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Lauren  Porensky    Ecologist Lauren Porensky Ecologist
CONTACT INFORMATION     ADDRESS: USDA-ARSCrops Research Laboratory1701 Center Ave.Fort Collins, CO 80526    PHONE:  970-492-7139 FAX:     970-492-7160     E-MAIL:  Lauren.Porensky@usda.gov   Degrees:Bachelor of Science
Environmental Science
2004
Brown UniversityPh.D.
Ecology
2012
University of California, Davis   Research Interests: Dr. Porensky's research focuses on balancing livestock production with conservation and restoration in semi-arid rangelands. Her broad research interests include plant community ecology, plant-herbivore interactions, landscape ecology, and restoration ecology. Current questions include: How do fire and sagebrush coexist in the northern Great Plains, and what management strategies will promote sustainable coexistence How do fire, grazing, and restoration impact annual brome invasion and wildlife conservation in the northern Great Plains?
Can we use field-based data and high resolution remote sensing to enhance current state-and-transition models for complex ecosystems located in the Great Basin--Great Plains ecotone?
Can native greenstrips or targeted grazing be used to break the cheatgrass-fire feedback cycle in the Great Basin? Thunder Basin Project **Publications:** Karp, A.T., Koerner, S.E., Hempson, G.P., Abraham, J.O., Anderson, T.M., Bond, W.J., Burkepile, D.E., Goheen, J.R., Guyton, J.A., Kartzinel, T.R., Kimuyu, D.M., Mohanbabu, N., Palmer, T.M.,**Porensky, L.M.**, Pringle, R.M., Ritchie, M.E., Smith, M.D., Thompson, D.I., Young, T.P. and A.C. Staver. 2024. Grazing herbivores reduce herbaceous biomass and fire activity across broad-scale savanna gradients.*Ecology Letters*27: e14450. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ele.14450 Davies. K.W., Boyd, C.S., Bates, J.D., Svejcar, L. and**L.M. Porensky.**2024. Ecological benefits of strategically applied livestock grazing in sagebrush communities.*Ecosphere*15: e4859. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.4859 Sonnier, G.,Augustine, D.J., Paudel, S.,**Porensky, L.M.**, Silveira, M., Toledo, D., Azad, S., Boughton, R.K., Browning, D.M., Clark, P.E., Fay, P.A.,Kaplan, N., Thibault, K.M., Swain, H.M., Veum, K.S. and E.H. Boughton. 2024. Impact of plant diversity and management intensity on magnitude and stability of productivity in North American grazing lands.*Applied Vegetation Science*27: e12776. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/avsc.12776 Frost, M.D.T., Komatsu, K.J.,**Porensky, L.M.**, Reinhart, K.O., Wilcox, K.R., Bunch, Z.L., Jolin, A.D., Johnston, K.A., Trimas, G.E. and S.E. Koerner. 2024. Plant, insect, and soil microbial communities vary across brome invasion gradients in northern mixed-grass prairies.*Oikos*2024: e10515. https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/oik.10515 Jorns T.R.,Scasta, J.D.,Derner, J.D., Augustine D.J.,**Porensky, L.M.**, Raynor, E.J.and the CARM Stakeholder Group.2024.Adaptive multi-paddock grazing management reduces diet quality of yearling cattle in shortgrass steppe.*The Rangeland Journal*45(4):160–172.https://doi.org/10.1071/RJ23047 Kearney, S.P.,**Porensky, L.M.**, Augustine, D.J.****and Pellatz, D.W. 2023. Toward broad-scale mapping and characterization of prairie dog colonies from airborne imagery using deep learning.*Ecological Indicators*154: 110684. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110684 Frost, M.D., Komatsu, K.J.,**Porensky, L.M.**, Reinhart, K.O., Wilcox, K.R. and Koerner, S.E. 2023. Consequences of rainfall manipulations for invasive annual grasses vary across grazed northern mixed-grass prairie sites.*Rangeland Ecology & Management*90: 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2023.05.007 Maxwell, T.M., Germino, M.J., Romero, S.,**Porensky, L.M.