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5428
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7112
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2395

Overview

Urs P. Kreuter is a researcher affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States, focusing primarily on environmental science with a substantial contribution to ecology, global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, management, monitoring, policy and law, and soil science.

Their research covers multiple topics related to ecosystem studies and land management, including rangeland and wildlife management, fire effects on ecosystems, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, rangeland management and livestock ecology, agriculture sustainability and environmental impact, forest management and policy, as well as economic and environmental valuation.

Among recent publications, some notable papers include:

  • Managing Grazing to Restore Soil Health, Ecosystem Function, and Ecosystem Services (2020) published in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • High-intensity fire experiments to manage shrub encroachment: lessons learned in South Africa and the United States (2022) published in African Journal of Range and Forage Science
  • Evaluating the impacts of alternative grazing management practices on soil carbon sequestration and soil health indicators (2022) published in Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Expanding grass-based agriculture on marginal land in the U.S. Great Plains: The role of management intensive grazing (2020) published in Land Use Policy
  • Landowner perceptions of woody plants and prescribed fire in the Southern Plains, USA (2020) published in PLoS ONE

Their work has appeared frequently in journals such as Land, Rangeland Ecology & Management, African Journal of Range and Forage Science, Society & Natural Resources, and Journal of Environmental Management.

Urs P. Kreuter collaborates regularly with several researchers including Carissa L. Wonkka, Devan Allen McGranahan, Benjamin A. Geaumont, Jacqueline P. Ott, and Morgan L. Treadwell, reflecting a network of frequent coauthorship.

Best Publications

  • Change in ecosystem service values in the San Antonio area, Texas

    Urs P Kreuter;Heather G Harris;Marty D Matlock;Ronald E Lacey

  • An ecosystem service value assessment of land-use change on Chongming Island, China.

    Bin Zhao;Urs Kreuter;Bo Li;Zhijun Ma

  • Multi-paddock grazing on rangelands: why the perceptual dichotomy between research results and rancher experience?

    Richard Teague;Frederick D Provenza;Urs Kreuter;Tim Steffens

  • Managing Grazing to Restore Soil Health, Ecosystem Function, and Ecosystem Services

    Richard Teague;Urs Kreuter

  • The rising Great Plains fire campaign: citizens' response to woody plant encroachment

    Dirac Twidwell;William E Rogers;Samuel D Fuhlendorf;Carissa L Wonkka

  • Ecosystem Service Value assessment of a natural reserve region for strengthening protection and conservation.

    Srikanta Sannigrahi;Suman Chakraborti;Pawan Kumar Joshi;Saskia Keesstra;Saskia Keesstra

  • The role of ruminants in reducing agriculture's carbon footprint in North America

    W. R. Teague;S. Apfelbaum;R. Lal;U. P. Kreuter

  • Impacts of Land Change on Ecosystem Services in the San Antonio River Basin, Texas, from 1984 to 2010

    Hoonchong Yi;Burak Güneralp;Anthony M. Filippi;Urs P. Kreuter

  • Changing landowners, changing ecosystem? Land-ownership motivations as drivers of land management practices.

    Michael G. Sorice;Urs P. Kreuter;Bradford P. Wilcox;William E. Fox

  • Understanding theMultidimensionality of Property Rights Orientations: Evidence from Utah and TexasRanchers

    Douglas Jackson-Smith;Urs Kreuter;Richard S. Krannich

  • Perceptions of Texas Landowners Regarding Fire and Its Use

    Urs P. Kreuter;J. Brad Woodard;Charles A. Taylor;W. Richard Teague

  • The role of prescribed burn associations in the application of prescribed fires in rangeland ecosystems

    David Toledo;Urs P. Kreuter;Michael G. Sorice;Charles A. Taylor

  • Extreme prescribed fire during drought reduces survival and density of woody resprouters

    Dirac Twidwell;William E. Rogers;Carissa L. Wonkka;Charles A. Taylor

  • Economic implications of maintaining rangeland ecosystem health in a semi-arid savanna.

    W.R. Teague;W.R. Teague;U.P. Kreuter;W.E. Grant;H. Diaz-Solis

  • From Collaboration to Conservation: Insights From the Okavango Delta, Botswana

    Joseph E. Mbaiwa;Amanda Stronza;Urs Kreuter

  • Examining the direct and indirect effects of environmental change and place attachment on land management decisions in the Hill Country of Texas, USA

    Po-Hsin Lai;Urs P. Kreuter

  • Classifying land-ownership motivations in central, Texas, USA: A first step in understanding drivers of large-scale land cover change

    M.G. Sorice;U.P. Kreuter;B.P. Wilcox;W.E. Fox

  • Texas landowner perceptions regarding ecosystem services and cost-sharing land management programs

    Keith L. Olenick;Urs P. Kreuter;J. Richard Conner

  • Spatial and temporal changes in biodiversity and ecosystem services in the San Antonio River Basin, Texas, from 1984 to 2010.

    Hoonchong Yi;Burak Güneralp;Urs P. Kreuter;İnci Güneralp

  • Factors related to spatial patterns of rural land fragmentation in Texas.

    Michael E. Kjelland;Urs P. Kreuter;George A. Clendenin;R. Neal Wilkins

  • Legal barriers to effective ecosystem management: exploring linkages between liability, regulations, and prescribed fire

    Carissa L. Wonkka;William E. Rogers;Urs P. Kreuter

  • Soil and herbaceous plant responses to summer patch burns under continuous and rotational grazing

    W.R. Teague;W.R. Teague;S.L. Dowhower;S.A. Baker;R.J. Ansley;R.J. Ansley

Frequent Co-Authors

Dirac Twidwell
Dirac Twidwell University of Nebraska–Lincoln
William E. Grant
William E. Grant Texas A&M University
William E. Rogers
William E. Rogers Texas A&M University
Tong Wang
Tong Wang University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Saskia Keesstra
Saskia Keesstra Wageningen University & Research
Bradford P. Wilcox
Bradford P. Wilcox Texas A&M University
Burak Güneralp
Burak Güneralp Texas A&M University
Samuel D. Fuhlendorf
Samuel D. Fuhlendorf Oklahoma State University
William E. Pinchak
William E. Pinchak Texas A&M University
Paul C. Sutton
Paul C. Sutton University of Denver

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