Publications, Theses and Presentations
of Konza Prairie REU Students

Publications (* = REU Student Author)

  1. Blundell*, M.A., and B. Von Korff. 2008. Bobolinks (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) nesting at Konza Prairie Biological Station, Riley County, Kansas. Bulletin of the Kansas Ornithological Society 59:21-23.
  2. Loaiza*, V., J.L. Jonas, and A. Joern. 2008.  Does dietary-P affect feeding and performance in the mixed-feeding grasshopper (Acrididae) Melanoplus bivittattus?  Environmental Entomology 37: 333–339.
  3. Sandercock, B.K., E.L. Hewett*, and K.L. Kosciuch. 2008. Effects of experimental cowbird removals on brood parasitism and nest predation of a grassland songbird. Auk, in press.
  4. Schook*, D. M., M. D. Collins, W. E. Jensen, P. J. Williams*, N. E. Bader, and T. H. Parker. 2008. Geographic patterns of song similarity in the Dickcissel, Spiza americana. Auk, in press.
  5. Eitzmann*, J. L., A. S. Makinster, and C. P. Paukert.  2007.  Distribution and growth of blue sucker in a Great Plains, USA river.  Fisheries Management and Ecology 14:255-262.
  6. Ross*, B.E., A.W. Reed, R.L. Rehmeier, G.A. Kaufman and D.W. Kaufman. 2007. Effects of prairie vole runways on tallgrass prairie. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 110: 100-106.
  7. Volk*, M.D., D.W. Kaufman, and G.A. Kaufman. 2007. Diurnal activity and habitat associations of white-tailed deer in tallgrass prairie of eastern Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 110:145-154.
  8. Benson*, E. and D. C. Hartnett. 2006. The role of seed and vegetative reproduction in plant recruitment and demography in tallgrass prairie. Plant Ecology 187:163-177.
  9. Dodds, W.K. and J.A. Nelson*. 2006. Re-defining the community: a species-based approach.  Oikos 112: 464-472.
  10. Franssen, N.R., K.B. Gido, C.S. Guy, J.A. Tripe, S.S. Shrank, T.R. Strakosh, K.N. Bertrand, C.M. Franssen*, K.L. Pitts*, and C.P. Paukert.  2006. Effects of floods on fish assemblages in an intermittent prairie stream.  Freshwater Biology 51:2072-2086.
  11. Strakosh, T.R, K.B. Gido, C.S. Guy, and J.L. Eitzmann*. 2006. The response of water willow, Justicia americana, to different inundation and desiccation regimes. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 25:1476-1485.
  12. Baer, S. G., S. L. Collins, J. M. Blair, A. Fiedler*, and A. K. Knapp. 2005. Soil heterogeneity effects on tallgrass prairie community heterogeneity: an application of ecological theory to restoration ecology. Restoration Ecology 13: 413-424.
  13. Jumpponen, A., J. Trowbridge*, K. Mandyam, and L. Johnson. 2005. Nitrogen enrichment causes minimal changes in arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization but shifts community composition - Evidence from rDNA data. Biology and Fertility of Soils 41: 217-224.
  14. Kaufman, G. A., D. W. Kaufman and S. D. Kocher*. 2005. Distribution of carnivore burrows in a prairie landscape. Great Plains Research 15: 15-29.
  15. Fay, P.A., and H.L. Throop*. 2005. Branching responses in Silphium integrifolium (Asteraceae) following mechanical or gall damage to apical meristems and neighbor removal. American Journal of Botany 92: 954-959.
  16. Benson*, E., D.C. Hartnett and K. Mann*. 2004. The role of belowground bud banks and meristem limitation in tallgrass prairie plant populations. American Journal of Botany 91: 416-421.
  17. Heisler, J.L, J.M. Briggs, A.K. Knapp, J.M. Blair, and A. Seery*. 2004. Direct and indirect effects of fire on shrub expansion in a mesic grassland. Ecology 85: 2245-2257.
