1974-1978 Idaho State University, Pocatello, B.Sc. (Biology)

1979-1981 University of Wyoming, Laramie, M.Sc. (Botany)

1985-1988 University of Wyoming, Laramie, Ph.D. (Botany)

1979-1981 Graduate Teaching/Research Assistant (UW)
1982-1985 Research Associate, Kansas State University (Long Term Ecological Research)

1985-1986 Ecology/Biology Graduate Teaching Assistant (UW)

1987-1988 Graduate Research Assistant/Instructor (UW)

1988-1993 Assistant Professor of Biology, Division of Biology, Kansas State University

1991 Visiting Professor, School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska--Cedar Point Biological Station

1993-1997 Associate Professor of Biology, Division of Biology, Kansas State University

1995, 1998 NASA Summer Faculty Fellow, Stennis Space Center, MS

1997 - 2002 Professor of Biology, Division of Biology, Kansas State University

2002 - 2003 University Distinguished Professor, Kansas State University

2004 - Professor & Senior Ecologist, Department of Biology, Colorado State University

Plant Ecology, Physiological Ecology, Grasslands, Global Change, Plants and Herbivores, Ecosystem and Community Ecology

American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Institute of Biological Sciences

Botanical Society of America

Ecological Society of America

Sigma Xi

Field Ecology

Introduction to Forest Management

Organismic Biology

Ecology Lab

Principles of Biology

Plant Responses to the Environment

Plant Ecology

Biochemical and Physiological Ecology

Readings in Grassland Ecology

Foundations of Ecology

Research Seminar in Ecology

Department of Botany, University of Kansas (1989, 1993)

School of Life Sciences, University of Nebraska (1990)

Division of Biology, Emporia State University (1990)

Department of Biology, University of Nebraska-Omaha (1990)

Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania (1993)

Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois (1993)

Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center, Newton, Georgia (1995)

Sigma Xi, Gulf Coast Chapter, Stennis Space Center, Miss. (1995)

Department of Biology, Idaho State University (1995)

Program in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology, Univ. of Nevada-Reno (1996)

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Nevada-Las Vegas (1996)

Netherlands Ecological Society, Wageningen Agricultural Univ., The Netherlands (1996)

Centre for Climate & Global Change Research, McGill Univ., Montreal, Canada (1997)

Department of Biology, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO (1997)

Earth Systems Science, NASA Stennis Space Center, MS. (1998)

Assn. of College and Univ. Biology Educators, Rockhurst College, Kansas City (1998)

Department of Plant Biology, Arizona State University (2000)

Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma (2000)

Kruger National Park, Skukuza, South Africa (2000)

Department of Ecology and Evolution, Rice University (2001)

Natural Sciences Convocation, McPherson College, McPherson, KS (2001)

Merriam-Powell Seminar Series, Northern Arizona University (2002)

Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management, Texas A&M University (2002)

Department of Biology, Hope College, MI (2002)

Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University (2003)

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Nebraska (2003)

Natural Resources Ecology Lab, Colorado State University (2004)

Plant Sciences Seminar Series, Michigan State University (2004)

Department of Botany, University of Wyoming (2004)

Program in Environmental Sciences, Washington State University (2005)

Department of Biology, Denver University (2005)

Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Mexico (2005)

Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Yale University (2006)

Sevilleta Field Station, University of New Mexico (2007)

International Expo, Water and Sustainable Development, Zaragoza, Spain (2008)

Department of Biology, New Mexico State University (2008)

Knapp, A.K. and J.E. Anderson. 1980. Effect of heat on germination of seeds from serotinous lodgepole pine cones. American Midland Naturalist 104:370-372.

Knapp, A.K. and W.K. Smith. 1981. Water relations and succession in subalpine conifers in southeastern Wyoming. Botanical Gazette 142:502-511.

Knapp, A.K. and W.K. Smith. 1982. Factors influencing understory seedling establishment of Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii) and subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) in southeast Wyoming. Canadian Journal of Botany 60:2753-2761.

