Natural Resources, School of
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
2024
Combined high rates of alternative breeding strategies unexpectedly found among populations of a solitary nesting raptor, R. N. Rosenfield, Sarah A. Sonsthagen, W. E. Stout, T. G. Driscoll, A. C. Stewart, P. N. Frater, and S. L. Talbot
Exploring heterogeneity in waterfowl hunter trip preferences: A discrete choice experiment, K. A. Sainsbury, H. W. Harshaw, D. C. Fulton, N. W. Cole, A. A. Dayer, J. N. Duberstein, A. H. Raedeke, R. M. Schuster, and Mark P. Vrtiska
What waterfowl hunters want: exploring heterogeneity in hunting trip preferences, Katherine A. Sainsbury, Howard W. Harshaw, David C. Fulton, Nicholas W. Cole, Ashley A. Dayer, Jennie N. Duberstein, Andrew H. Raedeke, Rudy M. Schuster, and Mark P. Vrtiska
AMethod to Estimate Climate Drivers ofMaize Yield Predictability Leveraging Genetic-by-Environment Interactions in the US and Canada, Parisa Sarzaeim and Francisco Munoz-Arriola
A Method to Estimate Climate Drivers of Maize Yield Predictability Leveraging Genetic-by-Environment Interactions in the US and Canada, P. Sarzaeim and Francisco Munoz-Arriola
Evaluation of an autonomous acoustic surveying technique for grassland bird communities in Nebraska, Grace E. Schuster, Leroy J. Walston, and Andrew R. Little
Optimizing cover crop management in Eastern Nebraska: Insights from crop simulation modeling, A. Shiferaw, G. Birru, Tsegaye Tadesse, M. R. Schmer, Tala Awada, V. L. Jin, Brian D. Wardlow, J. Iqbal, A. Freidenreich, T. Kharel, Makki Khorchani, Z. Mersha, S. Begna, and C. Sohoulande
Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF) Sensitivity to Choice of Parameterization Options over Ethiopia, Andualem S. Shiferaw, Tsegaye Tadesse, Clinton M. Rowe, and Robert Oglesby
Appraising groundwater quality and probabilistic human health risks from fluoride-enriched groundwater using the pollution index of groundwater (PIG) and GIS: a case study of adama town and its vicinities in the central main Ethiopian rift valley, Hassen Shube, Shankar Karuppannan, Muhammed Haji, Balamurugan Paneerselvam, Nafyad Kawo, Abraham Mechal, and Ashu Fekadu
Gut microbial composition of Cyprinella lutrensis (Red shiner) and Notropis stramineus (Sand shiner): insights from wild fish populations, K. Starr, F Montesanto, E. Perisho, Mark A. Pegg, and S. Fernando
Enhancing Global Food Security: Opportunities for the American Meteorological Society, L. Stuart, M. Hobbins, E. Niebuhr, A. C. Ruane, R. Pulwarty, A. Hoell, W. Thiaw, C. Rosenzweig, Francisco Munoz-Arriola, M. Jahn, and M. Harrar
Dynamic rates of Freshwater Drum near the northern extent of their range: evidence of environment-recruitment relationships, M. Stuart, N. Kludt, M. A. Pegg, F. Montesanto, C. Lyon, and C. J. Chance-Ossowski
The Complete Genome Sequence of Splendidofilaria pectoralis (Onchocercidae, Rhabditida, Chromadorea, Nematoda), Andrew Sweet, Robert E. Wilson, Jack Reakoff, Sarah A. Sonsthagen, Colleen Hurst, and Stacy Pirro
Risk avoidance during dispersal: temporal and behavioral shifts in selection by non-resident Eastern wolves, C. A. Thompson, J. F. Benson, and B. R. Patterson
Current Challenges and Future of Agricultural Genomes to Phenomes in the USA, C. K. Tuggle, J. L. Clarke, B. M. Murdoch, E. Lyons, N. M. Scott, B. Benes, J. D. Campbell, H. Ching, C. L. Daigle, S. D. Choudhury, J.C. M. Dekkers, J.R.R. Dorea, D. S. Erti, B. O. Fragomeni, J. E. Fulton, C. R. Guadagno, D. E. Hagen, A. S. Hess, L. M. Kramer, C. J. Lawrence-Dill, A. E. Lipka, T. Lubberstedt, F. M. McCarthy, and P. S. Schnable
The Regional Climate Center Program - past, present, and future: reflections from 40 Years of regional climate services, N. A. Unphlett, T. J. Brown, C. E. Conrad, T. U. Wall, B. L. Hall, A. T. DeGaetano, J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, Rezaul Mamood, and T. G. Houston
Assessing the accuracy of OpenET satellite-based evapotranspiration data to support water resource and land management applications, J. M. Volk, J. L. Huntington, F. S. Melton, R. Allen, M. Anderson, J. B. Fisher, Ayse Kilic, A. Ruhoff, G. B. Senay, B. Minor, and C. Morton
The North American trumpeter swan survey: Retain or find something new?, Mark P. Vrtiska, J. A. Dubovsky, and M. G. Anderson
Using open-path dual-comb spectroscopy to monitor methane emissions from simulated grazing cattle, C. Weersekara, L. C. Morris, N. A. Malarich, and F. R. Giorgetta et al.