  18. Pearse*, A. T., J. F. Cavitt, and J. F. Cully, Jr. 2004. Effects of food supplementation on female nest attentiveness and incubation: mate-feeding in two sympatric wren species. Wilson Bulletin 116: 23-30.
  19. Smith, M. D., J. Wilcox, T. Kelly*, and A. K. Knapp. 2004. Dominance not diversity determines invasibility of tallgrass prairie. Oikos 106: 253-262.
  20. Trager*, M., G.W.T. Wilson, and D.C. Hartnett. 2004. Interactive effects of burn regime and bison activity on tallgrass prairie vegetation. American Midland Naturalist 152: 37-47.
  21. Evans-White*, M. A., W. K. Dodds, and M. R. Whiles. 2003. Ecosystem significance of crayfishes and central stonerollers in a tallgrass prairie stream: Functional differences between co-occurring omnivores. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 22: 423-441.
  22. Beckmann*, J. P., G. A. Kaufman, and D. W. Kaufman. 2002. Distribution of eastern woodrats in a grassland-woodland mosaic: influence of vegetation and fire. Great Plains Research 12: 157-166.
  23. Dodds, W. K., A. L. López*, W. B. Bowden, S. Gregory, N. B. Grimm, S. K. Hamilton, A. E. Hershey, W. B. McDowell, J. L. Meyer, D. Moral, P. J. Mulholland, B. J. Peterson, J. L. Tank, H. M. Vallet, J. R. Webster, W. Wohleim. 2002. N uptake as a function of concentration in streams. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 21: 206-220.
  24. Fay, P.A., J.D. Carlisle, B.T. Danner, M.S. Lett, J.K. McCarron, C. Stewart*, A.K. Knapp, J.M. Blair, S.L. Collins. 2002. Altered rainfall patterns, gas exchange, and growth in grasses and forbs. International Journal of Plant Sciences 163: 549-557.
  25. Owens*, A., M. Trager*, and E.A. Horne. 2002. Phrynosoma cornutum (Texas horned lizard) reproduction. Herpetological Review 33: 308-309.
  26. Evans-White*, M., W. K. Dodds, L.J. Gray and K. M. Fritz. 2001. A comparison of the trophic ecology of crayfish (Orconectes nais [Faxon] and Orconectes neglectus [Faxon]) and the central stoneroller minnow (Compostoma anomalum [Rafinesque]): omnivory in a tallgrass prairie stream. Hydrobiologia 462: 131-144.
  27. Johnson, L. and J. R. Matchett*. 2001. Fire and grazing regulate belowground processes in tallgrass prairie. Ecology 82: 3377-3389.
  28. Wilson, G. W., D. C. Hartnett, M. D. Smith, and K. L. Kobbeman*. 2001. Effects of mycorrhizae on the growth and demography of tallgrass prairie forbs. American Journal of Botany 88: 1452-1457.
  29. Dodds, W. K., M. A. Evans-White*, N. Gerlanc, L. Gray, D. A. Gudder, M. J. Kemp, A. L. López*, D. Stagliano, E. Strauss, J. L. Tank, M. R. Whiles and W. Wollheim. 2000. Quantification of the nitrogen cycle in a prairie stream. Ecosystems 3: 574-589.
  30. McMillan, B. R., M. R. Cottam*, and D. W. Kaufman. 2000. Wallowing behavior of American bison (Bos bison) in tallgrass prairie: an examination of alternate explanations. American Midland Naturalist 144: 159-167.
  31. Eom, A. H., D.C. Hartnett, G.W.T. Wilson, and D.A.H. Figge*. 1999. The effect of fire, mowing and fertilizer amendment on arbuscular mycorrhizas in tallgrass prairie. American Midland Naturalist 142: 55-69.
