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Journal Articles



In Press

Baer, S.G., D. Engle, J.M.H. Knops, K.A. Langeland, B.D. Maxwell, F.D. Menalled, and A. Symstad (In Press). Non-target and invasive species in rehabilitated production systems: Ecological impacts, management and future use. Environmental Management.

Buis, G.M., J.M. Blair, D.E. Burkepile, C.E. Burns, A.J. Chamerlain, P. Chapman, S.L. Collins, R.W.S. Fynn, N. Govender, K. Kirkman, M.D. Smith and A.K. Knapp (In Press). Controls of aboveground net primary production in mesic grasslands and savannas: An interhemispheric comparison. Ecosystems.

Cheatham, M.R., M.N. Rouse, P.D. Esker, S. Ignacio, W. Pradel, R. Raymundo, A.H. Sparks, G.A. Forbes, T.R. Gordon and K.A. Garrett (In Press). Beyond yield: Plant disease in the context of ecosystem services. Phytopathology.

Heisler-White, J.L., J.M. Blair, E.F. Kelly, K. Harmoney and A.K. Knapp (In Press). Contingent productivity responses to more extreme rainfall regimes across a grassland biome. Global Change Biology.

Kitchen, D.J., J.M. Blair and M.A. Callaham, Jr. (In Press). Annual fire and mowing alter biomass, depth distribution, and C and N content of roots and soil in tallgrass prairie. Plant and Soil.

Middendorf, G., T.A. Becerra and D. Cline (In Press). Transition and resilience in the Kansas Flint Hills. Online Journal of Rural Research and Policy.

Murdock, J.M., K.B. Gido, W.K. Dodds, K.N. Bertrand and M.R. Whiles (In Press). Consumer return chronology alters recovery trajectory of stream ecosystem structure and function following drought. Ecology.

Presley, D.R., P.E. Hartley and M.D. Ransom (In Press). Mineralogy and morphological properties of buried polygenetic paleosols formed in late quaternary sediments on upland landscapes of the central plains, USA. Geoderma.

Roth II, T.C. and V.V. Pravosudov (In Press). Hippocampal volumes and neuron numbers increase along a gradient of environmental harshness: a large-scale comparison. Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

Smith, M.D., A.K. Knapp and S.L. Collins (In Press). A framework for assessing ecosystem dynamics in response to chronic resource alterations induced by global change. Ecology.

2009

Bertrand, K.N., K.B. Gido, W.K. Dodds, J.N. Murdock, and M.R. Whiles. 2009. Disturbance frequency and functional identity mediate ecosystem processes in prairie streams. Oikos 118: 917-933.

Casey, A.E., K. Jones, B.K. Sandercock, and S.M. Wisely. 2009. Heteroduplex molecules cause sexing errors in a standard molecular protocol for avian sexing. Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 61-65.

Craine, J.M., E.G. Towne, A. Joern and R.G. Hamilton. 2009. Consequences of climate variability for the performance of bison in tallgrass prairie. Global Change Biology 15: 772-779.

Dragoo, J., K. Coan, K. Moore, S. Henke, R. Fleisher and S.M. Wisely. 2009. Polymorphic microsatellite markers for the striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis, and other mephitids. Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 383-385.

Hall Jr., R.O., J.L. Tank, D.J. Sobota, P.J. Mulholland, J.M. O'Brien, W.K. Dodds, J.R. Webster, H.M. Valett, G.C. Poole, B.J. Peterson, J.L. Meyer, W.H. McDowell, S.L. Johnson, S.K. Hamilton, N.B. Grimm, S.V. Gregory, C.N. Dahm, L.W. Cooper, L.R. Ashkenas, S.M. Thomas, R.W. Sheibley, J.D. Potter, B.R. Niederlehner, L.T. Johnson, A.M. Helton, C.M. Crenshaw, A.J. Burgin, M.J. Bernot, J.J. Beaulieu and C.P. Arango. 2009. Nitrate removal in stream ecosystems measured by 15N addition experiments: Total uptake. Limnology and Oceanography 54: 653-665.

