses of American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) to environmental

conditions: implications for population and ecosystem monitoring. Herpetologica 71:37-

45.

107. Cortez, J.D., S.E. Henke, D.W. Wiemers, T.E. Fulbright, D.B. Wester and R. Riddle.

2015. Distribution and habitat selection by the Maritime pocket gopher. Southeastern

Naturalist 14:41-56.

108. Foley, A.M., R.W. DeYoung, D.G. Hewitt, M.W. Hellickson, K.L Gee, D.B. Wester,

M.A. Lockwood, and K.V. Miller. 2015. Purposeful wanderings: mate-search strategies

of male white-tailed deer. J. Mammalogy 96:279-286.

109. Crider, B., T.E. Fulbright, D.G. Hewitt, C. DeYoung, E. Grahmann, W. Priesmeyer, D.B.

Wester, K. Echols, and D. Draeger. 2015. Influence of white-tailed deer population

density on vegetation standing crop in a semiarid environment. J. Wildlife Mgt. 79:413-

424.

110. Parent, C.J., F. Hernandez, L.A. Brennan, D.B. Wester, F.C. Bryant and M.J. Schnupp.

2015. Northern bobwhite abundance in relation to precipitation and landscape structure.

J. Wildlife Mgt. doi:10.1002/jwmg.992.

111. Eversole, C.B., S. E. Henke, D. B. Wester, B. M. Ballard, and R. L. Powell. 2015. Time

of night as a technique for conducting American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

surveys. Herp. Rev. 46:520-523.

112. Fultz, L.M., J. Moore-Kucera, J. Dathe, M. Davinic, G. Perry, D. Wester, D. Schwilk and

S. Rideout-Hanzak. 2016. Forest wildfire and grassland prescribed fire effects on soil

biogeochemical processes and microbial communities: Two case studies in the semi-arid

Southwest. Appl. Soil Ecology 99:118-128.

113. Grace, J.L., A.D. Tjelmeland, F.S. Smith, S.L. Mitchell, S. Rideout-Hanzak, J. Lloyd-

Reilley, S.D. Maher and D.B. Wester. 2016. Effects of depth and duration of burial on

Heteropogon contortus seed viability and germination in southern Texas. Ecological

Restoration 34:7-10.

114. Ogdee, J.L., S.E. Henke, and D.B. Wester. 2016. Lack of human awareness and the need


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for increased public education regarding the emerging zoonotic parasite, Baylisascaris

procyonis. Human Wildlife Interactions 10(2):283-191).

115. Ogdee, J., S. Henke, D. Wester and A. Fedynich. 2016. Environmental temperatures in

southern Texas: implications for survival of Baylisascaris procyonis eggs. J. Wildlife

Diseases 52: 52:936-939.

116. Gann, W.J., T.E. Fulbright, E.D. Grahmann, D.G. Hewitt, C.A. DeYoung, D.B. Wester,

B.A. Korzekwa, K.N. Echols, D.A. Draeger. 2016. Does Supplemental Feeding Alter

Response of Palatable Shrubs to Browsing by White-tailed Deer? Rangeland Ecology and

Management 69:399-407.

117. Ruzicka, R.E., D. Rollins, L.M. Lacoste, and D.B. Wester. 2016. Factors affecting

trapping success of northern bobwhites in the Rolling Plains of Texas. Wildlife Society

Bulletin 40:605-610.

118. Ogdee, J.L., S.E. Henke and D.B. Wester. 2016. Permeability and viability of

Balisascaris procyonis eggs within various soil types in southern Texas. Journal of

Parasitology 102(6):608-612.

119. Ogdee, J.L., S.E. Henke, D.B. Wester and A.M. Fedynich. 2017. Assessing potential

environmental contamination of Baylisascaris procyonis eggs by infected raccoons in

Southern Texas. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 17:185-189.

120. Cox, R.D., Y. Chou and D.B. Wester. 2017. Smoke water and heat influence emergence

of shortgrass prairie species. Fire Ecology 13:138-148.

121. Anderson, W.M., D.B. Wester, C.J. Salice and G. Perry. 2017. Habitat utilization by the

Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) from two sites in Central Texas. Journal of

North American Herpetology 2017(1):28-33.

122. McCloughan, A., S. Rideout-Hanzak, D.B. Wester and W. Xi. 2017. Evaluating

management techniques on morphology of slender rush-pea in southern Texas, USA.

Natural Areas Journal 37(3):500-511.

123. Eversole, C.B., S.E. Henke, D.B. Wester and B.M. Ballard. 2017. Testing variation in

the relationship between cranial morphology and total body length in the American

Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Herpetological Review 48:288-292.

124. Downey, M., D. Rollins, F. Hernandez, D.B. Wester and E. Grahmann. 2017. An

evaluation of northern bobwhite translocation to restore populations in the Rolling Plains

of Texas. J. Wildlife Management

125. Ruppert, D.E., Needelman, B. Kleinman, P.J.A., Rabenhorst, M., Momen, B., Wester,


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D.B. 2017. Hydrology and soil manipulations of iron-rich ditch mesocosms provide little

evidence for phosphorus capture within the profile. Journal of Environmental Quality

46:596-604.

126. Contreras, S., B.M. Ballard, D.B. Wester, W.P. Kuvlesky, Jr., L.A. Brennan, and M.L.

Morrison. 2017. High passage rates and different seasonal migration strategies of birds

along the lower Texas coast. International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation

9(6):183-199.

127. Goolsby, J.A., N.K. Singh, A. Ortega-S., Jr., D.G. Hewitt, T.A. Campbell, D. Wester and

A. A. Perez de Leon. 2017. Comparison of natural and artificial odor lures for nilgai

(Boselaphus tragocamelus) and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in South

Texas: developing treatment for cattle fever tick eradication. Intern. J. Parasitology:

Parasites and Wildlife 6:100-107.

128. Crouch, C.G., J. A. Ortega-A., D.B. Wester, F. Hernandez, L.A. Brennan and G.L.

Schuster. Vegetation and arthropod responses to brush reduction by grubbing and

stacking. National Quail Symposium Proceedings (in press).

129. McCuistion, K., J.L. Foster, G. Schuster, D. Wester, Z. Lopez, A. Umphres-Lopez and A.

Coronado. In situ degradation characteristics of sorghum silage treated with fibrolytic

enzymes. Crop, Forage and Turfgrass Management (in press).

130. Zemanova, M.A., JH. L. Perotto-Baldivieso, E. L. Dickins, D.I. Rumiz, A.B. Gill, J. P.

Leonard and D.B. Wester. Impact of deforestation on habitat connectivity thresholds for

large carnivores in tropical forests. Ecological Processes (in press).

BOOK CHAPTERS/SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS/CONTRIBUTIONS:

1. Contributed to “Experimental Designs”, Chapter 10, In: C.W. Cook and J. Stubbendieck

(eds.), Range Research: Basic Problems and Techniques, second edition, 1986, Society

for Range Management, Denver, 317 pp.

2. Wester, D.B. 1991. A summary of range plant seed germination research. The

International Center for Arid and Semiarid Land Studies, Publication No. 91-2. Texas

Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, 112 pp.

3. Wester, D.B. 1994. An introduction to sample size estimation. Contribution T-9-712,

College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Texas Tech University,

Lubbock, Texas, 21 pp.

4. Wester, D.B. 1995. Seed physiology and germination, pp.168-238. In: D.J. Bedunah and

R.E. Sosebee (eds.), Wildland Plants: Physiological Ecology and Developmental


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Morphology. Society of Range Management, Denver, 710 pp.

6. Sosebee, R.E., and D.B. Wester. 1995. Genetic variation in plants: environmental and

biotic effects, pp. 1-21. In: D.J. Bedunah and R.E. Sosebee (eds.), Wildland Plants:

Physiological Ecology and Developmental Morphology. Society of Range Management,

Denver, 710 pp.

7. Wester, D.B. Regression: Linear and Non-linear, Parametric and Non-parametric. In:

L.A. Brennan, A.N. Tri and B.G. Marcot (eds.) Quantitative Analyses in Wildlife

Sciences. Johns Hopkins University Press. In preparation.

PROCEEDINGS/SYMPOSIA: 1. Wester, D.B., and B.E. Dahl. 1983. Rainfall/germination interface, pp. 46-54. In: Range

and Pasture Seeding in the Southern High Plains. Texas A&M Experiment Station (H.T.

Wiedemann and J. F. Cadenhead, eds.), 116 pp.

2. Phillips, S.A., D.M. Claborn, and D.B. Wester. 1984. Foraging strategies of native ants

in fire ant infested areas of central Texas. 1984. Imported Fire Ant Conference,

Gainesville, Florida., March 1984.

3. Dahl, B.E., P.F. Cotter, D.B. Wester, and C.M. Britton. 1988. Range plant establishment

in the Southern High Plains region, pp. 42-46. In: J.E. Mitchell (ed.), Impacts of the

Conservation Reserve Program in the Great Plains, Symposium Proceedings, Denver,

Sept.16-18, 1987. USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RM 158. Rocky Mountain

Forest and Range Experiment Station, Fort Collins, Colorado, 134 pp.

4. Moffet, C., R. Zartman, C. Brenton, E. Fish, D. Wester, and R. Sosebee. 1995.

Municipal biosolids application effect on infiltration and erosion on desert grasslands, pp.

4-1 to In: Effects of Land Application of Biosolids in Arid and Semi-arid Environments.

Symposium sponsored by U.S.E.P.A., Colo. St. Univ., Colo. Dept. Publ. Health and

Environment, and RBD. Inc., May 16-19, 1995. Fort Collins, Colorado.

5. Wester, D.B., Benton, M.W., P. Jurado, R.G. Gatewood, and R.E. Sosebee. 1995.

Tobosagrass and alkali sacaton growth responses to topically applied biosolids in a

Chihuahuan desert grassland, pp. 1-1 to 1-17. In: Effects of Land Application of

Biosolids in Arid and Semi-arid Environments. Symposium sponsored by U.S.E.P.A.,

Colo. St. Univ., Colo. Dept. Publ. Health and Environment, and RBD. Inc., May 16-19,

1995. Fort Collins, Colorado.

6. Zartman, R.E., D. Harmel, D.B. Wester, R.E. Sosebee, and C. Mouron. 1995. Ammonia

volatilization from biosolids applied to semiarid rangeland, pp. 3-1 to 3-7. In: Effects of

Land Application of Biosolids in Arid and Semi-arid Environments. Symposium

sponsored by U.S.E.P.A., Colo. St. Univ., Colo. Dept. Publ. Health and Environment, and

RBD, Inc., May 16-19, 1995. Ft. Collins Colorado.


