Konza LTER Publications
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.
. Limiting temperatures for urediniospore germination are low in a systemic rust fungus of tallgrass prairie. Mycologia. 2009;101:390 -394. doi:10.3852/08-102.
. Linking abundances of the dung fungus Sporormiella to the density of bison: implications for assessing grazing by megaherbivores in paleorecords. Journal of Ecology. 2013;101:1125 -1136. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12130.
. Linking benthic algal biomass to stream substratum topography. Journal of Phycology. 2007;43:449 -460. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00357.x.
. 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.
Linking gene regulation, physiology, and plant biomass allocation in Andropogon gerardii in response to drought. Plant Ecology. 2018;219(1):1 - 15. doi:10.1007/s11258-017-0773-3.
. Linking knowledge among spatial and temporal scales: Vegetation, atmosphere, climate and remote sensing. Landscape Ecology. 1988;2:3 -22. doi:10.1007/BF00138905.
. Linking plant growth responses across topographic gradients in tallgrass prairie. Oecologia. 2011;166:1131 -1142. doi:10.1007/s00442-011-1948-6.
Linking snake habitat use to nest predation risk in grassland birds: the dangers of shrub cover. Oecologia. 2010;162:803 -813. doi:10.1007/s00442-009-1549-9.
. Linking water uptake with rooting patterns in grassland species. Oecologia. 2007;153:261 -272. doi:10.1007/s00442-007-0745-8.
. Litterfall dynamics and element use efficiency in a Kansas gallery forest. The American Midland Naturalist. 1986;116:180 -189. doi:10.2307/2425950.
. Local adaptation, genetic divergence, and experimental selection in a foundation grass across the US Great Plains’ climate gradient. Global Change Biology. 2019;25(3):850 - 868. doi:10.1111/gcb.14534.
Local distribution of prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) on Konza Prairie: effect of topographic position. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 1995;98:61 -67. doi:10.2307/3628079.
. Local loss and spatial homogenization of plant diversity reduce ecosystem multifunctionality. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2018;2:50-56. doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0395-0.
Local polyploid variation in the native prairie grass Andropogon gerardii. American Journal of Botany. 1992;79:1229 -1232. doi:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2445049.
. Localized dynamics of earthworm populations in relation to bison dung in North American tallgrass prairie. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 1992;24:1471 -1476. doi:10.1016/0038-0717(92)90135-K.
. Lone star tick abundance, fire, and bison grazing in tallgrass prairie. Journal of Range Management. 1999;52:139 -144. doi:10.2307/4003507.
. Long and short-term effects of fire on nitrogen cycling in tallgrass prairie. Biogeochemistry. 1994;24:67 -84. doi:10.1007/BF02390180.
. Long- and short-term responses of Asclepias species differ in respect to fire, grazing, and nutrient addition. American Journal of Botany. 2018;105(12):2008-2017. doi:10.1002/ajb2.2018.105.issue-1210.1002/ajb2.1197.
The long shadow of woody encroachment: An integrated approach to modeling grassland songbird habitatAbstract. Ecological Applications. 2024;34(3):e2954. doi:10.1002/eap.v34.310.1002/eap.2954.
. Long-distance movements by Reithrodontomys megalotis in tallgrass prairie. The American Midland Naturalist. 1988;120:276 -281. doi:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2425999.
. Long-distance movements of the deer mouse in tallgrass prairie. Journal of Mammalogy. 2004;85:562 -568. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1644/1383956 .
. Longevity records show that Upland Sandpipers are long-lived birds. Wader Study. 2020;127(1):60 -64. doi:10.18194/ws.00177.
. Long-term biomass and potential ethanol yields of annual and perennial biofuel crops. Agronomy Journal. 2019;111(1):74 - 83. doi:0.2134/agronj2018.03.0172.
. Long-term changes in structure and function of a tropical headwater stream following a disease-driven amphibian decline. Freshwater Biology. 2015;60(3):575 - 589. doi:10.1111/fwb.12505.
Long-term climate sensitivity of grazer performance: a cross-site study. PLOS ONE. 2013;8:67065 -. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0067065.
. Long-term community dynamics of small landbirds with and without exposure to extensive disturbance from military training activities. Environmental Management. 2010;45:203 -216. doi:10.1007/s00267-009-9421-6.
. Long-term disturbance from fire and bison grazing modulates grasshopper species assemblages (Orthoptera) in tallgrass prairie. Ecology. 2005;86:861 -873. doi:10.1890/04-0135.
. Long-term ecological research in a human-dominated world. BioScience. 2012;62:342 -353. doi:10.1525/bio.2012.62.4.6.
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.
Long-term fire management history affects N-fertilization sensitivity, but not seasonality, of grassland soil microbial communities. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2018;121:231 - 239. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.03.023.
. Long-term nitrogen amendment alters the diversity and assemblage of soil bacterial communities in tallgrass prairie. PLoS ONE. 2013;8:67884 -. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0067884.
. Long-term patterns of mass loss during the decomposition of leaf and fine root litter: an intersite comparison. Global Change Biology. 2009;15:1320 -1338. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01837.x.
Long-term patterns of shrub expansion in a C4-dominated grassland: fire frequency and the dynamics of shrub cover and abundance. American Journal of Botany. 2003;90:423 -428. doi:10.3732/ajb.90.3.423.
. Long-term research and the dynamics of bird populations and communities: an overview. Auk. 2001;118:583 -588. doi:10.1642/0004-8038(2001)118[0583:LTRATD]2.0.CO;2.
. Long-term research in stream ecology. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 1985;66:346 -353. doi:http://www.jstor.org/stable/20166454.
. Long-term response patterns of tallgrass prairie to frequent summer burning. Rangeland Ecology and Management. 2008;61:509 -520. doi:10.2111/08-043.1.
. Long-term responses of the grassland co-dominants Andropogon gerardii and Sorghastrum nutans to changes in climate and management. Plant Ecology. 2002;163:15 -22. doi:10.1023/A:1020320214750.
. Long-term study of abundance of the hispid cotton rat in native tallgrass prairie. Journal of Mammalogy. 2005;86:670 -676. doi:10.1644/1545-1542(2005)086[0670:LSOAOT]2.0.CO;2.
. Long-term variation in abundance of Elliot's short-tailed shrew (Blarina hylophaga) in tallgrass prairie. Journal of Mammalogy. 2002;83:280 -289. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1644/1545-1542(2002)083<0280:LTVIAO>2.0.CO;2 2.
. A long‐term study of burning effects on a plant pathogen in tallgrass prairie. Plant Pathology. 2017;66(8):1308–1317. doi:10.1111/ppa.12678.
Loss of a large grazer impacts savanna grassland plant communities similarly in North America and South Africa. Oecologia. 2014;175:293 -303. doi:10.1007/s00442-014-2895-9.
Low biodiversity of small mammals in soybean fields in the northern Flint Hills, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 2017;120(3-4):175 - 182. doi:10.1660/062.120.0404.
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