Konza LTER Publications
The unique canopy structure, leaf morphology, and physiology of Cornus drummondii. Department of Biology. 2022;MS Thesis. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/42162.
. Intra-canopy leaf trait variation facilitates high leaf area index and compensatory growth in a clonal woody-encroaching shrub. Tree Physiology. 2022;42(11):2186–2202. doi:10.1093/treephys/tpac078.
. Evaluating methods for measuring the leaf area index of encroaching shrubs in grasslands: From leaves to optical methods, 3-D scanning, and airborne observation. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 2024;349. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.109964.
. Vascular plants of Konza Prairie Biological Station: An annotated checklist of species in a Kansas tallgrass prairie. Sida. 2002;20:269 -294. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41968021.
. Vegetationtrends in tallgrass prairie from bison and cattle grazing. Ecological Applications. 2005;15:1550 -1559. doi:10.1890/04-1958.
. 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.
. Bison performance and productivity on tallgrass prairie. Southwestern Naturalist. 1999;44:361 -366. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/30055232.
. Ecological consequences of shifting the timing of burning tallgrass prairie. PLOS One. 2014;9: e103423. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103423.
. Vegetation dynamics from annually burning tallgrass prairie in different seasons. Journal of Range Management. 2003;56:185 -192. doi:10.2307/4003903.
. Themeda quadrivalvis (Poaceae: Andropogoneae) in Kansas: An exotic plant introduced from birdseed. Sida. 2000;19:201 -203. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41967774.
. Influence of fire frequency and burning date on the proportion of reproductive tillers in big bluestem and indiangrass. . 1995:75 -78. Available at: http://images.library.wisc.edu/EcoNatRes/EFacs/NAPC/NAPC14/reference/econatres.napc14.etowne.pdf.
. Prairie vegetation and soil nutrient responses to ungulate carcasses. Oecologia. 2000;122:232 -239. doi:10.1007/PL00008851.
. Biomass and density responses in tallgrass prairie legumes to annual fire and topographic position. American Journal of Botany. 1996;83:175 -179. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2445935.
. Autogamy as a fertility assurance strategy for forbs in the tallgrass prairie. 1984;MS Thesis:1 -73. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/27366.
. Elemental analysis of mineral lick soils from the Serengeti National Park, the Konza Prairie and Yellowstone National Park. Ecography. 1995;18:91 -94. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3683223.
. Interactive effects of burn regime and bison activity on tallgrass prairie vegetation. American Midland Naturalist. 2004;152:237 -247.
. Variation in gene expression of Andropogon gerardii in response to altered environmental conditions associated with climate change. Journal of Ecology. 2010;98:374 -383. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01618.x.
Differential use of experimental habitat patches by foraging Peromyscus maniculatus on dark and bright nights. Journal of Mammalogy. 1988;69:869 -872. doi:10.2307/1381652.
. Ecological genomics: making the leap from model systems in the lab to native populations in the field. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2007;5:19 -24. doi:10.1890/1540-9295(2007)5[19:EGMTLF]2.0.CO;2.
Using path analysis to determine interacting effects of biotic and abiotic factors on patch-scale biogeochemical rates in a prairie stream. Aquatic Sciences. 2020;82(21). doi:10.1007/s00027-020-0702-8.
. 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.
The impact of long-term regional air mass patterns on nutrient precipitation chemistry and nutrient deposition within a United States grassland ecosystem. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry. 2018;75(4):399-410. doi:10.1007/s10874-018-9384-1.
. Towards a mechanistic understanding of fish species niche divergence along a river continuum. Ecosphere. 2014;5:art41. doi:10.1890/ES13-00399.1.
. Alternative spawning strategy and temperature for larval emergence of longfin dace (Agosia chrysogaster) in stream mesocosms. The Southwestern Naturalist. 2014;59:277-280. doi:10.1894/N03-MP-09.1.
. Testing metabolic cold adaptation as a driver of warm-water fish species replacement along the river continuum. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 2017;100(3):265-279. doi:10.1007/s10641-017-0577-2.
