Konza LTER Publications
Effects of frequency of protein supplementation on performance by beef calves grazing dormant native range. Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports. 2018;4(2). doi:10.4148/2378-5977.7555.
. Environmental and biotic processes influencing floristic composition, quality, integrity, and function in tallgrass prairie assemblages. 2018;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2597&context=dissertations.
. Evolutionary history of plant hosts and fungal symbionts predicts the strength of mycorrhizal mutualism. Communications Biology. 2018;116(1). doi:10.1038/s42003-018-0120-9.
Facilitating nurse plant survival with mycorrhizal inoculum following eradication of a non-native grass. 2018;MS Thesis. Available at: https://shareok.org/handle/11244/317698.
. Fine-scale movement and habitat use of a prairie stream fish assemblage. Oecologia. 2018;186(3):831–842. doi:10.1007/s00442-018-4073-y.
. Fire and grazing modulate the structure and resistance of plant–floral visitor networks in a tallgrass prairie. Oecologia. 2018;186(2):517-528. doi:10.1007/s00442-017-4019-9.
. Gene expression differs in codominant prairie grasses under drought. Molecular Ecology Resources. 2018;18(2):334-346. doi:10.1111/1755-0998.12733.
. Genetic and environmental influences on stomates of big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii). Environmental and Experimental Botany. 2018;155:477 - 487. doi:10.1016/j.envexpbot.2018.07.018.
. 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.
. Impact of nitrogen application rate on switchgrass yield, production costs, and nitrous oxide emissions. Journal of Environmental Quality. 2018;47(2):228 - 237. doi:10.2134/jeq2017.06.0226.
. Interannual variability in climate effects on community assembly and ecosystem functioning in restored prairie. Ecosphere. 2018;9(6):e02327. doi:10.1002/ecs2.2327.
. Intraspecific trait variability in Andropogon gerardii, a dominant grass species in the US Great Plains. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 2018. doi:10.3389/fevo.2018.00217.
. Large and active CO 2 uptake by coupled carbonate weathering. Earth-Science Reviews. 2018;182:42 - 49. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.05.007.
. Legacy effects of a regional drought on aboveground net primary production in six central US grasslands. Plant Ecology. 2018;219(5):505 - 515. doi:10.1007/s11258-018-0813-7.
Linking gene regulation, physiology, and plant biomass allocation in Andropogon gerardii in response to drought. Plant Ecology. 2018;219(1):1 - 15. doi:10.1007/s11258-017-0773-3.
. Local loss and spatial homogenization of plant diversity reduce ecosystem multifunctionality. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2018;2:50-56. doi:10.1038/s41559-017-0395-0.
Long- and short-term responses of Asclepias species differ in respect to fire, grazing, and nutrient addition. American Journal of Botany. 2018;105(12):2008-2017. doi:10.1002/ajb2.2018.105.issue-1210.1002/ajb2.1197.
Long-term effects of grazing and topography on extra-radical hyphae of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in semi-arid grasslands. Mycorrhiza. 2018;28(2):117 - 127. doi:10.1007/s00572-017-0812-x.
Long-term fire management history affects N-fertilization sensitivity, but not seasonality, of grassland soil microbial communities. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2018;121:231 - 239. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.03.023.
. Mean annual precipitation predicts primary production resistance and resilience to extreme drought. Science of The Total Environment. 2018;636:360 - 366. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.290.
Microbial community structure and functional potential in cultivated and native tallgrass prairie soils of the midwestern united states. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2018;9:1775. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.01775.
Mycorrhizal symbioses influence the trophic structure of the Serengeti. . Journal of Ecology. 2018;106(2):536 - 546. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12916.
Partitioning assimilatory nitrogen uptake in streams: an analysis of stable isotope tracer additions across continents. Ecological Monographs. 2018;88(1):138. doi:10.1002/ecm.1280.
Patterns and correlates of within-season breeding dispersal: a common strategy in a declining grassland songbird. The Auk: Ornithological Advances. 2018;135(1):1-14. doi:10.1642/AUK-17-69.1.
. Physiological and anatomical trait variability of dominant C4 grasses. Acta Oecologica. 2018;93:14 - 20. doi:10.1016/j.actao.2018.10.007.
