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Insects and other major arthropods of tallgrass prairie
Digitized by Kansas Correctional Industries
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Insects and other major arthropods of tallgrass prairie
Digitized by Kansas Correctional Industries
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Processes determining plant species diversity in restored tallgrass prairie
… restoration of native diversity. North American tallgrass prairie is an ideal system in which to study the restoration of plant diversity. Because remnant prairies are rare, prairie restoration projects are now very common, and the size and longevity of grassland plants makes them easy to measure …
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Infiltration controls in a tallgrass prairie at a hillslope scale
… at ten sites along a hillslope in Konza Prairie Natural Research Area. Several analysis methods were used to extract hydraulic conductivity and sorptivity values from the infiltration data. Next, large intact soil cores were extracted from three selected sites at the same hillslope and …
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Insect Conservation Within the Severely Fragmented Eastern Tallgrass Prairie Landscape
… of insects within the severely fragmented tallgrass prairie ecosystem. In one study, insects were surveyed within natural area remnants and developed habitats in an attempt to gauge levels of remnant-dependence for 17 prairie and savanna-inhabiting taxa. In a second study, plant and insect …
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Assessment of small scale tallgrass prairie restoration in an urban environment
Tallgrass prairie restoration is an important conservation activity in rural areas. However, little is known about prairie restoration in urban environments. The overall objective of this study was to characterize and better understand urban prairie restoration. This was carried out through an …
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Evaluating North American Tallgrass Prairie Quality Using The Auchenorrhyncha Quality Index
… diverse groups of herbivorous insects in the tallgrass prairie, they have close associations with many native prairie grasses and forbs, and respond in predictable ways to changes in grassland degradation. These attributes make Auchenorrhyncha ideal candidates in the development of a habitat …
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Effects of tallgrass prairie restoration on snake community dynamics in Northern Illinois
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-03-01 without embargo terms
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The Distribution of Genetic Variation Among Relictual Populations of Missouri Tallgrass Prairie Plants
… the genetic effect of habitat destruction on tallgrass prairie plant species, Wright's F-statistics were used to describe the distribution of allozyme variation among five prairie preserves in Missouri for three plant species: Schizachyrium scoparius (little bluestem), which presumably …
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Demography and leaf physiology of Cornus drummondii in response to disturbance in tallgrass prairie
… carbon, nitrogen, and water relations. In tallgrass prairie, the increased cover and abundance of woody species is typically attributed to human activities such as decreased fire frequency and increased grazing intensity. Clonal shrubs are of particular concern because of their ability to …
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Influence of Aridity and Fire on Holocene Vegetational Patterns in the Tallgrass Prairie Peninsula
Because of limitations inherent in delta13C analysis of substrates such as charcoal, new techniques are needed to understand C 3 and C4 grass fluctuations. A method of isolating fossil grass pollen for delta13C analysis was developed, and the delta 13C composition of modern and fossil grass pollen …
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Community and ecosystem changes in tallgrass prairie restorations: the effects of population source and diversity
… structure and ecosystem function during prairie restoration. Two field experiments, and two chronosequences were used to investigate this main objective. The two field experiments were established at the same latitude separated by 620 km (corresponding to a precipitation gradient from …
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Drought Resistance and Resilience of Non-native vs. Native Grasses in the Northern Tallgrass Prairie
… Like many other rangelands in the US, the Tallgrass Prairie of eastern South Dakota contains native prairie where the plant composition includes mostly native species as well as pasture that has been converted to or invaded by cool-season introduced species. So how are these two plant …
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The effects of planting methods and granivory on seedling emergence in a tallgrass prairie reconstruction
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Interactive effects of fire and grazing on soil and forage nitrogen dynamics in a tallgrass prairie
… are dominant regulators of nutrient cycling in tallgrass prairie ecosystems, yet their combined effects on soil nitrogen (N) dynamics and links to forage quality across heterogeneous landscapes remain incompletely resolved. This thesis examined how fire frequency, grazing, and landscape position …
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Management Tools for Prescribed Burning for Tallgrass Prairie Restoration at the Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area
… Area (LLELA) is a wildlife management area with tallgrass prairie, an endangered ecosystem. Essential ecosystem processes, especially fire, are part of restoration. To support fire management efforts at LLELA and surrounding areas, this project evaluated and developed tools for fire restoration. …
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Influence of Vegetation Structure on Density of Northern Bobwhites (Colinus Virginianus) on a Tallgrass Prairie in Southwestern Missouri
… annual habitat variability on quail density in a tallgrass prairie setting is poorly understood. To provide insight into the efficacy of tallgrass prairie management in southwestern Missouri, I investigated the influence of prescribed burning and open-gate patch-burn grazing with bison (Bison …
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When do propagules matter? The role of ecological filters and regeneration dynamics during community assembly in tallgrass prairie restorations
… dominant species on community assembly during tallgrass prairie restoration. In the first study, patterns in the abundance, richness, and diversity of seed and bud banks were quantified across an 11-year chronosequence of restored prairies and in prairie remnants to elucidate the degree to …
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