Impacts of irrigation on a precipitation event during GRAINEX in the High Plains Aquifer region, D. Whitesel, Rezaul Mamood, P. Flanagan, E. Rappin, U. Nair, R. A. Pielke Sr., and Michael Hayes
Habitat characteristics, distribution, and abundance of Cicindelidia haemorrhagica (LeConte) (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) in Yellowstone National Park, K. A. Willemssens, J. L. Bowley, L. Cavallini, E. Oberg, R.K.D. Peterson, and Leon G. Higley
Where east meets west: Phylogeography of the high Arctic North American brant goose, Robert E. Wilson, W. Sean Boyd, Sarah A. Sonsthagen, David H. Ward, Preben Clausen, Kathryn M. Dickson, Barwolt S. Ebbinge, Gudmundur A. Gudmundsson, George K. Sage, Jolene R. Rearick, Dirk V. Derksen, and Sandra L. Talbot
Within-field soil moisture variability and time-invariant spatial structures of agricultural fields in the US Midwest, Yi Yang, Bin Peng, Kaiyu Guan, Ming Pan, Trenton E. Franz, Michael H. Cosh, and Carl J. Bernacchi
Globe-LFMC 2.0, an enhanced and updated dataset for live fuel moisture content research, Marta Yebra, Gianluca Scortechini, Karine Adeline, Nursema Aktepe, Turkia Almoustafa, Avi Bar-Massada, María Eugenia Beget, Matthias Boer, Ross Bradstock, Tegan Brown, Francesc Xavier Castro, Rui Chen, Emilio Chuvieco, Mark Danson, Cihan Ünal Değirmenci, Ruth Delgado-Dávila, Philip Dennison, Carlos Di Bella, Oriol Domenech, Jean-Baptiste Féret, Greg Forsyth, Eva Gabriel, Zisis Gagkas, Fatma Gharbi, Elena Granda, Anne Griebel, Binbin He, Matt Jolly, Ivan Kotzur, Tineke Kraaij, Agnes Kristina, Pınar Kütküt, Jean-Marc Limousin, M. Pilar Martín, Antonio T. Monteiro, Marco Morais, Bruno Moreira, Florent Mouillot, Samukelisiwe Msweli, Rachael H. Nolan, Grazia Pellizzaro, Yi Qi, Xingwen Quan, Victor esco de Dios, Dar Roberts, Çağatay Tavşanoğlu, Andy F. S. Taylor, Jackson Taylor, İrem Tüfekcioğlu, Andrea Ventura, and Nicolas Younes Cardenas
15-Yr Biomass Production in Semiarid Nebraska Sandhills Grasslands: Part 1—Plant Functional Group Analysis, B. Zhao, B. M. Stephenson, T. Awada, J. Volesky, and B. Wardlow
15-year biomass production in semiarid Nebraska Sandhills grasslands: part 1 – plant functional group analysis, B. Zhao, M. B. Stephenson, Tala Awada, J. D. Volesky, Brian D. Wardlow, Y. Zhou, and Y. Shi
15-year biomass production in semiarid Nebraska Sandhills grasslands: part 1 – plant functional group analysis, B. Zhao, M. B. Stephenson, Tala Awada, J. D. Volesky, Brian D. Wardlow, Y. Zhou, and Y. Shi
2023
Proteomic Identification of Seasonally Expressed Proteins Contributing to Heart Function and the Avoidance of Skeletal Muscle Disuse Atrophy in a Hibernating Mammal, MSR Abid, E. C. Bredahl, A. D. Clifton, H. Qiu, M. T. Andrews, and J. W. Checco
Coupling dendroecological and remote sensing techniques to assess the biophysical traits of Juniperus virginiana and Pinus ponderosa within the Semi-Arid grasslands of the Nebraska Sandhills, R. Allen, Anastasios Mazis, Brian Wardlow, P. Cherubini, J. Hiller, David A. Wedin, and Tala Awada
Connecting distinct realms along multiple dimensions: A meta-ecosystem resilience perspective, David G. Angeler, Jani Heino, Juan Rubio-Ríos, and J. Jesús Casas
