Robert L. Beschta

Oregon State University — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

56h-index15.6kcitations156works3.42yr avg
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Research Topics

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(60), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes(54), Soil erosion and sediment transport(41), Rangeland and Wildlife Management(39), Ecology and biodiversity studies(31)

Publications156 total

An ecologically significant trophic cascade in Yellowstone: Response to MacNulty, et al. (2026)
Forest Ecology and Management·2025
Corrigendum to “Changing aspen stand structure following large carnivore restoration in Yellowstone” [For. Ecol. Manag. 594 (2025) 122941]
Forest Ecology and Management·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Where the buffalo roam: Ungulate influences on quaking aspen and willow communities in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Ecosphere·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Changing aspen stand structure following large carnivore restoration in Yellowstone
Forest Ecology and Management·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Corrigendum to “The strength of the Yellowstone trophic cascade after wolf reintroduction” [Glob. Ecol. Conserv. 58 (2025) e03428]
Global Ecology and Conservation·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
The strength of the Yellowstone trophic cascade after wolf reintroduction
Global Ecology and Conservation·2025· 14 citedOpen Access
A shifting ecological baseline after wolf extirpation
BioScience·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Aspen recovery in northern Yellowstone: A comment on Brice et al. (2021)
Ecology Letters·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Bison alter the northern Yellowstone ecosystem by breaking aspen saplings
Ecology and Evolution·2023· 15 citedOpen Access
Forum: Climate, Ecological, and Social Costs of Livestock Grazing on Western Public Lands
Environmental Management·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Revisiting trophic cascades and aspen recovery in northern Yellowstone
Food Webs·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Bison influences on composition and diversity of riparian plant communities in Yellowstone National Park
Ecosphere·2023· 11 citedOpen Access
The History of Cougars in Yellowstone National Park
Western North American Naturalist·2022· 6 cited
Rewilding the American West
BioScience·2022· 24 cited
Livestock Use on Public Lands in the Western USA Exacerbates Climate Change: Implications for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
Environmental Management·2022· 27 citedOpen Access
Riparian vegetation composition and diversity shows resilience following cessation of livestock grazing in northeastern Oregon, USA
PLoS ONE·2022· 12 citedOpen Access
Resilience of riparian vegetation composition and diversity following cessation of livestock grazing in northeastern Oregon
2021Open Access
Bison limit ecosystem recovery in northern Yellowstone
Food Webs·2020· 44 citedOpen Access
Large carnivore extirpation linked to loss of overstory aspen in Yellowstone
Food Webs·2019· 5 cited
Trophic cascades and Yellowstone’s aspen: A reply to Fleming (2019)
Forest Ecology and Management·2019
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Frequent Co-authors

William J. Ripple(18), James R. Karr(4), James A. Estes(3), Mike Letnic(3), Michael Nelson(3), Arian D. Wallach(3), Aaron J. Wirsing(3), Dominick A. DellaSala(3), William L. Jackson(3), Graham I. H. Kerley(3), Jonathan J. Rhodes(3), Luke E. Painter(3), Mark E. Swanson(2), Richard L. Hutto(2), David B. Lindenmayer(2), J. Boone Kauffman(2), G. Wayne Minshall(2), David A. Perry(2), F. Richard Hauer(2), Christopher A. Frissell(2)