Restoration Ecology at KSR
Published papers, presentations, student dissertations, theses, and
research programs related to or potentially related to restoration.
Organized by 1) general area of study, 2) date(s) of publication,
presentation, or advised research, and 3) alphabetical by author or
principal investigator.
Source: Annual Reports of the Kansas Biological Survey.
 Restoration techniques
Fraser, A. and K. Kindscher. Tree spade transplanting of Spartina pectinata (Link) and
Eleocharis macrostachya (Britt.) in a prairie wetland restoration. Aquatic Botany
71(4):297-304.
Fraser, A. and K. Kindscher. Spatial distribution of Spartina pectinata transplants to restore wet
prairie. Restoration Ecology. (In press.) (2004) *
Aschenbach, T. and K. Kindscher. 2003. Comparison of planting treatments in a tallgrass
prairie restoration. Pages 44-48 in S. Foré (ed.), Proceedings of the 18th North American
Prairie Conference: Promoting Prairie, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, June
2002. *
Karel, I.S., A.L. Brothers, B.L. Foster, V.H. Smith, M. Ramspott, and K. Price. Experimental
nutrient manipulations in the restoration of a tallgrass community. Society for Ecological
Restoration Conference, Austin, TX, November 2003.
Kincaid, P., V.H. Smith, B.L. Foster and V.L. Madden. Effects of phosphorus and nitrogen
manipulations on tallgrass prairie restoration. Proceedings of the Forest Nursery
Association Meeting, August 2001, Durango, CO. U.S. Forest Service. (In press.)
 Ecology of prairie plant species – species specific
Mead’s milkweed
Grman, E. and H.M. Alexander. Factors limiting fruit production in Asclepias meadii in
Northeastern Kansas. American Midland Naturalist. (In press.) (2004)
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Bell, T.J., M.L. Bowles, and A.K. McEachern. 2003. Projecting the success of plant population
restoration with viability analysis. pp. 313-348 In C.A. Brigham and M.W.Schwartz
(eds.), Population Viability in Plants: Conservation, Management, and Modeling of Rare
Plants. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Slade, N.A., H.M. Alexander, and D. Kettle. 2003. Estimation of population size and
probabilities of survival and detection in Mead’s milkweed. Ecology 84:791-797.
Hayworth, A., M.L. Bowles, B.A. Schaal and K.E. Shingleton. 2001. Clonal population structure
of the federal threatened Mead’s milkweed, as determined by RAPD analysis, and its
conservation implications. Proceedings of the 17th North American Prairie Conference,
pp. 182-190.
Slade, N.A., H.M. Alexander and D. Kettle. Estimation of population size and probabilities of
survival and detection in Mead’s milkweed, a rare prairie plant. Ecological Society of
America, Madison, WI, August 2001.
Kettle, W.D., H.M. Alexander, and G.L. Pittman. 2000. An 11-year ecological study of a rare
prairie perennial (Asclepias meadii): Implications for monitoring and management.
American Midland Naturalist 144:66-77.
Bowles, M.L., J.L. McBride, and R.F. Betz. 1998. Management and restoration ecology of the
federal threatened Mead’s milkweed, Asclepias meadii (Asclepiadaceae). Annals of the
Missouri Botanical Garden 85:110-125.
Row, J.M., R.L. Wynia, T.C. Conway, and K. Kindscher. 1998. Propagation of Mead’s
milkweed. Pp. 235-242 in J.T. Springer (ed.), Proceedings of the 16th North American
Prairie Conference, University of Nebraska-Kearney, Kearney, NE, July 26-28, 1998.
Other
Emry, Jason. Ph.D. program, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas.
Ecology of exotic Lespedeza sericea. H. Alexander, advisor. 2003 *
Ross, A., B.L. Foster, and G. Loving. 2003. Contrasting effects of plant neighbors on invading
Ulmus rubra seedlings in a successional grassland. Ecoscience 10(4):525-531.
Brothers, Amanda, Kent State University (Val Smith, advisor). Role of Resource Use in Plant
Communities: Effects of phosphorus and nitrogen manipulations on bunchgrass success
in an experimental tallgrass prairie. 2002.
Foster, B.L. 2002. Competition, facilitation and the distribution of Schizachyrium scoparium
along a topographic-productivity gradient. Ecoscience 9:355-363.
Holah, J.C. and H.M. Alexander. 1999. Soil pathogenic fungi have the potential to affect
coexistence of two tallgrass prairie species. Journal of Ecology 87:598-608.
