College of Agricultural Sciences

J. M. Mangold, James, J. J., and Sheley, R., “Presence of soil surface depressions increases water uptake by native grass seeds”, Ecological restoration, North America, 2007.

J. J. James, Smith, B. S., Vasquez, E. A., and Sheley, R., “Principles for Ecologically Based Invasive Plant Management”, Invasive Plant Science and Management, vol. 3185141310, no. 03, pp. 229 - 239, 2010.

R. Sheley and Smith, B. S., “Prioritizing Invasive Plant Management Strategies”, Rangelands, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 11 - 14, 2012.

K. W. Davies and Sheley, R., “Promoting Native Vegetation and Diversity in Exotic Annual Grass Infestations”, Restoration Ecology, vol. 1995054236161306061204128133868721562113687100191515521949465221251, no. 2, pp. 159 - 165, 2011.

K. W. Davies, Sheley, R., and Nafus, A. M., “Promoting Native Vegetation in Medusahead Infestations”, Range Field Day 2009 Progress Report, p. 50, 2009.

M. C. Schantz, Sheley, R., and James, J. J., “Propagule Pressure and Priority Seeding Effects on the Demography of Invasive Annual and Native Perennial Grass Species”, Plant Ecology & Diversity, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 139-150, 2019.

J. D. Bates, Bohnert, D. W., Angell, R. F., Carpinelli, M. F., Falck, S. J., Doescher, P. S., Davies, K. W., Ganskopp, D. C., Heyerdahl, E. K., Hopkins, K. T., Miller, R. F., Pierson, F. B., Pokorny, M. L., Sheley, R., Svejcar, T., Ziegenhagen, L. L., and Vavra, M., “Research progress report 2005: Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center”, 2006.

R. Sheley and James, J. J., “Resistance of native plant functional groups to invasion by medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae)”, Invasive Plant Science and Management, vol. 3, pp. 294–300, 2010.

R. Sheley and Svejcar, T., “Response of Bluebunch Wheatgrass and Medusahead to Defoliation”, Rangeland Ecology & Management, vol. 62, no. 3, pp. 278 - 283, 2009.

M. C. Schantz, “Restoring Perennial Grasses in Medusahead Habitat: Role of Tilling, Fire, Herbicides, and Seeding Rate”, Rangeland Ecology & Management, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 249-259, 2019.

R. Sheley, LAUFENBERG, S. T. E. P. H. E. N. M., JACOBS, J. A. M. E. S. S., and Borkowski, J. J., “Restoring Species Richness and Diversity in a Russian Knapweed (Acroptilon repens)–infested Riparian Plant Community Using Herbicides”, Weed Science, vol. 558719, no. 04, pp. 311 - 318, 2007.

R. Sheley and Bates, J. D., “Restoring Western Juniper- (Juniperus occidentalis) Infested Rangeland after Prescribed Fire”, Weed Science, vol. 56585789535133, no. 03, pp. 469 - 476, 2008.

R. Sheley, “Revegetating Russian Knapweed (Acroptilon repens) and Green Rabbitbrush (Ericameria teretifolia) Infested Rangeland in a Single Entry”, Weed Science, vol. 554623355810, no. 04, pp. 365 - 370, 2007.

M. Carpinelli, Sheley, R., and Maxwell, B. D., “Revegetating weed-infested rangeland with niche-differentiated desirable species”, Journal of Range Management, vol. 57, no. 1, 2011.

S. Mangla, Sheley, R., James, J. J., and Radosevich, S. R., “Role of competition in restoring resource poor arid systems dominated by invasive grasses”, Journal of Arid Environments, vol. 75, no. 5, pp. 487 - 493, 2011.

M. C. Schantz, Sheley, R., James, J. J., and Hamerlynck, E. P., “Role of Dispersal Timing and Frequency in Annual Grass—Invaded Great Basin Ecosystems: How Modifying Seeding Strategies Increases Restoration Success”, Western North American Naturalist, vol. 76, no. 1, pp. 36 - 52, 2016.

M. C. Schantz, Sheley, R., and James, J. J., “Role of propagule pressure and priority effects on seedlings during invasion and restoration of shrub-steppe”, Biological Invasions, vol. 1720133517851104178117170819151713790100697418521676998483212171901177556164193422194347911878192496693, no. 1, pp. 73 - 85, 2015.

J. J. James, Mangold, J. M., Sheley, R., and Svejcar, T., “Root plasticity of native and invasive Great Basin species in response to soil nitrogen heterogeneity”, Plant Ecology, vol. 202758721821831128719126876987872118283801621348174344941141899432969114143127266184181113931719, no. 2, pp. 211 - 220, 2009.

K. W. Davies, Nafus, A. M., Bates, J. D., Svejcar, T., Sheley, R., Johnson, D. D., Miller, R. F., Sharp, R., and Rhodes, E. C., “Sagebrush steppe – research progress report 2007”, Agricultural Research Service Publication, 2008.

J. E. Larson, Sheley, R., Hardegree, S. P., Doescher, P. S., and James, J. J., “Seed and seedling traits affecting critical life stage transitions and recruitment outcomes in dryland grasses”, Journal of Applied Ecology, vol. 5213024165487229155987499256193523154502223296023716715481011761251008222704930398219283216189822195164410036649879187, no. 1, pp. 199 - 209, 2015.

K. J. Reever Morghan, Sheley, R., Denny, M. K., and Pokorny, M. L., “Seed islands may promote establishment and expansion of native species in reclaimed mine sites (Montana)”, Ecological Restoration, 2005.

E. M. Denton, Smith, B. S., Hamerlynck, E. P., and Sheley, R., “Seedling Defoliation and Drought Stress: Variation in Intensity and Frequency Affect Performance and Survival”, Rangeland Ecology & Management, vol. 71, no. 1, pp. 25 - 34, 2018.

E. M. Denton, Pyle, L. A., and Sheley, R., “Seedling Defoliation May Enhance Survival of Dominant Wheatgrasses but not Poa secunda Seeded for Restoration in the Sagebrush Steppe of the Northern Great Basin”, AoB PLANTS, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 1-11, 2021.

E. K. Swanson, Sheley, R., and James, J. J., “Shrubs Facilitate Perennial Bunchgrass Recruitment in Drylands Under Experimental Precipitation Change”, Journal of Arid Environments, vol. 187, no. Article 104432, 2021.

R. Sheley and James, J. J., “Simultaneous intraspecific facilitation and interspecific competition between native and annual grasses”, Journal of Arid Environments, vol. 104, pp. 80 - 87, 2014.