Publications 2017

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2017 (82) 

Acharya, B.S., Halihan, T., Zou, C.B., and R.E. Will. 2017. Vegetation controls on the spatio- temporal heterogeneity of deep moisture in the unsaturated zone: a hydrogeophysical evaluation. Scientific Reports 7: 1499. Doi: 10.1038s41598-017-01662-y.

 

Andersson, K.*, C.A. Davis, and B.F. Blackwell. 2017. Wetland bird abundance and safety implications for military aircraft operations. Wildlife Society Bulletin 41: 424-433.

 

Ansley, R.J., W.E. Pinchak and M.K. Owens. 2017. Mesquite pod removal by cattle, feral hogs and native herbivores. Rangeland Ecology and Management 70: 469-476.

 

Atuo, F.A.*, and T.J. O’Connell. 2017. Structural heterogeneity affects raptor assemblages and niche characteristics in mixed-grass ecosystems. Ecosphere. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1907.

 

Atuo, F.A.*, and T.J. O’Connell. 2017. Spatial heterogeneity and scale-dependent habitat selection for two sympatric raptors in mixed-grass prairie. Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3182.

 

Atuo, F.A.*, and T.J. O’Connell. 2017. The landscape of fear as an emergent property of heterogeneity: contrasting patterns of predation risk in grassland ecosystems. Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3021.

 

Barton, C.*, Riding, C., and S.R. Loss. 2017. Magnitude and correlates of bird collisions at glass bus shelters in an urban landscape. PLoS ONE 12:e0178667.

 

Becerra, T.A.*, D.M. Engle, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and R.D. Elmore. 2017. Preference for grassland heterogeneity: Implications for biodiversity in the Great Plains. Society and Natural Resources 30: 601-612.

 

Bradley, J.C. and R.E. Will. 2017. Comparison of biomass partitioning and transpiration for water-stressed shortleaf, loblolly, and shortleaf x loblolly pine hybrid seedlings. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 47:1364-1371.

 

Burroughs, J., and S.K. Brewer. 2017. The tangled socio-political web: How do we give science a stronger voice and make our decisions more transparent? Fisheries 42: 377-379.

 

Carroll, J.M.*, C.A. Davis, R.D. Elmore, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2017. Using a historic drought and high-heat event to validate thermal exposure predictions for ground-dwelling birds. Ecology and Evolution 7: 6413-6422.

 

Carroll, J.M.*, T.J. Hovick, C.A. Davis, R.D. Elmore, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2017. Reproductive plasticity and landscape heterogeneity benefit a ground-nesting bird in a fire-prone ecosystem. Ecological Applications 27: 2234-2244.

 

Carroll, J.M.*, C.A. Davis, R.D. Elmore, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2017. Response of Northern Bobwhite movements to management driven disturbance in a shrub dominated ecosystem. Rangeland Ecology & Management 70:175-182.

 

Carroll, J.M.*, R.L. Hamm*, J.M. Hagen*, C.A. Davis, and F.S. Guthery. 2017. Evaluation of leg banding and attachment of radio-transmitters on ring-necked pheasant chicks. Wildlife Biology 23: wlb.00263.

 

Chen, Q., Y.D. Wang, C.B. Zou, and Z.L. Wang. 2017. Aboveground biomass invariance masks significant belowground productivity changes in response to salinization and nitrogen loading in reed marshes. Wetlands 37: 985-995.

 

Chotikhun, A.*, and S. Hiziroglu. 2017. Some properties of composite panels manufactured from eastern redcedar using modified starch as a binder. Journal of Natural Fibers. Doi:10.1080/15440478.2016. 1240462.

 

Chotikhun, A.*, S. Hiziroglu, M. Buser, S. Frazier, and B. Kard. 2017. Characterization of nano particle added composite panels manufactured from eastern redcedar. Journal of Composite Materials. Doi:10.1177/0021998317728110.

 

Cobb, A.B.*, G.W.T. Wilson, C.L. Goad, S.R. Bean, T.T. Tesso, J.D. Wilson. 2017. Assessing the influence of fertility inputs, field management, and sorghum genotypes with soil microbial communities and grain quality. Applied Soil Ecology 119: 367-374.

