John Derek Scasta

John Derek Scasta

University of Wyoming

H-index: 22

North America-United States

About John Derek Scasta

John Derek Scasta, With an exceptional h-index of 22 and a recent h-index of 20 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Wyoming, specializes in the field of drivers and effects of plant-animal interactions, agriculture, conservation.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Feral horses and pronghorn: a test of the forage maturation hypothesis in an arid shrubland

Fire seasonality and herbicide effects on Sarcobatus vermiculatus survival and structure in western Great Plains

Adaptive Multi-paddock Grazing Management Reduces Diet Quality of Yearling Cattle in Shortgrass Steppe

Western US Residents’ Knowledge of Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Their Management on Federal Public Lands

Prescribed fire and exotic plant responses in phreatophytic Sarcobatus vermiculatus rangelands with contrasting degradation

US wool industry perceptions of digital record keeping and wool supply-chain traceability

Ranch-scale soil health, forage quality, and cattle grazing capacity linkages in a high-elevation steppe

Vegetation response to a natural gas pipeline rupture fire in Canada’s montane cordillera

John Derek Scasta Information

University

Position

Associate Professor -

Citations(all)

1508

Citations(since 2020)

1167

Cited By

717

hIndex(all)

22

hIndex(since 2020)

20

i10Index(all)

43

i10Index(since 2020)

36

Email

University Profile Page

University of Wyoming

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John Derek Scasta Skills & Research Interests

drivers and effects of plant-animal interactions

agriculture

conservation

Top articles of John Derek Scasta

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Feral horses and pronghorn: a test of the forage maturation hypothesis in an arid shrubland

Animal Behaviour

Jacob D Hennig

Jeffrey L Beck

J Derek Scasta

2024/4/1

Fire seasonality and herbicide effects on Sarcobatus vermiculatus survival and structure in western Great Plains

Rangeland Ecology & Management

Nathan M. Wade

Lance T. Vermeire

John Derek Scasta

2024

Adaptive Multi-paddock Grazing Management Reduces Diet Quality of Yearling Cattle in Shortgrass Steppe

The Rangeland Journal

Tamarah Jorns

John Scasta

Justin Derner

David Augustine

Lauren Porensky

...

2024

Western US Residents’ Knowledge of Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Their Management on Federal Public Lands

Rangeland Ecology & Management

Nicki Frey

Jeffrey L Beck

Loretta Singletary

Laura Snell

Derek Scasta

...

2024/1/1

Prescribed fire and exotic plant responses in phreatophytic Sarcobatus vermiculatus rangelands with contrasting degradation

Global Ecology and Conservation

Nathan M Wade

Lance T Vermeire

John Derek Scasta

2024/4/16

US wool industry perceptions of digital record keeping and wool supply-chain traceability

Applied Animal Science

CE Newman

CL Gifford

DP Anderson

JD Scasta

WC Stewart

2024/4/1

Ranch-scale soil health, forage quality, and cattle grazing capacity linkages in a high-elevation steppe

Arid Land Research and Management

Timm Gergeni

John Derek Scasta

Kristie Maczko

John Tanaka

2023/4/3

Vegetation response to a natural gas pipeline rupture fire in Canada’s montane cordillera

Energy, Ecology and Environment

John Derek Scasta

Sonja Leverkus

Dan Tisseur

Gillian Leverkus

2023/10

Adaptive grazing and animal density implications for stocking rate and drought in northern mixed-grass prairie

Livestock Science

John Derek Scasta

Timm Gergeni

Kristie Maczko

John Tanaka

Steve Paisley

2023/3/1

Prescribed Fire Case Studies From Wyoming, USA: Diverse Applications and Common Themes at the Great Plains-Rocky Mountains Interface

Case Studies in the Environment

John Derek Scasta

Claire Visconti

Hannah Fraley

Tanner Hoffman

Cortney Borer

...

2023/9/22

Setting the Land Ablaze: Rancher perceptions and experience with wildfire may not be a deterrent to prescribed burning on U.S. central Rocky Mountain rangelands

Western Economics Forum

Ryan Wilbur

Kristie Maczko

John Derek Scasta

2023

Role and management of fire in rangelands

J Derek Scasta

Dirac Twidwell

Victoria Donovan

Caleb Roberts

Eric Thacker

...

2023/9/2

Temporal variability drives soil chemical and biological dynamics more than grazing in a northern mixed-grass prairie

Plant, Soil and Environment

Timm Gergini

John Derek Scasta

Kristie Maczko

Steve Paisley

John Tanaka

2023

Feral Equids

Steven L Petersen

J Derek Scasta

Kathryn A Schoenecker

Jacob D Hennig

2023/9/2

Habitat selection and space use overlap between feral horses, pronghorn, and greater sage‐grouse in cold arid steppe

The Journal of Wildlife Management

Jacob D Hennig

JD Scasta

Aaron C Pratt

Caitlyn P Wanner

Jeffrey L Beck

2023/1

A crossroads in the rearview mirror: the state of United States feral equid management in 2023

Jacob D Hennig

Courtney J Duchardt

Saeideh Esmaeili

Samuel D Fuhlendorf

Jeffrey L Beck

...

2023/6

PSII-17 Sheep Foraging Relative to Stock Density, Time of Day, and Sheep Type in a Poisonous Plant Context

Journal of Animal Science

Aaron Kersh

John D Scasta

Justin D Derner

Hannah Fraley

Whit C Stewart

2023/11/6

Data from: Study" Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), Wyoming/Colorado, USA"

Jeffrey L Beck

Jacob D Hennig

John D Scasta

2022/12/13

Prescribed fires of the future: technology and fire

Global Application of Prescribed Fire

Dirac Twidwell

Rheinhardt Scholtz

Victoria Donovan

2022

Refining Robel Pole Applications for Grazed Idaho Fescue Grasslands in the Big Horn Mountains, Wyoming

Rangeland Ecology & Management

R Benjamin

B Stam

JD Scasta

2022/7/1

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Co-Authors

H-index: 57
David Engle

David Engle

Oklahoma State University

H-index: 43
Diane Debinski

Diane Debinski

Montana State University

H-index: 37
Jeffrey L. Beck

Jeffrey L. Beck

University of Wyoming

H-index: 28
Torre J. Hovick

Torre J. Hovick

North Dakota State University

H-index: 13
Justin Talley

Justin Talley

Oklahoma State University

H-index: 12
Whit C. Stewart

Whit C. Stewart

University of Wyoming

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