Smith, W.K., A.K. Knapp, J.A. Pearson, J.H. Varman, J.B. Yavitt and D.R. Young. 1983. Influence of microclimate and growth form on plant temperature for early spring species in a high elevation, prairie community. American Midland Naturalist 109:380-389.

Knapp, A.K. 1984. Post-burn differences in solar radiation, leaf temperature and water stress influencing production in a lowland tallgrass prairie. American Journal of Botany 71:220-227.

Knapp, A.K. 1984. Effect of fire in tallgrass prairie on seed production of Vernonia baldwinnii Torr. (Compositae). Southwestern Naturalist 29:242-243.

Knapp, A.K. 1984. Water relations and growth of three grasses during wet and drought years in a tallgrass prairie. Oecologia 65:35-43.

Knapp, A.K. 1985. Effect of fire and drought on the ecophysiology of Andropogon gerardii and Panicum virgatum in a tallgrass prairie. Ecology 66:1309-1320.

Knapp, A.K., M.D. Abrams and L.C. Hulbert. 1985. An evaluation of beta attenuation for estimating aboveground biomass in a tallgrass prairie. Journal of Range Management 38:556-558.

Knapp, A.K. 1985. Early season production and microclimate associated with topography in a C4 dominated grassland. Oecologia Plantarum 6:337-346.

Knapp, A.K. and F.S. Gilliam. 1985. Response of Andropogon gerardii (Poaceae) to fire-induced high vs. low irradiance environments in tallgrass prairie: leaf structure and photosynthetic pigments. American Journal of Botany 72:1668-1671.

Knapp, A.K. and L.C. Hulbert. 1986. Production, density and height of flower stalks of three grasses in annually burned and unburned eastern Kansas tallgrass prairie: a four year record. Southwestern Naturalist 31:235-241.

Knapp, A.K. 1986. Post-fire water relations, production and biomass allocation in the shrub, Rhus glabra, in tallgrass prairie. Botanical Gazette 147:90-97.

Abrams, M.D. and A.K. Knapp. 1986. Seasonal water relations of three gallery forest hardwood species in northeast Kansas. Forest Science 32:687-696.

Knapp, A.K. and T.R. Seastedt. 1986. Detritus accumulation limits productivity in tallgrass prairie. BioScience 36:662-668.

Abrams, M.D., A.K. Knapp and L.C. Hulbert. 1986. A ten-year record of aboveground biomass in a Kansas tallgrass prairie: effect of fire and topographic position. American Journal of Botany 73:1509-1515.

Knapp, A.K. 1986. Ecophysiology of Zigadenus nuttallii, a toxic spring ephemeral in a warm season grassland: effect of defoliation and fire. Oecologia 71:69-74.

Gilliam, F.S., T.R. Seastedt and A.K. Knapp. 1987. Seasonality of grass canopy interception of precipitation in burned and unburned tallgrass prairie. Southwestern Naturalist 32:267-271.

Knapp, A.K. and W.K. Smith. 1987. Stomatal and photosynthetic responses during sun/shade transitions in subalpine species: influence on water use efficiency. Oecologia 74: 62-67.

Knapp, A.K. and W.K. Smith. 1988. Effect of water stress on stomatal and photosynthetic responses in subalpine plants to cloud patterns. American Journal of Botany 75: 851-858.

Vogelmann, T.C., A.K. Knapp, T.M. McClean and W.K. Smith. 1988. Measurement of light within thin plant tissues with fiber optic microprobes. Physiologia Plantarum 72: 623-630.

Knapp, A.K., T.C. Vogelmann, T.M. McClean and W.K. Smith. 1988. Light and chlorophyll gradients within Cucurbita cotyledons. Plant, Cell and Environment 11: 257-263.

Smith, W.K., E.H. Delucia and A.K. Knapp. 1988. Environmental limitations to photosynthesis in subalpine conifers. Pages 199-206 in Management of Subalpine Forests: Building on 50 years of Research. USDA U.S. Forest Service General Technical Report RM-149.

Knapp, A.K. and W.K. Smith. 1989. Influence of growth form and water relations on stomatal and photosynthetic responses to variable sunlight in subalpine plants. Ecology 70: 1069-1082.

