Brandon Bestelmeyer
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2022. Ecological science infrastructure for sustainability transformations in rangelands. The XXIV International Grassland Congress / XI International Rangeland Congress (Sustainable Use of Grassland and Rangeland Resources for Improved Livelihoods).
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2022. An extreme precipitation event, abrupt grass recovery, and soil processes in the Chihuahuan Desert. Ecological Society of America (ESA).
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2021. Assessing sustainability goals using big data: Collaborative adaptive management in the Malpai borderlands. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 77:17-29.
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2021. Ecological transformations in desert grasslands: resist, accept, or direct? Society for Range Management Meeting Abstracts.
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2021. Effects of managed fire on a swale grassland in the Chihuahuan Desert. Rangelands. :1-4.
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2021. State-and-transition modelling. The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods for Social-Ecological Systems. :371-382.
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2020. Big data, local science: Not an oxymoron. Ecological Society of America.
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2020. Scaling up agricultural research with artificial intelligence. IEEE IT Professional. 22:32-38.
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2019. Collaborative Approaches to Strengthen the Role of Science in Rangeland Conservation. Rangelands. 41(5):218-226.
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2019. Twenty-five years and a wiser science. Malpai Borderlands Group Annual Newsletter. :Page3.
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2018. The Grassland–Shrubland Regime Shift in the Southwestern United States: Misconceptions and Their Implications for Management. Bioscience. 68(9):678-690.
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2018. A Tale of Two Thresholds: Mistakes and Serendipity in a Desert Grassland. Ecosystems.
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2018. Understanding spatial variability in perennial grass restoration following shrub removal in the Chihuahuan Desert: The restore New Mexico collaborative monitoring program. Society for Range Management Meeting. January 28-February 2, 2018
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2018. Using ecological sites and state and transition models to support objective based conservation planning. 73rd Soil and Water Conservation Society International Conference.
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2017. Apathy, ignorance, and poor governance: the three-headed Hydra of drylands. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting.
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2017. A conceptual model of agroecosystem function as a basis for synthesis. Agronomy Society of America, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America Meeting.
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2017. State and transition models: Theory, applications, and challenges. In: Briske, D.D. Rangeland Systems: Processes, Management and Challenges. Springer Series on Environmental Management. :303-345.
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2016. Is desertification a dirty word? Ecological Society of America.
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2016. Tipping points in rangeland social-ecological systems of the Southwest US: Past and present. Ecological Society of America.
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2015. Collaborative adaptive landscape management (CALM) in rangelands: Discussion of general principles. 68th Annual Society for Range Management Meeting.
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2015. Desertification, land use, and the transformation of global drylands. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 13(1):28-36.
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2015. Geography as destiny? Social and ecological resilience in rangelands of the American southwest 100th Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America.
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2015. Land Ecology Essay II: Thresholds, novel ecosystems, and the sanctity of history. Rangelands. 37:244-246.
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2015. Operationalizing resilience using state and transition models. 68th World Congress on Ecological Restoration.
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2015. Spatial scaling concepts as applied to the assessment and restoration of drylands. 9th US IALE (Interantional Association of Landscape Ecology) World Congress.
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2014. Deforestation of "degraded" rangelands: The Argentine Chaco enters the next state of the anthropocene. Rangelands. 36(4):36-39.
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2013. Critical thresholds and recovery of Chihuahuan Desert grasslands: Insights from long-term data. 98th Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America.
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2013. State-and-transition models as guides for adaptive management: What are the needs? Los Pastizales y el Hombre. :27-33.
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2013. A test of critical thresholds and their indicators in a desertification-prone ecosystem: more resilience than we thought. Ecology Letters. 16:339-345.
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2012. Big questions emerging from a century of rangeland science and management. Rangeland Ecology and Management. 65:543-544.
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2012. Data support for a state-and-transition model: What have we learned? Society for Range Management, 65th Annual Meeting.
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2012. Grand challenges for resilience-based management of rangelands. Rangeland Ecology and Management. 65:654-663.
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2012. Is the historical range of variation relevant to rangeland management? Historical Environmental Variation in Conservation and Natural Resources Management: Past, Present, and Future. :289-296.
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2011. Analysis of abrupt transitions in ecological systems. Ecosphere. 2(12):1-26.
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2011. Grassland, shrubland and savanna stewardship: where do we go from here? 96th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting.
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2011. Landscape approaches to rangeland conservation practices. Conservation Benefits of Rangeland Practices: Assessment, Recommendations, and Knowledge Gaps. :337-370.
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2011. Spatial perspectives in state-and-transition models: A missing link to land management? Journal of Applied Ecology. 48(3):746-757.
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2011. State-and-transition model archetypes: A global taxonomy of rangeland change. International Rangeland Congress. IX:60.
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2010. Degraded states, novel ecosystems, or reconfigured landscapes: How should we view ecosystem change in a changing world? 63rd Society for Range Management Annual Meetings.
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2010. An introduction to the special issue on ecological sites. Rangeland. 32(6):3-4.
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2010. Practical guidance for developing state-and-transition models. Rangelands. 32(6):23-30.
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2010. Resilience mechanisms and recovery in a Chihuahuan Desert rangeland ecosystem. 95th Ecological Society of America Meeting.
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2009. Resilience theory in models of rangeland ecology and restoration: the evolution and application of a paradigm. New Models for Ecosystem Dynamics and Restoration. :78-95.
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2009. The spatial pattern of transition (spot): linking pattern, process, and scale to state-and-transition models. 62nd Society for Range Mangement Annual Meeting. :06-11.
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2009. Spatial patterns in alternative states and thresholds: A missing link for management of landscapes? 10th Biennial Conference for Research on the Colorado Plateau.
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2009. State-and-Transition models for heterogeneous landscapes: A strategy for development and application. Rangeland Ecology and Management. 62:1-15.
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2009. Threshold models in restoration - can we ever predict threshold responses? 19th Conference of Society for Ecological Restoration International.
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2009. Threshold models linked to land classification and indicators as guides to restoration - propsects and pitfalls. 10th International Congress of Ecology: Ecology in a Changing Climate.
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2008. The regional ecology of alternative states and thresholds: Strategies for ecological site descriptions. International Rangeland Congress. 1:644.