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In Press
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.
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.
2025
Leuthold SJ, Soong JL, Even RJ, M. Cotrufo F. Decadal persistence of grassland soil organic matter derived from litter and pyrogenic inputs. Nature Geoscience. 2025. doi:10.1038/s41561-025-01638-y.
Butters J, Maynard E, Spiesman BJ, Kim TN. Fire frequency and bison presence have direct and indirect effects on below- and above- ground nesting bee communities in tallgrass prairies. Biodiversity and Conservation. 2025;(10). doi:10.1007/s10531-025-03086-x.
Anhold C, Hatley C, Alcantar-Velasquez E, et al. Grassland woody encroachment alters subsurface mineral weathering and groundwater composition in a carbonate system. Chemical Geology. 2025;673. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.122522.
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, 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.
Slapikas R, Pau S, Donnelly RC, et al. Grass evolutionary lineages can be identified using hyperspectral leaf reflectance. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2024;129(2):e2023JG007852. doi:10.1029/2023JG007852.
Donnelly RC, Nippert JB, Wedel ER, Ferguson CJ. Grass leaf structural and stomatal trait responses to climate gradients assessed over the 20th century and across the Great Plains, USA. AoB PLANTS. 2024;16(5):plae055. doi:10.1093/aobpla/plae055.
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.
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. 2024;112(10):2237-2248. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.14390.
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.
Duell EB, Todd TC, Wilson GWT. Mycorrhizal‐herbivore interactions and the competitive release of subdominant tallgrass prairie species. Journal of Ecology. 2024. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.14351.
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 intensity. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 2024;5:276–294. Available at: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-024-00534-0.
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.
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.
Sadayappan K. Uncovering patterns and processes regulating stream water chemistry from catchment to continental scale. Environmental Engineering. 2024;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/20832kps5778.
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.
Jarecke K, Keen RM, Sadayappan K, et al. Woody encroachment modifies subsurface structure and hydrological function. ECOHYDROLOGY. 2024:e2731. doi:10.1002/eco.2731.
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(1-2):31-50. Available at: https://bioone.org/journals/transactions-of-the-kansas-academy-of-science/volume-126/issue-1-2/062.126.0107/Amorpha-canescens-and-Andropogon-gerardii-Recruit-Comparable-Foliar-Fungal-Communities/10.1660/062.126.0107.short.
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.
N. Anguiano V. Bison and cattle grazing influences on soil microbial N cycling and ecosystem N pools in annually burned tallgrass prairies. Department of Biology. 2023;MS Thesis. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2097/43647.
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.

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