Kari Veblen

Publications | Book Chapters

• Veblen, K.E, Beever, E.A, Pyke, D.A, (2020). Context-dependent effects of livestock grazing in deserts of western North America: Disturbance ecology and biological diversity. Taylor and Francis
• Augustine, D.J, Veblen, K.E, Goheen, J.R, Riginos, C., Young, T.P, (2011). Pathways for positive cattle-wildlife interactions in semi-arid rangelands: Conserving Wildlife in African Landscapes: Kenya’s Ewaso Ecosystem. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Fact Sheets

• Bailey, E., Thacker, E., Monaco, T.A, Veblen, K.E, (2024). Mountain Big Sagebrush Restoration in Former Dryland Pasture. USU Extension Fact Sheets
• Veblen, K.E, Thacker, E., Larese-Casanova, M., Nehring, K., Duniway, M., Brungard, C., (2023). Establishing big sagebrush seedlings on the Colorado Plateau. USU Extension Fact Sheets
• Mann, R.K, Monaco, T.A, Veblen, K.E, Thacker, E., Burritt, E., (2020). Shrub management handbook for Utah.
• Duncan, B.L, Hansen, R., Hambrecht, K., Cranney, C., Follstad-Shah, J.J, Veblen, K.E, Kettenring, K., (2019). Cattle grazing for invasive Phragmites australis (common reed) management in northern Utah wetlands. USU Extension Fact Sheets
• Veblen, K.E, Newingham, B., Bates, J., LaMalfa, E.M, Gickelhorn, J., (2015). Post-fire grazing management practices in the Great Basin . Great Basin Factsheet Series no. 7.

