Konza LTER Publications
Climate variability in tallgrass prairie at multiple timescales: Konza Prairie Biological Station. In: Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response at Long-Term Ecological Research Sites. Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response at Long-Term Ecological Research Sites. New York: Oxford University Press; 2003:411 -424.
. A comparative assessment of potential mechanisms influencing plant species richness in grazed grasslands. Oecologia. 2003;137:385 -391. doi:10.1007/s00442-003-1360-y.
. Comparing denitrification estimates for a Texas estuary by using acetylene inhibition and membrane inlet mass spectrometry. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2003;69:5950 -5956. doi:10.1128/AEM.69.10.5950-5956.2003.
. Comparisons of land cover and LAI estimates derived from ETM+ and MODIS for four sites in North America: a quality assessment of 2000/2001 provisional MODIS products. Remote Sensing of Environment. 2003;88:221 -362. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2003.06.006.
Consequences of shrub expansion in mesic grassland: resource alterations and graminoid responses. Journal of Vegetation Science. 2003;14:487 -496. doi:10.1111/j.1654-1103.2003.tb02175.x.
. A cross-biome comparison of daily light use efficiency for gross primary production. Global Change Biology. 2003;9:383 -395. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00573.x.
Disturbance dynamics and ecological response: the contribution of long-term ecological research. BioScience. 2003;53:46 -56. doi: 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0046:DDAERT]2.0.CO;2.
. Dominant species maintain ecosystem function with non-random species loss. Ecology Letters. 2003;6:509 -517. doi:10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00454.x.
. An ecosystem in transition: Patterns and mechanisms of a shift in growth form dominance in mesic grasslands of central North America. 2003;MS Thesis:1 -80.
. Ecosystem significance of crayfishes and central stonerollers in a tallgrass prairie stream: Functional differences between co-occurring omnivores. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 2003;22:423 -441. doi:10.2307/1468272.
. Effects of burning on snakes in Kansas, USA, tallgrass prairie. Natural Areas Journal. 2003;23:315 -319. Available at: http://www.naturalareas.org/docs/v23_4_03_pp315_319.pdf.
. Effects of fire, mowing and fertilization effects on density and biomass of macroinvertebrates in North American tallgrass prairie soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 2003;35:1079 -1093. doi:10.1016/S0038-0717(03)00153-6.
. Effects of shrub encroachment and removal on plant community composition and ecosystem structure and function in a mesic grassland. 2003;MS Thesis:1 -109.
. Effects of spring burning and fungicide application on growth of warm season grasses and their pathogens in a native tallgrass prairie, greenhouse, and monoculture. 2003;MS Thesis:1 -56.
. An examination of the effects of grazing on vegetative and soil parameters in the tallgrass prairie. Transactions of Kansas Academy of Science. 2003;106:59 -70. doi:10.1660/0022-8443(2003)106[0059:AEOTEO]2.0.CO;2.
. Expansion of Juniperus in the Great Plains: Changes in soil organic carbon dynamics. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 2003;17:1062 -. doi:10.1029/2002GB001990.
. Experimental test of density corrections on CO2 flux as measured using open-path eddy covariance. Agronomy Journal. 2003;95:1393 -1403. doi:10.2134/agronj2003.1393.
. Factors affecting ammonium uptake in streams - an inter-biome perspective. Freshwater Biology. 2003;48:1329 -1352. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01094.x.
Grasslands of the North American Great Plains. In: Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science. Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science. New York: Kluwer; 2003:157 -174. Available at: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-007-0632-3_11.
. The importance of land-use legacies to ecology and conservation. BioScience. 2003;53:77 -88. doi:10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0077:TIOLUL]2.0.CO;2.
The influence of disturbance from military training activities on terrestrial-aquatic linkages in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem. Ecological Applications. 2003;13:432 -442. doi:10.1899/08-170.1.
. Insect diversity in two burned and grazed grasslands. Environmental Entomology. 2003;32:1099 -1104. doi:10.1603/0046-225X-32.5.1099.
. Interdecadal-scale variability: An assessment of LTER climate data. In: Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response at Long-Term Ecological Research Sites. Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response at Long-Term Ecological Research Sites. New York: Oxford University Press; 2003:213 -225.
. An introduction to climate variability and ecosystem response. In: Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response at Long-Term Ecological Research Sites. Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response at Long-Term Ecological Research Sites. New York: Oxford University Press; 2003:3 -19.
