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2022
Broderick CM. 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.
2019
Verheijen BHF, Clipp HL, Bartolo AJ, Jensen WE, Sandercock BK. Effects of patch-burn grazing on breeding density and territory size of Dickcissels. Avian Conservation and Ecology. 2019;14(1):7. doi:10.5751/ACE-01343-140107.
Ling BH, Goodin DG, Raynor EJ, Joern A. Hyperspectral analysis of leaf pigments and nutritional elements in tallgrass prairie vegetation. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2019;10. doi:10.3389/fpls.2019.00142.
2017
O’Keefe K, Nippert JB. 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.
Soong JL, Dam M, Wall DH, M. Cotrufo F. Below‐ground biological responses to pyrogenic organic matter and litter inputs in grasslands. Nicolson SW, Wright GA, Sala A. Functional Ecology. 2017;31(1):260 - 269. doi:10.1111/fec.2017.31.issue-110.1111/1365-2435.12693.
Welti EAR. Ecological networks of grassland plants and arthropods. 2017;PhD Dissertation. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/35284.
Verheijen BHF, Rintoul DA, Sandercock BK. Habitat guild drives variation in apparent survival of landbirds in the Great Plains. Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 2017;129:259-270. doi:10.1676/16-017.1.
Hoover DL, Knapp AK, Smith MD. Photosynthetic responses of a dominant C4 grass to an experimental heat wave are mediated by soil moisture. Oecologia. 2017;183(1):303-313. doi:10.1007/s00442-016-3755-6.
Bachle S. Physiological and morphological responses of grass species to drought. Department of Biology. 2017;MS Thesis. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/36188.
Jones SK, Ripplinger J, Collins SL. Species reordering, not changes in richness, drives long-term dynamics in grassland communities. Coulson T. Ecology Letters. 2017;20(12):1565. doi:10.1111/ele.12864.
2016
Rosenzweig ST, Carson MA, Baer SG, Blair JM. Changes in soil properties, microbial biomass, and fluxes of C and N in soil following post-agricultural grassland restoration. Applied Soil Ecology. 2016;100:186 - 194. doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2016.01.001.
Shanko AR. 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.
Dietrich JD, Smith MD. The effect of timing of growing season drought on flowering of a dominant C4 grass. Oecologia. 2016;181(2):391 - 399. doi:10.1007/s00442-016-3579-4.
Gómez JE, Lohmiller J, Joern A. Importance of vegetation structure to the assembly of an aerial web-building spider community in North American open grassland. Journal of Arachnology. 2016;44(1):28 - 35. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1636/P14-58.1.
2015
Soong JL, Cotrufo MF. Annual burning of a tallgrass prairie inhibits C and N cycling in soil, increasing recalcitrant pyrogenic organic matter storage while reducing N availability. Global Change Biology. 2015;21:2321 -2333. doi:10.1111/gcb.12832.
VanderWeide BL, Hartnett DC. Belowground bud bank response to grazing under severe, short-term drought. Oecologia. 2015;178(3):795-806. doi:10.1007/s00442-015-3249-y.
Avolio ML, Chang CC, Weis JJ, Smith MD. The effects of genotype richness and genomic dissimilarity of Andropogon gerardii on invasion resistance and productivity. Plant Ecology and Diversity. 2015;8:61 -71. doi:10.1080/17550874.2013.866990.
Sandercock BK, Alfaro-Barrios M, Casey AE, et al. Effects of grazing and prescribed fire on resource selection and nest survival of upland sandpipers in an experimental landscape. Landscape Ecology. 2015;30:325 -337. doi:10.1007/s10980-014-0133-9.
La Pierre KJ, Smith MD. Functional trait expression of grassland species shift with short- and long-term nutrient additions. Plant Ecology. 2015;216:307 -318. doi:10.1007/s11258-014-0438-4.
Zahner A. Plant responses to grazer-mediated habitat alterations in tallgrass prairie. 2015;MS Thesis. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/19065.
Veach AM, Dodds WK, Jumpponen A. Woody plant encroachment, and its removal, impact bacterial and fungal communities across stream and terrestrial habitats in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 2015;91(10):fiv109. doi:10.1093/femsec/fiv109.
2014
Kirkman K, Collins SL, Smith MD, et al. Responses to fire differ between South African and North American grassland communities. Journal of Vegetation Science. 2014;25:793 -804. doi:10.1111/jvs.12130.
Jumpponen A, Jones KL. Tallgrass prairie soil fungal communities are resilient to climate change. Fungal Ecology. 2014;10:44 -57. doi:10.1016/j.funeco.2013.11.003.
2013
Larson DM, Grudzinski BP, Dodds WK, Daniels MD, Skibbe AM, Joern A. Blazing and grazing: influences of fire and bison on tallgrass prairie stream water quality. Freshwater Science. 2013;32:779 -791. doi:10.1899/12-118.1.
