Konza LTER Publications
Increasing fish taxonomic and functional richness affects ecosystem properties of small headwater prairie streams. Freshwater Biology. 2016;61(6):887–898. doi:10.1111/fwb.12752.
. Konza Prairie Research Natural Area of Kansas State University. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 1988;91:24 -29. doi:10.2307/3628291.
. Influence of grazing by bison and cattle on deer mice in burned tallgrass prairie. American Midland Naturalist. 2001;146:361 -368. doi:10.1674/0003-0031(2001)146[0361:IOGBBA]2.0.CO;2.
. Long-term variation in abundance of Elliot's short-tailed shrew (Blarina hylophaga) in tallgrass prairie. Journal of Mammalogy. 2002;83:280 -289. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1644/1545-1542(2002)083<0280:LTVIAO>2.0.CO;2 2.
. Influence of woody vegetation on small mammals in tallgrass prairie. American Midland Naturalist. 2008;160:7 -19. doi:10.1674/0003-0031(2008)160[7:IOWVOS]2.0.CO;2.
. Unusual disturbance of small mammal live traps by American crows. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 2006;109:242 -244. doi:10.1660/0022-8443(2006)109[242:UDOSLT]2.0.CO;2.
. Ecology of shrews in tallgrass prairie. 2001;PhD Dissertation:1 -76.
. First record of the cinereus shrew for Riley County, Kansas. The Prairie Naturalist. 2001;33:107 -108.
. Modular experimental riffle-pool stream system. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 2006;135:1559 -1566. doi:10.1577/T05-202.1.
. Is leaf-level photosynthesis related to plant success in a highly productive grassland?. Oecologia. 1998;117:40 -46. doi:10.1007/s004420050629.
. The relationship between leaf-level photosynthetic rates and success in a high productivity grassland. 1997;MS Thesis:1 -49.
. Interactions of the bacterial assemblages of a prairie stream with dissolved organic carbon from riparian vegetation. Hydrobiologia. 1986;134:193 -199. doi:10.1007/BF00008487.
. Changes in soluble nutrients of prairie riparian vegetation during decomposition on a floodplain. The American Midland Naturalist. 1987;117:26 -34. doi:10.2307/2425704.
. Interactions of the bacterial assemblages in a prairie stream with dissolved organic carbon from riparian vegetation. 1984;PhD Dissertation:1 -84.
. The interaction of biological and hydrologic phenomena that mediate the quality of water draining native prairie on the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area. Perspectives on Nonpoint Source Pollution. 1985:478 -482.
. Response of bacteria isolated from a pristine prairie stream to concentration and source of soluble organic carbon. Applied Environmental Microbiology. 1985;49:238 -241.
. Mycorrhizal suppression alters plant productivity and forb establishment in a grass-dominated prairie restoration. Plant Ecology. 2011;212:1675 -1685. doi:10.1007/s11258-011-9940-0.
. Dominant grasses suppress local diversity in restored tallgrass prairie. Restoration Ecology. 2010;18:40 -49. doi:10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00669.x.
. Hillslope evolution of heterolithic landscapes: investigating processes and controls on geomorphic development of staircase landscapes. Department of Geography. 2024;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/items/ce598de6-d389-4e99-8520-1cbcb240cbb9.
. Ecological interactions between grasses and shrubs in a tallgrass prairie. 2002;PhD Dissertation:1 -111.
. Soil C and N responses to woody plant expansion in a mesic grassland. Plant and Soil. 2003;257:183 -192. doi:10.1023/A:1026255214393.
. C3 woody plant expansion in a C4 grassland: are grasses and shrubs functionally distinct?. American Journal of Botany. 2001;88:1818 -1823. Available at: http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/abstract/88/10/1818.
. C3 shrub expansion in a C4 grassland: positive post-fire responses in resources and shoot growth. American Journal of Botany. 2003;90:1496 -1501. doi:10.3732/ajb.90.10.1496.
. Influence of productivity and disturbance on plant species diversity across the grasslands of the great plains. 2016;MS Thesis. Available at: https://oaktrust.library.tamu.edu/bitstream/handle/1969.1/157962/MCCONAGHY-THESIS-2016.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y.
. Microbial community composition across the Great Plains: Landscape versus regional variability. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 2004;68:106 -115. doi:10.2136/sssaj2004.1060.
