Publications 2016

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• Asterisk denotes post-doc or graduate student as senior author mentored by NREM faculty

 

2016 (80) 

Acharya, B.S.*, Y. Hao, T.E. Ochsner, and C.B. Zou. 2016. Woody plant encroachment alters soil hydrological properties and impedes downward flux of water in tallgrass prairie. Plant and Soil 2016: 1-13.

 

Acharya, B.S.*, E. Stebler, and C.B. Zou. 2016. Monitoring litter interception of rainfall using leaf wetness sensor under controlled and field conditions. Hydrological Processes 31: 240-249.

 

Amini Mohamad, M.H., R. Hashim, N.S. Sulaiman, S. Hiziroglu, O. Sulaiman, M. Mohamed, S.N. Sarmin, M. Masri, M.A. Sulaiman, and M.B. Abu Bakar. 2016. Effect of urea formaldehyde addition to the dimensional stability of particleboard made using glutardialdehyde modified corn starch as binder with FT-IR analysis. Materials Science Forum 840: 108-111.

 

Atuo, F.A.*, S.T. Ivande, J.W. Zingfa, S. Manu, and T.J. O'Connell. 2016. Current distribution, breeding population and habitat use of the globally threatened Grey-necked Picathartes Picathartes oreas in south-east Nigeria: a call for conservation action. Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology: doi: 10.2989/00306525.2016.1179229

 

Bekhta, P., P. Lyutyy, S. Hiziroglu, and G. Ortynska. 2016. Properties of composite panels made from tetra-pak and polyethylene waste material. Journal of Polymers and the Environment. doi: 10.1007 /s10924-016-0758-7.

 

Bendixsen, D.P, S.W. Hallgren, and J.A. Burton. 2016. Ecological succession following forest decline in a xeric oak forest of south-central United States. Journal of Plant Ecology 9: 402-409.

 

Beston, J.A., J. Diffendorfer, S.R. Loss, and D.H. Johnson. 2016. Prioritizing avian species for their risk of population level consequences from wind energy development. PLoS ONE 11: e0150813.

 

Bowman, D.M.J.S., G.L.W. Perry, S.I. Higgins, C.N. Johnson, S.D. Fuhlendorf, B.P. Murphey. 2016. Pyrodiversity is the coupling of biodiversity and fire regimes in food webs. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 371: 20150169.

 

Bradley, J.C.*, R.E. Will, J.F. Stewart, C.D. Nelson, and J.M. Guldin. 2016. Post-fire resprouting of shortleaf pine is facilitated by a morphological trait but fire eliminates shortleaf x loblolly pine hybrid seedlings. Forest Ecology and Management 379: 146-152.

 

Brewer, S.K., R.A. McManamay, A.D. Miller, R. Mollenhauer, T. Worthington, and T. Arsuffi. 2016. Advancing environmental flow science: Developing frameworks for altered landscapes and integrating efforts across disciplines. Environmental Management 58: 175-192.

 

Bried, J.T.*, A.M. Siepielski, D. Dvorett, S.K. Jog, M.A. Patten, X. Feng, and C.A. Davis. 2016. Species residency status affects model selection and hypothesis testing in freshwater community ecology. Freshwater Biology 61: 1568-1579.

 

Bried, J.T.*, S.K. Jog, C.A. Davis, and A.R. Dzialowski. 2016. Rapid buffer assessment fails to predict and classify wetland floristic quality in Oklahoma. Wetlands 36: 799-805.

 

Carroll, J.M.*, C. A. Davis, S. D. Fuhlendorf, and R.D. Elmore. 2016. Landscape pattern is critical for the moderation of thermal extremes. Ecosphere 7(7): doi:10.1002/ecs2.1403.

 

Carter, T.S., M. Superina, and D.M. Leslie, Jr. 2016. Priodonties maximus (Cingulata: Dasypodidae). Mammalian Species 48(932): 21-34.

 

Chaudhary V.B., M.A. Rúa, A. Antoninka, J.D. Bever, J. Duchicela, M. Gardes, C.A. Gehring, M. Hart, J. Hopkins, B. Ji, N.C. Johnson, W. Kaonongbua, J. Karst, R. Koide, L.J. Lamit, J. Meadow, B.G. Milligan, J. Moore, T.H. Pendergast, B. Piculell, B. Ramsby, S. Simard, J. Umbanhowar, W. Viechtbauer, L. Walters, G.W.T. Wilson, P.C. Zee, and J. Hoeksema. 2016. MycoDB: A global database of plant response to mycorrhizal fungi. Nature: Scientific Data 3: 160028 DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2016.28.

