Konza LTER Publications
Genomic and resistance gene homolog diversity of the dominant tallgrass prairie species across the U.S. Great Plains precipitation gradient. PLoS ONE. 2011;6:e17641. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017641.
Tough times call for bigger brains. Communicative and Integrative Biology. 2009;2:1 -3. doi:10.4161/cib.2.3.8099.
. Hippocampal volumes and neuron numbers increase along a gradient of environmental harshness: a large-scale comparison. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 2009;276:401 -405. doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.1184.
. Learning capabilities enhanced in harsh environments: a common garden approach. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences. 2010;277:3187 -3193. doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.0630.
. Long-term effects of climate change on grassland soil systems: A reciprocal transplant approach. 2011;MS Thesis. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/7068.
. Geomorphology of the N4D watershed, Konza Prairie Research Natural Area, Riley and Geary Counties, Kansas. 1995;MS Thesis:1 -60.
. Effects of prairie vole runways on tallgrass prairie. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 2007;110:100 -106. doi:10.1660/0022-8443(2007)110[100:EOPVRO]2.0.CO;2.
. Response and recovery of grassland plant communities exposed to multiyear drought differs across a precipitation gradient. 2022;MS Thesis. Available at: https://api.mountainscholar.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/d7eb2bdf-6570-4232-abc4-8229e1c8f835/content.
. Changes in soil properties, microbial biomass, and fluxes of C and N in soil following post-agricultural grassland restoration. Applied Soil Ecology. 2016;100:186 - 194. doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2016.01.001.
. Long-term biomass and potential ethanol yields of annual and perennial biofuel crops. Agronomy Journal. 2019;111(1):74 - 83. doi:0.2134/agronj2018.03.0172.
. Darksidea phi, sp. nov., a dark septate root-associated fungus in foundation grasses in North American Great Plains. Mycologia. 2022;11420164110338(2):254-269. doi:10.1080/00275514.2022.2031780.
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.
Grass fires - an unlikely process to explain the magnetic properties of prairie soils. Geophysical Journal International. 2013;195:1566 -1575. doi:10.1093/gji/ggt349.
. Scaling biodiversity responses to hydrological regimes. Biological Reviews. 2018;93(2):971 - 995. doi:10.1111/brv.12381.
Dictyostelid cellular slime molds associated with grasslands of the central and western United States. Mycologia. 2010;102:996 -1003. doi:10.3852/09-099.
. Effects of plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius) disturbances on tallgrass-prairie community structure. American Midland Naturalist. 2001;145:344 -357. doi:10.1674/0003-0031(2001)145[0344:EOPPGG]2.0.CO;2.
. Vegetation responses to different spatial patterns of soil disturbances in burned and unburned tallgrass prairie. Plant Ecology. 2001;155:99 -109. doi:10.1023/A:1013264308786.
. The effects of soil disturbances on tallgrass prairie. 1998;PhD Dissertation:1 -220.
. Temporal vegetation dynamics and recolonization mechanisms on different-sized soil disturbances in tallgrass prairie. American Journal of Botany. 2001;88:1634 -1642. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21669697.
. 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.
. Thirty years of increased precipitation modifies soil organic matter fractions but not bulk soil carbon and nitrogen in a mesic grassland. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2023;185:109145. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109145.
. Soil Carbon and nitrogen availability: Nitrogen mineralization, nitrification, soil respiration potentials. In: Standard Soil Methods for Long Term Ecological Research. Standard Soil Methods for Long Term Ecological Research. New York: Oxford University Press; 1999:258 -271.
Long-term ecological research in a human-dominated world. BioScience. 2012;62:342 -353. doi:10.1525/bio.2012.62.4.6.
Nutrient and energetic characteristics of grasshoppers of different life stages. The Prairie Naturalist. 1998;30:37 -48. Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1354&context=tpn#page=40.
. Chronic effects of a prescribed field application of a carbamate insecticide on bobwhites. The World Pheasant Association. 1985;10:47 -64.
