KBS LTER Dissertations

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  • 2024

    Dobson, K. C. 2024.Plant trait and community responses to experimental climate change. ,

  • Falvo, G. 2024.On radiative forcing and land use change: Causes, consequences and solutions. ,

  • Latorre, B. E. 2024.The effect of seed mix design on plant reproductive output in an experimental prairie system. ,

  • Loduca, N. R. 2024.Understanding farmer decisions about climate change adaptation and conservation decisions in agriculture. ,

  • Renz, P. 2024.Biochemical soil health indicator scores based on a multivariate soybean yield prediction model. ,

  • Rutkoski, C. E. 2024.Belowground dynamics of prairie strips in U.S. Midwest cropping systems. ,

  • 2023

    Bolin, L. G. 2023.The cryptic role of microbes in plant ecology and evolution. ,

  • Ryskamp, M. 2023.Wild virus impacts of fitness of Panicum virgatum (switchgrass) and the genetic architecture of disease expression. ,

  • Sciusco, P. 2023.Global warming impacts of landscape mosaic in Southwestern Michigan: A cross-scale assessment of climate benefit potentials of albedo and net ecosystem exchange. ,

  • Singh, S. 2023.Change in soil characteristics after incorporating cover crops in the crop rotations. ,

  • Ulbrich, T. C. 2023.Mechanisms to management: Harnessing plant-microbial interactions and soil health for sustainable agriculture. ,

  • Wan, L. 2023.Quantifying nutrient transport pathways using spatially explicit modeling and remote sensing. ,

  • Wang, S. 2023.Spatio-temporal variability of bioenergy feedstock biomass yield and quality at field scale in the Great Lakes Region USA. ,

  • Zahorec, A. 2023.Microarthropod-microbe interactions on soil carbon dynamics in bioenergy cropping systems. ,

  • 2022

    Baule, W. J. 2022.Climatic variability and change in the Midwestern United States: Implications for nitrogen leaching in agricultural systems. ,

  • Bressler, A. 2022.A social-ecological analysis of ecological nutrient management using cover crops in the U.S. Midwest. ,

  • Curtright, A. J. 2022.Carbon-mediated ecological and physiological controls on nitrogen cycling across agricultural landscapes. ,

  • Kemmerling, L. R. 2022.Diversifying agricultural landscapes for biodiversity and ecosystem services. ,

  • Lei, C. 2022.The analysis of albedo on bioenergy crops: Assessment for climate and global warming impact. ,

  • Li, Y. 2022.Tracking flows across a metacoupled planet for sustainability. ,

  • Longley, R. 2022.Impact of agricultural management and microbial inoculation on soybean (Glycine max) and its associated microbiome. ,

  • 2021

    Kim, K. 2021.Change of soil micro-environments during plant decomposition and its effect on carbon and nitrogen dynamics. ,

  • Kittredge, H. 2021.Consequences of horizontal gene transfer in soil bacteria. ,

  • Liang, B. W. 2021.The effect of freeze-thaw cycles on microbial resilience along a crop biodiversity gradient. ,

  • Pan, D. 2021.Improving observations of greenhouse gases, reactive nitrogen, and particulate matter for effective policymaking. ,

  • Plumhoff, M. 2021.Management legacy effects on cover crop productivity and potential to reduce nutrient leaching from farms. ,

  • Ramalingam, V. 2021.Biodegradation and molecular analysis of 1,4-dioxane and other organic contaminants in soil using metagenomic tools. ,

  • Tu, X. 2021.Soil health indicators for sustainable agriculture in the United States and Malawi. ,

  • 2020

    Basyal, B. 2020.Aboveground-belowground interactions: roles of soil biotic and abiotic factors on switchgrass's (Panicum virgatum) growth, defense against herbivory and cell wall chemistry.. ,

  • Egboluche, N. P. 2020.Cover crops and cover crop residues regulate rates of soil microbial decomposition and plant available nitrogen. ,

  • Glanville, K. 2020.Impacts of changing precipitation on nitrogen cycling in different landscape positions and cropping systems. ,

  • Kuhl, A. S. 2020.Development and application of a coupled hydrogeophysical inversion model for estimating soil and root properties. ,

