Dr. John M. Briggs

Publication List:

Collins SL, Nippert JB, Blair JM, Briggs JM, Blackmore P, Ratajczak Z. Fire frequency, state change and hysteresis in tallgrass prairie. Ecology Letters [Internet]. 2021;24(4):636-647. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ele.13676

Leis SA, Blocksome CE, Twidwell D, Fuhlendorf SD, Briggs JM, Sanders LD. Juniper invasions in grasslands: research needs and intervention strategies. Rangelands [Internet]. 2017;39(2):64 - 72. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190052817300159?via%3Dihub

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

Briggs JM, Blair JM, Horne EA. Ecohydrological and climate change studies at the Konza Prairie Biological Station. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science [Internet]. 2016;119(1):5 - 11. https://doi.org/10.1660/062.119.0103

Ratajczak Z, Briggs JM, Goodin DG, Mohler R, Nippert JB, Obermeyer BK. Assessing the potential for transitions from tallgrass prairie to woodlands: are we operating beyond critical transitions?. Rangeland Ecology & Management [Internet]. 2016;69(4):280–287. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550742416300021?via%3Dihub

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

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

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

Blair JM, Nippert JB, Briggs JM. Grassland Ecology. In: Monson R. Plant Sciences - Ecology and the Environment. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg; 2014. pp. 389-423.

Ratajczak Z, Nippert JB, Briggs JM, Blair JM. Fire dynamics distinguish grasslands, shrublands, and woodlands as alternative attractors in the Central Great Plains of North America. Journal of Ecology [Internet]. 2014;102:1374 -1385. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2745.12311

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

Knapp AK, Briggs JM, Smith MD. Community stability does not preclude ecosystem sensitivity to chronic resource alteration. Functional Ecology [Internet]. 2012;26:1231 -1233. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.02053.x

Killian PD. Mechanisms driving woody encroachment in the tallgrass prairie: an analysis of fire behavior and physiological integration [Internet]. [Manhattan, KS]: Kansas State University; 2012. pp. 1 -72. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/14197

Knapp AK, McCarron JK, Silletti AM, Hoch GA, Heisler JL, Lett MS, et al.. Ecological consequences of the replacement of native grassland by Juniperus virginiana and other woody plants. In: Van Auken OW. Ecological Studies Vol. 196, Western North American Juniperus communities: A dynamic vegetation type [Internet]. Springer-Verlag, NY; 2008. pp. 156 -169. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-0-387-34003-6_8

Knapp AK, Briggs JM, Collins SL, Archer SR, Bret-Harte MS, Ewers BE, et al.. Shrub encroachment in North American grasslands: Shifts in growth form dominance rapidly alters control of ecosystem carbon inputs. Global Change Biology [Internet]. 2008;14:615 -623. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01512.x

Knapp AK, Briggs JM, Childers DL, Sala OE. Estimating aboveground net primary production in grassland and herbaceous dominated ecosystems. In Principles and Standards for Measuring Net Primary Production. Oxford University Press, NY; 2007. pp. 27 -48.

Heisler JL, Knapp AK, Briggs JM. Fire and resource availability influence carbon and water relations of the C3 shrub Cornus drummondii in a mesic grassland [Internet]. Proceedings of the 23rd Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference: Fire in Grassland and Shrubland Ecosystems. Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, Florida, USA; 2007. pp. 86 -93. http://talltimbers.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Heisleretal2007_op.pdf

Nippert JB, Knapp AK, Briggs JM. Intra-annual rainfallvariability and grassland productivity: can the past predictthe future. Plant Ecology. 2006;184:65 -74.

Briggs JM, Knapp AK, Blair JM, Heisler JL, Hoch GA, Lett MS, et al.. An ecosystem in transition: causes and consequences of the conversion of mesic grassland to shrubland. BioScience. 2005;55:243 -254.

Lett MS, Knapp AK, Briggs JM, Blair JM. Influence of shrub encroachment on aboveground net primary productivity and carbon and nitrogen pools in a mesic grassland. Canadian Journal of Botany. 2004;82:1363 -1370.