. Feeding by bobwhites on sprouting corn reduced by bendiocarb. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 1987;90:35 -40. doi:10.2307/3628109.
. The exaggerated begging behaviour of an obligate avian brood parasite is shared with a nonparasitic close relative. Animal Behaviour. 2013;86:529 -536. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.06.004.
. Relatedness constrains virulence in an obligate avian brood parasite. Ornithological Science. 2016;15(2):191 - 201. doi:10.2326/osj.15.191.
. Community-level patterns of host use by the Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater), a generalist brood parasite. Auk. 2010;127:263 -273. doi:10.1525/auk.2009.09053.
. Brown-headed cowbird nestlings influence nestmate begging, but not parental feeding, in hosts of three distinct sizes. Animal Behaviour. 2010;79:107 -116. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.10.009.
. Mismatched begging displays between foreign and host offspring reduce brood parasite fitness. Behavioral Ecology. 2014;25(4):785 - 793. doi:10.1093/beheco/aru055.
. 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.
. Long-term community dynamics of small landbirds with and without exposure to extensive disturbance from military training activities. Environmental Management. 2010;45:203 -216. doi:10.1007/s00267-009-9421-6.
. High levels of relatedness between Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) nestmates in a heavily parasitized host community. The Auk. 2012;129:623 -631. doi:10.1525/auk.2012.11236.
. Parent-absent begging in the Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater): the role of short-term need and nestmate size. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 2009;63:707 -717. doi:10.1007/s00265-008-0704-3.
. Nest mate size, but not short-term need, influences begging behavior of a generalist brood parasite. Behavioral Ecology. 2007;18:222 -230. doi:10.1093/beheco/arl068.
. Global impacts of fertilization and herbivore removal on soil net nitrogen mineralization are modulated by local climate and soil properties. Global Change Biology. 2020;26(12). doi:10.1111/gcb.15308.
Soil net nitrogen mineralisation across global grasslands. Nature Communications. 2019;10(4981). doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12948-2.
Carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of the Konza Prairie Biological Stationbeetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of the Konza Prairie Biological Station. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 2005;78:124 -123. doi:10.2317/0305.06.1.
. Effects of riparian woody vegetation encroachment on prairie stream structure and function with emphasis on whole-stream metabolism. 2011;PhD Dissertation. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/8545.
. The expansion of woody riparian vegetation, and subsequent stream restoration, influences the metabolism of prairie streams. Freshwater Biology. 2012;57:1138 -1150. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02778.x.
. Mechanisms driving the soil organic matter decomposition response to nitrogen enrichment in grassland soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2016;99:54 - 65. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.04.023.
. Landcover patterns in tallgrass prairie: interactions of abiotic factors and land management practices. 1998;MS Thesis:1 -88.
. 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.
Of mice and coyotes: mammalian responses to rangeland management practices in tallgrass prairie. 2016;PhD Dissertation. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/32731.
. Patch-burn grazing increases habitat heterogeneity and biodiversity of small mammals in managed rangelands. Ecosphere. 2016;7(8):e01431. doi:10.1002/ecs2.1431.
. Effects of fire and grazing on soil carbon in rangelands. In: The Potential of U.S. Grazing Lands to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect. The Potential of U.S. Grazing Lands to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect. Boca Raton, FL: Lewis Publishers; 2000:323 -342.
. Biologically active pools of soil C and N in tallgrass prairie. In: Defining Soil Quality for a Sustainable Environment. Defining Soil Quality for a Sustainable Environment. Madison, WI: Soil Science Society of America; 1994:201 -208.
. Role of microbial biomass C and N in soil quality. In: Methods for Assessing Soil Quality. Methods for Assessing Soil Quality. Madison, WI: Soil Science Society of America Inc; 1996:203 -215.
. Belowground biology and processes. In: Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. New York: Oxford University Press; 1998:244 -264.
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