Tepedino, V.J., A.K. Knapp, G.C. Eickwort, and D.C. Ferguson. 1989. Death camas (Zigadenus nuttallii) in Kansas: Pollen collectors and a florivore. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 62: 411-412.

Smith, W.K., A.K. Knapp, and W.A. Reiners. 1989. Penumbral effects on sunlight penetration in plant communities. Ecology 70: 1603-1609.

Knapp, A.K., W.K. Smith, and D.R. Young. 1989. Importance of intermittent shade to the ecophysiology of subalpine herbs. Functional Ecology 3: 753-758.

Knapp, A.K. and W.K. Smith. 1990. Contrasting stomatal responses to variable sunlight in two subalpine herbs. American Journal of Botany 77: 226-231.

Knapp, A.K. and W.K. Smith. 1990. Stomatal and photosynthetic responses to variable sunlight. Physiologia Plantarum 78: 160-165.

Fahnestock, J.T. and A.K. Knapp. 1990. Response of Andropogon gerardii to simulated acid rain. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 93: 85-90.

Knapp, A.K. and J.T. Fahnestock. 1990. Influence of plant size on the carbon and water relations of Cucurbita foetidissima. Functional Ecology 4: 789-797.

Schimel, D.S., T.G.F. Kittel, A.K. Knapp, T.R. Seastedt, W.J. Parton and V.B. Brown. 1991. Physiological interactions along resource gradients in a tallgrass prairie. Ecology 72: 672-684.

Briggs, J.M. and A.K. Knapp. 1991. Estimating aboveground biomass in tallgrass prairie with the harvest method: determining proper sample size using jackknifing and Monte Carlo simulations. Southwestern Naturalist 36: 1-6.

Knapp, A.K. and W.K. Smith. 1991. Gas exchange responses to variable sunlight in two Sonoran desert herbs: comparison with subalpine species. Botanical Gazette 152: 269-274.

Knapp, A.K. and J.B. Yavitt. 1992. Evaluation of the closed-chamber method for estimating methane emissions from aquatic plants. Tellus 44B: 63-71.

Knapp, A.K. 1992. Leaf gas exchange in Quercus macrocarpa (Fagaceae): rapid stomatal responses to variability in sunlight in a tree growth form. American Journal of Botany 79: 599-604.

Knapp, A.K. 1993. Gas exchange dynamics in C3 and C4 grasses: consequences of differences in stomatal conductance. Ecology 74: 113-123.

Seastedt, T.R. and A.K. Knapp. 1993. Consequences of non-equilibrium resource availability across multiple time scales: the transient maxima hypothesis. American Naturalist 141: 621-633.

Knapp, A.K., J.T. Fahnestock, S.J. Hamburg, L.B. Statland, T.R. Seastedt and D.S. Schimel. 1993. Landscape patterns in soil-plant water relations and primary production in tallgrass prairie. Ecology 74: 549-560.

Fay, P.A., D.C. Hartnett and A.K. Knapp. 1993. Increased photosynthesis and water potentials in Silphium integrifolium galled by cynipid wasps. Oecologia 93: 114-120.

Bragg, W.K., A.K. Knapp and J.M. Briggs. 1993. Comparative water relations of seedling and adult Quercus species during gallery forest expansion in tallgrass prairie. Forest Ecology and Management 56: 29-41.

Fahnestock, J.T. and A.K. Knapp. 1993. Water relations and growth of tallgrass prairie forbs in response to selective herbivory by bison. International Journal of Plant Science 154: 432-440.

Owensby, C.E., P.I. Coyne, J.M. Ham, L.A. Auen and A.K. Knapp. 1993. Biomass production in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem exposed to ambient and elevated CO2. Ecological Applications 3: 644-653.

Knapp, A.K., E.P. Hamerlynck and C.E. Owensby. 1993. Photosynthetic and water relations responses to elevated CO2 in the C4 grass Andropogon gerardii. International Journal of Plant Sciences 154: 459-466.

Fay, P.A. and A.K. Knapp. 1993. Photosynthetic and stomatal responses of Avena sativa (Poaceae) to a variable light environment. American Journal of Botany 80: 1369-1373.

