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Nachusa Grasslands Scientific Publications

For copies of these studies, contact the author(s). Elizabeth Bach may also be able to assist you, but access is not guaranteed.

2021
Bach, E.M., B.P. Kleiman. 2021. Twenty years of tallgrass prairie restoration in northern Illinois, USA. Ecological Solutions and Evidence. 2(4). doi:10.1002/2688-8319.12101

Bell, T.J., M.L. Bowles, L.W. Zettler, C.A. Pollack, J.E. Ibberson. 2021. Environmental and Management Effects on Demographic Processes in the U.S. Threatened Platanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindl. (Orchidaceae). Plants (Basel). 10(7): 1308. doi:10.3390/plants10071308

Bruninga-Socolar, B., S.R. Griffin, Z.M. Portman, J. Gibbs. 2021. Variation in prescribed fire and bison grazing supports
multiple bee nesting groups in tallgrass prairie. Restoration Ecology. doi:10.1111/rec.13507

Herakovich, H., C.J. Whelan, N.A. Barber, H.P. Jones. 2021. Impacts of a Recent Bison Reintroduction on Grassland Bird Nests and Potential Mechanisms for These Effects. Natural Areas Journal. 41(2):93-103. doi:10.3375/043.041.0204​

Herakovich, H., N.A. Barber, H.P. Jones. 2021. Assessing the Impacts of Prescribed Fire and Bison Disturbance on Birds Using Bioacustic Recorders. American Midland Naturalist. 186(2): 245-262. doi:10.1674/0003-0031-186.2.245

Kastle, M., J. Kapfer, A.R. Kuhns, W. Graser, G.A. Glowacki, A. Ibach, L. Mitchem, J. Mozuch, N. Rudolph, K. Rutzen, R.B. King. 2021. Blanding's Turtle Hatchling Survival and Movements following Natural vs. Artificial Incubation. Journal of Herpetology. 55 (2): 167–173. doi:10.1670/20-084

King, R.B., C.K. Golba, G.A. Glowacki, A.R. Kuhns. 2021. Blanding's Turtle Demography and Population Viability. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management. 12(1): 112-138.  doi:10.3996/JFWM-20-063 

Rahman, A.U., H.P. Jones, S.C. Hosler, S. Geddes, M. Nelson, N.A. Barber. 2021. 
Disturbance-Induced Trophic Niche Shifts In Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) In Restored Grasslands. Environmental Entomology. doi:10.1093/ee/nvab065​

Rehbein, M.M., Videro, R. 2021. A new record of Uranotaenia sapphirina and Aedes japonicus in Lee and Ogle Counties, Illinois. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 37(4): 280–282. doi:10.2987/21-6994.

Wenzell, K.E., A.J. McDonnell, N.J. Wickett, J.B. Fant, K.A. Skogen. 2021. Incomplete reproductive isolation and low genetic differentiation despite floral divergence across varying geographic scales in Castilleja. American Journal of Botany. 108(7): 1270-1288. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1700

2020
Adamovicz, L., S. J. Baker, E. Kessler, M. Kelly, S. Johnson, J. Winter, C. A. Phillips, and M. C. Allender. 2020a. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate and hemoglobin-binding protein in free-living box turtles (Terrapene spp.). PLoS One 15. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0234805

Adamovicz, L., S. J. Baker, M. Merchant, L. Darville, and M. C. Allender. 2020c. Plasma complement activation mechanisms differ in ornate (Terrapene ornata ornata) and eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina). Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology 333. doi:10.1002/jez.2423

Adamovicz, L., S. J. Baker, M. Merchant, M. C. Allender. 2020. Plasma antibacterial activities in ornate (Terrapene ornata) and eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina). Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A, doi:0.1002/jez.2352

Blackburn, R. C., N. A. Barber, and H. P. Jones. 2020a. Plant Community Shifts in Response to Fire and Bison in a Restored Tallgrass Prairie Plant Community Shifts in Response to Fire and Bison in a Restored Tallgrass Prairie. 40:218–227. doi:10.3375/043.040.0318

​Blackburn, R. C., N. A. Barber, and H. P. Jones. (2020) Reintroduced bison diet changes throughout the season in restored prairie. Restoration Ecology. doi:10.1111/rec.13161

Burke, A., M. Angela, A. Nicholas, P. Holly, A. M. Burke, N. A. Barber, and H. P. Jones (2020) Early Small Mammal Responses to Bison Reintroduction and Prescribed Fire in Restored Tallgrass Prairies. Natural Areas Journal, 40:35-44, doi:10.3375/043.040.0105

Edmonds, D., L. Adamovicz, M. Allender, and M. Dreslik (2020). Reproductive Output of Ornate Box Turtles (Terrapene ornata) in Illinois, USA. Herpetological Conservation and Biology.

