Konza LTER Publications
] . Ecophysiology of Zigadenus nuttallii , a toxic spring ephemeral in a warm season grassland: effect of defoliation and fire. Oecologia. 1986;71:69 -74. doi:10.1007/BF00377323.
. Effect of fire and drought on the ecophysiology of Andropogon gerardii and Panicum virgatum in a tallgrass prairie. Ecology. 1985;66:1309 -1320. doi:10.2307/1939184.
. Variation among biomes in temporal dynamics of aboveground primary production. Science. 2001;291:481 -484. doi:10.1126/science.291.5503.481.
. Responses in stomatal conductance to elevated CO2 in 12 grassland species that differ in growth form. Vegetatio. 1996;125:31 -41. doi:10.1007/BF00045202.
Shrub encroachment in North American grasslands: Shifts in growth form dominance rapidly alters control of ecosystem carbon inputs. Global Change Biology. 2008;14:615 -623. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01512.x.
A reality check for climate change experiments: Do they reflect the real world?. Ecology. 2018;99(10):2145-2151. doi:10.1002/ecy.2474.
. Variability in leaf optical properties among 26 species from a broad range of habitats. American Journal of Botany. 1998;85:940 -946. Available at: http://www.amjbot.org/content/85/7/940.short.
A test of two mechanisms proposed to optimize grassland aboveground primary productivity in response to grazing. Journal of Plant Ecology. 2012;5:357 -365. doi:10.1093/jpe/rts020.
. Gas exchange dynamics in C3 and C4 grasses: consequences of differences in stomatal conductance. Ecology. 1993;74:113 -123. doi:10.2307/1939506.
. Effect of elevated C02 on stomatal density and distribution in a C4 grass and a C3 forb under field conditions. Annals of Botany. 1994;74:595 -599. doi:10.1006/anbo.1994.1159.
Rainfall variability, carbon cycling and plant species diversity in a mesic grassland. Science. 2002;298:2202 -2205. doi:10.1126/science.1076347.
. Convergence and contingency in production-precipitation relationships in North American and South African C4 grasslands. Oecologia. 2006;149:456 -464. doi:10.1007/s00442-006-0468-2.
Characterizing differences in precipitation regimes of extreme wet and dry years: Implications for climate change experiments. Global Change Biology. 2015;21:2624 -2633. doi:10.1111/gcb.12888.
. Influence of plant size on the carbon and water relations of Cucurbita foetidissima HBK. Functional Ecology. 1990;4:789 -797. doi: 10.2307/2389445.
. Postfire water relations, production, and biomass allocation in the shrub, Rhus glabra, in tallgrass prairie. Botanical Gazette. 1986;147:90 -97. doi:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2474813.
. Effect of fire in tallgrass prairie on seed production of Vernonia baldwinii Torr. (Compositae). The Southwestern Naturalist. 1984;29:242 -243.
. Reconciling inconsistencies in precipitation– productivity relationships: implications for climate change. New Phytologist. 2017;214(1):41-47. doi:10.1111/nph.14381.
. Spatial heterogeneity of denitrification genes in a highly homogenous urban stream. Environmental Science & Technology. 2009;43:4273 -4279. doi:10.1021/es9001407.
Field experiments have enhanced our understanding of drought impacts on terrestrial ecosystems—But where do we go from here?. Functional Ecology. 2024;38(1):76-97. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.14460.
Consequences of more extreme precipitation regimes for terrestrial ecosystems. BioScience. 2008;58:811 -821. doi:10.1641/B580908.
Generality in ecology: testing North American grassland rules in South African savannas. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2004;9:483 -491. doi:10.1890/1540-9295(2004)002[0483:GIETNA]2.0.CO;2.
. Evaluation of the closed-chamber method for estimating methane emissions from aquatic plants. Tellus. 1992;44B:63 -71. doi:10.1034/j.1600-0889.1992.00006.x.
. Elevated CO2 alters dynamic stomatal responses to sunlight in a C4 grass. Plant Cell and Environment. 1994;17:189 -195. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3040.1994.tb00282.x.
. An evaluation of beta attenuation for estimating aboveground biomass in a tallgrass prairie. Journal of Range Management. 1985;38:556 -558. doi:10.2307/3899752.
. Differential sensitivity to regional-scale drought in six central US grasslands. Oecologia. 2015;177:949 -957. doi:10.1007/s00442-015-3233-6.
