2019
PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER WORKS BY R. F. DIFFENDAL, JR., Robert F. Diffendal
An Information Theory-Based Approach to Assessing Spatial Patterns in Complex Systems, Tarsha Eason, Wen Ching-Chuang, Shana Sundstrom, and Heriberto Cabezas
Variation in White-tailed Deer Antler Size: The Effects of Age, Landscape Composition, and Physiographic Province, Kathleen B. Quebedeaux, Andrew R. Little, Nathan P. Nibbelink, Gino J. D'Angelo, Charlie H. Killmaster, and Karl V. Miller
2018
Reproductive ecology of interior least tern and piping plover in relation to Platte River hydrology and sandbar dynamics, Jason S. Alexander, Joel G. Jorgensen, and Mary B. Brown
Quantifying Uncertainty and Trade-offs in Resilience Assessments, Craig R. Allen, Hannah E. Birgé, David G. Angeler, Craig A. Arnold, Brian C. Chaffin, Daniel A. DeCaro, Ahjond S. Garmestani, and Lance Gunderson
Validation of a Process-Based Agro-Ecosystem Model (Agro-IBIS) for Maize in Xinjiang, Northwest China, Tureniguli Amuti, Geping Luo, Gang Yin, Qi Hu, and Elizabeth A. Walter-Shea
Resilience concepts in psychiatry demonstrated with bipolar disorder, David G. Angeler, Craig R. Allen, and Maj-Liz Persson
A Method to Detect Discontinuities in Census Data, Chris Barichievy, David G. Angeler, Tarsha Eason, Ahjond S. Garmestani, Kirsty L. Nash, Craig A. Stow, Shana Sundstrom, and Craig R. Allen
River Otter Distribution in Nebraska, Nathan R. Bieber, Samuel P. Wilson, and Craig R. Allen
Extreme group sizes in a colonial bird favored during a rare climatic event, Charles R. Brown and Mary B. Brown
Assessing Responses of Betula papyrifera to Climate Variability in a Remnant Population along the Niobrara River Valley in Nebraska U.S. through Dendroecological and Remote Sensing Techniques, Evan Bumann, Tala Awada, Brian Wardlow, Michael Hayes, Jane A. Okalebo, C. Helzer, Anastasios Mazis, J. Hiller, and Paolo Cherubini
Thermal tolerance limits of the Chinese mystery snail (Bellamya chinensis): Implications for management, Jessica L. Burnett, Kevin L. Pope, Alec Wong, Craig R. Allen, Danielle Haak, Bruce J. Stephen, and Daniel R. Uden
United States Patent Christenson et al ., Mark Christenson and Steven Douglas Comfort
Enhancing quantitative approaches for assessing community resilience, W. C. Chuang, A. Garmestani, T. N. Eason, T. L. Spanbauer, H. B. Fried-Peterson, C. P. Roberts, S. M. Sundstrom, J. L. Burnett, D. C. Angeler, B. C. Chaffin, L. Gunderson, D. Twidwell, and C. R. Allen
Gene flow from single and stacked herbicide-resistant rice (Oryza sativa): Modeling occurrence of multiple herbicide-resistant weedy rice, Joseph Dauer, Andrew Hulting, Dale Carlson, Luke Mankin, John Harden, and Carol Mallory-Smith
Juvenile rockfish show resilience to CO2-acidification and hypoxia across multiple biological scales, Brittany E. Davis, Lisa M. Komoroske, Matthew J. Hansen, Jamilynn B. Poletto, Emily N. Perry, Nathan A. Miller, Sean M. Ehlman, Sarah G. Wheeler, Andrew Sih, Anne E. Todgham, and Nann A. Fangue
Social–ecological landscape patterns predict woody encroachment from native tree plantings in a temperate grassland, Victoria M. Donovan, Jessica L. Burnett, Christine H. Bielski, Hannah E. Birge, Rebecca Bevans, Dirac L. Twidwell Jr, and Craig R. Allen