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

• Stahl, M., Veblen, K.E, Avgar, T., (2025). A call for using rangeland-based livestock operations as model systems for studying the movement ecology of terrestrial animals. Movement Ecology
• Koutzoukis, S., Monaco, T.A, Veblen, K.E, (2025). Above- and below-ground microenvironmental attributes cluster to varying degrees around Wyoming Big Sagebrush canopies. Ecosphere
• Harry, W., Kimuyu, D., Veblen, K.E, Young, T., (2025). Megaherbivores suppress precipitation-driven plant irruptions in a tropical savanna. Ecosphere, 16, e70239.
• Riginos, C., Kimuyu, D., Veblen, K.E, Porensky, L., Odadi, W., Sensenig, R., Wells, H., Young, T., (2024). Getting better with age: Lessons from the Kenya Long-term Exclosure Experiment (KLEE) . Ecology Letters, 27, e14466.
• Rohal, C., Duncan, B., Follstad Shah, J., Veblen, K.E, Kettenring, K., (2024). Targeted grazing reduces a widespread wetland invader with minimal nutrient impacts, yet native community recovery is limited . Journal of Environmental Management, 362, 121168.
• Condon, L.A, Rosentreter, R., Veblen, K.E, Coates, P.S, (2024). Season of grazing interacts with soil texture, selecting for associations of biocrust morphogroups. Geoderma
• Bailey, E., Thacker, E., Monaco, T., Veblen, K.E, (2024). Transplanted “wildlings” exhibit higher survival than greenhouse-grown tubelings yet both recruit new plants. BMC Ecology and Evolution
• Koutzoukis, S., Madsen, M., Veblen, K.E, (2024). Under drought conditions, fungicide seed coating does not increase emergence of two native grass species in sagebrush stands of the Intermountain West. Restoration Ecology, e13988.
• Koutzoukis, S., Baggio, J., Pyke, D., Brunson, M.W, C.C, Veblen, K.E, (2023). Goldilocks forbs: survival is highest outside – but not too far outside – of Wyoming big sagebrush canopies . Restoration Ecology, 31, e13919.
• Calzado Martinez, C., Brunson, M.W, Koutzoukis, S., Baggio, J., Veblen, K.E, (2023). Addressing barriers to proactive restoration of at-risk sagebrush communities: A causal layered analysis. Restoration Ecology, doi: 10.1111/rec.13897
• Riginos, C., Veblen, K.E, Gunnell, K., Thacker, E., Monaco, T.A, (2023). Resistance and resilience framework predicts vegetation responses to shrub reduction treatments in the sagebrush ecosystem. Rangeland Ecology & Management
• Veblen, K.E, Nehring, K., Duniway, M., Knight, A., Fick, S., Monaco, T., Schupp, E.W, Boettinger, J.L, Villalba, J., Brungard, C., Thacker, E., (2022). Soil depth and precipitation moderate soil textural effects on survival of sagebrush plantings on the Colorado Plateau . Restoration Ecology, 30, e13700.
• Ebel, C., Case, M., Werner, C., Porensky, L., Veblen, K.E, Wells, H., Kimuyu, D., Langendorf, R., Young, R., Hallett, L., (2022). Herbivory and drought reduce the temporal stability of herbaceous cover by increasing synchrony in a semi-arid savanna . Frontiers in ecology and evolution, 10
• Wells, H., Porensky, L., Veblen, K.E, Riginos, C., Young, T., Stringer, L.C, Dougill, A.J, (2022). At high stocking rates, cattle do not functionally replace wild herbivores in shaping savanna understory community composition . Ecological Applications, 32, e2520.
• Pilliod, D., Beck, J., Duchardt, C., Rachlow, J., Veblen, K.E, (2022). Leveraging vegetation monitoring data for wildlife: from concept to practice. Rangelands, 44, 87-98.
• Brungard, C., Nauman, T., Duniway, M., Veblen, K.E, Nehring, K.C, White, D., Salley, S., Anchang, J., (2021). Regional ensemble modeling reduces uncertainty for digital soil mapping . Geoderma, 397, 114998.
• Shackelford, N., Paterno, G.B, Winkler, D.E, Erickson, T.E, Leger, E.A, Svejcar, L.N, Breed, M.F, Faist, A.M, Harrison, P.A, Curran, M.F, Guo, Q., Kirmer, A., Law, D.J, Mganga, K.Z, Munson, S.M, Porensky, L.M, Quiroga, R.E, Török, P., Wainwright, C.E, Abdullahi, A., Bahm, M.A, Ballenger, E.A, Barger, N., Baughman, O.W, Becker, C., Lucas-Borja, M.E, Boyd, C.S, Burton, C.M, Burton, P.J, Calleja, E., Carrick, P.J, Caruana, A., Clements, C.D, Davies, K.W, Deák, B., Drake, J., Dullau, S., Eldridge, J., Espeland, E., Farrell, H.L, Fick, S.E, Garbowski, M., de la Riva, Enrique G., , Golos, P.J, Grey, P.A, Heydenrych, B., Holmes, P.M, James, J.J, Jonas-Bratten, J., Kiss, R., Kramer, A.T, Larson, J.E, Lorite, J., Mayence, C.E, Merino-Martín, L., Miglécz, T., Milton, S.J, Monaco, T.A, Montalvo, A.M, Navarro-Cano, J.A, Paschke, M.W, Peri, P.L, Pokorny, M.L, Rinella, M.J, Saayman, N., Schantz, M.C, Parkhurst, T., Seabloom, E.W, Stuble, K.L, Uselman, S.M, Valkó, O., Veblen, K.E, Wilson, S., Wong, M., Xu, Z., Suding, K.L, (2021). Drivers of seedling establishment success in dryland restoration efforts. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 5, 1283--1290.
