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2024
Downing, T., D. Olago, T. Nyumba, M. Peacock and T.P. Young. 2024. Varied plant species’ responses to climate and environmental change on Mount Kenya after 40 years. African Journal of Ecology 62:e13207. pdf
Masudi, S.P., R.L. Sensenig, W.O. Odadi, D.M. Kimuyu, C.K. Gachuiri and T.P. Young. 2024. Post-fire savanna resilience: wild herbivores (but not cattle) delay herbaceous vegetation recovery. Ecological Applications, in press.
Palmerlee, A.P., T.P. Young, and C. Wendt. 2024. From landscape architecture to agriculture; 20 years of habitat restoration at Far View Ranch. Proceedings of the 8th California Oak Symposium, UCANR, in press.
Riginos, C., D.M. Kimuyu, K.E. Veblen, L.M. Porensky, W.O. Odadi, H.B.M. Wells, R.L. Sensenig and T.P. Young. 2024. Getting better with age: lessons from the Kenya Long-term Exclosure Experiment (KLEE) Minor revision submitted to Ecology Letters.
Werner, C.M., T.P. Young and K.L. Stuble. 2024. Year effects drive beta diversity, but unevenly across community types. Ecology 105:e4188. pdf
2023
Conti, L., E. Valencia, T. Galland, L. Götzenberger, J. Leps, A. Vojtkó, C.P. Carmona, R. van Klink, P.B. Adler, J. Danihelka, J. Dengler, D.J. Eldridge, M. Estiarte, R.García-González, E. Garnier, D. Gómez, S. Harrison, T. Herben, R. Ibáñez, A. Jentsch, N. Juergens, M. Kertész, K. Klumpp, F. Louault, R.H. Marrs, G. Ónodi, R.J. Pakeman, M. Pärte, B. Peco, J. Peñuelas, M. Rueda, W. Schmidt, U. Schmiedel, M. Schuetz, H. Skalova, P. Šmilauer, M. Šmilauerová, C. Smit, M.-H. Song, M. Stock, J. Val, V. Vandvik, K. Wesche, S. Wiser, B. A. Woodcock, T.P. Young, F.-H. Yu, M. Zobel, & F. de Bello. 2023. Functional traits trade-offs define plant population stability worldwide. Proceeding of the Royal Society B 290: 20230344. pdf
Wells, H.B.M., R.D. Crego, J.M. Alston, S.K. Ndung’u, L.M. Khasoha, C.G. Reed, A.A. Hassan, S. Kurukura, J. Ekadeli, M. Namoni, P.S. Stewart, D.M. Kimuyu, A.A. Wolf, T.P. Young, T.R. Kartzinel, T.M. Palmer, J.R. Goheen, and R.M. Pringle. 2023. Wild herbivores enhance resistance to invasion by exotic cacti in an African savanna. Journal of Ecology 111:33-44. pdf [Cover photo]
Young, T.P. 2023. High mountain wanderings. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 21:166. pdf
2022
Ebel, C.R., M.F. Case, C.M. Werner, L.M. Porensky, K.E. Veblen, H.B.M. Wells, D.M. Kimuyu, R.E. Langendorf, T.P. Young, and L.M. Hallett 2022. Top-down control of stability mechanisms by large mammalian herbivores. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10:867051. pdf
Hess, C.M.M., F. Mesléard, T.P. Young, B. de Freitas, N. Haveneers, and E. Buisson. 2022. Altering native community assembly history influences the performance of an annual invader. Basic and Applied Ecology 59:70-81. pdf
Ngugi, M.W., D.M. Kimuyu, R.L. Sensenig, W.O. Odadi, S.K. Kiboi, J.K. Omari, and T.P. Young. 2022. Fire and herbivory interactively suppress survival and growth of trees in an African semiarid savanna. Fire 5:169. pdf
Palmerlee, A. and T.P. Young. 2022. Drill-seeding blue oak acorns: testing the (cost-)effectiveness of a new restoration technique across years and microsites. Ecological Restoration 40:25-29. pdf
Sperandii, M.G., F. de Bello, E. Valencia, L. Götzenberger, M. Bazzichetto, T. Galland, A. E-Vojtkó, L. Conti, P.B. Adler, J. Danihelka, J. Dengler, D.J. Eldridge, M. Estiarte, R. García-González, E. Garnier, D. Gómez, S. Harrison, T. Herben, R. Ibáñez, A. Jentsch, Norbert Juergens, M. Kertész, D.M. Kimuyu, K. Klumpp, F. Louault, R.H. Marrs, G. Ónodi, R,J. Pakeman, M. Pärtel, B. Peco, J. Peñuelas, M. Rueda, W. Schmidt, U. Schmiedel, M. Schuetz, H. Skalova, P. Šmilauer, M. Šmilauerová, C. Smit, M.-H. Song, M. Stock, J. Val, V. Vandvik, K. Wesche, S.K. Wiser, B.A. Woodcock, T.P. Young, F.-H. Yu, M. Zobel, and J. Lepš. 2022. LOTVS: a global collection of permanent vegetation plots. Journal of Vegetation Science 25:e13115. pdf
Wells, H.B.M., R. Crego, J. Ekadeli, M. Namoni, D.M. Kimuyu, W.O. Odadi. L.M. Porensky, A.J. Dougill, L.C. Stringer, and T.P. Young. 2022. Less is more: Lower cattle stocking rates enhance wild herbivore habitat use and cattle foraging efficiency. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10: 825689. pdf
Wells, H.B.M., L.M. Porensky, K.E. Veblen, C. Riginos, L.C. Stringer, A.J. Dougill, M. Namoni, J. Ekadeli & T.P. Young. 2022. At high stocking rates, cattle do not functionally replace wild herbivores in shaping understory community composition. Ecological Applications 32:e2520. pdf
Young. T.P., D.N. Kimuyu, E. LaMalfa, C.M. Werner, C. Jones, P. Masudi, R. Ang'ila, and R.L. Sensenig. 2022. The effects of large mammalian herbivory, previous fire, and year of burn on fire behavior in an African savanna. Ecosphere 13: e3980. pdf. [Cover photo]
Young, T.P., D.N. Kimuyu, K.E. Veblen, C. Riginos, J. Sitters, and W.O. Odadi. 2022. Elephants mitigate the effects of cattle on wildlife and other ecosystem traits: experimental evidence. Proceedings of the 2021 International Rangeland Congress (Nairobi, Kenya) Vol. II: 725-728. pdf
2021
Buisson, E., T. De Almeida, A. Durbecq, A.J. Arruda, C. Vidaller, J.-F. Alignan, T.S.P. Toma, M.C.M. Hess, F. Isselin-Nondedeu, R. Jaunatre, C. Moinardeau, T.P. Young, F. Mesléard, T. Dutoit, O. Blight, and A. Bischoff. 2021. Key issues in north-western Mediterranean grassland restoration. Restoration Ecology 29(S1): e13258. pdf
Buisson, E., A. Fidelis, G.E. Overbeck, I.B. Schmidt, G. Durigan, T.P. Young, S.T. Alvarado, A.J. Arruda, S. Boisson, W. Bond, A. Coutinho, K. Kirkman, R.S. Oliveira, M.H. Schmitt, F. Siebert, S.J. Siebert, D.I. Thompson, F.A.O. Silveira. 2021. A research agenda for the restoration of tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas. Restoration Ecology 29(S1): e13292. pdf
Charles, G.K., C. Riginos, K.E. Veblen, D.K. Kimuyu & T.P. Young. 2021. Unexpected dynamism in a stationary ecosystem engineer: rapid response of mound-building termites to biotic changes in a Kenyan savanna. Evolution & Ecology 11:7226-7238. pdf
Isbell, L.A, L.R. Bidner, J.C. Loftus, D. Kimuyu, and T.P. Young. 2021. Absentee owners and overlapping home ranges in a territorial species. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 75:21. pdf
Wells, H.B.M., R.D. Crego, Ø.H. Opedal, L.M. Khasoha, J.M. Alston, C.G. Reed, S. Weiner, S. Kurukura, A.A. Hassan, M. Namoni, J. Ekadeli, D.M. Kimuyu, T.P. Young, T.R. Kartzinel, T.M. Palmer, R.M. Pringle, J.R. Goheen. 2021. Experimental evidence that effects of megaherbivores on mesoherbivore space use are influenced by species’ traits. Journal of Animal Ecology 90:2510-2522. pdf
Wells, H.B.M., D. Kimuyu, W.O. Odadi, T.P. Young, A.J. Dougill, and L.C. Stringer. 2021. Cattle and large wild herbivores increase local diversity of smaller vertebrates, but less than additively. Journal of Applied Ecology 58:953-963. pdf
Werner, C.M., E. LaMalfa, R.L. Sensenig, D.M. Kimuyu, and T.P. Young. 2021. Synergistic effects of herbivores and repeat fire on spatial heterogeneity of prescribed burns and their consequences for tree saplings. Ecology 102: e03270. pdf
Young, T.P., D.M. Kimuyu, W.O. Odadi, Harry B.M. Wells & A.A. Wolf. 2021. Naïve plant communities and individuals may initially suffer in the face of reintroduced megafauna: an experimental exploration of rewilding from an African savanna rangeland. PLOS One 16(4):e0248855. pdf
2020
Silveira, F.A.O, A.J. Arruda, W. Bond, G. Durigan, A. Fidelis, K. Kirkman, R.S. Oliveira, G. Overbeck, J. Sansevero, F. Siebert, S.J. Siebert, T.P. Young & E. Buisson. 2020. Myth-busting grassy biome restoration. Restoration Ecology 28: 1067-1073. pdf
Sitters, J., D.M. Kimuyu, P. Claeys, T.P. Young & H. Olde Venterink. 2020. Megaherbivores reverse negative effects of cattle on soil carbon and nutrient pools. Nature Sustainability 3:360-366. pdf. And this commentary from Mark Ritchie, and this and this and this.
