R.J. Ansley
Ansley, R.J. and C.R. Hart. 2012. Drivers of vegetation change on Texas rangelands. Texas AgriLife Extension Publication (In Press).
Ansley, R.J., T.W. Boutton, M. Mirik, M.J. Castellano, and B.A. Kramp. 2010. Restoration of C4 grasses with seasonal fires in a C3/C4 grassland invaded by Prosopis glandulosa, a fire-resistant shrub. Applied Vegetation Science 13:520-530.
Teague, W.R., S.L. Dowhower, R.J. Ansley, W.E. Pinchak, and J.A. Waggoner. 2010. Integrated grazing and prescribed fire restoration strategies in a mesquite savanna: I. Vegetation responses. Rangeland Ecology and Management 63: 275-285.
Ansley, R.J., W.R. Teague, W.E. Pinchak, B.A. Kramp, and K. Barnett. 2010. Integrated grazing and prescribed fire restoration strategies in a mesquite savanna: II. Fire behavior and mesquite landscape cover responses. Rangeland Ecology and Management 63: 286-297.
Pinchak, W.E., W.R. Teague, R.J. Ansley, J.A. Waggoner, and S.L. Dowhower. 2010. Integrated grazing and prescribed fire restoration strategies in a mesquite savanna: III. Ranch-scale cow-calf production responses. Rangeland Ecology and Management 63: 298-307.
Teague, W.R., S.L. Dowhower, S.A. Baker, U.P. Kreuter, R.J. Ansley, D.M. Conover, and J.A. Waggoner. 2010. Soil and herbaceous plant responses to summer patch burns under continuous and rotational grazing. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 137: 113-123.
Ansley, R.J., W.E. Pinchak and D.L. Jones. 2008. Mesquite , tobosagrass and common broomweed responses to summer and winter season fires. Rangeland Ecology and Management 61: 588-597. PDF
Ansley, R.J. and H.T. Wiedemann. 2008. Reversing the woodland steady state: vegetation responses during restoration of juniper-dominated grasslands with chaining and fire. Pages 272-290 In: O.W. Van Auken (editor), Western North American Juniperus Communities: A Dynamic Vegetation Type, Ecological Studies Volume 196, Springer, New York, 311 pp. PDF
Ansley, R.J., and D. Rollins (editors). 2008. Proceedings: Brush Sculpting- A Decade Later, October 23-24, Snyder and Roby, TX, Texas AgriLife Extension Misc. Pub., TAES-San Angelo. 51 pp. PDF
Ansley, R.J. 2008. Using fire and herbicides for vertical brush sculpting. Pages 32-35 In: R.J. Ansley and D. Rollins (eds), Proceedings: Brush Sculpting- A Decade Later, October 23-24, 2008, Snyder, TX, Texas AgriLife Extension Misc. Pub., TAES-San Angelo. 51 pp. PDF
Ansley, R.J. 2008. Low intensity fire prescriptions for brush sculpting. Pages 51-53 In: R.J. Ansley and D. Rollins (eds), Proceedings: Brush Sculpting- A Decade Later, October 23-24, 2008, Snyder, TX, Texas AgriLife Extension Misc. Pub., TAES-San Angelo. 51 pp. PDF
Harris, W.H., T.W. Boutton, and R.J. Ansley. 2008. Plant community and soil microbial responses to fire and clipping in a southern mixed grassland. Rangeland Ecology and Management 61: 580-587. PDF
Teague, W.R., W.E. Grant, U.P. Kreuter, H. Diaz-Solis, S. Dube, M.M. Kothmann, W.E. Pinchak, and R.J. Ansley. 2008. An ecological economic simulation model for assessing fire and grazing management effects on mesquite rangelands in Texas. Ecological Economics 64: 611-624. PDF
Ansley, R.J., and M.J. Castellano. 2007. Texas wintergrass and buffalograss response to seasonal fires and clipping. Rangeland Ecology and Management 60: 154-164. PDF
Ansley, R.J., and M.J. Castellano. 2007. Prickly pear cactus responses to summer and winter fires. Rangeland Ecology and Management 60: 244-252. PDF
Ansley, R.J, and M.J. Castellano. 2007. Effects of summer fires on woody, succulent, and graminoid vegetation in southern mixed-prairie ecosystems: a review. Pages 63-70 In: R.E. Masters and K.E.M. Galley (eds), Fire in Grassland and Shrubland Ecosystems. Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference No. 23. Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL. 261 p. PDF
Castellano, M.J., and R.J. Ansley. 2007. Fire season and simulated grazing differentially affect the stability and drought resilience of a C4 bunchgrass, C3 bunchgrass and C4 lawngrass. Journal of Arid Environments 69: 375-384. PDF
Simmons, M.T., S.R. Archer, R.J. Ansley and W.R. Teague. 2007. Grass effects on tree growth in a temperate savanna. Journal of Arid Environments 69: 212-227. PDF
Ansley, R.J., and M.J. Castellano. 2006. Strategies for savanna restoration in the southern Great Plains: effects of fire and herbicides. Restoration Ecology 14: 420-427. PDF
Ansley, R.J., T.W. Boutton, and J.O. Skjemstad. 2006. Soil organic carbon and black carbon storage and dynamics under different fire regimes in a temperate mixed-grass savanna. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 20, GB3006, doi:10.1029/2005GB002670. 11 pages. PDF
Ansley, R.J., M.J. Castellano, and W.E. Pinchak. 2006. Sideoats grama growth responses to seasonal fires and clipping. Rangeland Ecology and Management 59: 258-266. PDF
Ansley, R.J., H.T. Wiedemann, M.J. Castellano and J.E. Slosser. 2006. Herbaceous restoration of juniper-dominated grasslands with chaining and fire. Rangeland Ecology and Management 59: 171-178. PDF
Dai, X., T.W. Boutton, M. Hailemichael, R.J. Ansley, and K.E. Jessup. 2006. Soil carbon and nitrogen storage in response to fire in a temperate mixed-grass savanna. Journal of Environmental Quality 35: 1620-1628. PDF
Ansley, R.J., and G.A. Rasmussen. 2005. Managing native invasive juniper species using fire. Weed Technology 19: 517-522. PDF
Dai, X., T.W. Boutton, B. Glaser, R.J. Ansley and W. Zech. 2005. Black carbon in a temperate mixed-grass savanna. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 37: 1879-1881. PDF
Wiedemann, H.T. J.E. Slosser and R.J. Ansley. 2005. Tabanus abactor Philip responses to chaining and burning redberry juniper stands. Southwestern Entomologist 30: 203-214.