• LaMalfa, E.M, Riginos, C., Veblen, K.E, (2021). Browsing wildlife and heavy grazing indirectly facilitate sapling recruitment in an East African savanna . Ecological Applications, 31, e02399.
• Charles, G.k, Riginos, C., Veblen, K.E, Kimuyu, D.M, Young, T.P, (2021). Termite mound cover and abundance respond to herbivore-mediated biotic changes in an African savanna . Ecology and Evolution, 11, 7226-7238. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7445
• Werner, C.M, Kimuyu, D.M, Veblen, K.E, Sensenig, R., LaMalfa, E.M, Young, T.P, (2021). Synergistic effects of herbivores and previous fire on spatial heterogeneity of prescribed grassland burns. Ecology, 102, e03270.
• Liu, L., Veblen, K.E, Monaco, T., (2020). Shrub size modulates resource heterogeneity in a sagebrush-steppe ecosystem. Western North American Naturalist
• Werner, C.M, Kimuyu, D., Veblen, K.E, Sensenig, R.L, Lamalfa, E., Young, T.P, (2020). Synergistic effects of long-term herbivory and previous fire on fine-scale heterogeneity of prescribed grassland burns. Ecology
• Riginos, C., Monaco, T.A, Veblen, K.E, Gunnell, K., Thacker, E., Dahlgren, D., Messmer, T.A, (2019). Potential for post-fire recovery of Greater Sage-grouse habitat. Ecosphere, 10:11, e02870.
• Veblen, K.E, Porensky, L.M, (2019). Thresholds are in the eye of the beholder: plants and wildlife respond differently to short-term cattle corrals . Ecological Applications
• Paschke, M., Perkins, L., Veblen, K.E, (2019). Restoration for multiple use. Restoration Ecology, 27, 701-704.
• Wilder, L.E, Veblen, K.E, Schupp, E.W, Monaco, T., (2019). Seedling emergence patterns of six restoration species in soils from two big sagebrush plant communities. Western North American Naturalist, 79, 233-246.
• Riginos, C., Veblen, K.E, Gunnell, K., Thacker, E., Monaco, T., (2019). Disturbance type and sagebrush community affect plant community structure following sagebrush reduction. Rangeland Ecology and Management, 72, 619-631.
• LaMalfa, E.M, Kimuyu, D.M, Sensenig, R.L, Riginos, C., Young, T.P, Veblen, K.E, (2019). Tree resprout dynamics following fire depend on herbivory by wild ungulate herbivores. Journal of Ecology, 107, 2493-2502.
• Eldridge, D., Travers, S.K, Val, J., Zaja, A., Veblen, K.E, (2019). Activity of feral horses is associated with degraded subalpine grasslands and reduced animal habitat. Rangeland Ecology and Management, 72, 467-473.
• Wilder, L., Veblen, K.E, Gunnell, K.L, Monaco, T.A, (2019). Influence of fire and mechanical sagebrush reduction treatments on restoration seedings in Utah. Restoration Ecology, 27, 308-319.
• Goheen, J.R, Augustine, D.J, Veblen, K.E, Kimuyu, D.M, Palmer, T.M, Porensky, L.M, Pringle, R.M, Ratnam, J., Riginos, C., Sankaran, M., Ford, A., Hassan, A.A, Jakopak, R., Kartzinel, T., Kurukura, S., Louthan, A.M, Odadi, W.O, Otieno, T.O, Wambua, A.M, Young, H.S, Young, T.P, (2018). Conservation lessons from large-mammal manipulations in East African savannas: the KLEE, UHURU, and GLADE experiments. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences , 1429, 31-49.
• Koerner, S., Smith, ., Burkepile, D., Hanan, N., Avolio, M., Collins, S., Knapp, A., Lemoine, N., Beard, K.H, Kulmatiski, A., Veblen, K.E, (2018). Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2:12, 1925-1932.
• Adler, P., Smull, D., Beard, K.H, Choi, R.T, Furniss, T., Kulmatiski, A., Meiners, J., Tredennick, A.T, Veblen, K.E, (2018). Competition and coexistence in plant communities: intraspecific competition is stronger than interspecific competition. Ecology Letters, 21:9, 1319–1329. doi: 10.1111/ele.13098
• Young, T.P, Porensky, L.M, Riginos, C., Veblen, K.E, Odadi, W.O, Kimuyu, D.M, Charles, G.K, Young, H.S, (2018). Relationships between cattle and diversity in a multi-use landscape revealed by the Kenya Long-term Exclosure Experiment (KLEE). Rangeland Ecology and Management, 71, 281-291.