Garfinkel, M. B., E. S. Minor, and C. J. Whelan. 2020. Birds suppress pests in corn but release them in soybean crops within a mixed prairie/agriculture system. The Condor 122:1–12. doi:10.1093/condor/duaa009

Herakovich, H. and H. P. Jones. (2020) Prescribed Fire has a Greater Impact on Artificial Nest Predation than a Recent Bison Reintroduction in Illinois Tallgrass Prairie. The American Midland Naturalist. doi:10.1637/0003-0031-184.1.48

King, R. B., and J. P. Vanek (In press) Responses of Grassland Snakes to Tallgrass Prairie Restoration Implications for Practice. Restoration Ecology, doi:10.1111/rec.13119

Nelson, M., S. Hosler, F. Boetzl, H. Jones, and N. Barber (2020). Reintroduced grazers and prescribed fire effects on beetle assemblage structure and function in restored grasslands. Ecological Applications. doi:10.1002/eap.2217

Pischl, P. H., S. V Burke, E. M. Bach, and M. R. Duvall. 2020. Plastome phylogenomics and phylogenetic diversity of endangered and threatened grassland species (Poaceae) in a North American tallgrass prairie. Ecology and Evolution 10:7602–7615. 
doi:10.1002/ece3.6484

Scott, D,. K. Eckhoff, and S. Baer. (2020) Plant diversity decreases potential nitrous oxide emissions from restored
agricultural soil. Pedobiologia - Journal of Soil Ecology. doi:10.1016/j.pedobi.2020.150670

​Thixton, H. L., E. J. Esselman, L. L. Corey, and L. W. Zettler. (2020) Further evidence of Ceratobasidium D . P . Rogers ( Basidiomycota ) serving as the ubiquitous fungal associate of Platanthera leucophaea ( Orchidaceae ) in the North American tallgrass prairie. Botanical Studies. doi:10.1186/s40529-020-00289-z

Vanek, J. P., J. Fliginger, and R. B. King. 2020. Observations of American Badgers, Taxidea taxus (Schreber, 1777) (Mammalia, Carnivora), in a restored tallgrass prairie in Illinois, USA, with a new county record of successful reproduction. Check List 16:933–937. 
doi:
10.15560/16.4.933

​2019
Barber, N. A., S. C. Hosler, P. Whiston, and H. P. Jones (2019b) Initial Responses of Dung Beetle Communities to Bison Reintroduction in Restored and Remnant Tallgrass Prairie. Natural Areas Journal 39:420. doi:10.3375/043.039.0405

Barber, N.A., Farrell, A.K., Blackburn, R.C., Bauer, J.T., Groves, A.M., Brudvig, L.A. & Jones, H.P. (2019) Grassland restoration characteristics influence phylogenetic and taxonomic structure of plant communities and suggest assembly mechanisms. Journal of Ecology, 107, 2105–2120. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.13250

Virgin, E. E., and R. B. King (2019) What does the snake eat? Breadth, overlap, and non-native prey in the diet of three sympatric natricine snakes. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 14:132–14

Willand, J.E. & Baer, S.G. (2019) Resource Availability and the Potential for Bison Introduction in a Landscape Mosaic. American Midland Naturalist, 181, 195. doi:10.1674/0003-0031-181.2.195

2018
Kleiman, L.R., Kleiman, B.P. & Kleiman, S. (2018) Successful Control of Lonicera maackii (Amur Honeysuckle) with Basal Bark Herbicide. Ecological Restoration, 36, 267–269. doi:10.3368/er.36.4.267
 
White, A., Fant, J.B., Havens, K., Skinner, M. & Kramer, A.T. (2018) Restoring species diversity: assessing capacity in the U.S. native plant industry. Restoration Ecology, 26, 605–611. doi:10.1111/rec.12705

2017
Barber, N.A., Chantos-Davidson, K.M., Amel Peralta, R., Sherwood, J.P. & Swingley, W.D. (2017) Soil microbial community composition in tallgrass prairie restorations converge with remnants across a 27-year chronosequence. Environmental Microbiology, 19, 3118–3131. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.13785
 
Barber, N.A., Jones, H.P., Duvall, M.R., Wysocki, W.P., Hansen, M.J. & Gibson, D.J. (2017) Phylogenetic diversity is maintained despite richness losses over time in restored tallgrass prairie plant communities. Journal of Applied Ecology, 54, 137–144. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12639
 
Barber, N.A., Lamagdeleine-Dent, K.A., Willand, J.E., Jones, H.P. & McCravy, K.W. (2017) Species and functional trait re-assembly of ground beetle communities in restored grasslands. Biodiversity and Conservation, 26, 3481–3498, doi:10.1007/s10531-017-1417-6
 
Griffin, S.R., Bruninga-Socolar, B., Kerr, M.A., Gibbs, J. & Winfree, R. (2017) Wild bee community change over a 26-year chronosequence of restored tallgrass prairie. Restoration Ecology, 25, 650–660. doi:10.1111/rec.12481
 