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7. Strait, R.K., R.E. Zartman, R.E. Sosebee, and D.B. Wester. 1995. Environmental effects

on the degradation of biosolids by soil microbes, pp. 3-1 to 3-9. In: Effects of Land

Application of Biosolids in Arid and Semi-arid Environments. Symposium sponsored by

U.S.E.P.A., Colo. St. Univ., Colo. Dept. Publ. Health and Environment, and RBD, Inc.,

May 16-19, 1995. Ft. Collins, Colorado.

8. Hild, A.L., and D.B. Wester. 1996. Winterfat shrubland boundary dynamics under

different grazing histories, pp. 51-57. In: J.R. Barrow, E.D. McArthur, R.E. Sosebee, and

R.J. Taush (compilers), Proc. Symp. on Shrubland Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing

Climate. U.S.D.A. For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-338. Ogden, Utah, 275 pp.

9. Wester, D.B., E. Fish, R. Zartman, and R.E. Sosebee. 1996. Use of municipal biosolids

on semi-arid rangelands, pp. 2-31 to 2-35. In: 10th Annual Residuals and Biosolids

Management Conference. Symposium sponsored by Water Environment Federation,

August 18-21, 1996, Denver, Colorado.

10. Mitchell, R., C. Britton, D. Wester, and S. Mullins. 1997. Current research on redberry

juniper at Texas Tech University, pp. 5-41 to 5-44. In: Juniper Symposium, 1997. Texas

A&M Research and Extension Center, Technical Report 97-1.

11. Sosebee, R.E., D.B. Wester, E.B. Fish, and R.E. Zartman. 1999. Application of

municipal biosolids on desert rangelands. In: Fifth International Conference on Desert

Development. Symposium sponsored by the International Desert Development

Commission, United Nations Environment Programme, and the International Center for

Arid and Semiarid Land Studies, Vol. 2 Sect. 5, pp. 441-446. Texas Tech University.

Conference held August 12-17, 1996, Lubbock, Texas.

12. Britton, C.M. and D.B. Wester. 1999. Reflecting on past plant communities and

contemplating the future. National Park Service, Integrated Planning Workshop: Fire and

Resource Management, November 1-5, 1999, Albuquerque, NM (available on CD).

13. Villalobos, C., C.M. Britton, and D.B. Wester. 1999. Predicting stocker average daily

gain on tobosagrass range using digestible organic matter to crude protein ratio.

Nutritional Ecology of Herbivores. Fifth Int. Symp. Nutrition of Herbivores. Eds: G.

Stone, T.D.A. Forbes, J.W. Stuth and F.M. Byers. April 11-16, 1999. San Antonio,

Texas.

14. Sosebee, R.W., D.B. Wester, R.E Zartman, E.B. Fish, and C. Villalobos. 2000. Biosolids

effects on vegetation and soil of the Chihuahuan desert. Mining, Forest & Land

Restoration Symposium/Workshop, Rocky Mountain Water Environment Association

(RMWEA) Biosolids Committee, Co-sponsored by U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Denver, Colorado, July 17-19, 2000 (invited

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15. Wester, D.B., R.E. Sosebee, R.E Zartman, E.B. Fish, and J.C. Villalobos. 2001.

Biosolids effects in a Chihuahuan desert ecosystem, 4 pp. In: WEF/AWWA/CWEA

Joint Residuals and Biosolids Management Conference, Biosolids 2001: “Building Public

Support”, February 21-24, 2001, San Diego, CA (invited presentation).

16. Glass, J. Steven, D.B. Wester, and R.E. Sosebee. 2002. Reclamation of semi-arid

rangelands with biosolids. In: 16th Annual Residuals and Biosolids Management

Conference 2002, “Privatization, Innovation, and Optimization—How To Do More With

Less”, March 3-6, 2001, Austin, TX (invited presentation).

17. Sosebee, R.E., D.B. Wester, J. Carlos Villalobos, C.M. Britton, C. Wan, and H. Nofal.

How grasses grow—How plant growth relates to grazing management. Second National

Conference on Grazing Lands, a symposium sponsored by the Grazing Lands

Conservation Initiative, Nashville, TN, Dec. 7-10, 2003. Also published in Acta

Prataculturae Sinica, 2005, 14(1):117-125 (in Chinese).

18. Sosebee, R.E. and D.B. Wester. Introduction, p. 1. In: Sosebee, R.E.; Wester, D.B.;

Britton, C.M.; McArthur, E.D., Kitchens, S., comp. 2007. Shrubland Dynamics: Fire

and Water, pp. 24-47 Proceedings. 2004 August 10-12; Lubbock, TX. Proc. RMRS-P-

47. Fort Collins, CO.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain

Research Station.

19. Wester, D.B. The Southern High Plains: A History of Vegetation, 1540 to Present, pp.

24-47. In: Sosebee, R.E.; Wester, D.B.; Britton, C.M.; McArthur, E.D., Kitchens, S.,

comp. 2007. Shrubland Dynamics: Fire and Water, pp. 24-47 Proceedings. 2004

August 10-12; Lubbock, TX. Proc. RMRS-P-47. Fort Collins, CO.: U.S. Department

of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

19. Britton, C.M., D.B. Wester and B.J. Racher. Prescribed Fire to Restore Shrublands to

Grasslands, pp. 48-51. In: Sosebee, R.E.; Wester, D.B.; Britton, C.M.; McArthur, E.D.,

Kitchens, S, comp. 2007. Shrubland Dynamics: Fire and Water: Proceedings. 2004

August 10-12; Lubbock, TX. Proc. RMRS-P-47. Fort Collins, CO.: U.S. Department

of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

20. Ranft, R., P. Gipson, W. Ballard, M. Wallace, D. Wester, J. Bonner, R. Huffman, and G.

Hall. Coyote diet in the Texas Panhandle and southwestern Kansas. Proc. North

American Prairie Conf. 20:255-268.

21. McCloughan, A., S. Rideout-Hanzak and D.B. Wester. 2013. Slender rush-pea

(Hoffmannseggia tenella): Conservation through management—A case study. Proc.

Native Plant Society of Texas Symposium, Corpus Christi, TX., 17-20 Oct., 2013, pp.

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POPULAR ARTICLES

1. Wester, D.B. 2012. Research at CKWRI—How does it add up? South Texas Wildlife, A

Publication of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-

Kingsville, TX, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 1-2.

2. Fulbright, T.E., M. Burchette, M. Wojda, E. Grahmann, F. Hernandez, L. Brennan, F.

Smith and D. Wester. 2015. Restoring northern bobwhite habitat—A south Texas

example. Texas Landowner’s Magazine, 2015, pp. 71-72.

3. Foley, A., R. DeYoung, D. Hewitt, M. Hellickson, K. Gee, M. Lockwood, K. V. Miller, and D.

Wester. 2015. Strategic or Chaotic? Buck Movements During the Rut. Texas Wildlife

Association. October 2015:32-33.

4. Foley, A., R. DeYoung, D. Hewitt, M, Hellickson, K. Gee, M. Lockwood, K.V. Miller

and D. Wester. 2015. Making sense of the madness. Quality Whitetails.

October/November 2015, pages 61-65.

5. Smith, F.S., E.D. Grahmann and D.B. Wester. Eagle Ford Shale: Impacts and solutions.

Caesar Kleberg Tracks (submitted October 2016).

6. Wester, D.B. and J.L. Grace. Tanglehead—Research update. Caesar Kleberg Tracks.

(submitted November 2016.)

7. Wester, D.B. and J.L. Grace. Tanglehead in South Texas—Changes and Challenges.

Texas Wildlife Association Magazine (submitted January 2017).

EDITORSHIP:

Associate Editor (Plant Ecology) for The Southwestern Naturalist, a quarterly journal of

refereed papers published by The Southwestern Association of Naturalists (1995 to 2009).

Co-editor, Shrubland Dynamics: Fire and Water: Proceedings. 2007 August 10-12;

Lubbock, TX. Proc. RMRS-P-47. Fort Collins, CO.: U.S. Department of Agriculture,

Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station (Sosebee, R.E.; Wester, D.B.; Britton,

C.M.; McArthur, E.D., comp.; 173 pp.

ABSTRACTS/SEMINARS/POSTERS/PAPER PRESENTATIONS: 1. Wester, D.B. 1976. Mixtures of bottom ash and soil as a growth medium for three range

species. 29th Annual Meeting, Society for Range Management, Omaha, Nebraska,

February 16-20, 1976.

2. Wester, D.B., and B.E. Dahl. 1980. Moisture and temperature effects on seed

germination and seedling survival. 33rd Annual Meeting, Society for Range

Management, San Diego, California, February 11-14, 1980.

3. Phillips, S.A., D.M. Claborn, and D.B. Wester. 1984. Foraging strategies of native ants


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in fire ant infested areas of central Texas. Imported Fire Ant Conference, Gainesville,

Florida, March, 1984.

4. Hoppe, R.T., L.M. Smith, and D.B. Wester. 1985. Foods of diving ducks wintering

inland in South Carolina. 47th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Grand Rapids,

Michigan, December, 1985.

5. Wester, D.B. 1986. Some applications of mean separation and multiple comparison tests.

Invited seminar presented to Texas A&M Experiment Station regional extension

entomologists, Lubbock, Texas, January, 1986.

6. Grissom, P.J., and D.B. Wester. 1987. Microtopographic effects on vegetation in a

bottomland hardwood forest. 63rd Annual Meeting, Southwestern and Rocky Mountain

Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Austin, Texas,

March 31-April 4, 1987.

7. Grissom, P.J., and D.B. Wester. 1988. Response of floodplain forest herbs to seasonal

flooding in the Texas coastal plains. 41st Annual Meeting, Society for Range

Management, Corpus Christi, Texas, February 21-26, 1988.

8. Wester, D.B. 1988. Some applications of multivariate statistics in plant ecology. Invited

seminar presented to the “Biomathematics-Biostatistics Seminar.” Department of

Mathematics, Texas Tech University, March 22, 1988.

9. Tian, S., and D.B. Wester. 1991. Aboveground biomass estimation of individual broom

snakeweed plants. 44th Annual Meeting, Society for Range Management, Washington,

D.C., January 12-17, 1991.

10. Britton, C.M., and D.B. Wester. 1993. Annual broom weed: Factors affecting a

“broomweed year.” Rangeland Weed Control Workshop, sponsored by Texas

Agricultural Experiment Station, Post, Texas, April 22, 1993

11. Britton, C.M., and D.B. Wester. 1993. Climatic patterns and weed populations. New

Mexico Vegetation Management Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

12. Moffet, C.A., R.G. Gatewood, D.B. Wester, R.E. Zartman, and R.E. Sosebee. 1993.

Physicochemical changes in municipal solid waste in an arid environment. Annual

Meeting, American Society of Agronomy, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 7-12, 1993.

