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ARS Home Plains Area Fort Collins, Colorado Center for Agricultural Resources Research Water Management and Systems Research People & Locations







David  Barnard
                        Water Management and Systems Research

                        




                        
                        Research Agronomist
                        Phone: (970) 492-7404
                        
                        
                        Fax: (970) 492-7408(Employee information on this page comes from the REE Directory. Please contact your front office staff to update the REE Directory.)
                            ProjectsImproving Resiliency of Semi-Arid Agroecosystems and Watersheds to Change and Disturbance through Data-Driven Research, AI, and Integrated Models
                                                    In-House Appropriated
                                                                    (D)Accession Number: 441606Using Landscape Features, Plot Measurements, and Remote Sensing Data to Improve Predictions of Fuels Treatment Longevity in the Colorado Front Range
                                                    Interagency Reimbursable Agreement
                                                                    (I)Accession Number: 444333Integrating Field Measurements and Models to Evaluate Solar Induced Fluorescence as a Predictor of Dryland Crop Productivity
                                                    Non-Funded Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (N)Accession Number: 441919Post-fire Runoff Response in Mulched Montane Catchments
                                                    Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (S)Accession Number: 444097Process Modeling, Machine Learning, and Computational Tools for Watershed Modeling from Fire to Field
                                                    Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (S)Accession Number: 440320Evaluating the Agricultural Ecosystems Services (AgES) Watershed Versus Other Models in Snow-dominated Systems
                                                    Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (S)Accession Number: 441153Developing Ecophysiological Components for Post-Fire Hydrologic Models
                                                    Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (S)Accession Number: 445657**Publications**
                                                (Clicking on the reprint icon
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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)Wildfire and climate change amplify knowledge gaps linking mountain source-water systems and agricultural water supply in the western United States
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Barnard, D.M., Green, T.R., Mankin, K.R., DeJonge, K.C., Rhoades, C.C., Kampf, S., Giovando, J., Wilkins, M., Mahood, A.L., Sears, M., Comas, L.H., Gleason, S.M., Zhang, H., Fassnacht, S.R., Harmel, R.D., Altenhofen, J. 2023. Wildfire and climate change amplify knowledge gaps linking mountain source-water systems and agricultural water supply in the western United States. Agricultural Water Management. 286. Article e108377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108377.Characterizing ecologically relevant topoclimates across a small prairie watershed

- (Abstract Only)Quantifying crop behavior with observations and models: Constraining simulations at LIRF

- (Abstract Only)Spatial soil moisture regimes measured over two decades in a dryland field show effects of conversion from wheat-fallow to perennial vegetation

- (Abstract Only)Physiological trait networks enhance understanding of crop growth and water use in contrasting environments
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Gleason, S.M., Barnard, D.M., Green, T.R., Mackay, D.S., Wang, D.R., Ainsworth, E.A., Altenhofen, J., Banks, G.T., Brodribb, T.J., Cochard, H., Comas, L.H., Cooper, M., Creek, D., DeJonge, K.C., Delzon, S., Fritschi, F.B., Hammer, G., Hunter, C., Lombardozzi, D., Messina, C.D., Ocheltree, T., Stevens, B.M., Stewart, J.J., Vadez, V., Wenz, J.A., Wright, I.J., Zhang, H. 2022. Physiological trait networks enhance understanding of crop growth and water use in contrasting environments. Plant, Cell & Environment. 45(9):2554-2572. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14382.Hydrologic effects of fire in a sub-alpine watershed: AgES outperforms previous PRMS simulations
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Mankin, K.R., Wells, R.M., Kipka, H., Green, T.R., Barnard, D.M. 2022. Hydrologic effects of fire in a sub-alpine watershed: AgES outperforms previous PRMS simulations. Transactions of the ASABE. 65(4):751-762. https://doi.org/10.13031/ja.14881.Precision mapping technology in dryland cropping system

- (Proceedings)Mikha, M.M., Barnard, D.M., Mankin, K.R. 2022. Precision mapping technology in dryland cropping system. Proceedings Great Plains Soil Fertility Conference.Greater sage-grouse respond positively to intensive post-fire restoration treatments
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Poessel, S.A., Barnard, D.M., Applestein, C.V., Germino, M.J., Ellsworth, E.A., Major, D., Moser, A., Katzner, T.E. 2022. Greater sage-grouse respond positively to intensive post-fire restoration treatments. Ecology and Evolution. 12(3). Article e8671. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8671.Rainfall data near the Black Hollow Debris Flow, Larimer County, Colorado 20 July 2021

- (Database / Dataset)Are drought indices and climate data good indicators of ecologically relevant soil moisture dynamics in drylands?
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Barnard, D.M., Germino, M.J., Bradford, J.B., O'Connor, R.C., Andrews, C.M., Shriver, R.K. 2021. Are climate data and drought indices good indicators of ecologically relevant soil moisture dynamics in drylands? Ecological Indicators. 133. Article e108379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108379.Understanding soil moisture regimes through analysis of long-term, spatially distributed data within a farm field: Implications for scaling and inference of hydrological fluxes

- (Abstract Only)Advances in the science and technology of simulating water, nutrient, soil and plant interactions and dynamics in space and time

- (Abstract Only)A vision for water-limited agroecological systems research

- (Abstract Only)Douglas-Mankin, K.R., Barnard, D.M., Comas, L.H., DeJonge, K.C., Gleason, S.M., Green, T.R., Zhang, H. 2020. A vision for water-limited agroecological systems research. Meeting Abstract.The scale of ecological drought in dryland restoration success
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)O'Conner, R.C., Germino, M.J., Barnard, D.M., Andrews, C.M., Pilliod, D.S., Arkle, R.S., Shriver, R.K. 2020. The scale of ecological drought in dryland restoration success. Global Change Biology. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab79e4.Soil characteristics are associated with gradients of big sagebrush canopy structure after disturbance
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Barnard, D.M., Germino, M.J., Arkle, R.S., Bradford, J.B., Duniway, M.C., Pilliod, D.S., Pyke, D.A., Shriver, R.K., Welty, J.L. 2019. Soil characteristics are associated with gradients of big sagebrush canopy structure after disturbance. Ecosphere. 10(6):1-12. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2780.Transient population dynamics impede restoration and may promote ecosystem transformation after disturbance
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Shriver, R.K., Andrews, C.M., Arkle, R.S., Barnard, D.M., Duniway, M.C., Germino, M.J., Pilliod, D.S., Pyke, D.A., Welty, J.L., Bradford, J.B. 2019. Transient population dynamics impede restoration and may promote ecosystem transformation after disturbance. Ecology Letters. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13291.Cannot see the random forests for the decision trees: selecting predictive models for restoration ecology
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Barnard, D.M., Germino, M.J., Pilliod, D.S., Arkle, R.S., Applestein, C.V., Davidson, B.E., Fisk, M.R. 2019. Cannot see the random forests for the decision trees: selecting predictive models for restoration ecology. Restoration Ecology. 10(6):1-11. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12938.


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