Konza LTER Publications
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.
. Precipitation and environmental constraints on three aspects of flowering in three dominant tallgrass species. Functional Ecology. 2017. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12904.
. Precipitation effects on nematode diversity and carbon footprint across grasslands. Global Change Biology. 2022;28(6):2124-2132. doi:10.1111/gcb.16055.
Precipitation manipulation and terrestrial carbon cycling: The roles of treatment magnitude, experimental duration and local climate. . Global Ecology and Biogeography. 2021;30(9):1909 - 1921. doi:10.1111/geb.13356.
Precipitation, not land use, primarily determines the composition of both plant and phyllosphere fungal communities. Frontiers in Fungal Biology. 2022;3:805225. doi:10.3389/ffunb.2022.805225.
Precipitation timing and grazer performance in a tallgrass prairie. Oikos. 2013;122:191 -198. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20400.x.
. 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.
. Predation by gray catbird on brown thrasher eggs. Southwestern Naturalist. 2004;49:101 -103. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909(2004)049<0101:PBGCOB>2.0.CO;2.
. Predation on red-winged blackbird eggs and nestlings. The Wilson Bulletin. 1979;91:426 -433. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4161244.
. Predation, parasitism, and drought counteract the benefits of patch-burn grazing for the reproductive success of grassland songbirds. Ornithological Applications. 2022;124:1–22. doi:10.1093/ornithapp/duab066.
Predator-prey interactions in a grassland food chain vary with temperature and food quality. Oikos. 2012;122:977 -986. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20419.x.
. Predicting and understanding ecosystem responses to climate change at continental scales. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2008;6:273 -280. doi:10.1890/070165.
. Predicting invasion in grassland ecosystems: is exotic dominance the real embarrassment of richness?. Global Change Biology. 2013;19(12):3677 - 3687. doi:10.1111/gcb.12370.
Predicting NH4+ uptake andmineralization in prairie streams by using chamber incubation and short-termnutrient addition experiments. Freshwater Biology. 2008;52:102 -112.
. Predicting plant responses to mycorrhizae: integrating evolutionary history and plant traits. Ecology Letters. 2012;15:689 -695. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01786.x.
. Predictive models for grazing distribution: a GIS approach. Journal of Range Management. 2000;53:39 -46. doi:10.2307/4003390.
. Preferences and influence of paired food items on energy intake of American robins and gray catbirds. Journal of Wildlife Management. 1984;48:198 -202. doi:10.2307/3808471.
. . Preliminary modelling of transpiration from the FIFE site in Kansas. Agricultural and Forest Meterology. 1989;48:305 -315. doi:10.1016/0168-1923(89)90075-0.
. Is a prescribed fire sufficient to slow the spread of woody plants in an infrequently burned grassland? A case study in tallgrass prairie. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 2021;78:79 - 89. doi:10.1016/j.rama.2021.05.007.
. Prevalence of botfly (Cuterebra sp.) parasites in populations of small mammals in eastern Kansas. The American Midland Naturalist. 1990;124:22 -30. doi:10.2307/2426076.
. Prevalence of hantavirus antibodies in natural populations of deer mice in north central Kansas. Prairie Naturalist. 1994;26:209 -216. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258031384_Prevalence_of_Hantavirus_antibodies_in_natural_populations_of_deer_mice_in_north-central_Kansas.
. Primary production: Guiding principles and standards for measurement. In: Principles and Standards for Measuring Net Primary Production. Principles and Standards for Measuring Net Primary Production. Oxford University Press, NY; 2007:3 -11. Available at: http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/20073139615.html?freeview=true.
. Principles and Standards for Measuring Net Primary Production. ( ). Oxford University Press, NY; 2007:268 -.
. Probing whole-stream metabolism: influence of spatial heterogeneity on rate estimates. Freshwater Biology. 2017;62(4):711 - 723. doi:10.1111/fwb.12896.
