Konza LTER Publications
Seed source affects establishment and survival for three grassland species sown into reciprocal common gardens. Ecosphere. 2012;3:102 -. doi:10.1890/ES12-00223.1.
. Sensitivity of mean annual primary production to precipitation. Global Change Biology. 2012;18:2246 -2255. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02687.x.
. Septate endophyte colonization and host responses of grasses and forbs native to a tallgrass prairie. Mycorrhiza. 2012;22:109 -119. doi:10.1007/s00572-011-0386-y.
. Several grassland soil nematodes species are insensitive to RNA-mediated interference. Journal of Nematology. 2012;44:92 -101. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3593264/.
. Stability of tallgrass prairie during a 19-year increase in growing season precipitation. Functional Ecology. 2012;26(6):1450 - 1459. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01995.x.
Surprises and insights from long-term aquatic datasets and experiments. BioScience. 2012;62:709 -721. doi:10.1525/bio.2012.62.8.4.
Temporal scales of tropospheric CO2, precipitation, and ecosystem responses in the central Great Plains. Remote Sensing of Environment. 2012;127:316 - 328. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2012.09.012.
. 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.
The timing of climate variability and grassland productivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2012;109:3401 -3405. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20400.x.
. Tracking C and N flows through microbial biomass with increased soil moisture variability. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 2012;49:11 -22. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.01.030.
. 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.
. Woody encroachment decreases diversity across North American grasslands and savannas. Ecology. 2012;93:697 -703. doi:10.1890/11-1199.1.
. Zen of the Plains: discovering space, place, and self. 2012;PhD Dissertation:1 -276. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/13520.
. Abundance and spatiotemporal distribution of the non-native house mouse in native tallgrass prairie. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 2011;114:217 -230. doi:10.1660/062.114.0303.
. Abundance of introduced species at home predicts abundance away in herbaceous communities. Ecology Letters. 2011;14:274 -281. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01584.x.
Analysis of ribosomal RNA indicates seasonal fungal community dynamics in Andropogon gerardii roots. Mycorrhiza. 2011;21:453 -464. doi:10.1007/s00572-010-0358-7.
. Assessing fine-scale genotypic structure of a dominant species in native grasslands. The American Midland Naturalist. 2011;165:211 -224. doi:10.1674/0003-0031-165.2.211.
. Bud production and dynamics of flowering and vegetative tillers of the perennial grass Andropogon gerardii (Poaceae): the role of developmental constraints. American Journal of Botany. 2011;98:1293 -1298. doi:10.3732/ajb.1000264.
. Changes in variability of soil moisture alter microbial community C and N resource use. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2011;43(9):1837 - 1847. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.04.020.
. Complexity in climate change impacts: An analytical framework for effects mediated by plant disease. Plant Pathology. 2011;60:15 -30. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3059.2010.02409.x.
Cross-stream comparison of substrate-specific denitrification potential. Biogeochemistry. 2011;104:381 -392. doi:10.1007/s10533-010-9512-8.
Demography of female Greater Prairie-Chickens in unfragmented grasslands in Kansas. Avian Conservation and Ecology-Ecologie et Conservation des Oiseaux. 2011;6. doi:10.5751/ACE-00429-060102.
. Design and effectiveness of a novel trap for capturing nesting songbirds. Journal of Field Ornithology. 2011;82:425 -429. doi:10.1111/j.1557-9263.2011.00346.x.
. 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.
. Direct and indirect effects of central stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum) on mesocosm recovery following a flood: can macroconsumers affect denitrification?. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 2011;30:840 -852. doi:10.1899/10-169.1.
. Dissolved inorganic carbon in soil and shallow groundwater, Konza Prairie LTER Site, NE Kansas, USA. 2011;MS Thesis. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/1808/10386.
. Dynamic influences of nutrients and grazing fish on periphyton during recovery from flood. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 2011;30:331 -345. doi:10.1899/10-039.1.
. The effect of environmental harshness on neurogenesis: a large-scale comparison. Developmental Neurobiology. 2011;71:246 -252. doi:10.1002/dneu.20847.
. Effects of riparian woody vegetation encroachment on prairie stream structure and function with emphasis on whole-stream metabolism. 2011;PhD Dissertation. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/8545.
. Explaining temporal variation in above-ground productivity in a mesic grassland: the role of climate and flowering. Journal of Ecology. 2011;99:1250 -1262. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01844.x.
Fire resistance of tree species explains gallery forest community composition. Forest Ecology and Management. 2011;261:1530 -1538. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2011.01.044.
. From precipitation to groundwater baseflow in a native prairie ecosystem: a regional study of the Konza LTER in the Flint Hills of Kansas, USA. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 2011;15:3181 -3194. doi:10.5194/hess-15-3181-2011.
. Functional consequences of climate-change induced plant species loss in a tallgrass prairie. Oecologia. 2011;165:1109 -1117. doi:10.1007/s00442-011-1938-8.
A generalist grasshopper species (Melanoplus femurrubrum) is adapted to variable environments along a latitudinal gradient. 2011;MS Thesis. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/13093.
. Genetic parentage and local population structure in the socially monogamous Upland Sandpiper. Condor. 2011;113:119 -128. doi:10.1525/cond.2011.100100.
. Genomic and resistance gene homolog diversity of the dominant tallgrass prairie species across the U.S. Great Plains precipitation gradient. PLoS ONE. 2011;6:e17641. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017641.
Grasshopper fecundity responses to grazing and fire in a tallgrass prairie. Environmental Entomology. 2011;40:979 -988. doi:10.1603/EN10146.
. Hierarchical modeling of lek habitats of Greater Prairie-Chickens. Studies in Avian Biology. 2011;39:21 -32. Available at: https://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/documents/R2ES/LitCited/LPC_2012/Gregory_et_al_2011.pdf.
. Historical processes and landscape context influence genetic structure in peripheral populations of the collared lizard (Crotaphytus collaris). Landscape Ecology. 2011;26:1125 -1136. doi:10.1007/s10980-011-9631-1.
. Human-mediated selection on life-history traits of Greater Prairie-Chickens. Studies in Avian Biology. 2011;39:255 -266. Available at: https://alaska.usgs.gov/science/biology/landbirds/pdfs/McNew_etal_2011_sab2.pdf.
. Infiltration controls in a tallgrass prairie at a hillslope scale. 2011;MS Thesis:1 -126. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/13183.
. The influence of behavioral and landscape ecology on Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido) genetic structure and evolution. 2011;PhD Dissertation:1 -129. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/8530.
. An integrated conceptual framework for long-term social-ecological research. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2011;9:351 -357. doi:10.1890/100068.
Interannual variability of pollen productivity and transport in mid-North America from 1997 to 2009. Aerobiologia. 2011;27:181 -189. doi:10.1007/s10453-010-9186-7.
. Intraspecific Variation in Ecophysiology of Three Dominant Prairie Grasses Used in Restoration: Cultivar Versus Non‐Cultivar Population Sources. Restoration Ecology. 2011;19:43 -52. doi:10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00673.x.
. Land fragmentation under rapid urbanization: A cross-site analysis of Southwestern cities. Urban Ecosystems. 2011;14:429 -455. doi:10.1007/s11252-011-0157-8.
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.
. Late Quaternary environmental change inferred from phytoliths and other soil-related proxies: case studies from the central and southern Great Plains. Catena. 2011;85:87 -108. doi:10.1016/j.catena.2010.08.015.
. 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 plant growth responses across topographic gradients in tallgrass prairie. Oecologia. 2011;166:1131 -1142. doi:10.1007/s00442-011-1948-6.