Susan E. Meyer, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Alyson M. DeNittis, Susan E. Meyer. 2022. Reproductive success of an endangered plant after invasive bees supplant native pollinator services
• Renee Van Buren, Allyson B. Searle, Susan E. Meyer. 2021. Life-history strategy and extinction risk in the warm desert perennial spring ephemeral Astragalus holmgreniorum (Fabaceae)
• Kody R. Rominger, Susan E. Meyer. 2021. Drones, deep learning, and endangered plants: A method for population-level census using image analysis
• Susan E. Meyer, Mac A. Callaham, Jane E. Stewart, Steve D. Warren. 2021. Invasive Species Response to Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbance
• Susan E. Meyer. 2020. Saving Holmgren's milkvetch: A new approach for imperiled species management
• Marco Masi, Ernesto Santoro, Suzette Clement, Susan E. Meyer, Patrizia Scafato, Stefano Superchi, Antonio Evidente. 2020. Further secondary metabolites produced by the fungus Pyricularia grisea isolated from buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris)
• Allyson B. Searle, Susan E. Meyer. 2020. Cattle trampling increases dormant season mortality of a globally endangered desert milkvetch
• Sydney Houghton, Michael T. Stevens, Susan E. Meyer. 2020. Pods as sails but not as boats: Dispersal ecology of a habitat-restricted desert milkvetch
• Jorge Lozano-Juste, Marco Masi, Alessio Cimmino, Suzette Clement, Maria A. Fernandez, Regina Antoni, Susan E. Meyer, Pedro L. Rodriguez, Antonio Evidente. 2019. The fungal sesquiterpenoid pyrenophoric acid B uses the plant ABA biosynthetic pathway to inhibit seed germination
• C. E. Coleman, Susan E. Meyer, N. Ricks. 2019. Mating system complexity and cryptic speciation in the seed bank pathogen Pyrenophora semeniperda
• Marco Masi, Fabrizio Freda, Suzette Clement, Alessio Cimmino, Massimo Cristofaro, Susan E. Meyer, Antonio Evidente. 2019. Phytotoxic activity and structure-activity relationships of radicinin derivatives against the invasive weed buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris)
• Marco Masi, Susan E. Meyer, Suzette Clement, Alessio Cimmino, Antonio Evidente. 2019. Effect of cultural conditions on the production of radicinin, a specific fungal phytotoxin for buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris) biocontrol, by different Cochlioboulus australiensis strains
• Marco Masi, Fabrizio Freda, Felicia Sangermano, Viola Calabro, Alessio Cimmino, Massimo Cristofaro, Susan E. Meyer, Antonio Evidente. 2019. Radicinin, a fungal phytotoxin as a target-specific bioherbicide for invasive buffelgrass (cenchrus ciliaris) control
• Kody R. Rominger, Susan E. Meyer, Renee Van Buren, Allyson B. Searle. 2019. Phenological patterns in the desert spring ephemeral Astragalus holmgreniorum Barneby (Fabaceae)
• Kody Rominger, Susan E. Meyer. 2019. Application of UAV-based methodology for census of an endangered plant species in a fragile habitat
• Susan E. Meyer, Julie Beckstead, Phil S. Allen. 2018. Niche specialization in Bromus tectorum seed bank pathogens
• Marco Masi, Susan E. Meyer, Marcin Gorecki, Gennaro Pescitelli, Suzette Clement, Alessio Cimmino, Antonio Evidente. 2018. Phytotoxic activity of metabolites isolated from Rutstroemia sp.n., the causal agent of bleach blonde syndrome on cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum)
• Phil S. Allen, Heather Finch-Boekweg, Susan E. Meyer. 2018. A proposed mechanism for high pathogen-caused mortality in the seed bank of an invasive annual grass