Stuble, K.L. and T.P. Young. 2020. Priority treatment leaves grassland restoration vulnerable to invasion. Diversity 12:71. pdf
Valencia. E., F. de Bello, T. Galland, P.B. Adler, J. Lepš, A. E-Vojtkó, R. van Klink, C.P. Carmona, J. Danihelka, J. Dengler, D. Eldridge, M. Estiarte, R. García-González, E. Garnier, D. Gómez, S. Harrison, T. Herben, R. Ibáñez, A. Jentsch, N. Juergens, M. Kertesz, K. Klumpp, F. Louault, R.H. Marrs, R. Ogaya, G. Ónodi, R.J. Pakeman, I. Pardo, M. Partel, B. Peco, J. Peñuelas, M. Rueda, W. Schmidt, U. Schmiedel, M. Schuetz, P. Šmilauer, M. Smilauerova, C. Smit, M.-H. Song, M. Stock, J. Val, V. Vandvik, D.Ward, K. Wesche, S. Wiser, B.A. Woodcock, T.P. Young, F.-H. Yu, M. Zobel, & L. Götzenberger. 2020. Synchrony matters more than species richness in plant community stability at a global scale. PNAS, 117:24345–24351. pdf
Valencia, E., F. de Bello, J. Lepš, T. Galland, A. E-Vojtko, L. Conti, J. Danihelka, J. Dengler, D.J. Eldridge, M. Estiarte, R. García-González, E. Garnier, D. Gómez-Garcia, S. Harrison, T. Herben, R. Ibáñez, A. Jentsch, N. Jürgens, M. Kertész, K. Klumpp, F. Louault, R.H. Marrs, G. Ónodi, R.J. Pakeman, M. Pärtel, B. Peco, J. Peñuelas, M. Rueda, W. Schmidt, U. Schmiedel, M. Schuetz, H. Skalova, P. Šmilauer, M. Šmilauerová, C. Smit, M.-H. Song, M. Stock, J. Val, V. Vandvik, K. Wesche, B.A. Woodcock, T.P. Young, F.-H. Yu, M. Zobel, & L. Götzenberger. 2020. Directional trends in species abundance over time can lead to a widespread overestimation of asynchrony. Journal of Vegetation Science 31: 792– 802. pdf
Werner, C.D., K.L. Stuble, A. Groves, & T.P. Young. 2020. Year effects: inter-annual variation as a driver of community assembly dynamics. Ecology 101: e03104. pdf
2019
Forbes, E.S., J.H. Cushman, D.E. Burkepile, T.P. Young, M. Klopea, and H.S. Young. 2019. Synthesizing the effects of large, wild herbivores on ecosystem function. Functional Ecology 33:1597-1610. pdf
Graham, S.I., M.F. Kinnaird, T.G. O’Brien, T.-G. Vågen, L.A. Winowiecki, T.P. Young and H.S. Young. 2019. Effects of land-use change on community diversity and composition are highly variable among functional groups. Ecological Applications 29:e01973. pdf Cover photo
LaMalfa, E.M., R.L. Sensenig, D.M. Kimuyu, T.P. Young, C. Riginos and K.E. Veblen. 2019. Tree resprout dynamics following fire depend on herbivory by wild ungulate herbivores. Journal of Ecology 107: 2493-2502. pdf
Veblen, K.E., T.P. Young, and L.M. Porensky. 2019. Ecological Restoration. Encyclopaedia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/science/ecological-restoration pdf
Werner, C., D.N. Young, H. Safford, and T.P. Young. 2019. Decreased snowpack and warmer temperatures reduce the negative effects of interspecific neighbors on regenerating conifers. Oecologia 191:731–743. [Highlighted Student Research] pdf
Young, D.J.N., C.M. Werner, K.R. Welch, T.P. Young, and A.M. Latimer. 2019. Post-fire forest regeneration in California, USA shows limited potential to track climate change. Ecology 100:e02571. pdf
Young, T.P. and M.W. Schwartz. 2019. The Decade of Restoration is an impetus to get it right. Conservation Science and Practice 1:e145. (Comment) pdf
Young T.P. 2019. Rewilding. Eds. Nathalie Pettorelli, Sarah M. Durant, and Johan T. Du Toit. Cambridge University Press. Quarterly Review of Biology. 94:320-321. (Book Review). pdf
2018
Bergstrom, B.J., R.L. Sensenig, D.J. Augustine and T.P. Young. 2018. Searching for cover: soil enrichment and herbivore exclusion, not fire, enhance African savanna small-mammal abundance. Ecosphere 9:e02519. pdf
Goheen, J.R., D.J. Augustine, K.E. Veblen, D.M. Kimuyu, T.M. Palmer, L.M. Porensky, R.M. Pringle, J. Ratnam, C. Riginos, M. Sankaran, A.T. Ford, A.A. Hassan, R. Jakopak, T.R. Kartzinel, S. Kurukura, A.M. Louthan, W.O. Odadi, T.O. Otieno, A.M. Wambua, H.S. Young and T.P. Young. 2018. Conservation and management lessons from large-mammal manipulations in East Africa – KLEE, UHURU, and GLADE. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (The Year in Conservation and Ecology) 1429:31–49. pdf
Keesing, F., R.S. Ostfeld, T.P. Young, and B.F. Allan. 2018. Cattle and rainfall affect tick abundance in central Kenya. Parasitology 45:345-354. pdf
Koerner, S.E., et al. (83 co-authors, including T.P. Young). 2018. Resolving variation in herbivore effects on plant biodiversity–dominance as a global mechanism. Nature Ecology and Evolution 2: 1925-1932. pdf
Morales, L.V., C.S. Sevillano-Rios, S. Fick, and T.P. Young. 2018. Differential seedling regeneration patterns across forest-grassland ecotones in two tropical treeline species (Polylepis spp.). Austral Ecology 43:514-526. pdf
Odadi, W.O., G.K. Charles, and T.P. Young. 2018. Cattle preferentially forage on African savanna termite mounds, but not when they share habitat with wild ungulates. Ecology & Evolution 8:9074-9085. pdf
Riginos, C., L.M. Porensky, K.E. Veblen and T.P. Young. 2018. Herbivory and drought generate short-term stochasticity and long-term stability in a savanna understory community. Ecological Applications 28:323–335. pdf
Young, T.P., C. Riginos, K.E. Veblen, W.O. Odadi, D. Kimuyu, L.M. Porensky, G.K. Charles and H.S. Young. 2018. Relationships between cattle and biodiversity in a multi-use landscape revealed by the Kenya Long-term Exclosure Experiment (KLEE). Rangeland Ecology and Management 71:281-291. (Editor's Choice) pdf
2017
Charles, G., L.M. Porensky, K.E. Veblen, C. Riginos, and T.P. Young. 2017. Effects of different large herbivores on above-ground net primary productivity: grazing intensity affects the mean, but herbivore identity affects variability. Ecological Applications 27:143-155. pdf
Ford, A.T., S.J. Cook, J.J. Goheen, and T.P. Young. 2017. Conserving megafauna or sacrificing biodiversity? BioScience 67:193-196. pdf
