Don Kirby, Ph.D.
Professor (Retired 2011)
School of Natural Resource Sciences
Office: 132 Walster Hall
Phone: (701) 231-8386
E-mail: donald.kirby@ndsu.edu
Research interests:
Grazing Management
Noxious Weed Control
Wetland Ecology
Training/Education:
Ph.D., Range Science-Texas A&M University, 1980
M.S., Natural Resources Management-Humboldt State University, 1976
B.S., Range and Wildlife Management-Humboldt State University, 1974
Courses taught:
RNG 336 Introduction to Range Management (guest lecturer)
RNG 456/656 Range Habitat Management (guest lecturer)
RNG 458/658 Grazing Ecology (guest lecturer)
Selected Publications: |
Alexander, B.W., D. Kirby, M. Biondini, and E. DeKeyser. 2010. Cattle grazing reduces survival and reproduction of the western prairie fringed orchid. The Prairie Naturalist 42:46-49. Kirby, D., D. Nilson, and K. Krabbehhoft. 2009. Breeding bird selection of restored and native wooded draws in North Dakota. Rangelands 6:9-16. DeKeyser, E., M. Biondini, D. Kirby, and C. Hargiss. 2008. Low prairie plant communities as a function of disturbance: physical parameters. Ecological Indicators 9:296-306. Hargiss, C., E. DeKeyser, D. Kirby, and M. Ell. 2008. Regional assessment of wetland plant communities using the index of plant community integrity. Ecological Indicators 8:303-307. Cline, D., C. Juricek, R.. Lym, and D. Kirby. 2008. Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) control with Aphthona spp. affects seedbank composition and native grass establishment. Invasive Plant Science and Management 1:120-132. Richardson, L., C. Juricek, R. Lym, D. Kirby, and D. Tober. 2008. Integrated leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) control using imazapic, Aphthona spp. biological control agents, and seeded native grasses. Invasive Plant Science and Management 1:255-264. Samuel, L., D. Kirby, J. Norland and G.Anderson. 2008. Leafy spurge suppression by flea beetles in the Little Missouri River drainage basin. Rangeland Ecology and Management 61:437-443. Mita, D., E. DeKeyser, D. Kirby, and G. Easson. 2007. Developing a wetland condition prediction model using landscape structure variability. Wetlands 27:1124-1133. Erickson, A.M., R.G. Lym, and D.R. Kirby. 2006. Effect of herbicides for leafy spurge control on the western prairie fringed orchid. Rangeland Ecology and Management 59:462-467. Roger, W.M., D.R. Kirby, P.E. Nyren, B.D. Patton and E.S. DeKeyser. 2005. Grazing intensity effects on northern plains mixed-grass prairie. The Prairie Naturalist 37:73-83. |