• Gonzales, J.B, Petipas, R.H, Franken, O., Kiers, E.T, Veblen, K.E, Brody, A.K, (2018). Herbivore removal reduces influence of arbuscular mycorrhizae on plant growth and tolerance in an East African savanna. Oecologia, 187, 123-133.
• Germain, S., Mann, R.K, Monaco, T.A, Veblen, K.E, (2018). Short-term regeneration dynamics of Wyoming big sagebrush at two sites in northern Utah. Western North American Naturalist, 78, 7-16.
• Riginos, C., Porensky, L.M, Veblen, K.E, Young, T.P, (2018). Herbivory and drought generate short-term stochasticity and long-term stability in a savanna understory community. Ecological Applications, 28, 323-335.
• Veblen, K.E, Holmes, K.A, Young, T.P, (2017). Response of one-year-old planted native grasses to controlled burns (California). Ecological Restoration, 25, 50-51.
• Hulvey, K., Leger, E., Porensky, L., Roche, L., Veblen, K.E, Fund, A., Shaw, J., Gornish, E., (2017). Restoration islands: a tool for efficiently restoring dryland ecosystems. Restoration Ecology
• Young, H.S, McCauley, D.J, Dirzo, R., Nunn, C.L, Campana, M.G, Agwanda, B., Otarola-Castillo, E.R, Castillo, E.R, Pringle, R.M, Veblen, K.E, Salkeld, D.J, Stewardson, K., Fleischer, R., Lambin, E.F, Palmer, T.M, Helgen, K.M, (2017). Interacting effects of land use and climate on rodent-borne pathogens in central Kenya. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 372:1722
• Odadi, W.O, Kimuyu, D.M, Sensenig, R.L, Veblen, K.E, Riginos, C., Young, T.P, (2017). Fire-induced negative nutritional outcomes for cattle when sharing habitat with native ungulates in an African savanna. Journal of Applied Ecology, 54:3, 935-944.
• Monroe, A.P, Aldridge, C.L, Assal, T.J, Veblen, K.E, Pyke, D.A, Casazza, M.L, (2017). Patterns in Greater Sage-grouse population dynamics correspond with public grazing records at broad scales. Ecological Applications, 27:4, 1096-1107.
• Sensenig, R.L, Kimuyu, D.M, Ruiz-Guajardo, J.C, Veblen, K.E, Riginos, C., Young, T.P, (2017). Fire disturbance disrupts an acacia ant-plant mutualism in favor of a subordinate ant species. Ecology, 98, 1455-1464.
• Kimuyu, D.M, Veblen, K.E, Riginos, C., Chira, R.M, Githaiga, J.M, Young, T.P, (2017). Influence of cattle on browsing and grazing wildlife varies with rainfall and presence of megaherbivores. Ecological Applications, 27:3, 786-798.
• Charles, G.K, Porensky, L.M, Riginos, C., Veblen, K.E, Young, T.P, (2017). Herbivore effects on herbaceous productivity vary by guild: cattle increase mean productivity while wildlife reduce variability . Ecological Applications, 27, 143-155.
• Veblen, K.E, Porensky, L.M, Riginos, C., Young, T.P, (2016). Are cattle surrogate wildlife? Savanna plant community composition explained by total herbivory more than herbivore type. Ecological Applications, 26, 1610-1623.
• Veblen, K.E, Holthuijzen, M.F, (2016). Grazing effects on precipitation-driven associations between sagebrush and perennial grasses. Western North American Naturalist, 76, 313-325.
• Young, H.S, Dirzo, R., Helgen, K., McCauley, D.J, Nunn, C., Snyder, P., Veblen, K.E, Zhao, S., Ezenwa, V.O, (2016). Large wildlife removal drives redistribution of immune defenses in rodents . Functional Ecology, 30, 799-807.
• Braithwaite, H., Bateman, T.M, Veblen, K.E, Thacker, E., Villalba, J., (2016). Identification of elk preferences for different diet supplements. The Wildlife Society Bulletin, 40, 368-374.
• Holthuijzen, M.F, Veblen, K.E, (2015). Grass-shrub spatial associations over a precipitation gradient and their implications for restoration in the Great Basin, USA . PLOS One, 10:12, e0143170. doi: doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0143170
• Pringle, R.M, Kimuyu, D.M, Sensenig, R.L, Palmer, T.M, Riginos, C., Veblen, K.E, Young, T.P, (2015). Synergistic effects of fire and elephants on arboreal animals in an African savannah. Journal of Animal Ecology, 84, 1637-1645.
• Porensky, L.M, Veblen, K.E, (2015). Generation of ecosystem hotspots using short-term cattle corrals in an African savanna . Rangeland Ecology and Management, 68, 131-141.
