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
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
PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER WORKS BY R. F. DIFFENDAL, JR., Robert F. Diffendal
Recognition of Regional Water Table Patterns for Estimating Recharge Rates in Shallow Aquifers, Troy E. Gilmore, Vitaly A. Zlotnik, and Mason Johnson
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
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
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
Occupancy and habitat use by six species of forest ungulates on Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone, Kathryn R. McCollum, Emily Belinfonte, April L. Conway, and John Carroll
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
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
Present and future thermal environments available to Sharp-tailed Grouse in an intact grassland, Edward J. Raynor, Larkin A. Powell, and Walter H. Schacht
Present and future thermal environments available to Sharp-tailed Grouse in an intact grassland, Edward J. Raynor, Larkin Powell, and Walter H. Schacht
Urban stream microbial communities show resistance to pharmaceutical exposure, E. J. Rosi, H. A. Bechtold, D. Snow, M. Rojas, A. J. Reisinger, and J. J. Kelly
Improving the calibration of silicon photodiode pyranometers, Elizabeth Walter-Shea, Kenneth Hubbard, Mark A. Mesarch, and Glen Roebke
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
Effects of climate change and anthropogenic modification on a disturbance-dependent species in a large riverine system, Sara L. Zeigler, Daniel H. Catlin, Mary Bomberger Brown, James D. Fraser, Lauren R. Dinan, Kelsi L. Hunt, Joel G. Jorgensen, and Sarah M. Karpanty
2016
Data Descriptor: Remotely sensed high resolution irrigated area mapping in India for 2000 to 2015, Anukesh Krishnankutty Ambika, Brian D. Wardlow, and Vimal Mishra
Consequences of Hatch Phenology on Stages of Fish Recruitment, David M. Bogner, Mark A. Kaemingk, and Melissa R. Wuellner
Potential Direct and Indirect Effects of Climate Change on a Shallow Natural Lake Fish Assemblage, Jason J. Breeggemann, Mark A. Kaemingk, Timothy J. DeBates, Craig P. Paukert, Jacob R. Krause, Alexander P. Letvin, Tanner M. Stevens, David W. Willis, and Steven R. Chipps
Fluctuating survival selection explains variation in avian group size, Charles R. Brown, Mary Bomberger Brown, Erin A. Roche, Valerie A. O'Brien, and Catherine E. Page
2016 Interior Least Tern and Piping Plover Monitoring, Research, Management, and Outreach Report for the Lower Platte River, Nebraska, Mary Bomberger Brown and Lauren R. Dinan
A spatiotemporal analysis of Midwest US temperature and precipitation trends during the growing season from 1980 to 2013, Shuwei Dai, Martha Shulski, Kenneth Hubbard, and Eugene S. Takle
A framework for understanding the characteristics of complexity in biology, Joseph Dauer and Jenny Dauer
A framework for understanding the characteristics of complexity in biology, Joseph Dauer and Jenny Dauer
A remotely sensed pigment index reveals photosynthetic phenology in evergreen conifers, John A. Gamon, K. Fred Huemmrich, Christopher Y.S. Wong, Ingo Ensminger, Steven Garrity, David Y. Hollinger, Asko Noormets, and Josep Peñuelas
Local Perspectives on Environmental Insecurity and Its Influence on Illegal Biodiversity Exploitation, Meredith L. Gore, Michelle L. Lute, Jonah H. Ratsimbazafy, and Andry Rajaonson
Winter Diet and Hunting Success of Canada Lynx in Colorado, Jacob S. Ivan and Tanya M. Shenk
Impact perceptions and acceptance capacity toward Piping Plovers Charadrius melodus among visitors on a public beach in Nebraska, USA, Joel G. Jorgensen and Mary Bomberger Brown
Flight Initiation Distances of Nesting Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus) in Response to Human Disturbance, Joel G. Jorgensen, Lauren R. Dinan, and Mary Bomberger Brown
Examining the Relevancy and Utility of the American Fisheries Society Certification Program to Prepare Future Fisheries Professionals, Mark A. Kaemingk, Ron Essig, Steve L. McMullin, Craig Bonds, Robin L. DeBruyne, Christopher A. Myrick, Quinton E. Phelps, Trent M. Sutton, and James R. Triplett
Sustainable Grassland Management: An Exploratory Study of Progressive Ranchers in Nebraska, Stephanie M. Kennedy, Mark E. Burbach, and Maggi S. Sliwinski
Informative spectral bands for remote green LAI estimation in C3 and C4 crops, Oz Kira, Anthony L. Nguy-Robertson, Timothy J. Arkebauer, Raphael Linker, and Anatoly A. Gitelson
Survival and cause-specific mortality of female eastern wild turkeys in two frequently-burned longleaf pine savannas, Andrew R. Little, John F. Benson, Michael J. Chamberlain, L. Mike Conner, and Robert J. Warren
Habitat Selection of Wild Turkeys in Burned Longleaf Pine Savannas, Andrew R. Little, Michael J. Chamberlain, L. Mike Conner, and Robert J. Warren
Eastern wild turkey nest site selection in two frequently burned pine savannas, Andrew R. Little, Nathan P. Nibbelink, Michael J. Chamberlain, L. Mike Conner, and Robert J. Warren
Impacts of human hunting on spatial behavior of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), Sierra A. Marantz, Jed A. Long, Stephen L. Webb, Kenneth L. Gee, Andrew R. Little, and Stephen Demarais
Temporal variability in aboveground plant biomass decreases as spatial variability increases, Devan Allen McGranahan, Torre J. Hovick, R. Dwayne Elmore, David M. Engle, Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, Stephen L. Winter, James R. Miller, and Diane M. Debinski
Temporal variability in aboveground plant biomass decreases as spatial variability increases, Devan Allen McGranahan, Torre J. Hovick, R. Dwayne Elmore, David M. Engle, Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, Stephen L. Winter, James R. Miller, and Diane M. Debinski
Are We Preparing the Next Generation of Fisheries Professionals to Succeed in their Careers?: A Survey of AFS Members, Steve L. McMullin, Vic DiCenzo, Ron Essig, Craig Bonds, Robin L. DeBruyne, Mark A. Kaemingk, Martha Mather, Christopher A. Myrick, Quinton E. Phelps, Trent M. Sutton, and James R. Triplett
The sensitivity of carbon exchanges in Great Plains grasslands to precipitation variability, M. D. Petrie, N. A. Brunsell, R. Vargas, S. L. Collins, L. B. Flanagan, N. P. Hanan, M. E. Litvak, and Andrew E. Suyker
Status of knowledge of the Shovelnose Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus, Rafinesque, 1820), Q. E. Phelps, S. J. Tripp, M. J. Hamel, J. Koch, E. J. Heist, J. E. Garvey, K. M. Kappenman, and M. A. H. Webb
Estimating carbon storage in windbreak trees on U.S. agricultural lands, W. B. Possu, James R. Brandle, G. M. Domke, M. Schoeneberger, and Erin E. Blankenship
Foraging decisions underlying restricted space use: effects of fire and forage maturation on large herbivore nutrient uptake, Edward J. Raynor, Anthony Joern, Jesse B. Nippert, and John M. Briggs
Acoustic Detection Reveals Fine-Scale Distributions of Myotis lucifugus, Myotis septentrionalis, and Perimyotis subflavus in Eastern Nebraska, Jeremy A. White, Cliff Lemen, and Patricia Freeman
Spatiotemporal patterns of water table fluctuations and evapotranspiration induced by riparian vegetation in a semiarid area, Weifeng Yue, Tiejun Wang, Trenton E. Franz, and Xunhong Chen
Metapopulation viability of an endangered shorebird depends on dispersal and human-created habitats: piping plovers (Charadrius melodus) and prairie rivers, Sara L. Zeigler, Daniel H. Catlin, Mary Bomberger Brown, Lauren R. Dinan, James D. Fraser, Kelsi L. Hunt, and Joel G. Jorgensen
Mesoscale Climatology and Variation of Surface Winds over the Chukchi–Beaufort Coastal Areas, Jing Zhang, Fuhong Liu, Wei Tao, Jeremy Krieger, Martha Shulski, and Xiangdong Zhang
2015
Remote sensing of drought: Progress, challenges and opportunities, A. AghaKouchak, A. Farahmand, F. S. Melton, J. Teixeira, M. C. Anderson, Brian D. Wardlow, and C. R. Hain
Ectoparasitism shortens the breeding season in a colonial bird, Charles R. Brown and Mary Bomberger Brown
Parent-Offspring Resemblance in Colony-Specific Adult Survival of Cliff Swallows, Charles R. Brown, Erin A. Roche, and Mary Bomberger Brown
2015 Interior Least Tern and Piping Plover Monitoring, Research, Management, and Outreach Report for the Lower Platte River, Nebraska, Mary Bomberger Brown, Lauren R. Dinan, and Joel G. Jorgensen
Métodos cuantitativos para la conservación de los vertebrados, Michael J. Conroy, John P. Carroll, Juan Carlos Senar, and Jeffrey J. Thompson
Review of A Garden of Marvels: How We Discovered that Flowers Have Sex, Leaves Eat Air, and Other Secrets of Plants, by Ruth Kassinger, R. F. Diffendal Jr.
Comparison of four EVI-based models for estimating gross primary production of maize and soybean croplands and tallgrass prairie under severe drought, Jinwei Dong, Xiangming Xiao, Pradeep Wagle, Geli Zhang, Yuting Zhou, Cui Jin, Margaret S. Torn, Tilden P. Meyers, Andrew E. Suyker, Junbang Wang, Huimin Yan, Chandrashekhar Biradar, and Berrien Moore III
Mammalian Records from Southwestern Kansas and Northwestern Oklahoma, including the First Record of Crawford’s Desert Shrew (Notiosorex crawfordi) from Kansas, Cody A. Dreier, Keith Geluso, Jennifer D. Frisch, Brittney N. Adams, Alyx R. Lingenfelter, Anthony E. Bridger, Patricia Freeman, Cliff Lemen, Jeremy A. White, Brett R. Andersen, Hans W. Otto, and Curtis J. Schmidt
Combined analysis of soil moisture measurements from roving and fixed cosmic ray neutron probes for multiscale real-time monitoring, Trenton E. Franz, Tiejun Wang, William Avery, Catherine E. Finkenbiner, and Luca Brocca
The need for a common basis for defining light-use efficiency: Implications for productivity estimation, Anatoly A. Gitelson and John A. Gamon
Productivity, absorbed photosynthetically active radiation, and light use efficiency in crops: Implications for remote sensing of crop primary production, Anatoly A. Gitelson, Yi Peng, Timothy J. Arkebauer, and Andrew E. Suyker
Soil processes drive seasonal variation in retention of 15N tracers in a deciduous forest catchment, Christine L. Goodale, Guinevere Fredriksen, Marissa S. Weiss, Carmody K. McCalley, Jed P. Sparks, and Steven A. Thomas
Integrating geoscience into undergraduate education about environment, society, and sustainability using place-based learning: Three examples, David Gosselin, Steven Burian, Tim Lutz, and Julie Maxson