Patrick Shaver

Instructor
pat.shaver [at] oregonstate.edu

Office: 541-737-1146

Snell Hall

Snell Hall 311

2150 SW Jefferson Way

Corvallis, OR 97331

At OSU

Affiliated with:

Animal & Rnglnd Sciences

Headquarters:

OSU Main Campus

Career Links:

Department of Animal and Rangeland Sciences

Courses Taught:

RNG - 341 Introduction to Rangeland Ecology and Management

RNG - 351 Rangeland Ecology I - Grasslands

RNG - 352 Rangeland Ecology II - Shrublands

RNG - 421/521 Wildland Restoration and Ecology

RNG - 441/541 Rangeland Analysis

RNG - 442/542 Rangeland-Animal Relations

RNG - 490/590 Rangeland Planning

Biography

Raised on a small stock farm in north central New Mexico
Worked as a student range technician with ARS at the Jornada Experiment Range - 1969-1973
Began employment by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (formerly the Soil Conservation Service) in 1973
Worked in several field offices in New Mexico as a Range Conservationist, District Conservationist and Area Range Conservationist
Served as State Range Conservationist in Texas from 1988 - 1991 and in Utah from 1991 - 1994
Regional Rangeland Management Specialist, West National Technical Center. Portland, OR 1994 - 1995
Rangeland Management Specialist, Grazing Lands Technology Institute, Corvallis, OR 1995 - 2004
National Applied Fire Ecologist - 2001 - 2013
Rangeland Management Specialist, West National Technology Support Center, Portland, OR 2004 - 2013
Retired in January 2013, and began teaching at OSU Spring Term 2013

Professional Accomplishments

Education:

Ph.D. Rangeland Ecology and Management, Oregon State University, 2010

B.S. Range Science, New Mexico State University, 1973

SPECIALIZED EDUCATION:

Soil Geomorphology Institute

- New Mexico State University - 2003

Plant Herbivore Interactions

- Utah State University - 1994, 2006

- University of Idaho - 2004

Rangeland Hydrology

- Texas A&M University - 1989

Prescribed Burning

- Texas Tech University - 1985, 1988

- Utah State University - 1994, 1996, 2000, 2002

- Oklahoma State University - 2007, 2008, 2010

Holistic Resource Management

- Ranchers School - Albuquerque, NM - 1982, 1984

- Agency School, Albuquerque, NM - 1985, 1986

My Awards

My Publications

2012

Journal Article

J. E. Herrick, Brown, J. R., Bestelmeyer, B. T., Andrews, S. S., Baldi, G., Davies, J., Duniway, M., Havstad, K. M., Karl, J. W., Karlen, D. L., Peters, D. P. C., Quinton, J. N., Riginos, C., Shaver, P. L., Steinaker, D., and Twomlow, S., “Revolutionary Land Use Change in the 21st Century: Is (Rangeland) Science Relevant?”, Rangeland Ecology & Management, vol. 65, no. 6, pp. 590 - 598, 2012.

2010

Journal Article

K. Moseley, Shaver, P. L., Sanchez, H., and Bestelmeyer, B. T., “Ecological Site Development: A Gentle Introduction”, Rangelands, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 16 - 22, 2010.

G. Han, Herrick, J. E., Bestelmeyer, B. T., Pyke, D. A., Shaver, P. L., Hong, M., Pellant, M. L., Busby, F., and Havstad, K. M., “Learning Natural Resource Assessment Protocols: Elements for Success and Lessons From an International Workshop in Inner Mongolia, China”, Rangelands, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 2 - 9, 2010.

J. E. Herrick, Lessard, V. C., Spaeth, K. E., Shaver, P. L., Dayton, R. S., Pyke, D. A., Jolley, L., and J Goebel, J., “National ecosystem assessments supported by scientific and local knowledge”, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, vol. 8, no. 8, pp. 403 - 408, 2010.

B. T. Bestelmeyer, Moseley, K., Shaver, P. L., Sanchez, H., Briske, D. D., and Fernandez-Gimenez, M. E., “Practical Guidance for Developing State-and-Transition Models”, Rangelands, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 23 - 30, 2010.

2009

Journal Article

B. T. Bestelmeyer, Tugel, A. J., Peacock, G. L., Robinett, D. G., Shaver, P. L., Brown, J. R., Herrick, J. E., Sanchez, H., and Havstad, K. M., “State-and-Transition Models for Heterogeneous Landscapes: A Strategy for Development and Application”, Rangeland Ecology & Management, vol. 62, no. 1, pp. 1 - 15, 2009.

2008

Journal Article

D. D. Briske, Bestelmeyer, B. T., Stringham, T. K., and Shaver, P. L., “Recommendations for Development of Resilience-Based State-and-Transition Models”, Rangeland Ecology & Management, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 359 - 367, 2008.

2005

Journal Article

M. L. Pellant, Shaver, P. L., Pyke, D. A., and Herrick, J. E., “Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health”, Technical Reference 1734-6, 2005.

2003

Journal Article

T. K. Stringham, Krueger, W. Clement, and Shaver, P. L., “State and Transition Modeling: An Ecological Process Approach”, Journal of Range Management, vol. 56, no. 2, p. 106, 2003.

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