 

Chen, W.*, S. Thanapal, K. Annamalai and R.J. Ansley. 2016. Kinetics of pyrolysis of mesquite biomass fuel from TGA data. International Journal of Green Energy. Doi:10.1080/15435075. 2016.1171225

 

Chotikhun, A.*, and S. Hiziroglu. 2016. Measurement of dimensional stability of heat-treated southern red oak (Quercus falcate Michx.). Measurement 87: 99-103.

 

Cobb, A.B.*, G.W.T. Wilson, C.L. Goad, S.R. Bean, R.C. Kaufman, T.J. Herald, and J.D. Wilson. 2016. The role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in grain production and nutrition of sorghum genotypes: Enhancing sustainability through plant-microbial partnership. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment 233: 432-440.

 

Craige, C.C., M.D. Buser, R.S. Frazier, S. Hiziroglu, R. Holcomb, and R. Huhnke. 2016. Conceptual design of a biofeedstock supply chain model for eastern redcedar. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 121: 12-24.

 

Dahlgren, D.K., M.R. Guttery, T.A. Messmer, D. Caudill, R.D. Elmore, R. Chi, and D.N. Koons. 2016. Evaluating vital rate contributions to greater sage-grouse population dynamics to inform conservation. Ecosphere 7(3): art e01249.

 

Davis, C.A., R.T. Churchwell, S.D. Fuhlendorf, D.M. Engle, and T.J. Hovick. 2016. Effect of pyric herbivory on source-sink dynamics in grassland birds. Journal of Applied Ecology 53: 1004-1012.

 

Delaney, J.T., R.A. Moranz, D.M. Debinski, D.M. Engle, and J.R. Miller. 2016. Exotic-dominated grasslands show signs of recovery with the application of cattle grazing and fire. PLoS ONE 11:e0165758.

 

Duchardt, C.J., J.R. Miller, D.M. Debinski, and D.M. Engle. 2016. Adapting the fire-grazing interaction to small pastures in a fragmented landscape for grassland bird conservation. Rangeland Ecology and Management 69: 300-309.

 

Duell, E.B.*, G.W.T. Wilson, and K.R. Hickman. 2016. Above- and belowground responses of native and invasive prairie grasses to future climate scenarios. Botany 94: 471-479 (Special Edition: Mycorrhiza and Climate Change).

 

Dulsang, N., P. Kasemsiri, P. Posi, S. Hiziroglu, and P. Chindaprasirt. 2016. Characterization of an environment friendly lightweight concrete containing ethyl vinyl acetate waste. Materials and Design 96: 350-356.

 

Dvorett, D.*, C.A. Davis, and M. Papes. 2016. Mapping and hydrologic attribution of temporary wetlands using recurrent Landsat imagery. Wetlands 36: 431-443.

 

Dyer, J.J.*, J. Mouser, and S.K. Brewer. 2016. Habitat use and growth of the Western Painted Crayfish Orconectes palmeri longimanus. Journal of Crustacean Biology 36: 172-179.

 

Earl, J.E.*, S.D. Fuhlendorf, D. Haukos, A.M. Tanner, R.D. Elmore, and S.A. Carleton. 2016. Characteristics of lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) long-distance movements across their distribution. Ecosphere 7(8): art e01441.

 

Earl, J.E.*, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2016. Relative importance of climate variables to population vital rates: A quantitative synthesis for the Lesser prairie-chickens. PLoS ONE 11(9): e0163585.

 

Elizondo, E.*, and S.R. Loss. 2016. Using trail cameras to estimate free-ranging domestic cat abundance in urban areas. Wildlife Biology 22: 246-252.

 

Feltrin R.*, R.E. Will, C.R. Meek, R. Masters, J. Waymire and D.S. Wilson. 2016. Relationship between photosynthetically active radiation and herbaceous layer productivity across a forest-grassland continuum. Forest Ecology and Management 374: 51-60.

 

Foster, A.J., V.G. Kakani, J. Ge, M. Gregory and J. Mosali. 2016. Discriminant analysis of nitrogen treatments in switchgrass and high biomass sorghum using leaf and canopy-scale reflectance spectroscopy. International Journal of Remote Sensing 37(10): 2252-2279.

 

Fuhlendorf, S.D., and J.R. Brown. 2016. Future directions for usable rangeland science: From plant communities to landscapes. Rangelands 38: 75-78.