Harmon, M.E., W.L. Silver, B. Fasth, H. Chen, I.C. Burke, W.J. Parton, S.C. Hart, W.S. Currie and LIDET. 2009. Long-term patterns of mass loss during the decomposition of leaf and fine root litter: an intersite comparison. Global Change Biology 15: 1339-1355.

M.L. Margosian, K.A. Garrett, J.M.S. Hutchinson and K.A. With. 2009. Connectivity of the American agricultural landscape: Assessing the national risk of crop pest and disease spread. Bioscience 59: 141-151.

McCulley, R.L., I.C. Burke and W.K. Lauenroth. 2009. Conservation of nitrogen increases with precipitation across a major grassland gradient in the Central Great Plains of North America. Oecologia 159: 571-581.

Morisette, J.T., A.D. Richardson, A.K. Knapp, J.I. Fisher , E.A. Graham, J. Abatzoglou, B.E. Wilson, D.D. Breshears, G.M. Henebry, J.M. Hanes and L. Liang. 2009. Learning the rhythm of the seasons in the face of global change: phenological research in the 21st Century. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7: 253-260.

Mulholland, P.J., R.O. Hall Jr., D.J. Sobota, W.K. Dodds, S.E.G. Findlay, N.B. Grimm, S.K. Hamilton, W.H. McDowell, J.M. O'Brien, J.L. Tank, L.R. Ashkenas, L.W. Cooper, C.N. Dahm, S.V. Gregory, S.L. Johnson, J.L. Meyer, B.J. Peterson, G.C. Poole, H.M. Valett, J.R. Webster, C.P. Arango, J.J. Beaulieu, M.J. Bernot, A.J. Burgin, C.L. Crenshaw, A.M. Helton, L.T. Johnson, B.R. Niederlehner, J.D. Potter, R.W. Sheibley and S.M. Thomas. 2009. Nitrate removal in stream ecosystems measured by 15N addition: Denitrification. Limnology and Oceanography 54: 666-680.

Nippert, J.B., P.A. Fay, J.D. Carlisle, A.K. Knapp and M.D. Smith. 2009. Ecophysiological responses of two dominant grasses to altered temperature and precipitation regimes. Acta Oecologia 35: 400-408.

Reed, H.E., J.M. Blair, D. Wall and T.R. Seastedt. 2009. Impacts of management legacies on litter decomposition in response to reduced precipitation in a tallgrass prairie. Applied Soil Ecology 42: 79-85.

Rivers, J.W.. 2009. Parent-absent begging in the Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater): the role of short-term need and nestmate size. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63: 707-717.

Wilgers, D.J. and E.A. Horne. 2009. Differential responses to chemical stimuli in conspecific fecal pellets by an iguanid lizard Crotaphytus collaris. Journal of Ethology 27: 157-163.

Williams M.A. and K. Xia. 2009. Characterization of the water soluble soil organic pool following the rewetting of dry soil in a drought-prone tallgrass prairie. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 41: 21-28.

Wilson, G.W.T., C.W. Rice, M.C. Rillig, A. Springer and D.C. Hartnett. 2009. Soil aggregation and carbon sequestration are tightly correlated with the abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: results from long-term field experiments. Ecology Letters 12: 452-461.

Worapong, J., S.P. Dendy, Z. Tang, D.J. Awl and K.A. Garrett. 2009. Limiting temperatures for urediniospore germination are low in a systematic rust fungus of tallgrass prairie. Mycologia 101: 390-394.

2008

Anderson, J.F., T.D. Parrish, M. Akhtar, L. Zurek and H. Hirt. 2008. Antibiotic resistance of Enterococci in American bison (Bison bison) from a nature preserve compared to that of Enterococci in pastured cattle. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74: 1726-1730.

Baer, S.G. and J.M. Blair. 2008. Grassland establishment under varying resource availability: A test of positive and negative feedback. Ecology 89: 1859-1871.

Behmer, S.T. and A. Joern. 2008. Coexisting generalist herbivores occupy unique nutritional feeding niches. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105: 1977-1982.

Bengtson, J.R., M. Evans-White and K.B. Gido. 2008. Effects of grazing minnows (Phoxinus erythrogaster) and crayfish (Orconectes nais and O. neglectus) on stream ecosystem structure and function. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 27: 772-782.

