Konza LTER Publications
Contributions of the long-term ecological research program. BioScience. 1990;40:509 -523. doi:http://www.jstor.org/stable/1311319.
. Rust and drought effects on gene expression and phytohormone concentration in big bluestem. 2007; MS Thesis:1 -64. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/29867720_Rust_and_drought_effects_on_gene_expression_and_phytohormone_concentration_in_big_bluestem.
. Controls on Soil Organic Carbon Stocks and Turnover Among North American Ecosystems. Ecosystems. 2012;15(4):604 - 615. doi:10.1007/s10021-012-9534-2.
. Precipitation effects on nematode diversity and carbon footprint across grasslands. Global Change Biology. 2022;28(6):2124-2132. doi:10.1111/gcb.16055.
Drought suppresses soil predators and promotes root herbivores in mesic, but not in xeric grasslands. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2019;116(26):12883 - 12888. doi:10.1073/pnas.1900572116.
Fire as a driver of fungal diversity — A synthesis of current knowledge. Mycologia. 2022;114(2):215-241. doi:10.1080/00275514.2021.2024422.
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.
Functional differences between dominant grasses drive divergent responses to large herbivore loss in mesic savanna grasslands of North America and South Africa. Journal of Ecology. 2015;103:714 -724. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12376.
. Different clades and traits yield similar grassland functional responses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2017;114(4):705 - 710. doi:10.1073/pnas.1612909114.
. Convergent phylogenetic and functional responses to altered fire regimes in mesic savanna grasslands of North America and South Africa. New Phytologist. 2014;203:1000 -1011. doi:10.1111/nph.12846.
. Biogeographic influences on grassland community structure and function. 2015;PhD Dissertation.
. Global synthesis of the temperature sensitivity of leaf litter breakdown in streams and rivers. Global Change Biology. 2017;23(8):3064-3075. doi:10.1111/gcb.13609.
Climate modifies response of non-native and native species richness to nutrient enrichment. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 2016;3719371(1694):20150273. doi:10.1098/rstb.2015.0273.
A practical guide for combining data to model species distributions. Ecology. 2019;81:e02710. doi:10.1002/ecy.2710.
. Mycorrhizthe responses of tallgrass prairie grasses from a central and a relictual site to inoculation with arbuscular al fungi in native and foreign combinations (big bluestem, Andropogon gerardii, Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans), Kansas, Colorado). 1996;PhD Dissertation:1 -199.
. 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.
Cross-stream comparison of substrate-specific denitrification potential. Biogeochemistry. 2011;104:381 -392. doi:10.1007/s10533-010-9512-8.
A cross-system comparison of bacterial and fungal biomass in detritus pools of headwater streams. Microbial Ecology. 2002;43:55 -66. doi:10.1007/s00248-001-1020-x.
Birds wintering on the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area. . 1986:91 -94.
. Mammals of the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area, Kansas. The Prairie Naturalist. 1986;18:153 -166.
Hail damage to breeding birds and their nests on the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area. Kansas Ornithological Society Bulletin. 1982;33:29 -30.
. Male behavior, territory quality and female choice in the dickcissel (Spiza americana). 1983;PhD Dissertation:1 -79.
. Observations at a northern harrier nest. Kansas Ornithological Society Bulletin. 1984;35:24 -.
. Male dickcissel behavior in primary and secondary habitats. The Wilson Bulletin. 1984;96:672 -680. doi:http://www.jstor.org/stable/4162000.
. Post-silking 15N labelling reveals an enhanced nitrogen allocation to leaves in modern maize (Zea mays) genotypes. Journal of Plant Physiology. 2022;268:153577. doi:10.1016/j.jplph.2021.153577.
. 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.
. Precipitation amount and event size interact to reduce ecosystem functioning during dry years in a mesic grassland. Global Change Biology. 2020;26(2):658-668. doi:10.1111/gcb.14789.
. Carbon exchange responses of a mesic grassland to an extreme gradient of precipitation. Oecologia. 2018:1 -12. doi:10.1007/s00442-018-4284-2.
. Precipitation–productivity relationships and the duration of precipitation anomalies: An underappreciated dimension of climate change. Global Change Biology. 2021;27(6):1127 - 1140. doi:10.1111/gcb.15480.
. Plant responses to changing rainfall frequency and magnitude. Nature Ecology & Evolution. In Press.
Remotely sensed soil moisture can capture dynamics relevant to plant water uptake. Water Resources Research. 2023;59(2):e2022WR033814. doi:10.1029/2022WR033814.
Dissolved organic carbon concentrations in soil water collected in Tully soils from a tallgrass prairie. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 1989;92:121 -131. doi:10.2307/3628445.
. Productivity responses to altered rainfall patterns in a C4-dominated grassland. Oecologia. 2003;137:245 -251. doi:10.1007/s00442-003-1331-3.
. Grassland productivity limited by multiple nutrients. Nature Plants. 2015;1(7):15080. doi:10.1038/nplants.2015.80.
The growth and physiological responses of Silphium integrifolium to gall insect attack. 1992;PhD Dissertation:1 -102.
. Stomatal and photosynthetic responses to variable light in sorghum, soybeans and eastern gammagrass. Physiologia Plantarum. 1995;94:613 -620. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3054.1995.tb00975.x.
. Increased photosynthesis and water potentials in Silphium integrifolium galled by cynipid wasps. Oecologia. 1993;93:114 -120. doi:10.1007/BF00321200.
. Insect diversity in two burned and grazed grasslands. Environmental Entomology. 2003;32:1099 -1104. doi:10.1603/0046-225X-32.5.1099.
. Responses to short-term shade in soybean leaves: Effects of leaf position and drought stress. International Journal of Plant Science. 1998;159:805 -811. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2475151.
. Carbon and water relations of juvenile Quercus species in tallgrass prairie. Journal of Vegetation Science. 2001;12:807 -816. doi:10.2307/3236868.
Gallwasp (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) mortality in a spring tallgrass prairie fire. Environmental Entomology. 1993;22:1333 -1337. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ee/22.6.1333 .
. Branching responses in Silphium integrifolium (Asteraceae) following mechanical or gall damage to apical meristems and neighbor removal. American Journal of Botany. 2005;92:954 -959. doi:10.3732/ajb.92.6.954.
. Plant tolerance of gall-insect attack and gall-insect performance. Ecology. 1996;77:521 -534. doi:10.2307/2265627.
. 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.
. Changes in grassland ecosystem function due to extreme rainfall events: implications for responses to climate change. Global Change Biology. 2008;14:1600 -1608. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01605.x.
. Photosynthetic and stomatal responses of Avena sativa (Poaceae) to a variable light environment. American Journal of Botany. 1993;80:1369 -1373. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2445664.
. Photosynthetic and stomatal responses to variable light in a cool-season and warm-season prairie forb. International Journal of Plant Science. 1996;157:303 -308. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2475266.
. Constraints on the growth and allocation patterns of Silphium integrifolium (Asteraceae ) caused by cynipid gall wasps. Oecologia. 1991;88:243 -250. doi:10.1007/BF00320818.
. Altering rainfall timing and quantity in a mesic grassland ecosystem: Design and performance of rainfall manipulation shelters. Ecosystems. 2000;3:308 -319. doi:10.1007/s100210000028.
. Relative effects of precipitation variability and warming on tallgrass prairie ecosystem function. Biogeosciences. 2011;8:3053 -3068. doi:10.5194/bg-8-3053-2011.
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