  • Lee-Cullin, J. A. 2020.From land to stream: An assessment of watershed-scale biogeochemical interactions at the stream-groundwater interface. ,

  • Liu, L. 2020.Assessing and modeling crop yield and soil carbon in smallholder fields in Africa and Central America. ,

  • Luther, Z. 2020.Farmer willingness to plant prairie strips into crop fields: Evidence from the Eastern Corn Belt. ,

  • Rasu, E. 2020.Innovative approaches to gauge resilience of managed rainfed agricultural systems. ,

  • Smercina, D. N. 2020.Environmental and biological controls on free-living nitrogen fixation. ,

  • Van Deynze, B. 2020.To spray or not to spray: The economics of weed and insect management under evolving ecological conditions. ,

  • Zettlemoyer, M. A. 2020.Phenological and demographic plant responses to global change. ,

  • 2019

    Ali, S. 2019.Impact of predation risk on the behavior and physiology of insects in agricultural systems. ,

  • Griffin, S. R. 2019.Restoring wild bees across fragmented landscapes. ,

  • Jha, P. K. 2019.Agronomic management of corn using seasonal climate predictions, remote sensing and crop simulation models. ,

  • Liang, D. 2019.Microbial sources of nitrous oxide emissions from diverse cropping systems. ,

  • Myers, A. T. 2019.The interacting influences of habitat context and predators on monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus L.) oviposition and survival in agricultural landscapes. ,

  • Quigley, M. Y. 2019.Contribution of soil pores to the processing and protection of soil carbon at micro-scale. ,

  • Thompson, B. E. 2019.Microbial communities regulate nitrogen use efficiency by balancing tradeoff between resource acquisition and growth rate. ,

  • Valdez, Z. 2019.The quantification and characterization of soil carbon in switchgrass plots under fertilization and harvesting practices. ,

  • 2018

    Cheng, H. 2018.Using gas-producing enzymes as outputs for synthetic genetic circuits to enable bacterial reporting within complex environmental materials. ,

  • Denny, R. C. 2018.A cross-scale examination of how knowledge and the physical environment influence the use of best management practices in US commodity agriculture.. ,

  • Gdanetz MacCready, K. 2018.Crop microbiomes and the search for effective biocontrol of Fusarium graminearum on wheat. ,

  • Houser, M. K. 2018.Nitrogen fertilizer management in the context of the midwestern corn agro-ecological system: An environmental sociological analysis. ,

  • Kincaid, D. W. 2018.Revealing the biogeochemistry and hydrodynamic exchange processes of flocculent sediments in shallow freshwaters. ,

  • Magnoli, S. 2018.The role of rapid adaptation in plant population establishment. ,

  • McGill, B. M. 2018.Climate change - groundwater interactions in a Midwestern US agricultural system and a peri-urban system in Botswana. ,

  • Thelusmond, J. 2018.Biodegradation of emergin contaminants in agricultural soils and thier impact on soil microbial communities. ,

  • 2017

    Brewer, P. E. 2017.Soil heterogeneity in agricultural and natural ecosystems: Relationships between anaerobic activity, organic matter, nutrients, and greenhouse gases. ,

  • Desotelle, M. D. 2017.The impacts of algal subsidies from a run-of-river reservoir on downstream food webs and nutrient availability, and the implications of a diluted bitumen spill on the Kalamazoo River. ,

  • Hess, L. 2017.Climate change and agriculture: The effects of extreme rainfall patterns on nitrogen leaching from field crop systems in the U.S. Midwest. ,

  • Kinnetz, E. R. 2017.Intraspecific differences in belowground associations and seedling root morphology for the biofuel crop, Panicum virgatum. Thesis.,

  • O'Neill, B. 2017.Increasing rotational complexity in row crops restructures microbial communities and soil nutrient dynamics. ,

  • Ruhala, S. S. 2017.Understanding the role of the stream-groundwater interface in dissolved organic carbon cycling in a third-order, lowland river network. ,

  • Smith, L. C. 2017.Nitrogen conservation in perennial grasses managed for bioenergy production. ,

  • Su, Y. 2017.The carbon sequestration and soil respiration after land use conversion in biofuel cropping ecosystems. ,