**, Blumenthal, D.M., Brown, C.S. and Adler, P.B. 2023.Experimental manipulation of soil-surface albedo alters phenology and growth of*Bromus tectorum*(cheatgrass). *Plant and Soil*487: 325–339. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-023-05929-4 Rinella, M.J.,**Porensky, L.M**., S. Bellows, S., Knox, J. and E.P. Metier. 2023. Establishing forbs for pollinators in agricultural landscapes of the Great Plains.*Restoration Ecology*31(4): e13846. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13846 Augustine, D.J., Kearney, S.P., Raynor, E.J.,**Porensky, L.M.**andDerner, J.D. 2023. Adaptive, multi-paddock, rotational grazing management alters foraging behavior and spatial grazing distribution of free-ranging cattle.*Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment*352: 108521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2023.108521 Copeland, S.M.,Hoover, D.L.,Augustine, D.J.,Bates, J.D., Boyd, C.S., Davies, K.W.,********Derner, J.D.,********Duniway, M.C.,******Porensky, L.M.******and Vermeire, L.T. 2023.Variable effects of long-term livestock grazing across the western United States suggest diverse approaches are needed to meet global change challenges.*****Applied Vegetation Science*26(1):e12719.****https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12719 Barrile, G.M., Augustine, D.J., **Porensky, L.M.**, Duchardt, C.J., Shoemaker, K.T., Hartway, C.R.,Derner, J.D., Hunter, E.A. and Davidson, A.D. 2023.A big data–model integration approach for predicting epizootics and population recovery in a keystone species.*Ecological Applications*33(4):e2827.https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2827 Gornish, E. S., Guo, J. S.,**Porensky,L.M.**, Perryman, B. L., & Leger, E. A. 2023.Pre-fire grazing and herbicide treatments can affect post-fire vegetation in a Great Basin rangeland.*Ecological Solutions and Evidence*4:e12215.https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12215 Raynor, E.J., Derner, J.D., Augustine, D.J., Jablonski, K.E.,**Porensky, L.M.**, Ritten, J.,Hoover, D.L. and Elliott, J. 2022. Balancing ecosystem service outcomes at the ranch-scale in shortgrass steppe: The role of grazing management.*Rangelands*44: 391-397.    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2022.05.003 Spiegal, S., Webb, N.P., Boughton, E.H., Boughton, R.K., Brymer, A.B., Clark, P.E., Collins, C.D.H.,Hoover, D.L., Kaplan, N., McCord, S.E., Meredith, G., **Porensky, L.M.,**Toledo, D.,Wilmer, H., Wulfhorst, J.D. and Bestelmeyer, B.T. 2022. Measuring the social and ecological performance of agricultural innovations on rangelands: Progress and plans for an indicator framework in the LTAR network.*Rangelands*44: 334–344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2021.12.005 Wilmer, H., Schulz, T., Fernández-Giménez, M.E.,Derner, J.D.,**Porensky, L.M.,**Augustine, D.J., Ritten, J., Dwyer, A. and Meade, R. 2022. Social learning lessons from collaborative adaptive rangeland management.*Rangelands*44(5): 316-326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2021.02.002 Raynor, E.J., Derner, J.D., **Porensky, L.M.**, Hoover, D.L., Augustine, D.J.,Jablonski, K.E.,Dwyer, A.M., andK.P. Davis. 2022.Grazing Management Practices for Grassland Bird Breeding Habitat in the Shortgrass Steppe.Colorado State University ExtensionFact Sheet No. 1.636 Nature Resources Management. Pearse, I.S., Duchardt, C.J., Legg, L., and **L.M. Porensky.**2021.Grasshopper Species Composition Differs Between Prairie Dog Colonies and Undisturbed Sites in a Sagebrush Grassland.*Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society*94(3), 183-198.https://doi.org/10.2317/0022-8567-94.3.183 Duchardt, C.J.,Augustine, D.J.,**Porensky, L.M.**,Beck,J.L.,Hennig, J.D., Pellatz, D.W., Scasta, J.D., Connell, L.C. and A.D. Davidson. 