Konza LTER Publications
An ecosystem in transition: causes and consequences of the conversion of mesic grassland to shrubland. BioScience. 2005;55:243 -254. doi:10.1641/0006-3568(2005)055[0243:AEITCA]2.0.CO;2.
Expansion of woody plants in tallgrass prairie: a 15 year study of fire and fire-grazing interactions. The American Midland Naturalist. 2002;147:287 -294. doi:10.1674/0003-0031(2002)147[0287:EOWPIT]2.0.CO;2.
. Seasonal variation of heterogeneity in tallgrass prairie: a quantitative measure using remote sensing. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. 1991;57:407 -411.
. . Data entry. In: Data and Information Management in the Ecological Sciences: A Resource Guide. Data and Information Management in the Ecological Sciences: A Resource Guide. Albuquerque: Long-Term Ecological Research Network Office, University of New Mexico; 1998. Available at: http://www.ecoinformatics.org/pubs/guide/briggs2.fv2.htm.
. Effects of fire on tree spatial patterns in a tallgrass prairie landscape. Bulletin of Torrey Botanical Club. 1992;119:300 -307. doi:10.2307/2996761.
. Seasonal, temporal, and spatial variation in prey use by coyotes (Canis latrans). 1993;MS Thesis:1 -66.
. Temporal variation in coyote prey in tallgrass prairie of eastern Kansas. The Prairie Naturalist. 1994;26:93 -105.
. Influence of illumination and surface structure on space use by prairie deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii). Journal of Mammalogy. 1991;72:764 -768. doi:10.2307/1381840.
. Small-mammal use of experimental patches of tallgrass prairie: influence of topographic position and fire history. . 1995:59 -65.
. Predictive models for grazing distribution: a GIS approach. Journal of Range Management. 2000;53:39 -46. doi:10.2307/4003390.
. Climate legacy effects shape tallgrass prairie nitrogen cycling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2022;127(10):e2022JG006972. doi:10.1029/2022JG006972.
. Climate legacies and restoration history as drivers of tallgrass prairie carbon and nitrogen cycling. Department of Biology. 2022;PhD Dissertation. Available at: https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/42101.
. Climate legacies determine grassland responses to future rainfall regimes. Global Change Biology. 2022;28(8):2639-2656. doi:10.1111/gcb.16084.
. Effects of changing meteoric precipitation patterns on groundwater temperature in karst environments. Groundwater. 2017;55(2):227-236. doi:10.1111/gwat.12456.
. Scraping the bottom of the barrel: are rare high throughput sequences artifacts?. Fungal Ecology. 2015;13:221 -225. doi:10.1016/j.funeco.2014.08.006.
The effect of simulated herbivory on Andropogon gerardii and Panicum virgatum as influenced by time of defoliation, fire, and plant competition. 1992;MS Thesis:1 -40.
. The effect of experimental warming and precipitation change on proteolytic enzyme activity: positive feedbacks to nitrogen availability are not universal. Global Change Biology. 2012;18:2617 -2625. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02685.x.
Do fine‐scale experiments underestimate predator consumption rates?. Journal of Animal Ecology. 2021;90(10):2391 - 2403. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.13549.
. Harmony on the prairie? Grassland plant and animal community responses to variation in climate across land‐use gradients. Ecology. 2020;101(5):e02986. doi:10.1002/ecy.2986.
Disentangling effects of predators and landscape factors as drivers of stream fish community structure. Freshwater Biology. 2021;66(4):656 - 668. doi:10.1111/fwb.13668.
. Assessing the multi-resolution information content of remotely sensed variables and elevation for evapotranspiration in a tall-grass prairie environment. Remote Sensing of Environment. 2008;112:2977 -2987. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2008.02.002.
. Assessing the roles of fire frequency and precipitation in determining woody plant expansion in central U.S. grasslands. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences. 2017;122(10):2683–2698. doi:10.1002/2017JG004046.
. Impacts of seasonality and surface heterogeneity on water-use efficiency in mesic grasslands. Ecohydrology. 2014;7:1223 -1233. doi:10.1002/eco.1455.
. Validating remotely sensed land surface fluxes in heterogeneous terrain with large aperture scintillometry. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 2011;32:6295 -6314. doi:10.1080/01431161.2010.508058.