A MODIS Photochemical Reflectance Index (PRI) as an Estimator of Isoprene Emissions in a Temperate Deciduous Forest, Iolanda Filella, Chao Zhang, Roger Seco, Mark Potosnak, Alex Guenther, Thomas Karl, John A. Gamon, Stephen Pallardy, Lianhong Gu, Saewung Kim, Manuela Balzarolo, Marcos Fernandez-Martinez, and Josep Penuelas
Recognition of Regional Water Table Patterns for Estimating Recharge Rates in Shallow Aquifers, Troy E. Gilmore, Vitaly A. Zlotnik, and Mason Johnson
Habitat associations of shovelnose sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus (Rafinesque, 1820) in the lower Platte River, Nebraska, Jeremy J. Hammen, Martin J. Hamel, M. L. Rugg, and Mark A. Pegg
Population Genomic Analysis of North American Eastern Wolves (Canis lycaon) Supports Their Conservation Priority Status, Elizabeth Heppenheimer, Ryan J. Harrigan, Linda Y. Rutledge, Klaus-Peter Koepfli, Alexandra L. DeCandia, Kristin E. Brzeski, John F. Benson, Tyler Wheeldon, Brent R. Patterson, Roland Kays, Paul A. Hohenlohe, and Bridgett M. von Holdt
Agroecology for the Shrinking City, Dustin L. Herrmann, Wen-Ching Chuang, Kristen Schawrz, Timothy M. Bowles, Ahjond S. Garmestani, William D. Shuster, Tarsha Eason, Matthew E. Hopton, and Craig R. Allen
A Survey of Aquatic Invertebrate Communities in Nebraska Sandhill Lakes Reveals Potential Alternative Ecosystem States, Mark A. Kaemingk
Effects of Simulated Cold Fronts on the Survival and Behavior of Yellow Perch Perca flavescens Yolk-sac Fry, Mark A. Kaemingk
Factors Associated with Bluegill Nest Site Selection within a Shallow, Natural Lake, Mark A. Kaemingk
Insights for Undergraduates Seeking an Advanced Degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Mark A. Kaemingk
Mensurative Approach to Examine Potential Interactions Between Age-0 Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) and Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), Mark A. Kaemingk and David W. Willis
Road induced edge effects on a forest bird community in tropical Asia, Daphawan Khamcha, Richard T. Corlett, Larkin A. Powell, Tommaso Savini, Antony J. Lynam, and George A. Gale
Effects of patch size and basal area on avian taxonomic and functional diversity in pine forests: Implication for the influence of habitat quality on the species–area relationship, Myung-Bok Lee and John P. Carroll
Tiered Approach to Resilience Assessment, Igor Linkov, Cate Fox-Lent, Laura Read, Craig R. Allen, James C. Arnott, Emanuele Bellini, Jon Coaffee, Marie-Valentine Florin, Kirk Hatfield, Iain Hyde, William Hynes, Aleksandar Jovanovic, Roger Kasperson, John Katzenberger, Patrick W. Keys, James H. Lambert, Richard Moss, Peter S. Murdoch, Jose Palma-Oliveira, Roger S. Pulwarty, Dale Sands, Edward A. Thomas, Mari R. Tye, and David Woods
Adult bobcat (Lynx rufus) habitat selection in a longleaf pine savanna, Andrew R. Little, L. Mike Conner, Michael J. Chamberlain, Nathan P. Nibbelink, and Robert J. Warren
Understanding Deer, Bear, and Forest Trends in the North Georgia Mountains: The Value of Long-term Data, Andrew R. Little, Gino J. D'Angelo, Charlie H. Killmaster, Kristina L. Johannsen, and Karl V. Miller
Exploring the Role of Relational Practices in Water Governance Using a Game-Based Approach, Piotr Magnuszewski, Karolina Krolikowska, Anna Koch, Michal Pajak, Craig R. Allen, Victoria Chraibi, Anil Giri, Danielle Haak, Noelle Hart, Michelle Hellman, Donald Pan, Nathan Rossman, Jan Sendzimir, Maggi S. Sliwinski, Joanna Stefanska, Tharsi Taillieu, Denise Marie Weide, and Ilonka Zlatar
Occupancy and habitat use by six species of forest ungulates on Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone, Kathryn R. McCollum, Emily Belinfante, April L. Conway, and John P. Carroll
Kori Bustards (Ardeotis kori) respond to vegetation density and elevation in the Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Botswana L'abondance de l'Outarde kori (Ardeotis kori) varie selon la végétation et l'élévation dans la réserve de chasse de Northern Tuli, Botswana, Kathryn R. McCollum, Larkin A. Powell, Andrei Shyman, Mary Bomberger Brown, and John P. Carroll
Ecological Drought: Accounting for the Non-Human Impacts of Water Shortage in the Upper Missouri Headwaters Basin, Montana, USA, Jamie McEvoy, Deborah J. Bathke, Nina Burkardt, Amanda E. Cravens, Tonya Haigh, Kimberly R. Hall, Michael J. Hayes, Theresa Jedd, Marketa Podebradska, and Elliot Wickham
Anatomy of an interrupted irrigation season: Micro-drought at the Wind River Indian Reservation, Shannon M. McNeeley, Cadida F. Dewes, Crystal J. Stiles, Tyler A. Beeton, Imtiaz Rangwala, Michael T. Hobbins, and Cody L. Knutson
Climate Change Implications for Irrigation and Groundwater in the Republican River Basin, USA, Gengxin Ou, Francisco Munoz-Arriola, Daniel R. Uden, Derrel Martin, Craig R. Allen, and Nancy Shank
Rainfall simulation experiments in the southwestern USA using the Walnut Gulch Rainfall Simulator, Viktor O. Polyakov, Jeffry Stone, Chandra Holifield Collins, Mark A. Nearing, Ginger Paige, Jared Buono, and Rae-Landa Gomez-Pond
Guidelines for Ecotourism Operations in the Great Plains, Larkin A. Powell, Kelly Powell, and Katie Nieland
Imaging Spectroscopic Analysis of Biochemical Traits for Shrub Species in Great Basin, USA, Yi Qi, Susan L. Ustin, and Nancy F. Glenn
Present and future thermal environments available to Sharp-tailed Grouse in an intact grassland, Edward J. Raynor, Larkin Powell, and Walter H. Schacht
Early Warnings for State Transitions, Caleb P. Roberts, Dirac Twidwell, Jessica L. Burnett, Victoria M. Donovan, Carissa L. Wonkka, Christine L. Bielski, Ahjond S. Garmestani, David G. Angeler, Tarsha Eason, Brady W. Allred, Matthew O. Jones, David E. Naugle, Shana M. Sundstrom, and Craig R. Allen
Doublethink and scale mismatch polarize policies for an invasive tree, Caleb P. Roberts, Daniel R. Uden, Craig R. Allen, and Dirac L. Twidwell Jr.
Urban stream microbial communities show resistance to pharmaceutical exposure, E. J. Rosi, H. A. Bechtold, D. D. Snow, M. Rojas, A. J. Reisinger, and J. J. Kelly
The Distribution and Role of Functional Abundance in Cross‐Scale Resilience, Shana M. Sundstrom, David G. Angeler, Chris Barichievy, Tarsha Eason, Ahjond Garmestani, Lance Gunderson, Melinda Knutson, Kirsty L. Nash, Trisha Spanbauer, Craig Stow, and Craig R. Allen
The Perpetual State of Emergency That Sacrifices Protected Areas in a Changing Climate, Dirac Twidwell, Carissa L. Wonkka, Christine H. Bielski, Craig R. Allen, David G. Angeler, Jacob Drozda, Ahjond S. Garmestani, Julia Johnson, Larkin A. Powell, and Caleb P. Roberts
A Framework for Tracing Social–Ecological Trajectories and Traps in Intensive Agricultural Landscapes, Daniel R. Uden, Craig R. Allen, Francisco Munoz-Arriola, Gengxin Ou, and Nancy Shank
Improving the calibration of silicon photodiode pyranometers, Elizabeth Walter-Shea, Kenneth Hubbard, Mark A. Mesarch, and Glen Roebke
