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  • Duff, H., Debinski, D.M. and Maxwell, B.D. 2024.  Ecological refugia enhance biodiversity and crop production in dryland grain production systems.  Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2023.108751

  • Duff, H., Debinski, D.M. and Maxwell, B.D. 2024.  Landscape context affects patch habitat contributions to biodiversity in agroecosystems.  Ecosphere. 15:e4879. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.4879

  • Meinzen, T.C., Burkle, L. and Debinski, D.M. 2024. Roadside habitat: boon or bane for pollinating insects? BioScience: 74 p. 54-64  doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biad111

  • Debinski, D.M. 2023. Insects in Grasslands. Rangeland Wildlife Ecology and Conservation. Springer Publishers: i. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-34037-6

  • Carroll, K.A., Lance, M.J., Smithers, B.V., Debinski, D.M. 2023. Increasing equitable access to graduate education through competitive hiring in the life sciences. New Directions for Higher Education.  DOI:10.1002/he.20472  

  • Debinski, D.M.  2022. Make the approach and get the data: Challenges, Teamwork, and Cultures of Support for Women who are Scientists and Parents in Field Stations and Marine Labs. Chapter In: V. McDermott, J. Gee, and A. May (eds.). Women of the wild: Challenging gender disparities in remote field stations and marine laboratories. Lexington Books.
  • Durney, J., A. Engel, Debinski, D.M., and Burkle, L.  2022.  Earlier spring snowmelt drives Balsamorhiza sagittata phenology in montane meadows.  Ecosphere.  https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4198
  • McCombs, A.L., Debinski, D.M., Reinhardt, K., Germino, M., Caragea, P.  2022. Warming temperatures affect meadow-wide nectar resources, with implications for plant-pollinator communities.  Ecosphere. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4162
  • Rice, C.L., Debinski, D.M., Bramblett, R.G., Rubin, S.E., Ivie, M.A., Clark, J.A., Evans, A.C., Smithers, B.V., &  McMahon, T.E.. 2022. Montana State University Vertebrate Museum Fish Collection (Version 1) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5847350
  • Coon, J. J., Lyon, N. J., Raynor, E. J., Debinski, D.M., Miller, J. R., Schacht, W. H. (2021) Using Adaptive Management to Restore Grasslands Invaded by Tall Fescue (Schedonorus arundinaceus). . Rangeland Ecology & Management : v. 76 p. 84-94
  • Crees, L.L., Debinski, D.M. (2021) Natural history observations on Parnassius clodius altaurus and Parnassius smintheus magnus (Papilionidae) in Grand Teton National Park, WY. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society: v. 75 i. 1 p. 70-74
  • Lyon, N.J., D.S. Stein, D.M. Debinski, J.R. Miller, and. W.H. Schacht.  2021.  Responses of flowering plant and butterfly communities to experimental herbicide and seeding treatments for native grassland restoration.  Ecological Restoration. 39(3):168-181. https://doi:10.3368/er.39.3.168

  • Moss, K., D.M. Debinski and J.S. Durney. 2021.  Wings that Make Waves.  Free iBook summarizing how butterflies can serve as an indicator of climate change.  https://books.apple.com/us/book/wings-that-make-waves/id1599810347 

  • Raynor, E.J., H.L. Hillhouse, D.M. Debinski, J.R. Miller, and W.H. Schacht. 2021. Recoupling cross-scale interactions in tall fescue-invaded tallgrass prairie. Landscape Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-021-01348-x 
  • Raynor, E.J., D.A. McGranahan, J.R. Miller, D.M. Debinski, W.H. Schacht and D.E. Engle. 2021. Moderate grazer density stabilizes forage availability more than patch burning in low-stature grassland. Land 10, 395. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22083894
  • Scasta, J.D., R.L. McCulley, D.M. Engle, and D.M. Debinski.  2021. Patch burning tall fescue invaded grasslands alters alkaloids and tiller defoliation with cattle toxicosis implications. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 75: 130-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2020.12.009.
  • Capozzelli, J.F., J.R. Miller, D.M. Debinski, and W.H. Schacht.  2020. Restoring the fire-grazing interaction promotes tree-grass coexistence by controlling woody encroachment.  Ecosphere. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2993