• Marco Masi, Susan E. Meyer, Marcin Gorecki, Alessandro Mandoli, Lorenzo Di Bari, Gennaro Pescitelli, Alessio Cimmino, Massimo Cristofaro, Suzette Clement, Antonio Evidente. 2017. Pyriculins A and B, two monosubstituted hex-4-ene-2,3-diols and other phytotoxic metabolites produced by Pyricularia grisea isolated from buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris)
• Marco Masi, Susan E. Meyer, Gennaro Pescitelli, Alessio Cimmino, Suzette Clement, Beth Peacock, Antonio Evidente. 2017. Phytotoxic activity against Bromus tectorum for secondary metabolites of a seed-pathogenic Fusarium strain belonging to the F. tricinctum species complex
• Kassie L. Tilini, Susan E. Meyer, Phil S. Allen. 2017. Seed bank dynamics of blowout penstemon in relation to local patterns of sand movement on the Ferris Dunes, south-central Wyoming
• Peter J. Weisberg, Thomas E. Dilts, Owen W. Baughman, Susan E. Meyer, Elizabeth A. Leger, K. Jane Van Gunst, Lauren Cleeves. 2017. Development of remote sensing indicators for mapping episodic die-off of an invasive annual grass (Bromus tectorum) from the Landsat archive
• Spencer Arnesen, Craig E. Coleman, Susan E. Meyer. 2017. Population genetic structure of Bromus tectorum in the mountains of western North America
• Marco Masi, Susan E. Meyer, Suzette Clement, Alessio Cimmino, Massimo Cristofaro, Antonio Evidente. 2017. Cochliotoxin, a Dihydropyranopyran-4,5-dione, and its analogues produced by Cochliobolus australiensis display phytotoxic activity against buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris)
• K. K. Hawkins, P. S. Allen, Susan E. Meyer. 2017. Secondary dormancy induction and release in Bromus tectorum seeds: The role of temperature, water potential and hydrothermal time
• Kassie L. Tilini, Susan E. Meyer, Phil S. Allen. 2016. Breaking primary seed dormancy in Gibbens' beardtongue (Penstemon gibbensii) and blowout penstemon (Penstemon haydenii)
• Keith R. Merrill, Craig E. Coleman, Susan E. Meyer, Elizabeth A. Leger, Katherine A. Collins. 2016. Development of single-nucleotide polymorphism markers for Bromus tectorum (Poaceae) from a partially sequenced transcriptome
• Susan E. Meyer, Elizabeth A. Leger, Desiree R. Eldon, Craig E. Coleman. 2016. Strong genetic differentiation in the invasive annual grass Bromus tectorum across the Mojave-Great Basin ecological transition zone
• Julie Beckstead, Susan E. Meyer, Toby S. Ishizuka, Kelsey M. McEvoy, Craig E. Coleman. 2016. Lack of host specialization on winter annual grasses in the fungal seed bank pathogen Pyrenophora semeniperda
• Janene Auger, Susan E. Meyer, Stephen H. Jenkins. 2016. A mast-seeding desert shrub regulates population dynamics and behavior of its heteromyid dispersers
• Susan E. Meyer, Julie Beckstead, JanaLynn Pearce. 2016. Community ecology of fungal pathogens on Bromus tectorum [Chapter 7]
• Deborah M. Finch, D. A. Boyce, Jeanne C. Chambers, C. J. Colt, Kas Dumroese, Stanley G. Kitchen, C. McCarthy, Susan E. Meyer, Bryce A. Richardson, Mary M. Rowland, Mark A. Rumble, Michael K. Schwartz, Monica Tomosy, Michael Wisdom. 2016. Conservation and restoration of sagebrush ecosystems and sage-grouse: An assessment of USDA Forest Service Science
• Owen W. Baughman, Susan E. Meyer, Zachary T. Aanderud, Elizabeth A. Leger. 2016. Cheatgrass die-offs as an opportunity for restoration in the Great Basin, USA: Will local or commercial native plants succeed where exotic invaders fail?