. Product-inhibition feedbacks, not microbial population level tradeoffs or soil pH, regulate decomposition potential under nutrient eutrophication. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2024;189:109247. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109247.
. Production, density and height of flower stalks of three grasses in annually burned and unburned eastern Kansas tallgrass prairie: a four year record. The Southwestern Naturalist. 1986;31:235 -241. doi:10.2307/3670564.
. Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness. Science. 2011;333:1750 -1753. doi:10.1126/science.1204498.
Productivity of North American grasslands is increased under future climate scenarios despite rising aridity. Nature Climate Change. 2016;6:710-714. doi:10.1038/nclimate2942.
Productivity responses to altered rainfall patterns in a C4-dominated grassland. Oecologia. 2003;137:245 -251. doi:10.1007/s00442-003-1331-3.
. Prospective evidence for independent nitrogen and phosphorus limitation of grasshopper (Chorthippus curtipennis) growth in a tallgrass prairie. PLoS One. 2017;12(5):e0177754. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0177754.
. Protozoa-bacteria interactions in subsurface sediments and the subsequent effects on nitrification. 1995;MS Thesis:1 -74.
. Pushing precipitation to the extremes in distributed experiments: recommendations for simulating wet and dry years. Global Change Biology. 2017;23(5):1774-1782. doi:10.1111/gcb.13504.
Quality and quantity of suspended particles in rivers: Continent-scale patterns in the United States. Environmental Management. 2004;33:355 -367. doi:10.1007/s00267-003-0089-z.
. Quantification of the nitrogen cycle in a prairie stream. Ecosystems. 2000;3:574 -589. doi:10.1007/s100210000050.
Quantifying ambient nitrogen uptake and functional relationships of uptake versus concentration in streams: a comparison of stable isotope, pulse, and plateau approaches. Biogeochemistry. 2015;125(1):65 - 79. doi:10.1007/s10533-015-0112-5.
Quantifying global soil carbon losses in response to warming. Nature. 2016;540(7631):104 - 108. doi:10.1038/nature20150.
Quantifying phenotypic variation between populations of Panicum virgatum along a latitudinal gradient within the Great Plains. 2010;MS Thesis.
. Quantifying sediment transport across an undisturbed prairie landscape using cesium-137 and high resolution topography. Geomorphology. 2005;76:430 -440. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2005.12.007.
. Radar backshatter soil-moisture relationships over tallgrass prairie. 1997;MS Thesis:1 -54.
. Radiative surface temperatures of the burned and unburned areas in a tallgrass prairie. Remote Sensing of the Environment. 1988;24:447 -457. doi:10.1016/0034-4257(88)90018-1.
. 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.
. Rainfall variability, carbon cycling and plant species diversity in a mesic grassland. Science. 2002;298:2202 -2205. doi:10.1126/science.1076347.
Rainfall variability has minimal effects on grassland recovery from repeated grazing. Journal of Vegetation Science. 2014;25:36 -44. doi:10.1111/jvs.12065.
. Rainfall‐manipulation experiments as simulated by terrestrial biosphere models: where do we stand?. Global Change Biology. 2020;26:3336–3355. doi:10.1111/gcb.15024.
Rangeland responses to predicted increases in drought extremity. Rangelands . 2016;38:191-196. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2016.06.009.
. Rank clocks and plant community dynamics. Ecology. 2008;89:3534 -3541. doi:10.1890/07-1646.1.
Rare species of small mammals in northeastern Kansas tallgrass prairie. . 1999:120 -126. Available at: http://images.library.wisc.edu/EcoNatRes/EFacs/NAPC/NAPC16/reference/econatres.napc16.bmcmillan.pdf.
. A reality check for climate change experiments: Do they reflect the real world?. Ecology. 2018;99(10):2145-2151. doi:10.1002/ecy.2474.
Reciprocal transplant gardens as gold standard to detect local adaptation in grassland species: New opportunities moving into the 21st century. Journal of Ecology. 2022;110(5):1054-1071. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.13695.