• Munson, S.M, Webb, R.H, Housman, D., Veblen, K.E, Nussear, K.E, Beever, E.A, Hartney, K.B, Miriti, M.N, Phillips, S.L, Fulton, R.E, Tallent, N.G, (2015). Long-term plant responses to climate are moderated by biophysical attributes in a North American desert. Journal of Ecology, 103, 657-668.
• Young, T.P, Veblen, K.E, (2015). Strong recruitment from sparse plug plantings of native California bunchgrasses . Grasslands, 25, 9-11.
• Veblen, K.E, Nehring, K.C, McGlone, C.M, Ritchie, M.E, (2015). Contrasting effects of different mammalian herbivores on sagebrush plant communities. PLoS ONE, 10:2, e0118016. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118016
• Kimuyu, D.M, Sensenig, R.L, Riginos, C., Veblen, K.E, Young, T.P, (2014). Native and domestic browsers and grazers reduce fuels, firetemperatures, and acacia ant mortality in an African savanna. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, 24:4, 741-749.
• Veblen, K.E, Pyke, D., Aldridge, C., Casazza, M., Assal, T., Farinha, M., (2014). Monitoring of livestock grazing effects on Bureau of Land Management land . Rangeland Ecology and Management, 67, 68-77.
• Veblen, K.E, (2013). Impacts of traditional livestock corrals on woody plant communities in an East African savanna. Rangeland Journal, 35, 349-353.
• Porensky, L.M, Bucher, S.F, Veblen, K.E, Treydte, A.C, Young, T.P, (2013). Megaherbivores and cattle alter edge effects around ecosystem hotspots in an African savanna . Journal of Arid Environments, 96, 55-63.
• Riginos, C., Porensky, L., Veblen, K.E, Odadi, W., Sensenig, R., Kimuyu, D., Keesing, F., Wilkerson, M., Young, T.P, (2012). Lessons on the relationship between livestock husbandry and biodiversity from the Kenya Long-term Exclosure Experiment (KLEE). Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice, 2:10, 1-22.
• Porensky, L.M, Veblen, K.E, (2012). Grasses and browsers reinforce landscape heterogeneity by excluding trees from ecosystem hotspots. Oecologia, 168, 749-759.
• Veblen, K.E, (2012). Savanna glade hotspots: plant community development and synergy with large herbivores. Journal of Arid Environments, 78, 119-127.
• Holmes, K.A, Veblen, K.E, Young, T.P, Berry, A.M, (2011). Effects of prescribed fires on young valley oak trees at a research restoration site in the Sacramento Valley. Restoration Ecology, 19, 118-125.
• Veblen, K.E, Young, T.P, (2010). Contrasting effects of cattle and wildlife on the vegetation development of a savanna landscape mosaic. Journal of Ecology, 98:5, 993--1001. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01705.x
• Chang, A.L, Grossman, J.D, Spezio, T.S, Weiskel, H.W, Blum, J.C, Burt, J.W, Muir, A.A, Piovia-Scott, J., Veblen, K.E, Grosholz, E.D, (2009). Tackling aquatic invasions: risks and opportunities for the aquarium fish industry. Biological Invasions, 11:4, 773--785. doi: 10.1007/s10530-008-9292-4
• Veblen, K.E, Young, T.P, (2009). A California grasslands alkali specialist, Hemizonia pungens ssp. pungens , prefers non-alkali soil. Journal of Vegetation Science, 20:1, 170--176. doi: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.05537.x
• Holmes, K., Veblen, K.E, Young, T.P, Berry, A., (2008). California oaks and fire: a review and case study. In: Proceedings of the sixth California oak symposium: today's challenges, tomorrow's opportunities. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-217. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 677 p, 217, doi: 10.2737/PSW-GTR-217
• Veblen, K.E, (2008). SEASON- AND HERBIVORE-DEPENDENT COMPETITION AND FACILITATION IN A SEMIARID SAVANNA. Ecology, 89:6, 1532--1540. doi: 10.1890/07-0973.1
• Burt, J.W, Muir, A.A, Piovia-Scott, J., Veblen, K.E, Chang, A.L, Grossman, J.D, Weiskel, H.W, (2007). Preventing horticultural introductions of invasive plants: potential efficacy of voluntary initiatives. Biological Invasions, 9:8, 909--923. doi: 10.1007/s10530-007-9090-4
• Dawson, K., Veblen, K.E, Young, T.P, (2007). Experimental evidence for an alkali ecotype of Lolium multiflorum, an exotic invasive annual grass in the Central Valley, CA, USA. Biological Invasions, 9:3, 327--334. doi: 10.1007/s10530-006-9036-2
• Stosich, A., DeFalco, L., Sun, Y., Veblen, K.E, Development of a vegetative propagation protocol for Penstemon albomarginatus, an herbaceous perennial of the Mojave Desert, USA. Native Plants Journal