 

Ganguli, A.C., D.M. Engle, P.M. Mayer, and L.F. Salo. 2016. Influence of resource availability on Juniperus virginiana expansion in a forest–prairie ecotone. Ecosphere 7(8):e01433. 10.1002/ecs2.1433

 

Goodman, L.E., A.F. Cibils, R.L. Wesley, J.T. Mulliniks, M.K. Petersen, E.J. Scholljegerdes, and S.H. Cox. 2016. Temperament affects rangeland use patterns and reproductive performance of beef cows. Rangelands 38:292-296.

 

Gosch, N.J.C., M.L. Miller, T.R. Gemeinhardt, T.A. Starks, A.P. Civiello, J.M. Long, and J.L. Bonneau. 2016. Prey consumption and preference of age-0 sturgeon in the lower Missouri River. River Research and Applications. doi: 10.1002/rra.3003USERDEF

 

Hovick, T.J., B.W. Allred, D.A. McGranahan, M.W. Palmer, R.D. Elmore, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2016. Informing conservation by identifying range shift patterns across breeding habitats and migration strategies. Biodiversity and Conservation. doi: 10.1007/s10531-016-1053-6.

 

Joshi, O., N.C. Poudyal, and L. Larson. 2016. The influence of socio-political, natural and cultural factors on international tourism growth: A cross-country panel analysis. Environment, Development and Sustainability 18(1): 1-14.

 

Johnson, D.H., S.R. Loss, K.S. Smallwood, and W.P. Erickson. 2016. Avian fatalities at wind energy facilities in North America: a comparison of recent approaches. Human-Wildlife Interactions 10: 7-18.

 

Kreuter, U.P., A.D. Iwaasa, G.L. Theodori, R.J. Ansley, R.B. Jackson, L.H. Fraser, M.A. Naeth, S. McGillivray, and E.G. Moya. 2016. State of knowledge about energy development impact on North American rangelands: an integrative approach. Journal of Environmental Management 180: 1-9.

 

Krueger, E.S., T.E. Ochsner, J.D. Carlson, D.M. Engle, D. Twidwell, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2016. Concurrent and antecedent soil moisture relate positively or negatively to probability of large wildfires depending on season. International Journal of Wildland Fire 25: 657-668.

 

Leslie, D.M., Jr. 2016. An international borderland of concern: conservation of biodiversity in the Lower Rio Grande Valley: an international borderland of concern. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2016-5078: 1-120.

 

Leslie, D.M., Jr., S.L. Collins, and J. Travis. 2016. Enhancing the future of BioScience. BioScience 66: 435.

 

Limb, R.F., S.D. Fuhlendorf, D.M. Engle, and R.F. Miller. 2016. Synthesis Paper: Assessment of Research on Rangeland Fire as a Management Practice. Rangeland Ecology and Management 69: 415-422.

 

Long, J.M. and R.T. Melstron. 2016. Measuring the relationship between sportfishing trip expenditures and anglers' species preferences. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 36: 731-737.

 

Long, J.M. and R.A. Snow. 2016. Ontogenetic development of otoliths in a living fossil fish species, the Alligator Gar (Atractosteus spatula). Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 145: 537-544.

 

Loss, S.R., B.H. Noden, G.L. Hamer, and S.A. Hamer. 2016. A quantitative synthesis of the role of birds in carrying ticks and tick-borne pathogens in North America. Oecologia 182: 947-959.

 

Loss, S.R. 2016. Avian interactions with energy infrastructure in the context of other anthropogenic threats. The Condor: Ornithological Applications 118: 424-432.

 

Lynch, T.B., P. Saud, K.C. Dipesh, and R.E. Will. 2016. Plantation site index comparisons for shortleaf and loblolly pine in Oklahoma, USA. Forest Science 62: 546-552.

 

Maggard, A.O.*, R.E. Will, D.S. Wilson, C.R. Meek and J.G. Vogel. 2016. Fertilization reduced stomatal conductance but not photosynthesis of Pinus taeda which compensated for lower water availability in regards to growth. Forest Ecology and Management 381: 37-47.

 

Maggard, A.O.*, R.E. Will, D.S. Wilson, and C.R. Meek. 2016. Response of mid-rotation loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) physiology and productivity to sustained induced drought on the western edge of the range. Forests 7: 203; doi: 10.3390/f7090203.

