Konza LTER Publications
Demystifying dominant species. New Phytologist. 2019;223(3):1106 - 1126. doi:10.1111/nph.15789.
. Demography of Greater Prairie-Chickens: regional variation in vital rates, sensitivity values, and population dynamics. Journal of Wildlife Management. 2012;76:987 -1000. doi:10.1002/jwmg.369.
. Demography of female Greater Prairie-Chickens in unfragmented grasslands in Kansas. Avian Conservation and Ecology-Ecologie et Conservation des Oiseaux. 2011;6. doi:10.5751/ACE-00429-060102.
. Demographic sensitivity of population change in the Northern Bobwhite. Journal of Wildlife Management. 2008;72:970 -982. doi:10.2193/2007-124.
. Demographic response of a grassland rodent to environmental variability. Journal of Mammalogy. 2007;88:982 -988. doi:10.1644/06-MAMM-A-109R.1.
. Demodicosis in an American Bison. Canadian Veterinary Journal. 1999;40:417 -418. Available at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1539720/.
. Degraded soil increases the performance of a dominant grass, Andropogon gerardii (Big bluestem). Plant Ecology. 2018;219(10):901 - 911. doi:10.1007/s11258-018-0844-0.
. Defoliation synchronizes above-ground growth of co-occurring C4 grass species. Ecology. 2008;89:2860 -2867. doi:10.1890/07-1434.1.
. Defoliation and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi shape plant communities in overgrazed semiarid grasslands. Ecology. 2018;99(8):1847 - 1856. doi:10.1002/ecy.2401.
. Defining codominance in plant communities. New Phytologist. 2021;230(5):1716-1730. doi:10.1111/nph.17253.
. Deepening roots can enhance carbonate weathering by amplifying CO2-rich recharge. Biogeosciences. 2021;18:55-75. doi:10.5194/bg-18-55-2021.
. Deconstructing precipitation variability: rainfall event size and timing uniquely alter ecosystem dynamics. Journal of Ecology. 2021;109(9):3356-3369. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.13724.
. Decomposition of litter in Kansas bluestem prairie. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 1980;83:33 -35. doi:10.2307/3627269.
. Decomposition and nutrient dynamics of Oak (Quercus spp.) logs after five years of decomposition. Ecography. 1998;21:3 -10. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0587.1998.tb00388.x.
. Decadal-scale shifts in soil hydraulic properties induced by altered precipitation. Science Advances. 2019;5(9):eaau6635. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aau6635.
. Death Camas (Zigadenus nuttallii) in Kansas: pollen collectors and a florivore. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 1989;62:411 -412.
. Data model for system conceptualization in groundwater studies. International Journal of Geographical Information Science. 2010;24:677 -694. doi:10.1080/13658810902967389.
. Data fusion of distance sampling and capture-recapture data. Journal of Spatial Statistics. 2023;55:100756. doi:10.1016/j.spasta.2023.100756.
. Darksidea phi, sp. nov., a dark septate root-associated fungus in foundation grasses in North American Great Plains. Mycologia. 2022;11420164110338(2):254-269. doi:10.1080/00275514.2022.2031780.
Cultural conformity and persistence in Dickcissel song are higher in locations in which males show high site fidelity. Ornithology. 2021;139(1):1-17. doi:10.1093/ornithology/ukab061.
Cryptosporidium and Giardia in surface waters in and around Manhattan, Kansas. Transaction of the Kansas Academy of Science. 1991;94:101 -106. doi:10.2307/3627857.
. A cross-system comparison of bacterial and fungal biomass in detritus pools of headwater streams. Microbial Ecology. 2002;43:55 -66. doi:10.1007/s00248-001-1020-x.
Cross-stream comparison of substrate-specific denitrification potential. Biogeochemistry. 2011;104:381 -392. doi:10.1007/s10533-010-9512-8.
Cross-site comparisons of climate change on drylands in the US Long-term Ecological Research network. BioScience. 2022;72(9):889 - 907. doi:10.1093/biosci/biab134.