  32. Cavitt, J. F., A. T. Pearse*, and T. A. Miller. 1999. Brown thrasher nest reuse: a time saving resource, protection from search-strategy predators, or cues for nest-site selection? Condor 101: 859-862.
  33. Papon*, S. G., R. J. Robel, and K. E. Kemp. 1999. Nutrient and energy characteristics of invertebrates from two locations in Kansas. Prairie Naturalist 31: 173-186.
  34. Cavitt, J. F., A. T. Pearse*, and D. A. Rintoul. 1998. Hybridization of mountain bluebird and eastern bluebird in northeastern Kansas. Bulletin of the Kansas Ornithological Society 49: 21-32.
  35. Robel, R. J., C. A. Desjardins* and K. E. Kemp. 1998. Nutrient and energetic characteristics of grasshoppers of different life stages. Prairie Naturalist 30: 37-48.
  36. Throop*, H. L. and P. A. Fay. 1999. Effects of fire, browsers, and gallers on New Jersey tea (Caenothus herbaceous) growth and reproduction. American Midland Naturalist 141: 51-58.
  37. Turner, C. L., J. M. Blair, R. J. Schartz* and J. C. Neel*. 1997. Soil N availability and plant response in tallgrass prairie: Effects of fire, topography and supplemental N. Ecology 78:1832-1843.
  38. Hartnett, D.C., R.J. Samenus*, L.E. Fischer and B.A.D. Hetrick. 1994. Plant demographic responses to mycorrhizal symbiosis in tallgrass prairie. Oecologia 99:21-26.

Undergraduate Theses (* = REU Student Author)

  1. Blundell*, M. A. 2008. Brown-headed cowbird begging and feeding by host parents: Does exaggerated begging lead to exaggerated provisioning?. Bachelor of Science honor's thesis, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California.
  2. Dalisio*, A. 2007. Response of male Dickcissels to geographic song variation.  Bachelor of Science thesis, Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, Vermont.
  3. Matonis*, M. 2007. Watching the grass grow: The effects of moisture and temperature manipulation on the relative growth rates of Andropogon gerardii and Sorghastrum nutans.  Bachelor of Science honor's thesis, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  4. Schook*, D.M. 2007. Microgeographic song sharing and the formation of dialects in the dickcissel, Spiza americana. Bachelor of Science thesis, College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio.
  5. Haller*, S.J. 2005. Reproductive biology of Lespedeza cuneata.  Bachelor of Arts thesis, William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri.
  6. Hewett*, E.L. 2005. The effect of brown-headed cowbird removal on the demography of the dickcissel (Spiza americana). Bachelor of Science thesis, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
  7. Deal*, I. 2004. Life-history and mark-recapture analysis of the regal fritillary (Speyeria idalia Drury). Bachelor of Science thesis, Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, North Carolina.

Presentations (* = REU Student Author)

  1. Blundell*, M. A., J. W. Rivers, and S. I. Rothstein.  Begging behavior of brown-headed cowbird chicks: Does exaggerated begging lead to exaggerated provisioning? 35th Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah.  October 2008 (poster).
  2. Blundell*, M. A., J. W. Rivers, and S. I. Rothstein. Brown-headed cowbird begging and feeding by host parents: Does exaggerated begging lead to exaggerated provisioning? American Ornithologists Union (125th)/Cooper Ornithological Society (78th)/Society of Canadian Ornithologists (28th) Joint Meeting, Portland, Oregon.  August 2008 (oral presentation, recipient of 2008 AOU Student Travel Award).
  3. Dalisio*, A.C., W.E. Jensen, and T. H. Parker.  The response of male dickcissels to geographic song variation.  Association of Field Ornithologists/Wilson Ornithological Society Meeting, Mobile, Alabama.  April 2008 (oral presentation).
  4. Severson*, A., J. Schloesser, K. Pitts*, J. Eitzmann*, and C. Paukert.  Abundance and size structure of fishes in main and secondary channels of the Kansas River.  Midwest Student Fisheries Colloquium, Lincoln, Nebraska.  March 2008 (poster).