13. Wester, D.B., and C.M. Britton. 1993. Fall precipitation patterns and annual broomweed

densities. 46th Annual Meeting, Society for Range Management, Albuquerque, New

Mexico, February 14-19, 1993.

14. Zartman, R.E., R.D. Harmel, C.A. Moffet, R.G. Gatewood, D.B. Wester, and R.E.


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Sosebee. 1994. Nitrogen transformations of land applied biosolids in an arid

environment. Proc. Internat. Soil Sci. Soc., Acapulco, Mexico, July, 1994.

15. Wester, D.B. 1994. Vegetation of the Guadalupe Mountains. An invited presentation to

the Native Plant Society of Texas, South Plains Chapter, February 3, 1994.

16. Wester, D.B. and C.M. Britton. 1994. Factors affecting a broomweed year.

Kent/Dickens County Range Management Seminar, sponsored by Texas Agricultural

Experiment Station, Jayton, Texas, May 20, 1994.

17. Modesitt, P.T., S.D. Prien, K.L. Nordeen-Tadlock, D.B. Wester and J.R. Clark. 1994.

Effects of follicle size, growth factor, and sperm concentration on in vitro maturation and

fertilization of porcine oocytes. J. Anim. Sci. 72:373 (Suppl.1)/ J. Dairy Sci., 77:373

(Suppl. 1).

18. Modesitt, P.T., K.L. Nordeen-Tadlock, S.D. Prien, D.B. Wester and J.R. Clark. 1994.

Effects of media and growth factor on in vitro maturation and fertilization of porcine

oocytes. J. Anim. Sci. 72:2 (Supp. 2)/ J Dairy Sci., 77:3 (Suppl. 2).

19. Benton, M.W., and D.B. Wester. 1995. Tobosagrass and alkali sacaton growth

responses to topically applied biosolids in a desert grassland. 48th Annual Meeting,

Society for Range Management, Phoenix, Arizona, January 14-20, 1995.

20. Gatewood, R.G., C. Moffet, R.E. Sosebee, D.B. Wester, and R.E. Zartman. 1995.

Physical and chemical changes in topically applied biosolids in an arid environment. 48th

Annual Meeting, Society for Range Management, Phoenix, Arizona, January 14-20,

1995.

22. Gutierrez, J., R.E. Sosebee, E.B. Fish, and D.B. Wester. 1995. Influence of broom

snakeweed and blue grama cover on infiltration and interrill erosion. 48th Annual

Meeting, Society for Range Management, Phoenix, Arizona, January 14-20, 1995.

22. Sosebee, R.E., D.B. Wester, E.B. Fish, R. Gatewood, and C. Moffet. 1995. Beneficial

use of municipal biosolids on desert rangelands. 48th Annual Meeting, Society for Range

Management, Phoenix, Arizona, January 14-20, 1995.

23. Wester, D.B., M.W. Benton, R.G. Gatewood, P. Jurado, and C. Moffet. 1995.

Tobosagrass growth responses and soil nitrogen dynamics in response to autumn-applied

biosolids. 48th Annual Meeting, Society for Range Management, Phoenix, Arizona,

January 14-20, 1995

24. Hild, A.L., and D.B. Wester. 1995. Winterfat shrubland boundary dynamics under

different grazing histories. 9th Wildland Shrub Symp., Las Cruces, New Mexico, May

23-25, 1995.


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25. Jurado, P., and D.B. Wester. 1996. Application of biosolids to tobosagrass in the Texas

Trans Pecos Region. 49th Annual Meeting, Society for Range Management, Wichita,

Kansas, February 10-15, 1996.

26. Moffet, C.A., R.E. Zartman, R.E. Sosebee, and D.B. Wester. 1996. Infiltration and

erosion from a biosolids amended desert grassland. Annual Meeting, Amer. Soc. Agron.,

Indianapolis, Indiana, November 7-12, 1996.

27. Shanks, C.H., E.B. Fish, D.B. Wester, and R.E. Sosebee. 1997. Application of

municipal biosolids to a semiarid grassland soil: Effects on soil water quality. 50th

Annual Meeting, Society for Range Management, Rapid City, South Dakota, February

16-21, 1997.

28. Jurado, P., and D.B. Wester. 1997. Effects of biosolids application to tobosagrass in west

Texas. 50th Annual Meeting, Society for Range Management, Rapid City, South Dakota.

February 16-21, 1997.

29. Cooley, P.E., and D.B. Wester. 1997. Blue grama response to biosolids and chemical

fertilizers. 50th Annual Meeting, Society for Range Management, Rapid City, South

Dakota, February 16-21, 1997.

30. Taylor, J.P., D.B. Wester, and L.M. Smith. 1997. Saltcedar clearing and managing

flooding for riparian restoration. The Wildlife Society and the American Fisheries

Society, Arizona-New Mexico Chapter, Gallup, New Mexico, February 6-8, 1997.

31. Taylor, J.P., D.B. Wester, and L.M. Smith. 1997. Saltcedar clearing and managed

flooding for riparian restoration. 16th Annual Meeting, Society of Wetland Scientists,

Bozeman, Montana, June 1-6, 1997.

32. Hahm, J., and D.B. Wester. 1998. Effects of biosolids on seedling dynamics in a

Chihuahuan desert grassland. 51st Annual Meeting, Society for Range Management,

Guadalajara, Mexico, February 8-12, 1998.

33. Wrinkle, J.C., and D.B. Wester. 1998. Reseeding disturbed Chihuahuan desert

grasslands. 51st Annual Meeting, Society for Range Management, Guadalajara, Mexico,

February 8-12, 1998.

34. Jack, K.D., D.L. Auld, V.G. Allen, K.E. Kenworthy, and D.B. Wester. 1998.

Assessment of yield, quality, and stand persistence of buffalograss. 1998 Annual

Meeting, American Society of Agronomy, Baltimore, Maryland, October 18-22, 1998.

35. Hahm, J.M. and D.B. Wester. 1999. Seedling emergence and early seedling growth of

two semiarid grasses as affected by topically-applied municipal biosolids. 52nd Annual


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Meeting, Society for Range Management, Omaha, Nebraska, February 21-26, 1999.

36. Wester, D.B. 1999. Vegetation dynamics in west Texas. An invited presentation to the

Native Plant Society of Texas, South Plains Chapter, May 6, 1999.

37. Jaynes, W.F., R.E Zartman, R.E. Sosebee, and D.B. Wester. 1999. Changes in biosolids

affected by weathering and initial composition in west Texas. Annual Meeting, Amer.

Soc. Agron., Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 31-Nov. 4, 1999.

38. Jurado, P. and D.B. Wester. 2001. Soil mulching and nutrient effects of biosolids in

Chihuahuan desert grasslands. 54th Annual Meeting, Society for Range Management,

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, February 17-23, 2001.

39. Jaynes, W.F., R.E Zartman, R.E. Sosebee, and D.B. Wester. 2001. Mineralogy and

chemistry of the inorganic phases in municipal biosolids. Annual Meeting, American

Society of Agronomy.

40. Moffet, C.A. and D.B. Wester. Competition between bufflaograss and blue grama: do

past interactions matter? 56th Annual Meeting, Society for Range Management, Casper,

Wyoming, February 2-6, 2003.

41. Richardson, C.R., G.A. Nunnery, D.B. Wester, N.A. Cole, and M.L. Galyean. 2003.

Power of the test considerations for beef cattle experiments. J. Anim. Sci., Vol. 81,

Suppl. 1/J.Dairy Sci, Vol. 86, Suppl. 1, p. 153. A joint meeting of the American Society

of Animal Science and the American Dairy Science Association, Phoenix, Arizona, June

22-26, 2003.

42. Teolis,I., Ellen B. Peffley, Roman Taraban, David B. Wester, and Cynthia McKenney.

2003. Comparing the effectiveness of independent learning, traditional learning, and

independent web-based learning when receiving text-based versus object-based material.

100th Annual Conference, Amer. Soc. Horticultural Science, Provident Rhode Island,

October 3-6, 2003. Abstr. HortScience 38(5):685.

43. Teolis, I., E. B. Peffley, and D. B. Wester. 2004. Do students really learn as much

horticulture with web-based instruction as in the classroom? American Society for

Horticultural Science Southern Region 64th Annual Meeting. HortScience 39(3):646.

44. Rose, J.L., L.T. Vermeire, and D.B. Wester. 2004. Estimating standing crop with visual

obstruction in the Northern Plains. 57th Annual Meeting, Society for Range

Management, Salt Lake City, Utah, January 24-30, 2004.

45. Wester, D.B. 2004. The Southern High Plains, A History of Vegetation, 1540 to Present.

Thirteenth Wildland Shrub Symposium Abstracts, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.,

August 10-12, 2004.


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46. Britton, C.M., D.B. Wester, and B. Racher. 2004. Prescribed Fire to Restore Shrublands

to Grasslands. Thirteenth Wildland Shrub Symposium Abstracts, Texas Tech University,

Lubbock, TX., August 10-12, 2004.

47. Vermeire, L., D.B. Wester, R. Mitchell and S. Fuhlendorf. 2004. Patch burning and

grazing effects on soil characteristics in sand sagebrush mixed-grass prairie. 13th

Wildland Shrub Symposium, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX. August 10-12, 2004.

(poster)

48. J. Rose, L. Vermeire and D.B. Wester. 2005. First-year richness and frequency response

to summer fire and post-fire grazing. 58th Annual Meeting, Society for Range

Management, Fort Worth, Texas. (poster)

49. Vermeire, L., R. Mitchell, S. Fuhlendorf, and D.B. Wester. 2005. Post burning and

grazing effects on southern mixed prairie plant communities. 58th Annual Meeting,

Society for Range Management, Fort Worth, Texas. (poster)

50. Villalobos, C., P. Jurado, D.B. Wester, E.B. Fish, R.E. Zartman and R.E. Sosebee. 2005.

Response of arid and semiarid rangelands to biosolids application in USA and Mexico.

58th Annual Meeting, Society for Range Management, Fort Worth, Texas.

51. Foote, J.C., L.D. Thomson, and D.B. Wester. 2005. Microbiological evaluation of

chamomile. J. Amer. Dietetic Assoc. 105 (suppl.2):A-38

52. Radke, N.J.A., G. Perry, and D.B. Wester. Efficacy of three types of arboreal traps for

herpetiles. Southwestern Association of Naturalists.

53. May, B., C.M. Britton, and D.B. Wester. Effects of fire on Kuenzler’s hedgehog cactus.

Presented at Annual Principal Investigator’s Meeting, Joint Fire Science Program, San

Diego, CA, Nov. 1-3, 2005.

