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1. Fairy rings, associated fungi, and assessment of their distribution across environmental variables using GIS

Author:
Miller, Steven L.; Gongloff, Abbie
Source:
Fungal ecology 2021 v.50 pp. 101040
ISSN:
1754-5048
Subject:
mixed-grass prairies,   etc   ; ; basins; fungi; georeferencing; population ecology; riparian vegetation; shrubs; soil types; taxonomy; Wyoming;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Fairy rings are conspicuous features of the Laramie Basin of southeastern Wyoming. Ten fairy ring sites chosen for intensive study were located using a small plane and 415 whole and partial fairy rings were georeferenced and ground-truthed. Fairy ring forming fungi were identified using a combination of taxonomy and ITS fungal barcode sequence comparisons. Precipitation, vegetation, soil type, ele ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.funeco.2021.101040

2. Increased rainfall variability and nitrogen deposition accelerate succession along a common sere

Author:
Ploughe, Laura W.; Smith, Nicholas G.; Schuster, Michael J.; Dukes, Jeffrey S.
Source:
Ecosphere 2021 v.12 no.1 pp. e03313
ISSN:
2150-8925
Subject:
tallgrass prairies,   etc   ; Solidago canadensis; climate change; community structure; forbs; fossil fuels; nitrogen; rain; species diversity; volatilization;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Ongoing climate change is increasing rainfall variability in many parts of the world; in particular, the heaviest rainfall events are becoming heavier. In terrestrial ecosystems, nitrogen deposition is increasing as a result of emissions from fossil fuel burning and volatilization of nitrogen‐based fertilizers. These changes in the timing and rate of resource inputs can impact plant communities by ...
DOI:
10.1002/ecs2.3313

3. Role of Cluster Validity Indices in Delineation of Precipitation Regions

Author:
Bhatia, Nikhil; Sojan, Jency M.; Simonovic, Slobodon; Srivastav, Roshan
Source:
Water 2020 v.12 no.5
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
prairies,   etc   ; algorithms; lowlands; seasons; validity; water; Canada;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... The delineation of precipitation regions is to identify homogeneous zones in which the characteristics of the process are statistically similar. The regionalization process has three main components: (i) delineation of regions using clustering algorithms, (ii) determining the optimal number of regions using cluster validity indices (CVIs), and (iii) validation of regions for homogeneity using L-mo ...
DOI:
10.3390/w12051372

4. Consumer roles of small mammals within fragmented native tallgrass prairie

Author:
Hope, Andrew G.; Gragg, Sabrina F.; Nippert, Jesse B.; Combe, Fraser J.
Source:
Ecosphere 2021 v.12 no.3 pp. e03441
ISSN:
2150-8925
Subject:
tallgrass prairies,   etc   ; ; climate; diet; dominant species; ecoregions; ecosystems; fur; habitats; herbivores; liver; omnivores; shrublands; small mammals; spring; stable isotopes; woodlands;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... Grassland ecosystems globally are being negatively impacted by changes in climate, disturbance regimes, nutrient flux, and consumer guilds. Changes in the trophic ecology of consumers can substantially influence local resources, contributing to shifting diversity, community turnover, and other processes of ecosystem change. Small mammals are diverse and abundant within grasslands and yet the impac ...
DOI:
10.1002/ecs2.3441

5. Effects of planned grazing and burning to restore tallgrass species in old-field sites under drought conditions in Texas Blackland Prairie

Author:
Dowhower, S.L.; Teague, W. Richard; Steigman, K.; Freiheit, R.
Source:
Agriculture, ecosystems & environment 2021 v.306 pp. 107195
ISSN:
0167-8809
Subject:
tallgrass prairies,   etc   ; agriculture; biomass; burning; drought; ecosystems; environment; fire resistance; forbs; grasses; grazing; mowing; soil temperature; summer; Texas;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... We examined if reintroduction of grazing with or without burning would enhance succession towards native prairie vegetation on previously over-seeded old-field tallgrass prairie subjected to mowing or burning. We hypothesized that returning grazing and fire to these seeded and old-field sites would change establishment and competitive relationships among plant species to benefit fire-tolerant prai ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.agee.2020.107195