Kimuyu, D.M., R.L. Sensenig, R.M. Chira, J.M. Githaiga, and T.P. Young. 2017. Spatial scales influence long-term response of herbivores to prescribed burning in a savanna ecosystem. International Journal of Wildland Fire 26:287-295. pdf
Kimuyu, D.M., K.E. Veblen, C. Riginos, R.M. Chira, J.M. Githaiga, and T.P. Young. 2017. Influence of cattle on grazing and browsing wildlife varies with season and presence of megaherbivores. Ecological Applications 27:786–798. pdf
Odadi, W.O., D.M. Kimuyu, C. Riginos, K.E. Veblen and T.P. Young. 2017. Fire triggers negative responses of cattle to shared foraging with African native ungulates. Journal of Applied Ecology 54: 935–944. (Editor’s Choice) pdf
Palmer, T.M. and T.P. Young. 2017. Integrating ecological complexity into our understanding of ant-plant mutualism: ant-acacia interactions in African savannas. Pp. 200-222 in: Oliveira, P.S. and Koptur, S., eds. Ant-Plant Interactions: Impacts of Humans on Terrestrial Ecosystems. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. pdf
Sensenig, R.L., D.K. Kimuyu, J.C. Ruiz Guajardo, K.E. Veblen, C. Riginos, and T.P. Young. 2017. Fire disturbance disrupts an acacia ant-plant mutualism in favor of a subordinate ant species. Ecology 98:1455-1464. pdfStuble, K., K.J. Vaughn, E.P. Zefferman, K.M. Wolf, and T.P. Young. 2017. Outside the envelope: rare events disrupt the relationship between climate factors and species interactions. Ecology 98:1623-1630. pdf
Stuble, K.L., S.E. Fick, and T.P. Young. 2017. Every restoration is unique: testing year effects and site effects as determinants of initial restoration trajectories. Journal of Applied Ecology 54:1051–1057. (“Highly Commended Paper”: Runner-up for the Southwood Prize) pdf
Young, T.P., K.L. Stuble., J.A. Balachowski, and C.M. Werner. 2017. Using priority effects to manipulate competitive relationships in restoration. Restoration Ecology 25:S114–S123. pdf
Young, T.P., K.L. Stuble, J.A. Balachowski, M.E. Lulow and K. Wolf. 2017. Approaches to addressing climate change challenges in restoration. Grasslands 27:10-15. pdf
2016
Aslan, C., J. Bronstein, H.S. Rogers, K. Gedan, J. Brodie, T.M. Palmer and T.P. Young. 2016. Leveraging nature’s backup plans: species interactions and resilience in restoration. Restoration Ecology 24:434-440. pdf
Porensky, L.M. and T.P. Young. 2016. Development of edge effects around experimental ecosystem hotspots is affected by edge density and matrix type. Landscape Ecology 31:1663–1680. pdf
Pringle, R.M., K. Prior, T.M. Palmer, T.P. Young, and J. Goheen. 2016. Large herbivores promote habitat specialization and beta diversity of African savanna trees. Ecology 97:2640-2657. pdf
Sprenkle-Hyppolite, S.D., A.M. Latimer, & T.P. Young. 2016. Landscape factors and restoration practices associated with initial reforestation success in Haiti. Ecological Restoration 34:306-316. pdf
Veblen, K.E., L.M. Porensky, C. Riginos, and T.P. Young. 2016. Are cattle surrogate wildlife? Savanna plant community composition explained by total herbivory more than herbivore type. Ecological Applications 26: 1610-1623. [Cover photo] pdf
Welch, K., H. Safford and T.P. Young. 2016. Variables affecting postfire tree regeneration in middle elevation conifer forests, California, USA. Ecosphere. Ecosphere 7:e01609. pdf
Werner, C.M., K.J. Vaughn, K.L. Stuble, K. Wolf, and T.P. Young. 2016. Persistent asymmetrical priority effects in a California grassland restoration experiment. Ecological Applications 26:1624-1632. pdf
Wolf, K.M. and T.P. Young. 2016. Summer watering at restored native grassland sites flushes an annual exotic seed bank but fails to increase native perennial cover. Ecosphere 7:e01309. pdf
2015
Ngatia, L.W., B.L. Turner, J.T. Njoka, T.P. Young, and K.R. Reddy. 2015. The effects of herbivory and nutrients on plant biomass and carbon storage in vertisols of an East African savanna. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 208:55–63. pdf
Pringle, R.M., D. Kimuyu, R.L. Sensenig, T.M. Palmer, C. Riginos, K.E. Veblen and T.P. Young. 2015. Synergistic indirect effects of fire and elephants on arboreal animals. Journal of Animal Ecology 84:1637–1645. pdf
Vaughn, K.J. & T.P. Young. 2015. Short-term priority over invasive exotics increases the establishment and persistence of California native perennial grasses. Ecological Applications 25:791-799. pdf
Young, H.S., D.J. McCauley, R. Dirzo, J.R. Goheen, B. Agwanda, E.O. Castillo, A. Ferguson, S.N. Kinyua, M. McDonough, T.M. Palmer, R.M. Pringle, T.P. Young, and K.M. Helgen. 2015. Context-dependent effects of large mammals declines on small mammal communities in central Kenya. Ecological Applications 25:348-360. pdf
Young, D.N., L.M. Porensky, K. Wolf, S. Fick,and T.P. Young. 2015. Burning reveals cryptic plant diversity and promotes coexistence in a California prairie restoration experiment. Ecosphere 6:81. pdf
Young, T.P. and K.E. Veblen. 2015. Strong recruitment from sparse plug plantings of native California bunchgrasses. Grasslands 25:9-11. pdf
Young, T.P., E.M. Zefferman, K.J. Vaughn & S. Fick. 2015. Initial success of native grasses is contingent on interacting annual grass competition, temporal priority, rainfall, and site effects. AoB PLANTS 7:plu081. pdf
Zefferman, E.M, J. Stevens, G. Charles, M.D. Dunbar, T. Emam, S. Fick, L.V. Morales, K. Wolf, D.N. Young, and T.P. Young. 2015. Plant communities in harsh sites are less invaded: a summary of observations and proposed explanations. AoB PLANTS 7:plv056. (Editor’s Choice) pdf
2014
Keesing, F. and T.P. Young. 2014. Cascading consequences of the loss of large mammals in an African savanna. Bioscience 64:487-405. pdf
Kimuyu, D.K., R.L. Sensenig, C. Riginos, K.E. Veblen and T.P. Young. 2014. Wild and domestic browsers and grazers reduce fuels, fire temperatures, and acacia ant mortality in an African savanna. Ecological Applications 24:741-749. pdf See video of the burns here.
