List of works - John M. Blair

A high-efficiency, “low-technology” Tullgren-type extractor for soil microarthropods

A litterbasket technique for measurement of nutrient dynamics in forest floors

article by John M Blair et al published February 1991 in Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

Altered Rainfall Patterns, Gas Exchange, and Growth in Grasses and Forbs

article

Altered rainfall patterns increase forb abundance and richness in native tallgrass prairie.

scientific article

Altering Rainfall Timing and Quantity in a Mesic Grassland Ecosystem: Design and Performance of Rainfall Manipulation Shelters

article

Annual fire and mowing alter biomass, depth distribution, and C and N content of roots and soil in tallgrass prairie

Assessing changes in biomass, productivity, and C and N stores following Juniperus virginiana forest expansion into tallgrass prairie

Author Correction: Crowther et al. reply

scientific article published in Nature

Changes in soil properties, microbial biomass, and fluxes of C and N in soil following post-agricultural grassland restoration

scientific article published in 2016

Climate legacies determine grassland responses to future rainfall regimes

scientific article published in 2022

Climate legacy effects shape tallgrass prairie nitrogen cycling

scientific article published in 2022

Competition and coexistence in grassland codominants: responses to neighbour removal and resource availability

article

Controls of Aboveground Net Primary Production in Mesic Savanna Grasslands: An Inter-Hemispheric Comparison

article

Conversion of grassland to coniferous woodland has limited effects on soil nitrogen cycle processes

Cross-Site Comparisons of Dryland Ecosystem Response to Climate Change in the US Long-Term Ecological Research Network

scientific article published in 2022

Decadal-scale shifts in soil hydraulic properties as induced by altered precipitation

scientific article published on 11 September 2019

Decay Rates, Nitrogen Fluxes, and Decomposer Communiies of Single- and Mixed-Species Foliar Litter

scientific article published in 1990

Decomposition and nitrogen dynamics of surface weed residues in no-tillage agroecosystems under drought conditions: Influence of resource quality on the decomposer community

Determinants of Soil CO 2 Flux from a Sub-Humid Grassland: Effect of Fire and Fire History

scientific article published in 1998

Development of soil microbial communities during tallgrass prairie restoration

Does ecosystem sensitivity to precipitation at the site-level conform to regional-scale predictions?

scientific article published in 2015

Does ecosystem sensitivity to precipitation at the site-level conform to regional-scale predictions?.

scientific article

Dominant Grasses Suppress Local Diversity in Restored Tallgrass Prairie

scientific article published in 2010

Drought-mediated stem and below-ground bud dynamics in restored grasslands

article by Daniel L. Carter et al published 16 April 2012 in Applied Vegetation Science

ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF C4GRASS INVASION OF A C4GRASSLAND: A DILEMMA FOR MANAGEMENT

article

Ecohydrological and Climate Change studies at the Konza Prairie Biological Station

Effect ofBtCorn for Corn Rootworm Control on Nontarget Soil Microarthropods and Nematodes

article

Effects of Compounded Precipitation Pattern Intensification and Drought Occur Belowground in a Mesic Grassland

scientific article published on 20 October 2021

Effects of Grazing and Fire Frequency on Floristic Quality and its Relationship to Indicators of Soil Quality in Tallgrass Prairie.

scientific article

Effects of litter quality and microarthropods on N dynamics and retention of exogenous 15N in decomposing litter

Effects of naphthalene on microbial activity and nitrogen pools in soil-litter microcosms

Environmental heterogeneity has a weak effect on diversity during community assembly in tallgrass prairie

scientific article published in 2016

Estimating above-ground net primary productivity of the tallgrass prairie ecosystem of the Central Great Plains using AVHRR NDVI

article

FIRE, N AVAILABILITY, AND PLANT RESPONSE IN GRASSLANDS: A TEST OF THE TRANSIENT MAXIMA HYPOTHESIS

article

Fire and grazing impacts on silica production and storage in grass dominated ecosystems