 

Craven, D., Thakur, M.P., Cameron, E.K., Frelich, L.E., Beausejour, R., Burtis, J., Choi, A., Fahey, T.J., Fisichelli, N., Gibson, K., Handa, I.T., Hopfenspberger, K., Loss, S.R., Nuzzo, V., Maerz, J., Scharenboch, B., Vellend, M., Umek, L.G., and N. Eisenhauer. 2017. The unseen invaders: introduced earthworms as drivers of change in plant communities in North American forests (a meta-analysis). Global Change Biology 23:1065-1074.

 

Davis, C.A., J.P. Orange, R.A. Van Den Bussche, R.D. Elmore, S.D. Fuhlendorf, J.M. Carroll, E.P. Tanner, and D.M. Leslie Jr. 2017. Extrapair paternity and nest parasitism in two sympatric quail. Auk 134: 811-820.

 

Elmore, R.D., J.M. Carroll, E.P. Tanner, T.J. Hovick, B.A. Grisham, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and S.K. Windels. 2017. Implications of the thermal environment for terrestrial wildlife management. Wildlife Society Bulletin 41: 183-193.

 

Farless, N.*, and S.K. Brewer. 2017. Thermal tolerances of fishes occupying groundwater and surface-water dominated streams. Freshwater Science 36: 866-876.

 

Fogarty, D.T.*, R.D. Elmore, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and S.R. Loss. 2017. Influence of olfactory and visual cover on nest site selection and nest success for grassland-nesting birds. Ecology and Evolution 7: 6413-6422.

 

Fuhlendorf, S.D., T.J. Hovick, R.D. Elmore, A.M. Tanner, D.M. Engle, and C.A. Davis. 2017. A hierarchical perspective to woody plant encroachment for conservation of prairie chickens. Rangeland Ecology and Management 70: 9-14.

 

Hager, S.B., B.J. Cosentino, M.A. Aguilar-Gómez, M.L. Anderson, M. Bakermans, T.J. Boves, D. Brandes, M.W. Butler, E.M. Butler, N.L. Cagle, R. Calderón-Parra, A.P. Capparella, A. Chen, K. Cipollini, A.A.T. Conkey, T.A. Contreras, R.I. Cooper, C.E. Corbin, R.L. Curry, J.J. Dosch, M.G. Drew, K. Dyson, C. Foster, C.D. Francis, E. Fraser, R. Furbush, N. Hagemeyer, K.N. Hopfensperger, D. Klem, Jr., A. Lahey, K. Lamp, G. Lewis, S.R. Loss, C.S. Machtans, J. Madosky, T.J. Maness, K.J. McKay, S.B. Menke, K.E. Muma, N. Ocampo-Peñuela, T.J. O'Connell, R. Ortega-Álvarez, A.L. Pitt, A.L. Puga-Caballero, J.E. Quinn, C.W. Varian-Ramos, C.S. Riding, A.M. Roth, P.G. Saenger, R.T. Schmitz, J. Schnurr, M. Simmons, A.D. Smith, De.R. Sokoloski, J. Vigliotti, E.L. Walters, L.A. Walters, J. Weir, K. Winnett-Murray, J.C. Withey, and Zuria. 2017. Continent-wide analysis of how urbanization affects bird-window collision mortality in North America. Biological Conservation 212: 209–215.

 

Hazir, E., H. Kucuk, and S. Hiziroglu. 2017. Optimization of sanding parameters using response surface methodology. Maderas 19(4): 407-416.

 

Henderson, J.E., O. Joshi, S.M. Tanger, L.A. Boby, W. Hubbard, M. Pelkki, D.W. Hughes, T.E. McConnell, W. Miller, J. Nowak, C. Becker, T. Adams, C. Alter, R. Cantrell, J. Daystar, B. Jackson, J. Jeuck, S.R. Mehmood, and P. Tappe. 2017. Standard procedures and methods for economic impact and contribution analysis in the forest products sector. Journal of Forestry 155: 112-116.

 

Henderson, J., O. Joshi., R. Parajuli, and W. Hubbard. 2017. A regional assessment of wood resource availability and potential economic impact of the wood pellet market in the U.S. South. Biomass and Bioenergy 105: 421-427.

 

Hovick, T.J.*, J.M. Carroll, R.D. Elmore, C.A. Davis, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2017. Restoring fire to grasslands is critical for migrating shorebird populations. Ecological Applications 27: 1805- 1814.

