Konza LTER Publications
Microarthropods in decaying wood from temperate coniferous and deciduous forests. Pedobiologia. 1989;33:69 -77.
. Maximization of densities of soil animals by foliage herbivory: empirical evidence, graphical and conceptual models. Oikos. 1988;51:243 -248. doi:10.2307/3565649.
. Consequences of non-equilibrium resource availability across multiple time scales: the transient maxima hypothesis. American Naturalist. 1993;141:621 -633. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2462753.
. Belowground macroarthropods of annually burned and unburned tallgrass prairie. American Midland Naturalist. 1984;111:405 -408.
. Experimental manipulations of soil arthropod, nematode, and earthworm communities in a North American tallgrass prairie. Pedobiologia. 1987;30:9 -17.
. Controls of nitrogen limitation in tallgrass prairie. Oecologia. 1991;87:72 -79. doi:10.1007/BF00323782.
. The influence of fire on belowground processes of tallgrass prairies. In: Fire in North American Tallgrass Prairie. Fire in North American Tallgrass Prairie. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press; 1990:99 -117.
. Factors influencing nitrogen concentrations in soil and water in a North American tallgrass prairie. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 1988;20:725 -729. doi:10.1016/0038-0717(88)90158-7.
. Longterm ecological questions and considerations for taking longterm measurements: Lessons from the LTER and FIFE programs on tallgrass prairie. In: Longterm Ecological Research: An International Perspective (SCOPE Vol. 47). Longterm Ecological Research: An International Perspective (SCOPE Vol. 47). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons; 1991:153 -172.
. Mass loss and nitrogen dynamics of decaying litter of grasslands: the apparent low nitrogen immobilization potential of root detritus. Canadian Journal of Botany. 1992;70:384 -391. doi:10.1139/b92-052.
. Fire, mowing and insecticide effects on soil Sternorrhyncha (Homoptera) densities in tallgrass prairie. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 1991;64:238 -242. doi:http://www.jstor.org/stable/25085278.
. The first ISLSCP field experiment (FIFE). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 1988;69:22 -27. doi:10.1175/1520-0477(1988)069<0022:TFIFE>2.0.CO;2.
. Satellite remote sensing and field experiments. In: Remote Sensing of Biosphere Functioning. Remote Sensing of Biosphere Functioning. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag; 1990:169 -201.
. Measurements of water use by prairie grasses with heat balance sap flow gauges. Journal of Range Management. 1995;48:150 -158. doi:10.2307/4002803.
. 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.
. How low can you go? Widespread challenges in measuring low stream discharge and a path forward. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 2023;8(6):804-811. doi:10.1002/lol2.10356.
The ecology of grazing lawns on the tallgrass prairie. Department of Biology. 2019;MS Thesis. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/39462.
. Characterizing woody encroachment in the konza prairie using object-based analysis of aerial photographs. 2016;MS Thesis. Available at: https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/handle/1808/24182.
. Nutrient and energy characteristics of invertebrates from two locations in Kansas. The Prairie Naturalist. 1999;31:173 -186. Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1348&context=tpn#page=48.
. Differential effects of extreme drought on production and respiration: Synthesis and modeling analysis. Biogeosciences. 2014;11:621 -633. doi:10.5194/bg-11-621-2014.
Predation on red-winged blackbird eggs and nestlings. The Wilson Bulletin. 1979;91:426 -433. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4161244.
. Variance in digestive efficiencies of four sympatric avian granivores. Auk. 1989;106:324 -326. doi:http://www.jstor.org/stable/4087728.
. Time budgets of confined nothern cardinals and Harris' sparrows in flocks and differences in observer data. Journal of Field Ornithology. 1992;63:129 -137. doi:http://www.jstor.org/stable/4513677.
. Apparent metabolizable energy content of foods used by mourning doves. Journal of Wildlife Management. 1988;52:481 -483. doi:10.2307/3801595.
. Energetic responses of avain granivores to winter in northeast Kansas. 1984;MS Thesis:1 -129. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/27351.
. Probing whole-stream metabolism: influence of spatial heterogeneity on rate estimates. Freshwater Biology. 2017;62(4):711 - 723. doi:10.1111/fwb.12896.
. 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.
. Emigration and survival correlate with different precipitation metrics throughout a grassland songbird's annual cycle. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 2023;87(3):e22371. doi:10.1002/jwmg.22371.
. Under the weather: mechanisms underlying avian responses to precipitation. Department of Biology. 2023;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/handle/2097/43041.
. 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.
. Responses of the co-dominant grassland species Andropogon gerardii and Sorghastrum nutans to long-term manipulations of nitrogen and water. American Midland Naturalist. 2001;145:159 -167. doi:10.1674/0003-0031(2001)145[0159:ROTCGS]2.0.CO;2.
. Comparative ecology of the C4 grassland co-dominants Andropogon gerardii and Sorghastrum nutans. 2000;MS Thesis:1 -85.
. Competition and coexistence in grassland co-dominants: responses to neighbor removal and resource availability. Canadian Journal of Botany. 2004;82:450 -460. doi:10.1139/b04-016.
. . Characterizing prevalence and ecological impact of non-native terrestrial isopods (Isopoda, Oniscidea) in tallgrass prairie. Crustaceana. 2012;85:1499 -1511. doi:10.1163/15685403-00003126.
. Grass evolutionary lineages can be identified using hyperspectral leaf reflectance. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2024;129(2):e2023JG007852. doi:10.1029/2023JG007852.
Fire history as a key determinant of grassland soil CO2 flux. Plant and Soil. 2021;460:579–592. doi:10.1007/s11104-020-04781-0.
. Impacts of compound precipitation extremes on belowground dynamics in a mesic grassland. Colorado State University. 2021;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://mountainscholar.org/handle/10217/234322.
. Effects of compounded precipitation pattern intensification and drought occur belowground in a mesic grassland. Ecosystems. 2021. doi:10.1007/s10021-021-00714-9.
. How ecologists define drought, and why we should do better. Global Change Biology. 2019;25(10):3193 - 3200. doi:10.1111/gcb.14747.
Repeated extreme droughts decrease root production, but not the potential for post‐drought recovery of root production, in a mesic grassland. Oikos. 2023;1:e08899. doi:10.1111/oik.08899.
. Causes and consequences of species invasion and loss: the role of dominant species and diversity in maintaining ecosystem function. 2002;PhD Dissertation:1 -148.
. Physiological and morphological traits of exotic, invasive exotic, and native plant species in tallgrass prairie. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 2001;162:785 -792. doi:10.1086/320774.
. Mass ratio effects underlie ecosystem responses to environmental change. Journal of Ecology. 2020;108(3):855-864. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.13330.
Shared drivers but divergent ecological responses: Insights from long-term experiments in mesic savanna grasslands. BioScience. 2016;66(8):666 - 682. doi:10.1093/biosci/biw077.
Global environmental change and the nature of aboveground net primary productivity responses: insights from long-term experiments. Oecologia. 2015;177(4):935 - 947. doi:10.1007/s00442-015-3230-9.
Species, season, and density of buried seeds surviving fox squirrel depredation. Prairie Naturalist. 2001;33:197 -208.
. Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU). In: Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change . Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.; 2014:811-922. Available at: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/wg3/agriculture-forestry-and-other-land-use-afolu/.
The role of mycorrhizae and dominant competitors in tallgrass prairie plant community structure and belowground processes. 1998;MS Thesis:1 -139.
. Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2024;121(4):e230988112. doi:10.1073/pnas.2309881120.