. Success of C4 photosynthesis in the field: lessons from communities dominated by C4 plants. In: C4 Plant Biology. C4 Plant Biology. New York: Academic Press; 1999:251 -283.
. Interactions between grassland birds and their snake predators: the potential for conservation conflicts in the tallgrass prairie. 2009;PhD dissertation:1 -126. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/2184 .
. Population genetic structure and landscape connectivity of the Eastern Yellowbelly Racer (Coluber constrictor flaviventris) in the contiguous tallgrass prairie of northeastern Kansas, USA. Landscape Ecology. 2011;26:281 -294. doi:10.1007/s10980-010-9554-2.
. Linking snake habitat use to nest predation risk in grassland birds: the dangers of shrub cover. Oecologia. 2010;162:803 -813. doi:10.1007/s00442-009-1549-9.
. Spatial ecology of eastern yellow-bellied Racer (Coluber constrictor flaviventris) and Great Plains rat snake (Pantherophis emoryi) in a contiguous tallgrass-prairie landscape. Herpetologica. 2011;67:428 -439. doi:10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-10-00076.1.
. Root dynamics of three dominant prairie grasses from different population sources. 2007;MS Thesis:1 -88.
. Restoration and management for plant diversity enhances the rate of belowground ecosystem recovery. Ecological Applications. 2017;27(2):355 - 362. doi:10.1002/eap.1503.
. Root dynamics of cultivar and non‐cultivar population sources of two dominant grasses during initial establishment of tallgrass prairie. Restoration Ecology. 2011;19:112 -117. doi:10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00539.x.
. Community and ecosystem changes in tallgrass prairie restorations: the effects of population source and diversity. 2013;PhD. Dissertation. Available at: http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/684/.
. Convergent and contingent community responses to grass source and dominance during prairie restoration across a longitudinal gradient. Environmental Management. 2014;53:252 -265. doi:10.1007/s00267-013-0209-3.
. Tight coupling of leaf area index to canopy nitrogen and phosphorus across heterogeneous tallgrass prairie communities. Oecologia. 2016;182(3):889 - 898. doi:10.1007/s00442-016-3713-3.
. A comparison of soil hydraulic properties on Konza Prairie burning treatments. 1989;PhD Dissertation:1 -87.
. Relationships of soil fertility to suppression of the growth response of mycorrhizal big bluestem in nonsterile soil. New Phytologist. 1988;109:473 -482. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.1988.tb03723.x.
. Sporulation of two vesicular-abuscular mycorrhizal fungi in nonsterile soil. Mycologia. 1987;79:896 -899. doi:10.2307/3807692.
. Annual fire and mowing alter biomass, depth distribution, and C and N content of roots and soil in tallgrass prairie. Plant and Soil. 2009;323:235 -247. doi:10.1007/s11104-009-9931-2.
. Effects of long-term fire and mowing on root dynamics in tallgrass prairie. 2005;PhD Dissertation:1 -159.
Responses to fire differ between South African and North American grassland communities. Journal of Vegetation Science. 2014;25:793 -804. doi:10.1111/jvs.12130.
. Modeling canopy stomatal conductance in a temperate grassland ecosystem. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 1991;55:149 -166. doi:10.1016/0168-1923(91)90028-O.
. Litterfall dynamics and element use efficiency in a Kansas gallery forest. The American Midland Naturalist. 1986;116:180 -189. doi:10.2307/2425950.
. Direct measurement of allochthonous litter accumulation in a tallgrass prairie stream. The Southwestern Naturalist. 1984;29:357 -358.
. Chemical changes in tree leaves during decomposition in a tallgrass prairie stream. Ecology. 1982;63:585 -589. doi:10.2307/1938976.
. Nitrogen and phosphorus resorption dynamics of five tree species in a Kansas gallery forest. The American Midland Naturalist. 1984;111:155 -164. doi:10.2307/2425554.
. Autumnal resorption and accretion of trace metals in gallery forest trees. Ecology. 1985;66:283 -286. doi:10.2307/1941329.
. Microhabitat distribution of two Quercus (Fagaceae ) species in relation to soil differences within a Kansas gallery Forest. The Southwestern Naturalist. 1988;33:244 -246. doi:10.2307/3671906.
. Mechanisms driving woody encroachment in the tallgrass prairie: an analysis of fire behavior and physiological integration. 2012;MS Thesis:1 -72. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/14197.