Konza LTER Publications
Intra-seasonal precipitation patterns and aboveground productivity in three perennial grasslands. Journal of Ecology. 2007;95:780 -788. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01237.x.
. Intra-specific responses of a dominant C4 grass to altered precipitation patterns. Plant Ecology. 2013;214:1377 - 1389. doi:10.1007/s11258-013-0258-y.
. Intraspecific trait variability in Andropogon gerardii, a dominant grass species in the US Great Plains. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 2018. doi:10.3389/fevo.2018.00217.
. 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.
. Introduced species in Kansas: floristic changes and patterns of collection based onan historical herbarium. Sida. 2005;21:1695 -1725.
Invasibility of a mesic grassland depends on the time-scale of fluctuating resources. Journal of Ecology. 2015;103(6):1538 - 1546. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12479.
. Invasion in space and time: non-native species richness and relative abundance respond to interannual variation in productivity and diversity. Ecology Letters. 2004;7:947 -957. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00655.x.
Invasion of an intact plant community: the role of population vs. community level diversity. Oecologia. 2012;168:1091 -1102. doi:10.1007/s00442-011-2157-z.
. Invasion of exotic plant species in tallgrass prairie fragments. Conservation Biology. 2003;17:990 -998. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.02107.x.
. The invasive Lespedeza cuneata attracts more insect pollinators than native congeners in tallgrass prairie with variable impacts. Biological Invasions. 2012;14:1045 -1059. doi:10.1007/s10530-011-0138-0.
. Invasive warm-season grasses reduce mycorrhizal root colonization and biomass production of native prairie grasses. Mycorrhiza. 2012;22:327 -336. doi:10.1007/s00572-011-0407-x.
. Invertebrate, not small vertebrate, herbivory interacts with nutrient availability to impact tallgrass prairie community composition and forb biomass. Oikos. 2015;124:842 -850. doi:10.1111/oik.01869.
. Invertebrates, ecosystem services and climate change. Biological Reviews. 2013;88:327 -348. doi:10.1111/brv.12002.
Isolation and morphological and metabolic characterization of common endophytes in annually burned tallgrass prairie. Mycologia. 2010;102:813 -821. doi:10.3852/09-212.
. Jumping spiders nest in red plastic area marker flags in prairies of Northeastern Kansas. Prairie Naturalist. 1993;25:275 -.
. Juniper invasions in grasslands: research needs and intervention strategies. Rangelands. 2017;39(2):64 - 72. doi:10.1016/j.rala.2017.03.002.
. 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.
. The keystone role of bison in North American tallgrass prairie. BioScience. 1999;49:39 -50. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/bisi.1999.49.1.39.
Knowledge and tools to enhance resilience of beef grazing systems for sustainable animal protein production. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2014;1328(1):10 - 17. doi:10.1111/nyas.12572.
Konza Prairie Research Natural Area of Kansas State University. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 1988;91:24 -29. doi:10.2307/3628291.
. Lack of eutrophication in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem over 27 years. Ecology. 2014;95:1225 -1235. doi:10.1890/13-1068.1.
. Lakes and streams as sentinels of environmental change in terrestrial and atmospheric processes. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2008;6:247 -254. doi:10.1890/070140.
. Land cover change in eastern Kansas: litter dynamics of closed-canopy eastern redcedar forests in tallgrass prairie. Canadian Journal of Botany. 2001;79:214 -222. doi:10.1139/b00-159.
. 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.
Lands for long-term research in conservation biology. Conservation Biology. 1990;4:301 -308. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.1990.tb00292.x.
. 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.
. Landscape patterns in soil-water relations and primary production in tallgrass prairie. Ecology. 1993;74:549 -560. doi:10.2307/1939315.
. Landscape-level interactions between topoedaphic features and nitrogen limitation in tallgrass prairie. Landscape Ecology. 1995;10:337 -348. doi:10.1007/BF00130211.
. Landscape-level variation in temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon decomposition. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 2009;42:373 -375. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.10.024.
. Large and active CO 2 uptake by coupled carbonate weathering. Earth-Science Reviews. 2018;182:42 - 49. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.05.007.
. 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.
. Lateral bedrock erosion and valley formation in a heterogeneously layered landscape, Northeast Kansas. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 2021. doi:10.1002/esp.5172.
. Leaf gas exchange in Quercus macrocarpa (Fagaceae): rapid stomatal responses to variability in sunlight in a tree growth form. American Journal of Botany. 1992;79:599 -604. doi:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2444875.
. Leaf litter processing and the associated invertebrate fauna in a tallgrass prairie stream. The American Midland Naturalist. 1986;116:78 -86. doi:10.2307/2425939.
. Leaf optical properties in higher plants: linking spectral characteristics to stress and chlorophyll concentration. American Journal of Botany. 2001;88:677 -684.
. Leaf structural and photosynthetic pigment characteristics of three gallery-forest hardwood species in northeast Kansas. Forest Ecology and Management. 1987;22:261 -266. doi:10.1016/0378-1127(87)90110-1.
. Is leaf-level photosynthesis related to plant success in a highly productive grassland?. Oecologia. 1998;117:40 -46. doi:10.1007/s004420050629.
. Leaf-level responses to light and temperature in two co-occurring Quercus (Fagaceae ) species: implications for tree distribution patterns. Forest Ecology and Management. 1994;68:149 -159. doi:10.1016/0378-1127(94)90042-6.
. Learning capabilities enhanced in harsh environments: a common garden approach. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences. 2010;277:3187 -3193. doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.0630.
. 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.
. The least weasel on Konza Prairie Biological Station, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 2010;113:206 -208. doi:10.1660/062.113.0307.
. Legacy effects of a regional drought on aboveground net primary production in six central US grasslands. Plant Ecology. 2018;219(5):505 - 515. doi:10.1007/s11258-018-0813-7.
Life history and production of the riffle beetle, Stenelmis crenata (Say) (Elmidae), in a tallgrass prairie stream. Aquatic Insects. 2008;30:197 -204. doi:10.1080/01650420802331141.
. Life history, secondary production, and ecosystem significance of acridid grasshoppers in annually burned and unburned tallgrass prairie. American Entomologist. 2002;48:40 -49.
. Life history traits associated with body size covary along a latitudinal gradient in a generalist grasshopper. Oecologia. 2013;174:379 -391. doi:10.1007/s00442-013-2785-6.
. Life on the edge: the ecology of Great Plains prairie streams. BioScience. 2004;54:207 -281. doi:10.1641/0006-3568(2004)054[0205:LOTETE]2.0.CO;2.
. Life-history constraints in grassland plant species: a growth-defence trade-off is the norm. Ecology Letters. 2013;16(4):513 - 521. doi:10.1111/ele.12078.
Light interception and leaf area estimates from measurements of grass canopy reflectance. IEEE Transactions of Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 1986;GE-24:76 -82. doi:10.1109/TGRS.1986.289590.
. Limited effects of dominant species population source on community composition during community assembly. Journal of Vegetation Science. 2013;24:429 -440. doi:10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01475.x.
. 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.
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