• Susan E. Meyer, Burton K. Pendleton. 2015. Evolutionary drivers of mast-seeding in a long-lived desert shrub
• Susan E. Meyer, Thomas W. Warren. 2015. Seeding big sagebrush successfully on Intermountain rangelands
• Stanley G. Kitchen, Susan E. Meyer, Stephanie L. Carlson. 2015. Mechanisms for maintenance of dominance in a nonclonal desert shrub
• Rosemary L. Pendleton, Burton K. Pendleton, Susan E. Meyer, Bryce A. Richardson, Todd Esque, Stanley G. Kitchen. 2015. Blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima Torr.): State of our knowledge and future challenges [Chapter 10]
• Susan E. Meyer, M. Masi, Suzette Clement, T. L. Davis, J. Beckstead. 2015. Mycelial growth rate and toxin production in the seed pathogen Pyrenophora semeniperda: Resource trade-offs and temporally varying selection
• Connor W. Barth, Susan E. Meyer, Julie Beckstead, Phil S. Allen. 2015. Hydrothermal time models for conidial germination and mycelial growth of the seed pathogen Pyrenophora semeniperda
• Susan E. Meyer, Burton K. Pendleton. 2015. Seedling establishment in a masting desert shrub parallels the pattern for forest trees
• JanaLynn Franke, Brad Geary, Susan E. Meyer. 2014. Identification of the infection route of a Fusarium seed pathogen into nondormant Bromus tectorum seeds
• Marco Masi, Susan E. Meyer, Alessio Cimmino, Suzette Clement, Beth Black, Antonio Evidente. 2014. Pyrenophoric acids B and C, two new phytotoxic sesquiterpenoids produced by Pyrenophora semeniperda
• Phil S. Allen, Susan E. Meyer. 2014. Community structure affects annual grass weed invasion during restoration of a shrub-steppe ecosystem
• Marco Masi, Susan E. Meyer, Alessio Cimmino, Anna Andolfi, Antonio Evidente. 2014. Pyrenophoric acid, a phytotoxic sesquiterpenoid penta-2,4-dienoic acid produced by a potential mycoherbicide, Pyrenophora semeniperda
• Susan E. Meyer, J.-L. Franke, O. W. Baughman, J. Beckstead, B. Geary. 2014. Does Fusarium-caused seed mortality contribute to Bromus tectorum stand failure in the Great Basin?
• Susan E. Meyer, Katherine T. Merrill, Phil S. Allen, Julie Beckstead, Anna S. Norte. 2014. Indirect effects of an invasive annual grass on seed fates of two native perennial grass species
• Julie Beckstead, Susan E. Meyer, Kurt O. Reinhart, Kellene M. Bergen, Sandra R. Holden, Heather F. Boekweg. 2014. Factors affecting host range in a generalist seed pathogen of semi-arid shrublands
• Marcus M. Soliai, Susan E. Meyer, Joshua A. Udall, David E. Elzinga, Russell A. Hermansen, Paul M. Bodily, Aaron A. Hart, Craig E. Coleman. 2014. De novo genome assembly of the fungal plant pathogen Pyrenophora semeniperda
• Bryce A. Richardson, Stanley G. Kitchen, Rosemary L. Pendleton, Burton K. Pendleton, Matthew J. Germino, Gerald Rehfeldt, Susan E. Meyer. 2014. Adaptive responses reveal contemporary and future ecotypes in a desert shrub
• Marco Masia, Susan E. Meyer, Suzette Clement, Anna Andolfi, Alessio Cimmino, Antonio Evidente. 2014. Spirostaphylotrichin W, a spirocyclic γ-lactam isolated from liquid culture of Pyrenophora semeniperda, a potential mycoherbicide for cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) biocontrol
• Marco Masi, Antonio Evidente, Susan E. Meyer, Joshua Nicholson, Ashley Munoz. 2014. Effect of strain and cultural conditions on the production of cytochalasin B by the potential mycoherbicide Pyrenophora semeniperda (Pleosporaceae, Pleosporales)
• Sue Miller, Susan E. Meyer, Bryce A. Richardson, Rosemary L. Pendleton, Burton K. Pendleton, Stanley G. Kitchen. 2013. Upwardly mobile in the western U.S. desert: Blackbrush shrublands respond to a changing climate
• Susan E. Meyer, Sudeep Ghimire, Samuel Decker, Keith R. Merrill, Craig E. Coleman. 2013. The ghost of outcrossing past in downy brome, an inbreeding annual grass
• Susan E. Meyer, Suzette Clement, Julie Beckstead. 2013. Annual brome control using a native fungal seed pathogen
• Heather Finch, Phil S. Allen, Susan E. Meyer. 2013. Environmental factors influencing Pyrenophora semeniperda-caused seed mortality in Bromus tectorum
• Owen W. Baughman, Susan E. Meyer. 2013. Is Pyrenophora semeniperda the cause of downy brome (Bromus tectorum) die-offs?
• Rosemary L. Pendleton, Burton K. Pendleton, Susan E. Meyer, Stephanie L. Carlson, Elizabeth Morrison. 2012. Viability of Blackbrush seed (Coleogyne ramosissima Torr. [Rosaceae]) following long-term storage
• Justin B. Runyon, Jack L. Butler, Megan M. Friggens, Susan E. Meyer, Sharlene E. Sing. 2012. Invasive species and climate change (Chapter 7)
• Susan E. Meyer. 2012. Restoring and managing cold desert shrublands for climate change mitigation (Chapter 2)
• Keith R. Merrill, Susan E. Meyer, Craig E. Coleman. 2012. Population genetic analysis of Bromus tectorum (Poaceae) indicates recent range expansion may be facilitated by specialist genotypes
• Bryce A. Richardson, Susan E. Meyer. 2012. Paleoclimate effects and geographic barriers shape regional population genetic structure of blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima: Rosaceae)
• Susan E. Meyer. 2011. Is climate change mitigation the best use of desert shrublands?