Schimel, D., D.R. Strong, A.M. Ellison, D.P.C. Peters, S. Silver, E.A. Johnson, J. Belnap, A.T. Classen, T.E. Essington, A.O. Finley, B.D. Inouye, and E.H. Stanley. 2014. Editors are editors, not oracles. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 95:342-346. (Signatory)
Wilkerson, M.L., K.L. Ward, N.M. Williams, K.S. Ullmann, and T.P. Young. 2014. Diminishing returns from higher density restoration seedings suggest tradeoffs in pollinator seed mixes. Restoration Ecology 22:782-789. pdf
Young, H.S., R. Dirzo, K.M. Helgen, D.J. McCauley, S. Billeter, M. Kosoy, L. Osikowicz, T.P. Young, and K. Dittmar. 2014. Declines in large wildlife increase landscape-level prevalence of rodent-borne disease in Africa. 2014. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111:7036-7041. pdf
2013
Keesing, F., B.F. Allan, T.P. Young, and R.S. Ostfeld. 2013. Effects of wildlife and cattle on tick abundance in central Kenya. Ecological Applications 23: 1410–1418. pdf
Kirigia, A., J.T. Njoka, P.I.D Kinyua & T.P. Young.2013. Characterization of livestock manure market and the annual income contribution of manure trade in Mukogodo, Laikipia, Kenya. African Journal of Agricultural Research 8:5864-5871. pdf
Odadi, W.O., S.A. Abdulrazak, M.M. Karachi, & T.P. Young. 2013. Protein supplementation-driven shifts in forage selection by cattle: implications for cattle wildlife coexistence. Ecological Applications 23:455-463. pdf
Palmer, T.M., M.L. Stanton, T.P. Young, J.S. Lemboi, J.R. Goheen & R.M. Pringle. 2013. A role for indirect facilitation in maintaining diversity in a guild of African acacia ants. Ecology 94:1531-1539. pdf
Porensky, L.M., S.E. Wittman, C. Riginos & T.P. Young. 2013. Herbivory and drought interact to enhance diversity and spatial patterning in a savanna understory. Oecologia 173:591-602. pdf
Porensky, L.M. & T.P. Young. 2013. Edge interactions in fragmented and patchy landscapes. 2013. Conservation Biology 27:509-519. pdf
Porensky, L.M., S.F. Bucher, K.E. Veblen, A.C. Treydte, and T.P. Young. 2013. Megaherbivores and cattle alter edge effects around ecosystem hotspots in an African savanna. Journal of Arid Environments 96:55-63. pdf
Wilkerson, M.L., L.M. Roche, & T.P. Young. 2013. Indirect effects of domestic and wild herbivores on butterflies in an African savanna. Ecology and Evolution 3:3672-3682. pdf
Young, H.S., D.J. McCauley, K.M. Helgen, E. Castillo, J.R. Goheen, T.M. Palmer, R.M. Pringle, T.P. Young, and R. Dirzo. 2013. Responses of plant communities to experimental removals of and anthropogenic declines in large mammalian herbivores. Journal of Ecology 101:1030-1041. pdf
2012
Isbell, L.A., T.P. Young, and A.H. Harcourt. 2012. Stag parties linger: continued gender bias in a female-rich scientific discipline. PLoS ONE 7(11):e49682. pdf
Lulow, M.E. and T.P. Young. 2012. Is there still native diversity in California grasslands? Fremontia 39(2/3):6-11. pdf
Porensky, L.M., K.J. Vaughn & T.P. Young. 2012. Can initial intraspecific spatial aggregation increase multi-year diversity by creating temporal priority? Ecological Applications 22:927-936. pdf
Riginos, R., L.M. Porensky, K.E. Veblen, W.O. Odadi, R.L. Sensenig, F. Keesing, D. Kimuyu, M.L. Wilkerson, and T.P. Young. 2012. Lessons on the relationship between pastoralism and biodiversity from the Kenya Long-term Exclosure Experiment (KLEE). Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 2:10. Link or pdf
2011
Augustine, D.J., K.E. Veblen, J.R. Goheen, C. Riginos & T.P. Young. 2011. Pathways for positive cattle-wildlife interactions in semi-arid rangelands. Conserving Wildlife in African Landscapes: Kenya’s Ewaso Ecosystem. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 632:55-71. pdf
Holmes, K.A., K.E. Veblen, A.M. Berry & T.P. Young. 2011. Effects of prescribed fires on planted valley oak saplings at a research restoration site in the Sacramento Valley. Restoration Ecology 19:118-125. pdf
Maclean, J.E., J.R. Goheen, D.F. Doak, T.M. Palmer & T.P. Young. 2011. Cryptic herbivores mediate the strength and form of ungulate impacts on a long-lived savanna tree. Ecology 92:1626–1636. pdf
Odadi, W.O., S.A. Abdulrazak, M.M. Karachi, & T.P. Young. 2011. African wild ungulates compete with or facilitate cattle depending on season. Science 333:1753-1755. pdf (Supplementary material) NPR interview
Vaughn, K.J., C. Biel, F. de Herralde, X. Aranda, J.J. Clary, R.Y. Evans, T.P. Young & R. Savé. 2011. California perennial grasses are physiologically distinct from both Mediterranean annual and perennial grasses. Plant & Soil 345:37-46. pdf
Young, T.P. & K.J. Vaughn. 2011. Restoration. Pp. 594-597 in Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions. D. Simberlof & M. Rejmanek (eds.), University of California Press. pdf
2010
Erwin, T.L. & T.P. Young. 2010. A native besieged: the effects of non-native frugivores and ground vegetation on fruit removal in a highly endangered Hawaiian shrub, Delissea kauaiensis. Pacific Science 64:33-43. pdf
Goheen, J.R., T.M. Palmer, F. Keesing, C. Riginos, and T.P. Young. 2010. Large herbivores facilitate savanna tree establishment via diverse and indirect pathways. Journal of Animal Ecology 79:372-382. pdf
Kinyua, D.M., L.E. McGeoch, N. Georgiadis, & T.P. Young. 2010. Short-term and long-term effects of tilling, fertilization, and seeding on the restoration of a tropical rangeland. Restoration Ecology 18S1:226-233. pdf
Palmer, T.M., D.F. Doak, M.L. Stanton, J.L. Bronstein, E.T. Kiers, T.P. Young, J.R. Goheen & R.M. Pringle. 2010. Synergy of multiple partners, including freeloaders, increases host fitness in a multispecies mutualism. PNAS 107:17234-17239. pdf See also this.
Palmerlee, A.P. & T.P. Young. 2010 Direct seeding is more cost-effective than planting container stock across ten woody species in California. Native Plants Journal 11:89-102. pdf
Vaughn, K.J., L.M. Porensky, M.L. Wilkerson, J. Balachowski, E. Peffer, C. Riginos & T.P. Young. 2010. Restoration Ecology. Nature Education Knowledge 1(8):66. Web link
Vaughn, K.J. & T.P. Young. 2010. Contingent conclusions: year effects influence the results of ecological field experiments, but temporal replication is rare. Restoration Ecology 18S1:59-64. pdf
Veblen K.E. & T.P. Young. 2010. Contrasting effects of cattle and wildlife on the vegetation development of a savanna landscape mosaic. Journal of Ecology 98:993-1001. pdf
Young, T.P. & E. Peffer. 2010. “Recalcitrant understory layers” revisited: arrested succession and the long life spans of clonal mid-successional species. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 40:1184-1188. pdf
Young, T.P. Semelparity and Iteroparity. 2010. Nature Education Knowledge 1(9):2. Web Link
2009
Isbell, L.A. T.P. Young, K.E. Jaffe, A.A. Carlson, & R.L. Chancellor. 2009. Demography and life history of sympatric patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) and vervets (Cercopithecus aethiops) in Laikipia, Kenya. International Journal of Primatology 30:103-124. pdf
Lulow, M.E. and T. P. Young. 2009. High native forb richness in Central Valley “grassland” sites in the western Sacramento Valley and adjacent foothills. Grasslands 14(3):7-11. pdf
Odadi, W.O., T.P. Young, & J.B. Okeyo-Owuor. 2009. The effects of wild herbivores on cattle intake and movement rates in Laikipia rangeland, Kenya. Journal of Applied Animal Behaviour Science 116:120-125. pdf
Riginos, C., Grace, J.B., D.J. Augustine, & T.P. Young. 2009. Local versus landscape-scale effects of savanna trees on grasses. Journal of Ecology 97:1337-1345. pdf
Veblen, K.E. & T.P. Young. 2009. The alkali specialist Hemizonia pungens spp. pungens does not prefer alkali soils. Journal of Vegetation Science 20:170-176. pdf
2008
Holmes, K.A., K.E. Veblen, T.P. Young, & A.M. Berry. 2008. California oaks and fire: a review and case study. Pages 551-565 in: Merenlender, A., D. McCreary, and K.L. Purcell, eds. Proceedings of the Sixth California Oak Symposium: Today's Challenges, Tomorrow's Opportunities. 2006, October 9-12. General Technical Report PSW-GTR-217. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 699 pp. pdf.