. Thermal performance of larval longfin dace (Agosia chrysogaster), with implications for climate change. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 2015;98:395 -404. doi:10.1007/s10641-014-0270-7.
. A mechanistic framework for understanding prairie stream fish distributions. 2014;PhD. Dissertation. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/17285.
. Fire behaviour as a key factor in the fire ecology of African grasslands and savannas. In: Forest Fire Research and Wildland Fire. Forest Fire Research and Wildland Fire. Millpress, Rotterdam Netherlands; 2002:204 -.
. Dissolved inorganic carbon in soil and shallow groundwater, Konza Prairie LTER Site, NE Kansas, USA. 2011;MS Thesis. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/1808/10386.
. The effect of precipitation events on inorganic carbon in soil and shallow groundwater, Konza Prairie LTER Site, NE Kansas, USA. Applied Geochemistry. 2012;27:2356 -2369. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.07.008.
. Morphological and physiological traits as indicators of drought tolerance in tallgrass prairie plants. 2010;MS Thesis. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/4628.
. Physiological drought tolerance and the structuring of tallgrass assemblages. Ecosphere. 2011;2:48 -. doi:10.1890/ES11-00023.1.
. 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.
. Relationships between leaf area index and Landsat TM spectral vegetation indices across three temperate zone sites. Remote Sensing of the Environment. 1999;70:52 -68. doi:10.1016/S0034-4257(99)00057-7.
. Evaluation of MODIS NPP and GPP products across multiple biomes. Remote Sensing of Environment. 2006;102:282 -292. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2006.02.017.
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.
Effects of grazing on primary production and surface climatological variables in tallgrass prairie. 1990;PhD Dissertation:1 -105.
. Soil N and plant responses to fire, topography and supplemental N in tallgrass prairie. Ecology. 1997;78:1832 -1843. doi:10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1832:SNAPRT]2.0.CO;2.
. Maximization of aboveground grassland production: the role of defoliation frequency, intensity and history. Ecological Applications. 1993;3:175 -186. doi:10.2307/1941800.
. Comparative gas exchange and nitrogen responses of the dominant C4 grass, Andropogon gerardii, and five C3 forbs to fire and topographic position in tallgrass prairie during a wet year. International Journal of Plant Science. 1995;156:216 -226. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2474960.
. Effects of management and topography on the radiometric response of a tallgrass prairie. Journal of Geophysical Research. 1992;97:18855 -18666. doi:10.1029/92JD00654.
. Responses of a C4 grass and three C3 forbs to variation in nitrogen and light in tallgrass prairie. Ecology. 1996;77:1738 -1749. doi:10.2307/2265779.
. Genetic variation and mating success in managed American plains bison. Journal of Heredity. 2013;104:182 -191. doi:10.1093/jhered/ess095.
. Species abundance distributions and richness estimations in fungal metagenomics – lessons learned from community ecology. Molecular Ecology. 2011;20:275 -285. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04948.x.
Patterns of plant diversity and their management across South African rangelands. 2006;PhD Dissertation :1 -245. Available at: https://open.uct.ac.za/handle/11427/6200.
. White-tailed deer browsing on six shrub species of tallgrass prairie. Great Plains Research. 2002;12:141 -156. doi:10.1674/0003-0031-170.2.323.
. Meta-analysis reveals declines in terrestrial but increases in freshwater insect abundances. Science. 2020;368(6489):417-420. doi:10.1126/science.aax9931.
. Effects of fire and grazing on small-scale spatial heterogeneity in a tallgrass prairie. 2004;MS Thesis:1 -31. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/43041350_Effects_of_fire_and_grazing_on_smallscale_spatial_heterogeneity_in_a_tallgrass_prairie.
. Macroinvertebrate responses to removal of riparian woody vegetation along tallgrass prairie streams. 2013;MS Thesis. Available at: http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1068/.
. Belowground bud bank response to grazing under severe, short-term drought. Oecologia. 2015;178(3):795-806. doi:10.1007/s00442-015-3249-y.
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