Trade-Offs between Temperature and Fitness in Euschistus heros (Fabricius) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae): Implications for Mass Rearing and Field Management, Ana Paula Frugeri Barrufaldi, Rafael Hayashida, William Wyatt Hoback, Leon G. Higley, Jose Romario de Carvalho, and Regiane Cristina de Oliveira
Drought Influences Annual Survival of Painted Turtles in Western Nebraska, Allyson N. Beard and Larkin Powell
The ecology of human-caused mortality for a protected large carnivore, John F. Benson, Kyle D. Dougherty, Paul Beier, Walter M. Boyce, Bogdan Cristescu, Daniel J. Gammons, David K. Garcelon, J. Mark Higley, Quinton E. Martins, Anna C. Nisi, Seth P. D. Riley, Jeff A. Sikich, Thomas R. Stephenson, T. Winston Vickers, Greta M. Wengert, Christopher C. Wilmers, Heiko U. Wittmer, and Justin A. Dellinger
Functional connectivity varies across scales in a fragmented landscape, Kate I. T. Bird, Daniel R. Uden, and Craig R. Allen
Cover crop performance under a changing climate in continuous corn system over Nebraska, G. Birru, A. Shiferaw, Tsegaye Tadesse, Brian D. Wardlow, V. L. Jin, M. Schmer, Tala Awada, T. Kharel, and J. Iqbal
Boundary spanning in the context of stakeholder engagement in collaborative water management, Mark E. Burbach, Weston M. Eaton, and Jodi L. Delozier
Foundational conditions enabling participatory river management in watersheds of two regulatorily disparate states: A mixed methods study, M. E. Burbach, S. Kennedy, W. M. Eaton, and K. J. Brasier
The influence of place attachment on farmers’ succession plans: A mixed methods Study, M. E. Burbach, S. M. Kennedy, and S. J. Kunert
Drought in the Breadbasket of America and the Influence of Oceanic Teleconnections, Olivia G. Campbell and Gregory B. Goodrich
Multi-scale Sources of Precipitation Predictability in the Northern Great Plains, C. M. Carrillo and Francisco Munoz-Arriola
Student Outcomes of Teaching About Socio-scientific Issues in Secondary Science Classrooms: Applications of EzGCM, K. Carroll Steward, D. Gosselin, M. Chandler, and C. T. Forbes
Biological Case Against Downlisting the Whooping Crane and for Improving Implementation under the Endangered Species Act, Andrew J. Caven, Hillary L. Thompson, David M. Baasch, Barry K. Hartup, Amanda M. Hegg, Stephanie M. Schmidt, Irvin Louque, Craig R. Allen, Carter G. Crouch, Craig A. Davis, Joel G. Jorgensen, Jane E. Austin, Bethany L. Ostrom, Richard D. Beilfuss, George W. Archibald, and Anne E. Lacy
On the Economics of the Transition to a Circular Economy, A. Chennak, K. Giannakas, and Tala Awada
Drought stress prediction and propagation using time series modeling on multimodal plant image sequences, Sruti Das Choudhury, Sinjoy Saha, Ashok Samal, Anastasios Mazis, and Tala Awada
Global projections of flash drought show increased risk in a warming climate, Jordan I. Christian, Elinor R. Martin, Jeffrey B. Basara, Jason C. Furtado, Jason A. Otkin, Lauren E. L. Lowman, Eric D. Hunt, Vimal Mishra, and Xiangming Xiao
How resilience is framed matters for governance of coastal social-ecological systems, Sarah Clement, Javad Jozaei, Michael Mitchell, Craig R. Allen, and Ahjond S. Garmestani
Response of lake metabolism to catchment inputs inferred using high-frequency lake and stream data from across the northern hemisphere, Jessica R. Corman, Jacob A. Zwart, Jennifer Klug, Denise A. Bruesewitz, Elvira de Eyto, Marcus Klaus, Lesley B. Knoll, James A. Rusak, Michael J. Vanni, María Belén Alfonso, Rocio Luz Fernandez, Huaxia Yao, Kari Austnes, Raoul-Marie Couture, Heleen A. de Wit, Jan Karlsson, and Alo Laas
What is the Priestley–Taylor wet-surface evaporation parameter? Testing four hypotheses, Richard D. Crago, Jozsef Szilagyi, and Russell J. Qualls
Diversity, distribution, and methodological considerations of haemosporidian infections among Galliformes in Alaska, Faith De Amaral, Robert E. Wilson, Sarah A. Sonsthagen, and Ravinder Sehgal
The Broadwater Formation (Pliocene) of Nebraska and Southeastern Wyoming, Robert F. Diffendal Jr. and James B. Swinehart
Spot-fire distance increases disproportionately for wildfires compared to prescribed fires as grasslands transition to Juniperus woodlands, Victoria M. Donovan, Dillon T. Fogarty, and Dirac L. Twidwell Jr
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawn survival and the influence of landscape characteristics on fawn predation risk in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, USA, Adam C. Edge, Jacalyn P. Rosenberger, Cheyenne J. Yates, Andrew R. Little, Charlie H. Killmaster, Kristina L. Johannsen, David A. Osborn, John C. Kilgo, Karl V. Miller, and Gino J. D’Angelo
Invertebrate metrics based on few abundant taxa outperform functional and taxonomic composition as indicators of agricultural impacts in Atlantic rainforest streams, Rafael Feijó‑Lima, Steven A. Thomas, Flavia Tromboni, Eugenia Zandonà, Eduardo F. Silva‑Junior, and Timothy P. Moulton
2023 Interior Least Tern and Piping Plover Annual Report for the Lower Platte River, Nebraska, E. F. Forsberg, Mark P. Vrtiska, and J. G. Jorgensen
Contrasting photoprotective responses of forest trees revealed using PRI light responses sampled with airborne imaging spectrometry, J. A. Gamon, R. Wang, and Sabrina E. Russo
Revisiting the carbon–biodiversity connection, John Gamon
Combining cosmic-ray neutron sensor and fallout 137Cs to explore the connection of soil water content with soil redistribution in an agroforestry hillslope, Leticia Gaspar, Trenton E. Franz, Arturo Catalá, Iván Lizaga, María Concepción Ramos, and Ana Navas
Understanding the soil water dynamics during excess and deficit rainfall conditions over the core monsoon zone of India, Mangesh M. Goswami, Milind Mujumdar1, Bhupendra Bahadur Singh, Madhusudan Ingale, Naresh Ganeshi, Manish Ranalkar, Trenton E. Franz, Prashant Srivastav, Dev Niyogi, R Krishnan, and S N. Patil
Exploring the population dynamics of waterfowl hunters using a mark‐recapture approach, Katherine A. Graham, Mark P. Vrtiska, Dale D. Humburg, Larkin A. Powell, Andrew H. Raedeke, Patrick K. Devers, and Christopher J. Chizinski
Early Career Aquatic Scientists Forge New Connections at Eco-DAS XV, Olivia J. Graham, Alia Al-Haj, Eleanor C. Arrington, Emily R. Arsenault, Carolina C. Barbosa, Kadir Bice, Evie Brahmstedt, S. River D. Bryant, Xun Cai, Stacy Calhoun-Grosch, Joshua Culpepper, Katherine Dale, Derek J. Detweiler, Katlin D. Doughty, Kyle A. Emery, Kara Gadeken, Laura Griffiths, Atefeh Hosseini, Catriona Jones, Hadis Miraly, Alexander W. Mott, Karla Münzner, Igor Ogashawara, Carly R. Olson, Joseph S. Rabaey, Walter A. Rich, Phoenix A. Rogers, Meredith Evans Seeley, Lorena Selak, Qipei Shangguan, Kelsey J. Solomon, Xinyu Sun, Spencer J. Tassone, Audrey Thellman, John Tracey, Jilian Xiong, and Tianfei Xue
Duck identification and regulation preferences among waterfowl hunters: a pre-assessment of the Tier II bag limit, M. P. Gruntarod, M. P. Vrtiska, R. J. Murano, M. J. Garrick, and C. J. Chizinski
Planning Strategies and Barriers to Achieving Local Drought Preparedness, T. Haigh, E. Wickham, S. Hamlin, and C. Knutson
A Review of User Perceptions of Drought Indices and Indicators Used in the Diverse Climates of North America, R. R. Heim Jr, D. Bathke, B. Bonsal, E. W. Cooper, T. Hadwen, K. Kodama, D. McEvoy, M. Muth, J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, H. R. Prendeville, and R. P. Ramirez
Mass spectrometry of the white adipose metabolome in a hibernating mammal reveals seasonal changes in alternate fuels and carnitine derivatives, Frazer I. Heinis, Sophie Alvarez, and Matthew T. Andrews
Ewe…dung beetles and poop: a nutrient cycling and population ecology lesson for elementary students, Leon G. Higley, D. A. Golick, and P. M. Higley
Strangers in the blind: Identifying appropriate mentees and mentors for waterfowl hunter recruitment, Matthew Hinrichs, M. P. Vrtiska, M. P. Gruntarod, and C. J. Chizinski
An examination of scenarios to increase waterfowl hunting participation, M. P. Hinrichs, J. Nawrocki, M. P. Gruntarod, M. P. Vrtiska, and M. A. Pegg
20 Years of Change in Tundra NDVI from Coupled Field and Satellite Observations, F. K. Huemmrich, J. Gamon, P. Campbell, M. Mora, S. Vargas, B. Almanza, and C. Tweedie
Defining and describing students’ socioscientific issues tradeoffs practices, P. C. Jimenez, A. Zwickle, and J. M. Dauer
Wastewater Treatment in Central Asia: Treatment Alternatives for Safe Water Reuse, M. S. Kalmakhanova, J. L. Diaz de Tuesta, A. Malakar, H. T. Gomes, and D. D. Snow
Multiple‑point statistical modeling of three‑dimensional glacial aquifer heterogeneity for improved groundwater management, Nafyad Serre Kawo, Jesse T. Korus Dr., and Mats Lundh Gulbrandsen
The Influence of Grazing Systems on Bird Species Richness and Density in the Nebraska Sandhills, Silka L.F. Kempema, Walter H. Schacht, and Larkin A. Powell
TAPS Program Evaluation – Non-Producers, Stephanie M. Kennedy and Mark E. Burbach
TAPS Program Evaluation – Producers, Stephanie M. Kennedy and Mark E. Burbach
Impact of Eastern Redcedar Encroachment on Water Resources in the Nebraska Sandhills, Yaser Kishawi, Aaron R. Mittelstet, Troy E. Gilmore, Dirac Twidwell, Tirthankar Roy, and Nawaraj Shrestha
Lineage diversity in a widely distributed New World passerine bird, the House Wren, J. Klicka, K. Epperly, B. T. Smith, G. M. Spellman, J. A. Chaves, P. Escalante, C. C. Witt, R. Canales-del-Castillo, and R. M. Zink
Panta Rhei benchmark dataset: socio-hydrological data of paired events of floods and droughts, Heidi Kreibich, Elliot Wickham, and et al.
Occupancy and abundance of a West African mangabey species (Cercocebus atys Audebert, 1797) in forest patch habitat, Kellie Laity, April Conway, Sonia M. Hernandez, John P. Carroll, and Dessalegn Ejigu
GLORIA - A globally representative hyperspectral in situ dataset for optical sensing of water quality, Moritz K. Lehmann
Author Correction: GLORIA - A globally representative hyperspectral in situ dataset for optical sensing of water quality, Moritz K. Lehmann and et al.
