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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.

2025

Becker, E. M., Bach, E. M., Kleiman, B. P., & Barber, N. A. (2025). Overcoming barriers to restoration: post‐restoration overseeding and topsoil disturbance improve native plant richness and diversity. Restoration Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.70022
 
Bell, J. K., Swingley, W. D., & Midgley, M. G. (2025). Bison and burn timing shape arbuscular mycorrhizal diversity and community composition in tallgrass prairie restorations. Applied Soil Ecology, 206, 105895. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2025.105895
 
King, R., Anchor, C., Anthonysamy, W. J. B., Denham, S., Dreslik, M., Dunham, N., Glowacki, G., Golba, C. K., Graser, W., Jablonski, C., Janzen, F., Kessler, E. J., Kuhns, A. R., Ludwig, D. R., McCabe, K., Phillips, C., Thompson, D., & Towey, J. B. (2025). Archival data reveals human impacts on Blanding’s turtle population persistence. Journal for Nature Conservation, 87, 126966. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2025.126966
 
Kuehl, C., Alahmadi, E., Buck, T., Guthrie, C., Meyers, O., Sedig, Q., Yuan, S., & Jones, H. P. (2025). Humans are helpful: centering people in restoration messaging increases their likelihood of engaging in some restoration actions. Restoration Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.70155
 
Zeldin, J., Dethlefs, T., Caeiro, Stacy, Daniel Puga, & Kramer, A. (2025). Intraspecific Functional Trait Variation and Coordination in Schizachyrium scoparium. Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71635

2024

Alaniz, M. N., Padilla, S., Hosler, S. C., Jones, H. P., & Barber, N. A. (2024). Ground-dwelling invertebrate community responses to bison and prescribed fire management in tallgrass prairies. Journal of Insect Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-024-00614-y
 
Carlson, M. C., Swedberg, D. A., Miernicki, E. A., & Taylor, C. A. (2024). Variation in fine-scale water table depth drives abundance of a unique semi-terrestrial crayfish species. PeerJ, 12(5). https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17330
 
Chakravorty, J., Harrington, J. A., & Bach, E. M. (2024). Bison Grazing in Eastern Tallgrass Prairie Does Not Alter Plant Diversity after Five Years. Natural Areas Journal, 44(4), 215–222. https://doi.org/10.3375/2162-4399-44.4.215
 
Del Vallé, A., Guiden, P. W., & Jones, H. P. (2024). Grassland bird responses to bison and prescribed fire in restored tallgrass prairies. The Journal of Wildlife Management. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22699
 
Fredrickson, K., Adamovicz, L., Terio, K., Davidson, A., Ryan, M., Waligora, M., Schroder, K., Bradley, S., Lionetto, C., Andersson, K., Engel, A., Graser, W., Anchor, C., Glowacki, G., & Allender, M. C. (2024). Emydomyces tstavorans surveillance in multiple free-ranging terrestrial and aquatic Chelonian species in Illinois, USA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 60(4), 850–859. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-23-00164
 
Hogan, K. F. E., Baker, K., Bach, E. M., & Barber, N. A. (2024). Basal bark herbicide treatment of Lonicera maackii (Amur honeysuckle) is effective regardless of application timing, with limited nontarget effects on native plant diversity. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12332
 
Kays, R., Snider, M. H., Hess, G., Cove, M. V., Jensen, A., Shamon, H., McShea, W. J., Rooney, B., Allen, M. L., Pekins, C. E., Wilmers, C. C., Pendergast, M. E., Green, A. M., Suraci, J., Leslie, M. S., Nasrallah, S., Farkas, D., Jordan, M., Grigione, M., … Parsons, A. (2024). Climate, food and humans predict communities of mammals in the United States. Diversity and Distributions. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13900
 
Mola, J. M., Pearse, I. S., Boone, M. L., Evans, E., Hepner, M. J., Jean, R. P., Kochanski, J. M., Nordmeyer, C., Runquist, E., Smith, T. A., Strange, J. P., Watson, J., & Koch, J. B. U. (2024). Range-wide genetic analysis of an endangered bumble bee ( Bombus affinis, Hymenoptera: Apidae) reveals population structure, isolation by distance, and low colony abundance. Journal of Insect Science, 24(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieae041
 
Portman, Z. M., Arduser, M., Powley, M. E., & Cariveau, D. P. (2024). Taxonomy of Agapostemon angelicus and the A. texanus species complex (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) in the United States. European Journal of Taxonomy, 958, 203–241. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.958.2671
 
Scheidel, A., & Borowicz, V. (2024). Effects of Hemiparasites in Grassland Restorations Are Not Universal. Diversity, 16(2), 102. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16020102
 
Wenzell, K. E., Zhang, J. Y., Skogen, K. A., & Fant, J. B. (2024). Adaptive generalization in pollination systems: Hawkmoths increase fitness to long‐tubed flowers, but secondary pollinators remain important. Ecology and Evolution, 14(5). https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11443
 
