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ARS Home Plains Area Miles City, Montana Livestock and Range Research Laboratory People & Locations







Devan A McGranahan
                        Livestock and Range Research Laboratory

                        




                        
                        Research Ecologist
                        Phone: (406) 874-8213
                        
                        
                        Fax: (406) 874-8289(Employee information on this page comes from the REE Directory. Please contact your front office staff to update the REE Directory.)
                            ProjectsPrecision Technologies and Management for Northern Plains Rangeland
                                                    In-House Appropriated
                                                                    (D)Accession Number: 445448Rangeland Resilience Following Wildfire: Opportunities For Grazing?
                                                    Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (R)Accession Number: 444237Precision Range and Livestock Management on Western Rangelands
                                                    Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
                                                                    (S)Accession Number: 440503**Publications**
                                                (Clicking on the reprint icon
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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)Improving forage nutritive value and livestock performance with spatially-patchy prescribed fire in grazed rangeland

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Spatio-temporal patterns of rangeland forage nutritive value and grazer selection with patch-burning in the US northern Great Plains

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Pyrogeography of the Western Great Plains: A 40-year history of fire in semi-arid rangelands
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)McGranahan, D.A., Wonkka, C.L. 2024. Pyrogeography of the Western Great Plains: A 40-year history of fire in semi-arid rangelands. Fire. 7(1). Article 32. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire7010032.Grasshopper abundance and offtake increase after prescribed fire in semi-arid grassland

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)The infuence of wildfire on invasive plant abundance and spatial structure in eastern ponderosa pine savanna
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Donovan, V.M., Wonkka, C.L., Roberts, C.P., Wedin, D.A., Mcgranahan, D.A., Twidwell, D. 2023. The infuence of wildfire on invasive plant abundance and spatial structure in eastern ponderosa pine savanna. Plant Ecology. Online. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-023-01355-9.Exotic herbivores and fire energy drive standing herbaceous biomass but do not alter compositional patterns in a semiarid savanna ecosystem
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Preiss, V.D., Wonkka, C.L., McGranahan, D.A., Lodge, A.G., Dickinson, M.B., Kavanagh, K.L., Starns, H.D., Tolleson, D.R., Treadwell, M.L., Twidwell, D., Rogers, W.E. 2023. Exotic herbivores and fire energy drive standing herbaceous biomass but do not alter compositional patterns in a semiarid savanna ecosystem. Applied Vegetation Science. 26(4):e12749. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12749.Future-proofing extensive livestock production in sub-tropical grasslands and savannas

- (Review Article)Effect of burn season and grazing deferment on mountain big sagebrush plant communities
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Wilmer, H.N., McGranahan, D.A., Moffet, C., Taylor, J.B. 2023. Effect of burn season and grazing deferment on mountain big sagebrush plant communities. Plant Ecology. 224:501-512. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-023-01317-1.Weather and fuel as modulators of grassland fire behavior in the northern Great Plains
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)McGranahan, D.A., Zopfi, M.E., Yurkonis, K.A. 2022. Weather and fuel as modulators of grassland fire behavior in the northern Great Plains. Environmental Management. 71:940-949. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-022-01767-9.Barriers to prescribed fire in the US Great Plains, Part II: Critical review of presently used and potentially expandable solutions
                                                        

- (Review Article)Clark, A., McGranahan, D.A., Geaumont, B.A., Wonkka, C.L., Ott, J.P., Kreuter, U. 2022. Barriers to prescribed fire in the US Great Plains, Part II: Critical review of presently used and potentially expandable solutions. Land. 11(9). Article 1524. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11091524.Barriers to prescribed fire in the US Great Plains, Part I: Systematic review of socio-ecological research
                                                        

- (Review Article)Clark, A., McGranahan, D.A., Geaumont, B.A., Wonkka, C.L., Ott, J.P., Kreuter, U. 2022. Barriers to prescribed fire in the US Great Plains, Part I: Systematic review of socio-ecological research. Land. 11(9). Article 1521. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11091521.The Dunn Ranch Academy: Developing wildland fire literacy through hands-on experience with prescribed fire science and management
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Mcgranahan, D.A., Maier, C.M., Gauger, R.P., Woodson, C.A., Wonkka, C.L. 2022. The Dunn Ranch Academy: Developing wildland fire literacy through hands-on experience with prescribed fire science and management. Fire. 5(4). Article 121. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire5040121.Heterogeneity-based management restores diversity and alter vegetation structure without decreasing invasive grasses in working mixed-grass prairie
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Duquette, C., McGranahan, D.A., Wanchuk, M.R., Hovick, T., Sedivec, K., Limb, R. 2022. Heterogeneity-based management restores diversity and alter vegetation structure without decreasing invasive grasses in working mixed-grass prairie. Land. 11. Article 1135. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11081135.Mineral nitrogen and microbial responses to soil heating in burned grassland
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)McGranahan, D.A., Wonkka, C.L., Rana Dangi, S., Spiess, J.W., Geaumont, B. 2022. Mineral nitrogen and microbial responses to soil heating in burned grassland. Geoderma. 424. Article 116023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.116023.Fuel properties of effective greenstrips in simulated cheatgrass fires
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)McGranahan, D.A., Wonkka, C.L. 2022. Fuel properties of effective greenstrips in simulated cheatgrass fires. Environmental Management. 70:319-328. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-022-01659-y.Book review: “The Pyrocene: How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next" by S. Pyne
                                                        

- (Other)McGranahan, D.A. 2022. Book review: “The Pyrocene: How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next" by S. Pyne. African Journal of Range and Forest Science. https://doi.org/10.2989/10220119.2022.2070278.Contrasts in forage mineral content with patch-burn grazing: a preliminary analysis
                                                        

- (Proceedings)Wanchuk, M.R., McGranahan, D.A., Sedivec, K.K., Swanson, K.C., Hovick, T.J., Limb, R.F. 2021. Contrasts in forage mineral content with patch-burn grazing: a preliminary analysis. Translational Animal Science. 5(S1):S75-S79. https://doi.org/10.1093/tas/txab173.Moderate grazer density stabilizes forage availability more
than patch burning in low-stature grassland
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Raynor, E.J., McGranahan, D.A., Miller, J.R., Schacht, W.H., Debinski, D.M., Engle, D.M. 2021. Moderate grazer density stabilizes forage availability more than patch burning in low-stature grassland. Land. 10:395. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22083894.


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