Infalt, S.B. & T.P. Young. 2008. Forest restoration of campsites at Kings Canyon National Park, California. Ecological Restoration 26:302-310. pdf
Ingolia, M., T.P. Young & E.G. Sutter. 2008. Germination ecology of Rorippa subumbellata (Tahoe yellow cress), an endangered, endemic species of Lake Tahoe. Seed Science and Technology, 36:621-632. pdf
McCauley, D.J., F. Keesing, T.P. Young & K.Dittmar. 2008. Effects of the removal of large herbivores on fleas of small mammals. Journal of Vector Ecology 33:263-268. pdfPalmer, T.M., M.L. Stanton, T.P. Young, J.R. Goheen, R.M Pringle & R. Karban. 2008. Breakdown of an ant-plant mutualism following the loss of large herbivores from an African savanna. Science 319:192-195 . pdf See also this.
Off, E.C., L.A. Isbell & T.P. Young. 2008. Population density and habitat preferences of the Kenya Lesser Galago (Galago senegalensis braccatus) along the Ewaso Nyiro River, Laikipia, Kenya. Journal East African Natural History 97:109-116. pdf
Ogada, D., M.E. Gadd, R.S. Ostfeld, T.P. Young & F. Keesing. 2008. Impacts of large herbivores on bird diversity and abundance in an African savanna. Oecologia 156:387-397. pdf
Okello, B.D., T.P. Young, C. Riginos, D. Kelly & T. O'Connor. 2008. Short-term survival and long-term mortality of Acacia drepanolobium after a controlled burn in Laikipia, Kenya. African Journal of Ecology 46:395-401. pdf
Okello, B.D., T.P. Young, C. Riginos, D. Kelly & T. O'Connor. 2008. Short-term survival and long-term mortality of Acacia drepanolobium after a controlled burn in Laikipia, Kenya. African Journal of Ecology, in press. pdf
2007
Dawson, K., T.P. Young & K.E. Veblen. 2007. Alkali ecotypes in an invasive annual grass, Lolium multiflorum. Biological Invasions 9:327-234. pdf
Goheen, J.R., T.P. Young, F. Keesing & T.M. Palmer. 2007. Consequences of herbivory by native ungulates for reproduction of a savanna tree. Journal of Ecology 95:129-138. pdf
Isbell, L.A. & T. P. Young. 2007. Interspecific and temporal variation in domatia contents of the ant-plant Acacia drepanolobium, a staple food for patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) in Laikipia, Kenya. American Journal of Primatology 69:1387-1398. pdf
Lulow, M.E., T.P. Young, J.L. Wirka, & J.H. Anderson. 2007. Variation in the initial success of seeded native bunchgrasses in the rangeland foothills of Yolo County, California. Ecological Restoration 25:20-28. pdf
Odadi, W., T.P. Young, & J. Okeyo-Owuor. 2007. The effects of wild herbivores on cattle diet in Laikipia rangeland, Kenya. Rangeland Ecology and Management 60:179-185. pdf
Pringle, R.M., T.P. Young, D.I. Rubenstein, & D.J. McCauley. 2007. Primary productivity and the strength of herbivore-initiated interaction cascades. PNAS 104:193-197. pdf
Riginos, C. & T.P. Young. 2007. Positive and negative effects of grasses and wild and domestic herbivores on Acacia saplings. Oecologia 153:985-995. pdf
Stromberg, M., T.P. Young, J. Wirka & P. Kephart. 2007. California Grassland Restoration. Pp. 254-280 in: Stromberg, M., J.D. Corbin, and C.M. D’Antonio (eds). Ecology and Management of California Grasslands. University of California Press, Berkeley. pdf
Veblen, K.E., K.A. Holmes, & T.P. Young. 2007. Most one-year-old grass plugs survive controlled burns. Ecological Restoration 25:50-51. pdf
Young, T.P. & D.J. Augustine. 2007. Interspecific variation in the effects of large mammalian herbivores on reproduction in Acacia species in Laikipia, Kenya. Biotropica 39:559-561. pdf
2006
Deering R.H. & T.P. Young. 2006. Germination speeds of exotic annual and native perennial grasses in California, and the potential benefits of seed priming for grassland restoration. Grasslands 15:1,14-15. pdf
McCauley, D.J., F. Keesing, T.P. Young, J. Peters & B.F. Allan. 2006. Indirect effects of large herbivorous mammals on snakes in an African savanna. Ecology 87:2657-2663. pdf
Young, T.P. 2006. Declining rural economies and the future of biodiversity: missing the forest for the trees? Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy 9:319-138 . pdf
2005
Huddleston, R.T & T.P. Young. 2005. The effects of weed control and soil amendments on exotic species and planted native grasses in an Oregon grassland. Western North American Naturalist 65:507-515. pdf
Kostel-Hughes, F., T.P. Young & J.D. Weir. 2005. Emergence and seedling growth of native and non-native trees species in response to leaf litter depth. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 132:50-61. pdf
Lesica, P. & T.P. Young. 2005. Demographic model explains life history evolution in Arabis fecunda. Functional Ecology 19:471-477. pdf
Stanton, M.L, T.M. Palmer & T.P. Young. 2005. Ecological barriers to early colony establishment in three coexisting acacia ant species in Kenya. Insectes Sociaux 52:393-401. pdf
Warui, C.M., M.H. Villet, T.P. Young & R. Jocqué. 2005. Influence of grazing by large mammals on the spider community of a Kenyan savanna biome. Journal of Arachnology 33:269-279. pdf
Young, T.P. & R.Y. Evans. 2005. Effects of containers and irrigation regimes on initial seedling survival and growth in Valley Oak (Quercus lobata). Native Plants Journal 6:83-90. pdf
Young, T.P., D.A. Petersen & J.J. Clary. 2005. The ecology of restoration: historical links, emerging issues, and unexplored realms. Ecology Letters 8:662-673 . pdf
Young, T.P., T.M. Palmer & M.E. Gadd. 2005. Competition and compensation among cattle, zebras, and elephants in a semi-arid savanna in Laikipia, Kenya. Biological Conservation 122:351-359. pdf
2004
Huddleston, R.T & T.P. Young. 2004. Spacing and competition between planted grass plugs and pre-existing perennial grasses. Restoration Ecology 12:546-551. pdf
Huntzinger, P.M., R. Karban, T.P. Young & T.M. Palmer. 2004. Relaxation of induced indirect defenses of acacias following removal of mammalian herbivores. Ecology 85:609-614. pdf
Warui, C. M., M.H. Villet, & T.P. Young. 2004. Spiders (Araneae) from black cotton soils of a highland savanna in Laikipia, central Kenya. Journal of Afrotropical Zoology 1:13-24. pdf
Young, T.P. 2004. Fire-induced reproduction of Festuca pilgeri in the subalpine zone of Mount Kenya. African Journal of Ecology 42:235-236. pdf
2003
Palmer, T.M., M.L. Stanton, & T.P. Young. 2003. Competition and coexistence: exploring the mechanisms that restrict and maintain diversity within mutualist guilds. American Naturalist 161:S63-S79. pdf
Young, H.J. & T.P. Young. 2003. Teaching evolutionary change. American Biology Teacher 65:444-448. pdf
Young, T.P., M.L. Stanton & C. Christian. 2003. Effects of natural and simulated herbivory on spine lengths of Acacia drepanolobium in Kenya. Oikos 101:171-179. pdf
2002
Isbell, L.A. & T.P. Young. 2002. Ecological models of female social relationships in primates: similarities, disparities, and some directions for future clarity. Behaviour 139:177-202. pdf
Palmer, T.M., T.P. Young & M.L. Stanton. 2002. Burning bridges: priority effects and the persistence of a competitively subordinate acacia-ant in Laikipia, Kenya. Oecologia 133:372-379. pdf
Stanton, M.L, T.M. Palmer , and T.P. Young. 2002. Competition-colonization tradeoffs in a guild of African acacia-ants. Ecological Monographs 72:347-363. pdf
Ward, D. & T.P. Young. 2002. Effects of large mammalian herbivores and ant symbionts on condensed tannins of Acacia drepanolobium in Kenya. Journal of Chemical Ecology 28:913-929. pdf
Young, T. P. 2002. The Poppy Paradox and a novel derivation for the demographic conditions favoring the evolution of semelparity. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 83:121-123. pdf
2001
Gadd, M.E., T.P. Young & T.M. Palmer. 2001. Effects of simulated shoot and leaf herbivory in Acacia drepanolobium. Oikos 92:515-520. pdf
Hobbs, T. and T.P. Young. 2001. Growing Valley Oak. Ecological Restoration 19:165-171. pdf
Okello, B.D., T.G. O’Connor, & T.P. Young. 2001. Growth, biomass estimates, and charcoal production of Acacia drepanolobium in Laikipia, Kenya. Forest Ecology & Management 142:143-153. pdf
