Johnson, Loretta; Galliart, Matthew; Alsdurf, Jacob; Maricle, Brian; Fort Hays State University, Biology Gibson, David; Smith, Adam; Baer, Sara Reciprocal gardens as gold standard to detect local adaptation in grassland species: New opportunities moving into the 21st century. Journal of Ecology. Special Issue on Common Gardens. In Review.
Loretta Johnson, Anna Nagel, Rory Reichelt, Paige Wiebe, Brian R Maricle, and Matthew Galliart. Intraspecific variation in big bluestem Andropogon gerardii populations in response to experimental drought: Mechanisms of adaptation in a dominant prairie grass of the Great Plains. American Journal of Botany. In Review
Matthew Galliart, Sofia Sabates, Hannah Tetreault, Angel DeLaCruz, Johnny Bryant, Jake Alsdurf, Mary Knapp, Nora M. Bello, Sara G. Baer, Brian R. Maricle, David J. Gibson, Jesse Poland, Paul St Amand, Natalie Unruh, Loretta Johnson. 2020 Adaptive genetic potential and plasticity of trait variation in the foundation prairie grass Andropogon gerardii across the US Great Plains’ climate gradient: Implications for climate change and restoration. Evolutionary applications. In press. DOI: 10.1111/eva.13028
Matthew Galliart, Nora Bello, Mary Knapp, Jesse Poland, Paul St Amand, Sara Baer, Brian Maricle, Adam B. Smith, Loretta Johnson 2019.Local Adaptation, Genetic Divergence, and Experimental Natural Selection in a Foundation Grass across the US Great Plains’ Climate Gradient. Global Change Biology. Global change biology, 25(3), 850-868.
Pittenger Madison S., Keri L. Maricle, Sara G. Baer, Loretta C. Johnson, and Brian R. Maricle 2020. No difference in herbivory preferences among ecotypes of big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. In press.
Nick A. Varvel, Christina J. Hilt, Sara G. Baer, Loretta C. Johnson, and Brian R. Maricle 2018. Genetic and environmental influences on stomates of big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) Environmental and Experimental Botany, 155, 477-487.
Sara G. Baer, David J. Gibson, Loretta C. Johnson, 2018 Restoring Grassland in the Context of Climate Change in “Grasslands and Climate Change” edited by Gibson and Newman, Cambridge University Press. In Press.
Diedre M Kramer; Keri L Maricle; Christina J Hilt;Nicole M Martin; Adam D Urban; Cera M Smart; Sara G Baer; Loretta CJohnson; Brian R. Maricle. 2018. Drought tolerance in ecotypes of big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) relates to above-ground surface area: Results from a common garden experiment. Flora. Volumes 246–247: 52-60
Theodore J. Morgan, Michael A. Herman, Loretta C. Johnson, Bradley J.C.S. Olson, and Mark C. Ungerer 2018. Ecological Genomics: Genes in Ecology and Ecology in Genes. Introduction to the Special Issue of Genome dx.doi.org/10.1139/gen-2018-0022
Adam B. Smith, Jacob Alsdurf, Mary Knapp, Sara G. Baer, Loretta C. Johnson. 2017. Phenotypic distribution models corroborate predictions of decline from species distribution models of a dominant prairie grass. Global Change Biology. 23:4365–4375.
BR Maricle, K Caudle, K Lindsey, S Baer, and LC Johnson. 2017. Effects of extreme drought on photosynthesis and water potential of Andropogon gerardii (big bluestem) ecotypes in common gardens across Kansas. Tran Kansas Acad of Science. Vol. 120, no. 1-2: 1-16.
David J. Gibson, Juliette M. Donatelli, Amer AbuGhazaleh, Sara G. Baerand Loretta C. Johnson 2016. Ecotypic variation in forage nutrient value of a dominant prairie grass across a precipitation gradient. Grassland Science. doi: 10.1111/grs.12131
Ke Zhang, Loretta Johnson, P.V. Vara Prasad, Zhijian Pei, Donghai Wang. 2015. Big bluestem as a bioenergy crop: A review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 52:740-756.
G.E. Robinson, J.A. Banks, D.K. Padilla, W.W. Burggren, C.S. Cohen, C.F. Delwiche, V. Funk, H.E. Hoekstra, E.D. Jarvis, L. Johnson, M.Q. Martindale, C. Martinez del Rio, M. Medina, D.E. Salt, S. Sinha, C. Specht, A.C. Spradling, K. Strange, J.E. Strassmann, B.J. Swalla, L. Tomanek. 2010. Empowering 21 Century Biology. Bioscience 60(11):923-930.
McKinley, D.C., M.D. Norris, L.C. Johnson, and J.M. Blair. 2008. Biogeochemical changes associated with Juniperus virginiana encroachment into grasslands. Pages 170-187 In Ecological Studies Series 196 - Western North American Juniperus Communities: A Dynamic Vegetation Type (O.W. Van Auken ed.), Springer-Verlag, NY.
J. Kammenga, M. Herman, J. Ouborg, L. Johnson, and R. Breitling. 2007. Microarray challenges in ecology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 22:273-279. 97(6):1177.
Hoch, G., J. Briggs, and L. Johnson. 2002. Assessing the rate, mechanisms, and consequences of conversion of tallgrass prairie to Juniperus virginaian forest. Ecosystems 5:578-586.
Johnson, L.C., G. Shaver, D. Cades, A. Stanley, K. Nadelhoffer, A. Giblin. 2000. Plant carbon-nutrient interactions control CO2 exhange in Alaskan wet sedge tundra ecosystems. Ecology 81:453-469.
A.K. Knapp, J.M. Blair, J.M. Briggs, S.L. Collins, D.C. Harnett, L.C. Johnson, and E.G. Towne. 1999. The keystone role of bison in North American tallgrass prairie. Bioscience 49:39-50.
Shaver, R.G., L.C. Johnson, D.H. Cades, G. Murray, J.A. Laundre, E.B. Rastetter, K.J. Nadelhoffer, and A.E. Giblin. 1998. Biomass and CO2 flux in wet sedge tundras: Responses to nutrients, temperature and light. Ecological Monographs 68(1):75-92.