  • Garzella, C. and D. Debinski. 2020. Using Biodiversity Data to Assess Species-Habitat Relationships in Glacier National Park, Montana ver 8. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/222532f38cb2e996244a60be7d048261 (data publication)

  •  Stein, D., D.M. Debinski, J. Pleasants, John, A. Toth.  2020. Evaluating Native Bee Communities and Nutrition in Managed Grasslands.  Environmental Entomology.  doi: 10.1093/ee/nvaa009

  • Debinski, D.M. 2019.  Insects as a Vital Sign in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.  Yellowstone Science 27(1):58-60.
  •  Lyon, N.J., D.M. Debinski and Imtiaz Rangwala.  2019.  Informing Climate Change-Resilient Grassland Restoration Strategy with Species Distribution Models.  Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. Vol 7 Article 33 doi: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00033
  •  Milliman, T., B. Seyednasrollah, A.M.  Young, K. Hufkens, M.A. Friedl, S. Frolking, A.D. Richardson, M. Abraha, D.W. Allen, M. Apple, M.A. Arain, J. Baker, J.M. Baker, C.J. Bernacchi …D.M. Debinski … et al.  2019.  PhenoCam Dataset v2.0: Digital Camera Imagery from the PhenoCam Network, 2000-2018. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1689

  • Seyednasrollah, B., A.M. Young, K. Hufkens, T. Milliman, M.A. Friedl, S. Frolking…D.M. Debinski … et al.  2019.  PhenoCam Dataset v2.0: Vegetation Phenology from Digital Camera Imagery, 2000-2018. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1674

  • Crees, L. and D.M. Debinski.  2018.  Observations of Meloe (Coleoptera) Larvae Hitchhiking on Parnasius clodius (Papilionidae) in Grand Teton National Park.  Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society. 72(3):251-252.
  • Goodman, L., D.M. Debinski and N.J. Lyon. 2018.  Flowers increase ecosystem biodiversity in Midwestern prairies.  Journal of Student Research. http://www.jofsr.com/index.php/path/article/view/465

  •  Nelson, S.B., J.J. Coon, C.J. Duchardt, J.R. Miller, D.M. Debinski, W.H. Schacht. 2018. Contrasting impacts of invasive plants and human-altered landscape context on nest survival and brood parasitism of a grassland bird.  Landscape Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-018-0703-3

  •  Pocius, V.M., D.M. Debinski, J.M. Pleasants, K.G. Bidne and R.L. Hellmich.  2018. Monarch butterflies do not place all of their eggs in one basket: oviposition on nine Midwestern milkweed species. Ecosphere 9(1):e02064. 10.

  • Pocius, V.M., J.M. Pleasants, D.M. Debinski, K.G. Bidne, R.L. Hellmich, S.P. Bradbury, and S.L. Blodgett. 2018. Monarch Butterflies Show Differential Utilization of Nine Midwestern Milkweed Species. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2018.00169
  • Raynor, E.J., C. Griffith, D. Twidwell, W.H Schacht, C. Wonkka, C. Roberts; C. Bielski,  D.M. Debinski, and J.R. Miller.  2018. The emergence of heterogeneity in invasive-dominated grassland: a matter of the scale of detection.  Landscape Ecology. 33:2103–2119. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-018-0725-x

  •  Szcodronski, K. E., D.M. Debinski and R. Klaver. 2018. Occupancy modeling of Parnassius clodius butterfly populations in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Journal of Insect Conservation.  doi: 10.1007/s10841-018-0060-1

