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Dr. John M. Blair
Phone: 785-532-7065 Email: jblair@ksu.eduAddress: 116 Ackert Hall, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 Interests: Ecosystem ecology, nutrient cycling, soil ecologyPersonnel Home Page: Publication
1. McKinley, D.C., M.D. Norris, L.C. Johnson and J.M. Blair.. 2008. Biogeochemical changes associated with Juniperus virginia encroachment into grasslands. Ecological Studies Vol. 196, Western North American Juniperus communities: A dynamic vegetation type 170- 187.

2. 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. Ecological Studies Vol. 196, Western North American Juniperus communities: A dynamic vegetation type 156- 169.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Norris, M.D., J.M. Blair and L.C. Johnson. 2007. Altered ecosystem nitrogen dynamics as a consequence of land cover change in tallgrass prairie. American Midland Naturalist 158: 432- 445.

6. Jones, K.L., T.C. Todd, J.L. Wall-Beam, J.D. Coolon, J.M. Blair and M.A. Herman. 2006. Molecular approach for assessing responses of microbial-feeding nematodes to burning and chronic nitrogen enrichment in a native grassland. Molecular Ecology 15: 2601- 2609.

7. Harper, C. W., J. M. Blair, P. A. Fay, A. K. Knapp, and J. D. Carlisle. 2005. Increased rainfall variability and reduced rainfall amount decreases soil CO2 flux in a grassland ecosystem. Global Change Biology 11: 322- 344.

8. Reed, H., T. R. Seastedt, and J. M. Blair. 2005. Ecological consequences of C4 grass invasion of a C4 grassland: A dilemma for management. Ecological Applications 15: 1560- 1569.

9. Briggs, J.M., A.K. Knapp, J.M. Blair, J.L. Heisler, G.A. Hoch, M.S. Lett and J.K. McCarron. 2005. An ecosystem in transition: causes and consequences of the conversion of mesic grassland to shrubland. BioScience 55: 243- 254.

10. 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.

11. Nippert, J. B., and J. M. Blair. 2005. Comparing the influence of precipitation, fire, and topography on plant productivity in the tallgrass prairie. Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology,Vol. 3: Issues: Data Set #1 [http://tiee.ecoed.net/vol/v3/issues/data_sets/konza/abstract.html].

12. Baer, S. G., J. M. Blair, S. L. Collins, and A. K. Knapp. 2004. Plant community responses to resource availability and heterogeneity during restoration. Oecologia 139: 617- 629.

13. Heisler, J. L., J. M. Briggs, A. K. Knapp, J. M. Blair, and A. Seery.. 2004. Direct and indirect effects of fire on shrub density and aboveground productivity in a mesic grassland. Ecology 85: 2245- 2257.

14. Lett, M. S., A. K. Knapp, J. M. Briggs, and J. M. Blair. 2004. Influence of shrub encroachment on aboveground net primary productivity and carbon and nitrogen pools in a mesic grassland. Canadian Journal of Botany 82: 1363- 1370.

15. Silletti, A. M., A. K. Knapp, and J. M. Blair. 2004. Competition and coexistence in grassland co-dominants: responses to neighbor removal and resource availability. Canadian Journal of Botany 82: 450- 460.

16. Callaham, M. A., Jr., J. M. Blair, T. C. Todd, D. J. Kitchen, and M. R. Whiles. 2003. Effects of fire, mowing and fertilization effects on density and biomass of macroinvertebrates in North American tallgrass prairie soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 35: 1079- 1093.

17. McCarron, J. K., A. K. Knapp, and J. M. Blair. 2003. Soil C and N responses to woody plant expansion in a mesic grassland. Plant and Soil 257: 183- 192.

18. Fay, P. A., J. D. Carlisle, A. K. Knapp, J. M. Blair, and S. L. Collins. 2003. Productivity responses to altered rainfall patterns in a C4-dominated grassland. Oecologia 137: 245- 251.

19. Bakker, C., J. M. Blair, and A. K. Knapp. 2003. A comparative assessment of potential mechanisms influencing plant species richness in grazed grasslands. Oecologia 137: 385- 391.

20. Baer, S. G., J. M. Blair, A. K. Knapp, and S. L. Collins. 2003. Soil resources regulate productivity and diversity in newly established tallgrass prairie. Ecology 84: 724- 735.

21. Fay, P. A., A. K. Knapp, J. M. Blair, J. D. Carlisle, B. T. Danner, and J. K. McCarron. 2003. Rainfall timing, soil moisture dynamics, and plant responses in a mesic tallgrass prairie ecosystem. Precipitation Regimes and Terrestrial Ecosystems. A North American Perspective 147- 163.

22. Knapp, A. K., P. A. Fay, J. M. Blair, S. L. Collins, M. D. Smith, J. D. Carlisle, C. W. Harper, B. T. Danner, M. S. Lett, and J. K. McCarron. 2002. Rainfall variability, carbon cycling and plant species diversity in a mesic grassland. Science 298: 2202- 2205.

23. 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.

24. Fay, P. A., J. D. Carlisle, B. T. Danner, M. S. Lett, J. K. McCarron, C. Stewart, A. K. Knapp, J. M. Blair, and S. L. Collins. 2002. Altered rainfall patterns, gas exchange and growth in C3 and C4 grassland species. International Journal of Plant Sciences 163: 549- 557.

25. Callaham, M. A. Jr., M. R. Whiles, and J. M. Blair. 2002. Annual fire, mowing and fertilization effects on two cicadas (Homoptera:Cicadidae) in tallgrass prairie. American Midland Naturalist 148: 90- 101.

26. Callaham, M. A. Jr., J. M. Blair, and P. F. Hendrix. 2001. Different behavioral patterns of the earthworms Octolasion tyrtaeum and Diplocardia spp . in tallgrass prairie soils: potential influences on plant growth. Biology and Fertility of Soils 34: 49- 56.

