Konza LTER Publications
Fire history as a key determinant of grassland soil CO2 flux. Plant and Soil. 2021;460:579–592. doi:10.1007/s11104-020-04781-0.
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Below‐ground biological responses to pyrogenic organic matter and litter inputs in grasslands. . Functional Ecology. 2017;31(1):260 - 269. doi:10.1111/fec.2017.31.issue-110.1111/1365-2435.12693.
. 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.
. Small mammals in anthropogenic brome fields as compared to native tallgrass prairie in the northern flint hills of kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 2017;120(3-4):157 - 169. doi:10.1660/062.120.0402.
. High dissimilarity within a multiyear annual record of pollen assemblages from a North American tallgrass prairie. Ecology and Evolution. 2016;6(15):5273 - 5289. doi:10.1002/ece3.2259.
. Shared drivers but divergent ecological responses: Insights from long-term experiments in mesic savanna grasslands. BioScience. 2016;66(8):666 - 682. doi:10.1093/biosci/biw077.
Tight coupling of leaf area index to canopy nitrogen and phosphorus across heterogeneous tallgrass prairie communities. Oecologia. 2016;182(3):889 - 898. doi:10.1007/s00442-016-3713-3.
. 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.
Cessation of burning dries soils long-term in a tallgrass prairie. Ecosystems. 2014;17:54 -65. doi:10.1007/s10021-013-9706-8.
. Loss of a large grazer impacts savanna grassland plant communities similarly in North America and South Africa. Oecologia. 2014;175:293 -303. doi:10.1007/s00442-014-2895-9.
Effects of fire, grazing and topographic variation on vegetation structure in tallgrass prairie. Journal of Vegetation Science. 2012;23:563 -575. doi:10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01369.x.
. A test of two mechanisms proposed to optimize grassland aboveground primary productivity in response to grazing. Journal of Plant Ecology. 2012;5:357 -365. doi:10.1093/jpe/rts020.
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.
. 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.
. 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.
. Net carbon fluxes over burned and unburned native tallgrass prairie. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 2010;63:72 -81. doi:10.2111/REM-D-09-00010.1.
. 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.
. Controls of aboveground net primary production in mesic savanna grasslands: An inter-hemispheric comparison. Ecosystems. 2009;12:982 -995. doi:10.1007/s10021-009-9273-1.
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.
. The effects of fire frequency and grazing on tallgrass prairie productivity and plant composition are mediated through bud bank demography. Plant Ecology. 2009;201:411 -420. doi:10.1007/s11258-008-9562-3.
. An ecosystem in transition: causes and consequences of the conversion of mesic grassland to shrubland. BioScience. 2005;55:243 -254. doi:10.1641/0006-3568(2005)055[0243:AEITCA]2.0.CO;2.
Long-term study of abundance of the hispid cotton rat in native tallgrass prairie. Journal of Mammalogy. 2005;86:670 -676. doi:10.1644/1545-1542(2005)086[0670:LSOAOT]2.0.CO;2.
. Belowground bud banks and meristem limitation in tallgrass prairie plant populations. American Journal of Botany. 2004;91:416 -421. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.3.416.
. 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.
. Long-distance movements of the deer mouse in tallgrass prairie. Journal of Mammalogy. 2004;85:562 -568. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1644/1383956 .
. C3 shrub expansion in a C4 grassland: positive post-fire responses in resources and shoot growth. American Journal of Botany. 2003;90:1496 -1501. doi:10.3732/ajb.90.10.1496.
. Disturbance dynamics and ecological response: the contribution of long-term ecological research. BioScience. 2003;53:46 -56. doi: 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0046:DDAERT]2.0.CO;2.
. Effects of fire, mowing and fertilization effects on density and biomass of macroinvertebrates in North American tallgrass prairie soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 2003;35:1079 -1093. doi:10.1016/S0038-0717(03)00153-6.
. Insect diversity in two burned and grazed grasslands. Environmental Entomology. 2003;32:1099 -1104. doi:10.1603/0046-225X-32.5.1099.
. Assessing the rate, mechanism and consequences of conversion of tallgrass prairie to Juniperus virginiana forest. Ecosystems. 2002;5:578 -586. doi:10.1007/s10021-002-0187-4.
. Fire behaviour as a key factor in the fire ecology of African grasslands and savannas. In: Forest Fire Research and Wildland Fire. Forest Fire Research and Wildland Fire. Millpress, Rotterdam Netherlands; 2002:204 -.
. Long-term responses of the grassland co-dominants Andropogon gerardii and Sorghastrum nutans to changes in climate and management. Plant Ecology. 2002;163:15 -22. doi:10.1023/A:1020320214750.
. Determinants of C3 forb growth and production in a C4 dominated grassland. Plant Ecology. 2001;152:93 -100. doi:10.1023/A:1011400101014.
. Fire in Eastern Ecosystems. In: Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Flora. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-42-vol2. Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Flora. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-42-vol2. Ogden, UT: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station; 2001:53 -96.
. . Disturbance frequency and community stability in native tallgrass prairie. The American Naturalist. 2000;155:311 -325. doi:10.1086/303326.
. Effects of fire and grazing on soil carbon in rangelands. In: The Potential of U.S. Grazing Lands to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect. The Potential of U.S. Grazing Lands to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect. Boca Raton, FL: Lewis Publishers; 2000:323 -342.
. Effect of spring burning on the surface energy balance in a tallgrass prairie. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 1999;97:43 -54. doi:10.1016/S0168-1923(99)00034-9.
. Effects of fire, browsers, and gallers on New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus herbaceous) growth and reproduction. American Midland Naturalist. 1999;141:51 -58. doi:10.1674/0003-0031(1999)141[0051:EOFBAG]2.0.CO;2.
. Effects of prairie fire and grazing on brown thrasher nest predation. . 1999:112 -119.
. . Determinants of soil CO2 flux from a sub-humid grassland: Effect of fire and fire history. Ecological Applications. 1998;8:760 -770. doi:10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0760:DOSCFF]2.0.CO;2.
. Long-term ecological consequences of varying fire frequency in a humid grassland. In: Fire in Ecosystem Management: Shifting The Paradigm From Suppression to Prescription. Fire in Ecosystem Management: Shifting The Paradigm From Suppression to Prescription. Tallahassee, FL: Tall Timbers Research Station; 1998:173 -178.
. Fire, N availability and plant response in grasslands: A test of the transient maxima hypothesis. Ecology. 1997;78:2559 - 2368. doi:10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[2359:FNAAPR]2.0.CO;2.
. Effects of management practices on nematode community structure in tallgrass prairie. Applied Soil Ecology. 1996;3:235 -246. doi:10.1016/0929-1393(95)00088-7.
. Retranslocation of shoot nitrogen to rhizomes and roots in prairie grasses may limit loss of N to grazing and fire during drought. Functional Ecology. 1996;10:396 -400. doi:10.2307/2390289.
. Influence of fire frequency and burning date on the proportion of reproductive tillers in big bluestem and indiangrass. . 1995:75 -78. Available at: http://images.library.wisc.edu/EcoNatRes/EFacs/NAPC/NAPC14/reference/econatres.napc14.etowne.pdf.
. Landscape-level interactions between topoedaphic features and nitrogen limitation in tallgrass prairie. Landscape Ecology. 1995;10:337 -348. doi:10.1007/BF00130211.
. Long and short-term effects of fire on nitrogen cycling in tallgrass prairie. Biogeochemistry. 1994;24:67 -84. doi:10.1007/BF02390180.
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