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.

Brunsell, N.A., J.M. and C.E. Owensby. 2008. Assessing the multi-resolution information content of remotely sensed variables and elevation for evapotranspiration in a tall-grass prairie environment. Remote Sensing of Environment 112: 2977-2987.

Chalcraft, D.R., S.B. Cox, C. Clark, E.E. Cleland, K.N. Suding, E. Weiher, and D. Pennington. 2008. Scale-dependent responses of plant biodiversity to nitrogen enrichment. Ecology 89: 2165-2171.

Cleland, E.E., C.M. Clark, S.L. Collins, J.E. Fargione, L. Gough, K.L. Gross, S.C. Pennings, W.D. Bowman, G.P. Robertson, J. Simpson, D. Tilman and K.N. Suding. 2008. Species responses to nitrogen fertilization in North American plant communities, and associated species traits. Ecology 89: 1175-.

Collins, S.L., K.N. Suding, E.E. Cleland, M. Batty, S.C. Pennings, K.L. Gross, J.S. Grace, L. Gough, J. E. Fargione and C.M. Clark. 2008. Rank clocks and plant community dynamics. Ecology 89: 3534-3541.

Dalgleish, H.J., A.R. Kula, D.C. Hartnett, and B.K. Sandercock. 2008. Responses of two bunchgrasses to nitrogen addition in tallgrass prairie: the role of bud bank demography. American Journal of Botany 95: 672-680.

Dodds, W.K., K.C. Wilson, R.L. Rehmeier, G.L. Knight, S. Wiggam, J.A. Falke, H.J. Dalgleish, and K.N. Bertrand. 2008. Comparing ecosystem goods and services provided by restored and native lands. BioScience 58: 837-845.

Dodds, W.K. and R.M. Oakes. 2008. Headwater influences on downstream water quality. Environmental Management 41: 367-377.

Fay, P.A., D.M. Kaufman, J.B. Nippert, J.D. Carlisle, and C.W. Harper. 2008. Changes in grassland ecosystem function due to extreme rainfall events: implications for responses to climate change. Global Change Biology 14: 1600-1608.

Gerten, D, Y. Luo, G. Le Maire, W.J. Parton, C. Keough, E. Weng, C. Beier, P. Ciais, W. Cramer, J.S. Dukes, B. Emmett, P.J. Hanson, A. Knapp, S. Linder, D. Nepstad, L. Rustad and A. Sowerby. 2008. Modeled effects of precipitation on ecosystem carbon and water dynamics in different climatic zones. Global Change Biology 14: 1-15.

Han, X., S.P. Dend, K.A. Garrett, L. Fang, and M.D. Smith. 2008. Comparison of damage to native and exotic tallgrass prairie plants by natural enemies. Plant Ecology 198: 197-210.

Heisler, J.L. and A.K. Knapp. 2008. Temporal coherence of aboveground net primary productivity in mesic grasslands. Ecography 31: 408-416.

Heisler-White, J.L., A.K. Knapp and E.F. Kelly. 2008. Increased precipitation event size increases aboveground net primary productivity in a semi-arid grassland. Oecologia 158: 129-140.

Heneghan, L., S. Miller, S.G. Baer, M.A. Callaham, J. Montgomery, C.C. Rhoades, S. Richardson, and M. Pauvo-Zuckerman. 2008. Integrating soil ecological knowledge into restoration management. Restoration Ecology 16: 608-617.

Hutchinson, S.L., J.K. Koelliker and A.K. Knapp. 2008. Development of water usage coefficients for the fully-watered tallgrass prairie. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers 51: 153-159.

Johnson, N.C., D.L. Rowland, L. Corkidi, E.B. Allen. 2008. Plant winners and losers during grassland N eutrophication differ in biomass allocation and mycorrhizas. Ecology 89: 2868-2878.

Jonas, J.L. and A. Joern. 2008. Host-plant quality alters grass/forb consumption by a mixed-feeding insect herbivore, Melanoplus bivittauts (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Ecological Entomology 33: 546-554.