Fire dynamics distinguish grasslands, shrublands and woodlands as alternative attractors in the Central Great Plains of North America

article

Global change effects on plant communities are magnified by time and the number of global change factors imposed

scientific article published on 19 August 2019

Global impacts of fertilization and herbivore removal on soil net nitrogen mineralization are modulated by local climate and soil properties

scientific article published on 12 August 2020

Grassland establishment under varying resource availability: a test of positive and negative feedback.

scientific article published in July 2008

High richness and dense seeding enhance grassland restoration establishment but have little effect on drought response.

scientific article

Increased rainfall variability and reduced rainfall amount decreases soil CO2 flux in a grassland ecosystem

article

Influence of grazing and fire frequency on small-scale plant community structure and resource variability in native tallgrass prairie

article

Influence of shrub encroachment on aboveground net primary productivity and carbon and nitrogen pools in a mesic grassland

scientific article published in 2004

Litter Decomposition, Nitrogen Dynamics and Litter Microarthropods in a Southern Appalachian Hardwood Forest 8 Years Following Clearcutting

scientific article published in 1988

Long-term nitrogen amendment alters the diversity and assemblage of soil bacterial communities in tallgrass prairie

scientific article

Mass ratio effects underlie ecosystem responses to environmental change

scholarly article

Modulation of Diversity by Grazing and Mowing in Native Tallgrass Prairie ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 1998

Molecular approach for assessing responses of microbial-feeding nematodes to burning and chronic nitrogen enrichment in a native grassland

scientific article

Nitrogen, sulfur and phosphorus dynamics in decomposing deciduous leaf litter in the southern appalachians

Nutrient release from decomposing foliar litter of three tree species with spicial reference to calcium, magnesium and potassium dynamics

article

Patterns and trends of organic matter processing and transport: Insights from the US long-term ecological research network

scientific article published in 2021

Predicting and understanding ecosystem responses to climate change at continental scales

article

Productivity responses to altered rainfall patterns in a C4-dominated grassland

scientific article

Quantifying global soil carbon losses in response to warming

scientific article

Rainfall Variability, Carbon Cycling, and Plant Species Diversity in a Mesic Grassland

scientific article published in Science

Rainfall variability has minimal effects on grassland recovery from repeated grazing

article

Recovery and Relative Influence of Root, Microbial, and Structural Properties of Soil on Physically Sequestered Carbon Stocks in Restored Grassland

Recovery of Native Plant Community Characteristics on a Chronosequence of Restored Prairies Seeded into Pastures in West-Central Iowa

article

Regional grassland productivity responses to precipitation during multi-year above- and below-average rainfall periods: consequences for responses under climate change.

scientific article published on 19 December 2017

Reintroducing bison results in long-running and resilient increases in grassland diversity

scientific article published on 29 August 2022

Resource quality and trophic responses to simulated throughfall: Effects on decomposition and nutrient flux in a no-tillage agroecosystem

article

Seed source affects establishment and survival for three grassland species sown into reciprocal common gardens

scientific article published in 2012

Seed source has variable effects on species, communities, and ecosystem properties in grassland restorations

scientific article published in 2013

Shared Drivers but Divergent Ecological Responses: Insights from Long-Term Experiments in Mesic Savanna Grasslands

article

Soil C and N responses to woody plant expansion in a mesic grassland

article

Soil Heterogeneity Effects on Tallgrass Prairie Community Heterogeneity: An Application of Ecological Theory to Restoration Ecology

article

Soil heterogeneity increases plant diversity after 20 years of manipulation during grassland restoration

scientific article published on 04 November 2019

Soil net nitrogen mineralisation across global grasslands

scientific article published on 31 October 2019

Stability of grassland soil C and N pools despite 25 years of an extreme climatic and disturbance regime

scientific article

State changes: insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network

scientific article

Synergies Among Environmental Science Research and Monitoring Networks: A Research Agenda

scientific article published on 08 December 2020

The Keystone Role of Bison in North American Tallgrass Prairie

article

The effect of experimental warming and precipitation change on proteolytic enzyme activity: positive feedbacks to nitrogen availability are not universal

article

Thirty years of increased precipitation modifies soil organic matter fractions but not bulk soil carbon and nitrogen in a mesic grassland

scientific article published in 2023

Three Decades of Divergent Land Use and Plant Community Change Alters Soil C and N Content in Tallgrass Prairie

scientific article published in 2020

Using anion-exchange membranes to measure soil nitrate availability and net nitrification