. Regional patterns in carbon cycling across the Great Plains of North America. Ecosystems. 2005;8:106 -121. doi:10.1007/s10021-004-0117-8.
. Conservation of nitrogen increases with precipitation across a major grassland gradient in the Central Great Plains of North America. Oecologia. 2009;159:571 -581. doi:10.1007/s00442-008-1229-1.
. Biogeochemical response of U.S. Great Plains grasslands to regional and interannual variability in precipitation. 2002;PhD Dissertation:1 -151. Available at: https://mountainscholar.org/handle/10217/82139.
. Management regime and habitat response influence abundance of regal fritillary (Speyeria idalia) in tallgrass prairie. Ecosphere. 2019;10(8):e02845. doi:10.1002/ecs2.2019.10.issue-810.1002/ecs2.2845.
. A multi-scale examination of the distribution and habitat use patterns of the regal fritillary. 2016;MS Thesis, . Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/34502.
. Novel observations of larval fire survival, feeding behavior, and host plant use in the regal fritillary, speyeria idalia (Drury) (Nymphalidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 2017;71(3):146 - 152. doi:10.18473/lepi.71i3.a4.
. Regal fritillary (Speyeria idalia) sex ratio in tallgrass prairie: Effects of survey timing and management regime. The American Midland Naturalist. 2021;185(1):57 - 76. Available at: https://bioone.org/journals/the-american-midland-naturalist/volume-185/issue-1/0003-0031-185.1.57/Regal-Fritillary-Speyeria-idalia-Sex-Ratio-in-Tallgrass-Prairie/10.1637/0003-0031-185.1.57.short.
. Woodrats collecting house building materials: central place foraging for nonfood items. 1982;MS Thesis:1 -42. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/12805.
. Central place foraging for non-food items: determination of the stick size value relationship of house building materials collected by eastern woodrats. The American Naturalist. 1984;123:841 -853. doi:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2460904.
. 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.
. Nitrous oxide emissions from annual and perennial biofuel cropping systems. Agronomy Journal. 2019;111(1):84 - 92. doi:10.2134/agronj2018.03.0187.
. Soil organic carbon, aggregation, and microbial community Structure in annual and perennial biofuel crops. Agronomy Journal. 2019;111(13):128 - 142. doi:10.2134/agronj2018.04.0284.
. Interdecadal-scale variability: An assessment of LTER climate data. In: Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response at Long-Term Ecological Research Sites. Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response at Long-Term Ecological Research Sites. New York: Oxford University Press; 2003:213 -225.
. Conversion of grassland to coniferous woodland has limited effects on soil nitrogen cycle processes. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 2008;40:2627 -2633. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.07.005.
. Woody plant encroachment by Juniperus virginiana in a mesic native grassland promotes rapid carbon and nitrogen accrual. Ecosystems. 2008;11:454 -468. doi:10.1007/s10021-008-9133-4.
. Consequences of conversion of native Mesic grassland to coniferous forest on soil processes and ecosystem C and N storage. 2007;PhD Dissertation:1 -200. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/253.
. Biogeochemical changes associated with Juniperus virginia encroachment into grasslands. In: Ecological Studies Vol. 196, Western North American Juniperus communities: A dynamic vegetation type. Ecological Studies Vol. 196, Western North American Juniperus communities: A dynamic vegetation type. Springer-Verlag, NY; 2008:170 -187.
. GIS Applications in Mammalogy. Special Publication of the Oklahoma Museum of Natural History; 1993:41 -.
. Thirteen decades of foliar isotopes indicate declining nitrogen availability in central North American grasslands. New Phytologist. 2010;187:1135 -1145. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03322.x.
. Lack of eutrophication in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem over 27 years. Ecology. 2014;95:1225 -1235. doi:10.1890/13-1068.1.
. Interannual variability of pollen productivity and transport in mid-North America from 1997 to 2009. Aerobiologia. 2011;27:181 -189. doi:10.1007/s10453-010-9186-7.
. Factors influencing persistence of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus). The Prairie Naturalist. 2005;37:29 -40. doi:10.2307/2937372.
. Bison wallowing and its influence on the soil environment and vegetation characteristics in tallgrass prairie. 1999;PhD Dissertation:1 -104.
. Short-term responses of small mammals to autumn fire in tallgrass prairie. Prairie Naturalist. 1995;27:158 -166.
. Mammals of the Konza Prairie: new observations and an updated species list. The Prairie Naturalist. 1997;29:263 -271.
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