 

Hovick, T.J.*, D.A. McGranahan, R.D. Elmore, J.R. Weir, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2017. Pyric- carnivory: Raptor use of prescribed fires. Ecology and Evolution 7: 9144-9150.

 

Jog, S.K., J.T. Bried, X. Feng, A.R. Dzialowski, M. Papes, and C.A. Davis. 2017. Can land use indicate wetland floristic quality and taxonomic distinctness? Ecological Indicators 38:331-339.

 

Joshi, O., T.A. Becerra, D.M. Engle, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and R.D. Elmore. 2017. Factors affecting public preferences for grassland landscape heterogeneity in the Great Plains. Environmental Management 60: 922-930.

Joshi O., J. Henderson, S. Tanger, L. Boby, M. Pelkki, and E. Taylor. 2017. A synopsis of methodological variations in economic contribution analyses for forestry and forest-related industries in US South. Journal of Forestry 155: 80-85.

 

Joshi O., N.C. Poudyal, and D. Hodges. 2017. Economic valuation of alternative land uses in a state park. Land Use Policy 61: 80-85.

 

Jutikridsada, P., K.Saengprachatanarug, P. Kasemsiri, S. Hiziroglu, K.Kamwilaisak, and P. Chindaprasit. 2017. Bioconversion of Sacharum officnarum leaves for ethanol production using separate hydrolysis and fermentation processes. Waste and Biomass Volarization. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-017-1004-x.

 

Kane, K., D. Debinski, C. Anderson, J. D. Scasta, D. Engle, and J. Miller. 2017. Using regional climate projections to guide grassland community restoration in the face of climate change. Frontiers in Plant Science, section Agroecology and Land Use Systems. Volume 8: Article 730. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00730.

 

Kantasiri, T., P. Kasemsiri, U. Pongsa, and S. Hiziroglu. 2017. Properties of lightweight weight concrete containing crumb rubber subjected to high temperature. Key Engineering Materials. DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/ KEM.718.177.

 

Karamuri, S., S. Hiziroglu, and K. Kalkan. 2017. The distribution and role of nanoclay in lignocellulosic-polymer blends. The Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC Advances 7: 19407-19416.

 

Kasemsiri, P., N. Dulsang, U. Pongsa, S. Hiziroglu, and P. Chindaprasit. 2017. Optimization of biodegradable foam composite from cassava starch, oil palm fiber, chitosan and palm oil using taguchi method and gray relational analysis. Journal of Polymers and the Environment 25:378-Doi: 10.1007/s10924-016-0818-z.

 

Ketkaew, S., P. Kasemsiri, S. Hiziroglu, W. Mongkolthanaruk, R. Wannasutta, U. Pongsa, and P. Chindaprasirt. 2017. Effect of oregano essential oil content on properties of green biocomposites based on cassava starch and sugarcane bagasse for bioactive packaging. Journal of Polymers and the Environment. Doi 10.1007/s10924-017-0957-x.

 

Ketkaew, S., P. Kasemsiri, U. Pongsa, and S. Hiziroglu. 2017. Properties of cassava starch-based foam composite containing sugarcane fiber and Origanum vulgare L essential oil. Key Engineering Materials. doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.718.21.

 

Krueger, E.S., T.E. Oschner, S.M. Quiring, D.M. Engle, J.D. Carlson, D. Twidwell, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2017. Measured soil moisture is a better predictor of large growing season wildfires than the Keetch-Byram drought index. Soil Science Society of America Journal 81: 490-502.

 

Leis, S.A., C.E. Blocksome, D. Twidwell, S.D. Fuhlendorf, J.M. Briggs, and L.D. Sanders. 2017 Juniper invasions in grasslands: Research needs and intervention strategies. Rangelands 39: 64-72.

 

Leverkus, S.*, S.D. Fuhlendorf, M. Geertsema, R.D. Elmore, D.M. Engle, and K. Baum. 2017. A landscape disturbance matrix for conserving biodiversity. Journal of Ecosystem Management 17: 1-26.

 

Long, J.M., D.R. Stewart, J. Shiflet, D. Balsman, and D.E. Shoup. 2017. Bait type influences catch and bycatch in tandem hoop nets set in reservoirs. Fisheries Research 186:102-108. DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2016.08.014.

 

Long, J.M. and A.A. Nealis. 2017. Comparative precision of age estimates from two southern reservoir populations of paddlefish (Polyodon spathula (Walbaum, 1792)). Journal of Applied Ichthyology 33: 819-820. DOI: 10.1111/jai.13394.

