College of Agricultural Sciences

T. Svejcar, Boyd, C. S., Davies, K. W., Madsen, M. D., Bates, J. D., Sheley, R., Marlow, C., Bohnert, D. W., Borman, M. M., Mata-González, R., Buckhouse, J., Stringham, T., Perryman, B., Swanson, S., Tate, K., George, M., Ruyle, G., Roundy, B. A., Call, C., Jensen, K., Launchbaugh, K., Gearhart, A., Vermeire, L., Tanaka, J. A., Derner, J., Frasier, G., and Havstad, K. M., “Western land managers will need all available tools for adapting to climate change, including grazing: a critique of Beschta et al.”, Environmental Management, vol. 53, no. 6, pp. 1035 - 1038, 2014.

R. Martinson, Lambrinos, J. G., and Mata-González, R., “Water Stress Patterns of Xerophytic Plants in an Urban Landscape”, HortScience, vol. 54, no. 5, pp. 818 - 823, 2019.

J. W. Dittel, Sanchez, D., Ellsworth, L. M., Morozumi, C. N., and Mata-González, R., “Vegetation Response to Juniper Reduction and Grazing Exclusion in Sagebrush-Steppe Habitat in Eastern Oregon”, Rangeland Ecology & Management, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 213 - 219, 2018.

R. Mata-González, Pieper, R. D., and Cardenas, M. M., “Vegetation Patterns as Affected by Aspect and Elevation in Small Desert Mountains”, The Southwestern Naturalist, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 440 - 448, 2002.

R. Mata-González, Figueroa-Sandoval, ín, Clemente, F., and Manzano, M., “Vegetation changes after livestock grazing exclusion and shrub control in the southern Chihuahuan desert”, Western North American Naturalist, vol. 67, no. 1, pp. 63 - 70, 2007.

R. Mata-González, McLendon, T., Martin, D. W., Trlica, M. J., and Pearce, R. A., “Vegetation as affected by groundwater depth and microtopography in a shallow aquifer area of the Great Basin”, Ecohydrology, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 54 - 63, 2012.

N. Durfee, Ochoa, C., and Mata-González, R., “The Use of Low-Altitude UAV Imagery to Assess Western Juniper Density and Canopy Cover in Treated and Untreated Stands”, Forests, vol. 10, no. 4, p. 296, 2019.

S. Smythe, Sanchez, D., and Mata-González, R., “Temporal effects of mechanical treatment on winter moose browse in south-central Alaska”, Alces, vol. 51, pp. 135 - 147, 2015.

M. Martínez-Salvador, Mata-González, R., Pinedo-Alvarez, A., Morales-Nieto, C. R., Prieto-Amparán, J. A., Vázquez-Quintero, G., and Villarreal-Guerrero, F., “A Spatial Forestry Productivity Potential Model for Pinus arizonica Engelm, a Key Timber Species from Northwest Mexico”, Sustainability, vol. 11, no. 3, p. 829, 2019.

N. A. Carbajal-Morón, Manzano, M. G., and Mata-González, R., “Soil hydrology and vegetation as impacted by goat grazing in Vertisols and Regosols in semi-arid shrublands of northern Mexico”, The Rangeland Journal, vol. 39, no. 4, p. 363, 2017.

D. Prado-Tarango, Mata-González, R., Melgoza-Castillo, A., Elias, S. G., and Santellano-Estrada, E., “Simulated rainfall sequences affect germination and biomass allocation of Chihuahuan desert native plants”, Arid Land Research and Management, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 22 - 36, 2019.

R. Mata-González, Sosebee, R. E., and Wan, C., “Shoot and root biomass of desert grasses as affected by biosolids application”, Journal of Arid Environments, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 477 - 488, 2002.

R. Mata-González, McLendon, T., and Martin, D. W., “Response to comment to The inappropriate use of crop transpiration coefficients (Kc) to estimate evapotranspiration in arid ecosystems: a review”, Arid Land Research and Management, vol. 20, pp. 179 - 181, 2006.

M. Louhaichi, Park, A. G., Mata-González, R., Johnson, D. E., and Mohawesh, Y. M., “A Preliminary Model of Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. Suitability for Jordan”, Acta Horticulturae, no. 1067, pp. 267 - 273, 2015.

R. Mata-González, Sosebee, R. E., and Wan, C., “Physiological impacts of biosolids application in desert grasses”, Environmental and Experimental Botany, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 139 - 148, 2002.

E. Naumburg, Mata-González, R., Hunter, R. G., McLendon, T., and Martin, D. W., “Phreatophytic vegetation and groundwater fluctuations: a review of current research and application of ecosystem response modeling with an emphasis on great basin vegetation”, Environmental Management, vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 726 - 740, 2005.

R. Mata-González, Evans, T. L., Martin, D. W., McLendon, T., Noller, J. S., Wan, C., and Sosebee, R. E., “Patterns of Water Use by Great Basin Plant Species Under Summer Watering”, Arid Land Research and Management, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 428 - 446, 2014.

G. Ray, Ochoa, C., Deboodt, T., and Mata-González, R., “Overstory–Understory Vegetation Cover and Soil Water Content Observations in Western Juniper Woodlands: A Paired Watershed Study in Central Oregon, USA”, Forests, vol. 10, no. 2, p. 151, 2019.

D. E. Prado-Tarango, Melgoza-Castillo, A., Mata-González, R., and Villarreal-Guerrero, F., “Osmotic stress and germination of Yucca elata and Menodora scabra, two species of plants native to the desert of Chihuahua”, Revista Chapingo Serie Zonas Áridas, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 39 - 44, 2017.

J. P. Averett, McCune, B., Parks, C. G., Naylor, B. J., Delcurto, T., and Mata-González, R., “Non-Native Plant Invasion along Elevation and Canopy Closure Gradients in a Middle Rocky Mountain Ecosystem”, PLOS ONE, vol. 11, no. 1, p. e0147826, 2016.

R. Mata-González, Sosebee, R. E., and Wan, C., “Nitrogen in Desert Grasses as Affected by Biosolids, their Time of Application, and Soil Water Content”, Arid Land Research and Management, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 385 - 395, 2004.

R. Mata-González, Hunter, R. G., Coldren, C. L., McLendon, T., and Paschke, M. W., “Modelling plant growth dynamics in sagebrush steppe communities affected by fire”, Journal of Arid Environments, vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 144 - 157, 2007.

C. M. Brenton, Fish, E. B., and Mata-González, R., “Macronutrient and Trace Element Leaching Following Biosolids Application on Semi-arid Rangeland Soils”, Arid Land Research and Management, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 143 - 156, 2007.

C. M. Reed-Dustin, Mata-González, R., and Rodhouse, T. J., “Long-Term Fire Effects on Native and Invasive Grasses in Protected Area Sagebrush Steppe”, Rangeland Ecology & Management, vol. 69, no. 4, pp. 257 - 264, 2016.

R. Mata-González, Martin, D. W., McLendon, T., Trlica, M. J., and Pearce, R. A., “Invasive plants and plant diversity as affected by groundwater depth and microtopography in the Great Basin”, Ecohydrology, vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 648 - 655, 2012.