54. Rose, J.L., L.T. Vermeire, and D.B. Wester. Short-term effects of summer fire and post-

fire grazing in the northern Great Plains. 59th Society for Range Management Annual

Meeting, February 12-17, 2006. Vancouver, British Columbia.

55. Rupp, S., D.B. Wester, and J. Biggs.. Ecological impacts of the Cerro Grande Fire:

Predicting elk movement and distribution patterns in response to vegetative succession

through simulation modeling. 13th Annual Conference, The Wildlife Society. Anchorage,

Alaska, Sept. 23-27, 2006.

56. Mueller, S.M., J.C. Howe, J.M Holden, C.Z. Alvarado, L.M. Boylan, A.M. Luna, D.B.

Wester and L.D. Thompson. 2006. Nutrient composition of a nationally-representative

survey of ready-to-eat rotisserie chicken purchased from retail establishments. Poultry


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Science Association, 95th Annual Meeting, July 16-19, 2006, University of Alberta,

Edmonton.

57. Britton, C., C. Villalobos, D. B. Wester, S. Rideout-Hanzak. 2006.The Physiological

Basis for Timing the Use of Prescribed Fires: A Basic Principle. Texas chapter, The

Society for Ecological Restoration, Hunt, Texas, August 18-20, 2006.

58. May, B. C. C. M. Britton, D. B. Wester Effect of prescribed fire on Kuenzler’s hedgehog

cactus, an endangered species in New Mexico. 2006. Texas chapter of The Society for

Ecological Restoration, Hunt, Texas, August 18-20, 2006.

59. Rideout-Hanzak, S. D. B. Wester and G. Perry. 2006. Effects of a wildfire on nylon

hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus viridiflorus). Texas chapter of The Society for Ecological

Restoration, Hunt, Texas, August 18-20, 2006.

60. May, B.C., C. M. Britton, and D. B. Wester. 2006. Effect of prescribed fire on Kuenzler’s

hedgehog cactus, an endangered species, Third International Fire Ecology and

Management Congress, November 13-17, 2006 in San Diego, CA, USA.

61. Radke,N.J., G. Perry, D.B. Wester and S. Rideout-Hanzak. 2006. Effects of prescribed

fire on vegetation and non-game wildlife in central Texas Third International Fire

Ecology and Management Congress, November 13-17, 2006 in San Diego, CA, USA.

62. Britton, C.M. S. Rideout-Hanzak, D.B. Wester. 2006. Ecological Consequences of Fire

Temperatures in Grassland Fuels. Third International Fire Ecology and Management

Congress, November 13-17, 2006 in San Diego, CA, USA.

63. Luna, M., C. M. Britton, J. C. Villalobos, and D. B. Wester. 2006. Spring and summer

burning effects on four Chihuahuan desert plants. Third International Fire Ecology and

Management Congress, San Diego, CA, Nov. 13-17, 2006.

64. Brown, S., C.M. Britton, D.B. Wester, C. Villalobos, and S. Rideout-Hanzak. 2006.

Summer and winter burn effects on Matagorda Island vegetation. Third International Fire

Ecology and Management Congress, San Diego, CA, Nov. 13-17, 2006.

65. Villalobos, C., C.M Britton, J.S. Pitts, and D.B. Wester. 2006. Stocker

supplementation—What we have learned on a tobosagrass and mesquite rangeland in the

South Plains. Proceeding of the Third National Conference on Grazing Lands, pp. 296-

301. St. Louis, MO, Dec. 10-13, 2006.

66. Kiker, J., J. Howe, J. Holden, J. Boyce, A. Luna, C. Alvarado, D. Wester and L.

Thompson. 2007. Nutritional composition of raw and fried enhanced or non-enhanced

boneless chicken breast fillets. Joint Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science

Association, Poultry Science Association, and American Society of Animal Science. July


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8-12, 2007, San Antonio, TX. J. Anim. Sci. 85: Suppl. 1; J. Dairy Sci 90: Suppl.; Poult.

Sci. 85:Suppl 1.

67. Aggarwal, D., C. Alvarado, C. Brooks, D. Wester, A. Tittor, A.M. Luna and L.

Thompson. 2007. Quality of shell eggs stored under modified atmosphere packaging

using gas mixtures containing CO and CO2. Joint Annual Meeting of the American Dairy

Science Association, Poultry Science Association, and American Society of Animal

Science. July 8-12, 2007, San Antonio, TX. J. Anim. Sci. 85: Suppl. 1; J. Dairy Sci 90:

Suppl.; Poult. Sci. 85:Suppl 1.

68. Richardson, C.R., D.W. Boyles, D.B. Wester, H.P. Hagaman, J.E. Vander Dussen, and

G.V. Pollard. 2007. Effects of dietary yeast culture supplementation on milk production

and somatic cell counts at a commercial dairy. Joint Annual Meeting of the American

Dairy Science Association, Poultry Science Association, and American Society of

Animal Science. July 8-12, 2007, San Antonio, TX. J. Anim. Sci. 85: Suppl. 1; J. Dairy

Sci 90: Suppl.; Poult. Sci. 85:Suppl 1.

69. Wester, D.B. 2007. A History of the Vegetation of the Southern High Plains. Invited

keynote presentation, Texas Section of the Society of Range Management, October 11,

2007, Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge, Texas.

70. Carrera, R., W. B. Ballard, P. Gipson, B. T. Kelly, P. R. Krausman, M. C. Wallace, C.

Villalobos, and D. B. Wester. Comparison of Mexican wolf and coyote diets in the Blue

Range Wolf Recovery Area, Arizona and New Mexico. Texas Chapter of Wildlife

Society Meeting. February 2007, Beaumont, Texas.

71. Roberts, A.J., C.W. Boal, S. Rideout-Hanzak, D.B. Wester and C.M. Britton. 2008. The

East Amarillo Complex wildfire and effects on the avian community. Association of Fire

Ecology, Regional Conference, 2008, Jan. 28-31, 2008, Tucson, AZ.

72. Wester, D.B., S. Rideout-Hanzak, C. M. Britton, and B. May. 2008. Effect of prescribed

fire on Kuenzler’s hedgehog cactus. Association of Fire Ecology, Regional Conference,

2008, Jan. 28-31, 2008, Tucson, AZ.

73. Rideout-Hanzak, S. D.B. Wester, R.W. Weiser, C.M. Britton, C. Boal and H. Whitlaw.

2008. East Amarillo Complex Wildfires: Early Results of Vegetation Impacts and Soil

Erosion. Invited Plenary Session, Association of Fire Ecology, Regional Conference,

2008, Jan. 28-31, 2008, Tucson, AZ. (presented by S. Rideout-Hanzak).

74. Weiser, R.W., S. Rideout-Hanzak, D.B. Wester and C.M Britton. 2008. Vegetation

Impacts of the East Amarillo Complex Wildfires of March 3006: Initial Assessment. 60th

Annual Meeting, Society for Range Management, Jan. 26-31, 2008, Louisville, KY.

75. Broome, A., E.B. Pfeffley, L.D. Thompson and D.B. Wester. 2008. Effect of elevated


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CO2 and harvest schedule on Allium biomass and sensory quality of Allium fistulosum.

HortSci 43:626. (Abstract).

76. Beierle, Micah-John, S. Rideout-Hanzak, D.B. Wester, C.M. Britton and H. Whitlaw.

2008. Vegetation impacts of the East Amarillo Complex wildfires of March 2006.

International Assoc. of Wildland Fire, Jackson Hole, WY, Sept. 22-27, 2008.

77. Warren, T., B. Dabbert, S. Rideout-Hanzak and D.B. Wester. 2008. Northern bobwhite

population response to the East Amarillo Complex wildfires. 15th Annual Conference,

The Wildlife Society, Nov. 8-12, 2008. Miami, FL.

78. Warren, T., B. Dabbert, S. Rideout-Hanzak, D.B. Wester and H. Whitlaw. 2008.

Northern bobwhite population response to the East Amarillo Complex wildfire. 44th

Annual meeting of the Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Abstract, pp. 159-160,

February 26-28, 2009. Lubbock, Texas.

79. Sorensen, G.E., S. Rideout-Hanzak and D.B. Wester. 2009. Multiple regression models to

predict biomass of purple threeawn and blue grama: A non-destructive method to

measure plant response to fire. 62th Society for Range Management Annual Meeting,

February 8-12, 2009. Albuquerque, NM.

80. Rideout-Hanzak, S., D.B. Wester, C.M. Britton and H. Whitlaw. 2009. Annual net

primary production after the East Amarillo Complex Wildfires. 4th International Fire

Congress, Nov. 30-Dec. 4, 2009, Savannah, GA.

81. Sorensen, G.E., S. Rideout-Hanzak, and D.B. Wester. 2009. Blue grama and purple

threeawn response to summer and winter prescribed fire. 4th International Fire Congress,

Nov. 30-Dec. 4, 2009, Savannah, GA.

82. Luna, M., C. Britton, C. Villalobos, D. Wester, S. Rideout, and J. Villanueva.

2009. Blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis) response to season of burn and simulated fire

temperatures in the Chihuahuan Desert. 62nd Annual Meeting Society for Range

Management. Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.

83. Warren, T., C.B. Dabbert, S. Rideout-Hanzak, D.B. Wester and H. Whitlaw. 2009.

Northern bobwhite habitat response to the East Amarillo Complex Wildfires. 4th

International Fire Congress, Nov. 30-Dec. 4, 2009, Savannah, GA.

84. Rideout-Hanzak, D., D.B. Wester and H. Whitlaw. 2009. Perennial grass mortality after

the East Amarillo Complex Wildfires. 4th International Fire Congress, Nov. 30-Dec. 4,

2009, Savannah, GA.

85. Beierle, M.J., S. Rideout-Hanzak, and D.B. Wester. 2009. Predicting grassland wildfire

danger. 4th International Fire Congress, Nov. 30-Dec. 4, 2009, Savannah, GA.


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86. Arroyo, R., S. Rideout-Hanzak, D.B. Wester, C.M. Britton and H. Whitlaw. 2009.

Woody fuel loads and tree mortality in cottonwood riparian zones after the East Amarillo

Complex Wildfires. 4th International Fire Congress, Nov. 30-Dec. 4, 2009, Savannah,

GA.

87. Panasci, M., W. Ballard, S. Breck, R. Baker, D. Rodriguez, L. Densmore and D. Wester.

2010. An evaluation of fecal DNA preservation techniques and effects of sample age and

diet on genotyping success. Annual Meeting, Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society,

Feb. 18-20, 2010, Galveston, TX,

88. Rideout, S. and D. B. Wester. Plant Community Responses to the East Amarillo Complex

Wildfires in Texas. International Association of Wildland Fire. 3rd Fire Behavior and

Fuels Conference, Spokane, Washington, October 25-29, 2010.

