Konza LTER Publications
Climate change in grassland ecosystems: current impacts and potential actions for a sustainable future. In: CLIMATE ACTIONS - LOCAL APPLICATIONS AND PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS. 1st ed. CLIMATE ACTIONS - LOCAL APPLICATIONS AND PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS. CRC; 2022:36. Available at: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/9781003048701-4/climate-change-grassland-ecosystems-jesse-nippert-seton-bachle-rachel-keen-emily-wedel.
. North American megafauna, friend or foe to woody encroachment across the Great Plains? Further exploring the American bison’s ecological role on plant communities. Department of Biology. 2024;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/items/2d3c8fa7-ad50-475d-a753-216ebeef5b0b.
. Early detection of wildfire risk in the Great Plains: merging machine learning, landscape metrics, and rich data sources. Department of Biology. 2023;MS Thesis. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/bitstream/handle/2097/43444/BrynnNoble2023.pdf?sequence=3.
. The comparative floral ecology of seven species of Onagraceae in native tallgrass prairie (pollination). 1999;PhD Dissertation.
. Phenotypic correlates and survival consequences of male mating success in lek-mating Greater Prairie-chickens (Tympanuchus cupido). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 2008;62:1377 -1388. doi:10.1007/s00265-008-0566-8.
. Factors affecting reproductive success in a lek-matingbird: the Greater Prairie-chicken. 2007;PhD Dissertation. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/375.
. Canopy photosynthesis. In: Photosynthesis. Photosynthesis. New York, N.Y: Alan R. Liss, Inc; 1989:227 -241.
. Drivers of nitrogen transfer in stream food webs across continents. Ecology. 2017;98(12):3055. doi:10.1002/ecy.2009.
Altered ecosystem nitrogen dynamics as a consequence of land cover change in tallgrass prairie. American Midland Naturalist. 2007;158:432 -445. doi:10.1674/0003-0031(2007)158[432:AENDAA]2.0.CO;2.
. Assessing changes in biomass, productivity, and C and N stores following Juniperus virginiana forest expansion into tallgrass prairie. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 2001;31:1940 -1946. doi:10.1139/x01-132.
. Biogeochemical consequences of landcover change in eastern Kansas. 2000;MS Thesis:1 -118.
. Land cover change in eastern Kansas: litter dynamics of closed-canopy eastern redcedar forests in tallgrass prairie. Canadian Journal of Botany. 2001;79:214 -222. doi:10.1139/b00-159.
. Evolutionary implications of meiotic chromosome behavior, reproductive biology, and hybridization in 6X and 9X cytotypes of Andropogon gerardii (Poaceae ). American Journal of Botany. 1997;84:201 -207. Available at: http://www.amjbot.org/content/84/2/201.short.
. Flux and stable isotope fractionation of CO2 in a mesic prairie headwater stream. Journal of Water and Climate Change. 2023;14(6):1961 - 1976. doi:10.2166/wcc.2023.067.
. An iPhone application of Konza Prairie LTER. 2012;MS Thesis:1 -47. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/13960.
. Differential responses to defoliation frequency in Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) in tallgrass prairie: Implications for herbivory tolerance and avoidance. Plant Ecology. 2011;212:1275 -1285. doi:10.1007/s11258-011-9904-4.
. The saturation of N cycling in Central Plains streams: 15N experiments across a broad gradient of nitrate concentrations. Biogeochemistry. 2007;84:31 -49. doi:10.1007/s10533-007-9073-7.
. Ammonium uptake and mineralization in prairie streams: chamber incubation and short-term nutrient addition experiments. Freshwater Biology. 2008;53:102 -112. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01870.x.
. Predicting NH4+ uptake andmineralization in prairie streams by using chamber incubation and short-termnutrient addition experiments. Freshwater Biology. 2008;52:102 -112.
. Controls of nitrogen spiraling in Kansas streams. 2006;PhD Dissertation:1 -157. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/174.
. Saturation of NO3- uptake in prairie streams as a function of acute and chronic N exposure. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 2010;29:627 -635. doi:10.1899/09-021.1.
. Drivers, mechanisms, and thresholds of wood encroachment in mesic grasslands. Department of Biology. 2019;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/40021.
. 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.
. Root traits reveal safety and efficiency differences in grasses and shrubs exposed to different fire regimes. Functional Ecology. 2022;36(2):368 - 379. doi:10.1111/fec.v36.210.1111/1365-2435.13972.
