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Overview

Randall B. Boone is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a notable focus on topics related to rangeland management, wildlife ecology, and the impacts of climate change on agriculture.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

The subfields most represented in their work are:

  • Ecology
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Global and Planetary Change

Boone's research covers a variety of topics, including:

  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Ecology and biodiversity studies
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Pasture and Agricultural Systems

Recent publications reflect this range of interests and include the following:

  • Global rangeland production systems and livelihoods at threat under climate change and variability, 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • Drivers of site fidelity in ungulates, 2021, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Effects of body size on estimation of mammalian area requirements, 2020, Conservation Biology
  • Enhancing the ecological services of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau's grasslands through sustainable restoration and management in era of global change, 2021, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Body size and digestive system shape resource selection by ungulates: A cross-taxa test of the forage maturation hypothesis, 2021, Ecology Letters

Boone has also contributed to book publications, including a title published by Cambridge University Press:

  • Natural Resource Management Reimagined, 2021

Frequent co-authors in Boone's body of work are:

  • Robert G. Woodmansee
  • Jared A. Stabach
  • Kathleen A. Galvin
  • Philip K. Thornton
  • Matthew J. Kauffman

The most common publication venues for Boone's work are:

  • Ecology and Society
  • Agricultural Systems
  • Rangeland Ecology & Management
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Journal of Animal Ecology

Best Publications

  • Enhancing sustainability of grassland ecosystems through ecological restoration and grazing management in an era of climate change on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

    Shikui Dong;Zhanhuan Shang;Jixi Gao;Randall B. Boone

  • Fragmentation of rangelands: Implications for humans, animals, and landscapes

    N. Thompson Hobbs;Kathleen A. Galvin;Chris J. Stokes;Jill M. Lackett

  • SERENGETI WILDEBEEST MIGRATORY PATTERNS MODELED FROM RAINFALL AND NEW VEGETATION GROWTH

    Randall B. Boone;Randall B. Boone;Simon J. Thirgood;J. Grant C. Hopcraft

  • Lines around fragments: effects of fencing on large herbivores

    Randall B Boone;N Thompson Hobbs

  • Evolution of models to support community and policy action with science: Balancing pastoral livelihoods and wildlife conservation in savannas of East Africa

    R. S. Reid;D. Nkedianye;D. Nkedianye;M. Y. Said;D. Kaelo

  • Impacts of climate variability on East African pastoralists: linking social science and remote sensing

    Kathleen A. Galvin;Randall B. Boone;Nicole M. Smith;Stacy J. Lynn

  • Climate change impacts on selected global rangeland ecosystem services.

    Randall B. Boone;Richard T. Conant;Jason Sircely;Philip K. Thornton

  • Spatial and temporal variability modify density dependence in populations of large herbivores

    Guiming Wang;N. Thompson Hobbs;Randall B. Boone;Andrew W. Illius

  • Coping Strategies in Livestock-dependent Households in East and Southern Africa: A Synthesis of Four Case Studies

    Philip K. Thornton;Philip K. Thornton;Randall B. Boone;Kathleen A. Galvin;Shauna B. BurnSilver

  • Influence of Aesthetic Appreciation of Wildlife Species on Attitudes towards Their Conservation in Kenyan Agropastoralist Communities

    Joana Roque de Pinho;Joana Roque de Pinho;Clara Grilo;Clara Grilo;Randall B. Boone;Kathleen A. Galvin

  • Unexpected climate impacts on the Tibetan Plateau: Local and scientific knowledge in findings of delayed summer

    Julia A. Klein;Kelly A. Hopping;Emily T. Yeh;Yonten Nyima

  • Global rangeland production systems and livelihoods at threat under climate change and variability

    Cécile Marie Godde;Cécile Marie Godde;Randall Boone;Andrew J. Ash;Katharina Waha

  • Climate variability and impacts on east African livestock herders: The Maasai of Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania

    Kathleen A Galvin;Philip K Thornton;Randall B Boone;Jennifer Sunderland

  • Effects of seasonal grazing on plant species diversity and vegetation structure in a semi-arid ecosystem

    K.L. Metzger;M.B. Coughenour;R.M. Reich;R.B. Boone

  • Quantifying declines in livestock due to land subdivision

    Randall B. Boone;Shauna B. BurnSilver;Philip K. Thornton;Philip K. Thornton;Jeffrey S. Worden;Jeffrey S. Worden

  • Relations among fishers, snow, and martens: development and evaluation of two hypotheses

    William B. Krohn;Kenneth D. Elowe;Randall B. Boone

  • An integrated community and ecosystem-based approach to disaster risk reduction in mountain systems

    Julia A. Klein;Catherine M. Tucker;Cara E. Steger;Anne Nolin

  • Modelling the impacts of group ranch subdivision on agro-pastoral households in Kajiado, Kenya

    Philip K. Thornton;Philip K. Thornton;S.B. BurnSilver;Randall B. Boone;K.A. Galvin

  • Addressing management questions for Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, using the Savanna modelling system

    Randall B. Boone;Michael B. Coughenour;Kathleen A. Galvin;James E. Ellis

  • Catalyzing Transformations to Sustainability in the World's Mountains

    J. A. Klein;C. M. Tucker;A. W. Nolin;K. A. Hopping;K. A. Hopping

  • Integrated Modeling and its Potential for Resolving Conflicts between Conservation and People in the Rangelands of East Africa

    Kathleen A. Galvin;Philip K. Thornton;Joana Roque de Pinho;Jennifer Sunderland

Frequent Co-Authors

Kathleen A. Galvin
Kathleen A. Galvin Colorado State University
Philip K. Thornton
Philip K. Thornton Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
Robin S. Reid
Robin S. Reid Colorado State University
Michael B. Coughenour
Michael B. Coughenour Colorado State University
N. Thompson Hobbs
N. Thompson Hobbs Colorado State University
Richard T. Conant
Richard T. Conant Colorado State University
Dennis S. Ojima
Dennis S. Ojima Colorado State University
Joseph O. Ogutu
Joseph O. Ogutu University of Hohenheim
John C. Moore
John C. Moore Beijing Normal University
Mario Herrero
Mario Herrero Cornell University

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