College of Forestry
Doescher, Paul
Professor, FES Department Head
Office Location:
321 Richardson Hall
Phone:
541-737-6583
Fax:
541-737-1393
Email Address:
Specialty:
Restoration Ecology
Educational Background:
- B.S., 1975, Forestry, University of Illinois, Urbana
- M.S., 1977, Resource Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula
- Ph.D., 1983, Rangeland Ecology, Oregon State University, Corvallis
Courses:
Research Interests:
Restoration of native plant communities; fire ecology; ecological and physiological dynamics of plant species.
Current/Recent Programs:
Restoration of shrub steppe and woodland communities in the Intermountain West; large-scale, integrative research programs; undergraduate education; curriculum development.
Graduate Students:
- Michael Reisner (PhD—Forest Resources)
- Louisa Evers (PhD—Environmental Sciences)
- Gabrielle Snider (MS—Forest Science and Forest Resources)
Selected Publications:
- Evers, L.B., Miller, R.F., Doescher, P.S., Hemstrom, M., and R.P. Neilson. 2013. Simulating successional trajectories in sagebrush ecosystems under varying management inputs Using a state-and-transition modeling framework. Rangeland Ecology and Management. 66: 313-329.
- Reisner, M., Grace, J., Pyke, D., and P. Doescher. 2013. Conditions favoring Bromus tectorum dominance of endangered sagebrush steppe ecosystems. J. Appl. Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12097
- Buonopane, M., Snider, G., Kerns, B.K., and P. S. Doescher. 2013. Complex restoration challenges: Weeds, seeds, and roads in a forested Wildland Urban Interface. Forest Ecology and Management 295:87-96
- Witwicki, D.L., Doescher, P.S., Pyke, D.A, Perakis, S.S., and N.M. DeCrappeo. 2013. Nitrogen limitation, 15N tracer retention, and growth response in intact and Bromus tectorum-invaded Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis communities. Oecologia 171:1013-1023
- Mazzola, M. B., K. G. Allcock, J.C. Chambers, R. R. Blank, E. W. Schupp, P.S. Doescher and R.S. Nowak. 2008. Effects of nitrogen availability and cheatgrass competition on the establishment of Vavilov Siberian wheatgrass. Range Ecology and Management 61: 475-484.
- Allcock K., R. Nowak, B. Blank, T. Jones, T. Monaco, P. Doescher, T. Tanaka., D. Ogle, L. St., John, M. Pellant, D. Pyke, V. Satyal, J. Tanaka, E. Schupp, and C. Call. 2006. Integrating weed management and restoration on western rangelands. Ecological Restoration 24:199-200. Invited paper.
- John D. Walstad, Mark D. Reed, Paul S. Doescher, J. Boone Kauffman, Richard F. Miller, Bruce A. Shindler, and John C. Tappeiner. 2003. Wildland Fire Ecology: A new course in distance education. J of Forestry 101:16-20.
- Aaron Liston, Barbara L. Wilson, William.A. Robinson, Paul. S. Doescher, Norman Harris, and Tony Svejcar. 2003. The relative importance of sexual reproduction vs. clonal spread in an aridland bunchgrass. Oecologia 137: 216-225.
- Waichler, W. S., R.F. Miller and P. S. Doescher. 2001. Community characteristics of old-growth juniper woodlands. J. Range Manage. 54:518-527.
- Doescher, P. S. 2001. Technical Note: Early Harvest of Squirreltail Seed. J. Range Manage. 54:197-1999.
- Meays, C.L. , A.S. Laliberte and P. S. Doescher. 2000. Defoliation response of bluebunch wheatgrass and crested wheatgrass: Why we cannot graze these two species in the same manner. Rangelands 22:16-18.
- Goodwin, J. R., P. S. Doescher, L. E. Eddleman and D. B. Zobel. 1999. Persistence of Idaho fescue on degraded sagebrush steppe. J. Range Manage. 52: 187-198.