Konza LTER Publications
Validation of kernel-driven semiempirical models for the surface bidirectional reflectance distribution function of land surfaces. Remote Sensing of Environment. 1997;62:201 -214. doi:10.1016/S0034-4257(97)00082-5.
. VA-Mycorrhizal influence on intra- and interspecific neighbor interactions among co-occurring prairie grasses. Journal of Ecology. 1993;81:787 -795. doi:10.2307/2261676.
. Variability in grasshopper densities in response to fire frequency and bison grazing from tallgrass prairie. Environmental Entomology. 2004;33:1617 -1625. doi:10.1603/0046-225X-33.6.1617.
. 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.
. Variable effects of dipteran parasitoids and management treatment on grasshopper fecundity in a tallgrass prairie. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 2012;102:123 -130. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007485311000472.
. Variance in digestive efficiencies of four sympatric avian granivores. Auk. 1989;106:324 -326. doi:http://www.jstor.org/stable/4087728.
. Variance in mating success does not produce strong sexual selection in a polygynous songbird. Behavioral Ecology. 2013;24(6):1381 - 1389. doi:10.1093/beheco/art077.
. Variation among biomes in temporal dynamics of aboveground primary production. Science. 2001;291:481 -484. doi:10.1126/science.291.5503.481.
. Variation in gene expression of Andropogon gerardii in response to altered environmental conditions associated with climate change. Journal of Ecology. 2010;98:374 -383. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01618.x.
Variation in grazing tolerance among three tallgrass prairie plant species. American Journal of Botany. 2002;89:1634 -1643. doi:10.3732/ajb.89.10.1634.
. Variation in root system traits among African semi-arid savanna grasses: implications for drought tolerance. Austral Ecology. 2013;38:383 -392. doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2012.02422.x.
. Variations in microbial activity due to fluctuations in soil water content at the water table interface. Journal of Environmental Science and Health. 1999;34:479 -505. doi:10.1080/10934529909376849.
. Vascular plants of Konza Prairie Biological Station: An annotated checklist of species in a Kansas tallgrass prairie. Sida. 2002;20:269 -294. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/41968021.
. Vegetation dynamics from annually burning tallgrass prairie in different seasons. Journal of Range Management. 2003;56:185 -192. doi:10.2307/4003903.
. Vegetation responses to an animal-generated disturbance (bison wallows) in tallgrass prairie. American Midland Naturalist. 2011;165:60 -73. doi:10.1674/0003-0031-165.1.60.
. Vegetation responses to different spatial patterns of soil disturbances in burned and unburned tallgrass prairie. Plant Ecology. 2001;155:99 -109. doi:10.1023/A:1013264308786.
. Vegetation-mediated changes in microclimate reduce soil respiration as woodlands expand into grasslands. Ecology. 2004;85:3348 -3361. doi:10.1890/03-0576.
. Vegetationtrends in tallgrass prairie from bison and cattle grazing. Ecological Applications. 2005;15:1550 -1559. doi:10.1890/04-1958.
. Vegetative reproduction and bud Bank dynamics of the perennial grass andropogon gerardii in mixed-grass and tallgrass prairie. American Midland Naturalist. 2015;174:14 -34. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1674/0003-0031-174.1.14.
. Vertical distribution of fungal communities in tallgrass prairie soil. Mycologia. 2010;102:1027 -1041. doi:10.3852/09-316.
. Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae and greenhouse production of three native tallgrass prairie forbs. Restoration and Management Notes. 1985;31:24 -.
. Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with native tall grass prairie and cultivated winter wheat. Canadian Journal of Botany. 1983;61:2140 -2146. doi:10.1139/b83-231.
. Visual display in Blanchard's cricket frogs (Acris blanchardi). The Southwestern Naturalist. 2014;59:409 -413. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1894/JMM-02.1.
. Vocal matching and intensity of begging calls are associated with a forebrain song circuit in a generalist brood parasite. Developmental Neurobiology. 2016;76(6):615 - 625. doi:10.1002/dneu.22348.
. Wallowing behavior of American bison (Bos bison) in tallgrass prairie: an examination of alternate explanations. The American Midland Naturalist. 2000;144:159 -167. doi:10.1674/0003-0031(2000)144[0159:WBOABB]2.0.CO;2.