Young, T.P., J.M Chase & R.T. Huddleston. 2001. Community succession and assembly-- comparing, contrasting and combining paradigms in the context of ecological restoration. Ecological Restoration 19:5-18. pdf
Young, T.P. & R.Y Evans. 2001. Container stock versus direct seeding for woody species in restoration sites. Comb. Proc. Intl Plant Propagation Soc. (2000) 50: 577-582. pdf
2000
Okello, D.N. & T.P. Young. 2000. Effects of fire, bruchid beetles and soil type on the germination and seedling establishment of Acacia drepanolobium. African Journal of Range and Forage Science 17:46-51. pdf
Ostro, L.E.T., T.P. Young, S.C. Silver, F.W. Koontz. 2000. Habitat selection by translocated howler monkeys in Belize. Animal Conservation 3: 175-181. pdf
Palmer, T.M., T.P. Young, M.L. Stanton and E. Wenk. 2000. Short-term dynamics of an acacia ant community. Oecologia 123:245-235. pdf
Young, T.P. 2000. Restoration ecology and conservation biology. Biological Conservation 92:73-83. pdf
1999
Isbell, L.A., J. Pruetz & M. Lewis, T.P. Young. 1999. Rank differences in ecological behavior: a comparative study of patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) and vervets (Cercopithecus aethiops). International Journal of Primatology 20:257-272. pdf
Isbell, L.A., J. Pruetz, B.M. Nzuma, and T.P. Young. 1999. Comparing measures of daily travel distance in primates: methodological considerations and socioecological implications. American Journal of Primatology 48:87-98. pdf
Ostro, L., T.P. Young, S.C. Silver, and F.W. Koontz. 1999. A geographic information system (GIS) method for estimating home-range size. Journal of Wildlife Management 63:748-755. pdf
Ostro, L.E.T., S.C. Silver, F.W. Koontz, T.P. Young and R. H. Horwich. 1999. Ranging behavior of translocated and established groups of black howler monkeys Alouatta pigra in Belize, Central America. Biological Conservation 87:181-190. pdf
Stanton, M.L. and T.P. Young. 1999. Thorny relationships. Natural History 1999 (11):28-31.
Stanton, M.L., T.M. Palmer, T.P. Young, A. Evans & M.L. Turner. 1999. Sterilization and canopy modification of a swollen thorn acacia tree by a plant-ant. Nature 401:578-581. pdf
1998
Isbell L.A., J. Pruetz, & T.P. Young. 1998. Locomotor activities of sympatric vervet and patas monkeys: implications for hominid hindlimb evolution. Am. J. Physical Anthropology 105:199-207. pdf
Isbell, L.A., J. Pruetz and T.P. Young. 1998. Movements of vervet and patas monkeys as estimators of food resource site, density, and distribution. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 42:123-133. pdf
Kostel-Hughes, F., T.P. Young, and M.M. Carreiro. 1998. Forest leaf litter quantity and seedling occurrence along an urban-rural gradient. Urban Ecosystems 2:263-278. pdf
Kostel-Hughes, F., T.P. Young & M.J. McDonnell. 1998. The soil seed bank and its relationship to the aboveground vegetation in deciduous forests in New York City. Urban Ecosystems 2:43-59. pdf
Young, T.P. & F. Chan. 1998. Establishment of deergrass (Muhlenbergia rigens) at a restoration site, and its prospects for woody plant suppression in transmission rights of way. Grasslands 8(3):3-10.
Young, T. P. & B.N. Okello. 1998. Relaxation of an induced defense after exclusion of herbivores: spine length in Acacia drepanolobium. Oecologia 115:508-513. pdf
1997
Russo, C. & T.P. Young. 1997. Egg and seed removal at urban and suburban forest edges. Urban Ecosystems 1:171-178. pdf
Young, T.P., B. Okello, D. Kinyua, and T.P. Palmer. 1997. KLEE: a long-term, large scale herbivore exclusion experiment in Laikipia, Kenya. African Journal of Range and Forage Science 14:94-102. pdf
Young, T.P., C.H. Stubblefield & L.A. Isbell. 1997. Ants on swollen-thorn acacias: species coexistence in a simple system. Oecologia 109:98-107. pdf
1996
Isbell, L.A. & T.P. Young. 1996. The evolution of bipedalism in hominids and reduced group size in chimpanzees: alternative responses to decreasing resource availability. Journal of Human Evolution 30:289-297. pdf
Mangel, M. et al. 1996. Principles for the conservation of wild living resources. Ecological Applications 6:338-362. pdf
McClanahan, T.R. & T.P. Young (eds.) 1996. East African Ecosystems and their Conservation, Oxford University Press, New York. (Including co-authorship of the Introduction and authorship of the Summary)
Young, T.P. 1996. High mountain and afroalpine ecosystems. Pages 401-424 in: T.R. McClanahan & T.P. Young (eds.) East African Ecosystems and their Conservation, Oxford University Press, New York.
Young, T.P. 1996. Little Criminals. Natural History Magazine. Featured as a "Pick from the past"
1995
Mwasya, J., T.P. Young & D.N. Okebiro. 1995. Plant checklist and vegetation map of Ol Ari Nyiro and the Mukutan Gorge, Laikipia, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 83:143-197. pdf
Young, T.P., N. Patridge & A. Macrae. 1995. Long-term glades in acacia bushland and their edge effects in Laikipia, Kenya. Ecological Applications 5: 97-108. pdf
Young, T.P. 1995. Landscape mosaics created by canopy gaps, forest edges and bushland glades. Selbyana 16:127-134. pdf
1994
Oloo, T., R. Brett & T.P. Young. 1994. Seasonal variation in feeding ecology of black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis L.) in Laikipia, Kenya. African Journal of Ecology 32: 142-157. pdf
Smith, A.P. & T.P. Young. 1994. Population biology of Senecio keniodendron (Compositae), an giant African rosette species. Pages 273-293 in: Tropical Alpine Environments: Plant Form and Function. P.W. Rundel, A.P. Smith & F.C. Meinzer, eds. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Young. T.P. & A.P. Smith. 1994. Alpine herbivory on Mount Kenya. 219-235 in: Tropical Alpine Environments: Plant Form and Function. P.W. Rundel, A.P. Smith & F.C. Meinzer, eds. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Young, T.P. 1994. Population Biology of Mount Kenya Lobelias. Pages 251-272 in: Tropical Alpine Environments: Plant Form and Function. P.W. Rundel, A.P. Smith & F.C. Meinzer, eds. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Young, T.P. & L.A. Isbell. 1994. Minimum group size and other conservation lessons exemplified in a naturally declining primate population. Biological Conservation 68: 129-134. pdf
Young, T.P. 1994. Natural die-offs of large mammals: implications for conservation. Conservation Biology 8: 410-418. pdf
Young, T.P. & V. Perkocha. 1994. Treefalls, crown asymmetry and buttresses. Journal of Ecology 82: 319-324. pdf
1993
Isbell, L.A. & T.P. Young. 1993. Social and ecological influences on activity budgets of vervet monkeys, and their implications for group living. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 32: 377-385. pdf
Isbell, L.A. & T.P. Young. 1993. Human presence reduces leopard predation in a free-ranging population of vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops). Animal Behaviour 45: 1233-1235. pdf
Young, T.P. & M.E. Evans. 1993. Alpine vertebrates of Mount Kenya, with particular notes on the rock hyrax. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 82(202): 54-79. pdf
1992
Ginsberg, J.R. & T.P. Young. 1992. Measuring association between individuals and groups in behavioural studies. Animal Behaviour 44: 377-379. pdf
Madden, D. & T.P. Young. 1992. Symbiotic ants as an alternative defense against giraffe herbivory in spinescent Acacia drepanolobium. Oecologia 91: 235-238. pdf
Young, T.P. & M.M. Peacock. 1992. Giant senecios and the alpine vegetation of Mount Kenya. Journal of Ecology 80: 141-148. pdf
Young, H.J. & T.P. Young. 1992. Alternative outcomes of natural and experimental high pollen loads. Ecology 73: 639-647. pdf
1991
Milewski, A.V., T.P. Young & D. Madden. 1991. Thorns as induced defenses: experimental evidence. Oecologia 86: 70-75. pdf
Young, T.P. 1991. The flora, fauna, and ecology of Mount Kenya and Kilimanjaro. Pp. 37-49 in: Guide to Mount Kenya and Kilimanjaro(4th ed.), I.A. Allen, ed. Mountain Club of Kenya, Nairobi.
