Dr. Anthony Joern

Name:

Dr. Anthony Joern

Role:

co-Principal Investigator

Address:

116 Ackert Hall, Division of Biology, Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS 66506

United States

Email:

Phone:

Fax:

Interest:

Insect community ecology, Insect/plant interactions, Grassland ecology

Publication List:

Ling B, Raynor EJ, Joern A, Goodin DG. Dynamic plant–herbivore interactions between bison space use and vegetation heterogeneity in a tallgrass prairie. Remote Sensing [Internet]. 2023;15(22):5269. https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/15/22/5269

Kaspari M, Joern A, Welti EAR. How and why grasshopper community maturation rates are slowing on a North American tall grass prairie. Biology Letters [Internet]. 2022;18(1). https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0510

Welti EAR, Joern A, Ellison AM, Lightfoot DC, Record S, Rodenhouse N, et al.. Studies of insect temporal trends must account for the complex sampling histories inherent to many long-term monitoring efforts. Nature Ecology & Evolution [Internet]. 2021;5:589–591. http://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-021-01424-0

Welti EAR, Roeder KA, de Beurs KM, Joern A, Kaspari M. Nutrient dilution and climate cycles underlie declines in a dominant insect herbivore. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [Internet]. 2020;117(13):7271-7275. http://www.pnas.org/lookup/doi/10.1073/pnas.1920012117

Bruckerhoff LA, R. Connell K, Guinnip JP, Adhikari E, Godar A, Gido KB, et al.. Harmony on the prairie? Grassland plant and animal community responses to variation in climate across land‐use gradients. Ecology [Internet]. 2020;101(5):e02986. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ecy.2986

Ling BH, Goodin DG, Raynor EJ, Joern A. Hyperspectral analysis of leaf pigments and nutritional elements in tallgrass prairie vegetation. Frontiers in Plant Science [Internet]. 2019;10. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2019.00142/full

Welti EAR, Fan Q, Tetreault HM, Ungerer MC, Blair JM, Joern A. Fire, grazing and climate shape plant–grasshopper interactions in a tallgrass prairie. Functional Ecology [Internet]. 2019;33:735 - 745. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1365-2435.13272

Ling B, Raynor EJ, Goodin DG, Joern A. Effects of fire and large herbivores on canopy nitrogen in a tallgrass prairie. Remote Sensing [Internet]. 2019;11(11). https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/11/11/1364?fbclid=IwAR3lLrrJFA3JBzN5IcRlRx-Gn7S_f-9nclPRB4H7IdDHxYQe34Ric_mraDs

Welti EAR, Joern A. Fire and grazing modulate the structure and resistance of plant–floral visitor networks in a tallgrass prairie. Oecologia [Internet]. 2018;186(2):517-528. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00442-017-4019-9

Raynor EJ, Beyer HL, Briggs JM, Joern A. Complex variation in habitat selection strategies among individuals driven by extrinsic factors. Ecology and Evolution [Internet]. 2017;7(6):1802-1822. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.2764

Raynor EJ, Joern A, Skibbe AM, Sowers M, Briggs JM, Laws AN, et al.. Temporal variability in large grazer space use in an experimental landscape. Ecosphere [Internet]. 2017;8(1). https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.1674

Welti E, Helzer C, Joern A. Impacts of plant diversity on arthropod communities and plant-herbivore network architecture. Ecosphere [Internet]. 2017;8(10):e01983. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.1983

Laws AN, Joern A. Density mediates grasshopper performance in response to temperature manipulation and spider predation in tallgrass prairie. Bulletin of Entomological Research [Internet]. 2017;107(2):261 - 267. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485316000894

Gómez JEnrique. Role of spatial and temporal vegetation heterogeneity from fire-grazing interactions to the assembly of tallgrass prairie spider communities [Internet]. Department of Biology. [Manhattan, KS]: Kansas State University; 2017. http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/34672

Welti EAR. Ecological networks of grassland plants and arthropods [Internet]. [Manhattan, KS]: Kansas State University; 2017. http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/35284

Welti E, Putnam S, Joern A. Crab spiders (Thomisidae) attract insect flower-visitors without UV signaling. Ecological Entomology [Internet]. 2016;41(5):611-617. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/een.12334

Gómez JE, Lohmiller J, Joern A. Importance of vegetation structure to the assembly of an aerial web-building spider community in North American open grassland. Journal of Arachnology [Internet]. 2016;44(1):28 - 35. https://bioone.org/journals/The-Journal-of-Arachnology/volume-44/issue-1/P14-58.1/Importance-of-vegetation-structure-to-the-assembly-of-an-aerial/10.1636/P14-58.1.short

Raynor EJ, Joern A, Nippert JB, Briggs JM. Foraging decisions underlying restricted space use: effects of fire and forage maturation on large herbivore nutrient uptake. Ecology and Evolution [Internet]. 2016;6(16):5843–5853 . https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.2304