Vertical distribution of fungal communities in tallgrass prairie soil.

scientific article

Woody Plant Encroachment by Juniperus virginiana in a Mesic Native Grassland Promotes Rapid Carbon and Nitrogen Accrual

article

List of works by John M. Blair

A high-efficiency, “low-technology” Tullgren-type extractor for soil microarthropods

A litterbasket technique for measurement of nutrient dynamics in forest floors

Altered Rainfall Patterns, Gas Exchange, and Growth in Grasses and Forbs

Altered rainfall patterns increase forb abundance and richness in native tallgrass prairie.

Altering Rainfall Timing and Quantity in a Mesic Grassland Ecosystem: Design and Performance of Rainfall Manipulation Shelters

Annual fire and mowing alter biomass, depth distribution, and C and N content of roots and soil in tallgrass prairie

Assessing changes in biomass, productivity, and C and N stores following Juniperus virginiana forest expansion into tallgrass prairie

Author Correction: Crowther et al. reply

Changes in soil properties, microbial biomass, and fluxes of C and N in soil following post-agricultural grassland restoration

Climate legacies determine grassland responses to future rainfall regimes

Climate legacy effects shape tallgrass prairie nitrogen cycling

Competition and coexistence in grassland codominants: responses to neighbour removal and resource availability

Controls of Aboveground Net Primary Production in Mesic Savanna Grasslands: An Inter-Hemispheric Comparison

Conversion of grassland to coniferous woodland has limited effects on soil nitrogen cycle processes

Cross-Site Comparisons of Dryland Ecosystem Response to Climate Change in the US Long-Term Ecological Research Network

Decadal-scale shifts in soil hydraulic properties as induced by altered precipitation

Decay Rates, Nitrogen Fluxes, and Decomposer Communiies of Single- and Mixed-Species Foliar Litter

Decomposition and nitrogen dynamics of surface weed residues in no-tillage agroecosystems under drought conditions: Influence of resource quality on the decomposer community

Determinants of Soil CO 2 Flux from a Sub-Humid Grassland: Effect of Fire and Fire History

Development of soil microbial communities during tallgrass prairie restoration

Does ecosystem sensitivity to precipitation at the site-level conform to regional-scale predictions?

Does ecosystem sensitivity to precipitation at the site-level conform to regional-scale predictions?.

Dominant Grasses Suppress Local Diversity in Restored Tallgrass Prairie

Drought-mediated stem and below-ground bud dynamics in restored grasslands

ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF C4GRASS INVASION OF A C4GRASSLAND: A DILEMMA FOR MANAGEMENT

Ecohydrological and Climate Change studies at the Konza Prairie Biological Station

Effect ofBtCorn for Corn Rootworm Control on Nontarget Soil Microarthropods and Nematodes

Effects of Compounded Precipitation Pattern Intensification and Drought Occur Belowground in a Mesic Grassland

Effects of Grazing and Fire Frequency on Floristic Quality and its Relationship to Indicators of Soil Quality in Tallgrass Prairie.

Effects of litter quality and microarthropods on N dynamics and retention of exogenous 15N in decomposing litter

Effects of naphthalene on microbial activity and nitrogen pools in soil-litter microcosms

Environmental heterogeneity has a weak effect on diversity during community assembly in tallgrass prairie

Estimating above-ground net primary productivity of the tallgrass prairie ecosystem of the Central Great Plains using AVHRR NDVI

FIRE, N AVAILABILITY, AND PLANT RESPONSE IN GRASSLANDS: A TEST OF THE TRANSIENT MAXIMA HYPOTHESIS

Fire and grazing impacts on silica production and storage in grass dominated ecosystems

Fire dynamics distinguish grasslands, shrublands and woodlands as alternative attractors in the Central Great Plains of North America

Global change effects on plant communities are magnified by time and the number of global change factors imposed

Global impacts of fertilization and herbivore removal on soil net nitrogen mineralization are modulated by local climate and soil properties

Grassland establishment under varying resource availability: a test of positive and negative feedback.