• David Boose, Steven Harrison, Suzette Clement, Susan E. Meyer. 2011. Population genetic structure of the seed pathogen Pyrenophora semeniperda on Bromus tectorum in western North America
• Julie Beckstead, Laura E. Street, Susan E. Meyer, Phil S. Allen. 2011. Fire effects on the cheatgrass seed bank pathogen Pyrenophora semeniperda
• Susan E. Meyer, Elizabeth A. Leger. 2010. Inbreeding, Genetic Variation, and Invasiveness: The Strange Case of Bromus tectorum
• Susan E. Meyer, David L. Nelson, Suzette Clement, Alisa Ramakrishnan. 2010. Ecological genetics of the Bromus tectorum (Poaceae) - Ustilago Bullata (Ustilaginaceae): A role for frequency dependent selection?
• Susan E. Meyer, Thomas Stewart, Suzette Clement. 2010. The quick and the deadly: Growth versus virulence in a seed bank pathogen
• Jason W. Scott, Susan E. Meyer, Keith R. Merrill, Val J. Anderson. 2010. Local population differentiation in Bromus tectorum L. in relation to habitat-specific selection regimes
• Susan E. Meyer. 2010. Ecological genetics of floret mass variation in Bromus tectorum (Poaceae)
• Phil S. Allen, Susan E. Meyer, K. Foote. 2010. Induction and release of secondary dormancy under field conditions in Bromus tectorum
• Rosemary L. Pendleton, Susan E. Meyer, Bitsy Schultz. 2010. Conference Proceedings: Seed Ecology III - The Third International Society for Seed Science Meeting on Seeds and the Environment - "Seeds and Change"; June 20-June 24, 2010; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
• J. Beckstead, Susan E. Meyer, L.E. Street, P.S. Allen. 2010. Effect of fire on a seed bank pathogen and on seeds of its host Bromus tectorum
• Julie Beckstead, Susan E. Meyer, Brian M. Connolly, Michael B. Huck, Laura E. Street. 2010. Cheatgrass facilitates spillover of a seed bank pathogen onto native grass species
• Susan E. Meyer, Roger K. Kjelgren, Darrel G. Morrison, William A. Varga. 2009. Landscaping on the new frontier: Waterwise design for the Intermountain West
• Elizabeth A. Leger, Erin K. Espeland, Keith R. Merrill, Susan E. Meyer. 2009. Genetic variation and local adaptation at a cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) invasion edge in western Nevada
• Susan E. Meyer, Phil S. Allen. 2009. Predicting seed dormancy loss and germination timing for Bromus tectorum in a semi-arid environment using hydrothermal time models
• Susan E. Meyer, Julie Beckstead, Phil S. Allen, Duane C. Smith. 2008. A seed bank pathogen causes seedborne disease: Pyrenophora semeniperda on undispersed grass seeds in western North America
• Duane C. Smith, Susan E. Meyer, V. J. Anderson. 2008. Factors affecting Bromus tectorum seed bank carryover in western Utah
• Susan E. Meyer. 2008. Rosa L.: rose, briar
• Susan E. Meyer. 2008. Salvia L.: sage
• Susan E. Meyer. 2008. Simmondsia chinensis (Link) Schneid.: jojoba
• Susan E. Meyer. 2008. Penstemon Schmidel: penstemon, beardtongue
• D. Terrance Booth, Susan E. Meyer, Nancy L. Shaw. 2008. Purshia DC. ex Poir.: bitterbrush, cliffrose
• Susan E. Meyer. 2008. Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link: Scotch broom
• Susan E. Meyer. 2008. Ephedra L.: ephedra or Mormon-tea
• Susan E. Meyer. 2008. Eriogonum Michx.: wild-buckwheat, buckwheatbrush
• Susan E. Meyer. 2008. Fallugia paradoxa (D. Don) Endl. ex Torr.: Apache-plume
• Susan E. Meyer. 2008. Fremontodendron Coville: fremontia, flannelbush
• Susan E. Meyer. 2008. Heteromeles arbutifolia (Lindl.) M. Roemer: Christmasberry
• Arthur W. Magill, Susan E. Meyer. 2008. Chamaebatia foliolosa Benth.: bearmat
• Susan E. Meyer. 2008. Chrysothamnus Nutt.: rabbitbrush
• Susan E. Meyer. 2008. Carnegiea gigantea (Engelm.) Britton & Rose saguaro or giant cactus
