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Dr. Loretta Johnson
Phone: 785-532-6921 Email: johnson@ksu.eduAddress: 116 Ackert Hall, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 Interests: Plant/ecosystem 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. 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.

3. Jumpponen, A., J. Trowbridge, K.G. Mandyam, and L. C. Johnson. 2005. Nitrogen enrichment causes minimal changes in arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization but shifts community composition - evidence from rDNA data. Biology and Fertility of Soils 41: 217- 224.

4. Craine, J., B. Lee, L. Johnson, W. Bond, and W.D. Williams. 2005. Roots of the world. Ecology 86: 12- 19.

5. Jumpponen, A., and L.C. Johnson. 2005. Can rDNA analyses of diverse fungal communities in soil and roots detect effects of environmental manipulations--a case study from tallgrass prairie. Mycologia 97: 1177- 1194.

6. Smith, D. L., and L. C. Johnson. 2004. Vegetation-mediated changes in microclimate reduce soil respiration as woodlands expand into grasslands. Ecology 85: 3348- 3361.

7. Smith, D. L., and L. C. Johnson. 2003. Expansion of Juniperus in the Great Plains: Changes in soil organic carbon dynamics. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 17: 1062- .

8. Webster, J. R., P. J. Mulholland, J. L. Tank, H. M. Valett, W. K. Dodds, B. J. Peterson, W. B. Bowden, C. N. Dahm, S. Findlay, S. V. Gregory, N. B. Grimm, S. K. Hamilton, S. L. Johnson, E. Marti, W. H. McDowell, J. L. Meyer, D. D. Morrall, S. A. Thomas, and W. M. Wollheim. 2003. Factors affecting ammonium uptake in streams - an inter-biome perspective. Freshwater Biology 48: 1329- 1352.

9. Mulholland, P. J., J. L. Tank, J. R. Webster, W. B. Bowden, W. K. Dodds, S. V. Gregory, N. B. Grimm, S. K. Hamilton, S. L. Johnson, E. Mart¡, W. H. McDowell, J. Merriam, J. L. Meyer, B. J. Peterson, H. M. Valett, and W. M. Wollheim. 2002. Can uptake length in streams be determined by nutrient addition experiments? Results from an inter-biome comparison study. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 21: 544- 560.

10. Hoch, G. A., J. M. Briggs, and L. C. Johnson. 2002. Assessing the rate, mechanism and consequences of conversion of tallgrass prairie to Juniperus virginiana forest. Ecosystems 5: 578- 586.

11. Johnson, L. C., and J. R. Matchett. 2001. Fire and grazing regulate belowground processes in tallgrass prairie. Ecology 82: 3377- 3389.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. Hooper, D. U., and L. C. Johnson. 1999. Nitrogen limitation in dryland ecosystems: responses to temporal and geographical variation in precipitation. Biogeochemistry 46: 247- 293.

15. 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.

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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.