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Robert L. Beschta
Emeritus Professor
Watershed Processes and Hydrology
231 Peavy Hall
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
- B.S., 1965, Colorado State University
- M.S., 1967, Utah State University
- Ph.D., 1974, University of Arizona
Hydrologic processes in forest and rangeland ecosystems, trophic cascades
- Beschta, R.L. and W.J. Ripple. In press. Large predators and trophic cascades in terrestrial ecosystems on the western United States. Bological Conservation.
- Beschta, R.L. and W.J. Ripple. In press. Recovering riparian plant communities with wolves in Northern Yellowstone, USA. Restoration Ecology. PDF
- Beschta, R.L. and W.J. Ripple. 2008. Wolves, trophic cascades, and rivers in the Olympic National Park, USA. Ecohydrology 1:118-130. PDF
- Halofsky, J.S., Ripple, W.J., and R.L. Beschta. 2008. Recoupling fire and aspen recruitment after wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone National Park, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 256:1004-1008.
- Ripple, W.J. and R.L. Beschta. 2008. Trophic cascades involving cougar, mule deer, and black oaks in Yosemite National Park. Biological Conservation 141:1249-1256.
- Beschta, R.L. and W.J. Ripple. 2007. Increased willow heights along northern Yellowstone's Blacktail Deer Creek following wolf reintroduction. Western North American Naturalist 67(4):613-617. PDF
- Beschta, R.L. and W.J. Ripple. 2007. Wolves, elk, and aspen in the winter range of Jasper National Park, Canada. Can. J. For. Res. 37:1873-1885. PDF
- Ripple, W.J. and R.L. Beschta. 2007. Hardwood tree decline following large carnivore loss in the Great Plains, USA. Front. Ecol. Environ. 5(5):241-246. PDF
- Ripple, W.J. and R.L. Beschta. 2007. Restoring Yellowstone's aspen with wolves. Biological Conservation. 138:514-519.
- Beschta, R.L. and W.J. Ripple. 2006. River channel dynamics following extirpation of wolves in northwestern Yellowstone National Park, USA. Earth. Surf. Process. Landforms 31:1525-1539. PDF
- Ripple, W.J. and R.L. Beschta. 2006. Linking a cougar decline, trophic cascade, and catastrophic regime shift in Zion National Park. Biological Conservation 133:397-408.
- Ripple, W.J. and R.L. Beschta. 2006. Linking wolves to willows via risk-sensitive foraging by ungulates in the northern yellowstone ecosystem. Forest Ecology and Management 230:96-106.
- Ripple, W.J. and R.L. Beschta. 2005. Linking wolves and plants: Aldo Leopold on trophic cascades. Bioscience 55(7):613-621. PDF
- Beschta, R.L. 2005. Reduced cottonwood recruitment following extirpation of wolves in Yellowstone's northern range. Ecology 86(2) pp. 391-403.
- Beschta, R.L., et. al. 2004. Postfire Management on Forested Public Lands of the Western United States. Conservation Biology 18:957-967. PDF
- Karr, J.R., Rhodes, J.J., Minshall, G.W., Hauer, F.R., Beschta, R.L., Frissell, C.A., and D.A. Perry. 2004. The effects of post fire salvage logging on aquatic ecosystems in the American west. Bioscience 54(11) pp.1029-1033.
- Ripple, W.J., and R.L. Beschta. 2004. Wolves and the Ecology of Fear: Can Predation Risk Structure Ecosystems? BioScience 54:755-766. PDF
- Ripple, W.J., and R.L. Beschta. 2004. Wolves, elk, willows, and trophic cascades in the upper Gallatin Range of Southwestern Montana, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 200:161-181.
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