Selected Recent KSNHI Staff Publications

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Busby, W.H. 2008. Climate change and Great Plains birds. The Horned Lark 35(2):3.

Kindscher, K. 2008. Vegetation and habitat along the Gila River in southwestern New Mexico. Natural History of the Gila Symposium, New Mexico Botanist, special issue 1:49-53, Las Cruces, NM.

Kindscher, K., R. Jennings, W. Norris, and R. Shook. 2008. Birds, reptiles, amphibians, vascular plants, and habitat in the Gila River riparian zone in southwestern New Mexico. Open-file Report No. 151, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 42 pp.

Kindscher, K., Q. Long and L. Byczynski. 2008. Mead's milkweed reintroduction plan for Marais de Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge. Open-file Report No. 152, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 12 pp.

Kindscher, K., D.M. Price, and L. Castle. 2008. Re-sprouting of Echinacea angustifolia augments sustainability of wild medicinal plant populations. Economic Botany 62:1-9.

Worster, D., E. Schultz, K. Kindscher, E. Robinson, and K. Gerstner. 2008. The Nature of Kansas Lands. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

Busby, W.H., J.M. Delisle, C.C. Freeman, K. Kindscher, H. Loring, D.E. Nimz, and C.J. Schmidt. 2007. A natural features inventory of the Smoky Hill ANG Range, Kansas. Open-file Report No. 137, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 403 pp.

Cogan, D., D. Salas, L.M. Castle Walker, H. Loring, and J. Delisle. 2007. Fort Larned National Historic Site vegetation classification and mapping project. Natural Resource Report, National Park Service, Southern Plains Network, Johnson City, TX.  103 pp.

Foster, B.L., C.A. Murphy, K. Keller, T. Aschenbach, E.J. Questad, and K. Kindscher. 2007. Restoration of prairie community structure and ecosystem function in an abandoned hayfield: a sowing experiment. Restoration Ecology 15:652-661.

Long, Q. and K. Kindscher. 2007. A comparison of the influence of disturbance regimes on native forbs (Kansas). Ecological Restoration 25:129-130.

Morse, C.A., C.C. Freeman, and R.L. McGregor. 2007. New, corrected, and interesting records for the Kansas vascular flora. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 1:753-761.

Nimz, D.E. and W.H. Busby. 2007. The natural legacy of the Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 20 pp.

Powell, A., W.H. Busby, and K. Kindscher. 2007. Status of the regal fritillary (Speyeria idalia) and effects of fire management on its abundance in northeastern Kansas, USA. Journal of Insect Conservation 11:299-308.

Price, D.H. and K. Kindscher. 2007. One hundred years of Echinacea angustifolia harvest in the Smoky Hills of Kansas USA. Economic Botany 61:86-95.

Stotts, C., M. Palmer, and K. Kindscher. 2007. The need for savanna restoration in the Cross Timbers. Oklahoma Native Plant Record 7:78-90.

Aschenbach, T. and K. Kindscher. 2006. Plant species on salt-affected soil and Cheyenne Bottoms, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 109:207-213.

Ashworth, S.M., B.L. Foster, and K. Kindscher. 2006. Relative contributions of adjacent species and environmental conditions to plant community richness and composition in a group of created wetlands. Wetlands 26(1):193-204.

Jog, S., E. Questad, K. Kindscher, B. Foster, and H. Loring. 2006. Floristic quality as an indicator of native species diversity within managed grasslands. Natural Areas Journal 26:149-167.

Kindscher, K. 2006. Natural resource inventory and restoration plan for the Black Jack Battlefield site. Open-file Report No. 129, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 21 pp.

White, S. and K. Kindscher. 2006. Natural resource and open space assessment and planning recommendations for Miami County, KS. Open-file Report No. 126, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 30 pp.

Busby, W.H., J.T. Collins, and G. Suleiman. 2005. The Snakes, Lizards, Turtles, and Amphibians of Fort Riley and Vicinity. 2nd (revised) edition. Publication of the Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 76 pp.

Fraser, A. and K. Kindscher. 2005. Spatial distribution of Spartina pectinata transplants to restore wet prairie. Restoration Ecology 13(1):144-151.

