Konza LTER Publications
Assessing drought sensitivity across the shortgrass steppe biome. 2024;MS Thesis. Available at: https://mountainscholar.org/items/b679d2ab-f89d-4c15-8894-69f4d5e6a826.
. Hillslope evolution of heterolithic landscapes: investigating processes and controls on geomorphic development of staircase landscapes. Department of Geography. 2024;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/items/ce598de6-d389-4e99-8520-1cbcb240cbb9.
. Impacts of patch burn grazing on the invertebrate communities of Kansas rangelands. 2024;MS Thesis. Available at: http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/listing.aspx?styp=ti&id=47595.
. North American megafauna, friend or foe to woody encroachment across the Great Plains? Further exploring the American bison’s ecological role on plant communities. Department of Biology. 2024;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/items/2d3c8fa7-ad50-475d-a753-216ebeef5b0b.
. 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.
. The role of disturbance in Great Plains grassland community dynamics. 2024;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/listing.aspx?styp=ti&id=47590.
. Uncovering patterns and processes regulating stream water chemistry from catchment to continental scale. Environmental Engineering. 2024;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/20832kps5778.
. 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.
. Bison and cattle grazing influences on soil microbial N cycling and ecosystem N pools in annually burned tallgrass prairies. Department of Biology. 2023;MS Thesis. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2097/43647.
. Early detection of wildfire risk in the Great Plains: merging machine learning, landscape metrics, and rich data sources. Department of Biology. 2023;MS Thesis. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/bitstream/handle/2097/43444/BrynnNoble2023.pdf?sequence=3.
. 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.
. Ecosystem recovery from chronic fertilization: Biotic mechanisms underpinning soil nitrogen legacies in burned and unburned grasslands. Department of Biology. 2023;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/handle/2097/43281.
. Exploring global change impacts on plant-plant and plant-microbe interactions of grassland species. 2023;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/items/09d71f75-13c2-4a97-96ff-228931e9ab29.
. Grassland responses to seasonal shifts in water availability. 2023;PhD Dissertation. doi:https://api.mountainscholar.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/a7decffd-ba41-4d12-ae8e-19ce83a2ce3f/content.
. Grazing intensity and fire frequency effects on plant species and community characteristics in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem. Ecosystem Science and Managemen. 2023;MS Thesis. Available at: https://www.proquest.com/openview/27a46cdb27cab47bd99a5c7996b4e6c3/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y.
. Impacts of woody encroachment on the fate of soil co2 in grassland watersheds. Department of Biology. 2023;MS Thesis. Available at: https://scholarship.miami.edu/esploro/outputs/journalArticle/Impacts-of-woody-encroachment-on-the/991032085205202976.
. Prairie plant communities and their associated phyllosphere fungal communities change across the steep precipitation gradient in Kansas USA, though individual plant species’ phyllosphere communities may not. Department of Biology. 2023;MS Thesis. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/bitstream/handle/2097/43453/HannahDea2023.pdf?sequence=12.
. 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.
. Under the weather: mechanisms underlying avian responses to precipitation. Department of Biology. 2023;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/handle/2097/43041.
. The amazing diversity of Poaceae: trait variation across space, time, and lineage. Department of Biology. 2022;MS Thesis. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/items/d0ea3fc8-9c6e-4dab-b1fa-02b0d71029a9.
. 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.
. 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.
. 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.
. Data fusion and spatio-temporal approaches to model species distribution. Department of Statistics. 2022;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/42172.
. Defining, describing, and assessing growth determinacy as a mechanism of plant species codominance. 2022;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://api.mountainscholar.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/e9229126-0255-4b7d-aa9b-e1b3bedfc593/content.
. Drought impacts on the microbiome in grasslands across the great plains: a story of legacy effects, resistance, and resilience. 2022;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://mountainscholar.org/items/98fa639b-710c-4405-b2c7-78edabc4ef5a.
. The effects of drought on plant and soil microbial communities and functioning during tallgrass prairie restoration. 2022;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://www.proquest.com/openview/460feed5a57d701510c1f008d74e87bf/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y.
. Intermittent streamflow generation in a merokarst headwater catchment. Department of Geology. 2022;MS Thesis. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/42211.
. Response and recovery of grassland plant communities exposed to multiyear drought differs across a precipitation gradient. 2022;MS Thesis. Available at: https://api.mountainscholar.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/d7eb2bdf-6570-4232-abc4-8229e1c8f835/content.
. 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.
. 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.
. Direct and indirect drivers of grassland bird population declines and settlement decisions over broad spatial and temporal scales. Department of Biology. 2021;MS Thesis. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/41480.
. Fate of CO2 in tallgrass prairie watershed underlain by merokarst bedrock, Konza Prairie, Kansas, USA. Department of Geology. 2021;MS Thesis. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/41486.
. Impacts of compound precipitation extremes on belowground dynamics in a mesic grassland. Colorado State University. 2021;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://mountainscholar.org/handle/10217/234322.
. A multi-locus perspective reveals connections between island biogeography and evolutionary history of an endangered shrew (Sorex pribilofensis). Division of Biology. 2021;MS Thesis. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/41548.
. 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.
. Effect of land use and land use management on methane oxidation. Department of Agronomy. 2020;MS Thesis. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/40327.
. Effects of plant-soil interactions on grassland carbon dynamics in a changing world. Department of Biology. 2020;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://search.proquest.com/docview/2427237261?pq-origsite=summon.
. 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.
. The ecology of grazing lawns on the tallgrass prairie. Department of Biology. 2019;MS Thesis. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/39462.
. Environmental heterogeneity effects on diversity and nitrous oxide emissions from soil in restored prairie. Department of Plant Biology. 2019;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1683/.
. Evaluation of numerical integration methods for kernel averaged predictors. Department of Statistics. 2019;MS Thesis. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/2097/40024/CongxingZhu2019.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y.
. Grassland sensitivity to extreme drought: Assessing the role of dominant species physiology and community functional composition. 2019;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://mountainscholar.org/bitstream/handle/10217/197274/GriffinNolan_colostate_0053A_15495.pdf?sequence=1.
. Growing up prairie: Ecological drivers of grassland songbird nestling development. Department of Biology. 2019;MS Thesis. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/40070.
. Soil and microbial response to manipulated precipitation and land management. Department of Agronomy. 2019;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/39682.
. The thermal ecology of prairie stream fishes. 2019;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/39839.
. 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.
. Dissolved organic carbon dynamics in tallgrass prairie streams. 2018;MS Thesis. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/39153.
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