terence preston yorks

Publications, Presentations, and Reports


 
Peer-Reviewed Publications
   
2006 Long-term interactions of climate, productivity, species richness, and growth form in relictual sagebrush steppe communities. West, N.E. and Yorks, T.P. Western North American Naturalist 66:502-526.
   
2002 Vegetation responses following wildfire on grazed and ungrazed sagebrush semi-desert. West, N.E. and Yorks, T.P. Journal of Range Management 55:171-181.
   
1997 Toleration of traffic by vegetation:  life form conclusions and summary extracts from a comprehensive database. Yorks, T.P., West, N.E., Mueller, R.J., and Warren, S.D. Environmental Management 21:121-131.
     link to journal's abstract, and their full text PDF
   
1994 Changes in pinyon-juniper woodlands in Western Utah's Pine Valley between 1933-89. Yorks, T.P., West, N.E., and Capels, K.M. Journal of Range Management 47:359-364.
   
1992 Vegetation differences in desert shrublands in Western Utah's Pine Valley between 1933-89. Yorks, T.P., West, N.E., and Capels, K.M. Journal of Range Management 45:569-578.
   
1989 Ranching native and exotic ungulates in the United States. Yorks, T.P. Pages 268-285 in Hudson, R., Drew, K.R., and Baskin, L.M., eds. Wildlife Production Systems: Economic Utilisation of Wild Ungulates. Cambridge University Press, London.
   
1988 Commercial production values of wilderness. Yorks, T.P. and Capels, K.M. 1988. Pages 208-215 in Freilich, H.R., comp. Wilderness Benchmark 1988: Proceedings of the National Wilderness Colloquium, General Technical Report SE-51. USDA Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Asheville, North Carolina.
   
1984 Responses of heterotrophs. Leetham, J.L., Lauenroth, W.K., Milchunas, D.G., Kirchner, T. and Yorks, T.P. Pages 137-159 in Lauenroth, W.K. and Preston, E.M., eds. The Effects of SO2 on a Grassland. Springer-Verlag, New York.
   
1984 Simulation of SO2 impacts. Heasley, J.E., Lauenroth, W.K., and Yorks, T.P. Pages 161-184 in Lauenroth, W.K. and Preston, E.M., eds. The Effects of SO2 on a Grassland. Springer-Verlag, New York.
   
1984 Sulfur dioxide and grasslands: a synthesis. Lauenroth, W.K., Milchunas, D.G., and Yorks, T.P. Pages 185-198 in Lauenroth, W.K. and Preston, E.M., eds. The Effects of SO2 on a Grassland. Springer-Verlag, New York.
   
1981 Species and ecosystem-level bioindicators of airborne pollution: An analysis of two major studies. Grodzinski, W. and Yorks, T.P. Water Air Soil Pollution 16:33-53.
   
1980 Energy minimized vs. cost minimized alternatives for the U. S. beef production system. Yorks, T.P., Miller, W.C., Combs, J.J., and Ward, G.M. Agricultural Systems 6:121-130.
   
1980 A mathematical model of the United States beef production system. Miller, W.C., Ward, G.M., Yorks, T.P., Rossiter, D.L., and Combs, J.J. Agricultural Systems 5:295-307.
   
1979 Projections of the U.S. cattle cycle into the '80's. Miller, W.C., Rossiter, D.L., Ward, G.M. and Yorks, T.P. Journal of Animal Science 49:623-636.
   
1978 Energy used in soybean meat analog manufacture: A comparison with beef. Yorks, T.P. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 29:895-902.
   
1977 Energy requirements of alternative beef production systems. Ward, G.M., Knox, P., Hobson, B., and Yorks, T.P. Pages 395-411 in Lockeretz, W., ed. Agriculture and Energy. Academic Press, New York.
   
   
 
Other Professional Publications and Reports
   
2010 Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge: Rare Plants Introduction, Bibliography, Website Links, and Synonymy. Capels, K.M., Yorks, T.P., and Smith, F.J. Western Ecological Services, Millville, Utah. 25 pp. typeset on CD-ROM.
     links to the cloud-stored Introduction; Bibliography; Weblinks; and Synonymy
   
2009 Systematic Botany Monographs, Volume 89, Monograph of Artemisia Subgenus Tridentatae (Asteraceae-Anthemideae). Shultz, L.M. American Society of Plant Taxonomists, 131 pp. (composition and digital editing of the illustrations)
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2005 Probable origin of laterally coalesced nabkas and adjacent bare lanes at Dugway Proving Ground. West, N.E. and Johnson, D.A. Utah Arid Land Research and Management 19:241-255. (digitally prepared the illustrations)
   
2004 Use and limits of OrthoBASE for 3-dimensional measurement of objects and vegetation from 2 m and 50 m distances. Yorks, T.P. Project report for the Forest, Range, and Wildlife Science Department, Utah State University, Logan.
   