Freeman, C.C. 2005. Polygonaceae subfamily Polygonoideae. pp. 479-481 in Polygonaceae. Vol. 5. Flora of North America. Oxford University Press.

Kindscher, K., W. Busby, J. Delisle, J. Dropkin, and C. Freeman. 2005. A natural areas inventory of Douglas, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, and Wyandotte Counties in northeast Kansas. Open-file Report No. 124, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 79 pp.

Loring, H., K. Kindscher, and J. Delisle. 2005. A survey of natural area sites in Cherokee County, Kansas. Open-file Report No. 125, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. 33 pp.

Kindscher, K. 2004. Plant Lore. In D.J. Wishart (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE.

Su, J.C., D.M. Debinski, M.E. Jakubauskas, and K. Kindscher. 2004. Beyond species richness: community similarity as a measure of cross-taxon congruence for coarse-filter conservation. Conservation Biology 18(1):176-173.

Aschenbach, T. and K. Kindscher. 2003. Comparison of planting treatments in a tallgrass prairie restoration. Pp. 44-48 in S. Foré (ed.), Proceedings of the 18th North American Prairie Conference: Promoting Prairie, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, June 2002.

Barnes, C.C., M.K. Smalley, K.P. Manfredi, K. Kindscher, H. Loring, and D.M. Sheeley. 2003. Characterization of an anti-tuberculosis resin glycoside from the prairie medicinal plant Ipomoea leptophylla. Journal of Natural Products 66:1457-1462.

Freeman, C.C. and C.A. Morse. 2003. The vascular flora of the Ogallala Ecotone on the Dempsey Divide, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Sida 20:1215-1243.

Freeman, C.C, C.A. Morse and R.L. McGregor. 2003. New vascular plant records for the grassland biome of Central North America. Sida 20:1289-1297.

Debinski, D.M., M.E. Jakubauskas, K. Kindscher, E.H. Saveraid and M. Borgognone. 2002. Predicting meadow communities and species occurrences in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Pp. 499-506 In Predicting Species Occurrences:  Issues of Scale and Accuracy, (Scott, J.M., P.J.M. Morrison, M. Raphael, J. Haufler, B. Wall, editors). Island Press. Covello, CA.

Lauver, C.L., W.H. Busby, and J.L. Whistler. 2002. Testing a GIS model of habitat suitability for a declining grassland bird.  Environmental Management 30(1):88-97.

Thurmond, J.P., C.C. Freeman, K. Kindscher, H. Loring, C.A. Morse & B.W. Hoagland. 2002. Preliminary report of an ethnobotanical survey along the Ogallala Ecotone on the Dempsey Divide in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Oklahoma Archeol. 50:10-37.

Busby, W.H. and J.L. Zimmerman. 2001. The Kansas Breeding Bird Atlas.  University Press of Kansas, Lawrence. 466 pp.

Chapman, S.S., J.M. Omernik, J. Freeouf, D.G. Huggins, J.R. McCauley, C.C. Freeman, G. Steinauer, and R. Angelo. 2001. Ecoregions of Nebraska and Kansas. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, OR. (map)

Fraser, A. and K. Kindscher. 2001. Tree spade transplanting of Spartina pectinata (Link) and Eleocharis macrostachya (Britt.) in a prairie wetland restoration. Aquatic Botany 71(4):297-304.

Freeman, C.C. The genus Aristida (Poaceae) in Kansas. 2001. Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 104:144-157.

Jakubauskas, M.E., K. Kindscher, and D.M. Debinski. 2001. Spectral and biophysical relationships of montane sagebrush communities in multitemporal SPOT XS Data. International Journal of Remote Sensing 22:1767-78.

Rice, N.H., K. Zyskowski, and W.H. Busby. 2001. Charadriiform bird surveys in north central Kansas. Kansas Ornithological Society Bulletin 52(3):29-36.

Saveraid, E.H., D.M. Debinski, K. Kindscher, and M.E. Jakubauskas. 2001. A comparison of satellite data and landscape variables in predicting bird species occurrences in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Landscape Ecology 16(1):71-83.

Vallurupalli V., M. Demidova, K. Kindscher, L.K. Pannell, and K.P. Manfredi. 2001. A new prenylated bibenzyl from Glycyrrhiza lepidota. Phytochemistry 58:153-157.