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Technical Reports

Research Reports

• McAvoy, D., Veblen, K.E, Van Miegroet, H., Ryel, R.J, Duncan, B., Stickney, S., (2014). Monitoring effects of PJ harvest and utilization, Final Report to USFS. *
• Veblen, K.E, Pyke, D.A, Aldridge, C.L, Casazza, M.L, Assal, T.J, Farinha, M.A, (2011). Range-wide assessment of livestock grazing across the sagebrush biome. US Geological Survey Open-File Report

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Other

Bulletins

• Veblen, K.E, Porensky, L., (2020). Thresholds are in the eye of the beholder: plants and wildlife respond differently to short-term cattle corrals. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America *

Newsletter

• Mann, R., Monaco, T., Veblen, K.E, Williams, J., (2015). Utah Shrubland Management Newsletter Volume 5. *
• Mann, R., Monaco, T., Veblen, K.E, Williams, J., (2015). Utah Shrubland Management Newsletter Volume 4. *
• Mann, R., Monaco, T., Veblen, K.E, Williams, J., (2014). Utah Shrubland Management Newsletter Volume 3. *
• Young, T.P, Sensenig, R.L, Kimuyu, D.M, Riginos, C., Veblen, K.E, (2013). Livestock and wildlife reduce fire intensity. (KLEE Corner #18) . Laikipia Wildlife Forum Newsletter *
• Mann, R., Monaco, T., Veblen, K.E, Williams, J., (2013). Utah Shrubland Management Newsletter Volume 2. *
• Mann, R., Monaco, T., Veblen, K.E, Williams, J., (2013). Utah Shrubland Management Newsletter Volume 1 . *
• Porensky, L.M, Veblen, K.E, Young, T.P, (2011). What is so special about glade edges? . Laikipia Wildlife Forum Newsletter *
• Veblen, K.E, Porensky, L.M, (2011). To move or not to move: optimizing the benefits of mobile bomas. Mpala Research Centre Newsletter *
• Veblen, K.E, Young, T.P, (2011). Plants helping plants in defense against cattle and wildlife. Laikipia Wildlife Form Newsletter *

Other

• Veblen, K.E, Porensky, L., Young, T., (2019). Ecological Restoration. Encyclopaedia Brittanica *

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.