Heisler JL, Briggs JM, Knapp AK, Blair JM, Seery A. Direct and indirect effects of fire on shrub density and aboveground productivity in a mesic grassland. Ecology. 2004;85:2245 -2257.

Heisler JL, Briggs JM, Knapp AK. Long-term patterns of shrub expansion in a C4-dominated grassland: fire frequency and the dynamics of shrub cover and abundance. American Journal of Botany. 2003;90:423 -428.

Hoch G, Brock B, Briggs JM. Applications of advanced technologies in studying and managing grassland landscape integrity. In: Liu J, Taylor WW. Integrating Landscape Ecology into Natural Resource Management. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press; 2002. pp. 390 -411.

Briggs JM, Knapp AK, Brock B. 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.

Van Der Hoek DJ, Knapp AK, Briggs JM, Bokdam J. White-tailed deer browsing on six shrub species of tallgrass prairie. Great Plains Research. 2002;12:141 -156.

Hoch GA, Briggs JM, Johnson LC. Assessing the rate, mechanism and consequences of conversion of tallgrass prairie to Juniperus virginiana forest. Ecosystems. 2002;5:578 -586.

Collins SL, Glenn SM, Briggs JM. Effect of local and regional processes on plant species richness in tallgrass prairie. Oikos. 2002;99:571 -579.

Smith CC, Briggs JM. Species, season, and density of buried seeds surviving fox squirrel depredation. Prairie Naturalist. 2001;33:197 -208.

Knapp AK, Briggs JM, Koelliker JK. Frequency and extent of water limitation to primary production in a mesic temperate grassland. Ecosystems. 2001;4:19 -28.

Briggs JM, Knapp AK. Determinants of C3 forb growth and production in a C4 dominated grassland. Plant Ecology. 2001;152:93 -100.

Hoch GA, Briggs JM. Expansion of eastern red cedar in the northern Flint Hills, Kansas. Springer JT. Kearney, NE: University of Nebraska at Kearney; 1999. pp. 9 -15.

Turner DP, Cohen WB, Kennedy RE, Fassnacht KS, Briggs JM. Relationships between leaf area index and Landsat TM spectral vegetation indices across three temperate zone sites. Remote Sensing of the Environment. 1999;70:52 -68.

Olson RJ, Briggs JM, Porter JH, Mah GR, Stafford SG. Managing Data from Multiple Disciplines, Scales, and Sites to Support Synthesis and Modeling. Remote Sensing Environment. 1999;70:99 -107.

Knapp AK, Blair JM, Briggs JM, Collins SL, Hartnett DC, Johnson LC, et al.. The keystone role of bison in North American tallgrass prairie. BioScience [Internet]. 1999;49:39 -50. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/bisi.1999.49.1.39

Knapp AK, Briggs JM, Hartnett DC, Collins SL. Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. New York: Oxford University Press; 1998. pp. 364 -364.

Hayden BP. Regional climate and the distribution of tallgrass prairie. In: Knapp AK, Briggs JM, Hartnett DC, Collins SL. Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie [Internet]. New York: Oxford University Press; 1998. pp. 19 -34. http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/GDPE/Distinguished_Ecologists/2005/Hayden/grassland%20dynamics%20ch2.pdf

Knapp AK, Briggs JM, Blair JM, Turner CL. Patterns and controls of aboveground net primary production in tallgrass prairie. In: Knapp AK, Briggs JM, Hartnett DC, Collins SL. Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. New York: Oxford University Press; 1998. pp. 193 -221.

Briggs JM. Data management at a long-term ecological research site. In: Iwakuma T. Long-Term Ecological Research in the East Asia-Pacific Region: Biodiversity and Conservation of Terrestrial and Freshwater Ecosystems. Tsukuba, Japan: Center for Global Environmental Research National Institute for Environmental Studies; 1998. pp. 52 -57.