Knapp, A.K., C. Beier, D.D. Briske, A.T. Classen, Y. Luo, M. Reichstein, M.D. Smith, S.D. Smith, J.E. Bell, P.A. Fay, J.L. Heisler, S.W Leavitt, R. Sherry, B. Smith and E. Weng. 2008. Consequences of more extreme precipitation regimes for terrestrial ecosystems. BioScience 58: 811-821.

Knapp, A.K., J.M. Briggs, S.L. Collins, S.R. Archer, M.S. Bret-Harte, B.E. Ewers, D.P. Peters, D.R. Young, G.R. Shaver, E. Pendall, and M.B. Cleary. 2008. Shrub encroachment in North American grasslands: Shifts in growth form dominance rapidly alters control of ecosystem carbon inputs. Global Change Biology 14: 615-623.

Kosciuch, K.L., and B.K. Sandercock. 2008. Cowbird removals unexpectedly increase productivity of a brood parasite and the songbird host. Ecological Applications 18: 537-548.

Kosciuch, K.L., J.W. Rivers, and B.K. Sandercock. 2008. Stable isotopes identify the natal origins of a generalist brood parasite, the brown-headed cowbird Molothrus ater. Journal of Avian Biology 39: 364-367.

Loaiza, V., J.L. Jonas and A. Joern. 2008. Does dietary-P affect feeding and performance in the mixed-feeding grasshopper (Acrididae) Melanoplus bivitattus?. Environmental Entomology 37: 333-339.

Luo, Y., D. Gerten, G. le Maire, W.J. Parton, E. Weng, X. Zhou, C. Keough, C. Beier, P. Ciais, W. Cramer, J.S. Dukes, B. Emmett, P.J. Hanson, A. Knapp, S. Linder, D. Nepstad and L. Rustad. 2008. Modeled interactive effects of precipitation, temperature, and [CO2] on ecosystem carbon and water dynamics in different climatic zones. Global Change Biology 14: 1986-1999.

Macpherson, G.L., J.A. Roberts, J.M. Blair, M.A. Townsend, D.A. Fowle and K.R. Beisner. 2008. Increasing shallow groundwater CO2 and limestone weathering, Konza Prairie, USA. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 72: 5581-5599.

Mandyam, K. and A. Jumpponen. 2008. Seasonal and temporal dynamics of arbuscular mycorrhizal and dark septate endophytic fungi in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem are minimally affected by nitrogen enrichment. Mycorrhiza 18: 145-155.

Marshall, J.D., J.M. Blair, D.P.C. Peters, G. Okin, A. Rango, and M. Williams. 2008. Predicting and understanding ecosystem responses to climate change at continental scales. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 6: 273-280.

Matlack, R.S., D.W. Kaufman, and G.A. Kaufman. 2008. Influence of woody vegetation on small mammals in tallgrass prairie. American Midland Naturalist 160: 7-19.

McKinley, D.C. and J.M. Blair. 2008. Woody plant encroachment by Juniperus virginiana in a mesic native grassland promotes rapid carbon and nitrogen accrual. Ecosystems 11: 454-468.

McKinley, D.C., C.W. Rice and J.M. Blair. 2008. Conversion of grassland to coniferous woodland has limited effects on soil nitrogen cycle processes. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 40: 2627-2633.

Mulholland, P.J., A.M. Helton, G.C. Poole, R.O. Hall, Jr., S.K. Hamilton, B.J. Peterson, J.L. Tank, L.R. Ashkenas, L.W. Cooper, C.N. Dahm, W.K. Dodds, S. Findlay, S.V. Gregory, N.B. Grimm, S.L. Johnson, W.H. McDowell, J.L. Meyer, H.M. Valett, J.R. Webster, C. Arango, J.J. Beaulieu, M.J. Bernot, A.J. Burgin, C. Crenshaw, L. Johnson, B.R. Niederlehner, J.M. O'Brien, J.D. Potter, R.W. Sheibley, D.J. Sobota, and S.M. Thomas. 2008. Stream denitrification across biomes and its response to anthropogenic nitrate loading. Nature 452: 202-207.

