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Dr. Charles W. Rice
Phone: 785-532-7217 Email: cwrice@ksu.eduAddress: 2004 Throckmorton Plant Science Center, Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 Interests: Soil microbial ecology, C and N dynamics, nutrient cyclingPersonnel Home Page: http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/agronomy/about_us/faculty/rice/ Publication
1. Williams, M.A., and C.W.Rice. 2007. Seven years of enhanced water availability influences the physiological, structural and functional attributes of a soil microbial community. Applied Soil Ecology 35: 535- 545.

2. Williams, M.A., C.W. Rice, A.Omay and C. Owensby. 2006. Natural 15N abundances in a tallgrass prairie exposed to 8 years of elevated atmospheric CO2. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 37: 409- 412.

3. Wilson, G.W.T., D.C. Hartnett, and C. W. Rice. 2006. Mycorrhizal-mediated phosphorus transfer between tallgrass prairie plants Sorghastrum nutans and Artemisia ludoviciana. Functional Ecology 20: 427- 435.

4. Dell, C. J., and C. W. Rice. 2005. Short-term competition for ammonium and nitrate in tallgrass prairie. Soil Science Society of America Journal 69: 371- 377.

5. Dell, C. J., M. A. Williams and C. W. Rice. 2005. Partitioning of nitrogen over five growing seasons in tallgrass prairie. Ecology 86: 1280- 1287.

6. Williams, M.A., C.W. Rice, A. Omay, and C. Owensby. 2004. Carbon and Nitrogen Pools in a Tallgrass Prairie Soil Under Elevated Carbon Dioxide. Soil Science Society of America Journal 68: 148- 153.

7. Wang, J. R., and K. P. Price. 2003. Temporal responses of NDVI to precipitation and temperature in the central Great Plains, USA. International Journal of Remote Sensing 24: 2345- 2364.

8. Baer, S.G., D. J. Kitchen, J. M. Blair, and C. W. Rice. 2002. Changes in ecosystem structure and function along a chronosequence of restored grasslands. Ecological Applications 12: 1688- 1701.

9. Williams, M. A., C. W. Rice, and C. E. Owensby. 2001. Nitrogen competition in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem exposed to elevated carbon dioxide. Soil Science Society of America Journal 65: 340- 346.

10. Baer, S. G., C. W. Rice, and J. M. Blair. 2000. Assessment of soil quality in fields with short- and long-term enrollment in the CRP. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 55: 142- 146.

11. Rice, C. W., and C. E. Owensby. 2000. Effects of fire and grazing on soil carbon in rangelands. The Potential of U.S. Grazing Lands to Sequester Carbon and Mitigate the Greenhouse Effect 323- 342.

12. Smith, M. D., D. C. Hartnett, and C. W. Rice. 2000. Effects of long-term fungicide application on microbial processes in tallgrass prairie soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 32: 935- 946.

13. Williams, M. A., C. W. Rice, and C. E. Owensby. 2000. Carbon dynamics and microbial activity in tallgrass prairie exposed to elevated CO2 for 8 years. Plant and Soil 227: 127- 137.

14. Ajwa, H. A., C. J. Dell, and C. W. Rice. 1999. Changes in enzyme activities and microbial biomass of tallgrass prairie soil as related to burning and nitrogen fertilization. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 31: 769- 777.

15. Banks, M. K., C. Clennan, W. Dodds, and C. Rice. 1999. Variations in microbial activity due to fluctuations in soil water content at the water table interface. Journal of Environmental Science and Health 34: 479- 505.

16. Sotomayor, D., and C.W. Rice. 1999. Soil air carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide concentrations in profiles under tallgrass prairie and cultivation. Journal of Environmental Quality 28: 784- 793.

17. Ajwa, H. A., C. W. Rice, and D. Sotomayor. 1998. Carbon and nitrogen mineralization in tallgrass prairie and agricultural soil profiles. Soil Science Society of America Journal 62: 942- 951.

18. Blair, J. M., T. R. Seastedt, C. W. Rice, and R. A. Ramundo. 1998. Terrestrial nutrient cycling in tallgrass prairie. Grassland Dynamics: Long-term Ecological Research 222- 243.

19. Ransom, M. D., C. W. Rice, T. C. Todd, and W. A. Wehmueller. 1998. Soils and soil biota. Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie 48- 66.

20. Rice, C. W., T. C. Todd, J. M. Blair, T. R. Seastedt, R. A. Ramundo, and G. W. T. Wilson. 1998. Belowground biology and processes. Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie 244- 264.

21. Dodds, W. K., M. K. Banks, C. S. Clenan, C. W. Rice, D. Sotomayor, E. A. Strauss, and W. Yu. 1996. Biological properties of soil and subsurface sediments under abandoned pasture and cropland. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 28: 837- 846.

22. Drinkwater, L. E., C. A. Cambardella, J. D. Reeder, and C. W. Rice. 1996. Potentially mineralizable N as an indicator of active soil nitrogen. Methods for Assessing Soil Quality 217- 299.

23. Owensby, C. E., J. M. Ham, A. K. Knapp, C. W. Rice, P. I. Coyne, and L. M. Auen. 1996. Ecosystem level responses of tallgrass prairie to elevated CO2. Carbon Dioxide and Terrestrial Ecosystems 147- 162.

24. Rice, C. W., T. Moorman, and M. Beare. 1996. Role of microbial biomass C and N in soil quality. Methods for Assessing Soil Quality 203- 215.

25. Sotomayor, D., and C.W. Rice. 1996. Denitrification in soil profiles beneath grassland and cultivated soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal 60: 1822- 1828.

26. Garcia, F. O., and C. W. Rice. 1994. Microbial biomass dynamics in tallgrass prairie. Soil Science Society of America Journal 58: 816- 823.

27. Rice, C. W., and F. O. Garcia. 1994. Biologically active pools of soil C and N in tallgrass prairie. Defining Soil Quality for a Sustainable Environment 201- 208.

28. Zak, D. R., D. Tilman, R. R. Parameter, F. M. Fisher, C. W. Rice, J. Vose, D. Milchunas, and C. W. Martin. 1994. Plant production and the biomass of soil microorganisms in late-successional ecosystems: A continental-scale study. Ecology 75: 2333- 2347.

29. Groffman, P. M., C. W. Rice, and J. M. Tiedje. 1993. Denitrification in a tallgrass prairie landscape. Ecology 74: 855- 862.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under the Long Term Ecological Research Program at Konza Prairie Biological Station. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necesarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.