The spatial sensitivity of the spectral diversity–biodiversity relationship: an experimental test in a prairie grassland, Ran Wang, John A. Gamon, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Philip A. Townsend, and Arthur I. Zygielbaum
The spatial sensitivity of the spectral diversity–biodiversity relationship: an experimental test in a prairie grassland, Ran Wang, John A. Gamon, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Philip A. Townsend, and Arthur I. Zygielbaum
Dominant plant species shape soil bacterial community in semiarid sandy land of northern China, Shaokun Wang, Xiaoan Zuo, Xueyong Zhao, Tala Awada, Yongqing Luo, Yuqiang Li, and Hao Qu
Assessing Decadal Trends of a Nitrate-Contaminated Shallow Aquifer in Western Nebraska Using Groundwater Isotopes, Age-Dating, and Monitoring, Martin J. Wells, Troy E. Gilmore, Aaron R. Mittelstet, Daniel D. Snow, and Steven S. Sibray
Spring warming in Yukon mountains is not amplified by the snow albedo feedback, Scott N. Williamson, Faron S. Anslow, Garry K. C. Clarke, John A. Gamon, Alexander H. Jarosch, and David S. Hik
Field-scale mapping of evaporative stress indicators of crop yield: An application over Mead, NE, USA, Yang Yang, Martha C. Anderson, Feng Gao, Brian D. Wardlow, Christopher R. Hain, Jason A. Otkin, Joseph Alfieri, Yun Yang, Liang Sun, and Wayne Dulaney
2017
Mesoscale Modeling of the Meteorological Impacts of Irrigation during the 2012 Central Plains Drought, Clint Aegerter, Jun Wang, Cui Ge, Suat Irmak, Robert Oglesby, Brian D. Wardlow, Haishun Yang, Jingshen You, and Martha Shulski
A Quantitative Framework for Assessing Ecological Resilience, Didier L. Baho, Craig R. Allen, Ahjond Garmestani, Hannah Fried-Petersen, Sophia E. Renes, Lance Gunderson, and David G. Angeler
Potential of Windbreak Trees to Reduce Carbon Emissions by Agricultural Operations in the US, William Ballesteros Possu, James R. Brandle, and Michele Schoeneberger
Ungulate predation and ecological roles of wolves and coyotes in eastern North America, John F. Benson, Karen M. Loveless, Linda Y. Rutledge, and Brent R. Patterson
Assessment of a channel catfish population in a large open river system, A. J. Blank, M. J. Hamel, Jonathan J. Spurgeon, and Mark A. Pegg
Exploring Elementary Students’ Scientific Knowledge of Agriculture Using Evidence-Centered Design, Molly Brandt, Cory Forbes, and Jenny Keshwani
Plant uptake and stream chemistry set global bounds on nitrogen gas emissions from humid tropical forests, E.N.J. Brookshire, S. Gerber, W. Greene, R.A. Jones, and Steven A. Thomas
Resilience in Ecotoxicology: Toward a Multiple Equilibrium Concept, Mirco Bundschuh, Ralf Schulz, Ralf B. Schäfer, Craig R. Allen, and David G. Angeler
Defining Ecological Drought for the Twenty-First Century, Shelley D. Crausbay, Aaron R. Ramirez, Shawn L. Carter, Molly S. Cross, Kimberly R. Hall, Deborah J. Bathke, Julio L. Betancourt, Steve Colt, Amanda E. Cravens, Melinda S. Dalton, Jason B. Dunham, Lauren E. Hay, Michael J. Hayes, Jamie McEvoy, Chad A. McNutt, Max A. Moritz, Keith H. Nislow, Nejem Raheem, and Todd Sanford
Geological Principles Illustrated in the Art along the Antelope Valley Hiker/Biker Trail – The BIG X (Salt Creek Roadway/Antelope Valley Parkway) South to Q Street, Robert Diffendal, Jr.
Great Plains Geology: My Personal Journey, Robert Diffendal, Jr.
Great Plains geology -- A personal journey, Robert F. Diffendal Jr.