6. Bee communities in restored prairies are structured by landscape and management, not local floral resources

Author:
Griffin, Sean R.; Bruninga-Socolar, Bethanne; Gibbs, Jason
Source:
Basic and applied ecology 2021 v.50 pp. 144-154
ISSN:
1439-1791
Subject:
tallgrass prairies,   etc   ; Angiospermae; administrative management; age; applied ecology; bees; biodiversity; bison; design; dynamics; ecological function; flowers; habitats; knowledge; landscapes; nesting; plant communities; pollinators; prescribed burning;     Show all 19 Subjects
Abstract:
... Restored habitats require long-term management to maintain biodiversity and ensure ecosystem functions. Management strategies are often developed for plant communities, including through seeding and disturbance management, but these actions are taken with a focus on plant dynamics and with little knowledge of the effects on non-plant organisms. Wild bees are often expected to respond to such manag ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.baae.2020.12.004

7. Nonlinear drought plasticity reveals intraspecific diversity in a dominant grass species

Author:
Hoffman, Ava M.; Smith, Melinda D.
Source:
Functional ecology 2021 v.35 no.2 pp. 463-474
ISSN:
0269-8463
Subject:
tallgrass prairies,   etc   ; ; Andropogon gerardii; dominant species; drought; dry matter partitioning; ecological function; ecosystems; genotype-environment interaction; grasses; greenhouse experimentation; indigenous species; phenotype; phenotypic plasticity; plasticity; rain;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... Intraspecific diversity of dominant species in native plant communities can modulate ecosystem function under both optimal and stressful conditions. Yet, few genotype by environment interaction studies quantify differences in the shape of plasticity functions or phenotypic breakpoints across genotypes in natural populations. Using three genotypes with a history of drought selection, we performed a ...
DOI:
10.1111/1365-2435.13713

8. Effects of seasonal and interannual variability in water isotopes (δ2H, δ18O) on estimates of water balance in a chain of seven prairie lakes

Author:
Haig, H.A.; Hayes, N.M.; Simpson, G.L.; Yi, Y.; Wissel, B.; Hodder, K.R.; Leavitt, P.R.
Source:
Journal of hydrology: X 2021 v.10 pp. 100069
ISSN:
2589-9155
Subject:
prairies,   etc   ; evaporation; humid zones; hydrogen; lakes; monitoring; oxygen; rain; riparian areas; rivers; sampling; seasonal variation; snow; snowmelt; spring; stable isotopes; water; watersheds;     Show all 18 Subjects
Abstract:
... Stable isotopes of hydrogen (δ²H) and oxygen (δ¹⁸O) provide important quantitative measures of lake hydrology and water balance, particularly in lakes where monitoring of fluxes is incomplete. However, little is known of the relative effects of seasonal variation in water isotopes on estimates of lake hydrology, particularly over decadal scales. To address this gap, we measured water isotopes bi-w ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.hydroa.2020.100069

9. Grassland fragmentation affects declining tallgrass prairie birds most where large amounts of grassland remain

Author:
Herse, Mark R.; With, Kimberly A.; Boyle, W. Alice
Source:
Landscape ecology 2020 v.35 no.12 pp. 2791-2804
ISSN:
0921-2973
Subject:
tallgrass prairies,   etc   ; habitat destruction; habitat fragmentation; habitats; land use change; landscape ecology; landscapes; probability; Kansas;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... CONTEXT: Habitat fragmentation can exacerbate the negative effects of habitat loss for some species. Mitigating fragmentation is difficult, however, because population responses depend on species-level traits (e.g., dispersal ability, edge sensitivity) and landscape context (e.g., habitat amount). Thus, conservation requires determining not only if, but also where and why, fragmentation matters. O ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10980-020-01064-y

10. Land use dynamics within the tallgrass prairie ecosystem: the case for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)

Author:
Berger, Heidi; Meyer, Clinton K.; Mummert, Anna; Tirado, Lauren; Saucedo, Luis; Bonello, Hannah; Van Arsdale, Demetre; Williams, Grace
Source:
Theoretical ecology 2020 v.13 no.3 pp. 289-300
ISSN:
1874-1738
Subject:
tallgrass prairies,   etc   ; Conservation Reserve Program; agricultural land; ecosystems; human population; indigenous species; land use; models;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Tallgrass prairie has been reduced to a fraction of its original extent, due to rapid conversion to other land use types, especially agricultural and urban. Restoration is a relatively new process to convert agricultural land back to communities dominated by native vegetation. We used a differential equations compartmental model to quantify changes between land use types, incorporating the impact ...
DOI:
10.1007/s12080-020-00452-z

11. Improving on MODIS MCD64A1 Burned Area Estimates in Grassland Systems: A Case Study in Kansas Flint Hills Tall Grass Prairie