89. Fultz, L. F. Sorensen, F. Cornejo, J. Moore-Kucera, S. Rideout-Hanzak and D.B. Wester.

2010. An examination of the effects of controlled burn frequency on rangeland soils.

2010 International Annual Meeting, ASA, CSSA and SSSA, Long Beach, CA. Oct. 31-

Nov. 4, 2010.

90. Moore-Kucera, J., V. Acosta-Martinez, A. Azarenko, and D.B. Wester. 2010. A

biological and biochemical survey of orchard systems in the Pacific Northwest. 2010

International Annual Meeting, ASA, CSSA and SSSA, Long Beach, CA. Oct. 31-Nov. 4,

2010.

91. Acosta-Martinez, V., T. Zobeck, R. Lascano, D. Upchurch, V. Allen and D.B. Wester.

2011. Enzyme activities as sensitive indicators of changes in soil metabolic functioning

in alternative management for continuous cotton. 4th International Conference, “Enzymes

in the Environment: Activity, Ecology, and Applications.” Bad Nauheim, Germany, 17-

21 July, 2011.

92. Neessen, P, S. Rideout-Hanzak, D.B. Wester and G. Schuster. Soil and vegetation. 2011.

properties along a salinity gradient near Baffin Bay, Texas. 9th Annual Pathways Student

Research Symposium, College Station, TX, Nov. 11, 2011.

93. S.J. Goertz, T.E. Fulbright, T.L. Blankenship, D.B. Wester, A. Ortega-S and E.J.

Redeker. 2012. Long-term vegetation dynamics of Welder Wildlife Refuge. Texas

Chapter, Wildlife Society.

94. Wiemers, D.W., T.E. Fulbright, D.B. Wester, J. Ortega-S., A. Rasmussen, D.G. Hewitt

and M. W. Hellickson. 2012. The influence of temperature on white-tailed deer activity

in a subtropical environment. Texas Chapter, Wildlife Society.


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95. Grigar, M.J., K. C. McCuistion, D. B. Wester, C. P. Mathis, R. D. Rhoades. 2011.

Understanding Forage Characteristics That Impact The Cattle Supplementation Decision.

Texas. 9th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium, College Station, TX, Nov. 11,

2011.

96. Beierle, M.J., S. Rideout-Hanzak, D.B. Wester, C.M. Britton and E.B. Fish. Recent

evolution in distribution of wildfires in Texas grasslands. Southwest Fire Ecology

Conference: Fire, Landscapes, Wildlife and People. Association for Fire Ecology. Santa

Fe, New Mexico, Feb. 27-March 1, 2012.

97. Rideout-Hanzak, S. and D.B. Wester. Heat and smoke effects on germination of grasses

and forbs of the southern Great Plains. Southwest Fire Ecology Conference: Fire,

Landscapes, Wildlife and People. Association for Fire Ecology. Santa Fe, New Mexico,

Feb. 27-March 1, 2012.

98. Umphres-Lopez, A.M., G. Schuster, K.C. McCuistion, J. Fost, Z. Lopez, R. Rhoades, and

D.B. Wester. Agronomic factors of forage sorghum production in south Texas,

Subtropical Plant Science Society, 66th Annual Institute, 29 Feb., 2012, Weslaco, TX p.

18.

99. Henke, S.E. and D.B. Wester. 2012. Longevity and viability of Baylisascaris procyonis

eggs in soil. Joint WDA EWDA (Wildlife Disease Assoc., European Wildlife Disease

Assoc.) Conference, Lyon, France, 22-27 July, 2012.

100. Edwardson, J., S. Rideout-Hanzak and D.B. Wester. Edwardson, J., S. Rideout-Hanzak

and D.B. Wester. 2012. Litter effects on tanglehead (Heteropogon contortus) seedling

emergence: implications for prescribed fire and tanglehead. Texas Chapter, Society for

Ecological Restoration, Weslaco, TX., Nov. 2, 2012.

101. Rideout-Hanzak, S. and D.B. Wester. Slender rushpea (Hoffmanseggia tenella):

Conservation through management—A case study. Texas Section, Society for Ecological

Restoration, 2012 meeting, Weslaco, TX.

102. Lilly, D.W., D.G. Hewitt, T.E. Fulbright, C.A. DeYoung, K.N. Nichols and D.B. Wester.

2013. Patterns of supplemental feed use by white-tailed deer. 36th Annual meeting of the

Southeast Deer Study Group, Feb. 24-24 2013, Grenville, SC.

103. Lilly, D.W., D.G. Hewitt, T.E. Fulbright, C.A. DeYoung, K.N. Nichols and D.B. Wester.

2013. Patterns of antler growth in white-tailed deer. 36th Annual meeting of the Southeast

Deer Study Group, Feb. 24-24 2013, Grenville, SC.

104. Goertz, S.J., T.E. Fulbright, T.L. Blankenship, D.B. Wester, A. Ortega-S. and E.J.

Redeker. 2013. Long-term vegetation dynamics of Welder Wildlife Refuge. Texas

Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 20-23, Houston, TX.


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105. Grahmann, E.D., B.A. Martin, F.S. Smith, M.W. Hehman, T.E. Fulbight and D.B.

Wester. 2013. Management and control of buffelgrass and Kleberg bluestem to increase

native vegetation. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 20-23, Houston, TX.

106. Wester, D.B. Native Plants: Restoration in the Eagle Ford Shale, Part 2: The ABC’s of

Restoration—How to do it. Presented at the San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo,

February, 2012.

107. Ogdee, J.L., S.E. Henke and D.B. Wester. 2013. Viability of Baylisascaris procyonis

eggs exposed to fluctuating temperatures at raccoon latrine sites. 62nd International

Conference, Wildlife Disease Association, July 27-Aug. 2, 2013. Knoxville, TN.

108. Crider, B. T.E. Fulbright, D.G. Hewitt, C. A. DeYoung, D.B. Wester, E.D. Graham, W.J.

Priesmeyer, K.N. Nichols and D.A. Draeger. 2013. Effects of white-tailed deer

population density and resource enhancement on biomass production. (Not listed as a

co-author in the program but included as such in the presentation). The Wildlife Society

20th Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI, Oct. 5-10, 2013.

109. Priesmeyer, W.J., T.E. Fulbright, B. Crider, D.G. Hewitt, C.A. DeYoung, D.B. Wester,

K.N. Nichols, D.A. Draeger. 2013. Influence of white-tailed deer density and nutritional

supplementation on a south Texas vegetation community. (Not listed as a co-author in the

program but included as such in the presentation). The Wildlife Society 20th Annual

Conference, Milwaukee, WI, Oct. 5-10, 2013.

110. McCloughan, S. Rideout-Hanzak and D.B. Wester. 2013. Slender rush-pea

(Hoffmannseggia tnlella): Conservation through management, A Case Study. Native

Plant Society of Texas Symposium, Corpus Christi, TX, 17-20 October, 2013.

111. McCloughan, S. Rideout-Hanzak and D.B. Wester. 2013. Slender rush-pea

(Hoffmannseggia tenella): Conservation through management, A Case Study. Joint

Conference of the Texas Section, Society for Ecological Restoration and the Texas

Riparian Association, 1-2 November, 2013, Junction, TX.

112. Grace, J.L., D.B. Wester, V. Acosta-Martinez, S. Rideout-Hanzak and J.A. Ortega-S.

2013. Effects of tanglehead (Heteropogon contortus) invasion on ecosystem process in

the Texas Coastal Sandsheet (poster). Joint Conference of the Texas Section, Society for

Ecological Restoration and the Texas Riparian Association, 1-2 November, 2013,

Junction, TX.


2013. Effects of tanglehead (Heteropogon contortus) invasion on ecosystem process in

the Texas Coastal Sandsheet (poster). 11th Annual Pathways Student Research

Symposium, Texas A&M University System. Kingsville, TX Nov. 8, 2013.


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114. Toomey, A. S. Rideout-Hanzak, D.B. Wester and D. Ruppert. 2013. Season of

prescribed burning on Old World Bluestems, (poster). Joint Conference of the Texas

Section, Society for Ecological Restoration and the Texas Riparian Association, 1-2

November, 2013, Junction, TX.

115. Coston, M.C., D.B. Wester, F.B. Smith, P. Maywald, V. Acosta-Martinez, S. Rideout-

Hanzak and T. Blankenship. 2013. Characteristics of stock-piled top soils in the western

Rio Grande Plains. (poster) Joint Conference of the Texas Section, Society for

Ecological Restoration and the Texas Riparian Association, 1-2 November, 2013,

Junction, TX.

116. Coston, M.C., D.B. Wester, F.B. Smith, P. Maywald, V. Acosta-Martinez, S. Rideout-

Hanzak and T. Blankenship. 2013. Characteristics of stock-piled top soils in the western

Rio Grande Plains. (poster) 11th Annual Pathways Student Research Symposium, Texas

A&M University System. Kingsville, TX Nov. 8, 2013.

117. Phillips, L.M., T.E. Fulbright, D.B. Wester, D.G. Hewitt, C.A. DeYoung, K.N. Nichols

and D.A. Draeger. 2014. Height and canopy structure of selected shrubs after ten years

of three white-tailed deer densities and supplemental feeding. Texas Chapter, The

Wildlife Society, Feb. 19-22, 2014, Austin, TX.

118. Roberts, L.D., T.E. Fulbright, D.B. Wester, D.G. Hewitt, C.A. DeYoung, K.N. Nichols

and D.A. Draeger. 2014. Rainfall overrides deer density and supplementary feeding as

the major influence on forb communities dynamics in South Texas. Texas Chapter, The

Wildlife Society, Feb. 19-22, 2014, Austin, TX.

119. Grahmann, E.D., F.S. Smith, M.W. Hehman, T.E. Fulbright, B.A. Martin, D.B. Wester

and F. Hernandez. 2014. Restoration of native plants in areas dominated by buffelgrass

and old world bluestems. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 19-22, 2014, Austin,

TX.

120. Wojda, M.N., T.E. Fulbright, F. Hernandez, D.B. Wester and E.D. Grahmann. 2014.

Large scale restoration of native vegetation on a rangeland dominated by non-native

grass. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 19-22, 2014, Austin, TX.

121. Koczur, L.M., A.E. Munters, S.A. Heath, B.M. Ballard, M. C. Green, F. Hernandez and

D.B. Wester. 2014. American oystercatcher nest and brood survival in Texas. Texas

Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 19-22, 2014, Austin, TX.