  • Pocius, V.M., D.M. Debinski, K.G. Bidne, R. Hellmich, and F.K. Hunter. 2017. Performance of Early Instar Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus L.) on Nine Milkweed Species Native to Iowa Journal of the Lepidopterists Society. 71(3):153-161. https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.71i3.a5
  • Kane, K., D.M. Debinski, C. Anderson, J.D. Scasta, D.M. Engle, and J.R. Miller. 2017. Grassland Community Restoration in the Face of Climate Change. Frontiers in Plant Science.  doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.00730
  • Pocius, V.M., D.M. Debinski, K.G. Bidne, R. Hellmich, and F.K. Hunter. 2017. Which native milkweeds are acceptable host plants for larval monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) within the Midwestern U.S. Journal of the Lepidopterists Society.
  • Scasta, D.S. J. Talley, D.M. Engle, and D.M. Debinski. 2017. Climate extremes, vegetation change, and de-coupling of interactive fire-grazing processes exacerbate fly parasitism of cattle. Environmental Entomology 1-10. DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvw171
  • Sherwood, J.A., D.M. Debinski, P.C. Caragea, and M.J. Germino. 2017. Effects of experimentally reduced snowpack and passive warming on montane meadow plant phenology and floral resources. Ecosphere 8(3):e01745. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1745
  • Delaney, J.T. R A. Moranz, D.M. Debinski, D.M. Engle, J.R. Miller. 2016. Exotic-Dominated Grasslands Show Signs of Recovery with Cattle Grazing and Fire. PLoS ONE. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165758
  • Duchardt, C., J.R. Miller, D.M. Engle, and D.M. Debinski.  2016.  Adapting the fire-grazing interaction to fragmented landscapes for grassland bird conservation.  Journal of Range Management 69(4):300-309. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2016.03.005
  • Lewthwaite, J.M., D.M. Debinski and J.T. Kerr. 2016. High community turnover and dispersal limitation relative to rapid climate change. Global Ecology and Biogeography. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12553
  • McGranahan, D.A., T. Hovick, D. Elmore, D.M. Engle, S.D. Fuhlendorf, S.L. Winter, J.R. Miller, and D.M. Debinski.  2016.  Temporal variability in aboveground biomass decreases as spatial heterogeneity increases.  Ecology 97(3):555-560
  • Scasta, D.S., C. Duchardt, D.M. Engle, J.R. Miller, D.M. Debinski and R. Harr. 2016.  Constraints to restoring fire and grazing ecological processes to optimize grassland vegetation structural diversity. Ecological Engineering. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.06.096   
  • Smith, G. W., D. M. Debinski, N. A. Scavo, C. J. Lange, J. T. Delaney, R. A. Moranz, J. R. Miller, D. M. Engle, and A. L. Toth. 2016.  Bee abundance and nutritional status in relation to grassland management practices in an agricultural landscape.  Environmental Entomology 1-10.  
  • Delaney, J.T., K. Jokela and D.M. Debinski.  2015.  Seasonal succession of pollinator floral resources in four grassland types in the tallgrass prairie ecoregion.  Ecosphere. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES15-00218.1
  • Jokela, K., D.M. Debinski, and R. McCulley.  2015.  Effects of Tall Fescue and Its Fungal Endophyte on the Development and Survival of Tawny-Edged Skippers (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)  Environmental Entomology. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvv151   
  • Lyons, T.P., J.R. Miller, D.M. Debinski, and D.M. Engle.  2015.  Identifying factors related to predator-specific patterns of nest loss in managed grasslands. Ecological Applications 25(6):1596-1605. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-1641.1
  • Vogel, J. S. Shepherd, and D.M. Debinski.  2015.  An Unexpected Journey: Greater Prairie-chicken Travels Nearly 4000 km After Translocation to Iowa. American Midland Naturalist. 174:343-349. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1674/0003-0031-174.2.343
  • Waldman, Rhea and D.M. Debinski.  2015.  Wind tunnel studies of temperature dependence and behavior of butterflies in the context of habitat edges.  Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 69(2): 125-130. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.69i2.a13
  • Scasta J., D.M. Engle, R.N. Harr, D.M. Debinski. 2014. Fire induced reproductive mechanisms of a Symphoricarpos (Caprifoliaceae) shrub after dormant season burning.  Botanical Studies, 55:1. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40529-014-0080-4
