Search Results - "Detling, James K."

Ecological roles and conservation challenges of social, burrowing, herbivorous mammals in the world's grasslands by Davidson, Ana D, Detling, James K, Brown, James H

“…The world's grassland ecosystems are shaped in part by a key functional group of social, burrowing, herbivorous mammals. Through herbivory and ecosystem…”
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Grassland vegetation changes and nocturnal global warming by Alward, R.D, Detling, J.K, Milchunas, D.G

“…Global minimum temperatures (T(MIN)) are increasing faster than maximum temperatures, but the ecological consequences of this are largely unexplored long-term…”
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Bison Selection of Prairie Dog Colonies on Shortgrass Steppe by Chipault, Jennifer G., Detling, James K.

“…American bison (Bison bison L.) preferentially use black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus L.) colonies over uncolonized range in the mixed-grass…”
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Nonlinear responses to food availability shape effects of habitat fragmentation on consumers by Blackburn, Heather B, Hobbs, N. Thompson, Detling, James K

“…Fragmentation of landscapes is a pervasive source of environmental change. Although understanding the effects of fragmentation has occupied ecologists for…”
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Fine-Scale Habitat Use of Reintroduced Black-Footed Ferrets on Prairie Dog Colonies in New Mexico by Chipault, Jennifer G., Biggins, Dean E., Detling, James K., Long, Dustin H., Reich, Robin M.

“…Black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes) are among the most endangered animals in North America. Reintroductions of captive-born ferrets onto prairie dog…”
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Influence of black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) on short-horned grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) on the shortgrass steppe of Colorado by Kenney, Jeanine Junell, Detling, James K., Reading, Richard P.

“…Black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus; hereafter simply prairie dogs) strongly influence the structure and function of ecosystems, affecting several…”
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Interactive disturbance effects of two disparate ecosystem engineers in North American shortgrass steppe by Alba-Lynn, Christina, Detling, James K

“…Disturbances such as fire, grazing, and soil mixing by animals interact to shape vegetation in grassland ecosystems. Animal-generated disturbances are unique…”
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Testing for Thresholds in a Semiarid Grassland: The Influence of Prairie Dogs and Plague by Augustine, David J., Derner, Justin D., Detling, James K.

“…State-and-transition models for semiarid grasslands in the North American Great Plains suggest that the presence of herbivorous black-tailed prairie dogs…”
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Plant response to herbivory and belowground nitrogen cycling by Holland, Elizabeth A., Detling, James K.

“…Plant responses to herbivory and links to belowground nitrogen cycling were investigated at Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota. Laboratory estimates of net…”
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Introduced plague lessens the effects of an herbivorous rodent on grassland vegetation by Hartley, Laurel M., Detling, James K., Savage, Lisa T.

“…1. Plague, introduced from Eurasia around 1900, today affects many animal species in the western part of North America, including black-tailed prairie dogs…”
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Prairie Dogs: An Ecological Review and Current Biopolitics by MILLER, BRIAN J, READING, RICHARD P, BIGGINS, DEAN E, DETLING, JAMES K, FORREST, STEVE C, HOOGLAND, JOHN L, JAVERSAK, JODY, MILLER, STERLING D, PROCTOR, JONATHAN, TRUETT, JOE, URESK, DANIEL W

“…In recent years, people have interpreted scientific information about the black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) in various, and sometimes…”
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Morphological and Physiological Responses of Perennial Grasses to Long-term Grazing in the Pryor Mountains, Montana by FAHNESTOCK, JACE T, DETLING, JAMES K

“…We evaluated in situ the effects of long-term grazing (>100 y) on the morphological (i.e., shoot height, leaf blade length, width and angle) and physiological…”
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Landscape ecology of the burrowing bettong: Warren distribution and patch dynamics in semiarid eastern Australia by NOBLE, JAMES C, MÜLLER, WARREN J, DETLING, JAMES K, PFITZNER, GILBERT H

“…In arid and semiarid Australia fossorial vertebrates have been a major component of the soil biota mediating many fundamental landscape processes. However,…”
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Bison-Prairie Dog-Plant Interactions in a North American Mixed-Grass Prairie by Fahnestock, Jace T., Detling, James K.

“…Both bison and prairie dogs have multiple and dramatic effects on grassland landscapes and both are considered by many to be keystone herbivores. Numerous…”
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Defoliation-induced enhancement of total aboveground nitrogen yield of grasses by Green, Ronald A., Detling, James K.

“…We conducted an experiment in a northern mixed-grass prairie at Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota, USA to evaluate the effect of defoliation frequency on…”
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Physiological variation among native and exotic winter annual plants associated with microbiotic crusts in the Mojave Desert by DeFalco, Lesley A., Detling, James K., Tracy, C. Richard, Warren, Steven D.

“…Microbiotic crusts are important components of many aridland soils. Research on crusts typically focuses on the increase in soil fertility due to N-fixing…”
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Ecological consequences of prairie dog disturbances by Whicker, A.D, Detling, J.K

“…While it has been established that grazing by domestic animals can change ecosystem processes such as primary production, decomposition, plant succession, and…”
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Vegetation on Gunnison's Prairie Dog Colonies in Southwestern Colorado by Grant-Hoffman, Madeline N., Detling, James K.

“…Prairie dogs (Cynomys spp.) have been labeled keystone species because of the role they play as disturbance creators and ecosystem engineers in the western…”
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Physiological responses of plant populations to herbivory and their consequences for ecosystem nutrient flow by Holland, Elisabeth A., Parton, William J., Detling, James K., Coppock, D. Layne

“…We explored how responses of two populations variable in grazing tolerance provide feedbacks to nutrient supply by controlling carbon supply to soil…”
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Effects of ungulates and prairie dogs on seed banks and vegetation in a North American mixed-grass prairie by Fahnestock, J.T, Larson, D.L, Plumb, G.E, Detling, J.K

“…The relationship between vegetation cover and soil seed banks was studied in five different ungulate herbivore-prairie dog treatment combinations at three…”
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