. Plant functional group influences arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal abundance and hyphal contribution to soil CO2 efflux in temperate grasslands. Plant and Soil. 2018;432(1-1):157-170. doi:10.1007/s11104-018-3789-0.
A reality check for climate change experiments: Do they reflect the real world?. Ecology. 2018;99(10):2145-2151. doi:10.1002/ecy.2474.
Regional grassland productivity responses to precipitation during multiyear above- and below-average rainfall periods. Global Change Biology. 2018;24(5):1935 - 1951. doi:10.1111/gcb.2018.24.issue-510.1111/gcb.14024.
Remote sensing of vegetation characteristics and spatial analysis of pyric herbivory in a Tallgrass Prairie. 2018;PhD. Dissertation. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/39091.
. Scaling biodiversity responses to hydrological regimes. Biological Reviews. 2018;93(2):971 - 995. doi:10.1111/brv.12381.
Similarity of stream width distributions across headwater systems. Nature Communications. 2018;9. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-02991-w.
Small mammals in the northern Flint Hills prairie: Overwinter changes in abundance. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 2018;121(3-4):297 - 315. doi:10.1660/062.121.0413.
. Soil ecosystem services: an overview. In: Managing Soil Health for Sustainable Agriculture. Managing Soil Health for Sustainable Agriculture. Cambridge: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited; 2018:17-38. doi:10.19103/AS.2017.0033.02.
. Spatial heterogeneity in species composition constrains plant community responses to herbivory and fertilisation. . Ecology Letters. 2018;21(9):1364 -1371. doi:10.1111/ele.13102.
Top - down effects of a grazing, omnivorous minnow (Campostoma anomalum) on stream microbial communities. Freshwater Science. 2018;37(1):121-133. doi:10.1086/696292.
. Trait selection and community weighting are key to understanding ecosystem responses to changing precipitation regimes. . Functional Ecology. 2018;32(7):1746 - 1756. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13135.
Trichoderma biofertilizer links to altered soil chemistry, altered microbial communities, and improved grassland biomass. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2018;9:848. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.00848.
Analysis and estimation of tallgrass prairie evapotranspiration in the central United States. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 2017;232:35-47. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2016.08.005.
Assessing community and ecosystem sensitivity to climate change - toward a more comparative approach. Journal of Vegetation Science. 2017;28(2):235 - 237. doi:10.1111/jvs.12524.
. Assessing the roles of fire frequency and precipitation in determining woody plant expansion in central U.S. grasslands. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences. 2017;122(10):2683–2698. doi:10.1002/2017JG004046.
. An assessment of diurnal water uptake in a mesic prairie: evidence for hydraulic lift?. Oecologia. 2017;183(4):963–975. doi:10.1007/s00442-017-3827-2.
. Asymmetric responses of primary productivity to precipitation extremes: A synthesis of grassland precipitation manipulation experiments. Global Change Biology. 2017;23(10). doi:10.1111/gcb.13706.
Asynchrony among local communities stabilises ecosystem function of metacommunities. . Ecology Letters. 2017. doi:10.1111/ele.12861.
Below‐ground biological responses to pyrogenic organic matter and litter inputs in grasslands. . Functional Ecology. 2017;31(1):260 - 269. doi:10.1111/fec.2017.31.issue-110.1111/1365-2435.12693.
. Biogeography of root-associated endophytes. In: Biogeography of Mycorrhizal Symbiosis. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2017:195-222. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-56363-3.
. The biota of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams: prokaryotes, fungi, and protozoans. Elsevier; 2017:161 - 188. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-803835-2.00009-7.
Bison increase the growth and reproduction of forbs in Tallgrass Prairie. American Midland Naturalist. 2017;178(2):259. doi:10.1674/0003-0031-178.2.245.
. Changes in spatial variance during a grassland to shrubland state transition. Journal Ecology. 2017;105(3):750-760. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12696.
. Climate change impacts on population dynamics in tallgrass prairie: implications for species codominance. 2017;MS Thesis. Available at: https://mountainscholar.org/handle/10217/181431.
. Complex variation in habitat selection strategies among individuals driven by extrinsic factors. Ecology and Evolution. 2017;7(6):1802-1822. doi:10.1002/ece3.2764.
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