  • Harr, R.N., Morton, L. Wright, S.R. Rusk, D.M. Engle, J.R. Miller, and D.M. Debinski. 2014. Landowners’ perceptions of risk in grassland management: Woody plant encroachment and prescribed fire. Ecology and Society 19(2):41. DOI:  http://dx.doi.org/ 10.5751/ES-06404-190241   
  • McGranahan, D.A., A.L. Daigh, J.J. Veenstra, D.M. Engle, J.R. Miller, and D.M. Debinski. 2014. Connecting Soil Organic Carbon and Root Biomass with Land-Use and Vegetation in Temperate Grassland. The Scientific World Journal, vol. 2014, Article ID 487563, 9 pages, 2014. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/487563
  • McGranahan, D.A., D.M. Engle, J.T. Mulloy, J.R. Miller, and D.M. Debinski. 2014. Land use history and an invasive grass affect tallgrass prairie sedge community composition in upland grassland. Applied Vegetation Science. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12136
  • McGranahan, D.A., DM Engle, SD Fuhlendorf, JR Miller, DM Debinski. 2013. Multivariate analysis of rangeland vegetation and soil organic carbon describes degradation, informs restoration and conservation. Land 2(3):328-350. DOI: 10.3390/land2030328
  • Debinski, D.M., J.C. Caruthers, D. Cook, J. Crowley and H. Wickham. 2013. Gradient-based habitat affinities predict species vulnerability to climate change. Ecology. 94(5):1036-1045. DOI:  http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1890/12-0359.1   
  • Moranz, R.A., D.M. Debinski, L. Winkler, J. Trager, D.A. McGranahan, D.M. Engle and J.R. Miller. 2013. Effects of grassland management practices on ant functional groups in central North America. Journal of Insect Conservation.  DOI:  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10841-013-9554-z
  • McGranahan, D.A., D. M. Engle, S. D. Fuhlendorf, S. L. Winter, J. R. Miller, and D.M. Debinski. 2013. Inconsistent outcomes of heterogeneity-based management underscore importance of matching evaluation to conservation objectives. Environmental Science and Policy. 31:53-60. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2013.03.005
  • Ibanez, I., E. S. Gornish, L. Buckley, D.M. Debinski, J. Hellmann, B. Helmuth, J. HilleRisLambers, A. M. Latimer, A. J. Miller-Rushing, and M. Uriarte. 2012. Moving forward in global-change ecology: using integrative analyses to capitalize on natural variability. Ecology and Evolution.
  • Bjarnholt, N., M. Nakonieczny, A. Kedziorski, D.M. Debinski, S.F. Matter, C.E. Olsen, M. Zagrobelny. 2012. Occurrence of sarmentosin and other hydroxynitrile glucosides in Parnassius butterflies and their food plants. Journal of Chemical Ecology. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10886-012-0114-x 
  • Hovick T.J., J.R. Miller, S.J. Dinsmore, D.M. Engle, and D.M. Debinski, S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2012. Effects of Fire and Grazing on Grasshopper Sparrow Nest Survival. Journal of Wildlife Management 76(1). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.243  
  • McGranahan, D.A., D. M. Engle, S. D. Fuhlendorf, J. R. Miller, and D.M. Debinski. 2012. An invasive cool-season grass complicates prescribed fire management in a native warm-season grassland. Natural Areas Journal. 32(2):208-214. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3375/043.032.0214
  • McGranahan, D.A., D. M. Engle, S. D. Fuhlendorf, J. R. Miller, and D.M. Debinski. 2012. Spatial heterogeneity across five rangelands managed with pyric-herbivory. Journal of Applied Ecology. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02168.x
  • McGranahan, D.A., D.M. Engle, J.R. Miller, and D.M. Debinski. 2012. An Invasive Grass Increases Live Fuel Proportion and Reduces Fire Spread in a Simulated Grassland. Ecosystems. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-012-9605-4
  • McGranahan, D.A., D.M. Engle, B.J. Wilsey, S.D. Fuhlendorf, J.R. Miller, and D.M. Debinski. 2012. Grazing and an invasive grass confound spatial pattern of exotic and native grassland plant species richness. Basic and Applied Ecology. 13:654-662. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2012.09.011
  • Miller, J.R. L.W. Morton, D.M. Engle, D.M. Debinski and R.N. Harr. 2012. Nature Reserves as Catalysts for Landscape Change. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 10(3):144-152. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/100227
  • Moranz, R. A., D.M Debinski, D.A. McGranahan, D.M. Engle, J.R. Miller. 2012. Untangling the effects of fire, grazing, and land-use legacies on grassland butterfly communities. Biodiversity and Conservation. 21(11):2719-2746. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-012-0330-2
