Kirk Davies | College of Agricultural Sciences

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Dr. Davies is a Rangeland Scientist with the USDA-Agricultural Research Service at the Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center in Burns, OR. Dr. Davies research focuses on vegetation patterns, disturbance ecology, climate and management influences on rangeland vegetation, sagebrush-bunchgrass community ecology, and invasive plant prevention, control, and ecology.

Current Research Projects:

Resource islands and vegetation heterogeneity in sagebrush plant communities
Ecology and prevention of exotic annual grass invasion
Impacts of exotic annual grass invasions
Identifying characteristics of invasion resistant plant communities
Revegetation of exotic annual grass invaded plant communities
Prior disturbance impacts on subsequent disturbances
Pre- and post-fire management influence on plant community ecology
Wyoming and mountain big sagebrush plan community ecology
Influence of disturbances on wildlife habitat in the sagebrush steppe
Insect response to distrubances in sagebrush plant communities
Feral (wild) horse impacts to riparian areas and adjacent uplands
Influence of climate and soils on native vegetation cover, density, and production

At OSU

Affiliated with:

Animal & Rnglnd Sciences

Career Links:

Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center - Burns

Professional Accomplishments

Employment:

Dr. Davies joined the USDA-Agricultural Research Service as a Rangeland Scientist in October 2006.

Education:

Dual B.S. (2000) in Rangeland Resources and Crop & Soil Science from Oregon State University
Ph.D. (2005) in Rangeland Resources from Oregon State University

My Publications

2024

Journal Article

L. Svejcar, Martyn, T. E., Edlund, H. R., and Davies, K. W., “A Test of Activated Carbon and Soil Seed Enhancements for Improved Sub-Shrub and Grass Seedling Survival With and Without Herbicide Application”, Plants, vol. 13, no. 21, p. 3074, 2024.

L. Svejcar, Clenet, D. R., Guetling, C. H., and Davies, K. W., “Activated Carbon Seed Technology Protects Seedlings From Two Pre-emergent Herbicides Applied in Tandem”, Rangeland Ecology & Management, vol. 96, pp. 67 - 71, 2024.

M. F. Case, Davies, K. W., Boyd, C. S., Aoyama, L., Merson, J., Penkauskas, C., and Hallett, L. M., “Cross-Scale Analysis Reveals Interacting Predictors of Annual and Perennial Cover in Northern Great Basin Rangelands”, Ecological Applications , vol. 34, no. 4, 2024.

M. F. Case, Davies, K. W., Boyd, C. S., Aoyama, L., Merson, J., Penkauskas, C., and Hallett, L. M., “Cross‐Scale Analysis Reveals Interacting Predictors of Annual and Perennial Cover in Northern Great Basin Rangelands”, Ecological Applications, 2024.

K. W. Davies and Johnson, D. D., “Dryland restoration needs suggest a role for introduced plants”, Global Ecology and Conservation, vol. 53, p. e03005, 2024.

K. W. Davies, Boyd, C. S., Bates, J. D., Svejcar, L., and Porensky, L. M., “Ecological benefits of strategically applied livestock grazing in sagebrush communities”, Ecosphere, vol. 15, no. 5, 2024.

V. Schroeder, Johnson, D. D., Davies, K. W., Boyd, C. S., and O'Connor, R., “Effects of Dormant Season and Contemporary Spring-Summer Grazing on Plant Community Composition in the Sagebrush Ecosystem”, Rangeland Ecology & Management, 2024.

K. W. Davies, Boyd, C. S., Svejcar, L., and Clenet, D. R., “Long-Term Effects of Revegetation Efforts in Annual Grass−Invaded Rangeland”, Rangeland Ecology & Management, vol. 92, pp. 59 - 67, 2024.

K. W. Davies, Boyd, C. S., Svejcar, L., Martyn, T. E., and Bates, J. D., “Post-fire management decisions have consequences: Drill-seeding disturbance and effects of co-seeding introduced with native bunchgrasses”, Global Ecology and Conservation, vol. 53, p. e03021, 2024.

S. M. Copeland, Davies, K. W., and Boyd, C. S., “Sagebrush Ecosystems are More Than Artemisia: The Complex Issue of Degraded Understories in the Great Basin”, Rangeland Ecology & Management, vol. 94, pp. 184 - 194, 2024.

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