Johnson, S.R. and A.K. Knapp. 1993. The effect of fire on gas exchange and aboveground production in annually vs. biennially burned Spartina pectinata wetlands. Wetlands 13: 299-303.

Axmann, B.D. and A.K. Knapp. 1993. Water relations of Juniperus virginiana and Andropogon gerardii in an unburned tallgrass prairie watershed. Southwestern Naturalist 38: 325-330.

Knapp, A.K., J.K. Koelliker, J.T. Fahnestock, and J.M. Briggs. 1994. Water relations and biomass responses to irrigation across a topographic gradient in tallgrass prairie. Proceedings of the 13th North American Prairie Conference (R.G. Wickett, P.D. Lewis, A. Woodliffe and P. Pratt, eds), pp. 215-220.

Briggs, J.M., J.T. Fahnestock, L. E. Fischer, and A.K. Knapp. 1994. Aboveground biomass production in tallgrass prairie: effect of time since fire. Proceedings of the 13th North American Prairie Conference (R.G. Wickett, P.D. Lewis, A. Woodliffe and P. Pratt, eds), pp. 165-170.

Knapp, A.K., J.T. Fahnestock and C.E. Owensby. 1994. Elevated CO2 alters dynamic stomatal responses to sunlight in a C4 grass. Plant, Cell and Environment 17: 189-195.

Chen, D., M.B. Coughenour, A.K. Knapp and C.E. Owensby. 1994. Mathematical simulation of C4 photosynthesis in ambient and elevated CO2. Ecological Modelling 73: 63-80.

Hamerlynck, E.P. and A.K. Knapp. 1994. Leaf-level responses to light and temperature in two co-occurring Quercus (Fagaceae) species: implications for tree distribution patterns. Forest Ecology and Management 68: 149-159.

Hamerlynck, E.P. and A.K. Knapp. 1994. Stomatal responses to variable sunlight in Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa Michx.) leaves with different photosynthetic capacities. International Journal of Plant Science 155: 583-587.

Fahnestock, J.T. and A.K. Knapp. 1994. Responses of forbs and grasses to selective grazing by bison: interactions between herbivory and water stress. Vegetatio 115: 123-131.

Knapp, A.K., M. Cocke, E.P. Hamerlynck and C.E. Owensby. 1994. Effect of elevated CO2 on stomatal density and distribution in a C4 grass and a C3 forb under field conditions. Annals of Botany 74: 595-599.

Johnson, S.R. and A.K. Knapp. 1995. The role of fire in Spartina pectinata dominated tallgrass prairie wetlands. Pages 92-101 in Susan I. Cerulean and R. Todd Engstrom, eds. Fire in Wetlands: a management perspective. Proceedings of the Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference, No. 19. Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL.

Knapp, A.K. and J.B. Yavitt. 1995. Gas exchange characteristics of Typha latifolia L. from nine sites across North America. Aquatic Botany 49: 203-215.

Johnson, S.R. and A.K. Knapp. 1995. The influence of fire on Spartina pectinata wetland communities in a northeastern Kansas tallgrass prairie. Canadian Journal of Botany 73: 84-90.

Turner, C.T., J.R. Kneisler and A.K. Knapp. 1995. Comparative gas exchange and nitrogen responses of the dominant C4 grass, Andropogon gerardii, and five C3 forbs to fire and topographic position in tallgrass prairie during a wet year. International Journal of Plant Science 156: 216-226.

Briggs, J.M. and A.K. Knapp. 1995. Interannual variability in primary production in tallgrass prairie: climate, soil moisture, topographic position and fire as determinants of aboveground biomass. American Journal of Botany 82: 1024-1030.

Fay, P.A. and A.K. Knapp. 1995. Stomatal and photosynthetic responses to variable light in sorghum, soybeans and eastern gammagrass. Physiologia Plantarum 94: 613-620.

Yavitt, J.B and A.K. Knapp. 1995. Methane emissions to the atmosphere through emergent cattail (Typha latifolia L.) plants. Tellus 47B: 521-534.