Seastedt TR, Hayden BP, Owensby CE, Knapp AK. Climate change, elevated CO2 and predictive modeling: Past and future climate change scenarios for the tallgrass prairie. In: Knapp AK, Briggs JM, Hartnett DC, Collins SL. Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie [Internet]. New York: Oxford University Press; 1998. pp. 283 -300. http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/GDPE/Distinguished_Ecologists/2005/Hayden/grassland%20dynamics%20ch16.pdf

Collins SL, Knapp AK, Hartnett DC, Briggs JM. The dynamic tallgrass prairie: Synthesis and research opportunities. In: Knapp AK, Briggs JM, Hartnett DC, Collins SL. Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. New York: Oxford University Press; 1998. pp. 301 -315.

Hartnett DC, Fay PA. Plant populations: Patterns and processes. In: Knapp AK, Briggs JM, Hartnett DC, Collins SL. Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. New York: Oxford University Press; 1998. pp. 81 -100.

Knapp AK, Blair JM, Briggs JM. Long-term ecological consequences of varying fire frequency in a humid grassland. In: Pruden TL, Brennan LA. Fire in Ecosystem Management: Shifting The Paradigm From Suppression to Prescription. Tallahassee, FL: Tall Timbers Research Station; 1998. pp. 173 -178.

Briggs JM. Evolution of the Konza Prairie LTER Information Management System. In: Michener WK, Porter JH, Stafford SG. Data and Information Management in the Ecological Sciences: A Resource Guide [Internet]. Albuquerque: Long-Term Ecological Research Network Office, University of New Mexico; 1998. http://www.ecoinformatics.org/pubs/guide/briggsk.fv2.htm

Rice CW, Todd TC, Blair JM, Seastedt TR, Ramundo RA, Wilson GT. Belowground biology and processes. In: Knapp AK, Briggs JM, Hartnett DC, Collins SL. Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. New York: Oxford University Press; 1998. pp. 244 -264.

Collins SL, Steinauer EM. Disturbance, diversity and species interactions in tallgrass prairie. In: Knapp AK, Briggs JM, Hartnett DC, Collins SL. Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. New York: Oxford University Press; 1998. pp. 140 -156.

Gray LJ, Macpherson GL, Koelliker JK, Dodds WK. Hydrology and aquatic chemistry. In: Knapp AK, Briggs JM, Hartnett DC, Collins SL. Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. New York: Oxford University Press; 1998. pp. 159 -176.

Knapp AK, Seastedt TR. Grasslands, Konza Prairie and long-term ecological Research. In: Knapp AK, Briggs JM, Hartnett DC, Collins SL. Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. New York: Oxford University Press; 1998. pp. 3 -15.

Blair JM, Seastedt TR, Rice CW, Ramundo RA. Terrestrial nutrient cycling in tallgrass prairie. In: Knapp AK, Briggs JM, Hartnett DC, Collins SL. Grassland Dynamics: Long-term Ecological Research. New York: Oxford University Press; 1998. pp. 222 -243.

Ransom MD, Rice CW, Todd TC, Wehmueller WA. Soils and soil biota. In: Knapp AK, Briggs JM, Hartnett DC, Collins SL. Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. New York: Oxford University Press; 1998. pp. 48 -66.

Briggs JM, Nellis MD, Turner CL, Henebry GM, Su H. A landscape perspective of patterns and processes in tallgrass prairie. In: Knapp AK, Briggs JM, Hartnett DC, Collins SL. Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. New York: Oxford University Press; 1998. pp. 265 -279.

Gray LJ, Dodds WK. Structure and dynamics of aquatic communities. In: Knapp AK, Briggs JM, Hartnett DC, Collins SL. Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. New York: Oxford University Press; 1998. pp. 177 -189.

Kaufman DW, Fay PA, Kaufman GA, Zimmerman JL. Diversity of terrestrial macrofauna. In: Knapp AK, Briggs JM, Hartnett DC, Collins SL. Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. New York: Oxford University Press; 1998. pp. 101 -112.