Nooker, J.K., and B.K. Sandercock. 2008. Phenotypic correlates and survival consequences of male mating success in lek-mating Greater Prairie-chickens (Tympanuchus cupido). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 1377-1388.

O'Brien, J.M. and W.K. Dodds. 2008. Predicting NH4+ uptake and mineralization in prairie streams by using chamber incubation and short-term nutrient addition experiments. Freshwater Biology 52: 102-112.

O'Brien, J.M. and W.K. Dodds. 2008. Ammonium uptake and mineralization in prairie streams: chamber incubation and short-term nutrient addition experiments. Freshwater Biology 53: 102-112.

Powell, A.F.L.A.. 2008. Responses of breeding birds in tallgrass prairie to fire and cattle grazing. Journal of Field Ornithology 79: 41-52.

Sandercock, B.K., A.E. Casey, D.E. Green, H.S. Ip, and K.A. Converse. 2008. Reovirus associated with mortality of an Upland Sandpiper. Wader Study Group Bulletin 115: 60-61.

Sandercock, B.K., E.L. Hewett, and K.L. Kosciuch. 2008. Effects of experimental cowbird removals on brood parasitism and nest predation in a grassland songbird. Auk 125: 820-830.

Sandercock, B.K., W.E. Jensen, C.K. Williams and R.D. Applegate. 2008. Demographic sensitivity of population change in the Northern Bobwhite. Journal of Wildlife Management 72: 970-982.

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 125: 953-964.

Stagliano, D.M. and M.R. Whiles. 2008. Life history and production of the riffle beetle, Stenelmis crenata (Say) (Elmidae), in a tallgrass prairie stream. Aquatic Insects 30: 197-204.

Strum, K.M., M. Alfaro, B. Haase, M.J. Hooper, K.A. Johnson, R.B. Lanctot, A.J. Lesterhuis, L. López, A.C. Matz, C. Morales, B. Paulson, B.K. Sandercock, J. Torres-Dowdall and M.E. Zaccagnini. 2008. Plasma cholinesterases for monitoring pesticide exposure in Nearctic-Neotropical migratory shorebirds. Ornithología Neotropical 19 (Suppl): 641-651.

Swemmer, A.M. and A.K. Knapp. 2008. Defoliation synchronizes above-ground growth of co-occurring C4 grass species. Ecology 89: 2860-2867.

Towne, G.E. and K.E. Kemp. 2008. Long-term response patterns of tallgrass prairie to frequent summer burning. Rangeland Ecology and Management 61: 509-520.

Veen, G.F., J.M. Blair, M.D. Smith and S.L. Collins. 2008. Influence of grazing and fire frequency on small-scale plant community structure and resource variability in native tallgrass prairie. Oikos 117: 859-866.

Williamson, C.E., W. Dodds, T.K. Kratz, and M. Palmer. 2008. Lakes and streams as sentinels of environmental change in terrestrial and atmospheric processes. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 6: 247-254.

Wilson, G.W.T. and M.M. Williamson. 2008. Topsin-M: the new benomyl for mycorrhizal-suppression experiments. Mycologia 100: 548-554.


Book Sections



In Press

Gadbury, G.L., K.A. Garrett and D.B. Allison In Press. Challenges and approaches to statistical design and inference in high dimensional investigatsions. Page -. In D.A. Belostotsky (eds.) Plant Systems Biology, Methods in Molecular Biology Series. The Humana Press Inc.. Totowa, NJ.

K.A. Garrett, M. Nita, E.D. De Wolf, L. Gomez and A.H. Sparks In Press. Plant pathogens as indicators of climate change . Page -. In T. Letcher (eds.) Climate and Global Change: Observed Impacts on Planet Earth.

Peters D.P.C., B.T. Bestelmeyer, A.K. Knapp, J.E. Herrick, H.C. Monger and K.M. Havstad In Press. Approaches to predicting broad-scale regime shifts using changing pattern-process relationships across scales. Page -. In S. Miao, S. Carstenn and M. Nungesser (eds.) Real World Ecology: Design and Analyses of Large-Scale and Long-Term Research. Springer-Verlag, NY.