122. Burchette, M.L., T.E. Fulbright, F. Hernandez, E.D. Grahmann and D.B. Wester. 2014.

Temperature effects on probability of habitat use by northern bobwhites in buffelgrass-

invaded habitats in south Texas. 2014. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 19-22,

2014, Austin, TX.


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123. Henehan, A.K., S. Hall, E. Lopez, F. Hernandez, E.D. Grahmann, T.E. Fulbright and

D.B. Wester. 2014. Wildlife response to native grassland restoration in an area

dominated by non-native grasses. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 19-22,

2014, Austin, TX.

124. McCloughan, A.C., S. Rideout-Hanzak and D.B. Wester. 2014. Hoffmanseggia tenella

(slender rushpea): Understanding the competitive effects of an endangered south Texas

species. Texas Plant Conservation Conference , Nov. 5-8, 2014. Austin, TX.

125. Fulbright, T.E., L.D. Roberts, W.J. Priesmeyer, D.G. Hewitt, C.A. DeYoung, D.B.

Wester, K.N. Nichols and D.A. Draeger. 2014. White-tailed deer are not always a

keystone herbivore. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Oct. 25-30, 2014.

Pittsburgh, PA.

126. Henehan, A.K., F. Hernandez, L.A. Brennan, E.D. Grahmann, T.E. Fulbright and D.B.

Wester. 2014. Non-native grass effects on grassland bird ecology. The Wildlife Society

Annual Conference, Oct. 25-30, 2014. Pittsburgh, PA.

127. Newman, B., S. Henke, S.E. Koenig and D.B. Wester. 2014. Determining the suitability

of female Jamaican boas for short-distance translocation in Cockpit Country, Jamaica.

The Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Oct. 25-30, 2014. Pittsburgh, PA.

128. Hewitt, D.G., N.S. Cook, J.H. Clark, D.W. Lilly, K.M. Williamson, C.A. DeYoung, T.E.

Fulbright, K.N. Echols, D.A. Draeger and D.B. Wester. 2014. Effects of improved

nutrition on white-tailed deer morphology and demography. The Wildlife Society Annual

Conference, Oct. 25-30, 2014. Pittsburgh, PA.

129. Edwards, J.T., F. Hernandez, L.A. Brenna, D.B. Wester, C.J. Parent, R.M. Perez. 2014.

Habitat, climate and raptors as factors in the northern bobwhite and scaled quail declines.

The Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Oct. 25-30, 2014. Pittsburgh, PA.

130. Eversole, C.B., S.C. Henke, J.L. Odgee, D.B. Wester and A. Cooper. 2014. Nuisance

American alligators: an investigation into trends and public opinion. The Wildlife Society

Annual Conference, Oct. 25-30, 2014. Pittsburgh, PA.

131. Grace, J.L., D.B. Weser, S.Rideout-Hanzak, J. A. Ortega-S., and V. Acosta-Martinez.

2014. Effects of tanglehead (Heteropogon contortus) invasion on ecosystem processes in

the Texas coastal sand sheet. Texas Invasives Plant and Pest Conference, Feb. 26-28,

2014, Port Aransas, TX

132. Lovell, M.C., A. Falk, K. Pawelek. F.S. Smith, P. Maywald, V. Acosta-Martinez, S.

Rideout-Hanzak, T. Blankenship and D.B. Wester. 2014. Seed bank characteristics of

stock-piled topsoil in the western Rio Grande Plains. Texas Section, Society for Range


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Management Annual meeting, Alpine, TX October 7-9, 2914.

133. Wiemers, D.W., T.E. Fulbright, D.B. Wester, J. A. Ortega-S., G.A. Rasmussen, D.G.

Hewitt and M.W. Hellickson. 2014. Thermal environment is important in habitat

selection by male white-tailed deer during summer. Texas Section, Society for Range

Management Annual meeting, Alpine, TX October 7-9, 2014.

134. Toomey, A.E., S. Rideout-Hanzak and D.B. Wester. 2014. Season of prescribed burning

on old world bluestem. Texas Section, Society for Range Management Annual meeting,

Alpine, TX October 7-9, 2914.


on Old World bluestem communities. Texas Invasive Plant and Pest Conference, Port

Aransas, TX, Feb. 26-28, 2014.

136. Toomey, A.E., S. Rideout-Hanzak and D.B. Wester. 2014. Seed bank response to

season of prescribed burning in old world bluestem communities. Texas Invasive Plant

and Pest Conference, Port Aransas, TX, Feb. 26-28, 2014.

137. Coston, M.C., D.B. Wester, V. Acosta-Martinez, F. Smith, P. Maywald, S. Rideout-

Hanzak and T. Blankenship. 2014. Soil microbial characteristics and seed bank

dynamics of stock-piled top soils in the western Rio Grande plants. 50th Annual meeting,

Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Austin, TX, Feb. 19022, 2014.

138. Grace, J.L., D.B. Wester, V. Acosta-Martinez, S. Rideout-Hanzak and A. Ortega-

Sanchez. 2014. Effects of tanglehead invasion on ecosystem processes in the Texas

coastal sandsheet. 50th Annual meeting, Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Austin,

TX, Feb. 19-22, 2014.

139. McCloughan, A.C., S. Rideout-Hanzak and D.B. Wester. 2014. Conservation of

endangered slender rush-pea through active management. 50th Annual meeting, Texas

Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Austin, TX, Feb. 19-22, 2014.


on Old World bluestems. 50th Annual Meeting, Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society,

Austin, TX. 19-22 Feb. 2014.

141. Wester, D.B., M.C. Lovell, J.B. Hoffman, F.S. Smith, V. Acosta-Martinez, P. Maywald,

A. Falk, K. Pawelek, S. Rideout-Hanzak and T. Blankenship. 2015. Restoration of

disturbed sites in southern Texas. Soil, Water and Air Spring Issues Forum. USDI

Bureau of Land Management.12 May 2015. (Invited nation-wide webinar hosted by

Houston Advanced Research Center and Bureau of Land Management).

142. Fulbright, T.E., H. Kline, R. Sinclair, F. Hernandez, E. Grahmann, D. Wester, and L.


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Brennan. 2015. Temperature and exotic grasses influence habitat selection by scaled

quail. Vth International Wildlife Management Conference, July 26-30, Sappora, Japan.

143. Henehan, A.K., F. Hernandez, E.D. Grahmann, T.E. Fulbright, A.N. Tri and D.B. Wester.

2015. Population response of grassland songbirds to large-scale grassland restoration.

The Wildlife Society, Oct. 16-21, 2015. Winnipeg, Canada

144. Henke, S., D.B. Wester and A. Fedynich. 2015. Use of high school percentile ranch as a

means of admission into college. 13th Annual Hawaii International Conference on

Education. Jan 6-9, 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii.

145. Rideout-Hanzak, S. and D. B. Wester. 2015. Heat, smoke and smoke water effects on

germination. 6th American Fire Ecology Conference, Nov. 16-20, 2015, San Antonio,

TX. (invited presentation).

146. McCloughan, A.C., S. Rideout-Hanzak, D.B. Wester and W. Xi. 2015. Using prescribed

fire to manage endangered slender rush-pea Hoffmannseggia tenella in southern Texas,

USA. 6th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, San Antonio, TX. 16-20

Nov. 2015.

147. Toomey, A.E., S. Rideout-Hanzak, D.B. Wester and D. Ruppert. 2015. Season of

prescribed burning on Kleberg Bluestem (Dicanthium annulatum) in south Texas. 6th

American Fire Ecology Conference, Nov. 16-20, 2015, San Antonio, TX.

148. Jimison, Y., R.D. Cox and D.B. Wester. 2015. Influence of smoke on germination of

species in the southern High Plains, USA. 6th American Fire Ecology Conference, Nov.

16-20, 2015, San Antonio, TX.

149. Haynes, V., A. Toomey, S. Rideout-Hanzak, D.B. Wester, J.A. Ortega-S., T. Fulbright,

H. Perotto- Baldivieso, T.A. Campbell and A. Ortega-S., Jr. 2015. Effects of patch

burning in cordgrass on grazing behavior of cattle and nilgai on East el Sauz Ranch,

Texas, USA. 6th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, San Antonio,

TX. 16-20 Nov. 2015. (poster)

150. Echols, K.N., Timothy E. Fulbright, David G. Hewitt, Charles A. DeYoung, David B.

Wester, Don A. Draeger. 2015. Supplemental Feed and Density Effects on Deer Habitat

Selection in South Texas Southeast Deer Study Group, 23-25 February, 2015, Little

Rock, AR.


and D.A. Draeger. 2015. Deer densities and supplemental feed have minimal effect on

forb communities in south Texas. Texas Southeast Deer Study Group, 23-25 February,

2015, Little Rock, AR.


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2015. Changes in soil microbial community and structure along a tanglehead

(Heteropogon contortus) density gradient in south Texas. Texas Section, Society for

Ecological Restoration, Nov. 13-15, San Antonio, TX.

153. Haynes, V., A. Toomey, S. Rideout-Hanzak, D.B. Wester, J. A. Ortega-S, T.E. Fulbright,

H. Perotto, T.A. Campbell, and A. Ortega-S., Jr. 2015. Comparison of seasonal

prescribed burning on coastal cordgrass vegetative communities. Texas Section, Society

for Ecological Restoration, Nov. 13-15, San Antonio, TX. (poster)

154. Henehan, A.K., F. Hernandez, E.D. Grahmann, T.E. Fulbright, A. Tri and D.B. Wester.

2015. Population response of wintering and breeding songbirds to large-scale ongoing

grassland restoration. Texas Section, Society for Ecological Restoration, Nov. 13-15, San

Antonio, TX.

155. Toomey, A.E., S.Rideout-Hanzak, D.B. Wester and D. Ruppert. 2015. Season of

prescribed burning on Kleberg Bluestem (Dicanthium annulatum) in south Texas. Texas

Section, Society for Ecological Restoration, Nov. 13-15, San Antonio, TX.

156. Bellany, D.E., A.K. Henehan, F. Hernandez, E.D. Grahmann, T.E. Fulbright, A.N. Tri

and D.B. Wester. 2015. Wintering grassland songbird response to ongoing native

grassland restoration. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 19-21, 2015, Corpus

Christi, TX. (poster).

157. Eversole, Cord B., Scott E. Henke, Jacob L. Ogdee; David B. Wester, and Amos Cooper.

2015. Nuisance American alligators: an investigation into trends and public opinion,

Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 19-21, 2015, Corpus Christi, TX.

158. Henehan, A.K., Danielle E. Belleny, Fidel Hernandez, Eric D. Grahmann, Timothy E.

Fulbright, Andrew N. Tri, and David B. Wester. 2015. Grassland songbird and pollinator

response to large-scale native-grassland restoration. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife

Society, Feb. 19-21, 2015, Corpus Christi, TX.