Author:
Scholtz, Rheinhardt; Prentice, Jayson; Tang, Yao; Twidwell, Dirac
Source:
Remote Sensing 2020 v.12 no.13
ISSN:
2072-4292
Subject:
tallgrass prairies,   etc   ; case studies; ecoregions; ecosystems; inventories; moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer; remote sensing; savannas; uncertainty; Kansas;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Uncertainty in satellite-derived burned area estimates are especially high in grassland systems, which are some of the most frequently burned ecosystems in the world. In this study, we compare differences in predicted burned area estimates for a region with the highest fire activity in North America, the Flint Hills of Kansas, USA, using the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) MC ...
DOI:
10.3390/rs12132168

12. Grasshopper populations respond similarly to multiple moderate intensity livestock grazing treatments

Author:
Branson, David H.
Source:
Journal of orthoptera research 2020 v.29 no.1 pp. 67-69
ISSN:
1937-2426
Subject:
mixed-grass prairies,   etc   ; Orthoptera; continuous grazing; grasshoppers; livestock; species diversity; Great Plains region;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Livestock grazing frequently affects grasshopper populations, but no prior studies have simultaneously examined a wide range of moderate intensity livestock grazing treatments in the Northern Great Plains. Grasshopper densities varied significantly between years, but five moderate grazing treatments, including both rotational and continuous grazing treatments, did not differentially affect grassho ...
DOI:
10.3897/jor.29.46966

13. Modified live traps increase capture success of semifossorial voles in Alpine meadows

Author:
Mori, Emiliano; Allegrini, Claudia; Bertolino, Sandro
Source:
Mammalia 2020 v.84 no.4 pp. 357-360
ISSN:
1864-1547
Subject:
prairies,   etc   ; Microtus; alpine meadows; branches; burrows; habitats; rocks; small mammals; thigmotaxis; trapping; traps; voles;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... Live-trapping of rodents is facilitated by their thigmotaxis (i.e. the tendency to walk along linear structures of the habitat). However, in open habitats, such as meadows and prairies, where linear structures (e.g. rocks and fallen branches) are generally absent and where densities are likely to be low, capturing rodents is often very demanding or ineffective. This applies especially to semifosso ...
DOI:
10.1515/mammalia-2019-0098

14. A multi-objective calibration approach using in-situ soil moisture data for improved hydrological simulation of the Prairies

Author:
Budhathoki, Sujata; Rokaya, Prabin; Lindenschmidt, Karl-Erich; Davison, Bruce
Source:
Hydrological sciences journal 2020 v.65 no.4 pp. 638-649
ISSN:
2150-3435
Subject:
prairies,   etc   ; basins; evapotranspiration; hydrograph; hydrologic models; model validation; soil water; stream flow; Saskatchewan;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Traditionally, hydrological models are only calibrated to reproduce streamflow regime without considering other hydrological state variables, such as soil moisture and evapotranspiration. Limited studies have been performed on constraining the model parameters, despite the fact that the presence of a large number of parameters may provide large degree of freedom, resulting in equifinality and poor ...
DOI:
10.1080/02626667.2020.1715982

15. Are we close enough? Comparing prairie reconstruction chronosequences to remnants following two site preparation methods in Missouri, U.S.A.

Author:
Newbold, Chris; Knapp, Benjamin O.; Pile, Lauren S.
Source:
Restoration ecology 2020 v.28 no.2 pp. 358-368
ISSN:
1061-2971
Subject:
tallgrass prairies,   etc   ; adaptive management; chronosequences; grasses; herbicides; indicator species; plant communities; site preparation; sowing; Missouri;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Prairie reconstruction has become a common method for reestablishing tallgrass prairie communities in the central United States. With the objective of creating plant communities that approximate remnant (reference) prairies, managers are interested in identifying: (1) best methods for reconstructing reference community conditions; (2) the rate of change in plant communities through time following ...
DOI:
10.1111/rec.13078

16. Comparing grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae) communities on tallgrass prairie reconstructions and remnants in Missouri

Author:
LaRose, Joseph P.; Webb, Elisabeth B.; Finke, Deborah L.
Source:
Insect conservation and diversity 2020 v.13 no.1 pp. 23-35
ISSN:
1752-458X
Subject:
tallgrass prairies,   etc   ; Acrididae; agroecosystems; grasshoppers; habitat destruction; habitats; indigenous species; invertebrates; Missouri;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Tallgrass prairies, which once occupied a large swath of central North America, face the combined challenges of habitat loss and fragmentation. In Missouri, where less than 1% the historical prairie remains, prairies are being reconstructed from agricultural or wooded land. Invertebrates are often assumed to colonise reconstructions if native vegetation returns; however, the limited mobility of ma ...
DOI:
10.1111/icad.12365