2022.Disease and Weather Induce Rapid Shifts in a Rangeland Ecosystem Mediated by a Keystone Species (*Cynomys ludovicianus*).*Ecological Applications* 33: e2712.https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2712 Crow, L.,**Porensky, L.M.**,Augustine, D.J., Ritten, J., Bastian, C.T., Paisley, S.I.2022.Evaluating Prairie Dog–Cattle Competition from the Perspective of a Ranching Enterprise in the Western Great Plains: Economic Analysis of Potential Effects on Long-Term Profitability. *Rangeland Ecology & Management*85,56-65.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2022.09.003. Jorns, T.R., Derner, J.D., D.J. Augustine, D.D. Briske, **L.M. Porensky**, J.D. Scasta, J.L. Beck and S. Lake. 2022. Movement Dynamics and Energy Expenditure Do Not Explain Weight Gain Differences of Free-ranging Yearling Steers in Shortgrass Steppe Under Contrasting Grazing Management. *Rangeland Ecology and Management* 85: 38-47.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2022.09.001 Ebel, C.R., M.F. Case, C.M. Werner, **L.M. Porensky**, K.E. Veblen, H.B.M. Wells, D.M. Kimuyu, R.E. Langendorf, T.P. Young, and L.M. Hallett. 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: 867051. doi:10.3389/fevo.2022.867051 Davidson, A.D., Augustine, D.J., Jacobsen, H., Pellatz, D.,**Porensky, L.M.**, McKee, G. and Duchardt, C., 2022.Boom and bust cycles of black-tailed prairie dog populations in the Thunder Basin grassland ecosystem.*Journal of Mammalogy*103(5): 1112-1126.https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyac035. Wells, H.B.M., Crego, R.D., Ekadeli, J.,Namoni, M., Kimuyu, D.M., Odadi, W.O.,**Porensky, L.M.**, Dougill, A.J., Stringer, L.C.and Young, T.P. 2022.Less Is More: Lowering Cattle Stocking Rates Enhances Wild Herbivore Habitat Use and Cattle Foraging Efficiency.*Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution*10: 825689.doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.825689 Kearney, S.P., **Porensky, L.M.**, Augustine, D.J., Derner, J.D., Gao, F. 2022.Predicting Spatial-Temporal Patterns of Diet Quality and Large Herbivore Performance Using Satellite Time Series. *Ecological Applications*32(2): e2503.https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2503. Wells, H.B.M.,**Porensky, L.M.**, Veblen, K.E., Riginos, C., Stringer, L.C., Dougill, A.J., Namoni, M., Ekadeli, J., Young, T.P. 2022.At High Stocking Rates, Cattle Do Not Functionally Replace Wild Herbivores in Shaping Understory Community Composition. *Ecological Applications*32:e2520.https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2520. Kearney, S.P., **Porensky, L.M.**, Augustine, D.J., Gaffney, R., Derner, J.D. 2022. Monitoring standing herbaceous biomass and thresholds in semiarid rangelands from harmonized Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 imagery to support within-season adaptive management. *Remote Sensing of Environment* 271: 112907.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.112907. Gaffney, R., D.J. Augustine, S.P. Kearney, and **L.M. Porensky.** 2021. Using hyperspectral imagery to characterize rangeland vegetation composition at process-relevant scales. *Remote Sensing* 13: 4603. doi: 10.3390/rs13224603 **Porensky, L.M.** 2021. Embracing complexity and humility in rangeland science. *Rangelands* 43: 142-150. Shackelford, N., G.B. Paterno, D.E. Winkler, T.E. Erickson, E.A. Leger, L.N. Svejcar, M.F. Breed, A.M. Faist, P.L. Harrison, M.F. Curran, Q. Guo, A. Kirmer, D. Law, K. Mganga, S.M. Munson, **L.M. Porensky**, R.E. Quiroga, P. Török, C.E. Wainwright, ...and K.L. Suding. 2021. Drivers of seedling establishment success in dryland restoration efforts. *Nature Ecology and Evolution* 5:1283-1290. doi: 10.1038/s41559-021-01510-3 Blumenthal, D.M., D. LeCain, **L.M. Porensky**, E.A. Leger, R. Gaffney, T. Ocheltree, and A. Pilmanis. 