FIRE ECOLOGY PAPERS - R.J. Ansley

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.

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.

Ansley, R.J., W.R. Teague and W.E. Pinchak. 2007.  Mesquite cover responses in rotational grazing/prescribed fire management systems: landscape assessment using aerial images.  Pages 73-78 In: R.Sosebee et al. (comp.) Proceedings 13th Wildland Shrub Symposium - Shrubland Dynamics: Fire and Water, USDA For. Serv. Rocky Mtn. Res. Sta. Pub. RMRS-P-47, 173 p.

Ansley, R.J., and M.J. Castellano.  2007.  Prickly pear cactus responses to summer and winter fires.  Rangeland Ecology and Management 60: 244-252.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 (see also ERRATA). 

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.

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.

Ansley, R.J., and G.A. Rasmussen.  2005. Managing native invasive juniper species using fire.  Weed Technology 19: 517-522.

Ansley, R.J. 2005.  Summer fire effects on southern Great Plains vegetation.  Pages 255-272 In: C.G. Brown and D. Rollins (eds): Proceedings Symposium: Fire as a Tool for Managing Wildlife Habitats in Texas, Texas Cooperative Extension Misc. Pub., San Angelo, TX.

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.

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.  

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.

Pinchak, W.E. D.R. Tolleson, M. Mccloy, L.J. Hunt, R.J. Gill, R.J. Ansley and S.J. Bevers.  2004.  Morbidity impacts on productivity and profitability of stocker cattle grazing in the Southern Plains.  Journal of Animal Science 82: 2773-2779.

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.

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.  

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.  Journal of Range Management 54: 553-560.

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.  

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.

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.

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.

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. 

Ansley, R.J., W. R. Teague, and W. E. Pinchak.  1999.  Prescribed burning on the Kite Camp project: summary of progress 1995-1999.  Pages 26-27, In: W.R. Teague (ed.), Rolling Plains Ranching Systems Report, Vernon Center Tech. Rep. 99-10, Vernon, TX, 81 pp.

Kramp, B.A., R.J. Ansley, and D. L. Jones.  1999.   Effects of fire on mesquite pods and seeds.  Pages 13-14, In: W.R. Teague (ed.), Rolling Plains Ranching Systems Report, Vernon Center Tech. Rep. 99 -10, Vernon, TX, 81 pp.

Kramp, B.A., R.J. Ansley, and D. L. Jones. 1999.  Effects of prescribed fire on mesquite seedlings.  Pages 15-16,  In: W.R. Teague (ed.), Rolling Plains Ranching Systems Report, Vernon Center Tech. Rep. 99 -10, Vernon, TX, 81 pp.  

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.  

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.

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.

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.

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.