  • Wang, S. 2017.Biomass production potential, theoretical ethanol yield, environmental sustainability of Miscanthus x giganteus and nitrogen fertilizer effect on quantity and quality in five lignocellulosic biomass crops in north-central U.S.. ,

  • Welshofer, K. B. 2017.Short-term effects of passive warming on two invaded plant communtieis using a novel open-top chamber design. ,

  • 2016

    Beehler, J. 2016.The effect of cover crop on soil carbon and soil water retention in topographically diverse terrain. ,

  • Duncan, D. S. 2016.Linking soil microbiology and environmental conditions to variability in nitrous oxide production in bioenergy cropping systems. ,

  • Garoutte, A. 2016.Identifying the activities of rhizosphere microbial communities using metatranscriptomics. ,

  • Guo, J. 2016.Rhizosphere metagenomics of three biofuel crops. Dissertation.,

  • Mpeketula, P. M. 2016.Soil organic carbon dynamics and mycorrhizal fungal diversity in contrasting agroecosystems. ,

  • 2015

    Gordon, B. R. 2015.The influence of long-term nitrogen fertilization on symbiosis and metabolism in the legume-rhizobium mutualsim. ,

  • Gottshall, C. B. 2015.Effects of different agricultural management systems on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity, community structure, and ecosystem services. ,

  • Kallenbach, C. M. 2015.Microbial influences on decomposition and soil organic matter formation in agricultural soils. ,

  • Klinger, C. 2015.Ecological genomics of mutualism decline in nitrogen-fixing bacteria. ,

  • Ladoni, M. 2015.Interactive effects of cover crops and topography on soil organic carbon and mineral nitrogen. ,

  • Liu, L. 2015.Modeling switchgrass aboveground net primary productivity and evapotranspiration across Michigan. ,

  • Palm-Forster, L. H. 2015.Cost-effective conservation programs to enhance ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes. ,

  • Roller, B. R. 2015.Life histories of bacteria: Genomic foundations and ecological implications. ,

  • Sprunger, C. D. 2015.Root production and soil carbon accumulation in annual, perennial, and diverse cropping systems. ,

  • Szymanski, L. 2015.Soil microbial respiration and carbon turnover under perennial and annual biofuel crops in two agricultural soils. Thesis ,

  • Wright, C. A. 2015.Dynamics of agricultural soil fungi: Impact of agricultural land management on the soil microbial biomass, fungal species richness, and ligninolytic gene structure. ,

  • 2014

    Munoz-Robayo, J. D. 2014.The role of topography and cover crops in Michigan agricultural ecosystems and its potential effect under future climate scenarios. ,

  • Ruan, L. 2014.Impacts of biofuel crops on greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural ecosystems. ,

  • Surapur, S. 2014.Effects of long-term cereal rye winter cover crop on soil quality, soil N availability and yields across a nitrogen gradient in a rainfed Michigan corn system under conventional tillage. ,

  • 2013

    Kane, D. 2013.Spatial and temporal nitrogen synchrony in ridge tillage systems as compared to chisel plow systems. ,

  • Shcherbak, I. 2013.Production and movement of N2O in the full soil profile. ,

  • Woltz, J. M. 2013.Relationships between landscape structure, coccinellid activity density, and aphid suppression in soybean. ,

  • 2012

    Jaikumar, N. 2012.Perennial cereal crops for the cold temperate zone: agronomy, physiology, sink regulation and disease resistance. ,

  • Kinsman-Costello, L. 2012.Effects of water level fluctuations on phosphorus, iron, sulfur, and nitrogen cycling in shallow freshwater ecosystems. ,

  • Ollenburger, M. 2012.Modeling integrated soil fertility management options in Malawi under variable soil and climate conditions. ,

  • Tinsley, S. 2012.An evaluation of perennial wheat and intermediate wheatgrass as dual-purpose, forage-grain crops under organic management. ,

  • Towery, K. 2012.Increasing methane consumption in agricultural soils by use of bacterial inocula. ,

  • Wang, W. 2012.Investigating soil aggregate pore structures and their relationship to bacteria spatial distribution using x-ray computed microtomography. ,

  • Weir, A. 2012.Evaluating the economic feasibility of environmentally beneficial agricultural technologies compared to conventional technologies. ,

