Soil and water conservation and watershed management

$Mier-Valderrama, L., $Leal, J., Perotto-Baldivieso, H.L., Hedquist, B., Menendez, H.M., Anoruo, A., Turner, B.L. 2023. Evaluating soil erosion and runoff dynamics in a humid subtropic, low stream order, southern plains watershed from cultivation and solar farm development. International Soil and Water Conservation Research. doi:10.1016/j.iswcr.2023.09.004. Link. 

Bhandari, A., Turner, B.L., Chumbley, S. 2023. Assessing Students and Coaches Learning Experience with Virtual Collegiate Soil Judging Contest During COVID-19 Pandemic. Education Sciences 13(7), doi:10.3390/educsci13070717. Link. 

Turner, B. L. 2021. Soil as an Archetype of Complexity: A Systems Approach to Improve Insights, Learning, and Management of Coupled Biogeochemical Processes and Environmental Externalities. Soil Systems, 5(3), 39, doi:10.3390/soilsystems50300. Link

Turner, B.L., $Kodali, S. 2020. Soil system dynamics for learning about complex, feedback-driven agricultural resource problems: model development, evaluation, and sensitivity analysis to biophysical feedbacks. Ecological Modelling 428:109050. Link. 

$Menendez, H.M., Wuellner, M., Turner, B.L., Gates, R., Dunn, B., Tedeschi, L.O. 2019. A Spatial Landscape Scale Approach for Estimating Erosion, Water Quantity, and Quality in Response to South Dakota Grassland Conversion. Natural Resource Modeling, 2019; e12243. Doi 10.1111/nrm.12243. Link. 

Turner, B.L., M. Wuellner, Malo, D., Herrick, J.E., Dunn, B., Gates, R. 2018. Ecosystem functions in mixed cropland-grassland systems influenced by soil legacies of past crop cultivation decisions. Ecosphere 9 (12), e02521. Link (Open Access) 

Wuellner, M.R., Gates, R.N., Turner, B.L., Menendez, H.M. 2018. Shaping Soil Watershed Stewardship Through Producer and Influencer Education: A Pilot. Journal of Extension 56(6), 6RIB7. Link. 

Turner, B.L., Fuhrer, J., Wuellner, M., Menendez, H., Dunn, B., Gates, R. 2018. Scientific case studies in land-use driven soil erosion in the central United States: why soil potential and risk concepts should be included in the principles of soil health. International Soil and Water Conservation Research, 6(1), March, 63-78. doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2017.12.004. Link (Open Access). 

Turner, B.L., Wuellner, M., Nichols, T., Gates, R., Tedeschi, L.O., and B. Dunn. 2017. A systems approach to forecast agricultural land transformation and soil environmental risk from economic, policy, and cultural scenarios in the north central United States (2012-2062). International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 15(2):102-123. doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2017.1288029. Link.

Turner, B.L., Wuellner, M., Nichols, T., Gates, R., Tedeschi, L.O., and B. Dunn. 2016. Development and evaluation of a system dynamics model for investigating agriculturally driven land transformation in the north central United States. Natural Resource Modeling 29(2):179-228; doi: 10.1111/nrm.12087. Link. 

Turner, B.L., Wuellner, M., Nichols, T., and R. Gates. 2014. Dueling Land Ethics: Uncovering Agricultural Stakeholder Mental Models to Better Understand Recent Land Use Conversion. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. 27(5):831-856, doi: 10.1007/s10806-014-9494-y. Link.

Dynamics of ranch management and livestock production

*Cummings, D.B., Groves, J.T., Turner, B.L. 2023. Assessing the Role of Systems Thinking for Stocker Cattle Operations. Veterinary Sciences 10(2):69. Link

*Turner, B.L. 2022. Beef Production Health Systems: Perspectives of a Trained Systems Thinker. Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice 38(2): 179-200 (July). Link. 

Menendez, H.M., Brennan, J.R., Gaillard, C., Ehlert, K., Quintana, J., Neethirajan, S., Remus, A., Jacobs, M., Teixeira, I.A.M.A., Turner, B.L., Tedeschi, L.O. 2022. ASAS-NANP SYMPOSIUM: MATHEMATICAL MODELING IN ANIMAL NUTRITION: Opportunities and Challenges of Confined and Extensive Precision Livestock Production. Journal of Animal Science. doi.org/10.1093/jas/skac160. Link.