Oviatt CG. Geomorphology of the Konza Prairie. In: Knapp AK, Briggs JM, Hartnett DC, Collins SL. Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. New York: Oxford University Press; 1998. pp. 35 -47.

Freeman CC. The flora of Konza Prairie: A historical review and contemporary patterns. In: Knapp AK, Briggs JM, Hartnett DC, Collins SL. Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. New York: Oxford University Press; 1998. pp. 69 -80.

Kaufman DW, Kaufman GA, Fay PA, Zimmerman JL, Evans EW. Animal populations and communities. In: Knapp AK, Briggs JM, Hartnett DC, Collins SL. Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. New York: Oxford University Press; 1998. pp. 113 -139.

Briggs JM, Benson BJ, Hartman M, Ingersoll R. Data entry. In: Michener WK, Porter JH, Stafford SG. Data and Information Management in the Ecological Sciences: A Resource Guide [Internet]. Albuquerque: Long-Term Ecological Research Network Office, University of New Mexico; 1998. http://www.ecoinformatics.org/pubs/guide/briggs2.fv2.htm

Collins SL, Knapp AK, Briggs JM, Blair JM, Steinauer EM. Modulation of diversity by grazing and mowing in native tallgrass prairie. Science. 1998;280:745 -747.

Briggs JM, Rieck DR, Turner CL, Henebry GM, Goodin DG, Nellis MD. Spatial and temporal patterns of vegetation in the Flint Hills. Transactions Kansas Academy of Science. 1997;100:10 -20.

Nellis MD, Briggs JM. Modelling impact of bison on tallgrass prairie. Transactions Kansas Academy of Science. 1997;100:3 -9.

Su H, Briggs JM, Knapp AK, Blair JM, Krummel JR. Detecting spatial and temporal patterns of aboveground production in a tallgrass prairie using remotely-sensed data. 1996;:2361 -2365.

O'Lear HA, Seastedt TR, Briggs JM, Blair JM, Ramundo RA. Fire and topographic effects on decomposition rates and nitrogen dynamics of buried wood in tallgrass prairie. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 1996;28:323 -329.

Briggs JM, Knapp AK. Interannual variability in primary production in tallgrass prairie: climate, soil moisture, topographic position and fire as determinants of aboveground biomass. American Journal of Botany [Internet]. 1995;82:1024 -1030. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2446232

Su H, Knapp AK, Briggs JM. Effects of topography and fire on spatial and temporal distribution of soil moisture in a tallgrass prairie. In Time Domain Reflectometry in Environmental, Infrastructure and Mining Applications. United States Department of Interior Bureau of Mines; 1994. pp. 154 -162.

Briggs JM, Su H. Development and refinement of the Konza Prairie LTER Research Information Management Program. In: Michener WK, Brunt JW, Stafford SG. Environmental Information Management and Analysis: Ecosystem to Global Scales. London: Taylor and Francis Ltd; 1994. pp. 87 -100.

Briggs JM. Impact of El Nino on Konza Prairie Research Natural Area. In: Greenland D. El Nino & Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Sites. 1994. pp. 46 -47.

Knapp AK, Koelliker JK, Fahnestock JT, Briggs JM. Water relations and biomass responses to irrigation across a topographic gradient in tallgrass prairie [Internet]. Wickett RG, Lewis PD, Woodliffe A, Pratt P. 1994. pp. 215 -220. http://images.library.wisc.edu/EcoNatRes/EFacs/NAPC/NAPC13/reference/econatres.napc13.aknapp.pdf

Briggs JM, Fahnestock JT, Ward L, Knapp AK. Aboveground biomass in tallgrass prairie: effect of time since last fire [Internet]. Wickett RG, Lewis PD, Woodliffe A, Pratt P. 1994. pp. 165 -170. http://images.library.wisc.edu/EcoNatRes/EFacs/NAPC/NAPC13/reference/econatres.napc13.jbriggs.pdf

Briggs JM, Collins SL. Using remote sensing to determine heterogeneity in tallgrass prairie. 1994. pp. 113 -119.

