Jacqueline P. Ott, PhD

Research Ecologist

Rocky Mountain Research Station

0000-0001-7515-9874

jacqueline.ott@usda.gov

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Lauren M. Porensky, J. Derek Scasta, Troy W. Ocheltree, Amy J. Symstad, Catherine E. Estep, Jacqueline P. Ott. 2026. Dormant-season prescribed fires can enhance forage quality for two growing seasons in the northwestern Great Plains
Jacqueline P. Ott, Jitka Klimešová, Luke McCormack, S. Joseph Tumber‐Dávila. 2026. The elephant underground: Belowground plant traits and their increasing importance in ecological studies
Surendra Bam, Jacqueline P. Ott, Jack L. Butler, Lan Xu. 2026. Competition affects clonal traits in rhizomatous grasses to favor an invasive species over a native species
Andrea Watts, Jacqueline P. Ott, Emily Helms Rohrer. 2026. A labor of love: Supporting ranchers and range managers with the South Dakota Drought Tool
Jacqueline P. Ott, Stan Boltz, Shannon Kay, Emily Helms-Rohrer. 2025. South Dakota drought tool: Current model and validation
Edwin M. Kakusu, R.N. Kinuthia, Jacqueline P. Ott, O.K. Koech. 2025. Belowground resprouting potential and nutrient acquisition traits of three perennial grasses during the short dry season in Kenya, African
Jack L. Butler, Stefanie D. Wacker, Jacqueline P. Ott, Scott Baggett, Michael A. Battaglia. 2025. Exotic plant responses to large-scale commercial logging in ponderosa pine forests of the Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota, USA
Kaylee Boland, Devan Allen McGranahan, Benjamin Geaumont, Carissa L. Wonkka, Jacqueline P. Ott, Urs P. Kreuter. 2025. Perceptions of prescribed fire among ranchers near northern US National Grasslands
Lance T. Vermeire, Kurt O. Reinhart, Jacqueline P. Ott. 2024. Do plants respond to multi-year disturbance rhythms and are we missing the beat?
Douglas R. Kluck, Corrine N. Knapp, Glenn Guntenspergen, Marissa A. Ahlering, Nicole M. Aimone, Aparna Bamzai-Dodson, Andrea Basche, Robert G. Byron, Otakuye Conroy-Ben, Mark N. Haggerty, Tonya R. Haigh, Carter Johnson, Barbara Mayes Boustead, Nathaniel D. Mueller, Jacqueline P. Ott, Ginger B. Paige, Karen R. Ryberg, Gregor W. Schuurman, Stefan G. Tangen, Cari Cullen, Avery W. Driscoll, Syed Huq, Alison Long, Danika L. Mosher, Kyle Nehring, Ruth Plenty Sweetgrass-She Kills, Anthony Prenni, Kelli F. Roemer, Kristin Smith, Philimon D. Two Eagle. 2024. Northern Great Plains [Chapter 25]
Jacqueline P. Ott. 2023. The trouble with noxious weeds: Predicting herbicide resistance
Surendra Bam, Jacqueline P. Ott, Jack L. Butler, Lan Xu. 2023. Belowground growth strategies of native and invasive rhizomatous perennial grasses in response to precipitation variability, clipping, and competition
Jitka Klimesova, Jana Martínkova, Alena Bartuskova, Jacqueline P. Ott. 2023. Belowground plant traits and their ecosystem functions along aridity gradients in grasslands
Autumn S. Clark, Devan Allen McGranahan, Benjamin A. Geaumont, Carissa L. Wonkka, Jacqueline P. Ott, Urs P. Kreuter. 2022. Barriers to prescribed fire in the US Great Plains, Part I: Systematic review of socio-ecological research
Autumn S. Clark, Devan Allen McGranahan, Benjamin A. Geaumont, Carissa L. Wonkka, Jacqueline P. Ott, Urs P. Kreuter. 2022. Barriers to prescribed fire in the US Great Plains, Part II: Critical review of presently used and potentially expandable solutions
Cynthia R. Hartway, Jacqueline P. Ott, Nancy E. Grulke. 2022. Plant life span and persistence of soil seedbanks predict the emergence of herbicide resistance in noxious weeds
Charlie Schrader-Patton, Nancy E. Grulke, Jacqueline P. Ott. 2021. Timing it right: Maximizing range management effectiveness with PhenoMap
Surendra Bam, Jacqueline P. Ott, Jack L. Butler, Lan Xu. 2021. Belowground mechanism reveals climate change impacts on invasive clonal plant establishment
Jacqueline P. Ott, Brice Hanberry, Mona Khalil, Mark W. Paschke, Max Post van der Burg, Anthony J. Prenni. 2021. Energy development and production in the Great Plains: Implications and mitigation opportunities
Charlie Schrader-Patton, Nancy E. Grulke, Jacqueline P. Ott. 2020. Monitoring land surface phenology in near real time by using PhenoMap
Jacqueline P. Ott, Jack L. Butler. 2019. In the pipeline: A new report on the effects of oil and gas development on the biggest National Grassland
Jitka Klimesova, Jana Martínkova, Juli G. Pausas, Moemy Gomes de Moraes, Tomas Herben, Fei-Hai Yu, Javier Puntieri, Peter A. Vesk, Francesco de Bello, Stepan Janecek, Jan Altman, Beatriz Appezzato-da-Gloria, Alena Bartuskova, Alan Crivellaro, Jiri Dolezal, Jacqueline P. Ott, Susana Paula, Renata Schnablova, Fritz H. Schweingruber, Gianluigi Ottaviani. 2019. Handbook of standardized protocols for collecting plant modularity traits
Jacqueline P. Ott, Jitka Klimesova, David C. Hartnett. 2019. The ecology and significance of below-ground bud banks in plants
Jack L. Butler, Jacqueline P. Ott, Cynthia R. Hartway, Brian E. Dickerson. 2018. Biological assessment of oil and gas development on the Little Missouri National Grassland
Jacqueline P. Ott, Jack L. Butler, Yuping Rong, Lan Xu. 2017. Greater bud outgrowth of Bromus inermis than Pascopyrum smithii under multiple environmental conditions
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]
Jacqueline P. Ott, David C. Hartnett. 2015. Vegetative reproduction and bud bank dynamics of the perennial grass Androprogon geradii in mixedgrass and tallgrass prairie
Jacqueline P. Ott, David C. Hartnett. 2015. Bud-bank and tiller dynamics of co-occurring C3 caespitose grasses in mixed grass prairie

Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications

Ott J.P., Hartnett D.C. 2015. Bud bank and tiller dynamics of co-occurring C₃ caespitose grasses in mixed-grass prairie. American Journal of Botany 102: 1462-1471.Ott J.P., Hartnett D.C. 2015. Vegetative reproduction and bud bank dynamics of the perennial grass Andropogon gerardii in mixed-grass and tallgrass prairie. American Midland Naturalist 174:14-32.Ott, J.P. and D.C. Hartnett. 2015. Bud bank dynamics and clonal growth strategy in the rhizomatous grass, Pascopyrum smithii. Plant Ecology 3: 395-405.Ott, J.P. 2014. Ecological implications of grass bud bank and tiller dynamics in mixed-grass prairie. PhD dissertation, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA.Hartnett, D.C., G.W.T. Wilson, J.P. Ott, and M. Setshogo. 2013. Variation in root system traits among African savanna grasses: implications for drought tolerance. Austral Ecology 38:383-392.Dalgleish, H.J., J.P. Ott, D.C. Hartnett, and M. Setshogo. 2012. Inter-specific variation in bud banks and flowering effort among semi-arid African savanna grasses. South African Journal of Botany 83: 127-133.Ott, J.P. and D.C. Hartnett. 2012a. Contrasting bud bank dynamics of two co-occurring perennial grasses in tallgrass prairie: implications for grassland dynamics. Plant Ecology 213(9): 1437-1448.Ott, J.P. and D.C. Hartnett. 2012b. Higher-order bud production increases tillering capacity in the perennial caespitose grass Scribner’s Panicum (Dichanthelium oligosanthes). Botany 90 (9): 884-890.Hartnett, D.C., J.P. Ott, K. Sebes, and M.K. Ditlhogo. 2012. Coping with herbivory at the juvenile stage: responses to defoliation and browsing in the African savanna tree Colophospermum mopane. Journal of Tropical Ecology 28: 161-169.Ott, J.P. and D.C. Hartnett. 2011. Bud production and dynamics of flowering and vegetative tillers in Andropogon gerardii (Poaceae): The role of developmental constraints. American Journal of Botany 98(8): 1293-1298.Ott, J.P. 2009. Bud bank morphology, dynamics, and production in perennial grasses. MS thesis, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA.