Konza LTER Publications
Biotic and abiotic drivers of soil microbial community recovery and ecosystem change during grasslands restoration. 2009;MS Thesis. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/42361822_Biotic_and_Abiotic_Drivers_of_Soil_Microbial_Community_Recovery_and_Ecosystem_Change_during_Grassland_Restoration.
. Bud bank morphology, dynamics, and production in perennial grasses. 2009;MS Thesis:1 -93. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/1807.
. Centimeter-scale stream substratum heterogeneity and metabolic rates. Hydrobiologia. 2009;623:53 -62. doi:10.1007/s10750-008-9647-y.
. Challenges and approaches to statistical design and inference in high dimensional investigations. In: Plant Systems Biology, Methods in Molecular Biology Series. Plant Systems Biology, Methods in Molecular Biology Series. Totowa, NJ: The Humana Press Inc; 2009:181 -206. doi:10.1007/978-1-60327-563-7_9.
. Characterization of the water soluble soil organic pool following the rewetting of dry soil in a drought-prone tallgrass prairie. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 2009;41:21 -28. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.08.013.
. CO2 distribution in groundwater and the impact of groundwater extraction on the global C cycle. Chemical Geology. 2009;264:328 -336. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.03.018.
. Connectivity of the American agricultural landscape: Assessing the national risk of crop pest and disease spread. Bioscience. 2009;59:141 -151. doi:https://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2009.59.2.7.
. Consequences of climate variability for the performance of bison in tallgrass prairie. Global Change Biology. 2009;15:772 -779. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01769.x.
. Conservation of nitrogen increases with precipitation across a major grassland gradient in the Central Great Plains of North America. Oecologia. 2009;159:571 -581. doi:10.1007/s00442-008-1229-1.
. Contingent productivity responses to more extreme rainfall regimes across a grassland biome. Global Change Biology. 2009;15:2894 -2904. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01961.x.
. Controls of aboveground net primary production in mesic savanna grasslands: An inter-hemispheric comparison. Ecosystems. 2009;12:982 -995. doi:10.1007/s10021-009-9273-1.
Controls of aboveground net primary production in mesic savanna grasslands: An inter-hemispheric comparison. 2009;MS Thesis:1 -50. doi:10.1007/s10021-009-9273-1.
. Cross-site comparison of herbivore impact on nitrogen availability in grasslands: the role of plant nitrogen concentration. Oikos. 2009;118:1613 -1622. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17199.x.
. Discrimination of chemical stimuli in conspecific fecal pellets by a visually adept iguanid lizard, Crotaphytus collaris. Journal of Ethology. 2009;27:157 -163. doi:10.1007/s10164-008-0100-5.
. Disturbance frequency and functional identity mediate ecosystem processes in prairie streams. Oikos. 2009;118:917 -933. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.16849.x.
. Ecophysiological responses of two dominant grasses to altered temperature and precipitation regimes. Acta Oecologia. 2009;35:400 -408. doi:10.1016/j.actao.2009.01.010.
. The effects of fire frequency and grazing on tallgrass prairie productivity and plant composition are mediated through bud bank demography. Plant Ecology. 2009;201:411 -420. doi:10.1007/s11258-008-9562-3.
. Estimating annual net primary productivity of the tallgrass prairie ecosystem of the Central Great Plains using AVHRR NDVI. 2009;MS Thesis. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/1808/5393.
. Estimating the stage of incubation for nests of Greater Prairie-chickens using egg flotation: a float curve for grousers. Grouse News. 2009;38:12 -14. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228517269_Estimating_the_stage_of_incubation_for_nests_of_Greater_Prairie-Chickens_using_egg_flotation_a_float_curve_for_grousers.
. A framework for assessing ecosystem dynamics in response to chronic resource alterations induced by global change. Ecology. 2009;90:3279 -3289. doi:10.1890/08-1815.1.
. Grasses and Grassland Ecology. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 2009:320 -.
. Groundwater CO2: Is it responding to atmospheric CO2?. 2009;II:995 -998.
. Heteroduplex molecules cause sexing errors in a standard molecular protocol for avian sexing. Molecular Ecology Resources. 2009;9:61 -65. doi:10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02307.x.
. 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.