Nellis MD, Lulla K, Briggs JM. Space shuttle photography for monitoring global change. 1994. pp. 532 -534.

Knight CL, Briggs JM, Nellis MD. Expansion of gallery forest on Konza Prairie Research Natural Area, Kansas. Landscape Ecology [Internet]. 1994;9:117 -125. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00124378

Luft J, Malinowski J, Briggs JM, Smith CC. Odor as a factor in nut discovery by fox squirrels. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science [Internet]. 1994;97:1 -3. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3628246

Vinton MA, Hartnett DC, Finck EJ, Briggs JM. The interactive effects of fire, bison (Bison bison) grazing and plant community composition in tallgrass prairie. American Midland Naturalist. 1993;129:10 -18.

Gibson DJ, Seastedt TR, Briggs JM. Management practices in tallgrass prairie: Large- and small-scale experimental effects on species composition. Journal of Applied Ecology. 1993;30:247 -255.

Bragg WK, Knapp AK, Briggs JM. Comparative water relations of seedling and adult Quercus species during gallery forest expansion in tallgrass prairie. Forest Ecology and Management. 1993;56:29 -41.

Nellis MD, Briggs JM. Transformed vegetation index for measuring spatial variation in drought impacted biomass on Konza Prairie, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 1992;95:93 -99.

Briggs JM, Gibson DJ. Effects of fire on tree spatial patterns in a tallgrass prairie landscape. Bulletin of Torrey Botanical Club. 1992;119:300 -307.

Nellis MD, Briggs JM, Seyler HL. Growth and transition: Remote sensing and geographic information systems at Kansas State University. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. 1992;58:1159 -1161.

Nellis MD, Bathgate JD, Briggs JM. Geographic information systems for modeling bison impact on Konza Prairie, Kansas. GIS/LIS Proceedings. 1992;2:618 -623.

Seastedt TR, Briggs JM. Longterm ecological questions and considerations for taking longterm measurements: Lessons from the LTER and FIFE programs on tallgrass prairie. In: Risser PJ. Longterm Ecological Research: An International Perspective (SCOPE Vol. 47). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons; 1991. pp. 153 -172.

Seastedt TR, Briggs JM, Gibson DJ. Controls of nitrogen limitation in tallgrass prairie. Oecologia. 1991;87:72 -79.

Briggs JM, Nellis MD. Seasonal variation of heterogeneity in tallgrass prairie: a quantitative measure using remote sensing. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. 1991;57:407 -411.

Briggs JM, Knapp AK. Estimating aboveground biomass in tallgrass prairie with the harvest method: determining proper sample size using jackknifing and Monte Carlo simulations. The Southwestern Naturalist. 1991;36:1 -6.

Evans EW, Finck EJ, Briggs JM, Gibson DJ, James SW, Kaufman DW, et al.. Is fire a disturbance in grasslands?. Bragg TB, Stubbendieck J. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press; 1989. pp. 159 -161.

Briggs JM, Nellis MD. Landsat thematic mapper digital data for predicting aboveground biomass in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem. Bragg TB, Stubbendieck J. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press; 1989. pp. 53 -55.

Nellis MD, Briggs JM. The effects of spatial scale on Konza landscape classification using textural analysis. Landscape Ecology. 1989;2:93 -100.

Briggs JM, Seastedt TR, Gibson DJ. Comparative analysis of temporal and spatial variability in aboveground production in a deciduous forest and prairie. Holarctic Ecology. 1989;12:130 -136.

Briggs JM, Smith KG. Influence of habitat on acorn selection by Peromyscus leucopus. Journal of Mammalogy. 1989;70:35 -43.

Nellis DM, Briggs JM. SPOT satellite data for pattern recognition on the North American tall-grass prairie Long-term Ecological Research Site. Geocarto International. 1988;3:37 -40.

Nellis MD, Briggs JM. Micro-based Landsat TM data processing for tallgrass prairie monitoring in the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area, Kansas. Papers and Proceedings of the Applied Geography Conference. 1987;10:76 -80.

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