Francis F. Kilkenny, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Cameron H. Amos, Bryce A. Richardson, Sarah C. Barga, Francis F. Kilkenny, Kas Dumroese. 2024. Annual‐perennial lifespan variation in Chaenactis douglasii suggests a drought escape strategy in warm‐arid environments
• Francis F. Kilkenny, Jeffrey E. Ott, Sarah C. Barga, Jessica Irwin, Kimberly Rizkowsky, Nyika Campbell, Bryce A. Richardson, Elizabeth R. Milano, Corey Gucker. 2023. Great Basin Native Plant Project: 2022 Progress Report
• Jeffrey E. Ott, Francis F. Kilkenny, Terrie B. Jain. 2023. Fuel treatment effectiveness at the landscape scale: A systematic review of simulation studies comparing treatment scenarios in North America
• Terrie B. Jain, Sharon M. Hood, Shawn McKinney, Jeffrey E. Ott, Alexandra K. Urza, Morgan Varner, Ilana Abrahamson, Nathaniel Anderson, Michael A. Battaglia, Jeanne C. Chambers, Brice Hanberry, Francis F. Kilkenny, Joseph O’Brien. 2023. Can fuel treatments change how a wildfire burns across a landscape?
• Sarah C. Barga, Francis F. Kilkenny, Scott L. Jensen, Sarah M. Kulpa, Alison C. Agneray, Elizabeth A. Leger. 2023. Not all seed transfer zones are created equal: Using fire history to identify seed needs in the Cold Deserts of the western United States
• Jeffrey E. Ott, Francis F. Kilkenny, Daniel D. Summers, Tyler W. Thompson, Steven L. Petersen. 2022. Post-fire succession of seeding treatments in relation to reference communities in the Great Basin
• Francis F. Kilkenny. 2022. Great Basin Native Plant Project Report 2018-2021
• Bryce A. Richardson, Rob Massatti, Nurul Islam-Faridi, Skylar Johnson, Francis F. Kilkenny. 2022. Assessing population genomic structure and polyploidy: A crucial step for native plant restoration
• John Bradley St.Clair, Bryce A. Richardson, Nikolas Stevenson‐Molnar, Glenn T. Howe, Andrew D. Bower, Vicky J. Erickson, Brendan Ward, Dominique Bachelet, Francis F. Kilkenny, Tongli Wang. 2022. Seedlot Selection Tool and Climate‐Smart Restoration Tool: Web‐based tools for sourcing seed adapted to future climates
• Terrie B. Jain, Ilana Abrahamson, Nathaniel Anderson, Sharon M. Hood, Brice Hanberry, Francis F. Kilkenny, Shawn McKinney, Jeffrey E. Ott, Alexandra K. Urza, Jeanne C. Chambers, Michael A. Battaglia, J. Morgan Varner, Joseph J. O'Brien. 2021. Effectiveness of fuel treatments at the landscape scale: State of understanding and key research gaps
• Kathryn Prive, Matthew R. Orr, Francis F. Kilkenny, Ronald J. Reuter, Holly R. Prendeville. 2021. Phenological variation in bluebunch wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata): Implications for seed sourcing, harvest, and restoration
• Deborah M. Finch, Jack L. Butler, Justin B. Runyon, Christopher J. Fettig, Francis F. Kilkenny, Shibu Jose, Susan J. Frankel, Samuel A. Cushman, Richard C. Cobb, Jeffrey S. Dukes, Jeffrey A. Hicke, Sybill K. Amelon. 2021. Effects of Climate Change on Invasive Species
• Jeffrey E. Ott, Francis F. Kilkenny, Alexandra K. Urza, Jeanne C. Chambers, David Board. 2020. Post-fire native species seed mixes are effective at keeping out cheatgrass in the Great Basin
• Brian Cooke, Bryce A. Richardson, Francis F. Kilkenny, Brad St. Clair, Deborah M. Finch, Holly R. Prendeville. 2019. Getting climate-smart with seeds: How a new software tool helps prepare landscapes for expected future conditions
• Fred Edwards, Sarah M. Kulpa, Francis F. Kilkenny. 2019. Application of national seed strategy concepts [Chapter 6]
• Owen W. Baughman, Alison C. Agneray, Matthew L. Forister, Francis F. Kilkenny, Erin K. Espeland, Rob Fiegener, Matthew E. Horning, Richard C. Johnson, Thomas N. Kaye, Jeffrey E. Ott, Brad St. Clair, Elizabeth A. Leger. 2019. Strong patterns of intraspecific variation and local adaptation in Great Basin plants revealed through a review of 75 years of experiments
• Jeffrey E. Ott, Francis F. Kilkenny, Daniel D. Summers, Tyler W. Thompson. 2019. Long-term vegetation recovery and invasive annual suppression in native and introduced postfire seeding treatments
• Francis F. Kilkenny, Fred Edwards, Jessica Irwin, Sarah C. Barga. 2018. Great Basin Native Plant Project: 2017 Progress Report