. Warm spring reduced carbon cycle impact of the 2012 US summer drought. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2016:201519620. doi:10.1073/pnas.1519620113.
Water relations and growth of tallgrass prairie forbs in response to selective herbivory by bison. International Journal of Plant Science. 1993;154:432 -440. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2995662.
. Water relations and growth of three grasses during wet and drought years in a tallgrass prairie. Oecologia. 1984;65:35 -43. doi:10.1007/BF00384460.
. Water relations in grassland and desert ecosystems exposed to elevated atmospheric CO2. Oecologia. 2004;140:11 -25. doi:10.1007/s00442-004-1550-2.
Water relations of Juniperus virginiana and Andropogon gerardii in an unburned tallgrass prairie watershed. Southwestern Naturalist. 1993;38:325 -330. doi:10.2307/3671610.
. Water vapor fluxes and their impact under elevated CO2 in a C4 tallgrass prairie. Global Change Biology. 1997;3:189 -195. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2486.1997.00084.x.
. Water velocity attenuation by stream periphyton and macrophytes in relation to growth form and architecture. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 2002;21:2 -15. doi:10.2307/1468295.
. Watershed and fire severity are stronger determinants of soil chemistry and microbiomes than within-watershed woody encroachment in a tallgrass prairie system. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 2021;97(12):fiab154. doi:10.1093/femsec/fiab154.
. 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.
. Weather affects grasshopper population dynamics in continental grassland over annual and decadal periods. Rangeland Ecology and Management. 2015;68:29 -39. doi:10.1016/j.rama.2014.12.011.
. Weather effects on winter birds: the response of a Kansas winter bird community to weather, photoperiod, and year. Wilson Bulletin. 1999;111:550 -558.
. What drives grassland ecosystem multifunctionality: Grazing pressure or plant community parameters?. Functional Ecology. In Press.
White-tailed deer browsing on six shrub species of tallgrass prairie. Great Plains Research. 2002;12:141 -156. doi:10.1674/0003-0031-170.2.323.
. Why coordinated distributed experiments should go global. BioScience. 2021;71(9):918 - 927. doi:10.1093/biosci/biab033.
Widespread coupling between the rate and temperature sensitivity of organic matter decay. Nature Geoscience. 2010;3:854 -857. doi:10.1038/ngeo1009.
. Wind induced leaf binding by prairie cordgrass onto common milkweed in northeastern Kansas. Prairie Naturalist. 1994;26:301 -305. Available at: http://eurekamag.com/research/009/736/009736310.php.
. Winter population dynamics of three species of mast-eating birds in the eastern United States. The Wilson Bulletin. 1986;98:407 -418. doi:http://www.jstor.org/stable/4162267.
. The woodland vole on Konza Prairie Biological Station, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 2009;112:229 -230. doi:10.1660/062.112.0413.
. Woodland voles captured among sparse shrubs in native tallgrass prairie on Konza Prairie Biological Station, Kansas. Transactions of Kansas Academy of Science. 2014;117:76 -78. doi:https://doi.org/10.1660/062.117.0110.
. Woody encroachment decreases diversity across North American grasslands and savannas. Ecology. 2012;93:697 -703. doi:10.1890/11-1199.1.
. Woody encroachment modifies subsurface structure and hydrological function. ECOHYDROLOGY. 2024:e2731. doi:10.1002/eco.2731.
Woody plant encroachment, and its removal, impact bacterial and fungal communities across stream and terrestrial habitats in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 2015;91(10):fiv109. doi:10.1093/femsec/fiv109.
. Woody plant encroachment and removal in mesic grassland: production and composition responses of herbaceous vegetation. American Midland Naturalist. 2005;153:217 -231. doi:10.1674/0003-0031(2005)153[0217:WPEARI]2.0.CO;2.
. Woody plant encroachment by Juniperus virginiana in a mesic native grassland promotes rapid carbon and nitrogen accrual. Ecosystems. 2008;11:454 -468. doi:10.1007/s10021-008-9133-4.
. Woody plant proliferation in North American drylands: A synthesis of impacts on ecosystem carbon balance. Journal of Geophysical Research. 2011;116. doi:10.1029/2010JG001506.
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