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Climate change in grassland ecosystems: current impacts and potential actions for a sustainable future. In: CLIMATE ACTIONS - LOCAL APPLICATIONS AND PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS. 1st ed. CLIMATE ACTIONS - LOCAL APPLICATIONS AND PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS. CRC; 2022:36. Available at: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/9781003048701-4/climate-change-grassland-ecosystems-jesse-nippert-seton-bachle-rachel-keen-emily-wedel.
. Grassland Ecology. In: Plant Sciences - Ecology and the Environment.Vol 8. Plant Sciences - Ecology and the Environment. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg; 2014:389-423.
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Abrupt transition of mesic grassland to shrubland: evidence for thresholds, alternative attractors, and regime shifts. Ecology. 2014;95:2633 -2645. doi:10.1890/13-1369.1.
. Assessing the potential for transitions from tallgrass prairie to woodlands: are we operating beyond critical transitions?. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 2016;69(4):280–287. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2016.03.004.
. Assessing the roles of fire frequency and precipitation in determining woody plant expansion in central U.S. grasslands. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences. 2017;122(10):2683–2698. doi:10.1002/2017JG004046.
. An assessment of diurnal water uptake in a mesic prairie: evidence for hydraulic lift?. Oecologia. 2017;183(4):963–975. doi:10.1007/s00442-017-3827-2.
. Bridging the flux gap: Sap flow measurements reveal species‐specific patterns of water use in a tallgrass prairie. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2020;125(2):e2019JG005446. doi:10.1029/2019JG005446.
. Browsing and fire decreases dominance of a resprouting shrub in woody encroached grassland. Ecology. 2020;101(2):e02935. doi:10.1002/ecy.2935.
. Cessation of burning dries soils long-term in a tallgrass prairie. Ecosystems. 2014;17:54 -65. doi:10.1007/s10021-013-9706-8.
. Challenging the maximum rooting depth paradigm in grasslands and savannas. . Functional Ecology. 2015;29(6):739 - 745. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12390.
. Changes in grassland ecosystem function due to extreme rainfall events: implications for responses to climate change. Global Change Biology. 2008;14:1600 -1608. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01605.x.
. Changes in spatial variance during a grassland to shrubland state transition. Journal Ecology. 2017;105(3):750-760. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12696.
. Changes in stomatal conductance along grass blades reflect changes in leaf structure. Plant Cell and Environment. 2012;35:1040 -1049. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02470.x.
. Climate change alters growing season flux dynamics in mesic grasslands. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 2012;107:427 -440. doi:10.1007/s00704-011-0484-y.
. Climate controls on grass culm production over a quarter century in a tallgrass prairie. Ecology. 2010;91:2132 -2140. doi:10.1890/09-1242.1.
. 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.
. Comment on "Global Resilience of Tropical Forest and Savanna to Critical Transitions". Science. 2012;336:541 -. doi:10.1126/science.1219346.
. Community traitscape of foliar nitrogen isotopes reveals N availabiity patterns in a tallgrass prairie. Plant and Soil. 2012;356:395 -403. doi:10.1007/s11104-012-1141-7.
. Comparative ecohydrology between Cornus drummondii and Solidago canadensis in upland tallgrass prairie. Plant Ecology. 2016;217(2):267-276. doi:10.1007/s11258-016-0567-z.
. Contrasting shrub and grass hydraulic responses to experimental drought. Oecologia. 2024;204:931 - 941. doi:10.1007/s00442-024-05543-w.
. Developing a conceptual framework of landscape and hydrology on tallgrass prairie: A critical zone approach. Vadose Zone Journal. 2018;17(1):1 - 11. doi:10.2136/vzj2017.03.0069.
Drivers of nocturnal water flux in a tallgrass prairie. . Functional Ecology. 2018;32(5):1155-1167. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13072.
. 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.
. Ecotypic responses of switchgrass to altered precipitation. Functional Plant Biology. 2012;39:126 -136. doi:10.1071/FP11229.
. Evaluating a Lagrangian inverse model for inferring isotope CO2 exchange in plant canopies. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 2019;276-277:107651. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.107651.