2002 Prototype Improved Reports from the Colorado Natural Resource Inventory. Yorks, T.P. and West, N.E. CD-ROM produced for the USDI Bureau of Land Management, Boise, Idaho.
     link to a cloud-stored version of this report
   
1998 Preparing for the future: projecting herd sizes, market potentials, and the most effective management pathways. Yorks, T.P. and Capels, K.M. Pages 384-395 in Irby, L. and Knight, J., eds., International Symposium on Bison Ecology and Management in North America. Montana State University, Bozeman. 
     link to a cloud-stored version of the Bison Future paper
   
1995 A Review of the Known Effects of Initial Meat Processing Choices for Bison. Yorks, T.P. Pte Hca Ka, Inc., Gettysburg, South Dakota. 10 pp.
   
1995 Big Game Winter Range Improvement Plan for the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation Lands Associated with the Central Utah Project: Uinta Basin Replacement Project. Yorks, T.P., Wolfe, M., and Grah, O. Stetson Engineers, Inc., Mesa, Arizona. 30 pp.
   
1994 Livestock and Prairie Dog Management for the Rosebud and Cheyenne River Sioux Reservations: Environmental Impact Statement (rangeland sections). Bureau of Indian Affairs, Aberdeen, South Dakota.
   
1993 A Proposal for Staff Training and Field Operation of a Mobile Slaughter and Processing Plant for Bison and Other Tribally-Owned Animals. Bison Enhancement Project of the Administration for Native Americans, Eagle Butte, South Dakota. (successfully funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture). 22 pp.
   
1993 Salmon River Road Improvement Project: Environmental Impact Statement (summaries of public scoping and response). North Park Ranger District, Salmon National Forest, Salmon, Idaho.
   
1993 Snake River Canyon Alpine Junction to Hoback Junction, Wyoming U.S. Highway 89 Improvement Project: Environmental Impact Statement (summaries of public scoping and response). Wyoming Highway Department, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
   
1993 Overland Trail Transmission Project: Environmental Assessment (rangeland, air quality, visual resources, socioeconomics, and noise impacts). Union Pacific Resources Company, Kemmerer, Wyoming.
   
1993 Greater Wamsutter Gas Field Development: Environmental Assessment (rangeland, soils, air quality, and noise impacts). Great Divide Resource Area, Bureau of Land Management, Rock Springs, Wyoming.
   
1992 A Report on Bison Potential. Yorks, T.P. Administration for Native Americans and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Eagle Butte, South Dakota. 70 pp.
   
1992 Union Pacific Resources Company Kern River Lateral Natural Gas Pipeline Project: Environmental Assessment (rangeland, soils, air quality, and noise impacts). Kemmerer Resource Area, Bureau of Land Management, Rock Springs, Wyoming.
   
1987 The University of Wyoming SAGELAND Management Model: A Descriptive Manual for Its Use. Yorks, T.P. and Capels, K.M. Department of Range Management, University of Wyoming, Laramie. 38 pp.
   
1987 Game ranching:  boon or boondoggle? Yorks, T.P. Pages 110-113 in Kruckenberg, L.L., ed. Proceedings of the Privatization of Wildlife and Public Lands Access Symposium. Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Cheyenne.
   
1986 Landscape ecology. Yorks, T.P. Whole Earth Review 51:36.
   
1986 Computer Models to Calculate Sustainable Rangeland Stocking or Vegetation Damage. Yorks, T.P. Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat, Kuwait. 81 pp. (limited distribution)
   
1985 Inter-American conference on food protection. Yorks, T.P. National Research Council CLS Lifelines 11(1):3-4.
   
1980 Energy considerations in translating cattle into edible beef. Yorks, T.P., Ward, G.M., and Cramer, D.A. Food Technology 34(5):54-63.
   
1980 FRODAS: An Integrated Resource Data Analysis System for the Forest-Range. Yorks, T.P. USDA Forest Service, Range Management, Washington, DC. 121 pp. (preprint)
   
1980 The Western Shrub and Grasslands. Yorks, T.P. and McMullen, C., eds. Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Fort Collins, Colorado. 326 pp. (limited preprint)
   
1980 The Western Forests. Yorks, T.P. and McMullen, C., eds. Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Fort Collins, Colorado. 296 pp. (limited preprint)
   
1980 The Central and Eastern Grasslands. Yorks, T.P. and McMullen, C., eds. Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Fort Collins, Colorado. 326 pp. (limited preprint)
   
1980 The Eastern Forests. Yorks, T.P. and McMullen, C., eds. Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Fort Collins, Colorado. 229 pp. (limited preprint)
   
1978 How much grass is out there? Yorks, T.P. Rangeman's Journal 5(15):167-168.
   
1978 Legumes vs. Artificial Nitrogen as Sources of Fertilizer and the Potential Impact on the Cattle Industry. Yorks, T.P. Department of Animal Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.. 16 pp.
   