159. Burchette, M.L., L. Gulick, T.E. Fulbright, F. Hernandez, E. Grahmann and D.B. Wester.

2015. Probability of bobwhite habitat use in response to operative temperature and soil

surface temperature. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 19-21, 2015, Corpus

Christi, TX.

160. Burchette, M.L., L. Gulick, T.E. Fulbright, F. Hernandez, E.D. Grahmann and D.B.

Wester. 2015. An analysis of bobwhite home range size in response to large scale

restoration efforts. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, 19-21 February, Corpus Christi,

TX. (poster).

161. Wojda, M.N. T.E. Fulbright, F. Hernandez, D.B. Wester, E.D. Grahmann, M. Hehman


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and F. Smith. 2015. Effects of non-native grasses on the native seed bank in south Texas.

Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 19-21, 2015, Corpus Christi, TX.

162. McCloughan, A.C., S. Rideout-Hanzak and D.B. Wester. 2015. Slender rush-pea

morphology and community responses to competition removal. Texas Chapter, The

Wildlife Society, Feb. 19-21, 2015, Corpus Christi, TX.

163. Ogdee, J.L., S.E. Henke and D.B. Wester. 2015. Environmental contamination of

Baylisacaris procyonis eggs by infected raccoons. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society,

Feb. 19-21, 2015, Corpus Christi, TX.

164. Ogdee, J.L., S.E. Henke and D.B. Wester. 2015. Lack of human awareness towards the

emerging zoonotic parasite, Baylisascaris procyonis. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife

Society, Feb. 19-21, 2015, Corpus Christi, TX. (poster).

165. Edwards, J.T., F. Hernandez, D.B. Wester, L.A. Brennan, C.J. Parent and R.M. Perez.

2015. Habitat, climate, and raptors as factors in the northern bobwhite decline. Texas

Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 19-21, 2015, Corpus Christi, TX.

166. Kline, H., R. Sinclair, T. Fulbright, F. Hernandez, E.D. Grahmann, D.B. Wester and L.

Brennan. 2015. Thermal environment and exotic grasses influences habitat selection by

scaled quail in south Texas. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 19-21, 2015,

Corpus Christi, TX.

167. Eversole, C.B., S.E. Henke, D.B. Wester, B.M. Ballard and R.L. Powell. 2015. Testing

ontogenetic variation in the relationship between cranial morphology and total body

length in the American alligator. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 19-21, 2015,

Corpus Christi, TX. (poster).

168. Eversole, C.B., S.E. Henke, D.B. Wester, B.M. Ballard and R.L. Powell. 2015. Temporal

influences on American alligator nighttime surveys. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society,

Feb. 19-21, 2015, Corpus Christi, TX. (poster).

169. Yerrick, T.J., B.M. Ballard, S. Contreras and D.B. Wester. 2015. Evaluation of an avian

radar system to differentiate bird targets. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 19-

21, 2015, Corpus Christi, TX. (poster).


and D.A. Draeger. 2015. Deer densities and supplemental feed have minimal effect on

forb communities in south Texas. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 19-21, 2015,

Corpus Christi, TX. (poster).


on Old World bluestem mortality. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 19-21,


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2015, Corpus Christi, TX. (poster).

172. Wester, D.B., M.C. Lovell, V. Acosta-Martinez, F.S. Smith, S. Rideout-Hanzak, P.

Maywald, T. Blankenship, A. Falk and K. Pawelek. 2016. Soil, seedbank and species

establishment dynamics influencing Eagle Ford Shale restoration. 69th Annual Meeting,

Society for Range Management, Jan. 31-4 Feb., 2016, Corpus Christi, TX. (Invited

symposium presentation).

173. Wester, D.B., J.L. Grace, S. Rideout-Hanzak and V. Acosta-Martinez. 2016.

Tanglehead: invasion by a decreaser? 69th Annual Meeting, Society for Range

Management, Jan. 31-4 Feb., 2016, Corpus Christi, TX. (Invited symposium

presentation).

174. Toomey, A.E., S. Rideout-Hanzak, D.B. Wester and D. Ruppert. 2016. Season of

prescribed burning on Kleberg Bluestem (Dichanthium annulatum) in South Texas. 69th

Annual Meeting, Society for Range Management, Jan. 31-4 Feb., 2016, Corpus Christi,

TX.

175. Shea, S., A. Fedynich, L. Brennan and D. Wester. Assessment of helminths in northern

bobwhites from a legacy landscape. 65th Annual International Conference of the Wildlife

Disease Association (poster), July 31-August 5, 2016, Corland, NY

176. Haynes, V.L., A.E. Toomey, S. Rideout-Hanzak, J. Alfonso Ortega-S., D.B. Wester, T.

E. Fulbright, H. Perotto-Baldivieso, T. A. Campbell, A. Ortega-S., Jr. 2016. Prescribed

patch burning in cordgrass rangelands on ungulate distribution. 2016. 3rd Southwest Fire

Ecology Conference. Tucson, AZ 28 Nov-2 Dec. 2016.

177. Shea, S., A. Fedynich, L. Brennan and D. Wester. Assessment of helminths communities

in northern bobwhites from south Texas. 91st Annual Meeting of the American Society

of Parasitologists, July 11-14, 2016, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

178. Shea, S.A., A.M. Fedynich, L.A. Brenna, and D.B. Wester. 2016. Helminths of northern

bobwhites from south Texas. Southwestern Association of Parasitologists, 49th Annual

Meeting, April 14-6, 2016, Lake Texoma, OK. (David A. Becker Award).

179. Shea, S., A. Fedynich, L. Brennan and D. Wester. 2016. Texas quail parasites: boom or

bust? The 15th South Texas Wildlife Conference, August 10-11, 2016, Cotulla, TX.

180. Olsen, B.R., T.E. Fulbright, M. Burchette, F. Hernández, E.D. Grahmann, D.B. Wester,

and M.W. Hehman 2016. Substrate Versus Operative Temperature In Modelling

Bobwhite Thermal Resource Selection, 23rd annual meeting of The Wildlife Society, Oct.

15-19, 2016, Raleigh, NC.

176. Roberts, L.D., T.E. Fulbright, D.B. Wester, D.G. Hewitt, C.A. DeYoung, K.N. Echols


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and D.A. Draeger. 2016. Does supplemental feeding mitigate the impacts of high deer

density on plant communities and available forage? Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society,

Feb. 18-20, 2016, San Antonio, TX.

177. Phillips, L.M., T.E. Fulbright, D.G. Hewitt, C.A. DeYoung, L.D. Roberts, D.B. Wester,

K.N. Echols and D.A. Draeger. 2016. Effects of white-tailed deer densities and

supplemental feeding on woody shrub canopy volume and mast production. Texas

Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 18-20, 2016, San Antonio, TX.

178. Wilson, A.A., L.D. Roberts, T.E. Fulbright, D.G. Hewitt, C.A. DeYoung, D.B. Wester,

K.N. Echols and D.A. Draeger. 2016. Drought and density effects on palatable forb

species for white-tailed deer. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 18-20, 2016, San

Antonio, TX.

179. Olsen, B.R., T.E. Fulbright, F. Hernandez, E.D. Grahmann, D.B. Wester and M.W.

Hehman. 2016. Northern bobwhite resource selection models in south Texas. Texas


180. Lutz, W.L., P. Clark, J.D. Pearson, E.D. Grahmann, F. Hernandez, L.A. Brennan and

D.B. Wester. 2016. Influence of initial nest fate on nest concealment and fate of

subsequent nesting attempts of bobwhite. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 18-

20, 2016, San Antonio, TX.

181. Clark, J. P., W. L. Lutz, J.D. Pearson, E.D. Grahmann, F. Hernandez, T.E. Fulbright and

D.B. Wester. 2016. Habitat-suitability bounds of woody cover for northern bobwhites.

Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 18-20, 2016, San Antonio, TX.

182. Henehan, A.K., F. Hernandez, T.E. Fulbright, E.D. Grahmann, D.B. Wester, A. N. Tri

and M. Henehan. 2016. Population change of small mammals during large scale on-

going grassland restoration. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 18-20, 2016, San

Antonio, TX.

183. Davis. K.R., E.D. Grahmann, F. Hernandez, T.E. Fulbright, C. Currie, D.B. Wester and

F.C. Bryant. 2016. Impacts of anthropogenic noise and traffic from Eagle Ford shale

exploration on quail habitat use. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 18-20, 2016,

San Antonio, TX.

184. Yerrick, T.J., B.M. Ballard, S. Contreras-Walsh and D.B. Wester. 2016. Evaluating

performance of an avian radar system in estimating target size metrics. Texas Chapter,

The Wildlife Society, Feb. 18-20, 2016, San Antonio, TX.

185. Davis, K.R., D.J. Castillo, E.D. Grahmann, F. Hernandez, T.E. Fulbright, D.B. Wester, C.

Currie and F.C. Bryant. 2016. Impacts of anthropogenic noise and traffic from Eagle

Ford Shale exploration on quail habitat use. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb.


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18-20, 2016, San Antonio, TX.

186. Edwards, J.T., F. Hernandez, D.B. Wester, L.A. Brennan, C.J. Parent and F.C. Bryant.

2016. Effects of tanglehead expansion on bobwhite habitat use in south Texas. Texas


187. Grace, J.L., D.B. Wester and S. Mitchell. 2016. A multi-practice approach to tanglehead

(Heteropogon contortus) management and control. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society,


188. Wilson, A.A., J.H. Clark, C.A. DeYoung, T.E. Fulbright, D.G. Hewitt, D.B. Wester, K.N.

Echols and D.A. Draeger. 2016. Density and supplemental feeder effects on white-tailed

deer populations in southwest Texas. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 18-20,

2016, San Antonio, TX.

189. Belser, E.H., D.G. Hewitt, D.B. Wester, T.E. Fulbright, C.A. DeYoung, K.N. Echols and

D.A. Draeger. 2016. Pelleted feed consumption by white-tailed deer in south Texas.

Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 18-20, 2016, San Antonio, TX.

190. Ogdee, J.L. Scott E. Henke, and David B. Wester. 2016. Permeability and viability of

Baylisascaris procyonis eggs within various soil types in southern Texas. Texas Chapter,

The Wildlife Society, Feb. 18-20, 2016, San Antonio, TX.

191. Lutz, W.L. Patrick Clark, Josh D. Pearson, Eric D. Grahmann, Fidel Hernández, Leonard

A. Brennan, and David B. Wester.2016. Effects of relative predator abundance on

northern bobwhite nest success. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 18-20, 2016,

San Antonio, TX.