. Highly polymorphic microsatellites in the North American snakeweed grasshopper, Hesperotettix viridis. Journal of Orthoptera Research. 2009;18:19 -21. doi:10.1665/034.018.0111.
. Hippocampal volumes and neuron numbers increase along a gradient of environmental harshness: a large-scale comparison. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 2009;276:401 -405. doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.1184.
. Host associated genetic divergence and sexual isolation in the grasshopper Hesperotettix viridis (Orthoptera: Acrididae). 2009;PhD Dissertation:1 -127. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/1541.
. Impacts of management legacies on litter decomposition in response to reduced precipitation in a tallgrass prairie. Applied Soil Ecology. 2009;42:79 -85. doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2009.01.009.
. The influence of host ecology and land cover change on rabies virus epidemiology in the Flint Hills. 2009;MS Thesis. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/1819.
. The influence of land use on stream biofilm nutrient limitation across eight North American ecoregions. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 2009;66:1081 -1094. doi:10.1139/F09-065.
. Interactions between grassland birds and their snake predators: the potential for conservation conflicts in the tallgrass prairie. 2009;PhD dissertation:1 -126. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/2184 .
. Landscape-level variation in temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon decomposition. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 2009;42:373 -375. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.10.024.
. Laws, Theories, and Patterns in Ecology. Berkeley: University of California Press; 2009.
. 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.
. Long-term patterns of mass loss during the decomposition of leaf and fine root litter: an intersite comparison. Global Change Biology. 2009;15:1320 -1338. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01837.x.
Massively parallel 454-sequencing of Quercus macrocarpa phyllosphere fungal communities indicates reduced richness and diversity in urban environments. New Phytologist. 2009;184:438 -448. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02990.x.
. Mysterious mycorrhizae? A field trip and classroom experiment to demystify the symbioses formed between plants and fungi. American Biology Teacher. 2009;71:424 -429. Available at: https://ecommons.luc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=ies_facpubs.
Nitrate removal in stream ecosystems measured by 15N addition experiments: Total uptake. Limnology and Oceanography. 2009;54:653 -665. doi:10.4319/lo.2009.54.3.0653.
Nitrate removal in stream ecosystems measured by 15N addition experiments: Denitrification. Limnology and Oceanography. 2009;54:666 -680. doi:10.4319/lo.2009.54.3.0666.
Non-target and invasive species in rehabilitated production systems: Ecological impacts, management and future use. Environmental Management. 2009;43:189 -196.
Parent-absent begging in the Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater): the role of short-term need and nestmate size. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 2009;63:707 -717. doi:10.1007/s00265-008-0704-3.
. Plant pathogens as indicators of climate change. In: Climate and Global Change: Observed Impacts on Planet Earth. Climate and Global Change: Observed Impacts on Planet Earth. Elsevier; 2009:425 -437. Available at: http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADU515.pdf.
. Polymorphic microsatellite markers for the striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis, and other mephitids. Molecular Ecology Resources. 2009;9:383 -385. doi:10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02463.x.
. Soil aggregation and carbon sequestration are tightly correlated with the abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: results from long-term field experiments. Ecology Letters. 2009;12:452 -461. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01303.x.
. Spatial heterogeneity of denitrification genes in a highly homogenous urban stream. Environmental Science & Technology. 2009;43:4273 -4279. doi:10.1021/es9001407.
. Stream discharge and riparian land use influence in-stream concentrations and loads of phosphorus from Central Plains watersheds. Environmental Management. 2009;44:552 -565. doi:10.1007/s00267-009-9332-6.
. Thresholds in macroinvertebrate biodiversity and stoichiometry across water-quality gradients in Central Plains (USA) streams. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 2009;28:855 -868. doi:10.1899/08-113.1.
. Tough times call for bigger brains. Communicative and Integrative Biology. 2009;2:1 -3. doi:10.4161/cib.2.3.8099.
. Tracking the rhythm of the seasons in the face of global change: phenological research in the 21st century. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2009;7:253 -260. doi:10.1890/070217.
Transition and resilience in the Kansas Flint Hills. Online Journal of Rural Research and Policy. 2009;4.3:1 -28. doi:10.4148/ojrrp.v4i3.109.
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