Konza LTER Publications
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.
. Artificial avian nest Predation in a tallgrass prairie. 1999;MS Thesis:1 -87. Available at: https://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/handle/186419.
. Assessing grassland sensitivity to global change. 2015;PhD. Dissertation. Available at: https://mountainscholar.org/handle/10217/167147.
. Autogamy as a fertility assurance strategy for forbs in the tallgrass prairie. 1984;MS Thesis:1 -73. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/27366.
. Avian habitat selection in the attenuated riparian forest on the tallgrass prairie. 1988;MS Thesis:1 -57. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/22350.
. Avian response to golf course construction, hiking trails, and roadways in grasslands. 2001;MS Thesis:1 -213.
. A behavioral analysis of the plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius). 1991;PhD Dissertation:1 -117.
. Belowground bud banks as regulators of grassland dynamics. 2007;PhD Dissertation:1 -93. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/312.
. Belowground traits lack response to chronic nitrogen additions in the tallgrass prairie. Department of Biology. 2022;MS Thesis. Available at: https://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/Gora_uncg_0154M_13625.pdf.
. Biogeochemical consequences of landcover change in eastern Kansas. 2000;MS Thesis:1 -118.
. Biogeochemical response of U.S. Great Plains grasslands to regional and interannual variability in precipitation. 2002;PhD Dissertation:1 -151. Available at: https://mountainscholar.org/handle/10217/82139.
. Biogeographic influences on grassland community structure and function. 2015;PhD Dissertation.
. 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.
. Bison grazing patterns and plant responses on Kansas tallgrass prairie. 1990;MS Thesis:1 -57.
. Bison selectivity and grazing response of little bluestem and big bluestem in burned and unburned tallgrass prairie. 1993;MS Thesis:1 -38.
. Bison wallowing and its influence on the soil environment and vegetation characteristics in tallgrass prairie. 1999;PhD Dissertation:1 -104.
. Bison wallows: community assembly and population dynamics in isolated ephemeral aquatic habitats of the tallgrass prairie. 2004;PhD Dissertation:1 -102.
. Bud bank demography: Density of native grass meristems as a predictor of rangeland invasibility. 2012;PhD Dissertations. Available at: https://shareok.org/handle/11244/6850.
. Bud bank density regulates invasion by exotic plants. 2010;MS Thesis. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/11244/9198.
. 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.
. Calibrating vegetation cover and pollen assemblages in the Flint Hills of Kansas, USA. 2010;MS Thesis. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/4170.
. Canopy chlorophyll estimation with hyperspectral remote sensing. 2006;PhD Dissertation:1 -192. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/252.
. Canopy net carbon dioxide exchange by burned and unburned tallgrass prairie. 1988;MS Thesis:1 -76. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/22236.
. Carbon and nitrogen dynamics and microbial ecology in tallgrass prairie. 1992;PhD Dissertation:1 -194.
. Causes and consequences of species invasion and loss: the role of dominant species and diversity in maintaining ecosystem function. 2002;PhD Dissertation:1 -148.
. Changes in ecosystem function and effects of environmental complexity on foristic diversity during tallgrass prairie restoration. 2001;PhD Dissertation:1 -204.
. Changes in soil carbon dynamics during juniper expansion into tallgrass prairie. 2001;PhD Dissertation:1 -137.
. Characterizing groundwater flow through merokarst, northeast Kansas. 2018;MS Thesis. Available at: https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/bitstream/handle/1808/28017/Barry_ku_0099M_16194_DATA_1.pdf?sequence=1.
. Characterizing herbivore resistance traits in eight tallgrass prairie grasses. 1994;MS Thesis:1 -63.
. Characterizing woody encroachment in the konza prairie using object-based analysis of aerial photographs. 2016;MS Thesis. Available at: https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/handle/1808/24182.
. Climate change impacts on population dynamics in tallgrass prairie: implications for species codominance. 2017;MS Thesis. Available at: https://mountainscholar.org/handle/10217/181431.
. Climate forcings and the nonlinear dynamics of grassland ecosystems. 2010;MS Thesis. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/1808/6633.
. Climate legacies and restoration history as drivers of tallgrass prairie carbon and nitrogen cycling. Department of Biology. 2022;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/42101.
. Clonal biology of the caespitose grass Schizachyrium scoparium: mechanisms of intraclonal regulation and ecological success. 1996;PhD Dissertation:1 -108.
. The coevolution of society and invasivespecies: Sericea lespedeza in the Kansas Flint Hills. 2006;MA Thesis.
. Community and ecosystem changes in tallgrass prairie restorations: the effects of population source and diversity. 2013;PhD. Dissertation. Available at: http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/684/.
. Community composition and emergence phenology of Chironomidae (Diptera) in prairie streams with different flow regimes. 1988;MS Thesis:1 -77.
. Comparative breeding strategies of two coexisting passerines: Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii) and Bewick's wren (Thyromanes bewickii). 1987;MS Thesis:1 -52. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/22339.
. Comparative ecology of the C4 grassland co-dominants Andropogon gerardii and Sorghastrum nutans. 2000;MS Thesis:1 -85.
. The comparative floral ecology of seven species of Onagraceae in native tallgrass prairie (pollination). 1999;PhD Dissertation.
. Comparative learning abilities and foraging strategies of Dipodomys merriami and Chaetodipus intermedius. 1988;PhD Dissertation:1 -124.
. Comparative phylogeography of small mammals across the Great Plains Suture Zone highlights repeated processes of speciation and community assembly coincident with the 100th meridian. Department of Biology. 2022;MS Thesis. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/42395.
. A comparison of soil hydraulic properties on Konza Prairie burning treatments. 1989;PhD Dissertation:1 -87.
. A comparison of the functional role of crayfishes and central stonerollers in a tallgrass prairie stream. 2000;MS Thesis:1 -96.
. A comparison of the reproductive systems of the invasive Lespedeza cuneata (Dum.-Cours.) G. Don (Fabaceae) with three native congeners in the Flint Hills region of the tallgrass prairie. 2006;MS Thesis:1 -95.
. Computer modeling of water yield from Kings Creek watershed. 1988;MS Thesis:1 -95. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/36137.
. Consequences of conversion of native Mesic grassland to coniferous forest on soil processes and ecosystem C and N storage. 2007;PhD Dissertation:1 -200. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/253.
. A conservation and taxonomic assessment of the least shrew (Cryptotis parvus) complex through rangewide phylogeographic analyses and population genomics. Division of Biology. 2021;MS Thesis. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/41785.
. The contribution of mycorrhizal symbiosis to tallgrass prairie. 1991;PhD Dissertation:1 -73.
. 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.
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