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Overview

Roger L. Sheley is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with an emphasis on ecology and related subfields such as nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, environmental chemistry, and plant science.

The scientist's work covers a variety of main topics including rangeland and wildlife management, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, turfgrass adaptation and management, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, fire effects on ecosystems, plant and animal studies, and botany, ecology, and taxonomy studies.

Roger L. Sheley has published extensively in several venues, contributing notably to:

  • Rangeland Ecology & Management
  • Rangelands
  • Journal of Arid Environments
  • Weed Science
  • Journal of Applied Ecology

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Four paths toward realizing the full potential of using native plants during ecosystem restoration in the Intermountain West," 2022, Rangelands
  • "Evaluating Multimodel Ensemble Seasonal Climate Forecasts on Rangeland Plant Production in the California Annual Grassland," 2023, Rangeland Ecology & Management
  • "Timing and duration of precipitation pulses and interpulses influence seedling recruitment in the Great Basin," 2021, Rangeland Ecology & Management
  • "Elevation and Aspect Effects on Soil Microclimate and the Germination Timing of Fall-Planted Seeds," 2022, Rangeland Ecology & Management
  • "Modeling Weather Effects on Plant Production in the California Annual Grassland," 2023, Rangeland Ecology & Management

Their work often involves collaboration with frequent coauthors, including:

  • Stuart P. Hardegree
  • Jeremy J. James
  • Merilynn C. Schantz
  • John T. Abatzoglou
  • Patrick A. Reeves

The focus of this research is aligned with applied environmental science principles aimed at understanding and improving ecosystem management, particularly in rangeland contexts. The diverse fields and interdisciplinary topics addressed reflect a broad approach to environmental challenges involving plant and ecosystem dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Mapping invasive plants using hyperspectral imagery and Breiman Cutler classifications (RandomForest)

    Rick L. Lawrence;Shana D. Wood;Roger L. Sheley

  • Plant Functional Group Diversity as a Mechanism for Invasion Resistance

    Monica L. Pokorny;Roger L. Sheley;Catherine A. Zabinski;Richard E. Engel

  • Distribution, biology, and management of diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa) and spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa).

    Roger L. Sheley;James S. Jacobs;Michael F. Carpinelli

  • Principles and practices for managing rangeland invasive plants.

    Robert A. Masters;Roger L. Sheley

  • Seed and seedling traits affecting critical life stage transitions and recruitment outcomes in dryland grasses

    Julie E. Larson;Roger L. Sheley;Stuart P. Hardegree;Paul S. Doescher

  • A systems approach to restoring degraded drylands

    Jeremy J. James;Roger L. Sheley;Todd Erickson;Kimberly S. Rollins

  • Control effort exacerbates invasive-species problem.

    Matthew J. Rinella;Bruce D. Maxwell;Peter K. Fay;Theodore Weaver

  • Potential for successional theory to guide restoration of invasive-plant-dominated rangeland

    Roger L. Sheley;Jane M. Mangold;Jennifer L. Anderson

  • Intra and interspecific competition among invasive and native species during early stages of plant growth

    Seema Mangla;Seema Mangla;Roger L. Sheley;Jeremy J. James;Steven R. Radosevich

  • A theoretical framework for developing successional weed management strategies on rangeland.

    Roger L. Sheley;Tony J. Svejcar;Bruce D. Maxwell

  • A Conceptual Framework for Preventing the Spatial Dispersal of Invasive Plants

    Kirk W. Davies;Roger L. Sheley

  • Nitrogen Enhances the Competitive Ability of Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) Relative to Native Grasses

    Edward Vasquez;Roger Sheley;Tony Svejcar

  • Promoting native vegetation and diversity in exotic annual grass infestations.

    Kirk W. Davies;Roger L. Sheley

  • Linking nitrogen partitioning and species abundance to invasion resistance in the Great Basin

    J. J. James;K. W. Davies;R. L. Sheley;Z. T. Aanderud;Z. T. Aanderud

  • Principles for restoring invasive plant-infested rangeland

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  • Toward ecologically-based invasive plant management on rangeland

    Jane M. Krueger-Mangold;Roger L. Sheley;Tony J. Svejcar

  • A new perspective on trait differences between native and invasive exotic plants

    A. Joshua Leffler;Jeremy J. James;Thomas A. Monaco;Roger L. Sheley

  • Effects of Imazapic on Target and Nontarget Vegetation during Revegetation

    Roger L. Sheley;Michael F. Carpinelli;Kimberly J. Reever Morghan

  • Enhancing Native Forb Establishment and Persistence Using a Rich Seed Mixture

    Roger L. Sheley;Melissa L. Half

  • Creating Invasion Resistant Soils via Nitrogen Management

    Edward Vasquez;Roger Sheley;Tony Svejcar

  • Non-native competitive perennial grass impedes the spread of an invasive annual grass

    Kirk W. Davies;Aleta M. Nafus;Roger L. Sheley

  • Site, Competition, and Plant Stock Influence Transplant Success of Wyoming Big Sagebrush

    J. Kent McAdoo;Chad S. Boyd;Roger L. Sheley

  • Root plasticity of native and invasive Great Basin species in response to soil nitrogen heterogeneity

    J. J. James;J. M. Mangold;R. L. Sheley;T. Svejcar

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeremy J. James
Jeremy J. James Agricultural Research Service
Tony J. Svejcar
Tony J. Svejcar Oregon State University
Kirk W. Davies
Kirk W. Davies United States Department of Agriculture
Bruce D. Maxwell
Bruce D. Maxwell Montana State University
Gerald N. Flerchinger
Gerald N. Flerchinger Agricultural Research Service
Christina Walters
Christina Walters Agricultural Research Service
Steven R. Radosevich
Steven R. Radosevich Oregon State University
Chad S. Boyd
Chad S. Boyd Oregon State University
Bruce A. Roundy
Bruce A. Roundy Brigham Young University
John M. Martin
John M. Martin Montana State University

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