John P Ritten

Biographic Data

ID2553436
NAMEJohn P Ritten
GIVEN NAMESJohn P
FAMILY NAMERitten
SIGNATURERITTEN J P
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Wyoming
ORCID0000-0002-6468-3870
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • The economic fundamentals of virtual fencing compared to traditional fencing

    Open AccessDana L Hoag, Ryan Reuter et al.ARTICLERangelands2025

    Virtual fencing (VF) for livestock is being commercialized by several companies in the United States. • Ranchers and land managers are interested in the potential benefits of VF but have reservations about its cost. • Cost structures of VF systems vary and are different from physical fencing, making direct comparisons difficult. • We explore relevant costs and outline scenarios where VF systems are likely to be cost effective. • We discuss practi…

  • Balancing ecosystem service outcomes at the ranch-scale in shortgrass steppe: The role of grazing management

    Open AccessEdward J Raynor, Justin Derner et al.ARTICLERangelands2022

    Grazing management for providing multiple ecosystem services at the ranch scale requires balancing desired outcomes. Abundant challenges involve matching the spatial heterogeneity in soils and associated plant community characteristics with the temporal variability in precipitation. Prescriptive grazing (season-long continuous and time-controlled rotational grazing) removes the human experiential knowledge to adapt to changing conditions, whereas…

  • Stocking rate and marketing dates for yearling steers grazing rangelands: Can producers do things differently to increase economic net benefits

    Open AccessTevyn Baldwin, John P Ritten et al.ARTICLERangelands2022

    The combination of stocking rate and marketing date that maximizes average net return per head will not necessarily maximize average net return per hectare. The combination of stocking rate and marketing date that maximizes average net return per hectare often comes with risk-related tradeoffs, such as a higher risk and magnitude of negative net returns. The combination of stocking rate and marketing date will have implications (not quantified in…

  • Social learning lessons from Collaborative Adaptive Rangeland Management

    Open AccessHailey Wilmer, Terri Schulz et al.ARTICLERangelands2022

    As “co-produced” research becomes more popular, there is a need to evaluate the processes and outcomes of successful cases. The Collaborative Adaptive Rangeland Management project is a case of a ranch-scale, 10-year grazing experiment ongoing in Colorado. We used social science to evaluate group learning. We describe the complex, challenging aspects of the collaborative process, and how those challenges helped inspire learning as the team grapple…

  • Adaptive grazing management in semiarid rangelands: An outcome-driven focus

    Open AccessJustin Derner, Bob Budd et al.ARTICLERangelands2022

    Adaptive management should explicitly involve stakeholders, emphasize multiple iterations of identifying and prioritizing outcomes, and tightly link science-informed monitoring to decision-making benchmarks for effective feedback loops. Short-term monitoring procedures should be simple, quick, and based on consistent methods that are focused on locations where meaningful change is expected or uncertainty is high. Long-term monitoring procedures s…

  • Future climate variability will challenge rangeland beef cattle production in the Great Plains

    Open AccessDavid D Briske, John P Ritten et al.ARTICLERangelands2021

    Climate projections indicate the Great Plains will experience higher mean temperatures and greater interannual precipitation variability in the future. Greater precipitation variability will challenge the economic viability of rangeland beef cattle production by further disrupting forage supply and animal demand. Beef producers are uncertain of future climate impacts, indicating assistance with adaptive strategies is needed. Private-state-nationa…

  • Community-Engaged Research Builds a Nature-Culture of Hope on North American Great Plains Rangelands

    Open AccessHailey Wilmer, Lauren M Porensky et al.ARTICLESocial Sciences2019Cited by: 2References: 102

    In the North American Great Plains, multigenerational ranches and grassland biodiversity are threatened by dynamic and uncertain climatic, economic, and land use processes. Working apart, agricultural and conservation communities face doubtful prospects of reaching their individual goals of sustainability. Rangeland research could serve a convening platform, but experimental studies seldom involve local manager communities. The Collaborative Adap…

  • Tools for Resilience Management: Multidisciplinary Development of State-and-Transition Models for Northwest Colorado

    Open AccessEmily J Kachergis, Emily Kachergis et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2013

    Kachergis, E. J., C. N. Knapp, M. E. Fernandez-Gimenez, J. P. Ritten, J. G. Pritchett, J. Parsons, W. Hibbs, and R. Roath. 2013. Tools for resilience management: multidisciplinary development of state-and-transition models for northwest Colorado. Ecology and Society 18(4): 39. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-05805-180439