. Drivers of nocturnal water flux in a tallgrass prairie. . Functional Ecology. 2018;32(5):1155-1167. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13072.
. Patterns and ecological consequences of water uptake, redistribution, and loss in tallgrass prairie. 2016;PhD Dissertation. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/34514.
. Influences of local adaptation and genome size on Panicum virgatum (switchgrass) responses to variable precipitation timing. 2012;MS Thesis.
. Effects of altered soil water on liter decomposition and microarthropod composition. 1996;MS Thesis:1 -56.
. Fire and topographic effects on decomposition rates and nitrogen dynamics of buried wood in tallgrass prairie. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 1996;28:323 -329. doi:10.1016/0038-0717(95)00138-7.
. Responses of soil microarthropods to changes in soil water availability in tallgrass prairie. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 1999;29:207 -217. doi:10.1007/s003740050546.
. Fall point counts: Time of day affects numbers and species of birds counted. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 1997;100:94 -100. doi:10.2307/3627996.
. Eastern moles on the Konza Prairie Biological Station. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 2004;107:93 -96. doi:10.1660/0022-8443(2004)107[0093:EMOTKP]2.0.CO;2.
. Lead in soil, plants, insects, and small mammals along three Kansas highways. 1982;MS Thesis:1 -130. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/12823.
. Riparian impacts on water quality in eastern Kansas watersheds. 2003;MS Thesis:1 -89.
. Stomatal responses to changes in vapor pressure deficit reflect tissue-specific differences in hydraulic conductance. Plant, Cell and Environment. 2014;37:132 -139. doi:10.1111/pce.12137.
. Changes in stomatal conductance along grass blades reflect changes in leaf structure. Plant Cell and Environment. 2012;35:1040 -1049. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02470.x.
. A safety vs efficiency trade-off identified in the hydraulic pathway of grass leaves is decoupled from photosynthesis, stomatal conductance and precipitation. New Phytologist. 2016;210(1):97-107. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.13781.
. Growth and survival during drought: The link between hydraulic architecture and drought tolerance in grasses. 2012;PhD Dissertation:1 -1117. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/13803.
. Drought consistently alters the composition of soil fungal and bacterial communities in grasslands from two continents. Global Change Biology. 2018;24(7):2818 - 2827. doi:10.1111/gcb.2018.24.issue-710.1111/gcb.14113.
The short-term and long-term effects of burning on tallgrass ecosystem properties and dynamics. 1987;PhD Dissertation:1 -98.
. Impact of climate and atmospheric carbon dioxide changes on grasslands of the world. In: Global Change: Effects on Coniferous Forests and Grasslands. Global Change: Effects on Coniferous Forests and Grasslands. Chichester: Wiley and Sons; 1996:271 -312.
Long and short-term effects of fire on nitrogen cycling in tallgrass prairie. Biogeochemistry. 1994;24:67 -84. doi:10.1007/BF02390180.
. Simulating the long-term impact of burning on C, N, and P cycling in a tallgrass prairie. . 1988:353 -370.
. Environmental and genetic variation in leaf anatomy among populations of Andropogon gerardii (Poaceae) along a precipitation gradient. American Journal of Botany. 2013;100:1957 -1968. doi:10.3732/ajb.1200628.
. Managing Data from Multiple Disciplines, Scales, and Sites to Support Synthesis and Modeling. Remote Sensing Environment. 1999;70:99 -107. doi:10.1016/S0034-4257(99)00060-7.
. Zen of the Plains: discovering space, place, and self. 2012;PhD Dissertation:1 -276. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/13520.
. Quantifying phenotypic variation between populations of Panicum virgatum along a latitudinal gradient within the Great Plains. 2010;MS Thesis.
. Bud production and dynamics of flowering and vegetative tillers of the perennial grass Andropogon gerardii (Poaceae): the role of developmental constraints. American Journal of Botany. 2011;98:1293 -1298. doi:10.3732/ajb.1000264.
. Higher-order bud production increases tillering capacity in the perennial caespitose grass Scribner's Panicum (Dichanthelium oligosanthes). Botany. 2012;90:884 -890. doi:10.1139/b2012-043.
. Bud bank dynamics and clonal growth strategy in the rhizomatous grass Pascopyrum smithii. Plant Ecology. 2015;216:395 -405. doi:10.1007/s11258-014-0444-6.
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