Konza LTER Publications
Impacts of riparian and non-riparian woody encroachment on tallgrass prairie ecohydrology. Ecosystems. 2023;26(2):290-301. doi:10.1007/s10021-022-00756-7.
Impacts of woody encroachment on the fate of soil co2 in grassland watersheds. Department of Biology. 2023;MS Thesis.
. 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.
. 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.
. 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.
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.
. Using root and soil traits to forecast woody encroachment dynamics in mesic grassland.; 2023. doi:10.2172/2248061.
. 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.
. The amazing diversity of Poaceae: trait variation across space, time, and lineage. Department of Biology. 2022;MS Thesis.
. 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.
. 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.
. Biogeography of root-associated fungi in foundation grasses of North American plains. Biogeography. 2022;49(1):22-37. doi:10.1111/jbi.14260.
Climate change in grassland ecosystems: current impacts and potential actions for a sustainable future. In: CLIMATE ACTIONS - LOCAL APPLICATIONS AND PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS. 1st ed. CLIMATE ACTIONS - LOCAL APPLICATIONS AND PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS. CRC; 2022:36.
. 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.
. 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.
. 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.
. 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.
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.
. Do trade‐offs govern plant species’ responses to different global change treatments?. Ecology. 2022;103(6):e3626. doi:10.1002/ecy.3626.
Drought impacts on the microbiome in grasslands across the great plains: a story of legacy effects, resistance, and resilience. 2022;PhD Dissertation.
. The effects of drought on plant and soil microbial communities and functioning during tallgrass prairie restoration. 2022;PhD Dissertation.
. 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.
. 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.
. 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.