Young, T.P. & C. Francombe. 1991. Growth and yield estimates in natural stands of leleshwa (Tarconanthus camphoratus). Forest Ecology and Management 41: 309-321. pdf
Young, T.P. & L.A. Isbell. 1991. Sex differences in giraffe feeding ecology: energetic and social constraints. Ethology 87: 79-89. pdf
Young, T.P. & S.P. Hubbell. 1991. Crown asymmetry, treefalls, and the repeat disturbance of broad-leaved forest gaps. Ecology 72: 1464-1471. pdf
Young, T.P. & C.K. Augspurger. 1991. Ecology and evolution of long-lived semelparous plants. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 6: 285-289. pdf
1990
Young, T.P. 1990. Mount Kenya forests: an ecological frontier. Geographica Bernensia, African Studies Series A8: 197-205.
Young, T.P. 1990. The evolution of semelparity in Mount Kenya lobelias. Evolutionary Ecology 4: 157-171. pdf
1988
Young, T.P. & W.K. Lindsay. 1988. Role of even-aged population structure in the disappearance of Acacia xanthophloea woodlands. African Journal of Ecology 26:69-72. pdf
1987
Smith, A.P. & T.P. Young. 1987. Tropical alpine plant ecology. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 18: 137-158. pdf
Young, T.P. 1987. Increased thorn length in Acacia drepanolobium- an induced response to browsing. Oecologia 71: 436-438. pdf
1986
Young, T.P. & S.V.O. Robe. 1986. Micro-environmental role of a secreted aqueous solution in afro-alpine Lobelia keniensis. Biotropica 18: 267-269. pdf
1985
Young, T.P. & M.M. Peacock. 1985. Vegetative key to the alpine vascular plants of Mount Kenya. Journal of the East African Natural History Society 185: 1-9. pdf
Young, T.P. 1985. Lobelia telekii herbivory, mortality, and size at reproduction: variation with growth rate. Ecology 66: 1879-1883. pdf
1984
Mulkey, S.S., A.P. Smith, & T.P. Young. 1984. Predation by elephants of Senecio keniodendron in the alpine zone of Mount Kenya. Biotropica 16: 246-248. pdf
Young, T.P. 1984. Kenya's alpine and high forest ecosystems. Pp 119-137 in: Endangered Resources for Development, V.C. Gilbert, ed. National Environment and Human Settlements Secretariat, Nairobi, Kenya.
Young, T.P. 1984. Solar irradiation increases floral development rates in afro-alpine Lobelia telekii. Biotropica 16: 243-245. pdf
Young, T.P. 1984. Comparative demography of semelparous Lobelia telekii and iteroparous Lobelia keniensis on Mount Kenya. Journal of Ecology 72: 637-650. pdf
Young, T.P. 1984. Kenya's indigenous forests: status, threats, and prospects for conservation action. World Wildlife Fund/IUCN Report. 41 pp.
1983
Young, H.J. & T.P. Young. 1983. Local distribution of C3 and C4 grasses on Mount Kenya. Oecologia 58:3 73-377. pdf
1982
Smith, A.P. & T.P. Young. 1982. The cost of reproduction in Senecio keniodendron, a giant rosette plant of Mount Kenya. Oecologia 55: 243-247. pdf
Young, T.P. 1982. Bird visitation, seed set, and germination rates in two Lobelia species on Mount Kenya. Ecology 68: 1983-1986. pdf
1981
Young, T.P. 1981. A general model of comparative fecundity for semelparous and iteroparous life histories. American Naturalist 118: 27-36. pdf
1974
Young, T.P. 1974. Colorado. San Juan Mountains. Pages 14-15 in: Accidents in North American Mountaineering: Twenty-seventh Annual Report of the Safety Committee. American Alpine Club, NY. pdf Excerpted from:
1973
Young III, T.P. 1973. Accident Report: Denver Juniors, San Juan Outing, Summer 1973. Pages 312-314, 319-321 in: Trail and Timberline, No. 660, December 1973, Bache, Kaye E. (Editor), The Colorado Mountain Club, Denver. pdf
Popular articles, notes, reviews, etc.
Young, T.P. 2020. Community. Aggie Brickyard (GGE newsetter) 10. (Editorial)
Young, T.P. and M.W. Schwartz. 2019. The Decade of Restoration is an impetus to get it right. Conservation Science and Practice 1:e145. (Comment) pdf
Young T.P. 2019. Rewilding. Ed. Nathalie Pettorelli, Sarah M. Durant, and Johan T. Du Toit. Cambridge University Press. (book review). Quarterly Review of Biology. 94:320-321. pdf
Young, T.P. 2019. Receiving and delivering criticism. Aggie Brickyard (GGE newsetter) 9:3. (Editorial)
Young, T.P. 2018. Three drunken old men. Aggie Brickyard (GGE newsetter) 7:3. [Editorial]
Young, T.P. 2018. Hidden Costs (Letter to the Editor). High Country News, 23 July 2018, Page 4.
Young, T.P., R.L. Sensenig, D.M. Kimuyu, C. Riginos, and K.E. Veblen. 2014. KLEE Corner #18: Wildlife and livestock reduce fire intensity. Laikipia Wildlife Forum Newsletter. July Issue
Young, T.P. 2014. Happy 20th, Mpala! Mpala Memos (Mpala Wildlife Foundation Newsletter) April issue, pp. 8-9.
Young, T.P., R.L. Sensenig and D.M. Kimuyu. 2013. KLEE Corner #17: Controlled burns in KLEE: is fire a bane or a boon? Laikipia Wildlife Forum Newsletter. July Issue, pg. 7.
Young, T.P. 2013. Fire in the belly. Mpala Memos (Mpala Wildlife Foundation Newsletter) April issue, pp. 1,8. pdf
Young, T.P. 2013. Restoration Ecology: The New Frontier 2nd Ed. by Van Andel and J. Aronson. Restoration Ecology 21:526 (book review).
Young, T.P. 2013. Ecological Restoration, by Galatowitsch, S.M. Ecological Restoration 31: 424-425 (book review).
Young, T.P.2012. Introduction to Restoration Ecology, by Howell, E.A., J.A. Harrington, and S.B. Glass. Ecological Restoration 30:426 (book review).