• Susan E. Meyer. 2008. Atriplex L.: saltbush
• Susan E. Meyer. 2008. Arctostaphylos Adans.: manzanita
• Susan E. Meyer. 2008. Artemisia L.: sagebrush
• Susan E. Meyer, David L. Nelson, Suzette Clement, Julie Beckstead. 2008. Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) biocontrol using indigenous fungal pathogens
• Julie Beckstead, Susan E. Meyer, Carol K. Augsperger. 2008. The indirect effects of cheatgrass invasion: Grasshopper herbivory on native grasses determined by neighboring cheatgrass abundance
• Alison Whittaker, Bruce Roundy, Jeanne C. Chambers, Susan E. Meyer, Robert Blank, Stanley G. Kitchen, John L. Korfmacher. 2008. The effect of herbaceous species removal, fire and cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) on soil water availability in sagebrush steppe
• Toupta Boguena, Susan E. Meyer, David L. Nelson. 2007. Low temperature during infection limits Ustilago bullata (Ustilaginaceae, Ustilaginales) disease incidence on Bromus tectorum (Poaceae, Cyperales)
• Susan E. Meyer, D. Quinney, D. L. Nelson, J. Weaver. 2007. Impact of the pathogen Pyrenophora semeniperda on Bromus tectorum seedbank dynamics in North American cold deserts
• Julie Beckstead, Susan E. Meyer, Cherrilyn J. Molder, Caitlyn Smith. 2007. A race for survival: Can Bromus tectorum seeds escape Pyrenophora semeniperda-caused mortality by germinating quickly?
• Susan E. Meyer, Stephanie L. Carlson. 2007. Seed germination biology of Intermountain populations of fourwing saltbush (Atriplex canescens: Chenopodiaceae)
• Jeanne C. Chambers, Bruce A. Roundy, Robert R. Blank, Susan E. Meyer, A. Whittaker. 2007. What makes Great Basin sagebrush ecosystems invasible by Bromus tectorum?
• Alisa P. Ramakrishnan, Susan E. Meyer, Daniel J. Fairbanks, Craig E. Coleman. 2006. Ecological significance of microsatellite variation in western North American populations of Bromus tectorum
• Susan E. Meyer, Dana Quinney, Jay Weaver. 2006. A stochastic population model for Lepidium papilliferum (Brassicaceae), a rare desert ephemeral with a persistent seed bank
• Necia B. Bair, Susan E. Meyer, Phil S. Allen. 2006. A hydrothermal after-ripening time model for seed dormancy loss in Bromus tectorum L.
• Susan E. Meyer. 2006. Strategies for Seed Propagation of Native Forbs
• Jeanne C. Chambers, E. Durant McArthur, Steven B. Monson, Susan E. Meyer, Nancy L. Shaw, Robin J. Tausch, Robert R. Blank, Steve Bunting, Richard R. Miller, Mike Pellant, Bruce A. Roundy, Scott C. Walker, Alison Whittaker. 2005. Sagebrush steppe and pinyon-juniper ecosystems: effects of changing fire regimes, increased fuel loads, and invasive species
• Ann L. Hild, Nancy L. Shaw, Susan E. Meyer, D. Terrance Booth, E. Durant McArthur. 2004. Seed and soil dynamics in shrubland ecosystems: proceedings; 2002 August 12-16; Laramie, WY
• Susan E. Meyer, Susan C. Garvin, Julie Beckstead. 2001. Factors mediating cheatgrass invasion of intact salt desert shrubland
• Alisa P. Ramakrishnan, Craig E. Coleman, Susan E. Meyer, Daniel J. Fairbanks. 2001. Microsatellite markers and polymorphism in cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.)
• Susan E. Meyer, Susan B. Debaene-Gill, Phil S. Allen. 2000. Using hydrothermal time concepts to model seed germination response to temperature, dormancy loss, and priming effects in Elymus elymoides

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  Invasive Species Working Group

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  Rocky Mountain Research Station

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• University of Utah, B.S., Environmental Science, 1969
• University of Nevada, Las Vegas, M.S., Biological Science, 1976
• Claremont Graduate School, Ph.D., Botany, 1980