Konza LTER Publications
High propagule production and reproductive fitness homeostasis contribute to the invasiveness of Lespedeza cuneata (Fabaceae). Biological Invasions. 2009;11:1913 -1927. doi:10.1007/s10530-008-9369-0.
. The invasive Lespedeza cuneata attracts more insect pollinators than native congeners in tallgrass prairie with variable impacts. Biological Invasions. 2012;14:1045 -1059. doi:10.1007/s10530-011-0138-0.
. The influence of food perishability on caching behavior by the eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana). 1990;MS Thesis:1 -34.
. Limiting temperatures for urediniospore germination are low in a systemic rust fungus of tallgrass prairie. Mycologia. 2009;101:390 -394. doi:10.3852/08-102.
. Butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Konza Prairie Biological Station: An annotated checklist. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 2003;76:469 -476. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25086135.
. 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.
Nutrients, eutrophication and harmful algal blooms along the freshwater to marine continuum. WIRES Water. 2019;6(5):e1373. doi:10.1002/wat2.1373.
. Why coordinated distributed experiments should go global. BioScience. 2021;71(9):918 - 927. doi:10.1093/biosci/biab033.
Data model for system conceptualization in groundwater studies. International Journal of Geographical Information Science. 2010;24:677 -694. doi:10.1080/13658810902967389.
. Defoliation and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi shape plant communities in overgrazed semiarid grasslands. Ecology. 2018;99(8):1847 - 1856. doi:10.1002/ecy.2401.
. Wetlands may change tallgrass prairie from a sink to a source for atmospheric methane. . 1995:137 -141. Available at: http://images.library.wisc.edu/EcoNatRes/EFacs/NAPC/NAPC14/reference/econatres.napc14.jyavitt.pdf.
. Methane emissions to the atmosphere through emergent cattail (Typha latifolia L.) plants. Tellus. 1995;47(5):521 -534. doi:10.3402/tellusb.v47i5.16065.
. Aspects of methane flow from sediment through emergent cattail (Typha latifolia) plants. New Phytologist. 1998;139:495 -503. doi:10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00210.x.
. Land fragmentation under rapid urbanization: A cross-site analysis of Southwestern cities. Urban Ecosystems. 2011;14:429 -455. doi:10.1007/s11252-011-0157-8.
Tardigrades of the tree canopy: milnesium swansoni sp.nov. (Eutardigrada: Apochela: Milnesiidae) a new species from Kansas, U.S.A. Zootaxa. 2016;4072(5):559-568. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4072.5.3.
. Stoichiometric homeostasis predicts plant species dominance, temporal stability and responses to global change. Ecology. 2015;96(9):2335. doi:10.1890/14-1897.1.
. Optimal staining and sample storage time for direct microscopic enumeration of total and active bacteria in soil with two fluorescent dyes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 1995;61:3367 -3372. Available at: http://aem.asm.org/content/61/9/3367.short.
. Plant responses to grazer-mediated habitat alterations in tallgrass prairie. 2015;MS Thesis. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/19065.
. Environmental extremes drive plant and soil community dynamics of native and disturbed grasslands. 2016;MS Thesis. Available at: https://shareok.org/handle/11244/49188.
. Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae and greenhouse production of three native tallgrass prairie forbs. Restoration and Management Notes. 1985;31:24 -.
. Plant production and the biomass of soil microorganisms in late-successional ecosystems: A continental-scale study. Ecology. 1994;75:2333 -2347. doi:10.2307/1940888.
A study of grass structure and function in response to drought and grazing. Department of Biology. 2021;MS Thesis. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/41514.
. Altered precipitation regime affects the function and composition of soil microbial communities on multiple time scales. Ecology. 2013;94:2334 -2345. doi:10.1890/12-2018.1.
Microbial responses to nitrogen addition in three contrasting grassland ecosystems. Oecologia. 2007;154:349 -359. doi:10.1007/s00442-007-0836-6.
. Stream microbial diversity in response to environmental changes: review and synthesis of existing research. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2015;6. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.00454.
. Gibberella konza (Fusarium konzum) sp nov from prairie grasses, a new species in the Gibberella fujikuroi species complex. Mycologia. 2004;95:943 -954. Available at: http://www.mycologia.org/content/95/5/943.short.
. Trichoderma biofertilizer links to altered soil chemistry, altered microbial communities, and improved grassland biomass. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2018;9:848. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.00848.
Small vegetation gaps increase reseeded yellow-flowered alfalfa performance and production in native grasslands. Basic and Applied Ecology. 2017;24:41 - 52. doi:10.1016/j.baae.2017.08.002.
. Phosphorus and mowing improve native alfalfa establishment, facilitating restoration of grassland productivity and diversity. Land Degradation & Development. 2019;30(6):647 - 657. doi:10.1002/ldr.v30.610.1002/ldr.3251.
. Following legume establishment, microbial and chemical associations facilitate improved productivity in degraded grasslands. Plant and Soil. 2019;443:273 - 292. doi:10.1007/s11104-019-04169-9.
Evaluation of numerical integration methods for kernel averaged predictors. Department of Statistics. 2019;MS Thesis. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/2097/40024/CongxingZhu2019.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y.
. Non-passerine breeding birds of Konza Prairie. Kansas Ornithological Society Bulletin. 1987;38:29 -33.
. Emlen transects in Kansas habitats. Kansas Ornithological Society Bulletin. 1977;28:18 -21.
. Birds of Konza Prairie Research Natural Area, Kansas. The Prairie Naturalist. 1985;17:185 -192.
. Comparisons of water consumption between two grassland emberizids. The Prairie Naturalist. 1996;27:215 -222.
. The Birds of Konza: Avian Ecology of the Tallgrass Prairie. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas; 1993:176 -.
. Passerine breeding birds of Konza Prairie. Kansas Ornithology Society Bulletin. 1989;40:23 -28.
. Nesting success of dickcissels (Spiza americana ) in preferred and less preferred habitats. The Auk. 1982;99:292 -298. doi:http://www.jstor.org/stable/4085976.
. Cowbird parasitism of dickcissels in different habitats and at different nest densities. The Wilson Bulletin. 1983;95:7 -22. doi:http://www.jstor.org/stable/4161714.
. Breeding season habitat selection by the Henslow's sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii) in Kansas. The Wilson Bulletin. 1988;100:17 -24. doi:http://www.jstor.org/stable/4162513.
. . Nest predation and its relationship to habitat and nest density in dickcissels. The Condor. 1984;86:68 -72. doi:10.2307/1367348.
. Density-independent factors affecting the avian diversity of the tallgrass prairie community. Wilson Bulletin. 1992;104:85 -94. doi:http://www.jstor.org/stable/4163118.
. Avian community responses to fire, grazing and drought in the tallgrass prairie. In: Ecology and Conservation of Great Plains Vertebrates. Ecology and Conservation of Great Plains Vertebrates. New York: Springer Verlag; 1997:167 -180. doi:10.1007/978-1-4757-2703-6_7.
. State changes: insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network. Ecosphere. 2021;12(5):e03433. doi:10.1002/ecs2.v12.510.1002/ecs2.3433.