Klopf, R.P., Baer, S.G., Bach, E.M. & Six, J. (2017) Restoration and management for plant diversity enhances the rate of belowground ecosystem recovery. Ecological Applications, 27, 355–362. doi:10.1002/eap.1503
 
Vitt, P., Knight, T.M., Schutzenhofer, M., Kleiman, W., Havens, K. & Bittner, T. (2017) Experimental Grazing and Grass-Specific Herbicide Application Benefit Rare Forb Recruitment. Natural Areas Journal, 37, 161–169. doi:10.3375/043.037.0205

2016
Chi, K. & Molano-Flores, B. (2016) Reproductive morphology of Synthyris bullii, a rare Midwestern endemic species, in association with habitat degradation 1. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 143, 169–179. doi:10.3159/TORREY-D-14-00086.1
 
Etterson, J.R., Franks, S.J., Mazer, S.J., Shaw, R.G., Soper Gorden, N.L., Schneider, H.E., Weber, J.J., et al. (2016) Project baseline: An unprecedented resource to study plant evolution across space and time. American Journal of Botany, 103, 164–173. doi:10.3732/ajb.1500313
 
Kleiman, B. (2016) 11 . Nachusa Grasslands: 30 Years of Lessons Learned at Nachusa Grasslands. North American Prairie Conference Proceedings 9. ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/napc/9
 
Soper Gorden, N.L., Winkler, K.J., Jahnke, M.R., Marshall, E., Horky, J., Huddelson, C. & Etterson, J.R. (2016) Geographic patterns of seed mass are associated with climate factors, but relationships vary between species. American Journal of Botany, 103, 60–72. doi:10.3732/ajb.1500295
 
Vitt, P., Belmaric, P.N., Book, R. & Curran, M. (2016) Assisted migration as a climate change adaptation strategy: lessons from restoration and plant reintroductions. Israel Journal of Plant Science, 63, 250–261. doi:10.1080/07929978.2016.1258258

2015
Wodika, B.R. & Baer, S.G. (2015) If we build it, will they colonize? A test of the field of dreams paradigm with soil macroinvertebrate communities. Applied Soil Ecology, 91, 80–89. doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2015.02.005

2014
Hansen, M.J. & Gibson, D.J. (2014) Use of multiple criteria in an ecological assessment of a prairie restoration chronosequence. Applied Vegetation Science, 17, 63–73. doi:10.1111/avsc.12051
 
Wodika, B.R., Klopf, R.P. & Baer, S.G. (2014) Colonization and Recovery of Invertebrate Ecosystem Engineers during Prairie Restoration. Restoration Ecology, 22, 456–464, doi:10.1111/rec.12084

2013 
Goldblum, D., Glaves, B.P., Rigg, L.S. & Kleiman, B. (2013) The impact of seed mix weight on diversity and species composition in a tallgrass prairie restoration planting, Nachusa Grasslands, Illinois, USA. Ecological Restoration, 31, 154–167. doi:10.3368/er.31.2.154
 
Rowe, H.I., Fargione, J. & Holland, J.D. (2013) Prairie restorations can protect remnant tallgrass prairie plant communities. American Midland Naturalist, 170, 26–38. doi:10.1674/0003-0031-170.1.26
 
Willand, J.E., Baer, S.G., Gibson, D.J. & Klopf, R.P. (2013) Temporal dynamics of plant community regeneration sources during tallgrass prairie restoration. Plant Ecology, 214, 1169–1180. doi:10.1007/s11258-013-0241-7

2011
Kattge, J., Díaz, S., Lavorel, S., Prentice, I.C., Leadley, P., Bönisch, G., Garnier, E., et al. (2011) TRY - a global database of plant traits. Global Change Biology, 17, 2905–2935. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02451.x
 
Sivicek, V.A. & Taft, J.B. (2011) Functional Group Density as an index for assessing habitat quality in tallgrass prairie. Ecological Indicators, 11, 1251–1258, doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.01.003

2010
Rowe, H.I. (2010) Tricks of the Trade: Techniques and Opinions from 38 Experts in Tallgrass Prairie Restoration. Restoration Ecology, 18, 253–262. doi:10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00663.x

2008
Cagle, N.L. (2008) Snake species distributions and temperate grasslands: A case study from the American tallgrass prairie. Biology Conservation, 141, 744–755. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2008.01.003​

2006
Taft, J.B., Hauser, C. & Robertson, K.R. (2006) Estimating floristic integrity in tallgrass prairie. Biology Conservation, 131, 42–51. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2006.02.006
 
2003
Herkert, J.R., Reinking, D.L., Wiedenfeld, D.A., Winter, M., Zimmerman, J.L., Jensen, W.E., Finck, E.J., et al. (2003) Effects of Prairie Fragmentation on the Nest Success of Breeding Birds in the Midcontinental United States. Conservation Biology, 17, 587–594. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.01418.x

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