2008

Garrett, K. A. 2008. Climate change and plant disease risk. Page 143-155. Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events: Understanding the Contributions to Infectious Disease Emergence. National Academies Press.

Garrett, K.A., and C.M. Cox 2008. Applied biodiversity science: Managing emerging diseases in agriculture and linked natural systems. Page 368-386. In R. Ostfeld, F. Keesing, V. Eviner (eds.) Infectious Disease Ecology: Effects of Ecosystems on Disease and of Disease on Ecosystems. Princeton University Press.

Kageyama, S.A.,K.G. Mandyam, and A. Jumpponen 2008. Diversity, function and potential applications of the root-associated endophytes. Page 29-59. In Varma, A. (eds.) Mycorrhiza Genetics and Molecular Biology, Eco-Function, Biotechnology, Ecophysiology, Structure and Systematics. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

Knapp A.K., J.K. McCarron, A.M. Silletti, G.A. Hoch, J.L. Heisler, M.S. Lett, J.M. Blair, J.M. Briggs and M.D. Smith. 2008. Ecological consequences of the replacement of native grassland by Juniperus virginiana and other woody plants. Page 156-169. In O.W. Van Auken (eds.) Ecological Studies Vol. 196, Western North American Juniperus communities: A dynamic vegetation type. Springer-Verlag, NY.

McKinley, D.C., M.D. Norris, L.C. Johnson and J.M. Blair. 2008. Biogeochemical changes associated with Juniperus virginia encroachment into grasslands. Page 170-187. In O.W. Van Auken (eds.) Ecological Studies Vol. 196, Western North American Juniperus communities: A dynamic vegetation type. Springer-Verlag, NY.

Middendorf, G., D. Cline, and L. Bloomquist, 2008. Agrarian Landscape Transition in the Flint Hills of Kansas: Legacies and Resilience. Page 206-237. In Charles Redman and David Foster (eds.) Agrarian Landscapes in Transition: Comparisons of Long Term Ecological & Cultural Change. Oxford University Press. New York.


Edited Books



2009

Gibson, D.J. 2009. Grasses and Grassland Ecology. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. 320 pages.


Others



2008

Dalgleish, H.J. and T.M. Woods The effects of bison grazing on plant diversity in a tallgrass prairie (Konza Prairie LTER). Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology, Vol. 5: Practice #1. http://tiee.ecoed.net/vol/v5/practice/dalgleish/abstract.html. 2008


Reports



2006

Hartnett, D.C., and F. H. M. Semazzi 2006. Enhancing collaborative research on the environment in sub-Saharan Africa. OISE National Science Foundation Report. 99 pp


Theses/Dissertations



2008

Casey, A.E. 2008. Fine-scale genetic structure and extra-pair parentage in the socially monogamous Upland Sandpiper. MS Thesis, Kansas State University. Manhattan, KS. 56 pp

Coolon, J. 2008. Ecological genomics of nematode responses to different bacterial environments. PhD Dissertation, Kansas State University. Manhattan, KS.

Heisler, J.L. 2008. Sensitivity of grassland ecosystems across the Great Plains to present and future variability. PhD Dissertation, Colorado State University. Fort Collins, CO. 161 pp

Hoover, D. 2008. Altered rainfall due to climate change: Modeling the ecological effects on grasslands . MS Thesis, University of Connecticut. Storrs,CT. 63 pp

Mandyam, K.G. 2008. Dark spetate fungal endophytes from a tallgrass prairie and their continuum of interactions with host plants. PhD Dissertation, Kansas State University. Manhattan, KS. 136 pp

Nepal, M.P. 2008. Systematics and reproductive biology of Morus L. (Moraceae). PhD Dissertation, Kansas State University. Manhattan, KS.

Schmitt McCain, K.N. 2008. Limitations to plant diversity and productivity in tallgrass prairie. PhD Dissertation, Kansas State University. Manhattan, KS. 137 pp

Strum, K.M. 2008. Exposure of migratory shorebirds to organophosphorus and carbamate pesticides at migratory stopover and non-breeding sites in the western hemisphere. MS Thesis , Kansas State University. Manhattan, KS. 76 pp

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