Kentucky bluegrass invasion in the northern Great Plains and prospective management approaches to mitigate its spread

R Palit, G Gramig, ES DeKeyser - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) is one of the most aggressive grasses invading
Northern Great Plains (NGP) grasslands, resulting in substantial native species losses …

Two common bee-sampling methods reflect different assemblages of the bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) community in mixed-grass prairie systems and are dependent …

CK Pei, TJ Hovick, CA Duquette, RF Limb… - Journal of Insect …, 2022 - Springer
Insect communities with diverse life histories and morphologies, such as bees
(Hymenoptera: Apoidea), are difficult to representatively sample. Methodological …

Spatio-temporal patterns of rangeland forage nutritive value and grazer selection with patch-burning in the US northern Great Plains

JW Spiess, DA McGranahan, MT Berti… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding how management influences forage nutritive value and grazer selection
within grazing seasons is an ongoing effort for researchers and land managers globally. We …

Invasive grass and litter accumulation constrain bee and plant diversity in altered grasslands

CK Pei, TJ Hovick, RF Limb, JP Harmon… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ecologists consider biological invasions one of the primary drivers of global change. Many
remaining grasslands in North America have extensive invasions of exotic grass species …

Advancements in tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) in the US: origin, American introduction, development, and improvement

F Satognon - Journal of Crop Improvement, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) originated in Europe and North Africa and has evolved
significantly, with a plethora of distinct varieties tailored to different environments. Despite …

Heterogeneity-based management restores diversity and alters vegetation structure without decreasing invasive grasses in working mixed-grass prairie

C Duquette, DA McGranahan, M Wanchuk, T Hovick… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Non-native plants can reduce grassland biodiversity, degrade wildlife habitat, and threaten
rural livelihoods. Management can be costly, and the successful eradication of undesirable …

Bison influences on composition and diversity of riparian plant communities in Yellowstone National Park

JB Kauffman, DL Cummings, C Kauffman… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Riparian zones are among the most biologically diverse ecosystems in the Intermountain
West, USA, and provide valuable ecosystem services, including high rates of biotic …

Weather and fuel as modulators of grassland fire behavior in the Northern Great Plains

DA McGranahan, ME Zopfi, KA Yurkonis - Environmental management, 2023 - Springer
Fuel and weather interact to affect wildland fire behavior, but little is known about
associations between these variables in the northern Great Plains of North America. Few …

Study on seed-borne cultivable bacterial diversity and antibiotic resistance of Poa pratensis L.

J Xie, J Yang, S Zhu, X Hou, H Chen, X Bai… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
In order to study the difference of cultivable seed-borne bacterial diversity between
commercial varieties and wild species of Poa pratensis L., and their antibiotic resistance to …

草地早熟禾叶片表皮特征, 解剖结构及光合特性对不同施氮量的响应

钱文武, 郭鹏, 朱慧森, 张士敏, 李德颖 - 草业学报, 2023 - cyxb.magtech.com.cn
为探究草地早熟禾叶片表皮特征, 解剖结构及光合特性对施氮量的响应特性, 本试验以6
份草地早熟禾为材料, 分别为3 份美国引进品种: Merit, Jackrabbit 和Park, 2 …