High richness and dense seeding enhance grassland restoration establishment but have little effect on drought response.

Increased rainfall variability and reduced rainfall amount decreases soil CO2 flux in a grassland ecosystem

Influence of grazing and fire frequency on small-scale plant community structure and resource variability in native tallgrass prairie

Influence of shrub encroachment on aboveground net primary productivity and carbon and nitrogen pools in a mesic grassland

Litter Decomposition, Nitrogen Dynamics and Litter Microarthropods in a Southern Appalachian Hardwood Forest 8 Years Following Clearcutting

Long-term nitrogen amendment alters the diversity and assemblage of soil bacterial communities in tallgrass prairie

Mass ratio effects underlie ecosystem responses to environmental change

Modulation of Diversity by Grazing and Mowing in Native Tallgrass Prairie ⬇️

Molecular approach for assessing responses of microbial-feeding nematodes to burning and chronic nitrogen enrichment in a native grassland

Nitrogen, sulfur and phosphorus dynamics in decomposing deciduous leaf litter in the southern appalachians

Nutrient release from decomposing foliar litter of three tree species with spicial reference to calcium, magnesium and potassium dynamics

Patterns and trends of organic matter processing and transport: Insights from the US long-term ecological research network

Predicting and understanding ecosystem responses to climate change at continental scales

Productivity responses to altered rainfall patterns in a C4-dominated grassland

Quantifying global soil carbon losses in response to warming

Rainfall Variability, Carbon Cycling, and Plant Species Diversity in a Mesic Grassland

Rainfall variability has minimal effects on grassland recovery from repeated grazing

Recovery and Relative Influence of Root, Microbial, and Structural Properties of Soil on Physically Sequestered Carbon Stocks in Restored Grassland

Recovery of Native Plant Community Characteristics on a Chronosequence of Restored Prairies Seeded into Pastures in West-Central Iowa

Regional grassland productivity responses to precipitation during multi-year above- and below-average rainfall periods: consequences for responses under climate change.

Reintroducing bison results in long-running and resilient increases in grassland diversity

Resource quality and trophic responses to simulated throughfall: Effects on decomposition and nutrient flux in a no-tillage agroecosystem

Seed source affects establishment and survival for three grassland species sown into reciprocal common gardens

Seed source has variable effects on species, communities, and ecosystem properties in grassland restorations

Shared Drivers but Divergent Ecological Responses: Insights from Long-Term Experiments in Mesic Savanna Grasslands

Soil C and N responses to woody plant expansion in a mesic grassland

Soil Heterogeneity Effects on Tallgrass Prairie Community Heterogeneity: An Application of Ecological Theory to Restoration Ecology

Soil heterogeneity increases plant diversity after 20 years of manipulation during grassland restoration

Soil net nitrogen mineralisation across global grasslands

Stability of grassland soil C and N pools despite 25 years of an extreme climatic and disturbance regime

State changes: insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network

Synergies Among Environmental Science Research and Monitoring Networks: A Research Agenda

The Keystone Role of Bison in North American Tallgrass Prairie

The effect of experimental warming and precipitation change on proteolytic enzyme activity: positive feedbacks to nitrogen availability are not universal

Thirty years of increased precipitation modifies soil organic matter fractions but not bulk soil carbon and nitrogen in a mesic grassland

Three Decades of Divergent Land Use and Plant Community Change Alters Soil C and N Content in Tallgrass Prairie

Using anion-exchange membranes to measure soil nitrate availability and net nitrification

Vertical distribution of fungal communities in tallgrass prairie soil.

Woody Plant Encroachment by Juniperus virginiana in a Mesic Native Grassland Promotes Rapid Carbon and Nitrogen Accrual

Woody Vegetation Removal Stimulates Riparian and Benthic Denitrification in Tallgrass Prairie