2021. Local adaptation to precipitation in the perennial grass *Elymus elymoides*: tradeoffs between growth and drought resistance traits. *Evolutionary Applications* 14:524– 535. Duchardt, C.J., **L.M. Porensky**, and I.S. Pearse. 2021. Direct and indirect effects of an ecosystem engineer on a shrubland-prairie food web. *Ecology* 102:e03195. **Porensky****,****L. M.**, D. J. Augustine, J. D. Derner, H. Wilmer, M. N. Lipke, M. E. Fernández-Giménez, D.D. Briske, the CARM Stakeholder Group. 2021. Collaborative adaptive rangeland management, multipaddock rotational grazing, and the story of the regrazed grass plant. *Rangeland Ecology & Management* 78: 127–141. **Porensky, L. M.**, O. Baughman, M. A. Williamson, B. L. Perryman, M. D. Madsen, E. A. Leger. 2021. Using native grass seeding and targeted spring grazing to reduce low-level Bromus tectorum invasion on the Colorado Plateau. *Biological Invasions* 23:705-722. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-020-02397-0 Hoover, D. L., W. K. Lauenroth, D. G. Milchunas, **L. M. Porensky**, D. J. Augustine, and J. D. Derner. 2021. Sensitivity of productivity to precipitation amount and pattern varies by topographic position in a semiarid grassland. *Ecosphere* 12(2): e03376. 10.1002/ecs2.3376 Reid RS, Fernández-Giménez ME, Wilmer H, Pickering T, Kassam K-AS, Yasin A, **Porensky LM**, Derner JD, Nkedianye D, Jamsranjav C, Jamiyansharav K, Ulambayar T, Oteros-Rozas E, Ravera F, Bulbulshoev U, Kaziev DS and Knapp CN. 2021. Using research to support transformative impacts on complex, “wicked problems” with pastoral peoples in rangelands. *Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems* 4:600689. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2020.600689 Derner, J. D, D. J. Augustine, D. D. Briske, H. Wilmer, **L. M. Porensky,** M. E. Fernández-Giménez, D. E. Peck,  J. P. Ritten , and the CARM Stakeholder Group. 2021.Can Collaborative Adaptive Management Improve Cattle Production in Multipaddock Grazing Systems?*Rangeland Ecology & Management*75:1–8. Wilcox, K. R., D. M. Blumenthal, J. A. Kray, K.E. Mueller, J. D. Derner, T. Ocheltree and **L. M. Porensky**. 2021. Plant traits related to precipitation sensitivity of species and communities in semiarid shortgrass prairie. *New Phytologist* 229:2007-2019. doi: 10.1111/nph.17000 **Porensky, L.M.**, R.A. McGee, and D.W. Pellatz. 2020. Long-term grazing removal increased invasion and reduced native plant abundance and diversity in a sagebrush grassland. *Global Ecology and Conservation* 24:e01267. Hillis, A.V., K. Berry, B. de Souza Leao Swette, C. Aslan, S. Berry, and **L.M. Porensky**. 2020. Unlikely alliances and their implications for resource management in the American West. *Environmental Research Letters* 15:045002. Augustine, D. J.**,**J. D. Derner, M. E. Fernández-Giménez, **L. M. Porensky,** H. Wilmer, D. D. Briske, the CARM Stakeholder Group. 2020. Adaptive, multipaddock rotational grazing management: A ranch-scale assessment of effects on vegetation and livestock performance in semiarid rangeland.*Rangeland Ecology & Management* 73:796-810. doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2020.07.005 Espeland, E.K., L. Schreeg, and **L.M.** **Porensky**. 2020. Managing risks related to climate variability in rangeland-based livestock production: what producer driven strategies are shared and prevalent across diverse dryland geographies? *Journal of Environmental Management* 255:109889. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109889 Reynolds, A. Q., J. D. Derner, D. J. Augustine, **L. M. Porensky**, H. Wilmer, T. Jorns, D. D. Briske, J. D. Scasta, and M. E. Fernández-Giménez, and the CARM Stakeholder Group. 