Konza LTER Publications
Dominant species maintain ecosystem function with non-random species loss. Ecology Letters. 2003;6:509 -517. doi:10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00454.x.
. Effects of long-term fungicide application on microbial processes in tallgrass prairie soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 2000;32:935 -946. doi:10.1016/S0038-0717(99)00223-0.
. Geomorphology and geomorphic history of the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area, Riley and Geary Counties, Kansas. 1991;MS Thesis:1 -121.
. Shared drivers but divergent ecological responses: Insights from long-term experiments in mesic savanna grasslands. BioScience. 2016;66(8):666 - 682. doi:10.1093/biosci/biw077.
Size of the local species pool determines invasibility of a C4-dominated grassland. Oikos. 2001;92:55 -61. doi:10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.920107.x.
. How ecologists define drought, and why we should do better. Global Change Biology. 2019;25(10):3193 - 3200. doi:10.1111/gcb.14747.
Repeated extreme droughts decrease root production, but not the potential for post‐drought recovery of root production, in a mesic grassland. Oikos. 2023;1:e08899. doi:10.1111/oik.08899.
. Fire history as a key determinant of grassland soil CO2 flux. Plant and Soil. 2021;460:579–592. doi:10.1007/s11104-020-04781-0.
. Impacts of compound precipitation extremes on belowground dynamics in a mesic grassland. Colorado State University. 2021;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://mountainscholar.org/handle/10217/234322.
. Effects of compounded precipitation pattern intensification and drought occur belowground in a mesic grassland. Ecosystems. 2021. doi:10.1007/s10021-021-00714-9.
. Grass evolutionary lineages can be identified using hyperspectral leaf reflectance. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2024;129(2):e2023JG007852. doi:10.1029/2023JG007852.
Characterizing prevalence and ecological impact of non-native terrestrial isopods (Isopoda, Oniscidea) in tallgrass prairie. Crustaceana. 2012;85:1499 -1511. doi:10.1163/15685403-00003126.
. . Long-term responses of the grassland co-dominants Andropogon gerardii and Sorghastrum nutans to changes in climate and management. Plant Ecology. 2002;163:15 -22. doi:10.1023/A:1020320214750.
. Competition and coexistence in grassland co-dominants: responses to neighbor removal and resource availability. Canadian Journal of Botany. 2004;82:450 -460. doi:10.1139/b04-016.
. Responses of the co-dominant grassland species Andropogon gerardii and Sorghastrum nutans to long-term manipulations of nitrogen and water. American Midland Naturalist. 2001;145:159 -167. doi:10.1674/0003-0031(2001)145[0159:ROTCGS]2.0.CO;2.
. Comparative ecology of the C4 grassland co-dominants Andropogon gerardii and Sorghastrum nutans. 2000;MS Thesis:1 -85.
. The long shadow of woody encroachment: An integrated approach to modeling grassland songbird habitatAbstract. Ecological Applications. 2024;34(3):e2954. doi:10.1002/eap.v34.310.1002/eap.2954.
. Emigration and survival correlate with different precipitation metrics throughout a grassland songbird's annual cycle. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 2023;87(3):e22371. doi:10.1002/jwmg.22371.
. Under the weather: mechanisms underlying avian responses to precipitation. Department of Biology. 2023;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/handle/2097/43041.
. Probing whole-stream metabolism: influence of spatial heterogeneity on rate estimates. Freshwater Biology. 2017;62(4):711 - 723. doi:10.1111/fwb.12896.
. Variance in digestive efficiencies of four sympatric avian granivores. Auk. 1989;106:324 -326. doi:http://www.jstor.org/stable/4087728.
. Apparent metabolizable energy content of foods used by mourning doves. Journal of Wildlife Management. 1988;52:481 -483. doi:10.2307/3801595.
. Time budgets of confined nothern cardinals and Harris' sparrows in flocks and differences in observer data. Journal of Field Ornithology. 1992;63:129 -137. doi:http://www.jstor.org/stable/4513677.
. Energetic responses of avain granivores to winter in northeast Kansas. 1984;MS Thesis:1 -129. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/27351.