Ansley, R.J., and C.A. Taylor. 2004. The future of fire as a tool for managing brush. Pages 200-210 In: W.Hamilton, A. McGinty, D.N. Ueckert, C.W. Hanselka and M. Lee (eds), Brush Management – Past, Present and Future, Texas A&M Univ. Press, College Station. PDF
Asner, G.P., S.R. Archer, R.F. Hughes, R.J. Ansley and C.A. Wessman. 2003. Net changes in regional woody vegetation cover and carbon storage in Texas drylands, 1937-1999. Global Change Biology 9: 316-335. PDF
Ansley, R.J., W.A. Dugas, M.L. Heuer and B.A. Kramp. 2002. Bowen ratio/energy balance and scaled leaf measurements of CO2 flux over burned Prosopis savanna. Ecological Applications 12: 948-961. PDF
Teague, W.R., R.J. Ansley, U.P. Kreuter, W.E. Pinchak, and J.M. McGrann. 2001. Economics of managing mesquite in north Texas: a sensitivity analysis. J. Range Management 54: 553-560. PDF
Teague, W.R., R.J. Ansley, U.P. Kreuter, J.M. McGrann and W.E. Pinchak. 2001. Fire vs. herbicide – the economics of herbicides and prescribed fire are compared in managing mesquite. Rangelands 23: 9-14. PDF
Ansley, R.J., and C.A. Taylor. 2000. The future of fire as a tool for managing brush. Pages 159-169 In: A. McGinty, D.N. Ueckert and M. Lee (eds). Proceedings: The Next Millennium – Rangeland Weed and Brush Management Symposium and Workshop, San Angelo, 19-21 Oct 2000, TAEX Misc. Pub., TAES-San Angelo, 250 p.
Payson, T.E., R.J. Ansley, J.K. Brown, G.J. Gottfried, S.M. Haase, M.G. Harrington, M.G. Narog, S.S. Sackett and R.C. Wilson. 2000. Fire in western shrubland, woodland and grassland ecosystems. Chap. 6, pp 121-159, In: J.K. Brown and J.K. Smith (editors), Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects on Flora, Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-42-vol 2. USDA Forest Serv., Rocky Mtn. Res. Sta. 257 pp. PDF
Ansley, R.J. 1999. Relating weather and fine fuel conditions during fires to mesquite topkill. Pages 11-12, In: W.R. Teague (ed.), Rolling Plains Ranching Systems Report, Vernon Center Tech. Rep. 99 -10, Vernon, TX, 81 pp. PDF
Ansley, R.J. 1999. Mesquite savanna development using low-intensity fires and Reclaim herbicide. Pages 17-20, In: W.R. Teague (ed.), Rolling Plains Ranching Systems Report, Vernon Center Tech. Rep. 99 -10, Vernon, TX, 81 pp. PDF
Ansley, R.J., W.R. Teague and W.E. Pinchak 1999. The cost of burning medium-sized pastures for mesquite control: data from the Kite Camp study. Page 21, In: W.R. Teague (ed.), Rolling Plains Ranching Systems Report, Vernon Center Tech. Rep. 99 -10, Vernon, TX, 81 pp. PDF
Ansley, R.J., D.L. Jones, T.R. Tunnell, B.A. Kramp and P.W. Jacoby. 1998. Honey mesquite canopy responses to single winter fires: relation to fine fuel, weather and fire temperature. International Journal of Wildland Fire 8: 241-252. PDF
Ansley, R.J., and P.W. Jacoby. 1998. Manipulation of fire intensity to achieve mesquite management goals in north Texas. Pages 195-204 In: T.L. Pruden and L.A. Brennan (eds). Fire in Ecosystem Management: Shifting the Paradigm from Suppression to Prescription. Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference No. 20. Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL. PDF
Ansley, R.J., B.A. Kramp, and T.L. Moore. 1997. Development and management of mesquite savanna using low intensity prescribed fires. Pages 155-161 In: J.M. Greenlee (ed). Proceedings: Fire Effects on Threatened and Endangered Species and Habitats Conference, 13-15 Nov. 1995, Coeur d’Alene, ID. International Assoc. Wildland Fire. PDF
Ansley, R.J., J.A. Huddle, B.A. Kramp and T. Tunnell. 1997. Using fire for sculpting brush. Pages 99-108 In: D. Rollins, D.N. Ueckert and C.G. Brown (eds). Proceedings: Brush Sculptors Symposium, Uvalde, August 21-22 and Abilene, Sept. 17-18, 1997, TAEX Misc. Pub., TAES-San Angelo. 150 pp. PDF
Ansley, R.J., J.F. Cadenhead, and B.A. Kramp. 1996. Mesquite savanna: a brush management option. The Cattleman 82 (No. 11): 10-12 (April 1996 Issue). PDF
Jacoby, P.W., R.J. Ansley, and B. A. Trevino. 1992. An improved method for measuring temperatures during range fires. Journal of Range Management 45: 216-219. PDF