Phytobiome Stampede: Bison as Potential Dispersal Agents for the Tallgrass Prairie Microbiome
PhytoFrontiers, 2023 Dispersal by grazing and browsing animals has the potential to structure plant-associated microbes in plant communities. Bison are one of the largest grazing animals in North America and charismatic symbols of the Great Plains.
Amgad A. Saleh +5 more
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Applications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Survey Mesocarnivores
Drones, 2019 With the widespread extirpation of top predators over the past two centuries, mesocarnivores play an increasingly important role in structuring terrestrial trophic webs.
Jacob D. Bushaw +2 more
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Habitat Associations of Sympatric Violet-Feeding Fritillaries (Euptoieta, Speyeria, Boloria) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Tallgrass Prairie [PDF]
, 2017 At 106 tallgrass prairies in the midwestern USA, 18,055 individuals of six fritillary species (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) were counted in 552.9 hr and 987.1 kill of transect survey effort from 14 June to 13 September during 1988-96. The relative abundance
Swengel, Ann B
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Grassland bird diversity and abundance in the presence of native and non-native grazers
Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2021 Temperate grassland biomes are globally imperiled, and grassland birds are in precipitous decline as a result. The majority of North America's grassland birds breed on rangelands occupied by domestic cattle, but reintroductions of bison to restore ...
Andy J. Boyce +3 more
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Slug grazing effects on seedling and adult life stages of North American Prairie plants used in designed urban landscapes [PDF]
, 2011 Designed vegetation is a major contributor to ecosystem service provision incities, and as such the study of how herbivory and other ecological factors determine its capacity to deliver such services, is long overdue.
Hitchmough, James, Wagner, Markus
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Cahiers Agricultures, 2021 Dans les pays occidentaux, les interrogations sur les systèmes d’élevage et la consommation des produits animaux sont de plus en plus nombreuses. Repenser la consommation globale de produits animaux parallèlement à un dimensionnement et une réorientation
Duru Michel +2 more
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State Record for Stenamma foveolocephalum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Missouri [PDF]
, 2019 We report the first known collection of Stenamma foveolocephalum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Missouri. Two specimens were collected in pitfall traps during a field study at Sand Prairie Conservation Area, Scott County ...
Pierce, Angela D., Wood, Diane L
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Effects of the soil microbiome on the demography of two annual prairie plants
Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Both mutualistic and pathogenic soil microbes are known to play important roles in shaping the fitness of plants, likely affecting plants at different life cycle stages.
Hannah S. Reynolds +5 more
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Grassland Wildfires in the Southern Great Plains: Monitoring Ecological Impacts and Recovery
Remote Sensing, 2020 Devastating wildfires in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas in 2016 and 2017 resulted in significant social, economic, and environmental losses, with the agricultural sector among those severely affected.
Jean L. Steiner +8 more
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Ecological Notes on Species of Cleridae (Insecta: Coleoptera) Associated With the Prairie Flora of Central North America [PDF]
, 2018 The association of eighteen species of Cleridae (Coleoptera) with tallgrass and shortgrass prairie ecosystems in central North America is reported for the first time.
Mawdsley, Jonathan R
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