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Wen H, Sullivan PL, Macpherson GL, Li L. Effects of vegetation rooting characteristics on carbonate weathering and critical zone evolution. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. In Press.
Sutton AO, Ratajczak Z, Louthan AM. High among‐species variability in the context dependence of herbivory across disturbance, weather and topoedaphic gradients. Journal of Ecology. In Press. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.14390.
Duell EB, Todd TC, Wilson GWT. Mycorrhizal‐herbivore interactions and the competitive release of subdominant tallgrass prairie speciesAbstract. Journal of Ecology. In Press. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.14351.
Feldman AF, Feng X, Felton AJ, et al. Plant responses to changing rainfall frequency and magnitude. Nature Ecology & Evolution. In Press.
Pinchi-Davila X, Vargas-Hernandez D, Romero-Jimenez M, et al. Pleoardoris graminearum gen. et sp. nov., a new member of Pleosporales from the North American Plains, biogeography and effects on B. gracilis growth. Mycologia. In Press.
Gido KB, Hedden SC, Bruckerhoff LA, et al. Removing a perched culvert facilitates dispersal of fishes in an intermittent prairie stream but not recovery from drought. Freshwater Science. In Press.
Ren H, Zhang Y, Gui W, et al. What drives grassland ecosystem multifunctionality: Grazing pressure or plant community parameters?. Functional Ecology. In Press.
2024
Hedberg S. Assessing drought sensitivity across the shortgrass steppe biome. 2024;MS Thesis. Available at: https://mountainscholar.org/items/b679d2ab-f89d-4c15-8894-69f4d5e6a826.
Price ANicholas, Zimmer MAnn, Bergstrom A, et al. Biogeochemical and community ecology responses to the wetting of non-perennial streams. Nature Water. 2024;2(9):815 - 826. doi:10.1038/s44221-024-00298-3.
Koyama A, Johnson NG, Brewer P, Webb CT, von Fischer JC. Biological and physical controls of methane uptake in grassland soils across the US Great Plains. Ecosphere. 2024;15(9):e4955. doi:10.1002/ecs2.v15.910.1002/ecs2.4955.
Swenson LJ, Zipper S, Peterson DM, et al. Changes in water age during dry‐down of a non‐perennial stream. Water Resources Research. 2024;60(1):e2023WR034623. doi:10.1029/2023WR034623.
Keen RM, Bachle S, Bartmess M, Nippert JB. Combined effects of fire and drought are not sufficient to slow shrub encroachment in tallgrass prairie. Oecologia. 2024;204:727 - 742. doi:10.1007/s00442-024-05526-x.
O’Keefe K, Nippert JB, Keen RM, McCulloh KA. Contrasting shrub and grass hydraulic responses to experimental drought. Oecologia. 2024;204:931 - 941. doi:10.1007/s00442-024-05543-w.
Mount HE, Smith MD, Knapp AK, et al. Drought‐tolerant grassland species are generally more resistant to competition. Journal of Ecology. 2024;112(2):416-426. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.14243.
Tooley EG, Nippert JB, Ratajczak Z. Evaluating methods for measuring the leaf area index of encroaching shrubs in grasslands: From leaves to optical methods, 3-D scanning, and airborne observation. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 2024;349. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.109964.
Corimanya J, Winnicki-Smith EB, Boyle WA. Experimental evidence that nest orientation influences microclimate in a temperate grassland. Journal of Field Ornithology. 2024;95(1):2. doi:10.5751/JFO-00387-950102.
Corimanya J, Smith E, Boyle WA. Experimental evidence that nest orientation influences microclimate in a temperate grassland. Journal of Field Ornithology. 2024;95(1). doi:10.5751/JFO-00387-950102.
Smith MD, Wilkins KD, Holdrege MC, et al. Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2024;121(4):e230988112. doi:10.1073/pnas.2309881120.
Knapp AK, Condon KV, Folks CC, et al. Field experiments have enhanced our understanding of drought impacts on terrestrial ecosystems—But where do we go from here?. Functional Ecology. 2024;38(1):76-97. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.14460.
Song L, Griffin-Nolan RJ, Muraina TO, et al. Grassland sensitivity to drought is related to functional composition across East Asia and North America. Ecology. 2024;105(2):e4220. doi:10.1002/ecy.4220.
Wojciechowski AA, Blair JM, Collins S, Baer SG. Heterogeneity promotes resilience in restored prairie: Implications for the environmental heterogeneity hypothesis. Ecological Applications. 2024;34(6):e3006. doi:10.1002/eap.3006.
McCarroll N. Hillslope evolution of heterolithic landscapes: investigating processes and controls on geomorphic development of staircase landscapes. Department of Geography. 2024;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/items/ce598de6-d389-4e99-8520-1cbcb240cbb9.
Bunch Z. Impacts of patch burn grazing on the invertebrate communities of Kansas rangelands. 2024;MS Thesis. Available at: http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/listing.aspx?styp=ti&id=47595.
Silber KM, Hefley TJ, Castro-Miller HN, Ratajczak Z, Boyle WA. The long shadow of woody encroachment: An integrated approach to modeling grassland songbird habitatAbstract. Ecological Applications. 2024;34(3):e2954. doi:10.1002/eap.v34.310.1002/eap.2954.
Noble S. North American megafauna, friend or foe to woody encroachment across the Great Plains? Further exploring the American bison’s ecological role on plant communities. Department of Biology. 2024;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/items/2d3c8fa7-ad50-475d-a753-216ebeef5b0b.
Kaspari M, Welti EAR. Nutrient dilution and the future of herbivore populations. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 2024;39(9):809-820. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2024.05.001.
Mohammadi S. Phenotypic plasticity and ecological memory in Andropogon gerardii: responses to simulated grazing pressure. Department of Biology. 2024;MS Thesis. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/items/bd2c8631-5a03-409c-ab70-9a791d2850d1.
Nieland MA, Zeglin LH. Plant and microbial feedbacks maintain soil nitrogen legacies in burned and unburned grasslandsAbstract. Journal of Ecology. 2024. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.14386.
Feldman AF, Feng X, Felton AJ, et al. Plant responses to changing rainfall frequency and magnitude. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 2024;5(4):276 - 294. doi:10.1038/s43017-024-00534-0.
Nieland MA, Carson CM, Floyd V, Zeglin LH. Product-inhibition feedbacks, not microbial population level tradeoffs or soil pH, regulate decomposition potential under nutrient eutrophication. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2024;189:109247. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109247.
Wedel ER, Nippert JB, O'Connor RC, Nkuna P, Swemmer AM. Repeated clearing as a mechanism for savanna recovery following bush encroachment. Journal of Applied Ecology. 2024;61(7):1520-1530. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.14666.
Bloodworth K. The role of disturbance in Great Plains grassland community dynamics. 2024;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/listing.aspx?styp=ti&id=47590.
Keen RM, Helliker BR, McCulloh KA, Nippert JB. Save or spend? Diverging water‐use strategies of grasses and encroaching clonal shrubs. Journal of Ecology. 2024;112(4):870-885. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.14276.
Dodds WK. Scientific collaborative within-group conduct, data-sharing, and publication agreements. BioScience. 2024:biae073. doi:10.1093/biosci/biae073.
Horne EA, Blackmore P, Bello NM, Taylor J, Skibbe A. Spatial and physical characteristics of bison wallows in the Flint Hills of Kansas. Ecosphere. 2024;15(5):e4861. doi:10.1002/ecs2.v15.510.1002/ecs2.4861.
Keen RM, Sadayappan K, Jarecke KM, et al. Unexpected hydrologic response to ecosystem state change in tallgrass prairie. Journal of Hydrology. 2024;643:131937. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131937.
2023
Wilcox KR, Chen A, Avolio ML, et al. Accounting for herbaceous communities in process‐based models will advance our understanding of “grassy” ecosystems. Global Change Biology. 2023;29(23):6453 - 6477. doi:10.1111/gcb.v29.2310.1111/gcb.16950.
Dea H, McKenzie DA, Clark B, Jumpponen A. Amorpha canescens and Andropogon gerardii recruit comparable foliar fungal communities across the steep precipitation gradient in Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 2023;126:31-50.
Weickert N. Are we there yet: Assessing trajectories of two restored prairies to target native prairies over a decadal time frame. Department of Biology. 2023;MS Thesis.
Wilcox KR, Collins SL, Knapp AK, et al. Assessing carbon storage capacity and saturation across six central US grasslands using data–model integration. Biogeosciences. 2023;20(13):2707 - 2725. doi:10.5194/bg-20-2707-2023.
Anguiano NV. Bison and cattle impacts on grassland soil microbial and ecosystem properties. Department of Biology. 2023;MS Thesis.
Dee LE, Ferraro PJ, Severen C, et al. Clarifying the effect of biodiversity on productivity in natural ecosystems with longitudinal data and new methods for causal inference. Nature Communications. 2023;14. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37194-5.
Bakker JD, Price JN, Henning JA, et al. Compositional variation in grassland plant communities. Ecosphere. 2023;14(6):e4542. doi:10.1002/ecs2.v14.610.1002/ecs2.4542.
Gray JE, Smith MD. Contrasting intra‐annual population dynamics of two codominant species are consistent across spatial and temporal scales. Journal of Ecology. 2023;111(3):676-686. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.14055.
Mohankumar NM, Hefley TJ, Silber KM, Boyle WA. Data fusion of distance sampling and capture-recapture data. Journal of Spatial Statistics. 2023;55:100756. doi:10.1016/j.spasta.2023.100756.
Wisnoski NI, Andrade R, Castorani MCN, et al. Diversity–stability relationships across organism groups and ecosystem types become decoupled across spatial scales. Ecology. 2023;104(9):e4136. doi:10.1002/ecy.v104.910.1002/ecy.4136.
Sadayappan K, Keen R, Jarecke KM, et al. Drier streams despite a wetter climate in woody-encroached grasslands. Journal of Hydrology. 2023;627:130388. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.130388.
Ling B, Raynor EJ, Joern A, Goodin DG. Dynamic plant–herbivore interactions between bison space use and vegetation heterogeneity in a tallgrass prairie. Remote Sensing. 2023;15(22):5269. doi:10.3390/rs15225269.
Noble B. Early detection of wildfire risk in the Great Plains: merging machine learning, landscape metrics, and rich data sources. Department of Biology. 2023;MS Thesis. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/bitstream/handle/2097/43444/BrynnNoble2023.pdf?sequence=3.
Keen R. Ecohydrological implications of clonal shrub encroachment in tallgrass prairie. Department of Biology. 2023;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/handle/2097/43279.

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