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Elsie  Denton
                        Range and Meadow Forage Management Research

                        




                        
                        Ecologist
                        Phone: (541) 573-8912
                        
                        
                        Fax: (541) 573-3042(Employee information on this page comes from the REE Directory. Please contact your front office staff to update the REE Directory.)
                            **Publications**
                                                (Clicking on the reprint icon
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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)Extensive regional variation in the phenology of insects and their response to temperature across North America
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Dunn, P.O., Ahmed, I., Armstrong, E., Barlow, N., Barnard, M.A., Belisle, M., Benson, T.J., Berzins, L.L., Boynton, C.K., Brown, T.A., Cady, M., Cameron, K., Chen, X., Clark, R.G., Clotfelter, E.D., Cromwell, K., Dawson, R.D., Denton, E.M., et al. 2023. Extensive regional variation in the phenology of insects and their response to temperature across North America. Ecology. 104(5). Article e4036. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4036.Seedling defoliation may enhance survival of dominant wheatgrasses but not Poa secunda seeded for restoration in the sagebrush steppe of the Northern Great Basin
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Denton, E.M., Pyle, L.A., Sheley, R.L. 2021. Seedling defoliation may enhance survival of dominant wheatgrasses but not Poa secunda seeded for restoration in the sagebrush steppe of the Northern Great Basin. AoB Plants. 13:(4). Article plab047. https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plab047.Is a drought a drought in grasslands? Productivity responses to different types of drought
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Carroll, C., Slette, I.J., Griffin-Nolan, R.J., Baur, L.E., Hoffman, A.M., Denton, E.M., Gray, J.E., Post, A.K., Johnston, M.K., Yu, Q., et al. 2021. Is a drought a drought in grasslands? Productivity responses to different types of drought. Oecologia. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-020-04793-8.Photosynthetic regulation in seed heads and flag leaves of sagebrush-steppe bunchgrasses
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Hamerlynck, E.P., Denton, E.M., Davies, K.W., Boyd, C.S. 2019. Photosynthetic regulation in seed heads and flag leaves of sagebrush-steppe bunchgrasses. Conservation Physiology. 7(1):coz112. https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coz112.Mass ratio effects underlie ecosystem responses to environmental change
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Smith, M., Koerner, S., Knapp, A., Avolio, M., Chaves, F.A., Denton, E.M., Dietrich, J., Gibson, D.J., Gray, J., Hoffman, A.M., Hoover, D.L., Komatsu, K.J., Silletti, A., Wilcox, K., Yu, Q., Blair, J.M. 2020. Mass ratio effects underlie ecosystem responses to environmental change. Journal of Ecology. 108(3):855-864. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13330.Legacy effects of a regional drought on aboveground net primary production in six central US grasslands
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Griffin-Nolan, R.J., Carroll, C.J., Denton, E.M., Johnston, M.K., Collins, S.L., Smith, M.D., Knapp, A.K. 2018. Legacy effects of a regional drought on aboveground net primary production in six central US grasslands. Plant Ecology. 219(5):505-515. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-018-0813-7.Plant succession on the Mount St. Helens debris-avalanche deposit and the role of non-native species

- (Book / Chapter)Dale, V.H., Denton, E.M. 2018. Plant succession on the Mount St. Helens debris-avalanche deposit and the role of non-native species. In: Crisafulli, C., Dale, V., editors. Ecological Responses at Mount St. Helens: Revisited 35 years after the 1980 Eruption. New York, NY: Springer. p. 149-164.Seedling defoliation and drought stress: variation in intensity and frequency affect performance and survival
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Denton, E.M., Smith, B.S., Hamerlynck, E.P., Sheley, R.L. 2018. Seedling defoliation and drought stress: variation in intensity and frequency affect performance and survival. Rangeland Ecology and Management. 71(1):25-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2017.06.014.


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