 

McGranahan, D.A.*, T.J. Hovick, R.D. Elmore, D.M. Engle, S.D. Fuhlendorf, S.L. Winter, J.R. Miller, and D.M. Debinski. 2016. Temporal variability in aboveground plant biomass decreases as spatial variability increases. Ecology 97: 555-560.

 

McManamay, R.A., S.K. Brewer, H.I. Jager, and M.J. Troia. 2016. Organizing environmental flow frameworks to meet hydropower mitigation needs. Environmental Management 58: 365-385.

 

Nasser, R., M. Salem, S. Hiziroglu, H. Al-Mefarrej, M. Alam, and I. Aref. 2016. Chemical analysis of different parts of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) using ultimate, proximate and thermo-gravimetric techniques for energy production. Energies 9 (5): 374 doi: 10.3390/en9050374.

 

Orange, J.P.*, C.A. Davis, R.D. Elmore, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2016. Temporary communal brooding in northern bobwhite and scaled quail broods. Western North American Naturalist 76: 122-127.

 

Orange, J.P.*, C.A. Davis, R.D. Elmore, E.P. Tanner, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and E.T. Thacker. 2016. Evaluating the efficacy of brood flush counts: a case study in two quail species. Western North American Naturalist 76: 485-492.

 

Parajuli, R., S. Tanger, O. Joshi, and J. Henderson. 2016. Modelling prices for sawtimber stumpage in the south-central United States. Forests 7(7)-00148.

 

Paudel, S.*, T. Longcore, B. MacDonald, M.K. McCormick, K. Szlavecz, G.W.T. Wilson, and S.R. Loss. 2016. Belowground interactions with aboveground consequences: Invasive earthworms and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Ecology 97: 605-614.

 

Paudel, S.*, G.W.T. Wilson, B. MacDonald, T. Longcore, and S.R. Loss. 2016. Predicting spatial extent of invasive earthworms on an oceanic island. Diversity and Distributions 22: 1013-1023.

 

Saud, P., T.B. Lynch, Anup K.C., and J.M. Guldin. 2016. Using quadratic mean diameter and relative spacing index to enhance height –diameter and crown ratio models fitted to longitudinal data. Forestry 89: 215-229.

 

Scasta, J.D., C. Duchardt, D.M. Engle, J.R. Miller, D.M. Debinski, and R.N. Harr. 2016. Constraints to restoring fire and grazing ecological processes to optimize grassland vegetation structural diversity. Ecological Engineering 95: 865-875.

 

Scasta, J.D., E.T Thacker, T.J. Hovick, D.M. Engle, B.W. Allred, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and J.R Weir. 2016. Patch-burn grazing (PBG) as a livestock management alternative for fire-prone ecosystems of North America. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems doi: 10.1017/S1742170515000411

 

Shoup, D.E., and R.G. Ryswyk. 2016. Length selectivity and size-bias correction for the North American Standard Gill Net. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 36: 485-496.

 

Smith, G.W., D.M. Debinski, N.A. Scavo, C.J. Lange, J.T. Delaney, R.A. Moranz, J.R. Miller, D.M. Engle, and A.L. Toth. 2016. Bee abundance and nutritional status in relation to grassland management practices in an agricultural landscape. Environmental Entomology doi: 10.1093/ee/nvw005

 

Snow, R.A. and J.M. Long. 2016. Effects of a growth check on daily age estimates of age-0 alligator gar. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 3: 6-10.

 

Stahr, K.J.*, and D.E. Shoup. 2016. The effects of macrophyte stem density and structural complexity on foraging return of invertivorous juvenile largemouth bass. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 36: 788-792.

 

Starks, T.A., M.L. Miller, and J.M. Long. 2016. Early life history of three pelagic-spawning minnows (Macrhybopsis spp.) in the Lower Missouri River. Journal of Fish Biology 88: 1335-1349.

 

Stevenson, D.J.*, T.B. Lynch, P. Saud, R. Heinemann, R. Holeman, D. Wilson, K. Anderson, C. Cerny, and J.M. Guldin. 2016. Winter in the Ouachitas - a severe winter storm signature in Pinus echinata in the Ouachita Mountains of Oklahoma and Arkansas, USA. Dendrochronologia 37: 107-115.

 

Stewart, D.R. and J.M. Long. 2016. Using hierarchical Bayesian multi-species mixture models to estimate tandem hoop-net based habitat associations and detection probabilities of fishes in reservoirs. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 145: 450-461.

