• Plant community changes on restored grasslands across a largescale environmental gradient 

  Watson, Daniel F. (Wichita State University, 2019-12)

  Identifying the factors that structure communities across an environmental gradient is a commonly studied and often debated topic in plant community ecology. Despite substantial attention, a consensus has not been reached ...

• Navigating nuance in native bee responses to grassland restoration management: A multi-ecoregional approach in the Great Plains 

  Morphew, Alex (Wichita State University, 2019-12)

  Habitat fragmentation due to agricultural intensification leads to losses of biodiversity and ecosystem services such as pollination. Wild bee declines pose a serious threat to pollination stability and are expected to be ...

• Proteomic assessment of pharynx (FADU) and tongue (CAL27) cell lines of head and neck squamous cell cancer 

  Nguyen, Bach (Wichita State University, 2019-12)

  Head and neck cancer are the sixth most common cancer worldwide and its diagnostic rate is approximately 630,000 new patients a year with more than 350,000 deaths every year. The majority (approximately 90%) of head and ...

• Modeling control methods to manage the sylvatic plague in black-tailed prairie dog towns 

  Elzinga, David C.; Stowe, Shelby R.; Russell, F. Leland (Rocky Mountain Mathematics Consortium, 2020-01-24)

  Black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) are a keystone species of shortgrass and midgrass prairies, and they are essential for successful reintroduction efforts of endangered black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes). ...

• Graphis and Allographa (lichenized Ascomycota: Graphidaceae) in Sri Lanka, with six new species and a biogeographical comparison investigating a potential signature of the 'biotic ferry' species interchange 

  Weerakoon, Gothamie; Aptroot, Andre; Lucking, Robert K.; Arachchige, Omal; Wijesundara, Siril (Cambridge University Press, 2019-12-09)

  We provide an updated survey for Sri Lanka of species of Graphis sensu Staiger, recently divided into Graphis s. str. and Allographa, including brief descriptions and a key to all 124 species currently known. Six new species ...

• Recombinant FSH glycoforms are bioactive in mouse preantral ovarian follicles 

  Simon, Leah E.; Liu, Zhenghui; Bousfield, George R.; Kumar, T. Rajendra; Duncan, Francesca E. (Society for Reproduction and Fertility, 2019-12)

  Female reproductive aging is characterized by a rise in follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) levels during peri-menopause. N-linked glycans are co-translationally attached to the Asn7 and Asn24 residues on the FSHβ subunit. ...

• Investigating MTX-Loaded magnetic nanocomposite particles for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis 

  Usta, Aybala; Man, Ka-Poh; Strong, Nora M.; Misak, Heath Edward; Wooley, Paul H.; Asmatulu, Ramazan (Elsevier B.V., 2020-04-01)

  Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disorder that initially leads to inflammation in the lining of a joint and other parts of the body, then progresses and causes deformity. It occurs when the immune system ...

• A comprehensive approach to analyzing community dynamics using rank abundance curves 

  Avolio, Meghan L.; Carroll, Ian T.; Collins, Scott L.; Houseman, Gregory R.; Hallett, Lauren M.; Isbell, Forest I.; Koerner, Sally E.; Komatsu, Kimberly J.; Smith, Melinda D.; Wilcox, Kevin R. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2019-10-17)

  Univariate and multivariate methods are commonly used to explore the spatial and temporal dynamics of ecological communities, but each has limitations, including oversimplification or abstraction of communities. Rank ...

• Phenotypically plastic responses to predation risk are temperature dependent 

  Luhring, Thomas M.; Vavra, Janna M.; Cressler, Clayton E.; DeLong, John P. (Springer Verlag, 2019-11)

  Predicting how organisms respond to climate change requires that we understand the temperature dependence of fitness in relevant ecological contexts (e.g., with or without predation risk). Predation risk often induces ...

• Fabrication and characterization of a protein composite conduit for neural regeneration 

  Yao, Li; DeBrot, Ashley (American Chemical Society, 2019-09-11)

  Spinal cord injury (SCI) causes the proliferation of resident microglia and promotes cell migration. Peripheral nerve injury induces the morphological changes and proliferation macrophages. The implantation of neural ...

