Konza LTER Publications
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.
Plant responses to grazer-mediated habitat alterations in tallgrass prairie. 2015;MS Thesis. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/19065.
. Fire dynamics distinguish grasslands, shrublands, and woodlands as alternative attractors in the Central Great Plains of North America. Journal of Ecology. 2014;102:1374 -1385. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12311.
. 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.
Evidence of physiological decoupling from grassland ecosystem drivers by an encroaching woody shrub. PLoS ONE. 2013;8:81630 -. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0081630.
. 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.
. Variable effects of dipteran parasitoids and management treatment on grasshopper fecundity in a tallgrass prairie. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 2012;102:123 -130. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007485311000472.
. Differential responses to defoliation frequency in Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) in tallgrass prairie: Implications for herbivory tolerance and avoidance. Plant Ecology. 2011;212:1275 -1285. doi:10.1007/s11258-011-9904-4.
. 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.
. High leaf tissue density grassland species consistently more abundant across topographic and disturbance contrasts in a North American tallgrass prairie. Plant and Soil. 2010;337:193 -203. doi:10.1007/s11104-010-0515-y.
. 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.
. 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.
. 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.
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.
. Effects of grazing on growth and morphology of rhizomatous and caespitose grasses in tallgrass prairie. 2007;MS Thesis:1-65. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/398 .
. 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.
A comparative assessment of potential mechanisms influencing plant species richness in grazed grasslands. Oecologia. 2003;137:385 -391. doi:10.1007/s00442-003-1360-y.
. An examination of the effects of grazing on vegetative and soil parameters in the tallgrass prairie. Transactions of Kansas Academy of Science. 2003;106:59 -70. doi:10.1660/0022-8443(2003)106[0059:AEOTEO]2.0.CO;2.
. 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.
. Below-ground carbon and nitrogen accumulation in perennial grasses: A comparison of caespitose and rhizomatous growth forms. Plant and Soil. 2001;237:117 -127. doi:10.1023/A:1013316829961.
.