Anderson, H.W., W. Silberstein, M. Cobb and K. Kindscher. 2000. Conservation easements in the 10^th Federal Circuit. In: Protecting the Land: Conservation Easements, Past, Present, and Future. Island Press, Covelo, California.

Busby, W.H. 2000. Hummingbird pollination of epiphytic Ericaceae in the cloud forest canopy.  In N. Nadkarni and N.Wheelwright (eds.), The Ecology and Natural History of Monteverde:  A Background to Conservation. Oxford University Press, New York.

Debinski, D.M., M.E. Jakubauskas, and K. Kindscher. 2000. Montane meadows as indicators of environmental change. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 64:213-225.

Freeman, C.C. 2000. Vascular plants new to three states in the central United States. Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 103:51-54.

Jakubauskas, M.E., K. Kindscher, A. Fraser, and D.M. Debinski. 2000. Close-range remote sensing of aquatic macrophyte vegetation cover. International Journal of Remote Sensing 21:3533-3538.

Kettle, W.D., P.M. Rich, K. Kindscher, G.L. Pittman, and P. Fu. 2000. Land-use history in ecosystem restoration: A 40-year study in prairie-forest ecotone. Restoration Ecology 8:307-317.

Kindscher, K. and A. Fraser. 2000. Planting forbs first provides greater species diversity in tallgrass prairie restorations. Ecological Restoration 18:115-116.

Fraser, A. and K. Kindscher. 1999. Tree spade used to establish wetland grasses, rushes, and sedges. Ecological Restoration 17:162-163.

Lauver, C. L., K. Kindscher, D. Faber-Langendoen, and R. Schneider. 1999. A classification of the natural vegetation of Kansas. Southwest Naturalist 44:421-444

Davison, C. and K. Kindscher. 1999. Tools for diversity: Fire, grazing, and mowing on tallgrass prairies. Ecological Restoration 17:136-143.

Debinski, D., K. Kindscher, and M.E. Jakubauskas. 1999. A remote sensing and GIS-based model of habitats and biodiversity in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. International Journal of Remote Sensing 17:3281-3291.

Freeman, C.C. 1998. New and noteworthy angiosperm records for Iowa. Sida 18:605-609.

Freeman, C.C., R.L. McGregor & C.A. Morse. 1998. Vascular plants new to Kansas. Sida 18:593-604.

Freeman, C.C. 1998. The flora of Konza Prairie: A historical review and contemporary patterns. Pp. 69-80. In: Grassland Dynamics: Long-term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Jakubauskas, M.E. Kindscher, K., and D. Debinski. 1998. Multitemporal characterization and mapping of montane sagebrush communities using Indian IRS LISS-II imagery. Geocarto International 13(4):65-74.

Kindscher, K., K.P. Manfredi, M. Britton, M. Demidova and D. Hurlburt. 1998. Testing prairie plants with ethnobotanical importance for anti-cancer and anti-AIDS compounds. Journal of Ethnobiology 18:229-245.

Kindscher, K. and L. Tieszen. 1998. Floristic and soil organic matter changes after five and thirty-five years of native tallgrass prairie restoration. Restoration Ecology 6:181-196.

Kindscher, K. and D. Hurlburt. 1998. Huron Smith's Ethnobotany of the Hocak (Winnebago). Economic Botany 52:352-372.

Kindscher, K., A. Fraser, M.E. Jakubauskas, and D. Debinski. 1998. Identifying wetland meadows in Grand Teton National Park using remote sensing and average wetland values. Wetlands Ecology and Management 5:265-273.

Busby, W.H. and W.R. Brecheisen. 1997. Chorusing phenology and habitat associations of the Crawfish Frog, Rana areolata (Anura: Ranidae), in Kansas. Southwestern Naturalist 42(2):210-217.

Busby, W.H. and J.R. Parmelee. 1996. Historical changes in a herpetofaunal assemblage in the Flint Hills of Kansas. American Midland Naturalist 135:81-91.

Kindscher, K. 1992. Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie--An Ethnobotanical Guide. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas; contains 203 native species, illustrated with line drawings and maps.

Kindscher, K. 1987. Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie--An Ethnobotanical Guide. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas; contains 123 native species, illustrated with line drawings and maps.