Hamerlynck, E.P. and A.K. Knapp. 1995. Environmental and physiological factors influencing the distribution of oaks near the edge of their range. Pages 17-20 in: D.C. Hartnett (Ed.), Proceedings of the 14th North American Prairie Conference, Kansas State University.

Yavitt, J.B. and A.K. Knapp. 1995. Wetlands may change tallgrass prairie from a sink to a source for atmospheric methane. Pages 137-142 in: D.C. Hartnett (Ed.), Proceedings of the 14th North American Prairie Conference, Kansas State University.

Towne, E.G. and A.K. Knapp. 1996. Biomass and density responses in tallgrass prairie legumes to annual fire and topographic position. American Journal of Botany 83: 175-179.

Fay, P.A., D.C. Hartnett and A.K. Knapp. 1996. Plant tolerance of gall-insect attack and gall-insect performance. Ecology 77: 521-534.

Hamerlynck, E.P. and A.K. Knapp. 1996. Photosynthetic and stomatal responses to high temperature and light in two oaks at the western limit of their range. Tree Physiology 16: 557-565.

Turner, C.L. and A.K. Knapp. 1996. Responses of a C4 grass and three C3 forbs to variation in nitrogen and light in tallgrass prairie. Ecology 77: 1738-1749.

Hamerlynck, E.P. and A.K. Knapp. 1996. Early season cuticular conductance and gas exchange in two oaks near the western edge of their range. Trees 10: 403-409.

Knapp, A.K., E.P. Hamerlynck, J.M. Ham and C.E. Owensby. 1996. Responses in stomatal conductance to elevated CO2 in 12 grassland species that differ in growth form. Vegetatio 125: 31-41.

Johnson, S.R and A.K. Knapp. 1996. Impact of Ischnodemus falicus infestation on growth and gas exchange of Spartina pectinata in a northeastern Kansas tallgrass prairie. Environmental Entomology 25: 1122-1127.

Knapp, A.K. and D.L. Smith. 1997. Leaf angle, light interception and water relations: demonstrating how plants cope with multiple resource limitations in the field. The American Biology Teacher 59: 365-368.

Owensby, C.E., J.M. Ham, A.K. Knapp, D. Bremer and L.M. Auen. 1997. Water vapor fluxes and their impact under elevated CO2 in a C4 tallgrass prairie. Global Change Biology 3: 189-195.

Hamerlynck, E.P., C.A. McAllister, A.K. Knapp, J.M. Ham, and C.E. Owensby. 1997. Photosynthetic gas exchange and water relations responses of three tallgrass prairie species to elevated carbon dioxide and moderate drought. International Journal of Plant Science, 158: 608-616.

Ham, J.M. and A.K. Knapp. 1998. Fluxes of CO2, water vapor, and energy from a prairie ecosystem during the seasonal transition from carbon sink to carbon source. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 89:1-14.

Collins, S.L., A. K. Knapp, J.M. Briggs, J.M. Blair and E.M. Steinauer. 1998. Modulation of diversity by grazing and mowing in native tallgrass prairie. Science 280: 745-747.

Knapp, A.K., J.M. Blair and J.M. Briggs. 1998. Long-term ecological consequences of varying fire frequency in a humid grassland. Pages 173-178 in Teresa L. Pruden and Leonard A. Brennan (eds.), Fire in Ecosystem Management: Shifting the Paradigm from Suppression to Prescription. Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference Proceedings, No. 20. Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL.

Knapp, A.K. and G.A. Carter. 1998. Variability in leaf optical properties among 26 species from a broad range of habitats. American Journal of Botany 85: 940-946.

Knapp, A.K., S.L. Conard and J.M. Blair. 1998. Determinants of soil CO2 flux from a sub-humid grassland: effects of fire and fire history. Ecological Applications 8: 760-770.

Yavitt, J.B. and A.K. Knapp. 1998. Aspects of methane flow from sediment through emergent cattail (Typha latifolia) plants. New Phytologist 139: 495-503.

Fay, P.A. and A.K. Knapp. 1998. Responses to short-term reductions in light in soybean leaves: effects of leaf position and drought stress. International Journal of Plant Science 159: 805-811.