Jonas JL, Wolesensky W, Joern A. Weather affects grasshopper population dynamics in continental grassland over annual and decadal periods. Rangeland Ecology and Management [Internet]. 2015;68:29 -39. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550742414000128?via%3Dihub

Welti EL, Joern A. Structure of trophic and mutualistic networks across broad environmental gradients. Ecology and Evolution [Internet]. 2015;5:326 -334. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.1371

Raynor EJ, Joern A, Briggs JM. Bison foraging responds to fire frequency in nutritionally heterogeneous grassland. Ecology [Internet]. 2015;96:1586 -1597. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1890/14-2027.1

La Pierre KJ, Joern A, Smith MD. Invertebrate, not small vertebrate, herbivory interacts with nutrient availability to impact tallgrass prairie community composition and forb biomass. Oikos [Internet]. 2015;124:842 -850. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/oik.01869

Raynor EJ. Ecological hierarchy of foraging in a large herbivore: the plains bison perspective in tallgrass prairie [Internet]. [Manhattan, KS]: Kansas State University; 2015. http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/2097/20348/EdwardRaynor2015.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Ling BH, Goodin DG, Mohler RL, Laws AN, Joern A. Estimating canopy nitrogen content in a heterogeneous grassland with varying fire and grazing treatments: Konza Prairie, Kansas, USA. Remote Sensing [Internet]. 2014;6:4430 -4453. https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/6/5/4430

Joern A, Laws A. Ecological mechanisms underlying arthropod species diversity in grasslands. Annual Review of Entomology [Internet]. 2013;58:19 -36. https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-ento-120811-153540

Ungerer MC, Weitekamp CA, Joern A, Towne G, Briggs JM. Genetic variation and mating success in managed American plains bison. Journal of Heredity [Internet]. 2013;104:182 -191. https://academic.oup.com/jhered/article/104/2/182/802105

Prather CM, Pelini S, Laws A, Rivest E, Woltz M, Bloch CP, et al.. Invertebrates, ecosystem services and climate change. Biological Reviews [Internet]. 2013;88:327 -348. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/brv.12002

Parsons S, Joern A. Life history traits associated with body size covary along a latitudinal gradient in a generalist grasshopper. Oecologia [Internet]. 2013;174:379 -391. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00442-013-2785-6

Larson DM, Grudzinski BP, Dodds WK, Daniels MD, Skibbe AM, Joern A. Blazing and grazing: influences of fire and bison on tallgrass prairie stream water quality. Freshwater Science [Internet]. 2013;32:779 -791. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1899/12-118.1

Jonas JL, Joern A. Dietary selection and nutritional regulation in a common mixed-feeding insect herbivore. Experimentalis et Applicata Entomologia [Internet]. 2013;148:20 -26. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/eea.12065

Behmer ST, Joern A. Insect herbivore outbreaks views through a physiological framework: insights from Orthoptera. In: Barbosa P, Letourneau D, Agrawaal A. Insect Outbreaks Revisited [Internet]. Academic Press, San Diego; 2012. http://behmerlab.tamu.edu/Resources/Behmer%20%26%20Joern%20(IOR-2012).pdf

Laws A, Joern A. Variable effects of dipteran parasitoids and management treatment on grasshopper fecundity in a tallgrass prairie. Bulletin of Entomological Research [Internet]. 2012;102:123 -130. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bulletin-of-entomological-research/article/variable-effects-of-dipteran-parasitoids-and-management-treatment-on-grasshopper-fecundity-in-a-tallgrass-prairie/EB1AD93DB7D975E1009489797D88DF2E

Laws A, Joern A. Predator-prey interactions in a grassland food chain vary with temperature and food quality. Oikos [Internet]. 2012;122:977 -986. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20419.x

Laws A, Joern A. Grasshopper fecundity responses to grazing and fire in a tallgrass prairie. Environmental Entomology [Internet]. 2011;40:979 -988. https://academic.oup.com/ee/article-abstract/40/5/979/412531?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Parsons S. A generalist grasshopper species (Melanoplus femurrubrum) is adapted to variable environments along a latitudinal gradient [Internet]. [Manhattan, KS]: Kansas State University; 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/13093

Loaiza V, Jonas JL, Joern A. Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) select vegetation patches in local-scale responses to foliar nitrogen but not phosphorus in native grassland. Insect Science [Internet]. 2010;18:533 -540. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1744-7917.2010.01376.x

Grace T, Dowell F, Joern A, Wisely SM, Brown SJ, Maghirang E. Divergent host plant adaptation drives the evolution of reproductive isolation in the grasshopper Hesperotettix viridis (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society [Internet]. 2010;100:866 -878. https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article/100/4/866/2450537

Apple JL, Grace T, Joern A, Amand P, Wisely SM. Comparative genome scan detects host-related divergent selection in the grasshopper Hesperotettix viridis. Molecular Ecology [Internet]. 2010;19:4012 -4028. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04792.x

