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Barry Perryman

Professor, Department Chair

Education

B.S. Agronomy, 1978, Abilene Christian Univ.
M.S. Rangeland Ecology, 1993, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie
Ph.D. Rangeland Ecology, 1996, Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie

News & Journal Articles, Fact Sheets, Reports...

Book Chapter(s)
A field guide to Nevada shrubs (pp. 247).

A taxonomic field guide of Nevada shrubs that includes state of the art photography along with vegetative, inflorescence and ecological keys; also includes glossary of taxonomic terms and a complete Latin and common name index. 


 Perryman, B. L. 2014, Lander, WY: Indigenous Rangeland Management Press.
Field guide to Nevada grasses (pp. 256)

There are more than 100 species of range grasses in the mountains and valleys of Nevada's Great Basin, and the author describes them in both technical and practical language. All grasses are illustrated in color with explanations given as to the various parts of the grass plant and their locations on the landscape.


 Perryman, B. L. 2007, Lander, WY: Indigenous Rangeland Management Press.
Bulletins
Wyoming Big Sagebrush State & Transition Model And Management Key for Nevada First Approximation

During the late twentieth century, public perception of Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis) [Beetle & A. Young] changed from being a ‘weed’ to a valuable resource in danger of extirpation in some landscapes. The two polar perspectives, perceiving it to be of no value and only competitive with grasses, or perceiving it to be so valuable and scarce that we must never control it, neither serve or benefit land managers or the wildlife that depend on this important habitat. During this period, a focus on rangeland condition has shifted to a focus on ecological thresholds and the information needed to allocate limited financial and other resources to those areas, times, and actions that are most important for maintaining rangeland health.