  • Wong, J. R. 2012.Impacts of agricultural disturbance on communities of selected soil fungi (Agaricomycetes). ,

  • 2011

    Deal, M. 2011.Net primary production in three bioenergy crop systems following land conversion. ,

  • Lee, Z. 2011.Bacterial growth efficiency: Assessment in terrestrial ecosystems. ,

  • Ma, S. 2011.Supply and demand for ecosystem services from cropland in Michigan. ,

  • Robinson, T. 2011.Impacts of precipitation variability on plant communities. ,

  • Salam, D. E. 2011.Nitrogen fertilization effects on litter decomposition dynamics and soil carbon in agricultural system. ,

  • Schrotenboer, A. C. 2011.Prairie grasses for biofuels and ecological restoration: Modifications to native species and their place in human-altered landscapes. ,

  • 2010

    Chen, H. 2010.Ecosystem services from low input cropping systems and the public’s willingness to pay for them. ,

  • Ma, S. 2010.Hedonic valuation of ecosystem services using agricultural land prices. ,

  • Wilke, B. 2010.Challenges for developing sustainable nitrogen sources in agriculture: Cover crops, nitrogen fixation and ecological principals. ,

  • 2009

    Bahnmann, B. D. 2009.Identity and diversity of Agaricomycetes (Fungi: Basidiomycota) in temperate agricultural soils. ,

  • Hoben, J. P. 2009.On-farm nitrous oxide (N2O) response to nitrogen fertilizer in corn cropping systems.. ,

  • Jolejole, M. C. 2009.Trade-offs, incentives, and the supply of ecosystem services from cropland. ,

  • Joo, W. 2009.Environmental acoustics as an ecological variable to understand the dynamics of ecosystems. ,

  • Levine, U. 2009.Comparisons of methanotroph communities in soils that consume atmospheric methane. ,

  • Lüpold, S. 2009.Sexual selection and sperm design in passerine birds. ,

  • Quintanilla, M. 2009.Acoustical and nematode community assessment for ecosystem characterization. ,

  • Syswerda, S. P. 2009.Ecosystem services from agriculture across a management intensity gradient in Southwest Michigan. ,

  • 2008

    Bruesewitz, D. A. 2008.The effects of invasive zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) on nitrogen cycling in freshwater ecosystems of the Midwestern United States. ,

  • Campbell, B. M. 2008.Characterization of Tetracycline efflux genes in soil bacteria and an analysis of environmental factors controlling their expression. ,

  • Corbin, A. T. 2008.Transitional dynamics in converting conventional field cropping systems to certified organic. ,

  • Gardiner, M. 2008.Landscape scale and within-field influences on predator abundance and biocontrol services in soybean fields. ,

  • Gunckel, K. 2008.Preservice elementary teachers learning to use curriculum materials to plan and teach science. ,

  • Johnson, L. T. 2008.The influence of land use on the role of dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen in stream nutrient processing. ,

  • Mohan, L. 2008.Orchestrating productive discussion: A study of dialogic discourse and participation in science classrooms. ,

  • Subramanian, S. K. 2008.Effect of topography and soil properties on spatial variability of soil carbon (C) sequestration in different crop management systems of a long-term experiment. ,

  • 2007

    Arango, C. P. 2007.Anthropogenic and landscape factors control stream nitrogen transformations at multiple spatial scales. ,

  • Beaulieu, J. J. 2007.Controls on greenhouse gas emissions from headwater streams. ,

  • Burgin, A. J. 2007.Alternative microbial pathways of nitrate removal from freshwater ecosystems. ,

  • Eichorst, S. A. 2007.Isolation and characterization of members of the phylum Acidobacteria from soils. ,

  • Gallaher, C. M. 2007.Phosphorus availability in annual and perennial cropping systems. ,

  • Huang, X. 2007.Analysis of effects of soil properties, topographical variables and management practices on spatial-temporal variability of crop yields. ,

  • Jin, L. 2007.Mg- and Ca-carbonate versus silicate dissolution rates in mid-latitude, glaciated soil profiles: Implicatons for riverine weathering fluxes and global biogeochemical budgets. ,