2019. Ecological sites: can they be managed to promote livestock production? *Rangelands* 41:239–243, doi 10.1016/j.rala.2019.07.003 Veblen, K. E., and **L. M. Porensky**. 2019. Thresholds are in the eye of the beholder: plants and wildlife respond differently to short-term cattle corrals. *Ecological Applications* 29(8):e01982. 10.1002/eap.1982 Ng’weno, C.C., S.W. Buskirk, N.J. Georgiadis, B.C. Gituku, A.K. Kibungei, **L.M. Porensky**, D.I. Rubenstein, and J.R. Goheen. 2019. Apparent competition, lion predation, and managed livestock grazing: can conservation value be enhanced? *Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution* 7:123. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00123. Connell, L.C., **L.M. Porensky**, A. Chalfoun, and J.D. Scasta. 2019. Black-tailed prairie dog (Sciuridae: *Cynomys ludovicianus*) metapopulation response to conspecific signals from a novel source. *Animal Behaviour* 150: 189-199. Connell, L.C., **L.M. Porensky**, and J.D. Scasta. 2019. Prairie dog (*Cynomys ludovicianus*) influence on forage quantity and quality in a grazed grassland-shrubland ecotone. *Rangeland Ecology and Management* 72: 360-373. Fernández-Giménez, M. E., D. J. Augustine, **L. M. Porensky**, H. Wilmer, J. D. Derner, D. D. Briske, and M. Olsgard Stewart. 2019. Complexity fosters learning in collaborative adaptive management. *Ecology and Society*24(2):29. doi.org/10.5751/ES-10963-240229 Wilmer, H.; **Porensky, L.M**.; Fernández-Giménez, M.E.; Derner, J.D.; Augustine, D.J.; Ritten, J.P.; Peck, D.P. 2019. Community-Engaged Research Builds a Nature-Culture of Hope on North American Great Plains Rangelands. *Social Sciences*, 8, 22; doi:10.3390/socsci8010022 Goheen, J.R., D.J. Augustine, K.E. Veblen, D.M. Kimuyu, T.M. Palmer, **L.M.** **Porensky**, R.M. Pringle, J. Ratnam, C. Riginos, M. Sankaran, G.K. Charles, A.T. Ford, A.A. Hassan, R. Jakopak, T.R. Kartzinel, S. Kurukura, A.M. Louthan, W.O. Odadi, T.O. Otieno, A.M. Wambua, H.S. Young, and T.P. Young. 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. doi: 10.1111/nyas.13848 **Porensky, L.M**., B. L. Perryman, M. A. Williamson, M D. Madsen, E. A. Leger. 2018. Combining active restoration and targeted grazing to establish native plants and reduce fuel loads in invaded ecosystems. *Ecology and Evolution.*; 8:12533–12546; DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4642 Duchardt, C. J.,**L. M. Porensky**, D. J. Augustine, and J. L. Beck. 2018. Disturbance shapes avian communities on a grassland–sagebrush ecotone. Ecosphere 9(10):e02483. 10.1002/ecs2.2483 Gaffney, R., **L. M. Porensky**, F. Gao, J. G. Irisarri, M. Durante, J. D. Derner and D. J. Augustine. 2018. Using APAR to predict aboveground plant productivity in semi-aid rangelands: spatial and temporal relationships differ. *Remote Sensing*; doi:10.3390/rs10091474 Connell, L.C., J.D. Scasta, and L.M. **Porensky**. 2018. Prairie dogs and wildfires shape vegetation structure in a sagebrush grassland more than does rest from ungulate grazing. *Ecosphere* **9**(8): e02390. **Porensky, L. M**., J. D. Derner, and D. W. Pellatz. 2018. Plant community responses to historical wildfire in a shrubland–grassland ecotone reveal hybrid disturbance response. *Ecosphere* 9(8):e02363. 10.1002/ecs2.2363 Wilmer, H.,  J. D. Derner, M. E. Fernández-Giménez , D. D. Briske , D. J. Augustine, **L. M. Porensky** , the CARM Stakeholder Group.  2018.  Collaborative Adaptive Rangeland Management Fosters Management-Science Partnerships. *Rangeland Ecology & Management* 71: 646–657 Young, T.P., **L.M. Porensky**, C. Riginos, K.E. Veblen, W.O. Odadi, D.M. Kimuyu, G.K. Charles and H.S. Young. 2018. Relationships between cattle and biodiversity revealed by the Kenya Long-term Exclosure Experiment (KLEE). *Rangeland Ecology and Management* 71: 281-291. Riginos, C., L.M. **Porensky**, K.E. Veblen, T.P. Young. 