 Barry Perryman, Sherman Swanson, Gary Brackley, Brad Schultz, Paul Blackburn, Kent McAdoo, Gary Medlyn, Robin Tausch 2009, NAES Bulletin
The Wyoming Big Sagebrush State and Transition Model and Management Key for Nevada – First Approximation Perryman, B. S. Swanson, G Brackley, B. Schultz, P Blackburn, K McAdoo, G. Medlyn, and R Tausch, B. Morrill. 2009, Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin
Fact Sheets
Nutritional Properties of Windrowed and Standing Basin Wildrye over Time
Many Nevada farmers and ranchers are in constant search of economical, high- producing winter forages for their beef cattle production system. An often overlooked forage but one that is common in Nevada and the Intermountain West is basin wildrye (Leymus cinereus).
 Foster, S. and Perryman, B. 2012, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
Journals
Pre-fire grazing treatments can affect post-fire vegetation in a dryland system Gornish, Elise S., Guo J. S., L.M. Porensky, B.L. Perryman, E.A. Leger 2023, Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 4:e12215.
Using native grass seeding and targeted spring grazing to reduce low-level Bromus tectorum invasion on the Colorado Plateau L. Porensky, O. Baughman, M. Williamson, B. Perryman, M. Madsen, E. Leger 2021, Biological Invasions, vol. 23, pg. 705–722
A Change in the Ecological Understanding of Rangelands in the Great Basin and Intermountain West and Implications for Management: Revisiting Mack and Thompson (1982) Perryman, P., Schultz, B., Meiman, P. 2021, Rangeland Ecology & Management Vol 76, Pages 1-11
Fall-Grazing and Grazing-Exclusion Effects on Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) Seed Bank Assays in Nevada, United States
Assessment of cheatgrass seed bank characteristics under fall-grazing by cattle and grazing exclusion treatments
 BL Perryman, BW Schultz, M Burrows, T Shenkorua, J Wilker 2020, Rangeland Ecology & Management
Effect of replacing calcium salts of palm oil with camelina seed at 2 dietary ether extract levels on digestion, ruminal fermentation, and nutrient flow in a dual-flow continuous culture system Brandao, V.L.N., X. Dai, E.M. Paula, L. G. Silva, M.I. Marcondes, T. Shenkoru, S.R.Poulson, and A.P. Faciola. 2018, Journal of Dairy science 101:1-14
Climatic influences on establishment pulses of four Artemisia species in Nevada. Hourihan, E., Schultz, B. W., Perryman, B. L. 2018, Rangeland Ecology and Management, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2018, Pages 77-86
Viewpoint: An alternative Management Paradigm for Plant Communities Affected by Invasive Annual Grasses in the Intermountain West
Today’s landscapes are not those described in 1860. With over 400,000 km2 colonized by cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) and other annual grasses, we believe it is time to declare: The pristine-management-paradigm has failed. Continued, wholesale application of this concept is misguided.
 Perryman, B. L., Schultz, B. W., Mcadoo, J. K., Alverts, B., Cervantes, J. C., Foster, S., McCuin, G., Swanson, S. R. 2018, Rangelands. 40:77-82
Forum: A Framework for Resetting Wild Horse & Burro Management. Perryman, B.L., McCuin, G., and Schultz, B.W. 2018, Rangelands. 40:160-165.
Nutritional evaluation and ruminal fermentation patterns of kochia compared to alfalfa and orchardgrass hays, and ephedra and cheatgrass compared to orchardgrass hay as alternative arid-land forages for beef cattle in two dual-flow continuous culture system experiments. Silva, L. G., Sampaio, C. B., Paula, E. M., Shenkoru, T., Brandao, V. L., Dai, X., Perryman, B. L., Faciola, A. P. 2018, Journal of Animal Science.
Effects of species and maturity stage on nutritional and fermentation characteristics of Sarcobatus species Shenkoru, T. and B. Perryman 2016, Animal Feed Science and Technology, 211: 241-245
Case study: Chenopod cultivation to increase the forage base for domestic grazing animals in Turkmenistan. Esenov, P., Zverev, N., Narayanan, R., Nowak, R. S., Perryman, B. L. 2015, Journal of Arid Land Studies, 25.
Nevada (USA) Range Management School – Adapting an American, Grazing Management Curriculum, to other Continents. Schultz, B. W., Mcadoo, J. K., Perryman, B. L., Foster, S., Davison, J. C., Smaoui, A., Isoda, H. 2015, Journal of Arid Lands Studies, 25(3), 273-276.
Nevada (USA) range management school - Adapting an American grazing management curriculum to other continents. Schultz, B., McAdoo, K., Perryman, B., Foster, S., and Davison, J. 2015, Journal for Arid Lands Studies. 25-3: 273-276.
Frothy bloat (primary ruminal tympany) potential and nutrient content of Forage Kochia (Bassia prostrata L.) Shenkoru, T., Faciola, A. P., Schultz, B. W., Perryman, B. L. 2015, Journal of Arid Land Studies, 25(3), 177-180
Frothy bloat (primary ruminal tympany) potential and nutrient content of Forage Kochia (Brassia prostrata L.). Teshome, S.A., Faciola, A., Schultz, B., and Perryman, B. 2015, Journal of Arid Lands Studies. 25-3: 177-180.
Case Study: Reducing cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) fuel loads using fall cattle grazing.
Wildfire is a major concern in the Intermountain West. Fuels management can lower the potential for negative wildfire effects. Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.), an exotic annual grass, invasion has resulted in a buildup of highly flammable fine fuels that promote frequent wildfire. Removal of cheatgrass standing crop...
 Schmelzer, L., B. Perryman, B. Bruce, B. Schultz, K. McAdoo, G. McCuin, S. Swanson, J. Wilker, and K. Conley. 2014, The Professional Animal Scientist, 30:270-278.
Reducing cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) fuel loads using full cattle grazing. Schmelzer, L., Perryman, B., Bruce, B., Schultz, B., McAdoo, K., McCuin, G., Swanson, S., and Wilker, J. 2014, Professional Animal Scientist. 30:270-278.
Western land managers will need all available tools for adapting to climate change, including grazing: A critique of Beschta et al. Svejcar, T., Perryman, B. L. 2014, Environmental Management, 30, 1035-1038.
Explaining patterns of species dominance in the shrub steppe systems of the Junggar Basin (China) and Great Basin (USA). Trowbridge, W., Albright, T., Ferguson, S., Li, J., Perryman, B. L., Nowak, R. S. 2013, Journal of Arid Lands, 5(3), 415-427.
Biomass Production, Nutritional and Mineral Content of Desiccation-Sensitive and Desiccation-Tolerant Species of Sporobolus under Multiple Irrigation Regimes. Yobi, A., Schlauch, K. A., Perryman, B., Oliver, M. J. and Cushman, J. C. 2013, Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science. doi: 10.1111/jac.12022
Nutritional properties of windrowed and standing Basin Wildrye over time. Bruce, L. B., Perryman, B. L., Shenkoru, T., Conley, K., Jon, W. 2012, Professional Animal Scientist, 28, 284-291.
Age and growing season nutritional value relationships of three Artemisia tridentata subspecies Perryman, B. L., Shenkoru, T., Bruce, L. B., Hussein, H. S. 2011, Rangeland Ecology and Management
Site and age class variation of hematologic parameters for female greater sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) of northern Nevada. Dyer, K.J., B.L. Perryman, and D.W. Holcombe 2010, J. Wildlife Diseases. 46:1-12.
Lay or Popular Publications
Evaluation of the Winnemucca District Drought Response Plan Perryman, B. L., Stringham, T., Schultz, B. W. 2015, The Progressive Rancher
Professional Papers
Fall grazing to reduce cheatgrass fuel loads. Schmelzer, L., Perryman, B. L., Conley, K., Wuliji, T., Bruce, L. B., Piper, K. 2008, Society for Range Management 2008.
Research Reports
Reducing Cheatgrass Fuel Loads Using Fall Cattle Grazing
Cattle grazed a cheatgrass-dominated pasture during the fall dormant period for four years (2006-2009) and were provided a protein nutrient supplement to improve their distribution, uptake of dry feed and production performance...
 Foster, S., Schmelzer, L., Wilker, J., Schultz, B. W., Mcadoo, J. K., Swanson, S. R., Perryman, B. L. 2015, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension: Special Publication 15-03
Special Publications
Nevada Rangeland Monitoring Handbook (3rd) - Introduction
This report was designed to provide a clear overview of the complex and often confusing world of rangeland monitoring. Included are a suite of short- and long-term monitoring methods.
 Swanson, S., Schultz, B., Novak-Echenique, P., Dyer, K., McCuin, G., Linebaugh, J., Perryman, P., Tueller, P., Jenkins, R., Scherrer, B., Vogel, T., Voth, D., Freese, M., Shane, R., McGowan, K. 2018, Extension | University of Nevada, Reno, SP-18-03
Reducing cheatgrass fuel loads using fall cattle grazing Foster, S., Schmelzer, L., Wilker, J., Schultz, B., McAdoo, K., Swanson, S., and Perryman, B. 2015, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno, SP-15-03. P.11.
Wyoming Big Sagebrush State and Transition Model and Management Key for Nevada, First Approximation. Perryman, B., Swanson, S., Brackley, G., Schultz, B.W., Blackburn, P., McAdoo, J.K., Medlyn, G., and Tausch, R. 2009, University of Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station.