Konza LTER Publications
Causes and consequences of avian dispersal decisions in a dynamic grassland environment. Behavioral Ecology. In Press.
. Dust, impure calcite, and phytoliths: modeled alternative sources of chemical weathering solutes in shallow groundwater. Chemical Geology. In Press. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.08.007.
. Ecological impacts and recovery of headwater prairie streams with Patch-Burn Grazing. Ecological Applications. In Press.
. Exploring methods of measuring CO2 degassing in headwater streams. Sustainable Water Resources Management. In Press.
. Fire, grazing and climate interactions shape the network structure of plant-grasshopper trophic interactions in a mesic grassland. Functional Ecology. In Press.
. How landscape heterogeneity governs stream water concentration-discharge behavior in carbonate terrains (Konza Prairie, USA). Chemical Geology. In Press. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.12.002.
. Hyperspectral analysis of leaf pigments and nutritional elements in tallgrass prairie vegetation. Frontiers in Plant Science. In Press.
. Intraspecific trait variability in Andropogon gerardii, a dominant grass species in the US Great Plains. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. In Press. doi:10.3389/fevo.2018.00217.
. . Plant and environmental heterogeneity differentially mediate soil bacterial and fungal responses to long-term changes in grassland management. Fungal Ecology. In Press.
. Restoring grassland in the context of climate change. . Grasslands and Climate Change. In Press.
. Riparian tree removal substantially altered streams in an otherwise undisturbed grassland watershed. Ecosystems. In Press.
. Watershed-scale chemical weathering in a merokarst terrain, northeastern Kansas, USA. Chemical Geology. In Press. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.12.001.
. What drives grassland ecosystem multifunctionality: Grazing pressure or plant community parameters?. Functional Ecology. In Press.
A distributed experiment demonstrates widespread sodium limitation in grassland food webs. Ecology. 2019;7113:e02600. doi:10.1002/ecy.2600.
. Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones. Science Advances. 2019;5(1):eaav0486. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aav0486.
Removal of woody riparian vegetation substantially altered a stream ecosystem in an otherwise undisturbed grassland watershed. Ecosystems. 2019;22(1):64 - 76. doi:10.1007/s10021-018-0252-2.
. Advancing theories of ecosystem development through Long-Term Ecological Research. BioScience. 2018;68(8):554–562. doi:10.1093/biosci/biy070.
. Asymmetric responses of primary productivity to altered precipitation simulated by ecosystem models across three long-term grassland sites. Biogeosciences. 2018;15(11):3421 - 3437. doi:10.5194/bg-15-3421-2018.
Body condition and feather molt of a migratory shorebird during the non-breeding season. Journal of Avian Biology. 2018;49(4):jav-01480. doi:10.1111/jav.01480.
. Carbon exchange responses of a mesic grassland to an extreme gradient of precipitation. Oecologia. 2018:1 -12. doi:10.1007/s00442-018-4284-2.
. Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2018;2:1925-1932. doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0696-y.
Characterizing groundwater flow through merokarst, northeast Kansas. 2018;MS Thesis.
. Codominant grasses differ in gene expression under experimental climate extremes in native tallgrass prairie. PeerJ. 2018:e4394. doi:https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4394.
. Continental-scale decrease in net primary productivity in streams due to climate warming. Nature Geoscience. 2018;11(6):415 - 420. doi:10.1038/s41561-018-0125-5.
Defoliation and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi shape plant communities in overgrazed semiarid grasslands. Ecology. 2018;99(8):1847 - 1856. doi:10.1002/ecy.2401.
. Degraded soil increases the performance of a dominant grass, Andropogon gerardii (Big bluestem). Plant Ecology. 2018;219(10):901 - 911. doi:10.1007/s11258-018-0844-0.
. Dissolved organic carbon dynamics in tallgrass prairie streams. 2018;MS Thesis. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/39153.
. Drivers of nocturnal water flux in a tallgrass prairie. . Functional Ecology. 2018;32(5):1155-1167. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13072.
. Drought consistently alters the composition of soil fungal and bacterial communities in grasslands from two continents. Global Change Biology. 2018;24(7):2818 - 2827. doi:10.1111/gcb.2018.24.issue-710.1111/gcb.14113.
Drought tolerance in ecotypes of big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) relates to above-ground surface area: Results from a common garden experiment. Flora. 2018;246-247:52 - 60. doi:10.1016/j.flora.2018.07.005.
Environmental and biotic processes influencing floristic composition, quality, integrity, and function in tallgrass prairie assemblages. 2018;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2597&context=dissertations.
. Evolutionary history of plant hosts and fungal symbionts predicts the strength of mycorrhizal mutualism. Communications Biology. 2018;116(1). doi:10.1038/s42003-018-0120-9.
Facilitating nurse plant survival with mycorrhizal inoculum following eradication of a non-native grass. 2018;MS Thesis.
. Fine-scale movement and habitat use of a prairie stream fish assemblage. Oecologia. 2018;186(3):831–842. doi:10.1007/s00442-018-4073-y.
. Fire and grazing modulate the structure and resistance of plant–floral visitor networks in a tallgrass prairie. Oecologia. 2018;186(2):517-528. doi:10.1007/s00442-017-4019-9.
. Gene expression differs in codominant prairie grasses under drought. Molecular Ecology Resources. 2018;18(2):334-346. doi:10.1111/1755-0998.12733.
. Genetic and environmental influences on stomates of big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii). Environmental and Experimental Botany. 2018;155:477 - 487. doi:10.1016/j.envexpbot.2018.07.018.
. The impact of long-term regional air mass patterns on nutrient precipitation chemistry and nutrient deposition within a United States grassland ecosystem. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry. 2018;75(4):399-410. doi:10.1007/s10874-018-9384-1.
. Interannual variability in climate effects on community assembly and ecosystem functioning in restored prairie. Ecosphere. 2018;9(6):e02327. doi:10.1002/ecs2.2327.
. Large and active CO 2 uptake by coupled carbonate weathering. Earth-Science Reviews. 2018;182:42 - 49. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.05.007.
. Legacy effects of a regional drought on aboveground net primary production in six central US grasslands. Plant Ecology. 2018;219(5):505 - 515. doi:10.1007/s11258-018-0813-7.
Linking gene regulation, physiology, and plant biomass allocation in Andropogon gerardii in response to drought. Plant Ecology. 2018;219(1):1 - 15. doi:10.1007/s11258-017-0773-3.
. Local loss and spatial homogenization of plant diversity reduce ecosystem multifunctionality. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2018;2:50-56. doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0395-0.
Long- and short-term responses of Asclepias species differ in respect to fire, grazing, and nutrient addition. American Journal of Botany. 2018;105(12):2008-2017. doi:10.1002/ajb2.2018.105.issue-1210.1002/ajb2.1197.
Long-term effects of grazing and topography on extra-radical hyphae of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in semi-arid grasslands. Mycorrhiza. 2018;28(2):117 - 127. doi:10.1007/s00572-017-0812-x.
Long-term fire management history affects N-fertilization sensitivity, but not seasonality, of grassland soil microbial communities. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2018;121:231 - 239. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.03.023.
. Mean annual precipitation predicts primary production resistance and resilience to extreme drought. Science of The Total Environment. 2018;636:360 - 366. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.290.
Microbial community structure and functional potential in cultivated and native tallgrass prairie soils of the midwestern united states. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2018;9:1775. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.01775.