$Taylor, J.K., Stanko, R.L., Rhoades, R., McCuistion, K.C., Mathis, C., Machen, R., Turner, B.L. 2022. Can early weaning calves of first-calf heifers improve long-term herd and financial performance in a vertically-integrated beef production system? A case-study application using system dynamics. Applied Animal Science 38(2):183-199. Link. 

$Tinsley, T., Chumbley, S., Mathis, C., Machen, R., Turner, B. 2019. Managing cow herd dynamics in environments of limited forage productivity and livestock marketing channels: an application to semi-arid Pacific island beef production using system dynamics. Agricultural Systems 173:78-93. Doi:10.106/j.agsy.2019.02.014. Link. 

Turner, B.L., Rhoades, R.D., Tedeschi, L.O., Hanagriff, R.D., McCuistion, K.C., and B.H. Dunn. 2013. Analyzing Past Ranch Financial Performance From Varying Cow Sales and Heifer Replacement Scenarios For Cow Calf Production Using System Dynamics. Agricultural Systems 114: 6-14. Link.

Water resource management and socio-hydrology

$Leal, J., $Bishop, M., $Reed, C., Turner, B.L. 2024. An exploration of groundwater resource ecosystem service sustainability: A system dynamics case study in Texas, USA. Systems 12(12), 583. doi.:10.3390/systems12120583. Link. 

$Meagher, M. L., Anoruo, A. O., Turner, B. L., Holland, P. W., Nelson, S. D., Donato-Molina, M. C. 2024. Patch growth of seashore paspalum (Paspalum vaginatum) treated with inorganic fertilizer and organic biostimulant. Open Journal of Environmental Biology 9(1):010-014.  doi: 10.17352/ojeb.000041. Link. 

Anoruo, A., Turner, B.L., Garcia, M.R., Nelson, S.D., Donato-Molina, M.C. 2024. Morphological and Anatomical Development of Solanum Lycopersicum Seedlings Grown With Non-Conventional Water. International Journal on Agriculture Research and Environmental Sciences 5(1):1-4. doi: 10.51626/ijares.2024.05.00039. Link. 

$Lebaka, R., Turner, B.L., Nelson, S.D., Anoruo, A. 2023. Studies on production of Anaheim pepper in greenhouse media supplemented with organic and inorganic nutrient sources, and water conservation. Journal of Horticultural Sciences 18(2). doi: 10.24154/jhs.v18i2.2005. Link. 

$Flores-Lopez, C., Turner, B.L., Hanagriff, R., Bhandari, A., Sinha, T. 2022. South Texas water resource mental models: a systems thinking, multi-stakeholder case study. Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education 176(August):15-35.  Link.

*Turner, B.L., Tidwell, V. Connection and Integration: Using System Dynamics Modeling to Explore Acequia System Resiliency. In Rosenberg, A., Guldan, S., and Fernald, A.G. (eds). Acequias of the Southwestern United States: Elements of Resilience in Community Based Irrigation Systems. New Mexico Agricultural Experiment Station, Research Report 796. Link to chapter. Link to video. 

Gunda, T., Turner, B.L., Tidwell, V. 2018. The Influential Role of Sociocultural Feedbacks on Community-Managed Irrigation System Behaviors During times of Water Stress. Water Resources Research 54(4): 2697-2714. Link. 

Turner, B.L., Tidwell, V., Fernald, A., Rivera, J., Rodriguez, S., Guldan, S., Ochoa, C., Hurd, B., Boykin, K., Cibils, A. 2016.  Modeling acequia irrigation systems using system dynamics: model development, evaluation, and sensitivity analyses to investigate effects of socio-economic and biophysical feedbacks. Sustainability 8(10), 1019. Link (Open Access).

Natural resource management and policy

$Kodali, S., $Flores-Lopez, C., $Lobdell, I., $Kim, B., $Russell, J.C., $Michna, L., Turner, B.L. 2024. A case of one step forward and two steps back? Examination of weed herbicide resistance management using a simple agroecosystem dynamics model. Systems 12(12), 587. doi.:10.3390/systems12120587. Link. 

$Mier-Valderrama, L., $Ledezma, J., $Gibson, K., Anoruo, A., Turner, B.L. 2024. Why Is Reducing the Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico Such a Complex Goal? Understanding the Structure That Drives Hypoxic Zone Formation via System Dynamics. Systems 12(9), 326. doi.:10.3390/systems12090326. Link. 