• An integrated simulation-optimization framework to optimize search and treatment path for controlling a biological invader 

  Onal, Sevilay; Akhundov, Najmaddin; Buyuktahtakin, Esra; Smith, Jennifer (Elsevier, 2019-10-01)

  Invasive species cause large economic losses and are difficult to control due to the high cost of locating and treating the continual emergence of new individuals. The national strategy against invasive species encompasses ...

• Global change effects on plant communities are magnified by time and the number of global change factors imposed 

  Komatsu, Kimberly J.; Avolio, Meghan L.; Lemoine, Nathan P.; Isbell, Forest I.; Grman, Emily L.; Houseman, Gregory R. (National Academy of Sciences, 2019-09-03)

  Global change drivers (GCDs) are expected to alter community structure and consequently, the services that ecosystems provide. Yet, few experimental investigations have examined effects of GCDs on plant community structure ...

• Effect of soil heterogeneity and endogenous processes on plant spatial structure 

  Schouten, Olivia S.; Houseman, Gregory R. (John Wiley and Sons, 2016-07-22)

  Within communities, organisms potentially self-organize through endogenous processes that create nonrandom spatial structure as they interact with one another or modify the abiotic environment. In contrast, exogenous ...

• Differential responses of grassland ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) communities to Conservation Reserve Program management practices 

  Waite, Evan (Wichita State University, 2019-07)

  Grasslands of the Great Plains have declined over 70% since European settlement due to conversion of natural habitats to cropland and urban centers. The federally supported Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) was created ...

• Suppression of growth of the Phytopathogenic Fungus Macrophomina Phaseolina through application of Exogenous Sirnas 

  Forster, Heather (Wichita State University, 2019-07)

  Macrophomina phaseolina, causative agent of the plant disease charcoal rot, impacts over 500 plant species, causing devastating crop failures worldwide. In Kansas, it is the biggest cause of soybean crop loss, and disease ...

• Migration and bioscaffold interaction of induced pluripotent stem cell-derived human neural stem cells for neural regeneration 

  DeBrot, Ashley (Wichita State University, 2019-07)

  Spinal cord injuries (SCIs) are extremely debilitating conditions without an effective treatment. Several treatment plans are suggested that focus on replacement stem cells, implantable bioscaffolds, or a combination of ...

• Are buffalograss (Buchloë dactyloides) cytotypes spatially and ecologically differentiated? 

  Hadle, Jacob J.; Russell, F. Leland; Beck, James B. (John Wiley and Sons, 2019-07-23)

  Premise: Although autopolyploidy is common among dominant Great Plains grasses, the distribution of cytotypes within a given species is typically poorly understood. This study aims to establish the geographic distribution ...

• Canopy gap regime as a function of woodland age in the Kansas Cross Timbers 

  Cory, Beverly J.; Russell, F. Leland; Keoshkerian, Noah (Springer Nature, 2019-09)

  Oaks (Quercus spp.) have low or intermediate shade-tolerances and forest canopy gaps can promote their regeneration. Current fire frequencies and/or intensities in eastern North America are less than they were historically, ...

• Discoveries through social media and in your own backyard: Two new species of Allographa (Graphidaceae) with pigmented lirellae from the Palaeotropics, with a world key to species of this group 

  Jatnika, Muhammad Feisal; Weerakoon, Gothamie; Arachchige, Omal; Noer, Iin Supartinah; Voytsekhovich, Anna A.; Lucking, Robert K. (Cambridge University Press, 2019-05)

  The genus Graphis sensu Staiger was recently divided into two genera, Graphis s. str. and Allographa. The latter contains mostly species with robust lirellae with a well-developed, often massively carbonized excipulum. ...

• Population sizes, rhinocyllus conicus use, and patterns of genetic variation of cirsium ownbeyi, a rare native thistle, in Wyoming 

  Russell, F. Leland; McMinn, Robby L.; Konrade, Lauren A.; Beck, James B. (Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 2019-04-22)

  Cirsium ownbeyi is a habitat-specific, endemic, polycarpic thistle in northwest Colorado, northeast Utah, and southwest Wyoming. In 1998, seven C. ownbeyi populations, which ranged from 4 to >30,000 plants, were known from ...

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