. The impact of land cover change on water and carbon cycling in the US central plains grasslands. 2010;MS Thesis. Available at: https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/handle/1808/6992.
. Controls of aboveground net primary production in mesic savanna grasslands: An inter-hemispheric comparison. 2009;MS Thesis:1 -50. doi:10.1007/s10021-009-9273-1.
. Controls of aboveground net primary production in mesic savanna grasslands: An inter-hemispheric comparison. Ecosystems. 2009;12:982 -995. doi:10.1007/s10021-009-9273-1.
Impacts of patch burn grazing on the invertebrate communities of Kansas rangelands. 2024;MS Thesis. Available at: http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/listing.aspx?styp=ti&id=47595.
. Regional analysis of the central Great Plains. BioScience. 1991;41:685 -692. doi:http://www.jstor.org/stable/1311763.
. Avian response to golf course construction, hiking trails, and roadways in grasslands. 2001;MS Thesis:1 -213.
. Ecology of belowground invertebrates in tallgrass prairie. 2000;PhD Dissertation:1 -145.
. Influence of differing land management on the invasion of North American tallgrass prairie soils by European earthworms. Pedobiologia. 1999;43:507 -512.
. Annual fire, mowing and fertilization effects on two cicadas (Homoptera:Cicadidae) in tallgrass prairie. American Midland Naturalist. 2002;148:90 -101. doi:10.1674/0003-0031(2002)148[0090:AFMAFE]2.0.CO;2.
. Effects of fire, mowing and fertilization effects on density and biomass of macroinvertebrates in North American tallgrass prairie soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 2003;35:1079 -1093. doi:10.1016/S0038-0717(03)00153-6.
. Different behavioral patterns of the earthworms Octolasion tyrtaeum and Diplocardia spp . in tallgrass prairie soils: potential influences on plant growth. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 2001;34:49 -56. doi:10.1007/s003740100370.
. Feeding ecology and emergence production of annual cicadas (Homoptera: Cicadidae) in tallgrass prairie. Oecologia. 2000;123:535 -542. doi:10.1007/s004420000335.
. EO-1 Hyperion reflectance time series at calibration and validation sites: stability and sensitivity to seasonal dynamics. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 2013;6(2):276 - 290. doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2013.2246139.
Permutation of two-term local quadrat variance analysis: general concepts for interpretation of peaks. Journal of Vegetation Science. 1998;9:41 -44. doi:10.2307/3237221.
. Variation in benefit from arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal colonization within cultivars and non-cultivars of Andropogon gerardii and Sorghastrum nutans. 2009;MS Thesis:1 -97. Available at: http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/509/.
. Decadal-scale shifts in soil hydraulic properties induced by altered precipitation. Science Advances. 2019;5(9):eaau6635. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aau6635.
. Nutrient identity modifies the destabilising effects of eutrophication in grasslands. . Ecology Letters. 2022;259(4):754 - 765. doi:10.1111/ele.v25.410.1111/ele.13946.
Is a drought a drought in grasslands? Productivity responses to different types of drought. Oecologia. 2021. doi:10.1007/s00442-020-04793-8.
Long-term fire management history affects N-fertilization sensitivity, but not seasonality, of grassland soil microbial communities. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2018;121:231 - 239. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.03.023.
. Responses to long-term fertilization and burning: impacts on nutrient dynamics and microbial composition in a tallgrass prairie. 2013;MS Thesis. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/16029.
. Grassland soil microbial responses to long-term management of N availability. 2017;MS Thesis. Available at: http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/36228.
. Soil fungal community changes in response to long-term fire cessation and N fertilization in tallgrass prairie. Fungal Ecology. 2019;41:45 - 55. doi:10.1016/j.funeco.2019.03.002.
. Grassland restoration in a changing world: consequences of practices and variable environments. 2013;PhD. Dissertation. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/15357.
. Drought-mediated stem and belowground bud dynamics in restored grasslands. Applied Vegetation Science. 2012;15:470 -478. doi:10.1111/j.1654-109X.2012.01200.x.
. Seed source has variable effects on species, communities, and ecosystem properties in grassland restorations. Ecosphere. 2013;4:93 -. doi:10.1890/ES13-00090.1.
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