Konza LTER Publications
Intermittent streamflow generation in a merokarst headwater catchment. Environmental Science: Advances. 2023;2:115-131. doi:10.1039/D2VA00191H.
. Multiple global change drivers show independent, not interactive effects: a long-term case study in tallgrass prairie. Oecologia. 2023;201(1):143–154. doi:10.1007/s00442-022-05295-5.
. Nothing lasts forever: Dominant species decline under rapid environmental change in global grasslands. Journal of Ecology. 2023;111(11):2472-2482. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.14198.
Nutrient addition drives declines in grassland species richness primarily via enhanced species loss. Journal of Ecology. 2023;111(3):552-563. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.14038.
Persistent decadal differences in plant communities assembled under contrasting climate conditions. Ecological Applications. 2023;33(2):e2823. doi:10.1002/eap.2823.
. Phytobiome stampede: Bison as potential dispersal agents for the tallgrass prairie microbiome. PhytoFrontiers™. 2023;3(3):512-517. doi:10.1094/PHYTOFR-01-23-0004-SC.
. Pleoardoris graminearum, gen. et sp. nov., a new member of Pleosporales from North American Plains, its biogeography and effects on a foundation grass species. Mycologia. 2023;115(6). doi:10.1080/00275514.2023.2258269 .
Remotely sensed soil moisture can capture dynamics relevant to plant water uptake. Water Resources Research. 2023;59(2):e2022WR033814. doi:10.1029/2022WR033814.
Repeated extreme droughts decrease root production, but not the potential for post‐drought recovery of root production, in a mesic grassland. Oikos. 2023;1:e08899. doi:10.1111/oik.08899.
. Riding out the storm: depleted fat stores and elevated hematocrit in a small bodied endotherm exposed to severe weather. . Conservation Physiology. 2023;11(1). doi:10.1093/conphys/coad011.
. Root distributions, precipitation, and soil structure converge to govern soil organic carbon depth distributions. Geoderma. 2023;437:116569. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116569.
Seasonal emission factors from rangeland prescribed burns in the Kansas Flint Hills grasslands. Atmospheric Environment. 2023;304:119769. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.119769.
. Stronger fertilization effects on aboveground versus belowground plant properties across nine U.S. grasslands. Ecology. 2023;104(2):e3891. doi:10.1002/ecy.3891.
The synergistic response of primary production in grasslands to combined nitrogen and phosphorus addition is caused by increased nutrient uptake and retention. Plant and Soil. 2023. doi:10.1007/s11104-023-06083-7.
Thirty years of increased precipitation modifies soil organic matter fractions but not bulk soil carbon and nitrogen in a mesic grassland. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2023;185:109145. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109145.
. Traits that distinguish dominant species across aridity gradients differ from those that respond to soil moisture. Oecologia. 2023;201(2):311 - 322. doi:10.1007/s00442-023-05315-y.
. 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.
Woody removal experiment on kings creek at konza prairie biological station. The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 2023;104(3):1 - 4. doi:10.1002/bes2.2089.
. Age-specific patterns of occurrence, density, and growth of two cyprinid fishes in headwater prairie streams. Southwestern Naturalist. 2022;65(3-4):205-215 . doi:10.1894/0038-4909-65.3-4.205.
. Assessing transport and retention of nitrate and other materials through the riparian zone and stream channel with simulated precipitation. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 2022;13(3):757 - 766. doi:10.1111/mee3.v13.310.1111/2041-210X.13791.
. Biogeography of root-associated fungi in foundation grasses of North American plains. Biogeography. 2022;49(1):22-37. doi:10.1111/jbi.14260.
Climate legacies determine grassland responses to future rainfall regimes. Global Change Biology. 2022;28(8):2639-2656. doi:10.1111/gcb.16084.
. Climate legacy effects shape tallgrass prairie nitrogen cycling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2022;127(10):e2022JG006972. doi:10.1029/2022JG006972.
. 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.
. Cross-site comparisons of climate change on drylands in the US Long-term Ecological Research network. BioScience. 2022;72(9):889 - 907. doi:10.1093/biosci/biab134.
Darksidea phi, sp. nov., a dark septate root-associated fungus in foundation grasses in North American Great Plains. Mycologia. 2022;11420164110338(2):254-269. doi:10.1080/00275514.2022.2031780.
Do trade‐offs govern plant species’ responses to different global change treatments?. Ecology. 2022;103(6):e3626. doi:10.1002/ecy.3626.
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.
Fire as a driver of fungal diversity — A synthesis of current knowledge. Mycologia. 2022;114(2):215-241. doi:10.1080/00275514.2021.2024422.
How and why grasshopper community maturation rates are slowing on a North American tall grass prairie. Biology Letters. 2022;18(1). doi:10.1098/rsbl.2021.0510.
. 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.
. Limited legacy effects of extreme multiyear drought on carbon and nitrogen cycling in a mesic grassland. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 2022;10(1):000093. doi:10.1525/elementa.2021.000093.
. Linking changes in species composition and biomass in a globally distributed grassland experiment. Ecology Letters. 2022;25(12):2699-2712. doi:10.1111/ele.14126.
Making sense of multivariate community responses in global change experiments. Ecosphere. 2022;13(10):e4249. doi:10.1002/ecs2.4249.
Microbial dispersal, including bison dung vectored dispersal, increases soil microbial diversity in a grassland ecosystem. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2022;13:825193. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2022.825193.
. 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.
Nutrient enrichment increases invertebrate herbivory and pathogen damage in grasslands. Journal of Ecology. 2022;110(2):327 - 339. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.13801.
Nutrient identity modifies the destabilising effects of eutrophication in grasslands. . Ecology Letters. 2022;259(4):754 - 765. doi:10.1111/ele.v25.410.1111/ele.13946.
Nutrients and herbivores impact grassland stability across spatial scales through different pathways. 28. 2022;8:2678-2688. doi:10.1111/gcb.16086.
Partitioning evapotranspiration in a tallgrass prairie using micrometeorological and water use efficiency approaches under contrasting rainfall regimes. Journal of Hydrology. 2022;608:127624. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127624.
. 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.
. Prairie stream metabolism recovery varies based on antecedent hydrology across a stream network after a bank‐full flood. Limnology and Oceanography. 2022;67(9):1986-1999. doi:10.1002/lno.12182.
. Precipitation effects on nematode diversity and carbon footprint across grasslands. Global Change Biology. 2022;28(6):2124-2132. doi:10.1111/gcb.16055.
Precipitation, not land use, primarily determines the composition of both plant and phyllosphere fungal communities. Frontiers in Fungal Biology. 2022;3:805225. doi:10.3389/ffunb.2022.805225.
Predation, parasitism, and drought counteract the benefits of patch-burn grazing for the reproductive success of grassland songbirds. Ornithological Applications. 2022;124:1–22. doi:10.1093/ornithapp/duab066.
Reciprocal transplant gardens as gold standard to detect local adaptation in grassland species: New opportunities moving into the 21st century. Journal of Ecology. 2022;110(5):1054-1071. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.13695.
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.