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U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1995. Platanthera praeclara (western prairie fringed orchid)
recovery plan. U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ft. Snelling, MN. 92 p.
Ward, G.C. 1994. Ecology of Tomanthera auriculata, a rare annual plant. M.A. Thesis.
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 80 p.
Brooks, R.E. and R.H. Laushman. 1986. Biology of Kansas weeds. 1. Carduus nutans L. subsp.
leiophyllus (Petrovic) Stoj. & Stef. Kansas Biological Survey, Contribution Number 86-1.
Smith, F.M. 1986. Physiological ecology of shade tolerance in the C4 grass genus Muhlenbergia.
Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 134 p.
Griswold, G.B. 1985. Population biology of ox-eye daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum) in
different habitats. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 180 p.
Hiebert, R.D. 1974. The possible allelopathic effects of Solidago altissima in the tall grass
prairie. M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 68 p.
Duncan, E. S. 1959. Ecology of Kansas prairie bryophytes. M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas,
Lawrence, Kansas. 62 p.
 Vegetation diversity-productivity gradients
Foster, B.L., T.L. Dickson, C.A. Murphy, I.S. Karel, and V.H. Smith. 2004. Propagule pools
mediate community assembly and diversity-ecosystem regulation along a grassland
productivity gradient. Journal of Ecology 92:435-499.
Karel, I.S., A.L. Brothers, B.L. Foster, V.H. Smith, M. Ramspott, and K. Price. Experimental
nutrient manipulations in the restoration of a tallgrass community. Society for Ecological
Restoration Conference, Austin, TX, November 2003.
Dickson, T.L. and B.L. Foster. The control of plant species richness in relation to productivity:
seed vs. microsite limitation. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Savannah,
GA, August 2003.
Foster, B.L. and T.L. Dickson. Grassland diversity and productivity: the interplay of resource
availability and propagule pools. Ecology. (In press.) 2003
Murphy, C.A., B.L. Foster, M.E. Ramspott, K.P. Price, T. Hildebrand, and L. Evanhoe. Spatial
scaling of plant species richness in grasslands: relationships to productivity, soils and
management. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA, August
2003.
Foster, B.L. 2002. Competition, facilitation and the distribution of Schizachyrium scoparium
along a topographic-productivity gradient. Ecoscience 9:355-363.
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Foster, B.L. and V.H. Smith. Effects of propagule availability on spatial patterns in grassland
community structure along a natural resource-production gradient. 9th European
Ecological Congress, Lund, Sweden, 27 July-1 August 2002.
Kincaid, P., V.H. Smith, B.L. Foster, and J.L. Madden. 2002. Effects of phosphorus and nitrogen
manipulations on tallgrass prairie restoration. In: National Nursery Proceedings – 19992001. R.K Dumroese, L.E. Riley, T.D. Landis, technical coordinators. Ogden, Utah:
USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mt. Research Station. Proceedings RMRS-P-24:364-369.
Dickson, Tim. Ph.D. program, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas.
Isolating the role of light limitation in regulating diversity along gradients of fertility and
productivity. B. Foster, advisor. 2002.
Emry, J., J. Moody-Weis, A. Rabas, V. Smith and B. Foster. Effects of species, leaf position, and
soil fertility on foliar disease in a tallgrass prairie. Ecological Society of America,
Madison, WI, August 2001.
Evanhoe, Laurelin. B.S. Biology, University of Kansas. Effects of water and nitrogen on
grassland seedling establishment. B. Foster, advisor. 2001.
Foster, B.L. 2001. Constraints on colonization and species richness along a grassland
productivity gradient: the role of propagule availability. Ecology Letters 4:530-535.
Peterson, V.L. 1998. Effects of nutrient enrichment on a successional tallgrass prairie. M.A.
Thesis, Department of Systematics and Ecology. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.
77 p.
 Grassland biodiversity and ecosystem functionality
Mellard, Jarad. B.S., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Undergraduate Honors), University of
Kansas. Investigating community assembly processes using experimental plant
mesocosms. B. Foster, advisor. 2004
Aschenbach, T.A., K. Kindscher, and B.L. Foster. Dispersal limitation in an early successional
grassland. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA, August
2003.
Murphy, Cheryl. M.A. program, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas.
Spatial scaling of plant species richness in grasslands. B. Foster, advisor. 2003
Questad, Erin. Ph.D. program, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas.
