Projects and Publications

Publications involving ESU's Natural Areas (listed in chronological order)

ZbindenZ. D., T. K. Chafin, J. S. Tiemann, D. R. Edds, B. T. Martin, J. Hofmeier, M. E. Douglas, and M. R. Douglas.  2025.  Historic and contemporary selection define conservation units for a short-range endemic within an anthropogenically-altered riverscape.  Global Ecology and Conservation 62:e03783.    

Schneider, S. J., C. E. Defore, and D. R. Edds.  2023.  Seasonal fish assemblages in wadeable vs. non-wadeable habitats of a perennial warmwater river.   Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 126:149-162.

Roberton, B. and D. Rebar.  2022.  Timing of prescribed burns impacts plant diversity but not investment in pollinator recruitment in a tallgrass prairie.  Ecosphere 13:e3914.

Eckols, T., B. Roberton, B. Clark, and D. Rebar.  2021.  Exploring the potential role of ants as pollinators in a tallgrass prairie following varied prescribed burns. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 123:155-164.

Alexander, H. M., J. A. Steets, and A. Ali. 2020. Distribution of Asclepias Asymptomatic Virus and exploration of possible effects on the wild plant host, Asclepias viridis. Plant Health Progress 21:54-59.

Becker, J. T., and R. Brent Thomas.  2020.  Male response to female chemical signals in painted turtles (Chrysemys picta). Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 123:453-459. 

Aber, J. S., W. E. Jensen, A. J. Allison, C. M. Pettit, and S. E.W. Aber.  2020.  Ross Natural History Reservation: A review of recent dynamics from aerial photography. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 123:51-71. 

Allison, A. J. and C. M. Petit.  2019.  The 19th century Fruitland Schoolhouse: Using unmanned aerial systems (UAS) technology to investigate and document archaeological ruins at the Ross Natural History Reservation in Lyon County, Kansas.  Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 122:69-85.

Holmgren, J. G., D. M. Osterhaus, and J. A. Schaefer. 2019. Survey of fishes, semi-aquatic turtles, and crayfishes on the Emporia State University Natural Areas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 122:215-224. 

Jensen, W. E., M. K. Schulmeister, and B. A. Koerner. 2016. Emporia State University’s Natural Areas: A general overview of the areas and research pertaining to hydrogeology and climate change. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 119:21-26.

Coleman, A. W. and G. Sievert.  2015.  Ophisaurus attenuatus attenuatus.  Herpetological Review 46:570.

Sievert, G. and A. W. Coleman.  2013.  The rediscovery of barred tiger salamanders (Ambystoma mavortium) in Lyon County, Kansas.  Collinsorom 2:9.

House, W. J., I. M. Nall, and R. B. Thomas.  2011.  Selected aspects of semi-aquatic turtle assemblages in east-central Kansas ponds (reprinted with permission from Kansas Academy of Sciences).  Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 114:239-244.

House, W. J., I. M. Nall, and R. B. Thomas.  2010.  Interpond movements of western painted turtles (Chrysemys picta) in east-central Kansas.  Southwestern Naturalist 55:403-410.

Brickell, C. L., B. A. Koemer, and L. Luina.  2009.  Impacts of shrub encroachment on soil respiration in native tallgrass prairie.  Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 112:135.

Nall, I. M. and R. B. Thomas.  2009.  Does method of bait presentation within funnel traps influence capture rates of semi-aquatic turtles?  Herpetological Conservation and Biology 4:161-163.

Thomas, R. B., I. M. Nall, and W. J. House.  2008.  Relative efficacy of three different baits for trapping pond-dwelling turtles in east-central Kansas.  Herpetological Review 39:186-188.

Harrell, K., J. S. Aber, and R. O. Sleezer.  2007.  Ross Natural History Reservation: Six decades of changing land cover and management documented by aerial photography.  Emporia State Research Studies 43:53-63.

Gillette, D. P., J. S. Tiemann, D. R. Edds, and M. L. Wildhaber.  2006.  Habitat use by a Midwestern U.S.A. riverine fish assemblage: effects of season, water temperature and river discharge.  Journal of Fish Biology 68: 1494-1512. 

Gillette, D. P., J. S. Tiemann, D. R. Edds, and M. L. Wildhaber.  2005.  Spatiotemporal patterns of fish assemblage structure in a river impounded by low-head dams.  Copeia 2005(3): 539–549.

Tiemann, J.S., D.P. Gillette, M.L. Wildhaber, and D.R. Edds. 2005.  Effects of lowhead dams on the ephemeropterans, plecopterans, and trichopterans group in a North American river.  Journal of Freshwater Ecology 20(3): 519-525.

Tiemann, J.S., D.P. Gillette, M.L. Wildhaber, and D.R. Edds. 2004.  Correlations among densities of stream fishes in the upper Neosho River, with focus on the Neosho madtom.  Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 107(1-2): 17-24.

Tiemann, J. S., D. P. Gillette, M. L. Wildhaber, and D. R. Edds.  2004.  Effects of lowhead dams on riffle-dwelling fishes and macroinvertebrates in a Midwestern river.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 133: 705–717.

Dean, J., D. Edds, D. Gillette, J. Howard, S. Sherraden, and J. Tiemann.  2002.  Effects of lowhead dams on freshwater mussels in the Neosho River, Kansas.  Transaction of the Kansas Academy of Science 105(3–4): 232–240.

Viets, B. E.  1993.  An annotated list of herptofauna of the F. B. and Rena G. Ross Natural History Reservation.  Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 96:103-113.

Spencer, D.  1988.  Emporia State University Natural Areas.  Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 91:37-40. 

Baker, R. J., R. J. Gress, and D. L. Spencer.  1983.  Mortality and population density of cottontail rabbits at Ross Natural History Reservation, Lyon County, Kansas.  Emporia State Research Studies (Vol. 31, No. 4), Emporia State University, Emporia, KS.

Spencer, D.  1980.  Ross Natural History Reservation:  the first twenty years, 1959 to 1979.  Emporia State University, Emporia, KS.

Breukelman, J., T. A. Eddy, and E. L. Hartman.  1961.  The F. B. and Rena G. Ross Natural History Reservation.  The Kansas School Naturalist (Vol. 7, No. 4), Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, KS.

Hartman, E. L.  1960.  The F. B. and Rena G. Ross Natural History Reservation.  Emporia State Research Studies (Vol. 8, No. 4), Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, KS.

Wilson, J. S.  1963.  Flowering plants of the Ross Natural History Reservation, Lyon and Chase Counties, Kansas.  Emporia State Research Studies (Vol. 11, No. 4), Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, KS.

Special thanks to Tobin Cataldo and the William Allen White Library at ESU for scanning some of these materials. 

More publications will be added as they are available.