John Derek Scasta

1.6k total citations
91 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

John Derek Scasta is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, John Derek Scasta has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Ecology, 31 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 22 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in John Derek Scasta's work include Rangeland and Wildlife Management (53 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (26 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (20 papers). John Derek Scasta is often cited by papers focused on Rangeland and Wildlife Management (53 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (26 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (20 papers). John Derek Scasta collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Nigeria. John Derek Scasta's co-authors include John R. Weir, Jeffrey L. Beck, Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, David M. Engle, Brady Allred, Torre J. Hovick, Lauren M. Porensky, Diane M. Debinski, Robert G. Hamilton and Justin Derner and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

John Derek Scasta

86 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Derek Scasta United States 20 669 350 292 164 145 91 1.1k
Jordi Bartolomé Spain 18 504 0.8× 215 0.6× 247 0.8× 126 0.8× 158 1.1× 65 909
Bronson K. Strickland United States 17 912 1.4× 175 0.5× 266 0.9× 101 0.6× 138 1.0× 110 1.1k
Annika M. Felton Sweden 23 749 1.1× 490 1.4× 523 1.8× 59 0.4× 104 0.7× 57 1.4k
Ralph L. Bingham United States 16 755 1.1× 365 1.0× 405 1.4× 89 0.5× 142 1.0× 36 1.3k
Sumanta Bagchi India 20 993 1.5× 261 0.7× 424 1.5× 64 0.4× 518 3.6× 42 1.4k
Craig A. Harper United States 21 962 1.4× 605 1.7× 545 1.9× 104 0.6× 73 0.5× 104 1.3k
Matthew Scott Luskin Australia 19 805 1.2× 322 0.9× 378 1.3× 91 0.6× 47 0.3× 51 1.2k
Friedrich Reimoser Austria 13 630 0.9× 309 0.9× 391 1.3× 40 0.2× 90 0.6× 35 912
Fred C. Bryant United States 23 1.3k 1.9× 255 0.7× 381 1.3× 373 2.3× 180 1.2× 83 1.9k
Kajetan Perzanowski Poland 19 836 1.2× 466 1.3× 205 0.7× 41 0.3× 132 0.9× 53 1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Derek Scasta

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Scasta, John Derek, et al.. (2025). Vegetation management utilizing sheep grazing within utility-scale solar: Agro-ecological insights and existing knowledge gaps in the United States. Small Ruminant Research. 243. 107439–107439. 2 indexed citations
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Duchardt, Courtney J., Lauren M. Porensky, Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, et al.. (2025). A disturbance triangle: The interactive role of prairie dogs with fire and ungulate grazing in the Great Plains. BioScience. 75(10). 881–891. 1 indexed citations
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Scasta, John Derek, et al.. (2024). Adaptive multi-paddock grazing management reduces diet quality of yearling cattle in shortgrass steppe. The Rangeland Journal. 45(4). 160–172. 7 indexed citations
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Vermeire, Lance T., et al.. (2024). Fire Seasonality and Herbicide Effects on Sarcobatus vermiculatus Survival and Structure in Western Great Plains. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 94. 64–73.
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Schoenecker, Kathryn A., et al.. (2024). Effects of telemetry collars on two free-roaming feral equid species. PLoS ONE. 19(5). e0303312–e0303312. 3 indexed citations
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Scasta, John Derek, et al.. (2024). Interactive effects of fire and grazing on vegetation structure and plant species composition in subtropical grasslands. Applied Vegetation Science. 27(3). 2 indexed citations
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Barth, Julia M. I., et al.. (2024). Rewilded horses in European nature conservation – a genetics, ethics, and welfare perspective. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 100(1). 407–427. 2 indexed citations
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Scasta, John Derek, et al.. (2023). Vegetation response to a natural gas pipeline rupture fire in Canada’s montane cordillera. Energy Ecology and Environment. 8(5). 457–470. 1 indexed citations
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Scasta, John Derek, et al.. (2023). Prescribed Fire Case Studies From Wyoming, USA: Diverse Applications and Common Themes at the Great Plains-Rocky Mountains Interface. Case Studies in the Environment. 7(1). 2 indexed citations
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Scasta, John Derek, et al.. (2023). Temporal variability drives soil chemical and biological dynamics more than grazing in a northern mixed-grass prairie. Plant Soil and Environment. 69(7). 344–362. 2 indexed citations
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Scasta, John Derek, et al.. (2022). Ranch-scale soil health, forage quality, and cattle grazing capacity linkages in a high-elevation steppe. Arid Land Research and Management. 37(2). 155–183. 1 indexed citations
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Scasta, John Derek, et al.. (2021). Invited Review: Mineral nutrition considerations for extensive sheep production systems. Applied Animal Science. 37(3). 256–272. 8 indexed citations
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Derner, Justin, Emily Kachergis, David J. Augustine, et al.. (2021). Adaptive grazing management in semiarid rangelands: An outcome-driven focus. Rangelands. 44(1). 111–118. 20 indexed citations
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Scasta, John Derek, et al.. (2019). Are SSURGO organic matter estimates reliable for cold arid steppes? Implications for rangeland soil health. Arid Land Research and Management. 33(4). 468–475. 3 indexed citations
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Smart, Alexander J., Keith R. Harmoney, John Derek Scasta, et al.. (2019). Forum: Critical Decision Dates for Drought Management in Central and Northern Great Plains Rangelands. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 78. 191–200. 20 indexed citations
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Overbeck, Gerhard E., et al.. (2018). The South Brazilian grasslands – A South American tallgrass prairie? Parallels and implications of fire dependency. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation. 16(1). 24–30. 33 indexed citations
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Scasta, John Derek, Justin L. Talley, David M. Engle, & Diane M. Debinski. (2017). Climate Extremes, Vegetation Change, and Decoupling of Interactive Fire-Grazing Processes Exacerbate Fly Parasitism of Cattle. Environmental Entomology. 46(2). 191–200. 4 indexed citations
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Scasta, John Derek. (2015). Fire and Parasites: An Under-Recognized Form of Anthropogenic Land Use Change and Mechanism of Disease Exposure. EcoHealth. 12(3). 398–403. 33 indexed citations
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Weir, John R. & John Derek Scasta. (2014). Ignition and fire behaviour of Juniperus virginiana in response to live fuel moisture and fire temperature in the southern Great Plains. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 23(6). 839–844. 18 indexed citations
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Scasta, John Derek, et al.. (2011). Introducing the Concept of Prescribed Fire as a Natural Resource Management Tool in a Non-Traditional Burning Area of Texas. 4(1). 2 indexed citations

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