  • Jinuntuya, M. 2007.Isotopologue fractionation during microbial reduction of N2O in soil. ,

  • Langley, S. A. 2007.The role of non-cropped vegetation in facilitating the response of parasitoids to soybean aphids (Aphis glycines). ,

  • Loecke, T. D. 2007.Soil resource heterogeneity and ecosystem processes: Effects of litter aggregation on soil microbial processes and plant root foraging. ,

  • Mahaney, W. 2007.Soil processes and plant species: Does the reintroduction of native grasses alter soil carbon and nitrogen cycling?. ,

  • Zhang, W. 2007.Optimal pest management in the presence of natural pest control ecosystem services. ,

  • 2006

    Costamagna, A. C. 2006.Do varying natural enemy assemblages impact Aphis glycines population dynamics?. ,

  • Fiedler, A. 2006.Evaluation of Michigan native pants to provide resources for natural enemy arthropods. ,

  • Huizinga, K. M. 2006.The diversity of dissimilatory nitrate reducers in an agroecosystem. ,

  • Kurzman, A. L. 2006.Changes in major solute chemistry as water infiltrates soils: comparisons between managed agroecosystems and unmanaged vegetation. doi: 10.25335/ksy1-ep04, DOI: 10.25335/ksy1-ep04

  • Sahli, H. F. 2006.Generalization in plant pollination systems and its effect on floral evolution within and among populations of wild radish (Raphanus raphanistrum). ,

  • Stewart, C. E. 2006.Soil carbon saturation: A new model of soil organic matter stabilization and turnover. ,

  • Wiangwang, N. 2006.Hyperspectral data modeling for water quality studies in Michigan's inland lakes. ,

  • 2005

    Emery, S. E. 2005.Population and community approaches to understanding invasion in grasslands. ,

  • Grandy, A. S. 2005.Ecosystem consequences of soil aggregation following soil disturbance. ,

  • Reid, N. 2005.Biogeochemical impacts of major reservoirs on the Kalamazoo River. ,

  • Smith, R. G. 2005.Agroecosystem diversity: Impacts on weed communities and crop yield. ,

  • 2004

    Brewer, E. A. 2004.Impacts of calcium and nitrogen on carbon stabilization in soils of an afforested red pine stand. ,

  • Dethlefsen, L. 2004.Translational power differs between bacteria pursuing different ecological strategies. ,

  • Lynch, M. D. 2004.Species richness and composition of soil Basidiomycota. ,

  • Smith, J. J. 2004.Impacts of soil ecosystem disturbance on nematode community structure. ,

  • Thobaben, E. T. 2004.Linking plant communities and environmental variables in southwestern Michigan wetlands. ,

  • 2003

    Holdaway-Dopp, H. A. 2003.Changes in microbial community responses to gradients of carbon, nitrogen, and wetting cycles in geoncentric layers of soil macro-aggregates. ,

  • McKeown, C. H. 2003.Quantifying the roles of competition and niche separation in native and exotic cocconellids, and the changes in the community in response to an exotic prey species. ,

  • Pitt, A. J. 2003.Isotopomer effects associated with nitrification and denitrification: Implications for the global nitrous oxide cycle. ,

  • Smeenk, J. P. 2003.The impacts of continuous corn and a corn-soybean-wheat rotation grown under various management schemes on nitrate leaching, soil physical characteristics and net returns. ,

  • South, S. R. 2003.Identification and mapping of agricultural tillage methods utilizing remotely sensed data. ,

  • Suwanwaree, P. 2003.Methane oxidation in terrestrial ecosystems: Patterns and effects of disturbance. ,

  • Whitmire, S. 2003.Anaerobic biogeochemical functions of Michigan wetlands and the influence of water source. ,

  • 2002

    Elwadie, M. 2002.Spatial and temporal dynamics of nitrogen-water interactions in corn in Michigan. ,

  • Fox, T. B. 2002.Biological control of soybean (Aphis glycines Matsumura) aphid in Michigan. ,

  • Raikow, D. F. 2002.How the feeding ecology of native and exotic mussels affects freshwater ecosystems. ,

  • 2001

    Blackwood, C. 2001.Spatial organization in soil bacterial communities. ,

  • Broughton, L. C. 2001.Linking plant communities to soil microbial communities and processes in old-fields. ,

