John 1xbet online sports betting , University Distinguished Professor
Edwin G. Brychta Professor of Biology
Director, Konza Prairie Biological Station
Contact information
201 Bushnell Hall
(785)532-7065
jblair@ksu.edu
Education
Ph.D. 1987, University of Georgia, Entomology (1xbet online sports betting emphasis).
Area(s) of Specialization
Ecosystem ecology and terrestrial biogeochemistry; Grasslands and global change; 1xbet online sports betting ecology, including decomposition, 1xbet online sports betting nutrient cycling, litter/1xbet online sports betting /plant nutrient dynamics; Effects of climate change and other disturbances on ecosystem processes; Restoration ecology; Ecology of 1xbet online sports betting invertebrates.
1xbet online sports betting Focus
I am a terrestrial 1xbet online sports betting ecologist with broad interests in grasslands. I am the Director of the Konza Prairie Biological Station and an investigator on the National Science Foundation-funded Long-Term Ecological 1xbet online sports betting (LTER) program at Konza Prairie. The Konza Prairie LTER program supports short- and long-term research aimed at understanding the biological and physical factors that affect populations, communities and ecosystem processes in grasslands. Because human activities are altering the key drivers of ecological processes in grasslands directly -- by managing fire and grazers -- and indirectly -- by changing atmospheric chemistry and climate – our research also focuses on issues related to grassland management and responses to global change. My students and I conduct research on the ecological consequences of a broad range of global changes, including climate change, land-use/land-cover change and elevated nutrient deposition, with an emphasis on how these changes affect ecosystem processes, such as plant productivity, 1xbet online sports betting organic matter dynamics and nutrient cycling in native and restored grasslands.
Selected Publications
Connell RK, Nippert JB, 1xbet online sports betting . 2020. Three decades of divergent land use and plant community change alters 1xbet online sports betting C and N content in tallgrass prairie. Journal of Geophysical 1xbet online sports betting : Biogeosciences doi:10.1029/2020JG005723.
Baer SG, Adams T, Scott DA, 1xbet online sports betting , Collins SL. 2020. 1xbet online sports betting heterogeneity increases plant diversity after twenty years of manipulation during grassland restoration. Ecological Applications 30:e02014. doi.org/10.1002/eap.2014.
Smith MD, Koerner SE, Knapp AK, Avolio ML, Chaves FA, Denton EM, Detrich J, Gibson DJ, Gray J, Hoffman AM, Hoover DL, La Pierre K, Silletti A, Wilcox KR, Yu Q, 1xbet online sports betting . 2019. Mass ratio effects underlie 1xbet online sports betting responses to environmental change. Journal of 1xbet online sports betting doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13330.
Rosenzweig ST, Carson MA, Baer SG, 1xbet online sports betting . 2016. Changes in 1xbet online sports betting properties, microbial biomass, and fluxes of C and N in 1xbet online sports betting following post-agricultural grassland restoration. Applied 1xbet online sports betting Ecology 100:186-194.
Wilcox KR, 1xbet online sports betting , Smith MD, Knapp AK. 2016. Does 1xbet online sports betting sensitivity to precipitation at the site-level conform to regional-scale predictions? 1xbet online sports betting 97:561-568.
Wilcox KR, 1xbet online sports betting , Knapp AK. 2016. Stability of grassland 1xbet online sports betting C and N pools despite 25 years of an extreme climatic and disturbance regime. Journal of Geophysical 1xbet online sports betting : Biogeosciences 121:1934–1945.
Ratajczak Z, Nippert JB, Briggs JM, 1xbet online sports betting . 2014. Fire dynamics distinguish grasslands, shrublands and woodlands as alternative attractors in the Central Great Plains of North America. Journal of 1xbet online sports betting 102:1374-1385.
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