Grassland community ecology, disturbance and species coexistence. B. Foster and K.
Kindscher, co-advisors. 2003
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Questad, E.J., D. Kettle, K. Kindscher, B. Foster, and G. Pittman. Productivity in relation to
burning and site quality in a 40-year prairie restoration. Society for Ecological
Restoration International Conference, Austin, TX, November 2003.
Questad, E.J. Biodiversity, perturbations, and trophic cascades: the effects of prairie voles
(Microtus ochrogaster) on plant species diversity. Graduate Student Retreat, University
of Kansas Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center/Department of
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Lawrence, KS, October 2003.
Murphy, C.A., B.L. Foster, M.E. Ramspott, K.P. Price, T. Hildebrand, and L. Evanhoe. Spatial
scaling of plant species richness in grasslands: relationships to productivity, soils and
management. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA, August
2003.
Foster, B.L. Controls on species diversity and stability: experimental investigations in
grassland. Department of Biology, University of Akron, Akron, OH, April 2003.
Foster, B.L. and D. Tilman. 2003. Seed limitation and the regulation of community structure in
oak savanna grassland. Journal of Ecology 91:999-1007.
Foster, B.L. and T.L. Dickson. Multiple limitations on plant species richness in a grassland
community. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA, August
2003.
Swihart, R.K. and N.A. Slade. Modeling interactions of private ownership and biological
diversity: an architecture for landscapes with sharp edges. In R.K. Swihart and J.E.
Moore, (eds.), Conserving Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes: Model-Based
Planning Tools for Systems with Sharp Edges. Purdue University Press. (In press.)
(2003)
Foster, B.L., V.H. Smith, T.L. Dickson, and T. Hildebrand. 2002. Invasibility and
compositional stability in a grassland community: relationships to diversity and extrinsic
factors. Oikos 99:301-308.
Poelchau, Monica. B.S. Biology, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA. Distribution patterns of weedy
plant species and correlated environmental factors in a successional old-field. B. Foster,
advisor. (2001)
Ross, Adam. B.S. Environmental Studies, University of Kansas. Effects of competition and
facilitation on tree seedling establishment in grassland. B. Foster, advisor. (2001)
Dickson, T.L. and B.L. Foster. Colonization and species richness in grassland: effects of microsite availability, resource supply and seed availability. Ecological Society of America,
Madison, WI, August 2001.
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Foster, B.L. Assessing the relative importance of local ecological processes and species
availability in regulating plant species distribution and diversity in grassland.
Departmental Seminar, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska,
February 2001.
Foster, B.L. Constraints on species richness in grassland: testing the relative significance of
species pools and local ecological processes. British Ecological Society Winter Meetings,
Coventry, UK, December 2001.
Wood, Mara. B.S. Biology, University of Kansas. Spatial patterns of herbivory in successional
grassland. B. Foster, advisor. (2001)
Heisler, D.A. 1998. Population dynamics of clonal plants in fragmented landscapes: empirical
analyses and simulation models. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Systematics and
Ecology. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 161 p.
Schott, G.W. and S.P. Hamburg. 1997. The seed rain and seed bank of an adjacent native
tallgrass prairie and old field. Canadian Journal of Botany 75:1-7.
Campbell, J.A. 1996. A study of the invasion and establishment of native species into a partially
restored tallgrass prairie in northeastern Kansas. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of
Systematics and Ecology. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 141 p.
Kindscher, K. and P.V. Wells. 1995. Prairie plant guilds: a multivariate analysis of prairie
species based on ecological and morphological traits. Vegetatio 117:29-50.
Kindscher, K. 1994. Rockefeller Prairie: A case study on the use of plant guild classification of a
tallgrass prairie. In R.G. Wickett, P.D. Lewis, A. Woodliffe, and P. Pratt (eds.),
Proceedings of the Thirteenth North American Prairie Conference. Windsor, Ontario, 6-9
August 1992, pp. 123-140.
Schott, G.W. 1993. Characterization of a native prairie and old-field transition: Implications for
plant species invasibility. M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 41 p.
Norman, F.J. 1989. Plant ecophysiology and competition in old-field and prairie communities.
M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 158 p.
 Soils and soil microorganisms
Murphy, C.A., B.L. Foster, M.E. Ramspott, and K.P. Price. 2004. Grassland management and
soil bulk density. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 107(1/2):45-54.