  • Fortuna, A. M. 2001.Management of cropping system and compost additions for enhanced nitrogen availability and carbon sequestration. ,

  • 2000

    Bergsma, T. T. 2000.The relationship between denitrification and nitrous oxide flux from soil. ,

  • Buckley, D. H. 2000.The diversity and dynamics of microbial groups in soils from agroecosystems.. ,

  • De Gryze, S. 2000.Soil aggregation and aggregate turnover in cultivated and forested soils. ,

  • Kavdir, Y. 2000.Distribution of cover crop nitrogen retained by soil aggregates within a rye-corn agroecosystem. ,

  • Parry, D. 2000.Induced responses of poplars to defoliation and their effects on leaf-feeding Lepidoptera. ,

  • Sanchez, J. E. 2000.Managing cropping systems to enhance the active soil nitrogen pool and control its mineralization. ,

  • 1999

    Asuming-Brempong, S. 1999.The effect of 2,4-D selection on microbial communities in micrososm and field studies and the impact on ecosystem function. ,

  • 1998

    Cavigelli, M. 1998.Ecosystem consequences and spatial distribution of soil microbial community structure. ,

  • Corbett, A. L. 1998.Root responses to nutrient heterogeneity: A comparison of dominant and subordinate species from old fields. ,

  • Santos, D. 1998.Contributions of roots and organic mater to soil aggregate stabilization. ,

  • Willson, T. 1998.Managing nitrogen mineralization and biologically active organic matter fractions in agricultural soils. ,

  • 1997

    Calderon, F. 1997.Lipids: Their value as molecular markers and their role in the carbon cycle of arbuscular mycorrihizae. ,

  • Foster, B. 1997.Plant competition and diversity in relation to productivity in old-field plant communities. ,

  • Knoke, K. E. 1997.Assessment of the origin and fate of nitrate from soil lysimeters using stable nitrogen isotopes. ,

  • Rasse, D. P. 1997.Alfalfa and corn root modifications of soil nitrogen flux and retention.. ,

  • Sissoko, F. 1997.Enhancement of soil aggregation by the combined influences of soil wetting and drying and root-microbial associations.. ,

  • 1996

    Bruns, M. 1996.Nucleic acid probe analysis of autotrophic ammonia-oxidizer populations in soils. ,

  • Colunga-Garcia, M. 1996.Interactions between landscape structure and ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in field crop agroecosystems. ,

  • Roda, A. 1996.Effects of growing alfalfa with perennial grasses upon potato leafhopper Homoptera Cicadellidae and alfalfa weevils Coleoptera Curculionidae. ,

  • 1995

    Huang, B. 1995.Tillage modifications of root and shoot growth responses to soil water content and nitrogen concentration altered by seasons. ,

  • 1994

    Daroub, S. 1994.The effect of tillage on phosphorus transformations in soils. ,

  • Huberty, L. 1994.Dominance, diversity, and resource competition in old-field plant communities. ,

  • Rosek, M. 1994.Spatial and temporal soil water content changes within a sloping landscape. ,

  • 1993

    Harris, G. 1993.Nitrogen cycling in animal-, legume- and fertilizer-based cropping systems. ,

  • Horwath, W. 1993.The dynamics of carbon, nitrogen, and soil organic matter in Populus plantations. ,

  • 1992

    Aiken, R. M. 1992.Functional relations of root distributions with the flux and uptake of water and nitrate. ,

  • Foster, B. L. 1992.The role of land use history in structuring an old-field plant community. ,

  • Maas, K. G. 1992.The effects of planting density and weed control on the partitioning of nitrogen and carbon in a hybrid poplar plantation. ,

  • 1991

    Burbank, D. H. 1991.Resource quality and recruitment of tree species in plantation forests of southwestern Michigan. ,

  • 1990

    Sirota, J. M. 1990.The temporal and spatial distribution and sex ratio of summer adults of the seven spotted ladybird beetle (Coccinella septempunctata L. Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in alfalfa. ,

  • Wise, J. C. 1990.Local dispersal of the potato leafhopper Homoptera: Cicadellidae in response to alfalfa cutting. Thesis ,

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