Konza LTER Publications
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.
. Contrasting shrub and grass hydraulic responses to experimental drought. Oecologia. 2024;204:931 - 941. doi:10.1007/s00442-024-05543-w.
. 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.
. Phenotypic plasticity and ecological memory in Andropogon gerardii: responses to simulated grazing pressure. Department of Biology. 2024;MS Thesis. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/items/bd2c8631-5a03-409c-ab70-9a791d2850d1.
. Repeated clearing as a mechanism for savanna recovery following bush encroachment. Journal of Applied Ecology. 2024;61(7):1520-1530. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.14666.
. Save or spend? Diverging water‐use strategies of grasses and encroaching clonal shrubs. Journal of Ecology. 2024;112(4):870-885. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.14276.
. Unexpected hydrologic response to ecosystem state change in tallgrass prairie. Journal of Hydrology. 2024;643:131937. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131937.
Drier streams despite a wetter climate in woody-encroached grasslands. Journal of Hydrology. 2023;627:130388. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.130388.
Ecohydrological implications of clonal shrub encroachment in tallgrass prairie. Department of Biology. 2023;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/handle/2097/43279.
. Evolutionary lineage explains trait variation among 75 coexisting grass species. New Phytologist. 2023;239(3):887. doi:10.1111/nph.18983.
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.
Intermittent streamflow generation in a merokarst headwater catchment. Environmental Science: Advances. 2023;2:115-131. doi:10.1039/D2VA00191H.
. Remotely sensed soil moisture can capture dynamics relevant to plant water uptake. Water Resources Research. 2023;59(2):e2022WR033814. doi:10.1029/2022WR033814.
Resource-use strategies of woody plants in grassy ecosystems. Department of Biology. 2023;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/items/4a62e6f9-df74-4f77-a9ea-c5a90861690a.
. Trajectories and state changes of a grassland stream and riparian zone after a decade of woody vegetation removal. Ecological Applications. 2023;33(4):e2830. doi:10.1002/eap.2830.
Using root and soil traits to forecast woody encroachment dynamics in mesic grassland.; 2023. doi:10.2172/2248061.
. The amazing diversity of Poaceae: trait variation across space, time, and lineage. Department of Biology. 2022;MS Thesis.
. 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.
. Climate variability supersedes grazing to determine the anatomy and physiology of a dominant grassland species. Oecologia. 2022;198:345–355. doi:10.1007/s00442-022-05106-x.
. Elevated CO2 counteracts effects of water stress on woody rangeland-encroaching species. . Tree Physiology. 2022:tpac150. doi:10.1093/treephys/tpac150.
. Embracing the dynamic nature of soil structure: A paradigm illuminating the role of life in critical zones of the Anthropocene. Earth-Science Reviews. 2022;225(91):103873. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103873.
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.
. 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.
. 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.
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.
Post-silking 15N labelling reveals an enhanced nitrogen allocation to leaves in modern maize (Zea mays) genotypes. Journal of Plant Physiology. 2022;268:153577. doi:10.1016/j.jplph.2021.153577.
. Reintroducing bison results in long-running and resilient increases in grassland diversity. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 2022;119(36):e2210433119. doi:10.1073/pnas.2210433119.
Root traits reveal safety and efficiency differences in grasses and shrubs exposed to different fire regimes. Functional Ecology. 2022;36(2):368 - 379. doi:10.1111/fec.v36.210.1111/1365-2435.13972.
. The unique canopy structure, leaf morphology, and physiology of Cornus drummondii. Department of Biology. 2022;MS Thesis. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/42162.
. Anatomical constraints on grass physiological responses depend on water availability. Department of Biology. 2021;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/41354.
. Consumer roles of small mammals within fragmented native tallgrass prairie. Ecosphere. 2021;12(3):e03441. doi:10.1002/ecs2.3441.
. Fire and browsing interact to alter intra-clonal stem dynamics of an encroaching shrub in tallgrass prairie. Oecologia. 2021;196(43):1039 - 1048. doi:10.1007/s00442-021-04980-1.
. Fire frequency, state change and hysteresis in tallgrass prairie. Ecology Letters. 2021;24(4):636-647. doi:10.1111/ele.13676.
. Is a prescribed fire sufficient to slow the spread of woody plants in an infrequently burned grassland? A case study in tallgrass prairie. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 2021;78:79 - 89. doi:10.1016/j.rama.2021.05.007.
. Spatial variation in soil microbial processes as a result of woody encroachment depends on shrub size in tallgrass prairie. Plant and Soil. 2021;460:359 - 373. doi:10.1007/s11104-020-04813-9.
. Spatio-temporal differences in leaf physiology are associated with fire, not drought, in a clonally integrated shrub. . AoB PLANTS. 2021;13(4):plab037. doi:10.1093/aobpla/plab037.
. State changes: insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network. Ecosphere. 2021;12(5). doi:10.1002/ecs2.v12.510.1002/ecs2.3433.
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.
. 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.
. Microanatomical traits track climate gradients for a dominant C4 grass species across the Great Plains, USA. Annals of Botany. 2020;mcaa146. doi:10.1093/aob/mcaa146.
. Drivers, mechanisms, and thresholds of wood encroachment in mesic grasslands. Department of Biology. 2019;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/40021.
. 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.
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.
. 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.
. Physiological and anatomical trait variability of dominant C4 grasses. Acta Oecologica. 2018;93:14 - 20. doi:10.1016/j.actao.2018.10.007.
. 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.
. Changes in spatial variance during a grassland to shrubland state transition. Journal Ecology. 2017;105(3):750-760. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12696.
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