Murphy, C.A., B.L. Foster, M.E. Ramspott, and K.P. Price. Soil characteristics of Conservation
Reserve Program in relation to other privately managed grasslands. Society for
Ecological Restoration International Conference, Austin, TX, November 2003.
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Murphy, C.A., B.L. Foster, M.E. Ramspott, K.P. Price, T. Hildebrand, and L. Evanhoe. Spatial
scaling of plant species richness in grasslands: relationships to productivity, soils and
management. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA, August
2003.
Ross, David. B.S. Biology, University of Kansas. Examining the effects of soil inoculums on
prairie plant species. B. Foster, advisor. (2001)
Holah, J.C. 1998. The potential role of soil fungal pathogens in tallgrass prairie communities.
Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Botany. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 102 p.
Mehaffey, M.H. 1998. The impact of litter quality on tallgrass prairie soils of Northeastern
Kansas. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Systematics and Ecology. University of
Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 111 p.
 Historical analysis of vegetation change and land use
Dunbar, Matt. M.A. program, Geography, University of Kansas. Rates, patterns and
implications of 60 years of forest cover change in the eastern Kansas prairie-woodland
ecotone. M. Jakubauskas, advisor. (2004)
Cook, W.M. 2003. Community and population responses to landscape change in Kansas
grasslands. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.
Fitch, H.S., P. von Achen and A.F. Echelle. 2001. A half century of forest invasion on a natural
area in northeastern Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 104:1-7.
Griffith, J., K.P. Price and E.A. Martinko. 2001. A multivariate analysis of biophysical
parameters of tallgrass prairie among land management practices and years.
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 68:249-271.
Kettle, W.D., P.M. Rich, K. Kindscher, G.L. Pittman, and P. Fu. 2000. Land-use history in
ecosystem restoration: a 40-year study in the prairie-forest ecotone. Restoration Ecology
8: 307-317.
Kettle, W.D. and H.S. Fitch. 1981. 22-year prairie management report (Kansas). Restoration and
Management Notes 1:9.
 Ecotone and oak-hickory forest research
Hane, E.N. and S.P. Hamburg. 2002 . Community dynamics of an ecotonal forest-prairie
interface in northeastern Kansas. Great Plains Research 12:275-294.
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Hamburg, S.P. and T.-C. Lin. 1998. Throughfall chemistry of an ecotonal forest on the edge of
the Great Plains. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 28:1456-1463.
Birdsell, R. and J.L. Hamrick. 1978. The effect of slope-aspect on the composition and density of
an oak-hickory forest in eastern Kansas. University of Kansas Science Bulletin
51(18):565-573.
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Remote sensing
Coles, B.F., M.E. Ramspott, K.P. Price, W.M. Cook and R.H. Hagen. Detection of vegetation
community characteristics in the Kansas Biotic Succession Facility using multitemporal
high-resolution airborne remote sensing. American Association of Geographers Annual
Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2003.
Ramspott, M.E., K.P. Price, and B.L. Foster. Multi-scale remote sensing-based measurement of
biophysical characteristics in northeast Kansas grasslands. Association of American
Geographers (AAG), Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2003.
Ramspott, M.E., K.P. Price, B.L. Foster, and C.L. Murphy. Linking remotely sensed
measurements to biophysical factors in a cool-season grassland in northeast Kansas.
Proceedings, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
Annual Meeting, Anchorage, AK, 2003.
Guo, X., K.P. Price and J.M. Stiles. Biophysical and spectral characteristics of cool- and warmseason grasslands under three land management practices in eastern Kansas. Natural
Resources Research. (In press.) (2002)
Price, K.P., T. Crooks and E.A. Martinko. 2001. Grasslands across time and scale: a remote
sensing perspective. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 67(4):414-419.
Price, K.P. and X. Guo. Characterization of grassland management practices in a tallgrass
ecosystem using HyMap hyperspectral data. Kansas Academy of Science Annual
Meeting, Lawrence, KS, April 2001.
Peterson, D.L., K.P. Price and E.A. Martinko. Discriminating between native warm season and
non-native cool season grasslands in northeastern Kansas. International Journal of
Remote Sensing. (In press.) (2001)
Stewart, A.M., K.P. Price, C.L. Lauver and E.A. Martinko. Comparison of a classification tree
with a maximum likelihood classifier for differentiating grassland types in Douglas
County, Kansas. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. (In press.) (2001)
Stewart, A.M., K.P. Price, C.L. Lauver and E.A. Martinko. Comparison of classifications of
three groupings of grassland categories in Douglas County, Kansas. GeoCarto
International. (In press.) (2001)
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Dunham, J.W. 1996. Comparison of seasonal nadir and off-nadir multispectral response patterns
for six tallgrass prairie treatments in eastern Kansas. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of
Geography. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 284 p.
