Office: 132 Walster Hall
Phone: (701) 231-8386
E-mail: donald.kirby@ndsu.edu

Research interests:
Grazing Management
Noxious Weed Control
Wetland Ecology

Training/Education:
PhD, Range Science-Texas A&M University, 1980
MS, Natural Resources Management-Humboldt State University, 1976
BS, Range and Wildlife Management-Humboldt State University, 1974

Courses taught:
RNG 336 Introduction to Range Management (guest lecturer)
RNG 456/656 Range Habitat Management (guest lecturer)
RNG 458/658 Grazing Ecology (guest lecturer)

Alexander, B.W., D. Kirby, M. Biondini, and E. DeKeyser. 2010. Cattle grazing reduces survival and reproduction of the western prairie fringed orchid. The Prairie Naturalist 42:46-49.

Alexander, B.W., D. Kirby, M. Biondini, and E. DeKeyser. 2010. In situ development of western prairie fringed orchid seeds, protocorms, and seedlings in grazed and non-grazed prairie habitat. The Prairie Naturalist 42:50-54.

Alexander, B.W., D. Kirby, M. Biondini, and E. DeKeyser. 2010. Seed production and maturation of the western prairie fringed orchid. The Prairie Naturalist 42:55-60.

Paradeis, B.L., E. S. DeKeyser, and D. Kirby. 2010. Evaluation of restored and native prairie pothole region plant communities following an environmental gradient. Natural Areas J. 30:500-510.

Kirby, D., D. Nilson, and K. Krabbehhoft. 2009. Breeding bird selection of restored and native wooded draws in North Dakota. Rangelands 6:9-16.

DeKeyser, E., M. Biondini, D. Kirby, and C. Hargiss. 2008. Low prairie plant communities as a function of disturbance: physical parameters. Ecological Indicators 9:296-306.

Hargiss, C., E. DeKeyser, D. Kirby, and M. Ell. 2008. Regional assessment of wetland plant communities using the index of plant community integrity. Ecological Indicators 8:303-307.

Cline, D., C. Juricek, R.. Lym, and D. Kirby. 2008. Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) control with Aphthona spp. affects seedbank composition and native grass establishment. Invasive Plant Science and Management 1:120-132.

Richardson, L., C. Juricek, R. Lym, D. Kirby, and D. Tober. 2008. Integrated leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) control using imazapic, Aphthona spp. biological control agents, and seeded native grasses. Invasive Plant Science and Management 1:255-264.

Samuel, L., D. Kirby, J. Norland and G.Anderson. 2008. Leafy spurge suppression by flea beetles in the Little Missouri River drainage basin. Rangeland Ecology and Management 61:437-443.

Mita, D., E. DeKeyser, D. Kirby, and G. Easson. 2007. Developing a wetland condition prediction model using landscape structure variability. Wetlands 27:1124-1133.

Erickson, A.M., R.G. Lym, and D.R. Kirby. 2006. Effect of herbicides for leafy spurge control on the western prairie fringed orchid. Rangeland Ecology and Management 59:462-467.

Roger, W.M., D.R. Kirby, P.E. Nyren, B.D. Patton and E.S. DeKeyser. 2005. Grazing intensity effects on northern plains mixed-grass prairie. The Prairie Naturalist 37:73-83.