Bremer, D.J., J.M. Ham, C.E. Owensby and A.K. Knapp. 1998. Responses of soil respiration to clipping and grazing in a tallgrass prairie. Journal of Environmental Quality 27: 1539-1548.

McAllister, C.A., A.K. Knapp and L.A. Maragni. 1998. Is leaf-level photosynthesis related to plant success in a highly productive grassland? Oecologia 117: 40-46.

Knapp, A.K., J.M. Blair, J.M. Briggs, S.L. Collins, D.C. Hartnett, L.C. Johnson and E.G. Towne. 1999. The keystone role of bison in North American tallgrass prairie. BioScience 49: 39-50.

Owensby, C.E., J.M. Ham, A.K. Knapp and L.M. Auen. 1999. Biomass production and species composition change in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem after long-term exposure to elevated atmospheric CO2. Global Change Biology 5:497-506.

Smith, M.D. and A.K. Knapp. 1999. Exotic plant species in a C4-dominated grassland: invasibility, disturbance and community structure. Oecologia 120: 605-612.

Knapp, A.K., N. Bargmann, L.A. Maragni, C.A. McAllister, D.J. Bremer, J.M. Ham and C.E. Owensby. 1999. Elevated CO2 and leaf longevity in the C4 grassland dominant Andropogon gerardii. International Journal of Plant Sciences 160: 1057-1061.

Baer, S.G., J.M. Blair and A.K. Knapp. 1999. Manipulation of soil resource heterogeneity in a tallgrass prairie restoration. Pages 78-87 in J.T. Springer (ed.), Proceedings of the Sixteenth North American Prairie Conference, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE.

Maragni, L.A., A.K. Knapp and C.A. McAllister. 2000. Patterns and determinants of potential carbon gain in the C3 evergreen,Yucca glauca (Liliaceae), in a C4 grassland. American Journal of Botany 87: 230-236.

Blair, J.M., S.L. Collins and A.K. Knapp. 2000. Ecosystems as functional units in nature. Natural Resources & Environment 14: 150-155.

Fay, P.A., J.D. Carlisle, A.K. Knapp, J.M. Blair and S.L. Collins. 2000. Altered rainfall timing and quantity in a mesic grassland ecosystem: design and performance of rainfall manipulation shelters. Ecosystems 3:308-319.

Knapp, A.K. and M.D. Smith. 2001. Variation among biomes in temporal dynamics of aboveground primary production. Science 291: 481-484.

Smith, M.D. and A.K. Knapp. 2001. Size of the local species pool determines invasibility of a C4-dominated grassland. Oikos 92: 55-61.

Silletti, A.M. and A.K. Knapp. 2001. Responses of the co-dominant grassland species Andropogon gerardii and Sorghastrum nutans to long-term manipulations of nitrogen and water. American Midland Naturalist 145: 159-167.

Carter, G.A. and A.K. Knapp. 2001. Leaf optical properties in higher plants: linking spectral characteristics to stress and chlorophyll concentration. American Journal of Botany 88: 677-684.

Knapp, A.K., J.M. Briggs and J.K. Koelliker. 2001. Frequency and extent of water limitation to primary production in a mesic temperate grassland. Ecosystems 4:19-28.

Briggs, J.M. and A.K. Knapp. 2001. Determinants of C3 forb growth and production in a C4 dominated grassland. Plant Ecology 152:93-100.

Smith, M.D. and A.K. Knapp. 2001. Physiological and morphological traits of exotic, invasive exotic and native plants species in tallgrass prairie. International Journal of Plant Sciences 162: 785-792.

Danner, B.T. and A.K. Knapp. 2001. Growth dynamics of gallery forest oak seedlings (Quercus macrocarpa Michx. and Quercus muhlenbergii Engelm.) from gallery forests: implications for forest expansion into grasslands. Trees 15: 271-277.

McCarron, J.K. and A.K. Knapp. 2001. C3 woody plant expansion in a C4 grassland: are grasses and shrubs functionally distinct? American Journal of Botany 88: 1818-1823.