192. Lutz, W.L., Patrick Clark, Josh D. Pearson, Eric D. Grahmann, Fidel Hernández, Leonard

A. Brennan, and David B. Wester. 2016. Influence of initial nest fate on bobwhite nest

placement. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 18-20, 2016, San Antonio, TX.

193. Shea, S.A., Alan M. Fedynich, Leonard A. Brennan, and David B. Wester. 2016. Survey

and analysis of helminth parasites in northern bobwhites from South Texas. Texas


194. Phillips, L.M., Timothy E. Fulbright, David G. Hewitt, Charles A. DeYoung, Lindsay D.

Roberts, David B. Wester, Kim N. Echols, and Don A. Draeger. 2016. Effects of

differing white-tailed deer and supplemental feeder densities on woody plant canopy

cover. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 18-20, 2016, San Antonio, TX.

195. Haynes, V.L., Adam Toomey, Sandra Rideout-Hanzak, J. Alfonso Ortega-Santos, David

B. Wester, Timothy E. Fulbright, Humberto Perotto-Baldivieso, Tyler A. Campbell, and

Alfonso Ortega-S Jr. 2016. Effects of fall and spring patch burning in coastal cordgrass


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communities on East El Sauz Ranch, Texas, USA. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society,


196. Gulick, L.R., David B. Wester, J. Alfonso Ortega-Santos, Sandra Rideout-Hanzak,

Steven D. Lukafahr, Randy Stanko, and David E. Ruppert. 2016. Management intensive

grazing for improved soil health. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 18-20, 2016,

San Antonio, TX.

197. Clark, J.P., William L. Lutz, Josh D. Pearson, Eric D. Grahmann, Fidel Hernandez,

Timothy E. Fulbright, and David B. Wester. 2016. Influence of woody cover on northern

bobwhite seasonal survival. Texas Chapter, The Wildlife Society, Feb. 18-20, 2016, San

Antonio, TX.

198. Newman, B.C., Scott E. Henke, David B. Wester, and Susan E. Koenig. 2016. Short

distance translocation as a management strategy for the endangered Jamaican boa. Texas


199. Belser, E.H., D.G. Hewitt, D.B. Wester, T.E. Fulbright, C.A DeYoung, K.N. Nichols and

D.A. Draeger. 2016. Pelleted feed consumption by white-tailed deer in a variable

environment. 39th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Deer Study Group, Feb. 15-Feb. 17,

2016, Concord, NC.

200. Phillips, L.M., T.E. Fulbright, D.G. Hewitt, L.D. Roberts, D.B. Wester, K.N. Nichols and

D.A. Draeger. 2016. Effects of white-tailed deer and supplemental feed densities on

woody shrub canopy cover. 39th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Deer Study Group,

Feb. 15-Feb. 17, 2016, Concord, NC.

201. Phillips, L.M., T.E. Fulbright, D.G. Hewitt, C.A. DeYoung, L.D. Roberts, D.B. Wester,

K.N. Nichols and D.A. Draeger. 2016. Effects of white-tailed deer and supplemental

feeder densities on canopy volume and mast production. 39th Annual Meeting of the

Southeast Deer Study Group, Feb. 15-Feb. 17, 2016, Concord, NC.

202. Toomey, A.E., S. Rideout-Hanzak, D.B. Wester, J. A. Ortega-S., T. Campbell, A.

Ortega-S., Jr., and V.L. Haynes. 2016. Vegetative response to season of prescribed

burning in the Gulf Coast Prairie and March ecoregion of Texas. 2016 Annual Meeting of

the Texas Section for the Society of Range Management, Uvalde, TX Oct. 11-13, 2016.

203. Haynes, V., A. Toomey, S. Rideout-Hanzak, J. A. Ortega-Santos, D.B. Wester, T.E.

Fulbright, J. Perotto-Baldivieso, T.A. Campbell and A. Ortega-Santos, Jr. 2016.

Prescribed patch burning in Gulf Cordgrass rangelands on ungulate distribution. 2016

Annual Meeting of the Texas Section for the Society of Range Management, Uvalde, TX

Oct. 11-13, 2016.

204. Bartolo, L., J.L. Grace, J.A. Ortega-S., D.B. Wester and A. Tjelmeland. Long-term


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vegetation monitoring in south Texas mixed-grass prairie. 2016. Annual Meeting of the

Texas Section for the Society of Range Management, Uvalde, TX Oct. 11-13, 2016.

205. Kelsey Davis et al. Impacts of Eagle Ford Shale Exploration on Quail Site Use. 2016.

Davis, K.R., E.D. Grahmann, F. Hernandez, T.E. Fulbight, C. Currie, F.C. Bryant and

D.B. Wester. Annual Meeting of the Texas Section for the Society of Range

Management, Uvalde, TX Oct. 11-13, 2016.

206. Allred. K.E., V. L. Haynes, A.E. Toomey, S. Rideout-Hanzak, J. Alfonso Ortega-S., D. B.

Wester. 2016. Effects of Prescribed Fire on Digestible Energy of Gulf Cordgrass and

Seacoast Bluestem. Annual Meeting of the Texas Section for the Society of Range

Management, Uvalde, TX Oct. 11-13, 2016.

207. Olsen, B.R., T.E. Fulbright, M. Burchette, F. Hernández, E.D. Grahmann, D.B. Wester,

and M.W. Hehman 2016. Substrate Versus Operative Temperature In Modelling

Bobwhite Thermal Resource Selection, 23rd annual meeting of The Wildlife Society, Oct.

15-19, 2016, Raleigh, NC.

208. Perotto, H.L., C. Walther, K. Labrador, J. Mata, A. Ortega, S. Rideout-Hanzak, D.B.

Wester, J. Jung, J. Jeom, A. Chang. Integrating geospatial technologies to monitor and

manage invader species in rangelands

209. Edwards, J.T., F. Hernandez, D.B. Wester, L.A. Brennan, C.J. Parent and F.C. Bryant.

2017. Density surface modeling as a method to estimate spatial distribution of northern

bobwhite.

210. Edwards, J.T., F. Hernandez, J. Mata, H.L. Perotto-Baldrivieso, D.B. Wester, L.A.

Brennan, C.J. Parent and F.C. Bryant. 2017. Influence of tanglehead on spatial

distribution of northern bobwhite.

AWARDS AND HONORS: President's Excellence in Teaching Award, Texas Tech University, 1989

Charter Member, The Teaching Academy, Texas Tech University

Outstanding Alumnus, Department of Range, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management, Texas

Tech, University, 1997

Outstanding Faculty Member, The Mortar Board and Omicron Delta Kappa, Texas Tech

University, 1998.

President’s Academic Achievement Award, Texas Tech University, 2007

Mace Bearer, Texas Tech University Commencement, Spring, 2007


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Graduate Student Advising Award, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources,

Texas Tech University, 2008

Outstanding Service to Agriculture Award, Gamma Sigma Delta, Texas Tech University,

2010

Distinguished Alumnus, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Texas Tech

University, 2012

Distinguished Alumnus, Department of Natural Resources Management, College of

Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Texas Tech University, 2012

Faculty Advising Award, Dick and Mary Lewis Kleberg College of Agriculture, Natural

Resources and Human Sciences, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, 2014

Outstanding Achievement Award in Research/Academia, Society for Range Management,

awarded at the 69th Annual meeting of the Society for Range Management, Corpus Christi,

TX, Jan. 31 to Feb. 4, 2016

Senior Research Award, Dick and Mary Lewis Kleberg College of Agriculture, Natural

Resources and Human Sciences, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, 2017

THESES AND DISSERTATIONS DIRECTED AND CO-DIRECTED AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY-

KINGSVILLE: Master’s Thesis:

1. Lovell, Mylea. Characteristics of stock-piled topsoil in the western Rio Grande Plains.

(May 2011; graduated May 2015).

2. Nelissa Guerra. Restoration of stock-piled topsoils in the western Rio Grande Plains.

(January 2018 –)

Doctoral Dissertations:

1. Grace, Joshua. Effects of invasive grasses on ecosystem processes along an invasion

gradient in south Texas, U.S.A. (May 2012 – present).

2. Schnupp, Matthew. Ecology of quail and deer dynamics on the King Ranch, May 2017

(awarded Outstanding Graduate Student by Texas A&M University-Kingsville).

THESES AND DISSERTATIONS DIRECTED AND CO-DIRECTED AT TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY: Master's Theses:

1. Grissom, Perry J. 1987. Effects of microtopography on composition and structure of

vegetation in an elm-hackberry forest. Texas Tech University, 159 pp.


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2. Benton, Mark W. 1995. Effects of biosolids on desert grasslands. Texas Tech

University, 136 pp.

3. Jurado, Pedro. 1996. Effects of season of biosolids application on tobosagrass growth.

Texas Tech University, 105 pp.

4. Cooley, Philip. 1998. Biosolids and chemical fertilizer application to semiarid

rangeland. Texas Tech University, 170 pp.

5. Wrinkle, Jason. 1999. Rangeland revegetation in the Chihuahuan desert. Texas Tech

University, 293 pp.

6. Hahm, Joanna. 2000. The effects of topically-applied municipal biosolids on seedling

emergence and early seedling growth. Texas Tech University, 167 pp.

7. Radke, Nikki Jo. 2005. Effects of prescribed fire on nongame wildlife in Texas hill

country, (co-chair with Dr. Gad Perry). Texas Tech University, 212 pp.

8. Rose, Jessica. 2006 Effects of summer burning and grazing in the Northern Great

Plains (co-chair with Dr. Lance Vermeire). Texas Tech University, 176 pp.

9. May, Ben. 2006. Effects of fire on Kuenzler’s hedgehog cactus, a threatened species

(co-chair with Dr. Carlton Britton).

10. Sorenson, Grant. 2010. Effects of summer burning on noxious plants in Pecos County,

Texas (co-chair with Dr. Sandra Rideout-Hanzak). Texas Tech University, 176 pp.

Doctoral Dissertations:

1. Tian, Shuning. 1993. Competition between broom snakeweed (Gutierrezia sarothrae)

and sand dropseed (Sporobolus cryptandrus). Texas Tech University, 121 pp.

2. Hild, Ann. 1995. Winterfat-blue grama community ecotones under defoliation and

removal of domestic herbivory. Texas Tech University, 113 pp.

3. Jurado, P. 2000. The effects of biosolids and an inorganic mulch on soil-plant

relationships in two Chihuahuan desert grasslands. Texas Tech University, 146 pp.

4. Moffet, C. 2003. Competition among blue grama and buffalograss ecotypes: effects of

soil and past interactions. Texas Tech University, 285 pp.

5. Rupp, S. 2005. Ecological impacts of the Cerro Grande Fire: Predicting elk movement

and distribution patterns in response to vegetative recovery through simulation

modeling, Texas Tech University, 429 pp.


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