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.
. Evidence of physiological decoupling from grassland ecosystem drivers by an encroaching woody shrub. PLoS ONE. 2013;8:81630 -. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0081630.
. Fire dynamics distinguish grasslands, shrublands, and woodlands as alternative attractors in the Central Great Plains of North America. Journal of Ecology. 2014;102:1374 -1385. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12311.
. Foraging decisions underlying restricted space use: effects of fire and forage maturation on large herbivore nutrient uptake. Ecology and Evolution. 2016;6(16):5843–5853 . doi:10.1002/ece3.2304.
. Functional consequences of climate-change induced plant species loss in a tallgrass prairie. Oecologia. 2011;165:1109 -1117. doi:10.1007/s00442-011-1938-8.
Global diversity of drought tolerance and grassland climate-change resilience. Nature Climate Change. 2013;3:63 -67. doi:10.1038/nclimate1634.
Grazing by bison is a stronger driver of plant ecohydrology in tallgrass prairie than fire history. Plant and Soil. 2017;411(1):423-436. doi:10.1007/s11104-016-3048-1.
. Identifying the water sources consumed by bison: implications for large mammalian grazers worldwide. Ecosphere. 2013;4:23 -. doi:10.1890/ES12-00359.1.
. Impacts of riparian and non-riparian woody encroachment on tallgrass prairie ecohydrology. Ecosystems. 2023;26(2):290-301. doi:10.1007/s10021-022-00756-7.
Impacts of seasonality and surface heterogeneity on water-use efficiency in mesic grasslands. Ecohydrology. 2014;7:1223 -1233. doi:10.1002/eco.1455.
. The interactive effects of press/pulse intensity and duration on regime shifts at multiple scales. Ecological Monographs. 2017;87(2):198-218. doi:10.1002/ecm.1249.
. Intra-annual rainfallvariability and grassland productivity: can the past predictthe future. Plant Ecology. 2006;184:65 -74. doi:10.1007/s11258-005-9052-9.
. Intra-canopy leaf trait variation facilitates high leaf area index and compensatory growth in a clonal woody-encroaching shrub. Tree Physiology. 2022;42(11):2186–2202. doi:10.1093/treephys/tpac078.
. Intraspecific trait variability in Andropogon gerardii, a dominant grass species in the US Great Plains. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 2018. doi:10.3389/fevo.2018.00217.
. Kernel weight contribution to yield genetic gain of maize: a global review and US case studies. . Journal of Experimental Botany. 2022;73(11):3597 - 3609. doi:10.1093/jxb/erac103.
. Lack of eutrophication in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem over 27 years. Ecology. 2014;95:1225 -1235. doi:10.1890/13-1068.1.
. Linking plant growth responses across topographic gradients in tallgrass prairie. Oecologia. 2011;166:1131 -1142. doi:10.1007/s00442-011-1948-6.
Linking water uptake with rooting patterns in grassland species. Oecologia. 2007;153:261 -272. doi:10.1007/s00442-007-0745-8.
. N and P constrain C in ecosystems under climate change: role of nutrient redistribution, accumulation, and stoichiometry. Ecological Applications. 2022;32(8):e2684. doi:10.1002/eap.2684.
Photosynthetic traits in C3 and C4 grassland species in mesocosm and field environments. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 2007;60:412 -420. doi:10.1016/j.envexpbot.2006.12.012.
. Physiological and anatomical trait variability of dominant C4 grasses. Acta Oecologica. 2018;93:14 - 20. doi:10.1016/j.actao.2018.10.007.
. Physiological and growth responses of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) in native stands under passive air temperature manipulation. Global Change Biology-Bioenergy. 2013;5:683 -692. doi:10.1111/j.1757-1707.2012.01204.x.
. Physiological drought tolerance and the structuring of tallgrass assemblages. Ecosphere. 2011;2:48 -. doi:10.1890/ES11-00023.1.
. Poor relationships between NEON Airborne Observation Platform data and field‐based vegetation traits at a mesic grassland. Ecology. 2022;103(2):e03590. doi:10.1002/ecy.v103.210.1002/ecy.3590.