Danner, B.T. and A.K. Knapp. 2001. Carbon and water relations of juvenile Quercus species in tallgrass prairie. Journal of Vegetation Science 12: 807-816.

Briggs, J.M., A.K. Knapp and B.L. Brock. 2002. Expansion of woody plants in tallgrass prairie: a 15 year study of fire and fire-grazing interactions. American Midland Naturalist 147: 287-294.

van der Hoek, D.C.J., A.K. Knapp, J.M. Briggs and J. Bokdam. 2002. White-tailed deer browsing on six shrub species of tallgrass prairie. Great Plains Research 12: 141-156.

Fay, P.A., J.D. Carlisle, B.T. Danner, M.S. Lett, J.K. McCarron, C. Stewart, A.K. Knapp, J.M. Blair and S.L. Collins. 2002. Altered rainfall patterns, gas exchange and growth in C3 and C4 grassland species. International Journal of Plant Sciences 163: 549-557.

Silletti, A.M. and A.K. Knapp. 2002. Long-term responses of the grassland co-dominants Andropogon gerardii and Sorghastrum nutans to changes in climate and management. Plant Ecology 163: 15-22.

Knapp, A.K., P.A. Fay, J.M. Blair, S. L. Collins, M. D. Smith, J. D. Carlisle, C. W. Harper, B. T. Danner, M.S. Lett and J. K. McCarron. 2002. Rainfall variability, carbon cycling and plant species diversity in a mesic grassland. Science 298: 2202-2205.

Foster, D., F. Swanson, J. Aber, I. Burke, N. Brokaw, D. Tilman, and A. Knapp. 2003. The importance of land-use legacies to ecology and conservation. BioScience 53: 77-88.

Heisler, J.L., J.M. Briggs and A.K. Knapp. 2003. Long-term patterns of shrub expansion in a C4-dominated grassland: fire frequency and the dynamics of shrub cover and abundance. American Journal of Botany 90: 423-428.

Danner, B.T. and A.K. Knapp. 2003. Abiotic constraints on the establishment of Quercus seedlings in grassland. Global Change Biology 9: 266-275.

Smith, M.D. and A.K. Knapp. 2003. Dominant species maintain ecosystem function with non-random species loss. Ecology Letters 6: 509-517.

Baer, S.G., J.M. Blair, S.L. Collins and A.K. Knapp. 2003. Soil resources regulate productivity and diversity in newly established tallgrass prairie. Ecology 84: 724-735.

Quist, M.C., P.A. Fay, C.S. Guy, A.K. Knapp and B.N. Rubenstein. 2003. Military training effects on terrestrial and aquatic communities on a grassland military installation. Ecological Applications 13: 432-442.

Lett, M. S. and A.K. Knapp. 2003. Consequences of shrub expansion in mesic grassland: resource alterations and graminoid responses. Journal of Vegetation Science 14: 487-496.

McCarron, J.K. and A.K. Knapp. 2003. C3 shrub expansion in a C4 grassland: positive post-fire responses in resources and shoot growth. American Journal of Botany 90: 1496-1501.

Fay, P.A., J.D. Carlisle, A.K. Knapp, J.M. Blair and S.L. Collins. 2003. Productivity responses to altered rainfall patterns in a C4-dominated grassland. Oecologia 137: 245-251.

Weltzin, J. F., M. E. Loik, S. Schwinning, D. G. Williams, P. Fay, B. Haddad, J. Harte, T. E. Huxman, A. K. Knapp, G. Lin, W. T. Pockman, M. R. Shaw, E. Small, M. D. Smith, S. D. Smith, D. T. Tissue and J. C. Zak. 2003. Assessing the response of terrestrial ecosystems to potential changes in precipitation. BioScience 53: 941-952.

McCarron, J.K., A.K. Knapp and J.M. Blair. 2003. Soil C and N responses to woody plant expansion in a mesic grassland. Plant and Soil 257:183-192.

Bakker, C., J.M. Blair and A.K. Knapp. 2003. Does resource availability, resource heterogeneity or species turnover mediate changes in plant species richness in grazed grasslands? Oecologia 137:385-391.