Young, T.P. and M. Kinnaird. 2012. Mpala Memories, Part 10- Schwarzenberg II. Mpala Memos (Mpala Wildlife Foundation Newsletter) January issue, pp. 2,8
Young, T.P. and M. Kinnaird. 2011. Mpala Memories, Part 9- Schwarzenberg I. Mpala Memos (Mpala Wildlife Foundation Newsletter) October issue, pp. 3, 12.
Porensky, L.M. and T.P. Young, T.P. 2011. KLEE Corner #16: Megaherbivores and cattle impact trees and wildlife use in areas around old boma sites. Laikipia Wildlife Forum Newsletter. June Issue, pg. 9.
Young, T.P. 2011. Mpala Memories, Part 7- Animal (and plant) changes over the years. Mpala Memos (Mpala Wildlife Foundation Newsletter) January issue, pp. 6-7, 12.
Veblen, K.E. and T.P. Young, T.P. 2011. KLEE Corner #15: Plants helping plants in defense against cattle and wildlife. Laikipia Wildlife Forum Newsletter. January Issue, pg. 11.
Young, T.P. 2010. Mpala Memories, Part 6- Early MRC research and scientists (1995-1999). Mpala Memos (Mpala Wildlife Foundation Newsletter) October issue, pp. 7, 13.
Young, T.P. 2010. Mpala Memories, Part 5- The Centre’s early days, 1995-1998. Mpala Memos (Mpala Wildlife Foundation Newsletter) July issue, pp 8,13.
Young, T.P., D. Kinyua, and L. McGeoch. 2010. KLEE Corner #14: How do we restore degraded rangeland? Laikipia Wildlife Forum Newsletter. June Issue, pg. 10.Young, T.P. 2010. Mpala Memories, Part 4- Life in the Young/Isbell camp, 1992-1995. Mpala Memos (Mpala Wildlife Foundation Newsletter) April issue pg. 7,10.
Young, T.P. and R.Y. Sensenig. 2010. KLEE Corner #13: Elephants and fire together reduce woody cover more than either alone. Laikipia Wildlife Forum Newsletter. January Issue, pp. 12-13.
Young, T.P. 2010. Mpala Memories, Part 3- Establishing the first research camp, 1992. Mpala Memos (Mpala Wildlife Foundation Newsletter) January issue pg. 7.
Young, T.P. 2009. Mpala Memories, Part 2- The reconnaissance report. Mpala Memos (Mpala Wildlife Foundation Newsletter) December Issue pg. 8.
Young, T.P. 2009. Mpala Memories, Part 1- Alan P. Smith. Mpala Memos (Mpala Wildlife Foundation Newsletter) July Issue pg. 7.
Young, T.P. 2009. Five more years of funding for the KLEE project. Mpala Memos (Mpala Wildlife Foundation Newsletter) January Issue pg. 3.
Wilkerson, M.L. and T.P. Young. 2008. Butterflies and blooms: contrasting effects of cattle and wildlife. (“KLEE Corner” #10). Laikipia Wildlife Forum Newsletter. May Issue.
Young, T.P. and C. Riginos. 2008. Cattle do compete with wildlife in Laikipia, even if they are “compatible”. (“KLEE Corner” #9). Laikipia Wildlife Forum Newsletter. January Issue.
Young, T.P. and J.R. Goheen. 2006. Whistling thorn recruitment is affected in unexpected ways by large mammals. (“KLEE Corner” #6). Laikipia Wildlife Forum Newsletter. January Issue, page 10.
Young, T.P. 2005. Assembly Rules and Restoration Ecology, by V.K. Temperton et al. Journal of Environmental Management 32:98-99 (book review).
Young, T.P. 2005. The pathology of no herbivory: long-term effects of herbivore exclusion in an African savanna. ("KLEE Corner" #5) . Laikipia Wildlife Forum Newsletter. March/April Issue.
Young, T.P. 2005. Assembly Rules and Restoration Ecology, by K. Temperton et al. Environmental Conservation 32:98-99 (book review). pdf
Young, T.P. 2004. Do elephants lessen competition between cattle and zebras? ("KLEE Corner" #4) . Laikipia Wildlife Forum Newsletter. November Issue.
Young, T.P. 2004. Plants fight back. ("KLEE Corner" #3) . Laikipia Wildlife Forum Newsletter. May Issue.
(Young. T.P. & D. Johnson.) 2003/4. Restoration. Noxious Times 5(4):10.
Young, T.P. 2003. Rodents take advantage of the absence of large mammals ("KLEE Corner" #2) . Laikipia Wildlife Forum Newsletter. November Issue
Young, T.P. 2003. KLEE: the Kenya Long-term Exclosure Experiment ("KLEE Corner" #1). Laikipia Wildlife Forum Newsletter. March/April Issue.
Young, T.P., S. Talbot & W. Wamiti. 2003. Checklist of the birds of Mpala/Segera. 8 pp.
Young, T.P. 2003. KLEE: the Kenya Long-term Exclosure Experiment. Laikipia Wildlife Forum Newsletter (“KLEE Corner”). March/April Issue.
Young, T.P., D.L. Immel and J.J. Clary. 2003. Historical Ecology, by Egan & Howell. Journal of Environmental Management 68:437-8 (book review). pdf
Smith, S. and T.P. Young. 2002. EH faculty host conference on restoration issues at UCD. Growing Points 6(2):8. pdf
Young, T.P. 2001. What is a native? Noxious Times (California Interagency Noxious Weed Coordinating Committee) 3(4):11. [Reprinted in Growing Points] pdf
Young, T.P. & D.B. Leroy. 2000. Restoration in Education: at UC-Davis, the emphasis is on growing a Restoration Ecology program for the future. Society for Ecological Restoration News 13(1):8.
Young, T.P. 2000. Matching wits with the hyrax. Muse Magazine September, 28-34. (adapted from Young 1996).
Young, T.P. 1999. Catastrophes are still interesting. Conservation Biology 13: 202 (correspondence). pdf
Young, T.P. 1999. Restoration ecology takes root at UC Davis. Growing Points 3(1):4. pdf
Wester, A. & T.P. Young. 1997. Spatial pattern of deer herbivory at suburban forest edges. Restoration & Management Notes 15:186-187.
Young, T.P. & A.H. Harcourt. 1997. Viva Caughley! Conservation Biology 11:831-832 (correspondence). pdf
Young. T.P. (with F. Chan). 1997. Restoration ecology: renewing our disturbed landscapes. Growing Points 6(5):1-2. pdf
Young, T.P. 1996. Little criminals. Pp. 117-126 in: I’ve been gone far too long. M. Borgerhof Mulder, ed. RDR Press, Berkeley. (Reprinted in Natural History, June 1996:28-31.)
Young, T.P. 1995. Wildlife management links up with conservation biology. Conservation Biology 9: 969-971 (book review).
Young, T.P. & F. Kostel-Hughes. 1995. NIH Image: free software for image analysis. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 76: 39-40 (technical note).
Young, T.P. 1995. 'The evolution of group size and the evolution of group living' and 'Predation risk, predation rate, and the effectiveness of anti-predator traits'. Boxes in: Isbell, L.A. Predation on primates: ecological patterns and evolutionary consequences. Evolutionary Anthropology 3: 62-71.
Young, T.P. 1995. A protist writes. TREE 10:289 (correspondence). pdf
Young, T.P. 1994. Biodiversity questions. Science 265: 1511 (correspondence). pdf
Young. T.P. 1994. Essentials of Conservation Biology , by Richard Primack. Quarterly Review of Biology 69: 118-119 (book review).
Young, T.P. 1993. Development and conservation: more on Caring. Conservation Biology 7: 750-751 (correspondence). pdf
Young, T.P. 1992. Intuition and the logistic equation. TREE 7:315-6 (correspondence). pdf
Young, T.P. 1991. Diversity overrated. Nature 352(6330): 10 (correspondence). pdf
Young, T.P. 1989. Report on Mpala Farm to the Smithsonian Institution, 25 pp.
Fayad, C, C. Shorter & T. P. Young 1980. Wildlife in the high moorlands. Swara 7: 12.
Young, T.P. 1980. Plant life on Africa's highest peaks. Swara 7: 8-10.