17. Can Collaborative Adaptive Management Improve Cattle Production in Multipaddock Grazing Systems?

Author:
Derner, Justin D.; Augustine, David J.; Briske, David D.; Wilmer, Hailey; Porensky, Lauren M.; Fernández-Giménez, María E.; Peck, Dannele E.; Ritten, John P.
Source:
Rangeland ecology & management 2021 v.75 pp. 1-8
ISSN:
1550-7424
Subject:
shortgrass prairies,   etc   ; adaptive management; average daily gain; cattle production; costs and returns; drought; farm income; grazing management; grazing systems; growing season; pastures; rain; rangelands; rotational grazing; semiarid zones; steers; steppes; stocking rate; summer;     Show all 19 Subjects
Abstract:
... Collaborative adaptive management (CAM) is hypothesized to benefit management of rangeland ecosystems, but the presumed benefits have seldom been quantified, and never in a multipaddock rotational grazing system. Here, we evaluated average daily weight gain (ADG) of livestock (kg steer⁻¹ d⁻¹) in four grazing management treatments during the summers of 2016−2018 in a semiarid shortgrass steppe. The ...
Handle:
10113/7209522
DOI:
10.1016/j.rama.2020.11.002

18. Integrating Rangeland Health and Stream Stability in Assessments of Rangeland Watersheds

Author:
Meehan, Miranda A.; O'Brien, Peter L.; Hecker, Garret A.; Printz, Jeffrey L.
Source:
Rangeland ecology & management 2021 v.75 pp. 104-111
ISSN:
1550-7424
Subject:
prairies,   etc   ; agricultural watersheds; bank erosion; ecological function; ecosystem services; environmental indicators; environmental monitoring; ephemeral streams; highlands; infiltration (hydrology); invasive species; plant litter; range management; rangelands; riparian areas; soil compaction; stream channels; terrestrial ecosystems; watershed hydrology; North Dakota;     Show all 20 Subjects
Abstract:
... Watersheds are distinct hydrologic units that comprise a range of terrestrial upland and riparian complex ecological sites. Since the hydrologic function of the entirety of the watershed is linked, other ecological functions and processes are also likely linked. No single assessment tool is available to describe the ecological status of both terrestrial upland sites and riparian complexes in a sin ...
Handle:
10113/7239086
DOI:
10.1016/j.rama.2020.12.005

19. Plant traits related to precipitation sensitivity of species and communities in semiarid shortgrass prairie

Author:
Wilcox, Kevin R.; Blumenthal, Dana M.; Kray, Julie A.; Mueller, Kevin E.; Derner, Justin D.; Ocheltree, Troy; Porensky, Lauren M.
Source:
Thenew phytologist 2021 v.229 no.4 pp. 2007-2019
ISSN:
0028-646X
Subject:
shortgrass prairies,   etc   ; biodiversity; biogeochemical cycles; drought; drought tolerance; ecosystems; forage production; information; land management; leaf dry matter content; leaves; moieties; net primary productivity; osmotic pressure; plant communities; regression analysis; specific leaf area;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... Understanding how plant communities respond to temporal patterns of precipitation in water‐limited ecosystems is necessary to predict interannual variation and trends in ecosystem properties, including forage production, biogeochemical cycling, and biodiversity. In North American shortgrass prairie, we measured plant abundance, functional traits related to growth rate and drought tolerance, and ab ...
DOI:
10.1111/nph.17000

20. Multidecadal directional shift in shortgrass stocking rates

Author:
Raynor, Edward J.; Derner, Justin D.; Baldwin, Tevyn; Ritten, John P.; Augustine, David J.
Source:
Rangeland ecology & management 2021 v.74 pp. 72-80
ISSN:
1550-7424
Subject:
shortgrass prairies,   etc   ; Bouteloua gracilis; C3 plants; C4 plants; Pascopyrum smithii; adaptive management; atmospheric precipitation; average daily gain; beef cattle; beef production; cattle feeding; codominance; drought; forage grasses; forage production; grazing; grazing management; rangelands; steers; steppes; stocking rate; yearlings;     Show all 22 Subjects
Abstract:
... Bement (1969) developed a stocking rate (SR) guide for yearling cattle grazing shortgrass steppe based on relationships among average daily weight gain (ADG, kg · d⁻¹), beef production per hectare (BP, kg · ha⁻¹), and stocking rate (animal unit days, AUD · ha⁻¹) measured in long-term grazing experiments conducted from 1940 to 1963. These analyses identified an optimal biophysical SR of 13.5 AUD ·  ...
Handle:
10113/7164485
DOI:
10.1016/j.rama.2020.09.005