2023

Barber, N. A., Klimek, D. M., Bell, J. K., and; Swingley, W. D. (2023). Restoration age and reintroduced bison may
shape soil bacterial communities in restored tallgrass prairies. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 99(3).
https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiad007

Guiden, P. W., Burke, A., Fliginger, J., Rowland‐Schaefer, E. G., Savage, K., and; Jones, H. P. (2023). Reintroduced
megaherbivores indirectly shape small‐mammal responses to moonlight. Ecology, 104(2), e3884.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3884

Hopkins, J. R., and; Bennett, A. E. (2023). Spore traits mediate disturbance effects on arbuscular mycorrhizal (
AM ) fungal community composition and mutualisms . Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4016​

Otto, C. R. V, Schrage, A. C., Bailey, L. L., Mola, J. M., Smith, T. A., Pearse, I., Simanonok, S., and; Grundel, R.
(2023). Addressing Detection Uncertainty in Bombus affinis (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Surveys Can Improve
Inferences Made From Monitoring. Environmental Entomology, 52(1), 108–118.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvac090

Wenzell, K. E., Skogen, K. A., and; Fant, J. B. (2023). Range‐wide floral trait variation reflects shifts in pollinator
assemblages, consistent with pollinator‐mediated divergence despite generalized visitation. Oikos.
https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.09708

2022

Barney, R. J. (2022). Monitoring of Pachybrachis Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae)
Diversity and Abundance in Illinois for 140 Years: Recent Detections and Presumed Extirpations. The
Coleopterists Bulletin, 76(4). https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-76.4.489

Brockman, J. C., Nielsen, C. K., and; Walk, J. W. (2022). Influences of Land Cover, Fire, and Human Activity on
Bison Habitat Selection in Restored Grasslands. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 84, 45–53.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2022.05.007​

Doke, R., Hiebert, K., Repella, M., Stuart, M., Mumm, L., Winter, J., Adamovicz, L., Glowacki, G., Kessler, E., and;
Allender, M. C. (2022). Prevalence of Intraerythrocytic Parasites in Macrochelys temminckii, Emydoidea
blandingii, Terrapene carolina, and Terrapene ornata. Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery,
32(1). https://doi.org/10.5818/JHMS-S-20-00017

Garfinkel, M. B., Fuka, M. E., Minor, E., and; Whelan, C. J. (2022). When a pest is not a pest: Birds indirectly
increase defoliation but have no effect on yield of soybean crops. Ecological Applications, 32(4).
https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2527

James, J. J., Bach, E. M., Baker, K., Barber, N. A., Buck, R., Shahrtash, M., and; Brown, S. P. (2022). Herbicide
control of the invasive Amur honeysuckle ( Lonicera maackii ) does not alter soil microbial communities
or activity. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 3(3). https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12157

Rowland‐Schaefer, E. G., Bach, E. M., Kleiman, B. P., and; Jones, H. P. (2022). Mapping fire history and
quantifying burned area through 35 years of prescribed fire history at an Illinois tallgrass prairie restoration site using GIS. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 3(2), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12144

Wolf, A. T., Watson, J. C., Hyde, T. J., Carpenter, S. G., & Jean, R. P. (2022). Floral Resources Used by the
Endangered Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis) in the Midwestern United States. Natural Areas
Journal, 42(4). https://doi.org/10.3375/22-2

Zanne, A. E., Flores-Moreno, H., Powell, J. R., Cornwell, W. K., Dalling, J. W., Austin, A. T., Classen, A. T.,
Eggleton, P., Okada, K., Parr, C. L., Adair, E. C., Adu-Bredu, S., Alam, M. A., Alvarez-Garzón, C., Apgaua,
D., Aragón, R., Ardon, M., Arndt, S. K., Ashton, L. A., … Zalamea, P.-C. (2022). Termite sensitivity to
temperature affects global wood decay rates. Science, 377(6613), 1440–1444.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abo3856

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

Blackburn, R. C., Barber, N. A., Farrell, A. K., Buscaglia, R., & Jones, H. P. (2021). Monitoring ecological
characteristics of a tallgrass prairie using an unmanned aerial vehicle. Restoration Ecology, 29(S1), 1–9.
https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13339

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

Garfinkel, M., Minor, E., & Whelan, C. J. (2021). Using faecal metabarcoding to examine consumption of crop
pests and beneficial arthropods in communities of generalist avian insectivores. Ibis, 0–2.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12994

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

Wetzel, M. J., and Reynolds, J. W. (2021). A preliminary inventory of earthworms (annelida, clitellata) of the
Nachusa Grasslands area, Lee and Ogle counties, Illinois, USA. Megadrilogica, 26(8), 91–124. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358279106

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. https://www.herpconbio.org

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. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/biology_facpub/1748

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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