 

Long, J.M., J.D. Schooley, and C.P. Paukert. 2017. Long-term movement and estimated age of a paddlefish in the Arkansas River basin of Oklahoma. The Southwestern Naturalist 62: 212-215.

 

Loss, S.R., S. Paudel, C.M. Laughlin, and C.B. Zou. 2017. Local-scale correlates of native and non-native earthworm distributions in juniper-encroached tallgrass prairie. Biological Invasions 19: 1621-1635.

 

Loss, S.R., and P.P. Marra. 2017. Population impacts of free-ranging domestic cats on mainland vertebrates. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 15:502-509.

 

Lynch, T.B. 2017. Optimal plot size or point sample factor for a fixed total cost using the Fairfield Smith relation of plot size to variance. Forestry 90: 211-218.

 

Lynch, T.B., Zhao, D., Harges, W., and J.P. McTague. 2017. Deriving compatible taper functions from volume ratio equations based on upper-stem height. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2017-0108.

 

Lynch, T.B. 2017. Optimal sample size and plot size or point sampling factor based on cost- plus-loss using the Fairfield Smith relationship for plot size. Forestry 90: 697-709. doi:10.1093/forestry/cpx024.

 

Maggard, A.O.*, R.E. Will, D.S. Wilson, C.R. Meek and J.G. Vogel. 2017. Effects of decreased water availability and fertilization on efficiency of stem growth per water use and leaf area of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) stands at the western edge of the range. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 47:445-457.

 

Milardi, M., D. Chapman, M. Lanzoni, J.M. Long, and G. Castaldelli. 2017. First evidence of bighead carp wild recruitment in Western Europe, and its relation to hydrology and temperature. PLoS ONE 12 (12): e0189517.

 

Mollenhauer, R.*, and S.K. Brewer. 2017. Multinomial N-mixture models improve the applicability of electrofishing for developing population estimates of stream-dwelling Smallmouth Bass. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 37:211-224.

 

Mueller J.S., T.B. Grabowski, S.K. Brewer, and T.A. Worthington. 2017. Effects of temperature, dissolved solids, and suspended solids on the survival and development of larval Arkansas River Shiner. Journal of Fisheries and Wildlife Management 8:79-88.

 

Musselman, W.C., T.A. Worthington, J. Mouser, D. Williams, and S.K. Brewer. 2017. Passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags: A review of current studies on warm water fishes with notes on additional species. Journal of Fisheries and Wildlife Management. Online early available at http://www.fwspubs.org/toc/fwma/0/0.

 

Noden, B.H., Loss, S.R., Maichak, C., and F. Williams. 2017. Risk of encountering ticks and tick- borne pathogens within a rapidly growing metropolitan area in the U.S. Great Plains. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 8:119-124.

 

Paudel, S.*, J.C. Benavides, B. MacDonald, Longcore, T., G.W.T. Wilson, and S.R. Loss. 2017. Determinants of native and non-native plant community structure on an oceanic island. Ecosphere 8(9):e01927. 10.1002/ecs2.1927.

 

Poudyal, N., C. Caplenor, O. Joshi, C. Maldonado, L. Muller, and C. Yoest. 2017. Characterizing the economic value and impacts of wild hog damage on a rural economy. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 22: 538-549.

 

Poudyal, N., O. Joshi, A.M. Taylor, and D.G. Hodges. 2017. Prospects of wood-based energy alternatives in revitalizing the economy impacted by decline in the pulp and paper industry. Forest Products Journal 67: 427-434.

 

Qiao, L.*, C.B. Zou, E. Stebler, and R.E. Will. 2017. Woody plant encroachment reduces annual runoff and shifts runoff mechanisms in the tallgrass prairie, USA. Water Resources Research 53: 4838-4849; doi:10.1002/2016WR019951.

 

Qiao, L.*, C.B. Zou, C.F. Gaitan, Y. Hong, and R.A. McPherson. 2017. Analysis of precipitation projections over the climate gradient of the Arkansas Red River Basin. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 56:1325-1336.

 

Scasta, J.D., J.L. Talley, D.M. Engle, and D. Debinski. 2017. Climate extremes, vegetation change, and de-coupling of interactive fire-grazing processes exacerbate fly parasitism of cattle. Environmental Entomology 2017: 1-10. doi: 10.1093/ee/nvw171.

