David M. Engle

Rangeland Ecology and Management

dme@iastate.edu

B.S. Range Science, Abilene Christian University, 1972
M.S. Wildlife Biology, Abilene Christian University, 1975
Ph.D. Range Science, Colorado State University, 1978

Research

Dr. Engle's research focuses on the influence of rangeland management and other land management activities on terrestrial ecosystem and landscape properties, including nutrient cycling, threatened and endangered species, and critical habitats. Many of these studies are enveloped in technology development aimed at mitigating environment degradation associated with various rangeland management practices, exurban sprawl, and invasive species. His future research will focus on management and restoration of fragmented, mesic tallgrass prairie using the interaction of fire and grazing.

Publications

Coppedge, B. R., D.M. Engle, S.D. Fuhlendorf, R.E. Masters, and M.S. Gregory. 2002. Landscape cover type and pattern dynamics in fragmented southern Great Plains grasslands, USA. Landscape Ecology 16:677-690.

Fuhlendorf, S.D., H. Zhang, T.R. Tunnell, D.M. Engle and A. F. Cross. 2002. Effects of grazing on restoration of southern mixed prairie soils. Ecological Restoration 10:401-407.

Fuhlendorf, S.D., D.M. Engle, and T.G. Bidwell. 2002. Influence of herbicide application on forb and arthropod communities of North American tallgrass prairies. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 92:251-259.

Carlson, J. D., R. E. Burgan, D. M. Engle, and J. R. Greenfield. 2002. The Oklahoma Fire Danger Model: An operational tool for mesoscale fire danger rating in Oklahoma. International Journal of Wildland Fire 11:183-191.

Cram, D.S., R.E. Masters, F. S. Guthery, D.M. Engle, and W.G. Montague. 2002. Northern bobwhite population and habitat response to pine-grassland restoration. Journal of Wildlife Management 66:1031-1039.

Sparks, J. C., R. E. Masters, D. M. Engle, and G. A. Bukenhofer. 2002. Season of burn influences fire behavior and fuel consumption in restored shortleaf pine-grassland communities. Restoration Ecology 10:714-722.

Farley, S. C., R. E. Masters, and D. M. Engle. 2002. Riparian landscape change in central Oklahoma 1872-1991. Oklahoma Academy of Science 82:49-56.

Yoder, J., D. M. Engle, M. Tilley, and S. Fuhlendorf. 2003. The economic logic of prescribed burning law and regulation. Journal of Range Management 56:305-312.

Yoder, J., M. Tilley, D. M. Engle, and S. Fuhlendorf. 2003. Economics and prescribed fire law in the United States. Review of Agricultural Economics 25:218-233.

Clark, J.E., E.C. Hellgren, E.E. Jorgensen, S.J. Tunnell, D.M. Engle, and D.M. Leslie, Jr. 2003. Population dynamics of hispid cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus) across a nitrogen-amended landscape. Canadian Journal of Zoology 81:1-10.

Ginger, S.M., E.C. Hellgren, M.A. Kasparian, L.P. Levesque, D.M. Engle, and D.M. Leslie, Jr. 2003. Niche shift by Virginia opossum following reduction of a putative competitor, the raccoon. Journal of Mammalogy 84:1279-1291.

Leis, S.A., D.M. Engle, D.M. Leslie, Jr., J.S. Fehmi, and J. Kretzer. 2003. Comparison of vegetation sampling procedures in a disturbed mixed-grass prairie. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science 83:7-13.

Chapman, R.N., D.M. Engle, R.E. Masters, and D.M. Leslie Jr. 2004. Tree invasion constrains the influence of herbaceous structure in grassland bird habitats. Écoscience 11:55-63. View (PDF)

Tunnell, S.J., D.M. Engle, and E.E. Jorgensen. 2004. Old field successional dynamics following cessation of chronic disturbance. Journal of Vegetation Science 15:431-436. View (PDF)

Coppedge B.R., D.M. Engle, R.E. Masters, and M.S. Gregory. 2004. Predicting juniper encroachment and CRP effects on avian community dynamics in southern mixed-grass prairie, USA. Biological Conservation 115:431-441.

Kasparian, M. A, E. C. Hellgren, S. M. Ginger, L. P. Levesque, J. E. Clark, D. L. Winkelman, and D. M. Engle. 2004. Population characteristics of Virginia opossum in the cross timbers during raccoon reduction. American Midland Naturalist 151:154-163.

Fuhlendorf, S.D., and D.M. Engle. 2004. Application of the grazing-fire interaction to restore a shifting mosaic on tallgrass prairie. Journal of Applied Ecology 41:604-614. View (PDF)

Yoder, J., D. M. Engle, S. Fuhlendorf, and M. Tilley. 2004. Prescribed Fire for Ecosystem Management. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2:361-366. View (PDF)

Chapman, R.N., D.M. Engle, R.E. Masters, and D.M. Leslie Jr. 2004. Grassland vegetation and bird communities in the southern Great Plains of North America. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 104:577-585.