  5. Severson*, A., J. Schloesser, K. Pitts*, J. Eitzmann*, and C. Paukert.  Abundance and size structure of fishes in main and secondary channels of the Kansas River.  Kansas Natural Resources Conference, Wichita, Kansas.  February 2008 (poster).
  6. Gómez*, J.E, A.N. Laws, and T. Joern.  Hide-and-seek among wolf spider and grasshoppers: applying ecology of fear to invertebrates.  Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Antonio, Texas.  January 2008 (poster).
  7. Reider*, K., and E.A. Horne.  Suitability of limestone outcrops as habitat for collared lizards (Crotaphytus collaris) on Konza Prairie Biological Station.  Sigma Xi Student Research Conference, Detroit, Michigan.  November 2006 (poster).
  8. McLaughlin*, C.  Foraging ecology of bison in tallgrass prairie. American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Annual Meeting, Detroit, Michigan.  November 2006 (poster).
  9. Loaiza*, V.  Is phosphorus a limiting nutrient for Melanoplus bivittatus (Orthoptera: Acrididae) nymphs? Sigma Xi Student Research Conference. Detroit, Michigan.  November 2006 (poster).
  10. Berdanier*, A.  How pressing is increased nitrogen?  Rethinking plant responses and the pulse paradigm. Pew Consortium Undergraduate Research Symposium, Chicago, Illinois.  November 2006 (poster).
  11. Eitzmann*, J., A. Makinster, and C. P. Paukert.  Blue sucker population dynamics in a shallow, Great Plains river.  American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Lake Placid, New York.  September 2006 (poster).
  12. Wilson*, J.A., G.W.T. Wilson, and N.C. Johnson.  Altering C:N:P ratios to assess mycorrhizal function. International Conference on Mycorrhizae, Granada, Spain.  July 2006 (poster).
  13. Eitzmann*, J., A. Makinster, and C. P. Paukert.  Population dynamics of blue suckers in the Kansas River, Kansas.  31st Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Hays, Kansas.  February 2006 (oral presentation).
  14. Whu*, A., G. Zolnerowich, and R. Kula.  Comparison of two passive collecting techniques for Hymenoptera in a tallgrass prairie.  The 2005 Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.  December 2005 (poster).
  15. Wilson*, J.A., G.W.T. Wilson, and N.C. Johnson.  Altering C:N:P ratios to assess mycorrhizal function. Native American Pathways: Research and Careers in Ecology, Environmental Issues and Conservation Conference, Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, Kansas.  November 2005 (poster).
  16. Williamson*, M.M., H.J. Dalgleish, D.C. Hartnett, and G.W.T. Wilson.  Effects of water availability and topographic position on belowground meristem densities in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem. Native American Pathways: Research and Careers in Ecology, Environmental Issues and Conservation Conference, Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, Kansas.  November 2005 (poster).
  17. Eitzmann*, J., A. Makinster, and C. Paukert. Spatial and temporal patterns in blue suckers in the Kansas River. 135th meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Anchorage, Alaska. September 2005 (oral presentation). 
  18. Haller*, S.J. Reproductive biology of Lespedeza cuneata. 90th meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Montreal, Québec. August 2005 (poster).
  19. Hajny, K.M., D. Hartnett, G. W.T. Wilson, B. Vanderweide*, and K. Hougen*. Fire ecology of woody plant population in ungrazed tallgrass prairie: effects of fire on demography, abundance, and regeneration. 23rd Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference, Bartlesby, Oklahoma. October 2005 (oral presentation).
  20. Hewett*, E.L., K.L. Kosciuch, and B.K. Sandercock. The effect of brown-headed cowbird removal on the demography of the dickcissel (Spiza americana). 123rd meeting of the American Ornithologists Union, Santa Barbara, California. August 2005 (poster).