  • Debinski D.M., R. A. Moranz, J.T. Delaney, J.R. Miller, D.M. Engle, L.B. Winkler, D.A. McGranahan, R.J. Barney, J.C. Trager, A.L. Stephenson, and M.K. Gillespie. 2011. A cross-taxonomic comparison of insect responses to grassland management and land-use legacies. Ecosphere 2(12): Article 131. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES11-00226.1
  • Hovick T.J., J.R. Miller, R.R. Koford, D.M. Engle, and D.M. Debinski. 2011. Postfledging survival of Grasshopper Sparrows in grasslands managed with fire and grazing. Condor 113:429-437. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/cond.2011.100135
  • Orlofske, J.M., W.J. Ohnesorg, D.M. Debinski. 2011. A comparison of the arthropod communities in remnant, restored, and reconstructed Iowa tallgrass prairies. Natural Areas Journal. 31(2):500-507. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3375/043.031.0207
  • Pillsbury, F.C., J.R. Miller, D.M. Debinski and D.M. Engle. 2011. Another tool in the toolbox? Using fire and grazing to promote bird diversity in highly fragmented landscapes. Ecosphere 2(3) Article 28:1-14. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES10-00154.1
  • Debinski, D.M., H. Wickham, K. Kindscher, J. C. Caruthers, and M.Germino. 2010. Montane meadow change during drought varies with background hydrologic regime and plant functional group. Ecology, 91(6), pp. 1672-1681. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/09-0567.1
  • Ockinger, E., O. Schweiger, T. Crist, D.M. Debinski, J. Krauss, M. Kuussaari, J. Petersen, J. Poyry, J. Settele, K. Summerville, and R. Bommarco. 2010. Life-history traits predict species responses to habitat area and isolation - A cross-continental synthesis. Ecology Letters, 13: 969–979. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01487.x
  • Vogel, J., R. Koford and D.M. Debinski. 2010. Direct and indirect responses of tallgrass prairie butterflies to prescribed burning. Journal of Insect Conservation. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10841-010-9295-1
  • Olechnowski, B.F.M., D.M. Debinski, P. Drobney, K. Viste-Sparkman, and W.T. Reed. 2009. Changes in Vegetation Structure through Time in a Restored Tallgrass Prairie Ecosystem and Implications for Avian Diversity and Community Composition. Ecological Restoration 27(4): 449-457. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3368/er.27.4.449  
  • Debinski, D.M. and M. Cross. 2009. Conservation and Global Climate Change. pp. 556-565 in Simon Levin et al. (Eds.) The Princeton Guide to Ecology. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 809 pgs.
  • Olechnowski, B.F.M. and D.M. Debinski. 2008. Response of songbirds to riparian willow habitat structure across two regions of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120(4):830-839. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1676/07-132.1
  • Calabrese, J.M. L. Ries, S.F. Matter, D.M. Debinski, J.N. Auckland, J. Roland, and W.F. Fagan. 2008. "Reproductive asynchrony in natural butterfly populations and its consequences for female matelessness. Journal of Animal Ecology. 77: 746-756. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01385.x
  • Davis, J.D., S. Hendrix, D.M. Debinski and C.J. Hemsley. 2008. Butterfly, bee and forb community composition and cross-taxon incongruence in tallgrass prairie fragments. Journal of Insect Conservation 12:69-79. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10841-006-9063-4
  • Davis, J.D., D.M. Debinski, and B.J. Danielson. 2007. Local and landscape effects on the butterfly community in fragmented Midwest U.S.A. prairie habitats. Landscape Ecology 22:1341-1354. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-007-9111-9
  • Debinski, D.M., M.V. Santelmann, D. White, K. Freemark and J. Sifneos. 2007. Butterfly responses. Pp.102-107 In: J. Nassauer (ed.) From the Corn Belt to the Gulf, Resources for the Future Press.
  • M.V. Santelmann, D. White, K. Freemark Lindsay, J. I. Nassauer, J. M. Eilers, K. B. Vache, B.J. Danielson, R.C. Corry, M.E. Clark, S. Polasky, R.M.Cruse, J. Sifneos, H. L. Rustigian, C.U. Coiner, J. Wu and Debinski, D.M. 2007. An integrated assessment of alternative futures for corn belt agriculture. Pp.162-174 In: J. Nassauer (ed.) From the Corn Belt to the Gulf, Resources for the Future Press.
  • Vogel, J., D.M. Debinski, R. Koford and J. Miller. 2007. Butterfly responses to prairie restoration through fire and grazing. Biological Conservation 140:78-90.