 

Stewart, D.R., J.M. Long, and D.E. Shoup. 2016. Simulation modeling to explore the effects of length-based harvest regulations for Ictalurus fisheries. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 36: 1190-1204.

 

Stewart, F.F., R.E. Will, B.S. Crane and C.D. Nelson. 2016. The genetics of shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata mill.). Tree Genetics and Genomes 12: 98; doi:10.1007/s 11295-016-1052-5.

 

Sulaiman, N.S., R. Hashim, S. Hiziroglu, M.H. Mohamed Amini, O. Sulaiman, and M.E. Selamat. 2016. Rubberwood particleboard manufactured using epichlorohydrin-modified rice starch as a binder. Cellulose Chemistry and Technology 50: 329-338.

 

Tanner, E.P.*, R.D. Elmore, C.A. Davis, S.D. Fuhlendorf, D.K. Dahlgren, E.T. Thacker, and J.P. Orange. 2016. Does the presence of oil and gas infrastructure potentially increase risk of harvest in northern bobwhite? Wildlife Biology 22: 294-304.

 

Thacker, E.T.*, R.L. Hamm, J. Hagen, C.A. Davis, and F. Guthery. 2016. Evaluation of the Surrogator® System to increase pheasant and quail abundance. Wildlife Society Bulletin 40: 310-315.

 

Twidwell, D., A.S. West, W.B. Hiatt, A.L. Ramirez, J.T. Winter, D.M. Engle, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and J.D. Carlson. 2016. Plant invasions or fire policy: which has altered fire behavior more in tallgrass prairie? Ecosystems 19: 356-368.

 

West, A.L.*, C.B. Zou, E. Stebler, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and B. Allred. 2016. Pyric-herbivory and hydrological responses in Tallgrass Prairie. Rangeland Ecology and Management 69: 20-27.

 

Worthington, T.A., T. Zhang, D.R. Logue, A.R. Mittelstet, and S.K. Brewer. 2016. Landscape and flow metrics affecting the distribution of a federally-threatened fish: Improving management, model fit, and model transferability. Ecological Modelling 342: 1–18.

 

Xiong, D.P., P.L. Shi, X.Z. Zhang, and C.B. Zou. 2016. Fencing increases ecosystem carbon sequestration in China’s grasslands - a meta-analysis. Ecological Engineering 94: 647-655.

 

Zhang, Y., J. Vogel, C. Meek, R.E. Will, D. Wilson and J. West. 2016. Wood decomposition by microbes and macroinvertebrates, and soil CO2 efflux vary in response to throughfall reduction and fertilization in a loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantation. Forest Ecology and Management 382: 10-20.

 

Zhong, Y.*, L. Lei, Y. Liu, Y. Hao, C.B. Zou, and H. Zhan. 2016. The influence of large-scale climate phenomena on precipitation in the Ordos Basin, China. Theoretical and Applied Climatology 2016: 1-5. doi: 10.1007/s00704-016-1904-9.

 

Duplicate reported in 2016 and final version in 2017

 

Becerra, T.A., D.M. Engle, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and R.D. Elmore. 2016. Preference for Grassland Heterogeneity: Implications for Biodiversity in the Great Plains. Society and Natural Resources doi: 10.1080/08941920.2016.1239293.

 

Craven, D., M.P. Thakur, E.K. Cameron, L.E. Frelich, R. Beausejour, J. Burtis, A. Choi, T.J. Fahey, N. Fisichelli, K. Gibson, I.T. Handa, K. Hopfenspberger, S.R. Loss, V. Nuzzo, J. Maerz, B. Scharenboch, M. Vellend, L.G. Umek, and N. Eisenhauer. 2016. The unseen invaders: introduced earthworms as drivers of change in plant communities in North American forests (a meta-analysis). Global Change Biology doi: 10.1111/gcb.13446.

 

Kasemsiri, P. N. Dulsang, U. Pongsa, S. Hiziroglu, and P. Chindaprasit. 2016. Optimization of biodegradable foam composite from cassava starch, oil palm fiber, chitosan and palm oil using taguchi method and gray relational analysis. Journal Polymers and the Environment. Doi: 10.1007/s10924-016-0818-z.

 

Tanner, E.P.*, R.D. Elmore, S.D. Fuhlendorf, C.A. Davis, D.K. Dahlgren, and J.P. Orange. 2016. Extreme climatic events contain space use and survival of a ground-nesting bird. Global Change Biology 22. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13505.