Labile carbon and soil texture control nitrogen transformation in deep vadose zone, Lidong Li, Jordan Shields, Daniel D. Snow, Michael Kaiser, and Arindam Malakar
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawn survival and the influence of landscape characteristics on fawn predation risk in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, USA, Andrew R. Little, A. C. Edge, J. P. Rosenberger, C. J. Yates, C. H. Killmaster, and K. L. Johannsen et al.
How Land Surface Characteristics Influence the Development of Flash Drought through the Drivers of Soil Moisture and Vapor Pressure Deficit, LAUREN E. L. LOWMAN, JORDAN I. CHRISTIAN, and Eric Hunt
Convergence and transdisciplinary teaching in quantitative biology, Robert Mayes, Joseph Dauer, and David Owens
Synergistic use of optical and biophysical traits to assess Bromus inermis pasture performance and quality under different management strategies in Eastern Nebraska, U.S., A. Mazis, Tala Awada, G. E. Erickson, Brian D. Wardlow, B. J. Wienhold, V. Jin, M. Schmer, Andrew E. Suyker, Y. Zhou, and J. Hiller
Slow-Release Lanthanum Effectively Reduces Phosphate in Eutrophic Ponds without Accumulating in Fish, C. McCright, J. McCoy, N. Robbins, and S. Comfort
Machine learning algorithms improve MODIS GPP estimates in United States croplands, D. Menefee, T. O. Lee, K. C. Flynn, J. Chen, M. Abraha, J. Baker, and A. Suyker
Survival and growth assessment after reintroduction of the pocketbook mussel, Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820 among three streams in Nebraska (USA), F. Montesanto, L. M. Ohlman, and Mark A. Pegg
Leadership and Employee Motivation in Climate-Focused Organizations: A Pathway to Transformation, Andrew Mwape
How do land use and land cover changes after farmland abandonment affect soil properties and soil nutrients in Mediterranean mountain agroecosystems?, Estela Nadal-Romero, Makki Khorchani, Leticia Gaspar, José Arnáez, Erik Cammeraat, Ana Navas, and Teodoro Lasanta
Revisiting the definition of field capacity as a functional parameter in a layered agronomic soil profile beneath irrigated maize, Paolo Nasta, Trenton E. Franz, Justin P. Gibson, and Nunzio Romano
Habitat fragmentation reduces survival and drives source–sink dynamics for a large carnivore, Anna C. Nisi, John F. Benson, Richard King, and Christopher C. Wilmers
The search behavior of terrestrial mammals, M. Noonan, C. Martinez-Garcia, C. H. Fleming, and A. R. Little Et. al
Diagnosing Neurocysticercosis in Skeletonized Human Remains of Forensic Importance, John O. Obafunwa and Karl Reinhard
Assessment of health risks associated with contaminants in groundwater in the catchment area of selected dumpsites in Abuja north central Nigeria, A. Omali, J. T. Arogundade, and Daniel D. Snow
Transforming Agriculture with Intelligent Data Management and Insights," 2023 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, Y. Pan, J. Sun, H. Yu, G. Bai, Y. Ge, J. Luck, and Tala Awada
Spatiotemporal patterns of wolves and sympatric predators and prey relative to human disturbance in northwestern Greece, M. Petridou, J. F. Benson, O. Gimenez, and K. Kati
Using seasonal climate scenarios in the ForageAhead annual forage production model for early drought impact assessment, M. Podebradska, B. K. Wylie, M. J. Hayes, D. J. Bathke, Y. A. Bayissa, S. P. Boyte, J. F. Brown, and B. D. Wardlow
Dual Activation of Peroxymonosulfate Using MnFe2O4/g‑C3N4 and Visible Light for the Efficient Degradation of Steroid Hormones: Performance, Mechanisms, and Environmental Impacts, Kitipong Poomipuen, Chainarong Sakulthaew, Chanat Chokejaroenrat, Athaphon Angkaew, Kanidrawee Techauay, Thapanee Poompoung, Kanokwan Teingtham, Piyaporn Phansak, Piyangkun Lueangjaroenkit, and Daniel D. Snow
Drought Affects Sex Ratio and Growth of Painted Turtles in a Long-term Study in Nebraska, Larkin A. Powell, Ellen P. Dolph, and Charrissa R. Neil