  21. Hewett*, E.L., K.L. Kosciuch, and B.K. Sandercock. The effect of brown-headed cowbird removal on the demography of the dickcissel (Spiza americana). 90th meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Montreal, Québec. August 2005 (poster, recipient of 2005 ESA/NSF Undergraduate Travel Award).
  22. Haller*, S.J. Pollination ecology of Lespedeza: a native and invasive species. David Nelson Duke Undergraduate Colloquium, William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri. May 2004 (oral presentation).
  23. Ross*, B.E.  Prairie voles in tallgrass prairie: effects of runways on soil nitrogen and vegetation. 84th meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Arcata, California. June 2004 (oral presentation, recipient of 2004 American Society of Mammalogists Undergraduate Research Award).
  24. Ross*, B.E.  Effects of prairie vole runways on soil nitrogen and vegetation in tallgrass prairie. 51st meeting of the Southwestern Association of Naturalists, San Antonio, Texas. April 2004 (poster).
  25. Ross*, B.E., A.W. Reed, R.L. Rehmeier, G.A. Kaufman, and D.W. Kaufman. Effects of prairie vole runways on soil nitrogen and vegetation in tallgrass prairie. 15th workshop of the Konza Prairie LTER Program, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.  April 2004 (poster).
  26. Ross*, B.E., A.W. Reed, R.L. Rehmeier, G.A. Kaufman, and D.W. Kaufman. Effects of prairie vole runways on soil nitrogen and vegetation in tallgrass prairie. Undergraduate Research Forum, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.  April 2004 (poster).
  27. Simpson, N.B., J.F. Walker, J. Trowbridge*, and A. Jumpponen.  How important is interspecific variation in ericoid mycorrhizal communities?  Mycological Society of America, Ashville, North Carolina.  July 2004 (oral presentation).
  28. Woods, T.S., S.J. Haller*, and C.J. Ferguson. Pollination in two species of Lespedeza: a preliminary study. Division of Biology Bioforum, Kansas State University. April 2004 (oral presentation).
  29. Dalgleish, H.J., D.C. Hartnett, G.W.T. Wilson, and E.J. Benson*. Belowground meristem population as regulators of grassland dynamics: a cross-site study. Proceedings of the LTER All Scientists Meeting, Seattle, Washington. September 2003 (oral presentation).
  30. Heisler, J.L., J. M. Briggs, A.K. Knapp, J. M. Blair and A. Seery*. Direct and indirect effects of fire on shrub expansion in a mesic grassland.  Proceedings of the LTER All Scientists Meeting, Seattle, Washington. September 2003 (poster).
  31. Franssen*, C.M., N.R. Franssen, A.P. Licktieg, and K.B. Gido. Effects of barriers on the distribution and movement of prairie stream fishes after a flood. 64th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference, Kansas City, Missouri. December 2003 (poster).
  32. Ross*, B.E., A.W. Reed, R.L. Rehmeier, G.A. Kaufman, and D.W. Kaufman. The effect of prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) runways on tallgrass prairie. Meeting of the Central Plains Society of Mammalogists, Branson, Missouri. September 2003 (oral presentation).
  33. Evans-White*, M., W.K. Dodds, and J. Garvey.  Crayfish biomass, growth, and production in a tallgrass prairie stream.  48th meeting of the North American Benthological Society, Keystone, Colorado.  May 2000 (oral presentation).
  34. Matchett*, J.R., L.C. Johnson, and J.M Blair. The effects of bison grazing on nitrogen cycling and root production in the tallgrass prairie. 50th meeting of the Society for Range Management, Rapid City, South Dakota, February 1997 (oral presentation).
  35. Matchett*, J.R., L.C. Johnson, and J.M Blair. Bison grazing increases N mineralization and nitrification, and decreases root biomass in tallgrass prairie. Soil Ecology Society International Conference, Manhattan, Kansas, May 1997 (oral presentation).

Last updated: August 2008