Briske, D.D. 2017. Rangeland systems: foundation for a conceptual framework. p. 1 – 21. In: D.D. Briske (ed.) Rangeland systems: processes, management and challenges. Springer series on environmental management.

Briske, D.D., A.W. Illius, and J.M. Anderies. 2017. Nonequilibrium ecology and resilience theory. p. 197-227. In: D.D. Briske (ed.) Rangeland systems: processes, management and challenges. Springer series on environmental management.

Briske, D.D., L.W. Jolley, L.F. Duriancik and J.P. Dobrowolski. 2011. Introduction to the conservation effects assessment project and the rangeland literature synthesis. p. 1-8. In: D.D.   Briske [ed]. Conservation Benefits of Rangeland Practices:  Assessment, Recommendations, and Knowledge Gaps. Allen Press, Lawrence KS.

Briske, D.D. and T.L. Thurow. 2011. Executive summary: The next generation of conservation practice standards. p. 9-20. In: D.D. Briske [ed]. Conservation Benefits of Rangeland Practices: Assessment, Recommendations, and Knowledge Gaps. Allen Press, Lawrence KS.

Briske, D.D., J.D. Derner, D.G. Milchunas and K.W. Tate. 2011. An evidence-based assessment of prescribed grazing practices. p. 22-74. In: D.D. Briske [ed]. Conservation Benefits of Rangeland Practices:  Assessment, Recommendations, and Knowledge Gaps. Allen Press, Lawrence KS.

K. Havstad, D. Peters, B. Allen-Diaz,  B. Bestelmeyer, D.D. Briske, J. Brown, M. Brunson, J. Herrick, P. Johnson, L. Joyce, R. Pieper, T. Svejcar, J. Yao, J. Bartolome and L. Huntsinger. 2009. Chapter 5. The Western United States Rangelands. In: Grass 2008: Our Growing Resource (Invited chapter) .  W. Wedin and S. Fales (Co-Editors).  Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University Press.

Briske, D.D. 2007. Plant Interactions in Pastures. p. 105-122. (Invited chapter) In: Forages II: The Science of Grassland Agriculture, 6th ed. 2007. R.F. Barnes, K.J. Moore, C.J. Nelson and M. Collins, eds. Iowa State Press, Ames IO.

Diaz, S., Briske, D.D. and McIntyre. 2002. Range management and functional plant types. In: Global Rangelands: Progress and Prospects. K. Hodgkinson and T. Grice (eds.) CAB International, Wallingford UK.

Briske, D.D. and J.D. Derner. 1998. The clonal biology of caespitose grasses . p. 106-135. In: Population Ecology of Grasses. G.P. Cheplick (ed). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge U.K.

Briske, D.D. and I. Noy-Meir. 1998. Plant responses to grazing: a comparative evaluation of annual and perennial grasses. p 13-26. In: Ecological Basis of Livestock Grazing in Mediterranean Ecosystems. V.P. Papanastasis and D. Peter (eds). Luxembourg, Official Publications of the European Communities. Invited Presentations

Briske, D.D. 1996. Strategies of plant survival in grazed systems: a functional interpretation . p. 37-67. In: The Ecology and Management of Grazing Systems. J. Hodgson and A.W. Illius (eds.) CAB International, Wallingford U.K.

Briske, D.D. and J.H. Richards. 1995. Plant responses to defoliation: A physiological, morphological, and demographic evaluation.dividual plants to grazing: current status and ecological significance. p. 635-710. In: Wildland Plants: Physiological ecology and developmental morphology. D.J. Bedunah and R.E. Sosebee (eds.) Society for Range Management, Denver, Colorado.

Briske, D.D. and J.H. Richards. 1994. Physiological responses of individual plants to grazing: current status and ecological significance. p. 147-176. In: Ecological Implications of Livestock Herbivory in the West. M. Vavra, W. Laycock, and R. Pieper (eds.) Society for Range Management, Denver, Colorado.

Briske, D. D. and R. K. Heitschmidt. 1991. An ecological perspective. p. 11-26. In: Grazing Management: An Ecological Perspective. R. K. Heitschmidt and J.W. Stuth (eds.) Timber Press, Portland Oregon.

Briske, D. D. 1991. Developmental morphology and physiology of grasses. p. 85-108. In: Grazing Management: An Ecological Perspective. R. K. Heitschmidt and J.W. Stuth (eds.) Timber Press, Portland Oregon.