Konza LTER Publications
Variation in root system traits among African semi-arid savanna grasses: implications for drought tolerance. Austral Ecology. 2013;38:383 -392. doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2012.02422.x.
. Changes in plant community composition, not diversity, during a decade of nitrogen and phosphorus additions drive above-ground productivity in a tallgrass prairie. Journal of Ecology. 2014;102:1649 -1660. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12312.
Did selective breeding of a non-native grass promote invasiveness?. 2014;MS Thesis. Available at: https://shareok.org/handle/11244/25654.
. Experimental evidence that invasive grasses use allelopathic biochemicals as a potential mechanism for invasion: Chemical warfare in nature. Plant and Soil. 2014;385:165 -179. doi:10.1007/s11104-014-2209-3.
. Restoration ecology: introduction in a “timely” manner. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 2014;95:274 -280. doi:10.1890/0012-9623-95.3.274.
. Mycorrhizal phenotypes and the law of the minimum. New Phytologist. 2015;205:1473 -1484. doi:10.1111/nph.13172.
. Above- and below-ground responses of native and invasive prairie grasses to future climate scenarios. Botany. 2016;94(6):471 - 479. doi:10.1139/cjb-2015-0238.
. Belowground interactions with aboveground consequences: Invasive earthworms and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Ecology. 2016;97(3):605 - 614. doi:10.1890/15-1085.
. Small vegetation gaps increase reseeded yellow-flowered alfalfa performance and production in native grasslands. Basic and Applied Ecology. 2017;24:41 - 52. doi:10.1016/j.baae.2017.08.002.
. Defoliation and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi shape plant communities in overgrazed semiarid grasslands. Ecology. 2018;99(8):1847 - 1856. doi:10.1002/ecy.2401.
. Evolutionary history of plant hosts and fungal symbionts predicts the strength of mycorrhizal mutualism. Communications Biology. 2018;116(1). doi:10.1038/s42003-018-0120-9.
Long-term effects of grazing and topography on extra-radical hyphae of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in semi-arid grasslands. Mycorrhiza. 2018;28(2):117 - 127. doi:10.1007/s00572-017-0812-x.
Mycorrhizal symbioses influence the trophic structure of the Serengeti. . Journal of Ecology. 2018;106(2):536 - 546. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12916.
Plant functional group influences arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal abundance and hyphal contribution to soil CO2 efflux in temperate grasslands. Plant and Soil. 2018;432(1-1):157-170. doi:10.1007/s11104-018-3789-0.
Trichoderma biofertilizer links to altered soil chemistry, altered microbial communities, and improved grassland biomass. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2018;9:848. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.00848.
Climate affects plant-soil feedback of native and invasive grasses: negative feedbacks in stable but not in variable environments. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 2019;7. doi:10.3389/fevo.2019.00419.
. Following legume establishment, microbial and chemical associations facilitate improved productivity in degraded grasslands. Plant and Soil. 2019;443:273 - 292. doi:10.1007/s11104-019-04169-9.
Phosphorus and mowing improve native alfalfa establishment, facilitating restoration of grassland productivity and diversity. Land Degradation & Development. 2019;30(6):647 - 657. doi:10.1002/ldr.v30.610.1002/ldr.3251.
. Plant–microbial interactions facilitate grassland species coexistence at the community level. Oikos. 2020;129(4):533-543. doi:10.1111/oik.06609.
What drives grassland ecosystem multifunctionality: Grazing pressure or plant community parameters?. Functional Ecology. In Press.