Konza LTER Publications
] What drives grassland ecosystem multifunctionality: Grazing pressure or plant community parameters?. Functional Ecology. In Press.
Plant–microbial interactions facilitate grassland species coexistence at the community level. Oikos. 2020;129(4):533-543. doi:10.1111/oik.06609.
. Climate affects plant-soil feedback of native and invasive grasses: negative feedbacks in stable but not in variable environments. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 2019;7. doi:10.3389/fevo.2019.00419.
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.
. 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.
. Defoliation and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi shape plant communities in overgrazed semiarid grasslands. Ecology. 2018;99(8):1847 - 1856. doi:10.1002/ecy.2401.
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.
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.
Mycorrhizal symbioses influence the trophic structure of the Serengeti. . Journal of Ecology. 2018;106(2):536 - 546. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12916.
Plant functional group influences arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal abundance and hyphal contribution to soil CO2 efflux in temperate grasslands. Plant and Soil. 2018;432(1-1):157-170. doi:10.1007/s11104-018-3789-0.
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.
. Above- and below-ground responses of native and invasive prairie grasses to future climate scenarios. Botany. 2016;94(6):471 - 479. doi:10.1139/cjb-2015-0238.
Belowground interactions with aboveground consequences: Invasive earthworms and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Ecology. 2016;97(3):605 - 614. doi:10.1890/15-1085.
. Environmental extremes drive plant and soil community dynamics of native and disturbed grasslands. 2016;MS Thesis. Available at: https://shareok.org/handle/11244/49188.
. Mycorrhizal phenotypes and the law of the minimum. New Phytologist. 2015;205:1473 -1484. doi:10.1111/nph.13172.
Changes in plant community composition, not diversity, during a decade of nitrogen and phosphorus additions drive above-ground productivity in a tallgrass prairie. Journal of Ecology. 2014;102:1649 -1660. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12312.
. Did selective breeding of a non-native grass promote invasiveness?. 2014;MS Thesis. Available at: https://shareok.org/handle/11244/25654.
. Experimental evidence that invasive grasses use allelopathic biochemicals as a potential mechanism for invasion: Chemical warfare in nature. Plant and Soil. 2014;385:165 -179. doi:10.1007/s11104-014-2209-3.
. Restoration ecology: introduction in a “timely” manner. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 2014;95:274 -280. doi:10.1890/0012-9623-95.3.274.
. Patterns of diversity and adaptation in Glomeromycota from three prairie grasslands. Molecular Ecology. 2013;22:2573 -2587. doi:10.1111/mec.12268.
. Variation in root system traits among African semi-arid savanna grasses: implications for drought tolerance. Austral Ecology. 2013;38:383 -392. doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2012.02422.x.
. Arbuscular Mycorrhizae and Grassland Ecosystems. In: Biocomplexity of Plant-Fungal Interactions. Biocomplexity of Plant-Fungal Interactions. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell; 2012:59 -85. doi:10.1002/9781118314364.ch3.
. Controls on bud activation and tiller initiation in C3 and C4 tallgrass prairie grasses: the role of light and nitrogen. Botany. 2012;90:1221 -1228. doi:10.1139/b2012-091.
. Invasive warm-season grasses reduce mycorrhizal root colonization and biomass production of native prairie grasses. Mycorrhiza. 2012;22:327 -336. doi:10.1007/s00572-011-0407-x.
. Predicting plant responses to mycorrhizae: integrating evolutionary history and plant traits. Ecology Letters. 2012;15:689 -695. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01786.x.
. Mycorrhizal suppression alters plant productivity and forb establishment in a grass-dominated prairie restoration. Plant Ecology. 2011;212:1675 -1685. doi:10.1007/s11258-011-9940-0.
. Rhus glabra response to season and intensity of fire in tallgrass prairie. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 2011;20:709 -720. doi:10.1071/WF09127.
. Dominant grasses suppress local diversity in restored tallgrass prairie. Restoration Ecology. 2010;18:40 -49. doi:10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00669.x.
. Resource limitation is a driver of local adaptation in mycorrhizal symbioses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2010;107:2093 -2098. doi:10.1073/pnas.0906710107.
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.
. 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.
. Topsin-M: the new benomyl for mycorrhizal-suppression experiments. Mycologia. 2008;100:548 -554. doi:10.3852/08-024R.
. Consumptionof mycorrhizal and saprophytic fungi by Collembola in grassland soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2007;39:2594 -2602. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.05.004.
. Mycorrhizal-mediated phosphorus transfer between tallgrass prairie plants Sorghastrum nutans and Artemisia ludoviciana. Functional Ecology. 2006;20:427 -435. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01134.x.
The use of pasture reflectance characteristics and arbuscular mycorrhizal root colonization to predict pasture characteristics of tallgrass prairie grazed by cattle and bison. Grass and Forage Science. 2006;61:32 -41. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2494.2006.00505.x.
. Mycorrhizal symbiosis and insect herbivory in tallgrass prairie microcosms. Ecology Letters. 2005;81:61 -69.
. Fire effects on mycorrhizal symbiosis and root system architecture in southern African savanna grasses. African Journal of Ecology. 2004;42:1 -10. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2028.2004.00533.x.
. Interactive effects of burn regime and bison activity on tallgrass prairie vegetation. American Midland Naturalist. 2004;152:237 -247.
. Mycorrhizal symbiosis in the tallgrass prairie: above- and belowground linkages. 2003;PhD Dissertation:1 -211.
. The role of mycorrhizas in plant community structure and dynamics: lessons from grasslands. Plant and Soil. 2002;244:319 -331. doi:10.1007/978-94-017-1284-2_31.
. Effects of mycorrhizas on growth and demography of tallgrass prairie forbs. American Journal of Botany. 2001;88:1452 -1457. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21669678.
. Effects of ungulate grazers on arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis and fungal community structure in tallgrass prairie. Mycology. 2001;93:233 -242. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3761643?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents.
. Host plant species effects on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in tallgrass prairie. Oecologia. 2000;122:435 -444. doi:10.1007/s004420050050.
. The Effects of fire, mowing, and fertilizer amendments on arbuscular mycorrhizas in tallgrass prairie. American Midland Naturalist. 1999;142:55 -69. doi:10.1674/0003-0031(1999)142[0055:TEOFMA]2.0.CO;2.
. Interacting influence of mycorrhizal symbiosis and competition on plant diversity in tallgrass prairie. Oecologia. 1999;121:574 -582. doi:10.1007/s004420050964.
. Mycorrhizae influence plant community structure and diversity in tallgrass prairie. Ecology. 1999;80:1187 -1195. doi:10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1187:MIPCSA]2.0.CO;2.
. Belowground biology and processes. In: Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. New York: Oxford University Press; 1998:244 -264.
. Interspecific variation in plant responses to mycorrhizal colonization in prairie grasses and forbs. American Journal of Botany. 1998;85:1732 -1738.
. Effects of mycorrhizae on plant productivity and species abundances in tallgrass prairie microcosms. American Journal of Botany. 1997;84:478 -482. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21708601.