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Jeffrey E. Herrick is affiliated with New Mexico State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong focus on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Soil Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics related to land and soil management, including Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Aeolian processes and effects, Soil erosion and sediment transport, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, and Soil and Land Suitability Analysis.

Herrick's recent publications demonstrate a focus on land degradation, soil erosion, and ecological restoration. Notable papers include:

  • Vegetation Canopy Gap Size and Height: Critical Indicators for Wind Erosion Monitoring and Management (2021), published in Rangeland Ecology & Management
  • Modifying connectivity to promote state change reversal: the importance of geomorphic context and plant-soil feedbacks (2020), published in Ecology
  • Parameterizing an aeolian erosion model for rangelands (2021), published in Aeolian Research
  • A Comparison of Approaches to Regional Land-Use Capability Analysis for Agricultural Land-Planning (2021), published in Land
  • A standardized land capability classification system for land evaluation using mobile phone technology (2020), published in Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Nicholas P. Webb
  • Sarah E. McCord
  • Emily Kachergis
  • Brandon T. Bestelmeyer
  • Beth A. Newingham

Herrick has published several articles in prominent venues focusing on ecology and land management. These include Rangeland Ecology & Management, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, Earth's Future, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, and Ecological Restoration.

Best Publications

  • Global Desertification: Building a Science for Dryland Development

    James F. Reynolds;D. Mark Stafford Smith;Eric F. Lambin;B. L. Turner

  • Soil carbon dynamics and potential carbon sequestration by rangelands

    G.E Schuman;H.H Janzen;J.E Herrick

  • Soil quality: an indicator of sustainable land management?

    Jeffrey E Herrick

  • SOIL RESILIENCE: A FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENT OF SOIL QUALITY

    C. A. Seybold;J. E. Herrick;J. J. Brejda

  • Unmanned aerial vehicle-based remote sensing for rangeland assessment, monitoring, and management.

    Albert Rango;Andrea Laliberte;Jeffrey E. Herrick;Craig Winters

  • Ecological services to and from rangelands of the United States

    Kris M. Havstad;Debra P.C. Peters;Rhonda Skaggs;Joel Brown

  • Soil Ecology and Ecosystem Services

    D.H. Wall;R.D. Bardgett;V. Behan-Pelletier;J.E. Herrick

  • Monitoring manual for grassland, shrubland, and savanna ecosystems

    Jeffrey E. Herrick;Jornada Experimental Range.

  • Multi-scale controls on and consequences of aeolian processes in landscape change in arid and semi-arid environments

    G.S. Okin;D.A. Gillette;J.E. Herrick

  • Development and use of state-and-transition models for rangelands

    Brandon T. Bestelmeyer;Joel R. Brown;Kris M. Havstad;Robert Alexander

  • Desertification, land use, and the transformation of global drylands

    Brandon T Bestelmeyer;Gregory S Okin;Michael C Duniway;Steven R Archer

  • Rangeland health attributes and indicators for qualitative assessment.

    David A. Pyke;Jeffrey E. Herrick;Patrick Shaver;Mike Pellant

  • Acquisition, orthorectification, and object-based classification of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery for rangeland monitoring.

    Andrea S. Laliberte;Jeffrey E. Herrick;Albert Rango;Craig Winters

  • Do Changes in Connectivity Explain Desertification

    Gregory S. Okin;Anthony J. Parsons;John Wainwright;Jeffrey E. Herrick

  • State-and-Transition Models for Heterogeneous Landscapes: A Strategy for Development and Application

    Brandon T. Bestelmeyer;Arlene J. Tugel;George L. Peacock;Daniel G. Robinett

  • Comparison of three vegetation monitoring methods: Their relative utility for ecological assessment and monitoring

    H. Godínez-Alvarez;J.E. Herrick;M. Mattocks;D. Toledo

  • Disentangling Complex Landscapes: New Insights into Arid and Semiarid System Dynamics

    Debra P. C. Peters;Brandon T. Bestelmeyer;Jeffrey E. Herrick;Ed L. Fredrickson

  • Spatial heterogeneity of aggregate stability and soil carbon in semi-arid rangeland.

    S.B. Bird;J.E. Herrick;M.M. Wander;S.F. Wright

  • Monitoring ecological processes for restoration projects

    Jeffrey E. Herrick;Gerald E. Schuman;Albert Rango

  • Using Unmanned Aerial vehicles for Rangelands: Current Applications and Future Potentials

    Albert Rango;Caiti Steele;Jeffrey E. Herrick;Brandon Bestelmeyer

  • Soil ecology and ecosystem services.

    D. H. Wall;R. D. Bardgett;V. Behan-Pelletier;J. E. Herrick

Frequent Co-Authors

Kris M. Havstad
Kris M. Havstad Agricultural Research Service
Brandon T. Bestelmeyer
Brandon T. Bestelmeyer Agricultural Research Service
Debra P. C. Peters
Debra P. C. Peters United States Department of Agriculture
Joel R. Brown
Joel R. Brown United States Department of Agriculture
Gregory S. Okin
Gregory S. Okin University of California, Los Angeles
David A. Pyke
David A. Pyke United States Geological Survey
Nicholas P. Webb
Nicholas P. Webb New Mexico State University
Albert Rango
Albert Rango United States Department of Agriculture
Jason C. Neff
Jason C. Neff University of Colorado Boulder
Jayne Belnap
Jayne Belnap United States Geological Survey

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