Konza LTER Publications
Phenology-adjusted dynamic curve number for improved hydrologic modeling. Journal of Environmental Management. 2019;235:403 - 413. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.12.115.
. Phosphorus and mowing improve native alfalfa establishment, facilitating restoration of grassland productivity and diversity. Land Degradation & Development. 2019;30(6):647 - 657. doi:10.1002/ldr.v30.610.1002/ldr.3251.
. A practical guide for combining data to model species distributions. Ecology. 2019;81:e02710. doi:10.1002/ecy.2710.
. Removal of woody riparian vegetation substantially altered a stream ecosystem in an otherwise undisturbed grassland watershed. Ecosystems. 2019;22(1):64 - 76. doi:10.1007/s10021-018-0252-2.
. Restoring grassland in the context of climate change. . Grasslands and Climate Change. 2019:310 -322. doi:10.1017/9781108163941.020.
. Shifts in plant functional composition following long-term drought in grasslands. . Journal of Ecology. 2019;107(5):2133 - 2148. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.13252.
Soil and microbial response to manipulated precipitation and land management. Department of Agronomy. 2019;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/39682.
. Soil fungal community changes in response to long-term fire cessation and N fertilization in tallgrass prairie. Fungal Ecology. 2019;41:45 - 55. doi:10.1016/j.funeco.2019.03.002.
. Soil net nitrogen mineralisation across global grasslands. Nature Communications. 2019;10(4981). doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12948-2.
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.
. Temperature effects on performance and physiology of two prairie stream minnows. . Conservation Physiology. 2019;7(1):coz063. doi:10.1093/conphys/coz063.
. The thermal ecology of prairie stream fishes. 2019;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/39839.
. Watershed-scale chemical weathering in a merokarst terrain, northeastern Kansas, USA. Chemical Geology. 2019;527(20):118988. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.12.001.
. Will climate change push grasslands past critical thresholds?. In: Grasslands and Climate Change. Grasslands and Climate Change. Cambridge, UK.: British Ecological Society and Cambridge University Press; 2019:98 - 114. Available at: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/grasslands-and-climate-change/will-climate-change-push-grasslands-past-critical-thresholds/368C9316D9C5A8A3C6B6881779BA5EB5.
. Asymmetric responses of ecosystem productivity to rainfall anomalies vary inversely with mean annual rainfall over the conterminous U.S. Global Change Biology. 2020;26(12):6959-6973.
Biomass loss and change in species dominance shift stream community excretion stoichiometry during severe drought. Freshwater Biology. 2020;65(3):403-416. doi:10.1111/fwb.13433.
Body size structure of soil fauna along geographic and temporal gradients of precipitation in grasslands. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2020;140:107638. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.107638.
Bottom‐up when it is not top‐down: Predators and plants control biomass of grassland arthropods. Journal of Animal Ecology. 2020;89(5). doi:10.1111/1365-2656.13191.
. Bridging the flux gap: Sap flow measurements reveal species‐specific patterns of water use in a tallgrass prairie. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2020;125(2):e2019JG005446. doi:10.1029/2019JG005446.
. Browsing and fire decreases dominance of a resprouting shrub in woody encroached grassland. Ecology. 2020;101(2):e02935. doi:10.1002/ecy.2935.
. Communities of small mammals, tallgrass prairie, and prescribed fire: a fire-reversal experiment. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 2020;123:31 - 49. Available at: https://bioone.org/journals/Transactions-of-the-Kansas-Academy-of-Science/volume-123/issue-1-2/062.123.0103/Communities-of-Small-Mammals-Tallgrass-Prairie-and-Prescribed-Fire/10.1660/062.123.0103.short.
. Connections and feedback: Aquatic, plant, and soil microbiomes in heterogeneous and changing environments. BioScience. 2020;70(7):548 - 562. doi:10.1093/biosci/biaa046.
Dispersal drives temporal changes in fish community abundance in intermittent stream networks. River Research and Applications. 2020;36(5):797-806.
. Does riparian fencing protect stream water quality in cattle-grazed lands?. Environmental Management. 2020;66(1):121 - 135. doi:10.1007/s00267-020-01297-2.