Horncastle, V.J., E.C. Hellgren, P.M. Mayer, D.M. Engle, and D.M. Leslie, Jr. 2004. Differential consumption of eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) by avian and mammalian guilds: Implications for tree invasion. American Midland Naturalist 152:255-267.

Rosas, C.A., D.M. Engle, and J.H. Shaw. 2005. Potential ecological impact of diet selectivity and bison herd composition. Great Plains Research 15:3-13.

Mayer, P.M., S.J. Tunnell, D.M. Engle, E.E. Jorgensen, and P. Nunn. 2005. Invasive grass alters litter decomposition by influencing macrodetritivores. Ecosystems 8:200-209

Leis, S.A., D.M. Engle, D.M. Leslie, Jr., and J.S. Fehmi. 2005. Effects of short- and long-term disturbance resulting from military maneuvers on vegetation and soils in mixed prairie. Environmental Management 36:849-861. View (PDF)

Horncastle, V.J., E.C. Hellgren, P.M. Mayer, A.C. Ganguli, D.M. Engle, and D.M. Leslie, Jr. 2005. Implications of invasion by Juniperus virginiana on small mammals in the southern Great Plains. Journal of Mammalogy 86:1144-1155.

Clark, J.E., E.C. Hellgren, J.L. Parsons, E.E. Jorgensen, D.M. Engle, and D.M. Leslie, Jr. 2005. Nitrogen outputs of small mammals from fecal and urine deposition: implications for nitrogen cycling. Oecologia 144:447-455.

Churchwell, R., C. A. Davis, S. D. Fuhlendorf, and D. M. Engle. 2005. Direct impacts of cattle grazing on grassland nesting birds. Oklahoma Ornithological Bulletin 38:25-30.

Coppedge B.R., D.M. Engle, R.E. Masters, and M.S. Gregory. 2006. Development of a grassland integrity index based on breeding bird assemblages. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 118:125-145. View (PDF)

Engle, D.M., T.N. Bodine, and J.F. Stritzke. 2006. Woody plant community in the cross timbers over two decades of brush treatments. Rangeland Ecology & Management 59:153-162. View (PDF)

Fuhlendorf, S.D., W.C. Harrell, D.M. Engle, and R.G. Hamilton, C.A. Davis, and D.M. Leslie, Jr. 2006. Should heterogeneity be the basis for conservation? Grassland bird response to fire and grazing. Ecological Applications 16:1706-1716. View (PDF)

Anderson, R.H., S.D. Fuhlendorf, and D.M. Engle. 2006. Soil N availability in tallgrass prairie under the fire-grazing interaction. Rangeland Ecology & Management 59:625-631.

Cummings, D.C., S. D. Fuhlendorf, and D.M. Engle. 2007. Is altering grazing selectivity of invasive forage species with patch burning more effective than herbicide treatments? Rangeland Ecology & Management 60:253-260. View (PDF)

Kerby, J.D., S.D. Fuhlendorf, and D.M. Engle. 2007. Landscape heterogeneity and fire behavior: scale-dependent feedback between fire and grazing processes. Landscape Ecology 22:507-516. View (PDF)

Limb, R.F., K.R. Hickman, D.M. Engle, J.E. Norland, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2007. Digital photography: reduced investigator variation in visual obstruction measurements for southern tallgrass prairie. Rangeland Ecology & Management 60:548-552.

Coppedge B.R., D.M. Engle, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2007. Markov models of land cover dynamics in a southern Great Plains grassland region. Landscape Ecology 1383-1393. View (PDF)

Coppedge, B.R. L.G. Talent, and D.M. Engle. 2007 Olfactory attributes and egg size effects on artificial ground nest predation rates in tallgrass prairie. The Southwestern Naturalist 52:453-460.

Leis, S.A., D.M. Leslie, Jr., D.M. Engle, and J.S. Fehmi. 2008. Small mammals as indicators of short-term and long-term disturbance in mixed prairie. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 137:75-84. View (PDF)

Engle, D.M., S.D. Fuhlendorf, A. Roper, and D.M. Leslie, Jr. 2008. Invertebrate community response to a shifting mosaic of habitat. Rangeland Ecology & Management 61:55-62. View (PDF)

Engle, D.M., B.R. Coppedge, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. From the Dust Bowl to the green glacier: human activity and environmental change in Great Plains grasslands. 2008. Pages 253-271, In: O. Van Auken (ed.). Western North American Juniperus Communities. Springer, New York.

Fuhlendorf, S.D., S.R. Archer, F.E. Smeins, D.M. Engle, and C.A. Taylor, Jr. 2008. The combined influence of grazing, fire, and herbaceous productivity on tree–grass interactions. Pages 219-238, In: O. Van Auken (ed.). Western North American Juniperus Communities. Springer, New York.