Chang CC, Smith MD. Genotypic diversity of a dominant C4 grass across a long-term fire frequency gradient. Journal of Plant Ecology. 2013;6:448 -458. doi:10.1093/jpe/rtt006.
VanderWeide BL. Grazing and drought in tallgrass prairie: the role of belowground bud banks in vegetation dynamics. 2013;PhD. Dissertation. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/16622.
Gibson DJ, Baer SG, Klopf RP, Reed LK, Wodika BR, Willand JE. Limited effects of dominant species population source on community composition during community assembly. Journal of Vegetation Science. 2013;24:429 -440. doi:10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01475.x.
Carson M. Responses to long-term fertilization and burning: impacts on nutrient dynamics and microbial composition in a tallgrass prairie. 2013;MS Thesis. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/16029.
Reisinger AJ, Blair JM, Rice CW, Dodds WK. Woody vegetation removal stimulates riparian and benthic denitrification in tallgrass prairie. Ecosystems. 2013;16:547 -560. doi:10.1007/s10021-012-9630-3.
2012
Chang CC, Smith MD. Invasion of an intact plant community: the role of population vs. community level diversity. Oecologia. 2012;168:1091 -1102. doi:10.1007/s00442-011-2157-z.
Wilson GT, Hickman KR, Williamson MM. 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.
Bach EM, Baer SG, Six J. Plant and soil responses to high and low diversity grassland restoration practices. Environmental Management. 2012;49:412 -424. doi:10.1007/s00267-011-9787-0.
2011
Jumpponen A. Analysis of ribosomal RNA indicates seasonal fungal community dynamics in Andropogon gerardii roots. Mycorrhiza. 2011;21:453 -464. doi:10.1007/s00572-010-0358-7.
Blevins E, Wisely SM, With KA. Historical processes and landscape context influence genetic structure in peripheral populations of the collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris). Landscape Ecology. 2011;26:1125 -1136. doi:10.1007/s10980-011-9631-1.
Lambert AM, Baer SG, Gibson DJ. Intraspecific Variation in Ecophysiology of Three Dominant Prairie Grasses Used in Restoration: Cultivar Versus Non‐Cultivar Population Sources. Restoration Ecology. 2011;19:43 -52. doi:10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00673.x.
Blevins E, With KA. Landscape context matters: local habitat and landscape effects on the abundance and patch occupancy of collared lizards in managed grasslands. Landscape Ecology. 2011;26:837 -850. doi:10.1007/s10980-011-9612-4.
Kaufman GA, Kaufman DW. The least shrew on Konza Prairie Biological Station, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 2011;114:47 -58. doi:10.1660/062.114.0104.
Mohler R. Multi-scale burned area mapping in tallgrass prairie using in situ spectrometry and satellite imagery. 2011;PhD Dissertation. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/11986.
Bach EM, Baer SG, Meyer CK, Six J. Soil texture affects soil microbial and structural recovery during grassland restoration. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 2011;42:2182 -2191. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.08.014.
2010
Klug PE, Jackrel SL, With KA. Linking snake habitat use to nest predation risk in grassland birds: the dangers of shrub cover. Oecologia. 2010;162:803 -813. doi:10.1007/s00442-009-1549-9.
Kaufman GA, Kaufman DW. The meadow jumping mouse on Konza Prairie Biological Station, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 2010;113:209 -216. doi:10.1660/062.113.0308.
Tucker S. Morphological and physiological traits as indicators of drought tolerance in tallgrass prairie plants. 2010;MS Thesis. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/4628.
Jumpponen A, Jones KL, Blair JM. Vertical distribution of fungal communities in tallgrass prairie soil. Mycologia. 2010;102:1027 -1041. doi:10.3852/09-316.
2009
Kitchen DJ, Blair JM, Callaham MA. Annual fire and mowing alter biomass, depth distribution, and C and N content of roots and soil in tallgrass prairie. Plant and Soil. 2009;323:235 -247. doi:10.1007/s11104-009-9931-2.
Woods TM, Hartnett DC, Ferguson CJ. 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.
Reed HE, Blair JM, Wall D, Seastedt TR. 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.
Klug PE. 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 .
2008
Jonas JL, Joern A. Host-plant quality alters grass/forb consumption by a mixed-feeding insect herbivore, Melanoplus bivittauts (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Ecological Entomology. 2008;33:546 -554. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.01004.x.
Schmitt-McCain KN. Limitations to plant diversity and productivity in tallgrass prairie. 2008;PhD Dissertation:1 -137. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/726.
2007
Nippert JB, Knapp AK. Linking water uptake with rooting patterns in grassland species. Oecologia. 2007;153:261 -272. doi:10.1007/s00442-007-0745-8.

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