Baer, S.G., J. M. Blair, S. L. Collins, A. K. Knapp. 2004. Plant community responses to resource availability and heterogeneity during restoration. Oecologia 139: 617-629.

Huxman, T.E., M.D. Smith, P.A. Fay, A.K. Knapp, M.R. Shaw, M.E. Loik, S.D. Smith, D.T. Tissue, J.C. Zak, J.F. Weltzin, W.T. Pockman, O.E. Sala, B.M. Haddad, J. Harte, G.W. Koch, S. Schwinning, E.E. Small, and D.G. Williams. 2004. Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency. Nature 429: 651-654.

Morgan, J.A., D.E. Pataki, C. Körner, H. Clark, S.J. Del Grosso, J.M.Grünzweig, A.K. Knapp, A.R. Mosier, P.C.D. Newton, P.A. Niklaus, J. Nippert, R.S. Nowak, W. Parton, W. Polley, R. Shaw. 2004. Water relations in grassland and desert ecosystems exposed to elevated atmospheric CO2. Oecologia 140:11-25.

Smith, M.D., J. Wilcox, T. Kelly and A.K. Knapp. 2004. Dominance not diversity determines invasibility of tallgrass prairie. Oikos 106: 253-262.

Heisler, J.L., J.M. Briggs, A.K. Knapp, J.M. Blair and A. Seery. 2004. Direct and indirect effects of fire on shrub density and aboveground productivity in a mesic grassland. Ecology 85: 2245-2257.

Lett, M.S., A.K. Knapp, J.M. Briggs and J.M. Blair. 2004. Influence of shrub encroachment on aboveground net primary productivity and carbon and nitrogen pools in a mesic grassland. Canadian Journal of Botany 82: 1363-1370.

Knapp, A.K., M. D. Smith, S. L. Collins, N. Zambatis, M. Peel, S. Emery, J. Wojdak, M. C. Horner-Devine, H. Biggs, J. Kruger, and S.J. Andelman. 2004. Generality in ecology: testing North American grassland rules in South African savannas. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9: 483-491.

Silletti, A.M., A.K. Knapp and J.M. Blair. 2004. Competition and coexistence in grassland co-dominants: responses to neighbor removal and resource availability. Canadian Journal of Botany 82: 450-460.

Harper C.W., J.M. Blair, P.A. Fay, A.K. Knapp, J.D. Carlisle. 2005. Increased rainfall variability and reduced rainfall amount decreases soil CO2 flux in a grassland ecosystem. Global Change Biology 11:322-334.

McCulley, R.L., I.C. Burke, J.A. Nelson, W.K. Lauenroth, A.K. Knapp and E.F. Kelly. 2005. Regional patterns in carbon cycling across the Great Plains of North America. Ecosystems 8: 106-121.

Briggs, J.M., A.K. Knapp, J.M. Blair, J.L. Heisler, G.A. Hoch, M.S. Lett, J.K. McCarron. 2005. An ecosystem in transition: causes and consequences of the conversion of mesic grassland to shrubland. BioScience 55: 243-254.

Lett, M. S. and A.K. Knapp. 2005. Woody plant encroachment and removal in mesic grassland:

production and composition responses of herbaceous vegetation. American Midland Naturalist 153: 217-231.

Baer, S.G., S.L. Collins, J.M. Blair, A.K. Knapp, and A. Fiedler. 2005. Soil heterogeneity effects on tallgrass prairie community heterogeneity: an application of ecological theory to restoration ecology. Restoration Ecology 13: 413-424.

Nippert, J.B., A. K. Knapp and J.M. Briggs. 2006. Intra-annual rainfall variability and grassland productivity: can the past predict the future? Plant Ecology 184: 65-74.

Carter, G.A., A.K. Knapp, J.E. Anderson, G.A. Hoch and M.D. Smith. 2006. Indicators of plant species richness in AVIRIS spectra of a mesic grassland. Remote Sensing of Environment 98: 304-316.

Knapp, A.K., C. E. Burns, R.W. S. Fynn, K.P. Kirkman, C. D. