Dr. Jesse Nippert

Name:

Dr. Jesse Nippert

Role:

Lead Principal Investigator

Address:

116 Ackert Hall, Division of Biology, Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS 66506

United States

Email:

nippert@ksu.edu

Phone:

ORCID:

0000-0002-7939-342X

URL:

https://www.k-state.edu/ecophyslab/

Interest:

Grassland ecophysiology, grass/tree ecological dynamics, ecosystem responses to global change, stable isotope ecology

Publication List:

Anhold C, Hatley C, Alcantar-Velasquez E, Keen RM, Sadayappan K, Jarecke K, et al.. Grassland woody encroachment alters subsurface mineral weathering and groundwater composition in a carbonate system. Chemical Geology [Internet]. 2025;673. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0009254124006028

O’Keefe K, Nippert JB, Keen RM, McCulloh KA. Contrasting shrub and grass hydraulic responses to experimental drought. Oecologia [Internet]. 2024;204:931 - 941. https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00442-024-05543-w

Slapikas R, Pau S, Donnelly RC, Ho C‐L, Nippert JB, Helliker BR, et al.. Grass evolutionary lineages can be identified using hyperspectral leaf reflectance. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences [Internet]. 2024;129(2):e2023JG007852. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023JG007852https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2023JG007852

Tooley EG, Nippert JB, Ratajczak Z. Evaluating methods for measuring the leaf area index of encroaching shrubs in grasslands: From leaves to optical methods, 3-D scanning, and airborne observation. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology [Internet]. 2024;349. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0168192324000790

Keen RM, Helliker BR, McCulloh KA, Nippert JB. Save or spend? Diverging water‐use strategies of grasses and encroaching clonal shrubs. Journal of Ecology [Internet]. 2024;112(4):870-885. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.14276

Keen RM, Sadayappan K, Jarecke KM, Li L, Kirk MF, Sullivan PL, et al.. Unexpected hydrologic response to ecosystem state change in tallgrass prairie. Journal of Hydrology [Internet]. 2024;643:131937. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022169424013337

Jarecke K, Keen RM, Sadayappan K, Kirk MF, Li L, Nippert JB, et al.. Woody encroachment modifies subsurface structure and hydrological function. ECOHYDROLOGY [Internet]. 2024;:e2731. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/eco.2731

Keen RM, Bachle S, Bartmess M, Nippert JB. Combined effects of fire and drought are not sufficient to slow shrub encroachment in tallgrass prairie. Oecologia [Internet]. 2024;204:727 - 742. https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00442-024-05526-x

Donnelly RC, Nippert JB, Wedel ER, Ferguson CJ. Grass leaf structural and stomatal trait responses to climate gradients assessed over the 20th century and across the Great Plains, USA. AoB PLANTS [Internet]. 2024;16(5):plae055. https://academic.oup.com/aobpla/advance-article/doi/10.1093/aobpla/plae055/7776988

Mohammadi S. Phenotypic plasticity and ecological memory in Andropogon gerardii: responses to simulated grazing pressure [Internet]. Department of Biology. [Manhattan, KS]: Kansas State University; 2024. https://krex.k-state.edu/items/bd2c8631-5a03-409c-ab70-9a791d2850d1

Keen RM, Nippert JB, Sullivan PL, Ratajczak Z, Ritchey B, O’Keefe K, et al.. Impacts of riparian and non-riparian woody encroachment on tallgrass prairie ecohydrology. Ecosystems [Internet]. 2023;26(2):290-301. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10021-022-00756-7

Donnelly R, Wedel ER, Taylor JH, Nippert JB, Helliker BR, Riley W, et al.. Evolutionary lineage explains trait variation among 75 coexisting grass species. New Phytologist [Internet]. 2023;239(3):887. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.18983

Feldman AF, Gianotti DJShort, Dong J, Akbar R, Crow WT, McColl KA, et al.. Remotely sensed soil moisture can capture dynamics relevant to plant water uptake. Water Resources Research [Internet]. 2023;59(2):e2022WR033814. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022WR033814

Dodds WK, Ratajczak Z, Keen RM, Nippert JB, Grudzinski B, Veach A, et al.. Trajectories and state changes of a grassland stream and riparian zone after a decade of woody vegetation removal. Ecological Applications [Internet]. 2023;33(4):e2830. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eap.2830

Sadayappan K, Keen R, Jarecke KM, Moreno V, Nippert JB, Kirk MF, et al.. Drier streams despite a wetter climate in woody-encroached grasslands. Journal of Hydrology [Internet]. 2023;627:130388. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022169423013306

Hatley CM, Armijo B, Andrews K, Anhold C, Nippert JB, Kirk MF. Intermittent streamflow generation in a merokarst headwater catchment. Environmental Science: Advances [Internet]. 2023;2:115-131. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2023/VA/D2VA00191H

Nippert JB, McCulloh K, Wilcox K, O'Keefe K, Keen R, Chen A. Using root and soil traits to forecast woody encroachment dynamics in mesic grassland [Internet]. 2023 . https://www.osti.gov/biblio/2248061

Keen R. Ecohydrological implications of clonal shrub encroachment in tallgrass prairie [Internet]. Department of Biology. [Manhattan, KS]: Kansas State University; 2023. https://krex.k-state.edu/handle/2097/43279

Wedel ER. Resource-use strategies of woody plants in grassy ecosystems [Internet]. Department of Biology. [Manhattan, KS]: Kansas State University; 2023. https://krex.k-state.edu/items/4a62e6f9-df74-4f77-a9ea-c5a90861690a

Nippert JB, Keen RM, Bachle S, Wedel ER, Groskinsky B. Climate change in grassland ecosystems: current impacts and potential actions for a sustainable future. In CLIMATE ACTIONS - LOCAL APPLICATIONS AND PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS [Internet]. 1st ed. CRC; 2022. p. 36. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/9781003048701-4/climate-change-grassland-ecosystems-jesse-nippert-seton-bachle-rachel-keen-emily-wedel

Rastetter EB, Kwiakowski BL, Kicklighter DW, A. Plotkin B, Genet H, Nippert JB, et al.. N and P constrain C in ecosystems under climate change: role of nutrient redistribution, accumulation, and stoichiometry. Ecological Applications [Internet]. 2022;32(8):e2684. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/eap.2684

Ratajczak Z, Collins SL, Blair JM, Koerner SE, Louthan AM, Smith MD, et al.. Reintroducing bison results in long-running and resilient increases in grassland diversity. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES [Internet]. 2022;119(36):e2210433119. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2210433119

Sullivan PL, Billings SA, Hirmas D, Li L, Zhang X, Ziegler S, et al.. Embracing the dynamic nature of soil structure: A paradigm illuminating the role of life in critical zones of the Anthropocene. Earth-Science Reviews [Internet]. 2022;225(91):103873. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0012825221003743

Bachle S, Nippert JB. Climate variability supersedes grazing to determine the anatomy and physiology of a dominant grassland species. Oecologia [Internet]. 2022;198:345–355. https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00442-022-05106-x

Fernandez JA, Nippert JB, Prasad PVVara, Messina CD, Ciampitti IA. Post-silking 15N labelling reveals an enhanced nitrogen allocation to leaves in modern maize (Zea mays) genotypes. Journal of Plant Physiology [Internet]. 2022;268:153577. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0176161721002169

O’Connor RC, Blumenthal DM, Ocheltree TW, Nippert JB. Elevated CO2 counteracts effects of water stress on woody rangeland-encroaching species. Adams H. Tree Physiology [Internet]. 2022;:tpac150. https://academic.oup.com/treephys/advance-article/doi/10.1093/treephys/tpac150/6966044

Pau S, Nippert JB, Slapikas R, Griffith D, Bachle S, Helliker BR, et al.. Poor relationships between NEON Airborne Observation Platform data and field‐based vegetation traits at a mesic grassland. Ecology [Internet]. 2022;103(2):e03590. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19399170/103/2

Fernández JA, Messina CD, Salinas A, Prasad PVVara, Nippert JB, Ciampitti IA. Kernel weight contribution to yield genetic gain of maize: a global review and US case studies. Dreisigacker S. Journal of Experimental Botany [Internet]. 2022;73(11):3597 - 3609. https://academic.oup.com/jxb/article/73/11/3597/6547901

O'Keefe K, Bachle S, Keen R, E. Tooley G, Nippert JB. Root traits reveal safety and efficiency differences in grasses and shrubs exposed to different fire regimes. Functional Ecology [Internet]. 2022;36(2):368 - 379. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652435/36/2

Tooley EG, Nippert JB, Bachle S, Keen RM. Intra-canopy leaf trait variation facilitates high leaf area index and compensatory growth in a clonal woody-encroaching shrub. Tree Physiology [Internet]. 2022;42(11):2186–2202. https://academic.oup.com/treephys/advance-article/doi/10.1093/treephys/tpac078/6647984

Donnelly R. The amazing diversity of Poaceae: trait variation across space, time, and lineage [Internet]. Department of Biology. [Manhattan, KS]: Kansas State University; 2022. https://krex.k-state.edu/items/d0ea3fc8-9c6e-4dab-b1fa-02b0d71029a9

Tooley EG. The unique canopy structure, leaf morphology, and physiology of Cornus drummondii [Internet]. Department of Biology. [Manhattan, KS]: Kansas State University; 2022. https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/42162

Collins SL, Nippert JB, Blair JM, Briggs JM, Blackmore P, Ratajczak Z. Fire frequency, state change and hysteresis in tallgrass prairie. Ecology Letters [Internet]. 2021;24(4):636-647. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ele.13676

Zinnert JC, Nippert JB, Rudgers JA, Pennings SC, González G, Alber M, et al.. State changes: insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network. Ecosphere [Internet]. 2021;12(5):e03433. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.3433

Wedel ER, Nippert JB, Hartnett DC. Fire and browsing interact to alter intra-clonal stem dynamics of an encroaching shrub in tallgrass prairie. Oecologia [Internet]. 2021;196(43):1039 - 1048. https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00442-021-04980-1

Nippert JB, Telleria L, Blackmore P, Taylor JH, O'Connor RC. Is a prescribed fire sufficient to slow the spread of woody plants in an infrequently burned grassland? A case study in tallgrass prairie. Rangeland Ecology & Management [Internet]. 2021;78:79 - 89. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1550742421000609

Connell RK, O'Connor R, Nippert JB, Blair JM. Spatial variation in soil microbial processes as a result of woody encroachment depends on shrub size in tallgrass prairie. Plant and Soil [Internet]. 2021;460:359 - 373. http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11104-020-04813-9

Hope AG, Gragg SF, Nippert JB, Combe FJ. Consumer roles of small mammals within fragmented native tallgrass prairie. Ecosphere [Internet]. 2021;12(3):e03441. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.3441

Wedel ER, O’Keefe K, Nippert JB, Hoch B, O’Connor RC. Spatio-temporal differences in leaf physiology are associated with fire, not drought, in a clonally integrated shrub. Mitchell P. AoB PLANTS [Internet]. 2021;13(4):plab037. https://academic.oup.com/aobpla/article/doi/10.1093/aobpla/plab037/6295325

Bachle S. Anatomical constraints on grass physiological responses depend on water availability [Internet]. Department of Biology. [Manhattan, KS]: Kansas State University; 2021. https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/41354

Zaricor ML. A study of grass structure and function in response to drought and grazing [Internet]. Department of Biology. [Manhattan, KS]: Kansas State University; 2021. https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/41514

O’Connor RC, Taylor JH, Nippert JB. Browsing and fire decreases dominance of a resprouting shrub in woody encroached grassland. Ecology [Internet]. 2020;101(2):e02935. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ecy.2935

Bachle S, Nippert JB. Microanatomical traits track climate gradients for a dominant C4 grass species across the Great Plains, USA. Annals of Botany [Internet]. 2020;mcaa146. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaa146

Connell KR, Nippert J, Blair JM. Three decades of divergent land use and plant community change alters soil C and N content in tallgrass prairie. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences [Internet]. 2020;125(8):e2020JG005723. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2020JG005723

O'Keefe K, Bell DM, McCulloh KA, Nippert JB. Bridging the flux gap: Sap flow measurements reveal species‐specific patterns of water use in a tallgrass prairie. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences [Internet]. 2020;125(2):e2019JG005446. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/2019JG005446

Santos M, Santos E, Wagner-Riddle C, Brown S, Stropes K, Staebler R, et al.. Evaluating a Lagrangian inverse model for inferring isotope CO2 exchange in plant canopies. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology [Internet]. 2019;276-277:107651. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S016819231930259X

O'Connor R. Drivers, mechanisms, and thresholds of wood encroachment in mesic grasslands [Internet]. Department of Biology. [Manhattan, KS. ]: Kansas State University; 2019. https://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/40021

Vero SE, Macpherson GL, Sullivan PL, Brookfield AE, Nippert JB, Kirk MF, et al.. Developing a conceptual framework of landscape and hydrology on tallgrass prairie: A critical zone approach. Vadose Zone Journal [Internet]. 2018;17(1):1 - 11. https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/vzj/pdfs/17/1/170069

Bachle S, Griffith DM, Nippert JB. Intraspecific trait variability in Andropogon gerardii, a dominant grass species in the US Great Plains. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution [Internet]. 2018;. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2018.00217/full

Bachle S, Nippert JB. Physiological and anatomical trait variability of dominant C4 grasses. Acta Oecologica [Internet]. 2018;93:14 - 20. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1146609X17304587

O'Keefe K, Nippert JB. Drivers of nocturnal water flux in a tallgrass prairie. Sala A. Functional Ecology [Internet]. 2018;32(5):1155-1167. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1365-2435.13072

Ratajczak Z, D'Odorico P, Collins SL, Bestelmeyer BT, Isbell FL, Nippert JB. The interactive effects of press/pulse intensity and duration on regime shifts at multiple scales. Ecological Monographs [Internet]. 2017;87(2):198-218. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ecm.1249

O’Keefe K, Nippert JB. An assessment of diurnal water uptake in a mesic prairie: evidence for hydraulic lift?. Oecologia [Internet]. 2017;183(4):963–975. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00442-017-3827-2

Brunsell N, van Vleck ES, Nosshi M, Ratajczak Z, Nippert JB. Assessing the roles of fire frequency and precipitation in determining woody plant expansion in central U.S. grasslands. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences [Internet]. 2017;122(10):2683–2698. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/2017JG004046

Ratajczak Z, D’Odorico PD, Nippert JB, Collins SL, Brunsell N, Ravi S. Changes in spatial variance during a grassland to shrubland state transition. Journal Ecology [Internet]. 2017;105(3):750-760. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1365-2745.12696

O’Keefe K, Nippert JB. Grazing by bison is a stronger driver of plant ecohydrology in tallgrass prairie than fire history. Plant and Soil [Internet]. 2017;411(1):423-436. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11104-016-3048-1

Bachle S. Physiological and morphological responses of grass species to drought [Internet]. Department of Biology. [Manhattan, KS]: Kansas State University; 2017. http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/36188

Raynor EJ, Joern A, Nippert JB, Briggs JM. Foraging decisions underlying restricted space use: effects of fire and forage maturation on large herbivore nutrient uptake. Ecology and Evolution [Internet]. 2016;6(16):5843–5853 . https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ece3.2304

Ratajczak Z, Briggs JM, Goodin DG, Mohler R, Nippert JB, Obermeyer BK. Assessing the potential for transitions from tallgrass prairie to woodlands: are we operating beyond critical transitions?. Rangeland Ecology & Management [Internet]. 2016;69(4):280–287. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550742416300021?via%3Dihub

Muench A, O'Keefe K, Nippert JB. Comparative ecohydrology between Cornus drummondii and Solidago canadensis in upland tallgrass prairie. Plant Ecology [Internet]. 2016;217(2):267-276. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11258-016-0567-z

Klodd AE, Nippert JB, Ratajczak Z, Waring H, Phoenix GK. Tight coupling of leaf area index to canopy nitrogen and phosphorus across heterogeneous tallgrass prairie communities. Oecologia [Internet]. 2016;182(3):889 - 898. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00442-016-3713-3

Ocheltree TW, Nippert JB, Prasad PVVara. A safety vs efficiency trade-off identified in the hydraulic pathway of grass leaves is decoupled from photosynthesis, stomatal conductance and precipitation. New Phytologist [Internet]. 2016;210(1):97-107. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.13781

O'Keefe K. Patterns and ecological consequences of water uptake, redistribution, and loss in tallgrass prairie [Internet]. [Manhattan, KS]: Kansas State University; 2016. http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/34514

Nippert JB, Holdo RM. Challenging the maximum rooting depth paradigm in grasslands and savannas. Sayer E. Functional Ecology [Internet]. 2015;29(6):739 - 745. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2435.12390

Blair JM, Nippert JB, Briggs JM. Grassland Ecology. In: Monson R. Plant Sciences - Ecology and the Environment. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg; 2014. pp. 389-423.

Ratajczak Z, Nippert JB, Briggs JM, Blair JM. Fire dynamics distinguish grasslands, shrublands, and woodlands as alternative attractors in the Central Great Plains of North America. Journal of Ecology [Internet]. 2014;102:1374 -1385. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2745.12311

Ocheltree TW, Nippert JB, Prasad PVV. Stomatal responses to changes in vapor pressure deficit reflect tissue-specific differences in hydraulic conductance. Plant, Cell and Environment [Internet]. 2014;37:132 -139. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/pce.12137

McLauchlan KK, Craine JM, Nippert JB, Ocheltree TW. Lack of eutrophication in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem over 27 years. Ecology [Internet]. 2014;95:1225 -1235. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1890/13-1068.1

Craine JM, Nippert JB. Cessation of burning dries soils long-term in a tallgrass prairie. Ecosystems [Internet]. 2014;17:54 -65. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10021-013-9706-8

Brunsell N, Nippert JB, Buck TL. Impacts of seasonality and surface heterogeneity on water-use efficiency in mesic grasslands. Ecohydrology [Internet]. 2014;7:1223 -1233. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/eco.1455

Ratajczak Z, Nippert JB, Ocheltree TW. Abrupt transition of mesic grassland to shrubland: evidence for thresholds, alternative attractors, and regime shifts. Ecology [Internet]. 2014;95:2633 -2645. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1890/13-1369.1

Ratajczak Z. Ecological thresholds and abrupt transitions of tallgrass prairie to shrublands and woodlands [Internet]. [Manhattan, KS]: Kansas State University; 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/17661

Nippert JB, Ocheltree TW, Orozco GL, Ratajczak Z, Ling B, Skibbe AM. Evidence of physiological decoupling from grassland ecosystem drivers by an encroaching woody shrub. PLoS ONE [Internet]. 2013;8:81630 -. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0081630

Nippert JB, Culbertson TSF, Orozco GL, Ocheltree TW, Helliker BR. Identifying the water sources consumed by bison: implications for large mammalian grazers worldwide. Ecosphere [Internet]. 2013;4:23 -. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1890/ES12-00359.1

Hartman JC, Nippert JB. Physiological and growth responses of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) in native stands under passive air temperature manipulation. Global Change Biology-Bioenergy [Internet]. 2013;5:683 -692. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1757-1707.2012.01204.x

Craine JM, Ocheltree TW, Nippert JB, Towne EG, Skibbe AM, Kembel SW, et al.. Global diversity of drought tolerance and grassland climate-change resilience. Nature Climate Change [Internet]. 2013;3:63 -67. https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate1634

Craine JM, Towne EG, Tolleson D, Nippert JB. Precipitation timing and grazer performance in a tallgrass prairie. Oikos [Internet]. 2013;122:191 -198. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20400.x

O’Keefe K, Tomeo N, Nippert JB, Springer CJ. Population origin and genome size do not impact Panicum virgatum (switchgrass) responses to variable precipitation. Ecosphere [Internet]. 2013;4:37 -. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1890/ES12-00339.1

Nippert JB, Wieme RA, Ocheltree TW, Craine JM. Root characteristics of C-4 grasses limit reliance on deep soil water in tallgrass prairie. Plant and Soil [Internet]. 2012;355:385 -394. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11104-011-1112-4

Hartman JC, Nippert JB, Springer CJ. Ecotypic responses of switchgrass to altered precipitation. Functional Plant Biology [Internet]. 2012;39:126 -136. http://www.publish.csiro.au/fp/FP11229

Ratajczak Z, Nippert JB, Collins SL. Woody encroachment decreases diversity across North American grasslands and savannas. Ecology [Internet]. 2012;93:697 -703. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1890/11-1199.1

Craine JM, Nippert JB, Elmore AJ, Skibbe AM, Hutchinson SL, Brunsell N. The timing of climate variability and grassland productivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America [Internet]. 2012;109:3401 -3405. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20400.x

Ratajczak Z, Nippert JB. Comment on "Global Resilience of Tropical Forest and Savanna to Critical Transitions". Science [Internet]. 2012;336:541 -. http://science.sciencemag.org/content/336/6081/541.3

Craine JM, Towne EG, Ocheltree TW, Nippert JB. Community traitscape of foliar nitrogen isotopes reveals N availabiity patterns in a tallgrass prairie. Plant and Soil [Internet]. 2012;356:395 -403. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11104-012-1141-7

Petrie MD, Brunsell N, Nippert JB. Climate change alters growing season flux dynamics in mesic grasslands. Theoretical and Applied Climatology [Internet]. 2012;107:427 -440. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00704-011-0484-y

Ocheltree TW, Nippert JB, Prasad PVV. Changes in stomatal conductance along grass blades reflect changes in leaf structure. Plant Cell and Environment [Internet]. 2012;35:1040 -1049. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02470.x

O'Keefe K. Influences of local adaptation and genome size on Panicum virgatum (switchgrass) responses to variable precipitation timing. [Philadelphia, PA]: St. Joseph's University; 2012.

Craine JM, Nippert JB, Towne EG, Tucker S, Kembel SW, Skibbe AM, et al.. Functional consequences of climate-change induced plant species loss in a tallgrass prairie. Oecologia [Internet]. 2011;165:1109 -1117. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00442-011-1938-8

Tucker SS, Craine JM, Nippert JB. Physiological drought tolerance and the structuring of tallgrass assemblages. Ecosphere [Internet]. 2011;2:48 -. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1890/ES11-00023.1

Ratajczak Z, Nippert JB, Hartman JC, Ocheltree TW. Positive feedbacks amplify rates of woody encroachment in mesic tallgrass prairie. Ecosphere [Internet]. 2011;2:121 -. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1890/ES11-00212.1

Nippert JB, Ocheltree TW, Skibbe AM, Kangas LC, Ham JM, Shonkwiler-Arnold KB, et al.. Linking plant growth responses across topographic gradients in tallgrass prairie. Oecologia [Internet]. 2011;166:1131 -1142. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00442-011-1948-6

Hartman JC, Nippert JB, Orozco RA, Springer CJ. Potential ecological impacts of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) biofuel cultivation in the Central Great Plains, USA. Biomass and Bioenergy [Internet]. 2011;35:3415 -3421. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0961953411002935?via%3Dihub

Fay PA, Blair JM, Smith MD, Nippert JB, Carlisle JD, Knapp AK. Relative effects of precipitation variability and warming on tallgrass prairie ecosystem function. Biogeosciences [Internet]. 2011;8:3053 -3068. https://www.biogeosciences.net/8/3053/2011/

Hartman JC. Responses of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) to precipitation amount and temperature [Internet]. [Manhattan, KS]: Kansas State University; 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/10720

Craine JM, Towne EG, Nippert JB. Climate controls on grass culm production over a quarter century in a tallgrass prairie. Ecology [Internet]. 2010;91:2132 -2140. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1890/09-1242.1

Travers SE, Tang Z, Caragea D, Garrett KA, Hulbert SH, Leach JE, et al.. Variation in gene expression of Andropogon gerardii in response to altered environmental conditions associated with climate change. Journal of Ecology [Internet]. 2010;98:374 -383. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01618.x

Tucker S. Morphological and physiological traits as indicators of drought tolerance in tallgrass prairie plants [Internet]. [Manhattan, KS]: Kansas State University; 2010. http://krex.k-state.edu/dspace/handle/2097/4628

Nippert JB, Fay PA, Carlisle JD, Knapp AK, Smith MD. Ecophysiological responses of two dominant grasses to altered temperature and precipitation regimes. Acta Oecologia [Internet]. 2009;35:400 -408. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1146609X09000204?via%3Dihub

Fay PA, Kaufman DM, Nippert JB, Carlisle JD, Harper CW. Changes in grassland ecosystem function due to extreme rainfall events: implications for responses to climate change. Global Change Biology [Internet]. 2008;14:1600 -1608. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01605.x

Nippert JB, Knapp AK. Linking water uptake with rooting patterns in grassland species. Oecologia. 2007;153:261 -272.

Nippert JB, Knapp AK. Soil water partitioning contributes to species coexistence in tallgrass prairie. Oikos. 2007;116:1017 -1029.

Nippert JB, Fay PA, Knapp AK. Photosynthetic traits in C3 and C4 grassland species in mesocosm and field environments. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 2007;60:412 -420.

Nippert JB, Knapp AK, Briggs JM. Intra-annual rainfallvariability and grassland productivity: can the past predictthe future. Plant Ecology. 2006;184:65 -74.

Nippert JB. Life by the drop: Water as a physiological driver of the tallgrass prairie plant community [Internet]. [Fort Collins, CO]: Colorado State University; 2006. pp. 1 -148. https://search.proquest.com/docview/305354527/?pq-origsite=primo

Nippert JB, Blair JM. Comparing the influence of precipitation, fire, and topography on plant productivity in the tallgrass prairie [Internet]. 2005. http://tiee.ecoed.net/vol/v3/issues/data_sets/konza/abstract.html

Morgan JA, Pataki DE, Korner C, Clark H, Del Grosso SJ, Grunzweig JM, et al.. Water relations in grassland and desert ecosystems exposed to elevated atmospheric CO2. Oecologia. 2004;140:11 -25.

Datasets

Datasets for Dr. Jesse Nippert

APT01 Daily precipitation amounts measured at multiple sites across konza prairie

APT02 Monthly temperature and precipitation records from Manhattan, KS

AWE01 Meteorological data from the konza prairie headquarters weather station

ASM01 Soil water content measured by neutron probe at Konza Prairie

PAB01 Aboveground net primary productivity of tallgrass prairie based on accumulated plant biomass on core LTER watersheds (001d, 004b, 020b)

PAB03 Aboveground primary productivity of tallgrass prairie based on accumulated plant biomass on LTER watersheds burned at different seasons

PAB04 Aboveground primary productivity of tallgrass prairie based on accumulated plant biomass on miscellaneous LTER watersheds

PAB05 Aboveground net primary productivity of tallgrass prairie based on accumulated plant biomass on the LTER fire reversal experiment watersheds

PGL01 Litterfall collection in riparian gallery forest at Konza Prairie

PPH01 Phenology of selected plant species at Konza Prairie

PWV01 Cover of woody vegetation at Konza Prairie

PBG03 Disk pasture meter measurements to estimate plant standing biomass in the Patch-Burn Grazing experiment at Konza Prairie

AMC01 Growing season microclimate by topographic position for annually-burned and 4-yr burned watersheds at Konza Prairie

FWE01 Effects of browsing and fire on woody encroachment at Konza Prairie

PBG08 Grasshopper density survey in the Patch-Burn Grazing experiment at Konza Prairie

PPS01 Konza prairie plant species list

SIC01 Isotopic composition of select archived soil cores from Konza Prairie

SMP01 Spatial variation of soil microbial processes under Cornus drummondii shrubs of varying size at Konza Prairie, 2017

AOP01 Correspondence between plant traits and NEON Airborne Observatory Platform (AOP) data at Konza Prairie (2017)

SLP01 Leaf physiology in response to fire and climate within Cornus drummondii shrubs at Konza prairie

SDR01 Intra-clonal stem demography of Cornus drummondii in response to fire and browsing at Konza Prairie

WER01 Elevated CO2 counteracts effects of water stress on woody rangeland-encroaching species at Konza Prairie

RIV01 Stream water isotopes in wooded riparian areas and areas where canopy had been cut at Konza Prairie

PGT01 Konza prairie grass species trait

SRM01 ShRaMPs (Shrub Rainout Manipulation Plots): interactive effects of drought and fire on grass and shrub physiology and productivity at Konza Prairie

LTM01 Herbarium and grassland sites leaf trait measurements at Konza Prairie

WSI01 Long-term water (stream, groundwater, precipitation) stable isotope records at Konza Prairie

WEE01 Impacts of riparian and non-riparian woody encroachment on tallgrass prairie ecohydrology

LPT01 Leaf physiological and structural traits of encroaching shrub species at Konza Prairie