2018. Herbivory and drought generate short-term stochasticity and long-term stability in a savanna understory community. *Ecological Applications* **28**: 323–335. Hulvey, K.B., E.A. Leger, **L.M. Porensky**, L.M. Roche, K.E. Veblen, A. Fund, J. Shaw and E.S. Gornish. 2017. Restoration islands: a tool for efficiently restoring dryland ecosystems. *Restoration Ecology* 25: S124-S134.**** **Porensky, L. M.,** J. D. Derner, D.J. Augustine, and D. G. Michunas. 2017. Plant community Composition after 75 Yr of sustained grazing intensity treatments in shortgrass steppe. *Rangeland Ecology & Management,*70:456-464. Augustine, D.J. J. D. Derner, D. Milchunas, D. Blumenthal & **L. M. Porensky**. 2017. Grazing moderates increases in C3 grass abundance over seven decades across a soil texture gradient in shortgrass steppe. *Journal of Vegetation Science*,Doi: 10.1111/jvs.12508 Charles, G.K.,**L.M.** **Porensky**, C. Riginos, K.E. Veblen and T.P. Young. 2017.Herbivore effects on productivity vary by guild: cattle increase mean productivity while wildlife reduce variability. *Ecological Applications* 27:143-155. **Porensky, L.M.** and T.P. Young. 2016. Development of edge effects around experimental ecosystem hotspots is affected by edge density and matrix type. *Landscape Ecology* 31: 1663-1680. **Porensky, L.M.,** K. E. Mueller, D. J. Augustine and J. D. Derner. 2016. Thresholds and gradients in a semi-arid grassland:long-term grazing treatments induce slow, continuous and reversible vegetation change. *Journal of Applied Ecology*, 53:1013–1022 **Porensky, L.M.,** D. M. Blumenthal. 2016. Historical wildfires do not promote cheatgrass invasion in a western Great Plains steppe. *Biol Invasions* 18:3333–3349 Veblen,K. E., **L. M. Porensky**, C. Riginos, and T. P. Young. 2016. Are cattle surrogate wildlife? Savanna plant community composition explained by total herbivory more than herbivore type. *Ecological Applications*, 26:1610–1623 Irisarri, J.G.N., J.D. Derner, **L.M. Porensky**, D.J. Augustine, J.L. Reeves and K.E. Mueller. 2016. Grazing intensity differentially regulates ANPP response to precipitation in North American semiarid grasslands. *Ecological Applications 26*: 1370-1380. Young, D. J. N.,**L. M. Porensky**, K. M. Wolf, S. E. Fick, and T. P. Young. 2015. Burning reveals cryptic plant diversity and promotes coexistence in a California prairie restoration experiment. *Ecosphere* 6(5):81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES14-00303.1 **Porensky, L. M.,**K. E. Veblen. 2015. Generation of Ecosystem Hotspots Using Short-Term Cattle Corrals in an African Savanna. *Rangeland Ecology & Management* 68:131-141. **Porensky, L. M.,**J. Davison, E. A. Leger, W. W. Miller, E. M. Goergen, E. K. Espeland, E. M. Carroll-Moore. 2014. Grasses for biofuels: A low water-use alternative for cold desert agriculture? *Biomass and Bioenergy* 66:133-142. **Porensky, L. M**., E. A. Leger, J. Davison, W. W. Miller, E. M. Goergen, E. K. Espeland, and E. M. Carroll-Moore. 2014. Arid shrubland restoration: native perennial grasses suppress weeds and erosion, but also suppress native shrubs. *Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment* 184:135-144. **Porensky, L. M**., S. E. Wittman, C. Riginos, and T. P. Young. 2013. Herbivory and drought interact to enhance diversity and spatial patterning in a savanna understory. *Oecologia* 173:591-602. **Porensky, L. M.,** S. F. Bucher, K. E. Veblen, A. C. Treydte, and T. P. Young. 2013. Large herbivores alter edge effects around ecosystem hotspots in an African savanna.*Journal of Arid Environments* 96:55-63. **Porensky, L. M.,** and T. P. Young. 2013. Edge interactions in fragmented and patchy landscapes. *Conservation Biology* 27:509-519. Donihue, C. M., **L. M. Porensky**, J. 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