  • Debinski, D.M., R.E. VanNimwegen and M. E. Jakubauskas. 2006. Quantifying relationships between bird and butterfly community shifts and environmental change. Ecological Applications, 16(1)380-393. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2007.07.027
  • Debinski, D.M. 2006. Forest fragmentation and matix effects: The matrix does matter. Journal of Biogeography 33:1791-1792. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01596.x
  • Davros, N.M., D.M. Debinski, K.F. Reeder and W.L. Hohman. 2006. Butterflies and continuous conservation reserve program filter strips: Landscape considerations. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34(4):936-943. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[936:BACCRP]2.0.CO;2
  • Pritchard, J., D.M. Debinski, B. Olechnowski and R. VanNimwegen. 2006. The landscape of Paul Errington's work. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34(5):1411-1416. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[1411:TLOPEW]2.0.CO;2
  • Reeder, K.F., D.M. Debinski, and B.J. Danielson. 2005. Factors affecting butterfly use of filter strips in Midwestern USA. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 109:40-47. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2005.02.016
  • Shepherd, S. and D.M. Debinski. 2005. Evaluation of isolated and integrated prairie reconstructions as habitat for prairie butterflies. Biological Conservation 126:51-61. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2005.04.021
  • Shepherd, S. and D.M. Debinski. 2005. Reintroduction of Regal Fritillary (Speyeria idalia) to a restored prairie. Ecological Restoration 23(4):243-249.
  • Su, J.C., D.M. Debinski, M.E. Jakubauskas, and K. Kindscher. 2004. Beyond species richness: community similarity as a measure of cross-taxon congruence for coarse-filter conservation. Conservation Biology 18(1):167-173. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00337.x
  • Auckland, J.N., D.M. Debinski, and W.R. Clark. 2004. Survival, movement and resource use of the butterfly Parnassius clodius. Ecological Entomology.  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0307-6946.2004.00581.x
  • Santelmann, M.V., D. White, K. Freemark, J.I. Nassauer, J.M. Eilers, K.B. Vachi, B.J. Danielson, R.C. Corry, M.E. Clark, S. Polasky, R.M. Cruse, J. Sifneos, H. Rustigian, C. Coiner, J. Wu, and D.M. Debinski. 2004. Assessing alternative futures for agriculture in Iowa, U.S.A. Landscape Ecology 19(4): 357-374. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:LAND.0000030459.43445.19
  • Norris, W.R., L.M. Hemesath, D.M. Debinski, and D.R. Farrar. 2003. Does bird community composition vary along a disturbance gradient in Northeast Iowa (USA) forests? Natural Areas Journal 23:262-273.
  • Hendrix, S. and D.M. Debinski. 2003. Butterflies in Your Pocket: A Guide to the Butterflies of the Upper Midwest. Bur Oak Guide Series, University of Iowa Press.
  • Holt, R.D. and D.M. Debinski. 2003. Reflections on landscape experiments and ecological theory: tools for the study of habitat fragmentation. Pp. 201-223. In How Landscapes Change: Human Disturbance and Ecosystem Fragmentation in the Americas, G.A. Bradshaw and P.A. Marquet, eds. Springer-Verlag: Berlin.
  • Debinski, D.M. and J.A. Pritchard. 2002. A field guide to butterflies of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Roberts Rinehart Publishers, Boulder, CO.
  • Debinski, D.M., M.E. Jakubauskas, K. Kindscher, E.H. Saveraid and M. Borgognone. 2002. Predicting meadow communities and species occurrences in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Pp. 499-506. In Predicting Species Occurrences: Issues of Scale and Accuracy (Scott, J.M., P.J. Heglund, M. Morrison, M. Raphael, J. Haufler, B. Wall, editors). Island Press. Covello, CA.
  • Debinski, D.M., C. Ray, and E.H. Saveraid. 2001. Species diversity and the scale of the landscape mosaic: do scales of movement and patch size affect diversity? Biological Conservation 98(2):179-190. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0006-3207(00)00153-1
  • Johnson, D. M., D. A. Soluk, and D.M. Debinski. 2001. The Endangered Hine's Emerald Dragonfly. Wings, Spring, 2001:17-21.
  • Jakubauskas, M.E., K. Kindscher, and D.M. Debinski. 2001. Spectral and biophysical relationships of montane sagebrush communities in multitemporal SPOT XS data. International Journal of Remote Sensing 22(9):1767-1778. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/014311601300176042
  • Ries, L. and D.M. Debinski. 2001. Butterfly responses to habitat edges in the highly fragmented prairies of Central Iowa. Journal of Animal Ecology 70:840-852. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.0021-8790.2001.00546.x