• Rob Massatti, Holly R. Prendeville, Steve Larson, Bryce A. Richardson, Blair Waldron, Francis F. Kilkenny. 2018. Population history provides foundational knowledge for utilizing and developing native plant restoration materials
• Martin F. Breed, Peter A. Harrison, Armin Bischoff, Paula Durruty, Nick J. C. Gellie, Emily K. Gonzales, Kayri Havens, Marion Karmann, Francis F. Kilkenny, Siegfried L. Krauss, Andrew J. Lowe, Pedro Marques, Paul G. Nevill, Pati L. Vitt, Anna Bucharova. 2018. Priority actions to improve provenance decision-making
• Clinton C. Shock, Erik B. G. Feibert, Alicia Rivera, Lamont D. Saunders, Nancy L. Shaw, Francis F. Kilkenny. 2018. Irrigation requirements for seed production of three leguminous wildflowers of the U.S. Intermountain West
• Jeffrey E. Ott, Francis F. Kilkenny, Jessica Irwin. 2017. Dispersal rates of forage kochia (Bassia prostrata) from seeded areas in southern Idaho
• Jeanne C. Chambers, J.L. Beck, J.B. Bradford, J. Bybee, S. Campbell, J. Carlson, T.J. Christiansen, K.J. Clause, G. Collins, M.R. Crist, J.B. Dinkins, K.E. Doherty, F. Edwards, S. Espinosa, K.A. Griffin, P. Griffin, Jessica R. Haas, S.E. Hanser, D.W. Havlina, K.F. Henke, J.D. Hennig, Linda A. Joyce, Francis F. Kilkenny, S.M. Kulpa, L.L. Kurth, J.D. Maestas, M. Manning, K.E. Mayer, B.A. Mealor, C. McCarthy, M. Pellant, M.A. Perea, K.L. Prentice, D.A. Pyke, L.A. Wiechman, A. Wuenschel. 2017. Science framework for conservation and restoration of the sagebrush biome: Linking the Department of the Interior’s Integrated Rangeland Fire Management Strategy to long-term strategic conservation actions
• Francis F. Kilkenny, Fred Edwards, Jessica Irwin, Sarah C. Barga. 2017. Great Basin Native Plant Project: 2016 Progress Report
• Clinton C. Shock, Erik B. G. Feibert, Alicia Rivera, Lamont D. Saunders, Nancy L. Shaw, Francis F. Kilkenny. 2017. Irrigation requirements for seed production of two Eriogonum species in a semiarid environment
• Clinton C. Shock, Erik B. G. Feibert, Alicia Rivera, Lamont D. Saunders, Nancy L. Shaw, Francis F. Kilkenny. 2016. Irrigation requirements for seed production of five Lomatium species in a semiarid environment
• Francis F. Kilkenny, Fred Edwards, Alexis Malcomb. 2016. Great Basin Native Plant Project: 2015 Progress Report
• Deborah M. Finch, Rosemary L. Pendleton, Matt C. Reeves, Jeffrey E. Ott, Francis F. Kilkenny, Jack L. Butler, Jacqueline P. Ott, Jeremy R. Pinto, Paulette L. Ford, Justin B. Runyon, Mark A. Rumble, Stanley G. Kitchen. 2016. Rangeland drought: Effects, restoration, and adaptation [Chap. 8]
• Kas Dumroese, Tara Luna, Bryce A. Richardson, Francis F. Kilkenny, Justin B. Runyon. 2015. Conserving and restoring habitat for Greater Sage-Grouse and other sagebrush-obligate wildlife: The crucial link of forbs and sagebrush diversity
• Francis F. Kilkenny, Laura F. Galloway. 2015. Evolution of marginal populations of an invasive vine increases the likelihood of future spread
• Francis F. Kilkenny, Anne Halford, Alexis Malcomb. 2015. Great Basin Native Plant Project: 2014 Progress Report
• Francis F. Kilkenny. 2015. Genecological approaches to predicting the effects of climate change on plant populations
• Francis F. Kilkenny, Nancy L. Shaw, Corey Gucker. 2014. Great Basin Native Plant Project: 2013 Progress Report
• Francis F. Kilkenny, Brad St. Clair, Matt Horning. 2013. Climate change and the future of seed zones
• Brad St. Clair, Francis F. Kilkenny, Richard C. Johnson, Nancy L. Shaw, George Weaver. 2013. Genetic variation in adaptive traits and seed transfer zones for Pseudoroegneria spicata (bluebunch wheatgrass) in the northwestern United States
• Gregory Evans, Francis F. Kilkenny, Laura F. Galloway. 2013. Evolution of competitive ability within Lonicera japonica's invaded range
• Carolyn M. Beans, Francis F. Kilkenny, Laura F. Galloway. 2012. Climate suitability and human influences combined explain the range expansion of an invasive horticultural plant
• Francis F. Kilkenny, Laura F. Galloway. 2012. Adaptive divergence at the margin of an invaded range

Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications

• Kilkenny, Francis; Edwards, Fred; Irwin, Jessica; Barga, Sarah. 2018. Great Basin Native Plant Project: 2017 Progress Report. Boise, ID: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 211 p.Kilkenny, Francis; Edwards, Fred; Irwin, Jessica; Barga, Sarah. 2017. Great Basin Native Plant Project: 2016 Progress Report. Boise, ID: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 211 p.Kilkenny, Francis; Edwards, Fred; Malcomb, Alexis. 2016. Great Basin Native Plant Project: 2015 Progress Report. Boise, ID: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Boise Aquatic Sciences Lab. 238 p. Kilkenny, Francis; Halford, Anne; Malcomb, Alexis. 2015. Great Basin Native Plant Project: 2014 Progress Report. Boise, ID: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 194 p.
  Kilkenny, Francis; Shaw, Nancy; Gucker, Corey. 2014. Great Basin Native Plant Project: 2013 Progress Report. Boise, ID: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 222 p.

Data and Tools

• Tool
  

  Climate-Smart Restoration Tool

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/products/dataandtools/climate-smart-restoration-tool

• Project
  

  Seeding Evaluation and Experimental Design Strategies (SEEDS) partnership: Co-producing landscape- scale revegetation experiments embedded into post-fire seedings in the Great Basin and Intermountain West

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/projects/bil-seeding-evaluation-and-experimental-design-strategies-seeds-partnership
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Program
  

  Maintaining Resilient Dryland Ecosystems

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/programs/drylandecosystems
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Center or Group
  

  Western Center for Native Plant Conservation and Restoration Science

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/centers/wcnp
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Project
  

  Climate distance and nearest neighbor approaches to assess climate seed transfer and plant community transitions

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/projects/bilclimate-distance-and-nearest-neighbor-approaches-assess-current-and-future-climate
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Project
  

  Building common garden arrays and developing climate-smart seed transfer zones to guide revegetation of priority habitats in high fire risk landscapes in the Great Basin and Intermountain West

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/projects/bil-building-common-garden-arrays
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Project
  

  Population-level variation in germination cues and possible relationships to source climate for native forb species used in restoration

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/projects/nativeforb
  Station

  Rocky Mountain Research Station

Articles

• Article
  

  Identifying future seed needs using fire history

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/articles/identifying-future-seed-needs-using-fire-history

Multimedia

• Video

  Meet Dr. Francis Kilkenny, Research Biologist

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/products/multimedia/videos/meet-dr-francis-kilkenny-research-biologist

• University of Virginia, Ph.D., Biology, 2011
• Humboldt State University, Certificate Of Study, Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing, 2004
• University of California at Santa Cruz, B.A., Environmental Studies, 2000