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Jack E. Staub (Research Leader, Location Coordinator)
B. Shaun Bushman (Research Geneticist)
Kevin B. Jensen (Research Geneticist)
Douglas A. Johnson (Research Plant Physiologist)
Thomas A. Jones (Research Geneticist)
Steven R. Larson (Research Geneticist)
Thomas A. Monaco (Research Ecologist)
Ivan W. Mott (Research Geneticist)
Michael D. Peel (Research Geneticist)
Joseph Robins (Research Geneticist)
Blair L. Waldron (Research Geneticist)
Richard R.-C. Wang (Research Geneticist)
 

Thomas A Monaco
Forage and Range Research
RESEARCH ECOLOGIST

Phone: (435) 797-7231
Fax: (435) 797-3075
Room 207
FORAGE & RANGE RESEARCH LAB.
690 NORTH 1100 EAST
LOGAN, UT, 84322-6300

Projects
IMPROVED PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR PASTURES AND RANGELANDS IN THE TEMPERATE SEMIARID REGIONS OF THE WESTERN U.S.
Appropriated (D)
  Accession Number: 412652
PHYLOGENETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF GENETIC DIVERSITY IN BASALT MILKVETCH; CHARACTERIZING MULTI-SPECIES INTERACTIONS IN RESPONSE TO DISTURBANCE
Reimbursable (R)
  Accession Number: 410953
DEVELOP, EVALUATE AND EXCHANGE PROMISING PLANT GERMPLASM FOR THE WESTERN U.S.
Specific Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 411063