  • Ries, L., D.M. Debinski, and M.L. Wieland. 2001. The conservation value of roadside prairie restoration to butterfly populations. Conservation Biology 15(2):401-411.
  • Saveraid, E.H., D.M. Debinski, K. Kindscher, and M.E. Jakubauskas. 2001. A comparison of satellite data and landscape variables in predicting bird species occurrences in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Landscape Ecology 16(1):71-83. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1008119219788
  • Debinski, D.M. and P. Drobney. 2000. Regal Fritillary and its host plant studied at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge (Iowa). Ecological Restoration 18(4): 254-255.
  • Debinski, D.M. and R.D. Holt. 2000. Habitat fragmentation experiments: a global survey and overview. Conservation Biology 14:342-355.
  • Debinski, D.M., M.E. Jakubauskas, and K. Kindscher. 2000. Montane meadows as indicators of environmental change. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 64:213-225. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1006432030089                                                                          
  • Jakubauskas, M.E., K. Kindscher, A., Fraser, D.M. Debinski, and K.P. Price. 2000. Close-range remote sensing of aquatic macrophyte vegetation cover. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 21(18):3533-3538. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/014311600750037543
  • Debinski, D.M., M.E. Jakubauskas and K. Kindscher. 1999. A remote sensing and GIS-based model of habitats and biodiversity in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. International Journal of Remote Sensing 20:3281-3292.
  • Kelly, L. and D.M. Debinski. 1999. Effects of larval food limitation on Vanessa cardui Linnaeus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). American Midland Naturalist 141:315-322.
  • Kelly, L, and D.M. Debinski. 1998. Relationship of host plant density to size and abundance of the Regal Fritillary butterfly, Speyeria idalia (Nymphalidae). The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 52(3):262-276.
  • Kindscher K., A. Fraser, M.E Jakubauskas, and D.M. Debinski. 1998. Identifying wetland meadows in Grand Teton National Park using remote sensing and average wetland values. Wetlands Ecology and Management 5:265-273. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1008265324575
  • Jakubauskas, M.E., K. Kindscher, and D.M. Debinski. 1998. Multitemporal characterization and mapping of montane sagebrush communities using Indian IRS LISS-II imagery. Geocarto International 13(4):65-74.
  • Debinski, D.M., and L. Kelly. 1998. Decline of Iowa populations of the Regal Fritillary (Speyeria idalia) Drury. Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science. 105(1):16-22.
  • Debinski, D.M., and P. Humphrey. 1997. An integrated approach to biological diversity assessment. Natural Areas Journal 17(4): 355-365.
  • Debinski, D.M. and A.M. Babbit. 1997. Butterfly species in native prairie and restored prairie. The Prairie Naturalist 29(4): 219-227.
  • Debinski, D.M., M.E. Jakubauskas, and K. Kindscher. 1997. Assessing biodiversity in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Geo Info Systems. July: 42-45.
  • Debinski, D.M. 1996. Using satellite data to support fieldwork: Can species distributions be predicted? Yellowstone Science 4(3): 2-5.
  • Jakubauskas, M.E., D.M. Debinski, and K. Kindscher. 1996. Integration of multispectral and ecological data for characterizing montane meadow communities in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Proceedings of the 1996 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Symposium, Lincoln, Nebraska.
  • Holt, R.D., D.M. Debinski, J. Diffendorfer, M. Gaines, E. Martinko, G. Robinson, and G. Ward. 1995. Perspectives from an experimental study of habitat fragmentation in an agroecosystem. pp. 147-175 in: D.M Glen, M.P. Greaves, and H.M. Anderson (eds.) Ecology and Integrated Farming Systems, John Wiley and Sons, West Sussex, England.
  • Debinski, D.M. and P.F. Brussard. 1994. Using biodiversity data to assess species-habitat relationships in Glacier National Park, Montana. Ecological Applications 4(4):833-843.
  • Debinski, D.M. 1994. Genetic diversity assessment in a metapopulation of the butterfly, Euphydryas gillettii. Biological Conservation 70:25-31. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0006-3207(94)90295-X
  • Debinski, D.M. 1993. Butterflies of Glacier Park, Montana. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History 159:1-13.