Nebraska, USA: Wonderful fossils, natural history museums and public art depicting fossils, Robert F. Diffendal Jr
Landscape Features Affecting Northern Bobwhite Predator-Specific Nest Failures in Southeastern USA, Susan Ellis-Felege, Shannon E. Albeke, Nathan P. Nibbelink, Michael J. Conroy, D. Clay Sisson, William E. Palmer, and John P. Carroll
Hydraulics Near Unscreened Diversion Pipes in Open Channels: Large Flume Experiments, Ali Ercan, M. Levent Kavvas, Kara Carr, Zachary Hockett, Houssein Bandeh, Timothy D. Mussen, Dennis E. Cocherell, Jamilynn B. Poletto, Joseph J. Cech Jr., and Nann A. Fangue
Reproductive ecology of interior least tern and piping plover in relation to Platte River hydrology and sandbar dynamics, Jason M. Farnsworth, David M. Baasch, Chadwin B. Smith, and Kevin L. Werbylo
Nest site selection and nest survival of Greater Prairie-Chickens near a wind energy facility, Jocelyn Olney Harrison, Mary B. Brown, Larkin A. Powell, Walter H. Schacht, and Jennifer A. Smith
Modeling with a Conceptual representation: is it necessary? does it Work?, Rebecca C. Jordan, Steven Gray, Amanda E. Sorensen, Samantha Pasewark, Suparna Sinha, and Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver
Modeling with a Conceptual representation: is it necessary? does it Work?, Rebecca C. Jordan, Steven Gray, Amanda E. Sorensen, Samantha Pasewark, Suparna Sinha, and Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver
Temporal Migration Shifts in the Aransas-Wood Buffalo Population of Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) Across North America, Joel G. Jorgensen and Mary Bomberger Brown
Common Carp Disrupt Ecosystem Structure and Function Through Middle-out Effects, Mark A. Kaemingk, Jeffrey C. Jolley, Craig P. Paukert, David W. Willis, Kjetil Henderson, Richard S. Holland, Greg A. Wanner, and Mark L. Lindvall
Culturally induced range infilling of eastern redcedar: a problem in ecology, an ecological problem, or both?, Aubrey Streit Krug, Daniel R. Uden, Craig R. Allen, and Dirac L. Twidwell Jr
Assessment of irrigation physics in a land surface modeling framework using non-traditional and human-practice datasets, Paticia M. Lawston, Joseph A. Santanello Jr., Trenton E. Franz, and Matthew Rodell
Population Growth and Mortality Sources of the Black Bear Population in Northern Georgia, Andrew R. Little, Adam Hammond, James A. Martin, Kristina L. Johannsen, and Karl V. Miller
The future of Earth observation in hydrology, Matthew F. McCabe, Matthew Rodell, Douglas E. Alsdorf, Remko Uijlenhoet, Wolfgang Wagner, Arko Lucieer, Rasmus Houborg, Niko E. C. Verhoest, Trenton E. Franz, Jiancheng Shi, Huilin Gao, and Eric F. Wood
Ecophysiological responses of native invasive woody Juniperus virginiana L. to resource availability and stand characteristics in the semiarid grasslands of the Nebraska Sandhills, Joseph Msanne, Tala Awada, N. M. Bryan, Walter H. Schacht, Rhae A. Drijber, Y. Li, X. Zhou, Jane A. Okalebo, David A. Wedin, James R. Brandle, and J. Hiller
How do undergraduate STEM mentors reflect upon their mentoring experiences in an outreach program engaging K-8 youth?, Kari Nelson, Jaime Sabel, Cory Forbes, Neal Grandgenett, William Tapprich, and Christine E. Cutucache