Chapman, S.B., W.D. Kettle and P.M. Rich. 1993. Assessing shrub distribution and impact in
tallgrass prairie using aerial and ground-based mapping. American Society for
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Technical Papers, Vol. 2, Remote Sensing, pp. 1320.
Price, K.P., V.C. Varner, E.A. Martinko, D.C. Rundquist, and J.S. Peake. 1993. Influences on
land management and weather on plant biophysical and hyper-spectral response patterns
of tallgrass prairies in northeastern Kansas. PECORA12 Conference, Sioux Falls, SD,
August 24-26.
 Mammal research
Brady, M.J. and N.A. Slade. Long-term dynamics of a grassland rodent community. Journal of
Mammalogy. (In press.) 2003
McCain, C. 2003. Ecological gradients in diversity and abundance: a search for patterns and
processes in small mammal communities. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.
Slade, N.A. and M.J. Brady. Long-term patterns in the population dynamics of six species of
grassland rodents. American Society of Mammalogists, Missoula, MT, June 2001.
Diffendorfer, J.E. 1995. The spatial ecology of small mammals in old fields: a study of
movement, demography and community structure in a fragmented landscape. Ph.D.
Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 205 p.
Foster, J. and M.S. Gaines. 1991. The effects of a successional habitat mosaic on a small
mammal community. Ecology 72(4):1358-1373.
Kotler, B.P., M.S. Gaines, and B.J. Danielson. 1988. The effects of vegetative cover on the
community structure of prairie rodents. Acta Theriologica 33:379-391.
Abdellatif, E.M. 1981. The effect of water-shortage on the reproduction and population growth
of the prairie vole, Microtus ochrogaster, during summer. M.A. Thesis. University of
Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 29 p.
Carnes, B.A. 1980. Habitat selection in a prairie rodent community. Ph.D. Dissertation.
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 40 p.
Martin, E.P. 1955. A population study of the prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in northeastern
Kansas. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. 93 p.
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Packard, R.L. 1955. The tree squirrels of Kansas: their ecology and economic importance. M.A.
Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 134 p.
Rainey, D. G. 1955. The eastern woodrat, Neotoma floridana: a study of its life history and
ecology. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. 254 p.
 Other animal groups
Fitch, H.S., P. von Achen, and G.L. Pittman. 2003. Probable succession-related prey changes of
long-eared owls in Kansas. Kansas Ornithological Society Bulletin 54(3):42-43.
Foster, J. and W.D. Kettle. 1999. Distribution of a mound-building ant on native and restored
prairies in Northeastern Kansas. The Prairie Naturalist 31: 21-32.
Debinski, D.M. and A.M. Babbit. 1997. Butterfly species in native prairie and restored prairie.
The Prairie Naturalist 29(4):219-228.
Cink, C.L. and R.L. Boyd. 1982. Ovenbird nesting in Douglas County, Kansas. Kansas
Ornithological Society Bulletin 33(1):17-19.
Hall, R. J. 1969. Ecology of a population of the Great Plains skink (Eumeces obsoletus). Ph.D.
Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. 139 p.
Clark, Jr. D. R. 1968. An ecological study of the worm snake, Carphophis vermis (Kennicott).
Ph. D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. 296 p.
Fitch, H.S. 1967. Ecological studies of lizards on the University of Kansas Natural History
Reservation. In W.W. Milstead (ed.), Lizard Ecology: A Symposium. 13-15 June 1965.
University of Missouri at Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, pp. 30-44.
Goble, C. R. 1949. The ecology of the Mollusca of the University of Kansas Natural History
Reservation. M.A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. 35 p.
 Surveys of flora and fauna, water resources, and research
Sawin, R., R. Buchanan, and W. Lebsack. 2002. Kansas springs inventory: Water quality, flow
rate, and temperature data. Kansas Geological Survey Open-File Report 2002-46. 8 pp.
Kettle, W.D., R.H. Hagen, F. deNoyelles, Jr. and E.A. Martinko. 2001. The University of Kansas
Field Station and Ecological Reserves: A Half Century of Research and Education.
Miscellaneous Publication No. 9, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 68 pp.