. Invasion of exotic plant species in tallgrass prairie fragments. Conservation Biology. 2003;17:990 -998. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.02107.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.
. Misuse of inorganic N and soluble reactive P concentrations to indicate nutrient status of surface waters. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 2003;22:171 -181. doi:10.2307/1467990.
. Mycorrhizal symbiosis and insect herbivory in tallgrass prairie. 2003;MS Thesis:1 -97.
. Mycorrhizal symbiosis in the tallgrass prairie: above- and belowground linkages. 2003;PhD Dissertation:1 -211.
. Nitrogen enrichment alters mycorrhizal allocation at five mesic to semiarid grasslands. Ecology. 2003;84:1895 -1908. doi:10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[1895:NEAMAA]2.0.CO;2.
. Pollination and floral scent biology of Phlox divaricata L. (Polemoniaceae). 2003;MS Thesis:1 -66.
. Population differences in effects of fish on Physia integra refuge use. American Midland Naturalist. 2003;150:51 -57. doi:10.1674/0003-0031(2003)150[0051:PDIEOF]2.0.CO;2.
. Productivity responses to altered rainfall patterns in a C4-dominated grassland. Oecologia. 2003;137:245 -251. doi:10.1007/s00442-003-1331-3.
. Rainfall timing, soil moisture dynamics, and plant responses in a mesic tallgrass prairie ecosystem. In: Precipitation Regimes and Terrestrial Ecosystems. A North American Perspective. Precipitation Regimes and Terrestrial Ecosystems. A North American Perspective. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press; 2003:147 -163.
. Relationships at the aboveground-belowground interface: Plants, soil biota, and soil processes. Ecological Monographs. 2003;73:377 -395. doi:10.1890/0012-9615(2003)073[0377:RATAIP]2.0.CO;2.
Responses of heterotrophic and autotrophic biofilms to nutrients in ten streams. Freshwater Biology. 2003;48:1031 -1049. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01067.x.
. Riparian impacts on water quality in eastern Kansas watersheds. 2003;MS Thesis:1 -89.
. The role of periphyton in phosphorus retention in shallow freshwater aquatic systems. Journal of Phycology. 2003;39:830 -849. doi:10.1046/j.1529-8817.2003.02081.x.
. Soil C and N responses to woody plant expansion in a mesic grassland. Plant and Soil. 2003;257:183 -192. doi:10.1023/A:1026255214393.
. Soil resources regulate productivity and diversity in newly established tallgrass prairie. Ecology. 2003;84:724 -735. doi:10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[0724:SRRPAD]2.0.CO;2.
. Spatial heterogeneity in the herbaceous layer of a semi-arid savanna ecosystem. Plant Ecology. 2003;167:319 -332. doi:10.1023/A:1023927512590.
. Spatial variation in brown-headed cowbird(Molothrus ater) abundance and brood parasitism in the Flint Hillstallgrass prairie. 2003;MS Thesis. Available at: https://www.k-state.edu/kscfwru/files/alumni/William%20E.%20Jensen%20Abstract.pdf.
. Temporal responses of NDVI to precipitation and temperature in the central Great Plains, USA. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 2003;24:2345 -2364. doi:10.1080/01431160210154812.
. Trematode infection alters the antipredator behavior of a pulmonate snail. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 2003;22:241 -248. doi:10.2307/1467995.
. Use of bison wallows by anurans on Konza Prairie. American Midland Naturalist. 2003;150:158 -168. doi:10.1674/0003-0031(2003)150[0158:UOBWBA]2.0.CO;2.
. Vegetation dynamics from annually burning tallgrass prairie in different seasons. Journal of Range Management. 2003;56:185 -192. doi:10.2307/4003903.
. Aboveground invertebrate responses to land management differences in a central Kansas grassland. Environmental Entomology. 2002;31:1142 -1152. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/0046-225X-31.6.1142 .
. Altered rainfall patterns affect belowground ecosystem processes in a tallgrass prairie. 2002;MS Thesis:1 -82.
. Altered rainfall patterns, gas exchange and growth in C3 and C4 grassland species. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 2002;163:549 -557.
Annual fire, mowing and fertilization effects on two cicadas (Homoptera:Cicadidae) in tallgrass prairie. American Midland Naturalist. 2002;148:90 -101. doi:10.1674/0003-0031(2002)148[0090:AFMAFE]2.0.CO;2.
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