Drivers of nitrogen transfer in stream food webs across continents, B. C. Norman, M. R. Whiles, S. M. Collins, A. S. Flecker, S. K. Hamilton, S. L. Johnson, E. J. Rosi-Marshall, L. R. Ashkenas, W. B. Bowden, C. L. Crenshaw, T. Crowl, W. K. Dodds, R. O. Hall, R. El-Sabaawi, N. A. Griffiths, E. Marti, W. H. McDowell, S. D. Peterson, H. M. Rantala, T. Riis, K. S. Simon, J. L. Tank, S. A. Thomas, D. von Schiller, and J. R. Webster
Scaling, similarity, and the fourth paradigm for hydrology, Chirsta D. Peters-Lidard, Martyn Clark, Luis Samaniego, Niko E. C. Verhoest, Tim van Emmerik, Remko Uijlenhoet, Kevin Achieng, Trenton E. Franz, and Ross Woods
Tolerance: the forgotten child of plant resistance, Robert K. D. Peterson, Andrea C. Varella, and Leon G. Higley
Unusual aerobic performance at high temperatures in juvenile Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, Jamilynn B. Poletto, Dennis E. Cocherell, Sarah E. Baird, Trinh X. Nguyen, Valentina Cabrera-Stagno, Anthony P. Farrell, and Nann A. Fangue
BOOK REVIEW: Ecology and Conservation of Lesser Prairie-Chickens, edited by David A. Haukos and Clint W. Boal. 2016., Larkin Powell
Ecology and Conservation of Lesser Prairie-Chickens, Larkin A. Powell
Introductory Biology Students’ Use of Enhanced Answer Keys and Reflection Questions to Engage in Metacognition and Enhance Understanding, Jaime L. Sabel, Joseph T. Dauer, and Cory T. Forbes
Reframing communication about Zika and mosquitoes to increase disease prevention behavior, Amanda E. Sorensen, Rebecca C. Jordan, and Shannon LaDeau
Parallel Seasonal Patterns of Photosynthesis, Fluorescence, and Reflectance Indices in Boreal Trees, Kyle R. Springer, Ran Wang, and John A. Gamon
Parallel Seasonal Patterns of Photosynthesis, Fluorescence, and Reflectance Indices in Boreal Trees, Kyle R. Springer, Ran Wang, and John A. Gamon
An evaluation of emergent macrophytes and use among groups of aquatic taxa, Kristopher J. Stahr and Mark A. Kaemingk
Detecting spatial regimes in ecosystems, Shana M. Sundstrom, Tarsha Eason, R. John Nelson, David G. Angeler, Chris Barichievy, Ahjond S. Garmestani, Nicholas A.J. Graham, Dean Granholm, Lance Gunderson, Melinda Knutson, Kirsty L. Nash, Trisha L. Spanbauer, Craig A. Stow, and Craig R. Allen
Partitioning assimilatory nitrogen uptake in streams: an analysis of stable isotope tracer additions across continents, J. L. Tank, E. Martí, T. Riis, D. von Schiller, A. J. Reisinger, W. K. Dodds, M. R. Whiles, L. R. Ashkenas, W. B. Bowden, S. M. Collins, C. L. Crenshaw, T. A. Crowl, N. A. Griffiths, N. B. Grimm, S. K. Hamilton, S. L. Johnson, W. H. McDowell, B. M. Norman, E. J. Rosi, K. S. Simon, S. A. Thomas, and J. R. Webster
Review of Great Plains Geology by Robert F. Diffendal, Jon Trevelyan
Transcriptomic effects of dispersed oil in a non-model decapod crustacean, Hernan Vázquez-Miranda, Brent P. Thoma, Juliet M. Wong, Darryl L. Felder, Keith A. Crandall, and Heather D. Bracken-Grissom
Acoustic Characteristics of Lekking Male Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) Vocalizations (Supplement), Cara E. Whalen, Mary Bomberger Brown, JoAnn McGee, Larkin A. Powell, and Edward J. Walsh
Regeneration and invasion of cottonwood riparian forest following wildfire, Carissa L. Wonkka, Dirac L. Twidwell Jr., Christine H. Bielski, Craig R. Allen, and Michael C. Stambaugh
Nest Site Selection and Nest Survival of Eastern Wild Turkeys in a Pyric Landscape, Nathan A. Yeldell, Bradley S. Cohen, Andrew R. Little, Bret A. Collier, and Michael J. Chamberlain