 

Scholtz, R.*, J.A. Polo, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and G.D. Duckworth. 2017. Land cover dynamics influence distribution of breeding birds in the Great Plains, USA. Biological Conservation 209: 323-331.

 

Skinner, D., J. Mitcham, L. Starkey, B. Noden, S. Fairbanks, and S. Little. 2017. Prevalence of Babesia spp., Ehrlichia spp., and tick infestations in Oklahoma black bears (Ursus americanus). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 53: doi:10.7589/2017-02-029.

 

Snow, R.A., and J.M. Long. 2017. Otolith marking of juvenile Shortnose Gar by immersion in oxytetracycline. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 37: 724-728.

 

Snow, R.A., J.M. Long, and B.D. Frenette. 2017. Validation of daily increments periodicity in otoliths of Spotted Gar. Journal of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 4: 60-65.

 

Starks, T.A., and J.M. Long. 2017. Trophic responses of age-0 fishes in created habitats of the lower Missouri River. American Midland Naturalist 178: 112-122.

 

Stewart, F.F., R.E. Will, B.S. Crane and C.D. Nelson. 2017. Some shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata Mill.) seed orchard clones are hybrids with loblolly pine. Forest Science 63:  225-231.

 

Tanner, E.P.*, R.D. Elmore, C.A. Davis, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2017. Wintering bird responses to the presence of artificial water in a semi-arid rangeland. Wildlife Biology 23: wlb 00315.

 

Tanner, E.P.*, M. Papes, R.D. Elmore, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and C.A. Davis. 2017. Incorporating abundance information and guiding variable selection for climate-based ensemble forecasting of species' distributional shifts. PloS ONE 12: e0184316.

 

Tanner E.P.*, R.D. Elmore, S.D. Fuhlendorf, C.A. Davis, D.K. Dahlgren, and J.P. Orange. 2017. Extreme climatic events constrain space use and survival of a ground-nesting bird. Global Change Biology 23: 1832-1846.

 

Tanner, E.P.*, R.D. Elmore, C.A. Davis, and S.D. Fuhlendorf. 2017. Evidence of nest tenacity in scaled quail (Callipepla squamata) following an anthropogenic disturbance. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 129: 34-359.

 

Thompson, M.*, Beston, J., Diffendorfer, J., Etterson, M., and S.R. Loss. 2017. Factors associated with bat collision mortality at wind energy facilities in the United States. Biological Conservation 215: 241-245.

 

Todaro, L., A. Rita, R. Pucciariello, M. Mecca, and S. Hiziroglu. 2017. Influence of thermo- vacuum treatment on thermal degradation of various wood species. European Journal of Wood and Wood Products. Doi:10.1007/s00107-017-1230-7.

 

Ulker, O., and S. Hiziroglu. 2017. Some properties of densified eastern redcedar as function of heat and pressure. Materials. MDPI. Doi: 10.3390/ma10111275.

 

Weber, M.J., Brown, M.L., Wahl, D.H., and Shoup, D.E. 2017. Quantifying the spatial scale of recruitment synchrony of common carp Cyprinus carpio. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Ecology 74: 1682-1691.

 

Weir, J.R., and J.D. Scasta. 2017. Vegetation responses to season of fire in tallgrass prairie: a 13- year case study. Fire Ecology 13: 137-142.

 

Worthington, T.A.*, A.E. Echelle, J.S. Perkin, R. Mollenhauer, N. Farless, J. Dyer, D. Logue, and S.K. Brewer. 2017. The emblematic minnows of the North American Great Plains: Identifying information needs to benefit persistence and recovery. Fish and Fisheries 2017: 1-37. DOI.org/10.1002/faf.12254.

 

Zhong, Y.*, B. Wang, C.B. Zou, B.X. Hu, Y. Liu, and Y.H. Hao. 2017. On the teleconnection patterns to precipitation in the eastern Tianshan Mountains, China. Climate Dynamics 49: 3123– 3139.

 

Zhou, J.*, Y. Zhang, G.W.T. Wilson, A.B. Cobb, W. Lu, and Y. Guo. 2017. In native grasslands, small vegetation gaps increase reseeded yellow-flowered alfalfa performance and production. Basic and Applied Ecology 24: 41-52.