Chad Boyd

Rangeland Scientist
U.S. Department of Agriculture, ARS
Riparian Ecology and Monitoring

Dr. Boyd is a Rangeland Scientist with USDA-ARS in Burns, Oregon. He received his BS (1991) in Range,Wildlife, and Fisheries Management from Texas Tech University, his MS (1993) in Rangeland Science from Utah State University, and PhD (1999) in Rangeland Ecology and Management from Oklahoma State University. He joined the research group at the Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center in July 1999.

His current research interests are focused on:

• Sage grouse
• Riparian and Meadow Grazing Ecology
• Stream Temperature
• Willow Monitoring

Published research by Dr. Boyd:

• Seed and Seedling Ecology Research to Enhance Restoration Outcomes  (2013)
• Variation in Timing of  Planting Influences Bluebunch Wheatgrass Demography in an Arid System (2013)
• Freezing Stress Influences Emergence of Germinated Perennial Grass Seeds (2013)
• Biomass Production and Net Ecosystem Exchange Following Defoliation in a Wet Sedge Community (2012)
  
• The Value of Decision Models:  Using Ecologically Based Invasive Plant Management as an Example (2012)
• Spatial Variability in Cost and Success of Revegetation in a Wyoming Big Sagebrush Community (2012)
• Differential Seedling Performance and Environmental Correlates in Shrub Canopy vs. Interspace Microsites (2012)
• Wildlife Science: Connecting Research with Management - Chapter 16 The Role of Joint Ventures in Bridging the Gap between Research and Management (2012)
• Water Quality in the Agronomic Context: Flood Irrigation Impacts on Summer In-Stream Temperature Extremes in the Interior Pacific Northwest (USA) (2012)
• Saving the sagebrush sea: An ecosystem conservation plan for big sagebrush plant communities (2011)
• The influence of gap size on sagebrush cover estimates with the use of line intercept technique
• The influence of plant removal on succession in Wyoming big sagebrush (2011)

For more information phone or email Dr. Boyd at:

(541) 573-8939 or Chad Boyd