. Ecto- and endoparasitic nematodes respond differently across sites to changes in precipitation. Oecologia. 2020;193(3Suppl 1):761 - 771. doi:10.1007/s00442-020-04708-7.
Effect of land use and land use management on methane oxidation. Department of Agronomy. 2020;MS Thesis. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/40327.
. Effects of plant-soil interactions on grassland carbon dynamics in a changing world. Department of Biology. 2020;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://search.proquest.com/docview/2427237261?pq-origsite=summon.
. Effects of white‐tailed deer exclusion on the plant community composition of an upland tallgrass prairie ecosystem. Journal of Vegetation Science. 2020;31(5):899-907. doi:10.1111/jvs.12910.
. 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.
Harmony on the prairie? Grassland plant and animal community responses to variation in climate across land‐use gradients. Ecology. 2020;101(5):e02986. doi:10.1002/ecy.2986.
Impacts of ammonia volatilization from broadcast urea on winter wheat production. Agronomy Journal. 2020;112(51):3758 - 3772. doi:10.1002/agj2.v112.510.1002/agj2.20371.
. Longevity records show that Upland Sandpipers are long-lived birds. Wader Study. 2020;127(1):60 -64. doi:10.18194/ws.00177.
. Mass ratio effects underlie ecosystem responses to environmental change. Journal of Ecology. 2020;108(3):855-864. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.13330.
Meta-analysis reveals declines in terrestrial but increases in freshwater insect abundances. Science. 2020;368(6489):417-420. doi:10.1126/science.aax9931.
. Microanatomical traits track climate gradients for a dominant C4 grass species across the Great Plains, USA. Annals of Botany. 2020;mcaa146. doi:10.1093/aob/mcaa146.
. Micronutrients enhance macronutrient effects in a meta‐analysis of grassland arthropod abundance. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 2020;29(12):2273-2288. doi:10.1111/geb.13196.
No difference in herbivory preferences among ecotypes of big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii). Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 2020;123(1-2):151. doi:10.1660/062.123.0112.
. Nowhere to swim: interspecific responses of prairie stream fishes in isolated pools during severe drought. Aquatic Sciences. 2020;82(42). doi:10.1007/s00027-020-0716-2.
Nutrient addition increases grassland sensitivity to droughts. Ecology. 2020;101(5):e02981. doi:10.1002/ecy.2981.
Nutrient dilution and climate cycles underlie declines in a dominant insect herbivore. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2020;117(13):7271-7275. doi:10.1073/pnas.1920012117.
. Nutrients cause grassland biomass to outpace herbivory. Nature Communications. 2020;11(1):6036. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19870-y.
Plant phylogenetic history explains in‐stream decomposition at a global scale. . Journal of Ecology. 2020;108(1):17-35. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.13262.
Plant–microbial interactions facilitate grassland species coexistence at the community level. Oikos. 2020;129(4):533-543. doi:10.1111/oik.06609.
Populations of small mammals, tallgrass prairie and prescribed fire: A fire-reversal experiment. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 2020;123(1-2):1. doi:10.1660/062.123.0101.
. Precipitation amount and event size interact to reduce ecosystem functioning during dry years in a mesic grassland. Global Change Biology. 2020;26(2):658-668. doi:10.1111/gcb.14789.
. Rainfall‐manipulation experiments as simulated by terrestrial biosphere models: where do we stand?. Global Change Biology. 2020;26:3336–3355. doi:10.1111/gcb.15024.
Repeated fire shifts carbon and nitrogen cycling by changing plant inputs and soil decomposition across ecosystems. Ecological Monographs. 2020;90(4):e01409. doi:10.1002/ecm.1409.
Resolving the Dust Bowl paradox of grassland responses to extreme drought. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2020;117(36):22249-22255. doi:10.1073/pnas.1922030117.
Salty, mild, and low plant biomass grasslands increase top‐heaviness of invertebrate trophic pyramids. . Global Ecology and Biogeography. 2020;2958(9):1474 - 1485. doi:10.1111/geb.13119.
. Social interactions do not drive territory aggregation in a grassland songbird. Ecology. 2020;101(2):e02927. doi:10.1002/ecy.2927.
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