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Rarity of oak saplings in savannas and woodlands of the Eastern Edwards Plateau, Texas
(Southwestern Association of Naturalists, 1999-03)Anecdotal evidence suggests that Quercus fusiformis and Quercus buckleyi, two dominant trees of central Texas savannas and woodlands, are not recruiting to adult size classes on the eastern Edwards Plateau. To evaluate ... -
Seed addition and spatial heterogeneity in grass establishment in a restored Kansas oak savanna
(2010-08)Background/Question/Methods Compared to their historical extent, oak savannas at the forest-prairie transition in the Midwestern United States are greatly reduced, in part, due to tree encroachment that produced closed ... -
Seed availability and insect herbivory limit recruitment and adult density of native tall thistle
(2010-10)Understanding spatial and temporal variation in factors influencing plant regeneration is critical to predicting plant population growth. We experimentally evaluated seed limitation, insect herbivory, and their interaction ... -
Spatial variation in seed limitation of plant species richness and population sizes in floodplain tallgrass prairie
(Springer Verlag, 2008-10-07)The relative importance of seed availability versus biotic interactions that aVect early life stages in limiting plant population sizes and determining composition of plant communities is a central debate in plant ... -
Variation in herbivore-mediated indirect effects of an invasive plant on a native plant
(2007-02)Theory predicts that damage by a shared herbivore to a secondary host plant species may either be higher or lower in the vicinity of a preferred host plant species. To evaluate the importance of ecological factors, such ... -
Wichita State University Virtual Herbarium: Filling a critical gap
(Kansas State University. Great Plains Plant Systematics Symposium, 2010-10-08)The Wichita State University (WSU) Herbarium is an active, regional collection with data that fill an important geographical gap in the Great Plains region. Specimens and associated data are essential in the management ...