. Predation on red-winged blackbird eggs and nestlings. The Wilson Bulletin. 1979;91:426 -433. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4161244.
. Differential effects of extreme drought on production and respiration: Synthesis and modeling analysis. Biogeosciences. 2014;11:621 -633. doi:10.5194/bg-11-621-2014.
Nutrient and energy characteristics of invertebrates from two locations in Kansas. The Prairie Naturalist. 1999;31:173 -186. Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1348&context=tpn#page=48.
. Characterizing woody encroachment in the konza prairie using object-based analysis of aerial photographs. 2016;MS Thesis. Available at: https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/handle/1808/24182.
. The ecology of grazing lawns on the tallgrass prairie. Department of Biology. 2019;MS Thesis. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/39462.
. How low can you go? Widespread challenges in measuring low stream discharge and a path forward. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 2023;8(6):804-811. doi:10.1002/lol2.10356.
Effects of burning on snakes in Kansas, USA, tallgrass prairie. Natural Areas Journal. 2003;23:315 -319. Available at: http://www.naturalareas.org/docs/v23_4_03_pp315_319.pdf.
. Measurements of water use by prairie grasses with heat balance sap flow gauges. Journal of Range Management. 1995;48:150 -158. doi:10.2307/4002803.
. Satellite remote sensing and field experiments. In: Remote Sensing of Biosphere Functioning. Remote Sensing of Biosphere Functioning. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag; 1990:169 -201.
. The first ISLSCP field experiment (FIFE). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 1988;69:22 -27. doi:10.1175/1520-0477(1988)069<0022:TFIFE>2.0.CO;2.
. Fire, mowing and insecticide effects on soil Sternorrhyncha (Homoptera) densities in tallgrass prairie. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 1991;64:238 -242. doi:http://www.jstor.org/stable/25085278.
. Mass loss and nitrogen dynamics of decaying litter of grasslands: the apparent low nitrogen immobilization potential of root detritus. Canadian Journal of Botany. 1992;70:384 -391. doi:10.1139/b92-052.
. Interactions among soil invertebrates, microbes and plant growth in tallgrass prairie. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment. 1988;24:219 -228. doi:10.1016/0167-8809(88)90067-9.
. Silica, nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics of tallgrass prairie. . 1989:205 -209.
. The rhinoceros beetle, Xyloryctes jamaicensis Drury (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae):a locally abundant detritivore of a Kansas riparian forest. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 1983;56:543 -546. doi:http://www.jstor.org/stable/25084458.
. Soil systems and nutrient cycles of the North American Prairie. In: The Changing Prairie. The Changing Prairie. Oxford University Press; 1995:157 -174.
. Microarthropods in decaying wood from temperate coniferous and deciduous forests. Pedobiologia. 1989;33:69 -77.
. Maximization of densities of soil animals by foliage herbivory: empirical evidence, graphical and conceptual models. Oikos. 1988;51:243 -248. doi:10.2307/3565649.
. Canopy interception of nitrogen in bulk precipitation by annually burned and unburned tallgrass prairie. Oecologia. 1985;66:88 -92. doi:10.1007/BF00378557.
. Importance of photosynthetic pathways, management, and climate on plant production and soil carbon of semihumid temperate grasslands. Ecological Applications. 1994;4:344 -354. doi:10.2307/1941938.
. Experimental manipulations of soil arthropod, nematode, and earthworm communities in a North American tallgrass prairie. Pedobiologia. 1987;30:9 -17.
. Microarthropods of burned and unburned tallgrass prairie. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 1984;57:468 -476. doi:http://www.jstor.org/stable/25084545.
. Factors influencing nitrogen concentrations in soil and water in a North American tallgrass prairie. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 1988;20:725 -729. doi:10.1016/0038-0717(88)90158-7.
. Effects of vegetation, burning and mowing on soil macroarthropods of tallgrass prairie. . 1986:99 -102.
. Maximization of primary and secondary productivity by grazers. The American Naturalist. 1985;126:559 -564. doi:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2461537.
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