1978 A mathematical model of the U.S. beef cattle industry. Miller, W.C., Carpenter, J.A., Jr., Ward, G.M., and Yorks, T.P. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, annual meeting, Madison, Wisconsin. (abstract)
   
1977 Two Approaches to the Garden of Eden. Yorks, T.P. Finalist paper in the Mitchell Prize competition, Alternatives to Growth '77, The Woodlands, Texas. (abstract)
   
1977 National cow numbers and the effects of varying replacement and calving rates. Miller, W.C., Ward, G.M., Yorks, T.P., and Blanchard, J.M. American Society of Animal Science, annual meeting, Madison, Wisconsin. (abstract)
   
1976 Table Grass: The Extraction of Protein from Bermudagrass and its Implications. Yorks, T.P. Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. 135 pp. (Ph.D. dissertation)
   
1975 A Conference on Human Reality. Crossley, D. and Yorks, T.P. DeMenil Foundation, Houston, Texas. (limited edition portfolio of 11" x 14" gelatin-silver prints)
   
1974 The Willie Nelson Country Music ‘Picnic' -- A Documentary. Yorks, T.P. Friends of the Show, Bryan, Texas. (125 limited edition gelatin-silver prints and text)
   
1971 A Theoretical and Experimental Evaluation of the Ion Exchange Soil Dating Method. Yorks, T.P. New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico. 59 pp. (M.S. thesis)
   
1961 On observations of "unusual auroras". Yorks, T. Sky and Telescope 21:86.
   
   
 
Professional Presentations
   
2006 Hydrologic restoration of artificially inundated native peat soils in the Big Horn Mountains, Sheridan, Wyoming. Grah, O.J. and Yorks, T.P. Pacific NW Chapter of the Society of Wetland Scientists, Vancouver, Washington.
   
2003 Questions for remote sensing and field ecology: Is there a quantitative use for ground-based photography? Yorks, T.P. Open seminar through the Forest, Range, and Wildlife Science Department, Utah State University, Logan.
   
2002 Riparian wetlands restoration: conclusion of seven years of mitigation performance monitoring for the Wolford Mountain Reservoir Project, near Kremmling, Colorado. Grah, O.J. and Yorks, T.P. Pacific NW Section of the Society of Wetland Scientists, Bend, Oregon.
   
2000 Quantifying relative impacts from vehicles and other trampling vectors. 85th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Snowbird, Utah. (poster)
   
1999 Precipitation-Plant Community Production Covariation in Relation to Species Richness Within Sagebrush Steppe of Southern Idaho. (with Y.H. Li and N.E. West) Sagebrush steppe ecosystems: identifying issues and seeking practical solutions. Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. (poster)
   
1997 Preparing for the future: projecting herd sizes, market potentials, and the most effective management pathways. International symposium on bison ecology and management in North America, Bozeman, Montana.
   
1990 Vegetation change in Western Utah's Pine Valley, 1933-89. (with N.E. West and K.M. Capels) Society for Range Management international meeting, Reno, Nevada.
   
1990 Coordinated resource management and computer modeling: Towards a golden mean between reduction and reality. (with J.L. Dodd) Society for Range Management international meeting, Reno, Nevada.
   
1988 Long-term photographic records for evaluation of herbage dynamics on semiarid rangelands of Wyoming. (with H.G. Fisser) Society for Range Management international meeting, Corpus Christi, Texas.
   
1987 Roadless areas as our most productive resource. (with K.M. Capels) Fourth World Wilderness Conference, Estes Park, Colorado.
   
1987 How to photograph vegetation and build a database. Invited presentation for the Bureau of Land Management, Rock Springs, Wyoming.
   
1985 Designing a range site database and a sagebrush management model for Wyoming. Wyoming Section, Society for Range Management, winter meeting, Riverton, Wyoming.
   
1980 FRODAS: An Integrated Resource Data Analysis System for the Forest-Range. Invited presentations to the Secretary of Agriculture and Forest Service regional offices.
   
1977 Biomass conversion of solar energy: Food and fodder or food and fuel? (poster) American Association for the Advancement of Science, annual meeting, Denver, Colorado.
   
1975 Protein extractability and usefulness of Coastal Bermudagrass. (with C.M. Cater and K.F. Mattil) Institute of Food Technologists annual meeting, Chicago, Illinois.
   
1975 The Potential for Production of High Quality Food Proteins from Green Crops. (broadcast) Texas A&M University Radio Network.
   
1971 Utilization of the ion exchange soil dating method. Texas Academy of Science annual meeting, San Marcos, Texas.
   
   


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