Guarisco, H. and H.S. Fitch. 1995. Spiders of the Kansas Ecological Reserves. Transactions of
the Kansas Academy of Science 98(3-4):118-129.
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Mitchell, K. and R.L. Boyd. 1992. Breeding bird census. 11. Oak hickory forest I. Journal of
Field Ornithology 63:40-41.
Mitchell, K. and R.L. Boyd. 1992. Breeding bird census. 12. Oak hickory forest II. Journal of
Field Ornithology 63:40-41.
Mitchell, K. and R.L. Boyd. 1992. Breeding bird census. 13. Oak hickory forest III. Journal of
Field Ornithology 63:40-41.
Freeman, C.C., W.D. Kettle, K. Kindscher, R.E. Brooks, V.C. Varner, and C.M. Pitcher. 1991.
Vascular plants of the Kansas Ecological Reserves. In W.D. Kettle and D.O. Whittemore
(eds.), Ecology and Hydrology of the Kansas Ecological Reserves and the Baker
University Wetlands. KGS Open-File Report 91-35, pp. 23-45.
Kettle, W.D. and D.O. Whittemore. 1991. Ecology and Hydrogeology of the Kansas Ecological
Reserves and the Baker University Wetlands. Kansas Geological Survey Open-File
Report 91-35.
Merrill, G.L. and S.L. Timme. 1991. Bryophytes of the Kansas Ecological Reserves. In Ecology
and Hydrology of the Kansas Ecological Reserves and the Baker University Wetlands,
W.D. Kettle and D.O. Whittemore (eds.), KGS Open-File Report 91-35, pp. 46-51.
Boyd, R.L. and C.L. Cink. 1984. Breeding bird populations of selected oak-hickory forests in
northeastern Kansas. American Birds 38(1):99-100.
Boyd, R.L., C.L. Cink, and T. Wagner. 1984. Oak-hickory forests in northeastern Kansas.
American Birds 38(1):42-43.
Cink, C.L., R.L. Boyd, and W.J. Stark Jr. 1983. Winter bird populations of selected oak-hickory
forests in northeastern Kansas. American Birds 37(1):35-36.
Cink, C.L., R.L. Boyd, and W.J. Stark Jr. 1983. Breeding bird populations of selected oakhickory forests in northeastern Kansas. American Birds 37(1):86-87.
Boyd, R.L., C.L. Cink, D. Bryan, and M. Joyce. 1982. Breeding bird populations of selected oakhickory forests in northeastern Kansas. American Birds 36(1):85-86.
Boyd, R.L., C.L. Cink, and K. Whitbeck. 1982. Wintering bird populations of selected oakhickory forests in northeastern Kansas. American Birds 36(1):32-33.
Cink, C.L. and R.L. Boyd. 1981. Breeding bird populations of selected oak-hickory forests in
northeastern Kansas. American Birds 35(1):61-62.
Cink, C.L. and R.L. Boyd. 1981. Wintering bird populations of selected oak-hickory forests in
northeastern Kansas. American Birds 35(1):25-26.
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Cink, C.L. and R.L. Boyd. 1980. Wintering bird populations of selected oak-hickory forests in
northeastern Kansas. American Birds 34(1):31-32.
Boyd, R.L. and C.L. Cink. 1980. Breeding bird populations of selected oak-hickory forests in
northeastern Kansas. American Birds 34(1):104-106.
Cink, C.L. and R.L. Boyd. 1979. Breeding bird populations of selected oak-hickory forests in
northeastern Kansas. American Birds 33(1):66-67.
Kettle, W.D. and H.S. Fitch. 1983. Field research and prairie investigations at the University of
Kansas. In C.L. Kucera (ed.), Proceedings of the Seventh North American Prairie
Conference. 4-6 August 1980. Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO, pp.
107-112.
Cink, C.L. 1975. Wintering bird population census No. 30, oak-hickory forest. American Birds
29(3):763.
Cink, C.L. 1974. Breeding bird census No. 47, oak-hickory forest. American Birds 28(6):10101011.
Magrath, L. K. 1973. The native orchids of the prairies and plains region of North America.
Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 284 p.
Wood, M. A. 1967. Survey of the Mollusca of the University of Kansas Rockefeller
Experimental Tract. M. A. Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. 67 p.
Tomaselli, R. 1958. Plant communities of the western half of the University of Kansas Natural
History Reservation (1952-53). Casa Editrice Rengo Cortina, Pavia, Italy.
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* research not conducted at KSR but in KS grasslands and relevant to restoration
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