Publications
Multifunctional Grasslands in a Changing World - Volume 1 - (Book/Chapter)
Monaco, T.A., Leonard, E.D. 2008. Multifunctional Grasslands in a Changing World - Volume 1 - Edited by Organizing Committee of IGC/IRC Congress - Guangzhoui Guangdong Peoples Publishing House. Grasslands.
Does Disturbance Similarly Facilitate Weed Invasion Within Grass, Forb, and Shrub Plots? - (Book/Chapter)
Monaco, T.A., Leonard, E.D. 2008. Does Disturbance Similarly Facilitate Weed Invasion Within Grass, Forb, and Shrub Plots?. Grasslands.
Breeding Meadow Bromegrass for Forage Characteristics under a Linesource Irrigation Design - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Jensen, K.B., Waldron, B.L., Robins, J.G., Monaco, T.A., Peel, M. 2008. Breeding Meadow Bromegrass for Forage Characteristics under a Linesource Irrigation Design. Can. J. Plant Sci. 88:695-703.
Forage Quality of Irrigated Pasture Species as Affected by Irrigation Rate - (Proceedings/Symposium)
Jensen, K.B., Waldron, B.L., Peel, M., Robins, J.G., Monaco, T.A. 2007. Forage Quality of Irrigated Pasture Species as Affected by Irrigation Rate. Symposium Proceedings.
Invasion of Mediterranean Annual Grasses in Western North America Ecosystems: Kids in a Candy Store - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (20-Jun-07)
Seeding cool-season grasses to suppress white locoweed (Oxytropis sericea) reestablishment and increase forage production - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Ralphs, M.H., Monaco, T.A., Valdez, J.R., Graham, D. 2007. Seeding cool-season grasses to suppress white locoweed (Oxytropis sericea) reestablishment and increase forage production. Weed Technology, 21:661-669.
A RESTORATION PRACTITIONER'S GUIDE TO THE RESTORATION GENE POOL CONCEPT - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Jones, T.A., Monaco, T.A. 2007. A restoration practitioner's guide to the restoration gene pool concept. Ecological Restoration.
Integrating Weed Management and Restoration on Western Rangelands - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Allcock, K., Nowak, R., Blank, R.R., Jones, T.A., Monaco, T.A., Chambers, J., Tausch, R., Doescher, P., Saytal, V., Tanaka, J., Ogle, D., St John, L., Pellant, M., Pyke, D.A., Schupp, E.W., Call, C.A. 2006. Integrating Weed Management and Restoration on Western Rangelands. Ecological Restoration. 24:199.
ECOLOGICALLY BASED INVASIVE PLANT MANAGEMENT NEWSLETTER - (Government Publication)
Ecologically Based Invasive Plant Management Newsletter - Editor: Anthony Svejcar/USDA-ARS-PWA/67826-A Hwy. 205/Burns, OR 97720
DOES FUNCTIONAL GROUP DIVERSITY IN SHRUB-STEPPE COMMUNITIES REDUCE INVASION? - (Abstract)
Leonard, E.D., Monaco, T.A. 2006. Does functional group diversity in shrub-steppe communities reduce invasion?. Society for Range Management Meeting Abstracts.
ALTERING PLANT-SUCCESSIONAL TRAJECTORIES FOLLOWING WILDFIRE IN SAGEBRUSH-STEPPE COMMUNITIES - (Abstract)
Monaco, T.A., Johnson, D.A., Norton, J.M., Leonard, E.D. 2005. Altering plant-successional trajectories following wildfire in sagebrush-steppe communities. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts.
MORPHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PLASTICITY OF ISATIS TINCTORIA: RESPONSES TO CONTRASTING LIGHT, SOIL-NITROGEN, AND WATER - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Monaco, T.A., Johnson, D.A., Creech, J.E. 2005. Morphological and physiological plasticity of isatis tinctoria: responses to contrasting light, soil-nitrogen, and water. Weed Research.
ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC FACTORS INFLUENCING SEEDBED AND SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT - (Abstract)
Monaco, T.A. 2005. Abiotic and biotic factors influencing seedbed and seedling establishment. Ecology and Management of Pinyon Juniper Communities Within The Interior W.
ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF DROUGHT RESISTANCE IN PSEUDOROEGNERIA SPICATA AND ELYMUS ELYMOIDES - (Abstract)
Thygerson, T., Monaco, T.A. 2005. Ecological significance of drought resistance in pseudoroegneria spicata and elymus elymoides. Society of Range Management.
IMPLICATIONS OF FUNCTIONAL GROUP DIVERSITY IN SHRUB-STEPPE COMMUNITIES - (Abstract)
Leonard, E.D., Monaco, T.A. 2005. Implications of functional group diversity in shrub-steppe communities. Society of Range Management.
Coexistence of Native and Introduced Grasses Following Simultaneous Seeding - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Waldron, B.L., Monaco, T.A., Jensen, K.B., Harrison, R.D., Palazzo, A.J., Kulbeth, J.B. 2005. Coexistence of Native and Introduced Grasses Following Simultaneous Seeding. Agronomy Journal 97:990-996
MEDUSAHEAD (TAENIATHERUM CAPUT-MEDUSAE) CONTROL WITH FALL-AND SPRING-APPLIED HERBICIDES ON NORTHERN UTAH FOOTHILLS - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Monaco, T.A., Osmond, T.M., Dewey, S.A. 2005. Medusahead (taeniatherum caput-medusae) control with fall-and spring-applied herbicides on northern utah foothills. Weed Technology.
GAS EXCHANGE AND WATER RELATIONS OF THE SALT DESERET SHRUB KOCHIA PROSTRATA - (Abstract)
Monaco, T.A., Waldron, B.L., Johnson, D.A. 2004. Gas exchange and water relations of the salt deseret shrub kochia prostrata. Wildland Shrub Symposium Abstracts.
GAS EXCHANGES AND CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE PARAMETERS OF FOURTEEN BARLEY LINES IN RESPONSE TO SALINITY - (Proceedings/Symposium)
Monaco, T.A., Jiang, Q., Roche, D., Durham, S. 2004. Gas exchanges and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters of fourteen barley lines in response to salinity. Proceedings International Barley Genetics Symposium.
REGISTRATION OF TOE JAM CREEK BOTTLEBRUSH SQUIRRELTAIL GERMPLASM - (Germplasm Release)
Jones, T. A., D. C. Nielson, S. R. Larson, D. A. Johnson, T. A. Monaco, S. L. Caicco, D. G. Ogle, S. A. Young, and J. R. Carlson. 2004. Registration of Toe Jam Creek bottlebrush squirreltail germplasm. Crop Sci. 44:1880-1881.
REGISTRATION OF FISH CREEK BOTTLEBRUSH SQUIRRELTAIL GERMPLASM - (Germplasm Release)
Jones, T. A., D. C. Nielson, S. R. Larson, D. A. Johnson, T. A. Monaco, S. L. Caicco, D. G. Ogle, and S. A. Young. 2004. Registration of Fish Creek bottlebrush squirreltail germplasm. Crop Sci. 44:1879-1880.
PHOTOSYNTHETIC RESPONSES OF CORN AND FOUR WEED SPECIES FOLLOWING POSTEMERGENCE TREATMENTS WITH MESOTRIONE AND ATRAZINE - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Creech, J.E., Monaco, T.A., Evans, J.O. 2004. Photosynthetic responses of corn and four weed species following postemergence treatments with mesotrione and atrazine. Weed Science.
PHOTOSYNTHETIC RESPONSES OF 15 RANGE GRASSES TO THE SELECTIVE HERBICIDE SULFOSULFURON - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Monaco, T.A. and J.E. Creech. 2004. Sulfosulfuron effects on growth and photosynthesis of 15 range grasses. Journal of Range Management 57:490-496.
SOIL MORPHOLOGY AND ORGANIC MATTER DYNAMICS UNDER CHEATGRASS AND SAGEBRUSH-STEPPE PLANT COMMUNITIES - (Proceedings/Symposium)
Norton, J.B., T.A. Monaco, J.M. Norton, D.A. Johnson, and T.A. Jones. 2004. Soil morphology and organic matter dynamics under cheatgrass and sagebrush-steppe plant communities. Journal of Arid Environments 57: 445-466.
EFFECTS OF NITROGEN FORM AND AVAILABILITY ON SEED GERMINATION AND EARLY SEEDLING GROWTH IN INVASIVE ANNUAL AND DESIRABLE PERENNIAL GRASSES - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Monaco, T.A., Mackown, C.T., Johnson, D.A., Jones, T.A., Norton, J.M., Norton, J.B., Redinbaugh, M.G. 2003. Effects of nitrogen form and availability on seed germination and early seedling growth in invasive annual and desirable perennial grasses. Journal of Range Management. 56:646-653.
STRESS-INDUCED METABOLIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN POPULATIONS AND SUBSPECIES OF ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA (SAGEBRUSH) FROM A SINGLE HILLSIDE - (Peer Reviewed Journal) - (09-Mar-02)

   
 
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