Grace T, Joern A, Brown SJ, Apple JL, Wisely SM. Highly polymorphic microsatellites in the North American snakeweed grasshopper, Hesperotettix viridis. Journal of Orthoptera Research [Internet]. 2009;18:19 -21. https://bioone.org/journals/Journal-of-Orthoptera-Research/volume-18/issue-1/034.018.0111/Highly-Polymorphic-Microsatellites-in-the-North-American-Snakeweed-Grasshopper-iHesperotettix/10.1665/034.018.0111.full

Craine JM, Towne EG, Joern A, Hamilton RG. Consequences of climate variability for the performance of bison in tallgrass prairie. Global Change Biology [Internet]. 2009;15:772 -779. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01769.x

Loaiza V, Jonas JL, Joern A. Does dietary-P affect feeding and performance in the mixed-feeding grasshopper (Acrididae) Melanoplus bivitattus?. Environmental Entomology [Internet]. 2008;37:333 -339. https://academic.oup.com/ee/article/37/2/333/498535

Jonas JL, Joern A. Host-plant quality alters grass/forb consumption by a mixed-feeding insect herbivore, Melanoplus bivittauts (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Ecological Entomology [Internet]. 2008;33:546 -554. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.01004.x

Behmer ST, Joern A. Coexisting generalist herbivores occupy unique nutritional feeding niches. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [Internet]. 2008;105:1977 -1982. https://www.pnas.org/content/105/6/1977

Logan JD, Wolesensky W, Joern A. Insect development under predation risk, variable temperature, and variable food quality. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering. 2007;4:47 -65.

Jonas JL, Wilson GT, White PM, Joern A. Consumptionof mycorrhizal and saprophytic fungi by Collembola in grassland soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2007;39:2594 -2602.

Jonas JL, Joern A. Grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae) communities respond to fire, bison grazing and weather in North Americantallgrass prairie: A long-term study. Oecologia [Internet]. 2007;153:699 -711. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00442-007-0761-8

Jonas JL. Nutrient resources and stoichiometry affect the ecology of above- and belowground invertebrate consumers [Internet]. Department of Biology. [Manhattan, KS]: Kansas State University; 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/404

Logan JD, Wolesensky W, Joern A. Temperature- dependent phenology and predation in arthropod systems. Ecological Modelling. 2006;196:471 -482.

Branson DH, Joern A, Sword GA. Sustainable management of insect herbivores in grassland ecosystems: new perspectives in grasshopper control. BioScience. 2006;56:743 -755.

Joern A. Long-term disturbance from fire and bison grazing modulates grasshopper species assemblages (Orthoptera) in tallgrass prairie. Ecology. 2005;86:861 -873.

Joern A. Variability in grasshopper densities in response to fire frequency and bison grazing from tallgrass prairie. Environmental Entomology. 2004;33:1617 -1625.

Seastedt TR. Soil systems and nutrient cycles of the North American Prairie. In: Joern A, Keeler KK. The Changing Prairie. Oxford University Press; 1995. pp. 157 -174.

Hartnett DC, Keeler KH. Population Processes. In: Joern A, Keeler KK. The Changing Prairie. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 1995. pp. 82 -99.

Collins SL, Glenn SM. Grassland ecosystem and landscape dynamics. In: Joern A, Keeler KK. The Changing Prairie. Oxford University Press; 1995. pp. 128 -156.

Datasets

Datasets for Dr. Anthony Joern

CGR01 Sweep sampling of Grasshoppers on Konza Prairie LTER watersheds in 1981 only

CGR02 Sweep sampling of Grasshoppers on Konza Prairie LTER watersheds

CGR03 Effects of spring burning on Grasshopper Nymphs (1982)

CGR04 Sampling grasshoppers in tallgrass prairie: night trapping vs. sweeping (1982)

CGR05 Effects of fire frequency on composition of grasshopper assemblages (1983)

KIC01 Konza Prairie terrestrial arthropods species list

VIR01 Effects of invertebate and vertebrate herbivory on tallgrass prairie plant community composition and biomass, Konza Prairie LTER

PBG03 Disk pasture meter measurements to estimate plant standing biomass in the Patch-Burn Grazing experiment at Konza Prairie

PBG07 Grasshopper species abundances in the Patch-Burn Grazing experiment at Konza Prairie

PBG08 Grasshopper density survey in the Patch-Burn Grazing experiment at Konza Prairie

EJR01 Foraging decisions underlying restricted space-use: effects of fire and forage maturation on large herbivore nutrient uptake on Konza Prairie

CBM01 Plains bison movement patterns in an experimental heterogeneous landscape at Konza Prairie

ESM01 Fire and grazing modulate the structure and resistance of plant-floral visitor networks in a tallgrass prairie