Cross-site comparison of herbivore impact on nitrogen availability in grasslands: the role of plant nitrogen concentration. Oikos. 2009;118:1613 -1622. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17199.x.
. A cross-biome comparison of daily light use efficiency for gross primary production. Global Change Biology. 2003;9:383 -395. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00573.x.
Crab spiders (Thomisidae) attract insect flower-visitors without UV signaling. Ecological Entomology. 2016;41(5):611-617. doi:10.1111/een.12334.
. Cowbird removals unexpectedly increase productivity of a brood parasite and the songbird host. Ecological Applications. 2008;18:537 -548. doi:10.1890/07-0984.1.
. Cowbird parasitism of dickcissels in different habitats and at different nest densities. The Wilson Bulletin. 1983;95:7 -22. doi:http://www.jstor.org/stable/4161714.
. Co-variation in methanotroph community composition and activity in three temperate grassland soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2016;95:78 - 86. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.12.014.
. Correlations between genetic and species diversity: effects of resource quantity and heterogeneity. Journal of Vegetation Science. 2013;24:1185 -1194. doi:10.1111/jvs.12042.
. The core-satellite species hypothesis provides a theoretical basis for Grimes classification of dominant subordinate, and transient species. Journal of Ecology. 1999;87:1064 -1067. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00424.x.
. Coping with herbivory at the juvenile stage: Responses to defoliation and browsing in the African savanna tree Colophospermum mopane. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 2012;28:161 -169. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0266467412000028 .
. Coordinated distributed experiments: an emerging tool for testing global hypotheses in ecology and environmental science. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2013;11:147 -155. doi:10.1890/110279.
Conversion of grassland to coniferous woodland has limited effects on soil nitrogen cycle processes. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 2008;40:2627 -2633. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.07.005.
. Convergent phylogenetic and functional responses to altered fire regimes in mesic savanna grasslands of North America and South Africa. New Phytologist. 2014;203:1000 -1011. doi:10.1111/nph.12846.
. Convergent and contingent community responses to grass source and dominance during prairie restoration across a longitudinal gradient. Environmental Management. 2014;53:252 -265. doi:10.1007/s00267-013-0209-3.
. Convergence and contingency in production-precipitation relationships in North American and South African C4 grasslands. Oecologia. 2006;149:456 -464. doi:10.1007/s00442-006-0468-2.
. Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency. Nature. 2004;429:651 -654. doi:10.1038/nature02561.
Controls on Soil Organic Carbon Stocks and Turnover Among North American Ecosystems. Ecosystems. 2012;15(4):604 - 615. doi:10.1007/s10021-012-9534-2.
. Controls on nutrients across a prairie stream watershed: Land use and riparian cover effects. Environmental Management. 2006;37:636 -646. doi:10.1007/s00267-004-0072-3.
. Controls on bud activation and tiller initiation in C3 and C4 tallgrass prairie grasses: the role of light and nitrogen. Botany. 2012;90:1221 -1228. doi:10.1139/b2012-091.
. Controls of nitrogen limitation in tallgrass prairie. Oecologia. 1991;87:72 -79. doi:10.1007/BF00323782.
. 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.
Control of nitrogen export from watersheds by headwater streams. Science. 2001;292:86 -90. doi:10.1126/science.1056874.
Contributions of the long-term ecological research program. BioScience. 1990;40:509 -523. doi:http://www.jstor.org/stable/1311319.
. The contribution of drought-related decreases in foliar nitrogen concentration to decreases in photosynthetic capacity during and after drought in prairie grasses. Physiologia Plantarum. 1997;101:173 -182. doi:10.1111/j.1399-3054.1997.tb01834.x.
. Contrasting trait responses in plant communities to experimental and geographic variation in precipitation. New Phytologist. 2010;188:565 -575. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03382.x.
Contrasting shrub and grass hydraulic responses to experimental drought. Oecologia. 2024;204:931 - 941. doi:10.1007/s00442-024-05543-w.
. Contrasting sensitivities of two dominant C4 grasses to heat waves and drought. Plant Ecology. 2014;215:721 -731. doi:10.1007/s11258-014-0345-8.
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