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David D. Briske is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a substantial focus on Ecology, Agronomy and Crop Science, as well as Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Their research also addresses aspects of Global and Planetary Change and Forestry.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
  • Pasture and Agricultural Systems
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Transboundary Water Resource Management

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Justin Derner
  • David J. Augustine
  • María E. Fernández-Giménez
  • Lauren M. Porensky
  • Hailey Wilmer

David D. Briske has published extensively in several scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Rangeland Ecology & Management
  • Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Global Change Biology
  • Ecosphere
  • Conservation Science and Practice

Notable publications include:

  • Strategies for global rangeland stewardship: Assessment through the lens of the equilibrium-non-equilibrium debate, 2020, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Adaptive, Multipaddock Rotational Grazing Management: A Ranch-Scale Assessment of Effects on Vegetation and Livestock Performance in Semiarid Rangeland, 2020, Rangeland Ecology & Management
  • Can Collaborative Adaptive Management Improve Cattle Production in Multipaddock Grazing Systems?, 2020, Rangeland Ecology & Management
  • Vulnerability of rangeland beef cattle production to climate-induced NPP fluctuations in the US Great Plains, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Potential natural vegetation and NPP responses to future climates in the U.S. Great Plains, 2020, Ecosphere

Best Publications

  • Consequences of More Extreme Precipitation Regimes for Terrestrial Ecosystems

    Alan K. Knapp;Claus Beier;David D. Briske;Aimée T. Classen

  • Rotational Grazing on Rangelands: Reconciliation of Perception and Experimental Evidence

    D. D. Briske;J. D. Derner;J. R. Brown;S. D. Fuhlendorf

  • State-and-transition models, thresholds, and rangeland health: A synthesis of ecological concepts and perspectives

    D. D. Briske;S. D. Fuhlendorf;F. E. Smeins

  • Vegetation dynamics on rangelands: a critique of the current paradigms

    D. D. Briske;S. D. Fuhlendorf;F. E. Smeins

  • Climate Change and North American Rangelands: Trends, Projections, and Implications

    H. Wayne Polley;David D. Briske;Jack A. Morgan;Klaus Wolter

  • Physiology of Plants Recovering from Defoliation

    D. D. Briske;J. H. Richards

  • Grazing and ecosystem carbon storage in the North American Great Plains

    Justin D. Derner;Thomas W. Boutton;David D. Briske

  • A Unified Framework for Assessment and Application of Ecological Thresholds

    D.D. Briske;S.D. Fuhlendorf;F.E. Smeins

  • Recommendations for Development of Resilience-Based State-and-Transition Models

    D.D. Briske;B.T. Bestelmeyer;T.K. Stringham;P.L. Shaver

  • Origin, Persistence, and Resolution of the Rotational Grazing Debate: Integrating Human Dimensions Into Rangeland Research

    D.D. Briske;Nathan F. Sayre;L. Huntsinger;M. Fernandez-Gimenez

  • Herbivore-Induced Species Replacement in Grasslands: Is it Driven by Herbivory Tolerance or Avoidance?

    Val J. Anderson;David D. Briske

  • Does grazing mediate soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation beneath C4, perennial grasses along an environmental gradient?

    J. D. Derner;D. D. Briske;T. W. Boutton

  • Herbaceous vegetation change in variable rangeland environments: The relative contribution of grazing and climatic variability

    Samuel D. Fuhlendorf;David D. Briske;Fred E. Smeins

  • Climate change and North American rangelands: Assessment of mitigation and adaptation strategies

    Linda A. Joyce;David D. Briske;Joel R. Brown;H. Wayne Polley

  • Regulation of tillering by apical dominance: chronology, interpretive value, and current perspectives

    Jeffrey S. Murphy;David D. Briske

  • Strategies to alleviate poverty and grassland degradation in Inner Mongolia: intensification vs production efficiency of livestock systems.

    David D. Briske;Mengli Zhao;Guodong Han;Changbai Xiu

  • Population structure and tiller demography of the bunchgrass Schizachyrium scoparium in response to herbivory

    J. L. Butler;D. D. Briske

  • Climate-change adaptation on rangelands: linking regional exposure with diverse adaptive capacity

    David D Briske;Linda A Joyce;H Wayne Polley;Joel R Brown

  • Isoprene emission from terrestrial ecosystems in response to global change: minding the gap between models and observations.

    Russell K Monson;Russell K Monson;Nicole Trahan;Nicole Trahan;Todd N Rosenstiel;Todd N Rosenstiel;Patrick Veres;Patrick Veres

  • Grand Challenges for Resilience-Based Management of Rangelands

    Brandon T. Bestelmeyer;David D. Briske

  • Contribution of flexible allocation priorities to herbivory tolerance in C4 perennial grasses: an evaluation with 13C labeling.

    D. D. Briske;T. W. Boutton;Z. Wang

  • Axillary bud banks of two semiarid perennial grasses: occurrence, longevity, and contribution to population persistence

    J. R. Hendrickson;D. D. Briske

  • Climate change and precipitation – Consequences of more extreme precipitation regimes for terrestrial ecosystems

    Claus Beier;A Knapp;D Briske

Frequent Co-Authors

Justin D. Derner
Justin D. Derner Agricultural Research Service
Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez
Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez Colorado State University
Brandon T. Bestelmeyer
Brandon T. Bestelmeyer Agricultural Research Service
David J. Augustine
David J. Augustine Agricultural Research Service
Joel R. Brown
Joel R. Brown United States Department of Agriculture
Samuel D. Fuhlendorf
Samuel D. Fuhlendorf Oklahoma State University
Kris M. Havstad
Kris M. Havstad Agricultural Research Service
H. Wayne Polley
H. Wayne Polley Agricultural Research Service
Mark G. Tjoelker
Mark G. Tjoelker Western Sydney University
Derek W. Bailey
Derek W. Bailey New Mexico State University

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