College of Forestry
Pyke, David
Associate Professor
Office Location:
166 FSL
Phone:
541-750-7334
Fax:
541-758-8806
Email Address:
Specialty:
Plant population ecology/USGS FRESC
Educational Background:
Research Interests:
Plant population biology, plant competition, plant-herbivore interactions, native vs. exotic plant interactions, restoration ecology.
Current/Recent Programs:
Research and demonstration plan to restore and maintain native plant diversity on deteriorated rangelands in the Great Basin and Columbia Plateau (Program Leader).
Selected Publications:
- Meinke, C.W., Knick, S.T., Pyke, D.A. 2009. A spatial model to prioritize sagebrush landscapes in the intermountain west (U.S.A.) for restoration. Restoration Ecology 17:652-659.
- Knutson, K.C. and D.A. Pyke. 2008. Western juniper and ponderosa pine ecotonal climate-growth relationships across landscape gradients in sourthern Oregon. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38:3021-3032.
- Hempy-Mayer, K. Pyke, D.A. 2008. Defoliation effects on Bromus tectorum seed production: implications for grazing. Rangeland Ecology and Management 61:116-123.
- Ponzetti, J., McCune, B., Pyke, D.A. 2007. Biotic soil crusts in relation to topography, cheatgrass, and fire in the Columbia Basin, Washington. Bryologist 4:706-722.
- Wirth, T.A. and D.A. Pyke. 2007. Monitoring post-fire vegetation rehabilitation projects – a common approach for non-forested ecosystems. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigation Report 2006-5048, 36p.
- Beever, E.A., Huso, M., Pyke, D.A. 2006. Multiscale responses of soil stability and invasive plants to removal of non-native grazers from an arid conservation reserve: Diversity and Distributions 12:258-268.
- Pyke, D.A. and S.T. Knick. 2005. Plant invaders, global change and landscape restoration. African Journal of Range and Forage Science 22: 73-83.
- Pellant, M., P. Shaver, D.A. Pyke, and J.E. Herrick. 2005. Interpreting indicators of rangeland health, version 4. Interagency Technical Reference 1734-6, USDI, Bureau of Land Management, National Science and Technology Center, Information and Communications Group, Denver, CO.
- Beever, E.A., D.A. Pyke, J.C. Chambers, F. Landau, and S. Smith. 2005 Monitoring temporal change in riparian vegetation of Great Basin National Park. Western North American Naturalist 65:382-401.
- Stubbs, M.M. and D.A. Pyke. 2005. Available nitrogen: a time-based study of manipulated resource islands. Plant and Soil 270:123-133.
- Huber-Sannwald, E. and D.A. Pyke. 2005. Establishing native grasses in a big sagebrush-dominated site: an intermediate restoration step. Restoration Ecology 13:292-301.