$Schofield, L., $Pearson, M., $Newell, S., $Clackum, N., Turner, B.L. 2024. Why aren’t more landowners enrolling in land-based carbon credit exchanges? Rangelands 46(4), doi:10.1016/j.rala.2024.05.004. Link. 

$Crozier, S., $Worthington, J., $Wright, M., $Michna, L., Turner, B.L. 2023. Exploring Wild Horse Population Dynamics on US Public Rangelands Using a Simple Systems Simulation Model. Rangeland Ecology and Management 88(3):47-61. Link to paper. Link to video. 

$Traub, N.J., Turner, B.L., Brennan, L.A., Fedynich, A.M. 2022. Exploring the Relationships between South Texas Northern Bobwhite Populations and Cecal Worms via System Dynamics. National Quail Symposium Proceedings 9(1):193. Link. 

*$Aderinto, R.F., Ortega-S, J.A., Anoruo, A.O., Machen, R., Turner, B.L. 2020. Can the tragedy of the commons be avoided in common-pool forage resource systems? An application to small-holder herding in the semi-arid grazing lands of Nigeria. Sustainability 12(15), doi:10.3390/su12155947. Link (Open Access). 

$Brewster, R.K., Henke, S.E., Turner, B.L., Tomecek, J.M., Ortega-S., A.J. 2019. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Coyote Removal as a Management Option in Texas Cattle Ranching. Human-Wildlife Interactions 13(2):10, doi.org/10.26077/2hd9-1v35. Link. 

$Eversole, C.B., Henke, S.B., Turner, B.L., Glasscock, S.N., Powell, R.L., Wester, D.B., Ballard, B.M. 2018. A theoretical population and harvest model for American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). Herpetological Monographs 32(1): 22-33, Finalist for 2020 Best Monograph Award of The Wildlife Society.  Link. 

$Wayland, T., $West, L., $Mata, J., Turner, B. 2018. Why are proposed public land transfers a source of extreme conflict and resistance? Rangelands 40(2): 43-54, doi 10.1016/j.rala.2018.01.001., Winner, Popular Writing Award, 2019 Texas Section Society for Range Management. Link. 

$Brewster, K., Henke, S.E., Ortega-S, A.J., Tomecek, J., Turner, B. 2017. Do You Hear What I Hear? Human Perception of Coyote Group Size. Human-Wildlife Interactions 11(2):167-174. Link. 

Systems thinking and system dynamics

*Turner, B.L., Goodman, M. 2023. Capturing the science behind the craft: a reporting framework to improve quality and confidence in non-simulated models. System Dynamics Review. doi:10.1002/sdr.1752 (Invited contribution to Special Issue: Qualitative Aspects of System Dynamics Modeling). Link. 

Atzori, A.S., Turner, B.L., Balkan, B.A. 2022. Non-linear thinking: from mental models to mathematical models in animal science.  Animal - Science proceedings 13(4):614. Link.

Turner, B.L., Wuellner, M., Cortus, E., Chumbley, S. 2021. A multi-university cohort model for teaching complex and interdisciplinary problem-solving using system dynamics. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, doi: 10.1002/sres.2778. Link to paper. Link to video. 

Turner, B.L., Goodman, M., Machen, R., Mathis, C., Rhoades, R., Dunn, B. 2020. Results of Beer Game Trials Played by Natural Resource Managers Versus Students: Does Age Influence Ordering Decisions? Systems 8(4), 37. Link (Open Access). 

Turner, B.L. 2020. Model laboratories: a quick-start guide for design of simulation experiments for dynamic systems models. Ecological Modelling 434:109246, doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.109246. Link to paper. Link to video.  

*Turner, B.L., $Menendez, H.M., Gates, R., Tedeschi, L.O., Atzori, A.S. 2016. System dynamics modeling for agricultural and natural resource management issues: review of some past cases and forecasting future roles. Resources 5, 40; doi:10.3390/resources5040040. Link (Open Access).

Turner, B.L., Kim, H., and D.F Andersen. 2014. Improving Coding Procedures for Purposive Text Data: Researchable Questions for Qualitative System Dynamics Modeling. System Dynamics Review. 29(4): 253-263. Link.