27. Norris, M. D., J. M. Blair, L. C. Johnson, and R. B. McKane. 2001. Assessing changes in biomass, productivity, and C and N stores following Juniperus virginiana forest expansion into tallgrass prairie. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 31: 1940- 1946.

28. Norris, M. D., J. M. Blair, and L. C. Johnson. 2001. Land cover change in eastern Kansas: litter dynamics of closed-canopy eastern redcedar forests in tallgrass prairie. Canadian Journal of Botany 79: 214- 222.

29. Blair, J. M., T. C. Todd, and M. A. Callaham Jr. 2000. Responses of grassland soil invertebrates to natural and anthropogenic disturbances. Invertebrates as Webmasters in Ecosystems 43- 71.

30. Fay, P. A., J. D. Carlisle, A. K. Knapp, J. M. Blair, and S. L. Collins. 2000. Altering rainfall timing and quantity in a mesic grassland ecosystem: Design and performance of rainfall manipulation shelters. Ecosystems 3: 308- 319.

31. 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.

32. Blair, J. M., S. L. Collins, and A. K. Knapp. 2000. Ecosystems as functional units in nature. Natural Resources and Environment 14: 150- 155.

33. Baer, S. G., J. M. Blair, and A. K. Knapp. 1999. Manipulation of soil resource heterogeneity in a tallgrass prairie restoration. Proceedings of the Sixteenth North American Prairie Conference 78- 87.

34. Callaham, M. A. Jr., and J. M. Blair. 1999. Influence of differing land management on the invasion of North American tallgrass prairie soils by European earthworms. Pedobiologia 43: 507- 512.

35. Coleman, D. C., J. M. Blair, E. T. Elliott, and D. H. Wall. 1999. Soil invertebrates. Standard Soil Methods for Long Term Ecological Research 349- 377.

36. Harmon, M. E., K. J. Naddlehoffer, and J. M. Blair. 1999. Measuring decomposition, nutrient turnover and stores in plant litter. Standard Soil Methods for Long Term Ecological Research 202- 240.

37. Knapp, A. K., J. M. Blair, J. M. Briggs, S. L. Collins, D. C. Hartnett, L. C. Johnson, and E. G. Towne. 1999. The keystone role of bison in North American tallgrass prairie. BioScience 49: 39- 50.

38. O'Lear, H. E., and J. M. Blair. 1999. Responses of soil microarthropods to changes in soil water availability in tallgrass prairie. Biology and Fertility of Soils 29: 207- 217.

39. Robertson, G. P., D. Wedin, P. M. Groffman, J. M. Blair, E. Holland, K. J. Nadelhoffer, and D. Harris. 1999. Soil Carbon and nitrogen availability: Nitrogen mineralization, nitrification, soil respiration potentials. Standard Soil Methods for Long Term Ecological Research 258- 271.

40. Todd, T. C., J. M. Blair, and G. A. Milliken. 1999. Effects of altered soil water availability on a tallgrass prairie nematode community. Applied Soil Ecology 13: 45- 55.

41. 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.

42. Collins, S. L., A. K. Knapp, J. M. Briggs, J. M. Blair, and E. M. Steinauer. 1998. Modulation of diversity by grazing and mowing in native tallgrass prairie. Science 280: 745- 747.

43. Knapp, A. K., J. M. Blair, and J. M. Briggs. 1998. Long-term ecological consequences of varying fire frequency in a humid grassland. Fire in Ecosystem Management: Shifting The Paradigm From Suppression to Prescription 173- 178.

44. Knapp, A. K., J. M. Briggs, J. M. Blair, and C. L. Turner. 1998. Patterns and controls of aboveground net primary production in tallgrass prairie. Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie 193- 221.

45. Knapp, A. K., S. L. Conard, and J. M. Blair. 1998. Determinants of soil CO2 flux from a sub-humid grassland: Effect of fire and fire history. Ecological Applications 8: 760- 770.

46. 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.

47. Blair, J. M. 1997. Fire, N availability and plant response in grasslands: A test of the transient maxima hypothesis. Ecology 78: 2539- 2368.

48. Turner, C. L., J. M. Blair, R. J. Schartz, and J. C. Neel. 1997. Soil N and plant responses to fire, topography and supplemental N in tallgrass prairie. Ecology 78: 1832- 1843.

49. Blair, J. M., P. J. Bohlen, and D. W. Freckman. 1996. Soil invertebrates as indicators of soil quality. Methods for Assessing Soil Quality. SSSA Special Publication 283- 301.

50. Dodds, W. K., J. M. Blair, G. M. Henebry, J. K. Koelliker, R. A. Ramundo, and C. M. Tate. 1996. Nitrogen transport from tallgrass prairie watersheds. Journal of Environmental Quality 25: 973- 981.

51. O'Lear, H. A., T. R. Seastedt, J. M. Briggs, J. M. Blair, and R. A. Ramundo. 1996. Fire and topographic effects on decomposition rates and nitrogen dynamics of buried wood in tallgrass prairie. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 28: 323- 329.

52. Su, H., J. M. Briggs, A. K. Knapp, J. M. Blair, and J. R. Krummel. 1996. Detecting spatial and temporal patterns of aboveground production in a tallgrass prairie using remotely-sensed data. : 2361- 2365.

53. Blair, J. M., R. W. Parmelee, and P. Lavelle. 1995. Influences of earthworms on biogeochemistry. Earthworm Ecology and Biogeography in North America 125- 156.

54. Subler, S., J. M. Blair, and C. A. Edwards. 1995. Using anion exchange membranes to measure soil nitrate availability and net nitrification. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 27: 911- 917.

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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.