John Blair, university 1xbet online casino Distinguished Professor
Edwin G. Brychta Professor of Biology
Director, Konza 1xbet online casino Biological Station
Contact information
201 Bushnell Hall
(785)532-7065
jblair@ksu.edu
Education
Ph.D. 1987, University of Georgia, Entomology (1xbet online casino emphasis).
Area(s) of Specialization
Ecosystem ecology and terrestrial biogeochemistry; Grasslands and global change; 1xbet online casino ecology, including decomposition, 1xbet online casino nutrient cycling, litter/1xbet online casino /plant nutrient dynamics; Effects of climate change and other disturbances on ecosystem processes; Restoration ecology; Ecology of 1xbet online casino invertebrates.
1xbet online casino Focus
I am a terrestrial ecosystem ecologist with broad interests in 1xbet online casino . I am the Director of the Konza 1xbet online casino Biological Station and an investigator on the National Science Foundation-funded Long-Term Ecological 1xbet online casino (LTER) program at Konza Prairie. The Konza 1xbet online casino 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 casino organic matter dynamics and nutrient cycling in native and restored grasslands.
Selected Publications
Broderick, C.A., K. Wilkins, M.D. Smith, and J.M. Blair. 2022. Climate legacies determine 1xbet online casino responses to future rainfall regimes. Global 1xbet online casino Biology 28:2639-2656. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16084.
Collins, S.L., J.B. Nippert, J.M. Blair, J.M. Briggs, P. Blackmore, and Z. Ratajczak. 2021. Fire frequency, state 1xbet online casino and hysteresis in tallgrass prairie. 1xbet online casino Letters 24:636-647. doi: 10.1111/ele.13676.
Slette, I.J., J.M. Blair, P.A. Fay, M.D. Smith, and A.K. Knapp. 2021. Effects of compounded precipitation pattern intensification and drought occur belowground in a mesic 1xbet online casino . Ecosystems doi: 10.1007/s10021-021-00714-9.
Connell RK, Nippert JB, Blair JM. 2020. Three decades of divergent land use and plant community change alters 1xbet online casino C and N content in tallgrass prairie. Journal of Geophysical 1xbet online casino : Biogeosciences doi:10.1029/2020JG005723.
Baer SG, Adams T, Scott DA, Blair JM, Collins SL. 2020. 1xbet online casino heterogeneity increases plant diversity after twenty years of manipulation during grassland restoration. 1xbet online casino Applications 30:e02014. doi.org/10.1002/eap.2014.
Rosenzweig ST, Carson MA, Baer SG, Blair JM. 2016. Changes in 1xbet online casino properties, microbial biomass, and fluxes of C and N in 1xbet online casino following post-agricultural grassland restoration. Applied 1xbet online casino Ecology 100:186-194.
Wilcox KR, Blair JM, Smith MD, Knapp AK. 2016. Does 1xbet online casino sensitivity to precipitation at the site-level conform to regional-scale predictions? 1xbet online casino 97:561-568.
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