@article {KNZ00996,
	title = {Effects of food supplementation on female nest attentiveness and incubation Mate-feeding in two sympatric wren species},
	journal = {Wilson Bulletin},
	volume = {116},
	year = {2004},
	pages = {23 -30},
	abstract = {We examined effects of incubation mate feeding on female incubation behavior and correlates of fitness by providing female Bewick{\textquoteright}s Wrens (Thryomanes bewickii) and House Wrens (Troglodytes aedon) with food supplements. Males of these species vary in their rates of feeding; Bewick{\textquoteright}s Wrens feed their incubating mates frequently, whereas House Wrens seldom engage in this behavior. Average length of incubation bout and nest attentiveness (proportion of time spent on the nest) were higher for supplemented female Bewick{\textquoteright}s Wrens and House Wrens compared to controls. Furthermore, mates of supplemented Bewick{\textquoteright}s Wrens provisioned females at lower rates than controls, and their rate of feeding was inversely correlated with ambient temperature. Incubation length and hatching success were not significantly different between treatments for either species. These results suggest that incubation mate feeding can increase female nest attentiveness and perhaps enhance fitness of both males and females. In House Wrens, potential tradeoffs between the benefits of parental care and opportunities to obtain additional mates may explain why males rarely feed incubating females.},
	keywords = {LTER-KNZ},
	doi = {10.1676/0043-5643(2004)116[0023:EOFSOF]2.0.CO;2},
	author = {Pearse, A.T. and Cavitt, J.F. and Cully, J.F.}
}
@article {KNZ00725,
	title = {Fire and a tallgrass prairie reptile community: effects on relative abundance and seasonal activity},
	journal = {Journal of Herpetology},
	volume = {34},
	year = {2000},
	pages = {12 -20},
	abstract = {Few intensive studies have been conducted on reptile populations of the tallgrass prairie. In addition, the effects of fire on these populations are also largely unknown. I established drift fence arrays connected to funnel traps to study the community composition and seasonal activity of reptiles found on the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area located near Manhattan, Kansas. This design also gave me the opportunity to examine the response of reptile populations to a spring wildfire. A total of 657 individuals representing 12 species were captured from 1994-1996. The results suggest that one species, Coluber constrictor, may respond negatively to recent fire.},
	keywords = {LTER-KNZ, tallgrass prairie},
	doi = {10.2307/1565233},
	author = {Cavitt, J.F.}
}
@article {KNZ00726,
	title = {Tallgrass prairie snake assemblage. Food habits},
	journal = {Herpetological Review},
	volume = {31},
	year = {2000},
	pages = {47 -48},
	keywords = {LTER-KNZ, tallgrass prairie},
	author = {Cavitt, J.F.}
}
@article {KNZ00677,
	title = {Brown Thrasher Nest Reuse},
	journal = {A Time Saving Resource, Protection From Search-strategy Predators, or Cues for Nest-site Selection? The Condor},
	volume = {101},
	year = {1999},
	pages = {859 -862},
	abstract = {We examined the potential functions of old nests in a population of Brown Thrashers (Toxostoma rufum) nesting on the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area in northeastern Kansas. We determined whether thrashers reuse nests constructed in previous years, and tested predictions of the hypothesis that old nests function to reduce the risk of nest predation by saturating the cues used by search-strategy predators. We also manipulated old-nest densities to test the hypothesis that old nests are used as indirect cues for nest-site selection. Thrashers were found to reuse nests, albeit at low rates (4\% of nests monitored). We found no significant relationships between the density of old nests and the success of active nests, and experimentally removing nests did not influence nest-site selection. These results suggest that old nests may only benefit thrashers in this population as a resource to reduce the time spent in nest construction.},
	keywords = {LTER-KNZ},
	doi = {10.2307/1370076},
	author = {Cavitt, J.F. and Pearse, A.T. and Miller, T.A.}
}
@proceedings {KNZ00678,
	title = {Effects of prairie fire and grazing on brown thrasher nest predation},
	year = {1999},
	pages = {112 -119},
	publisher = {University of Nebraska at Kearney},
	address = {Kearney, NE},
	keywords = {LTER-KNZ, fire},
	author = {Cavitt, J.F.},
	editor = {Springer, J.T.}
}
@article {KNZ00628,
	title = {Hybridization of Mountain Bluebird and Eastern Bluebird in Northeastern Kansas},
	journal = {Kansas Ornithological Society},
	volume = {49},
	year = {1998},
	pages = {21 -32},
	keywords = {LTER-KNZ},
	url = {https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268287117_Hybridization_o_Mountain_Bluebird_and_Eastern_Blubird_In_Northeastern_Kansas},
	author = {Cavitt, J.F. and Pearse, A.T. and Rintoul, D.A.}
}
@phdthesis {KNZ00629,
	title = {The role of food supply and nest predation in limiting reproductive success of Brown Thrashers (Toxostoma rufum ) : Effects of predator removal, food supplements and predation risk},
	volume = {PhD Dissertation},
	year = {1998},
	pages = {1 -148},
	school = {Kansas State University},
	type = {Ph.D. Thesis},
	address = {Manhattan, KS},
	keywords = {LTER-KNZ},
	author = {Cavitt, J.F.}
}
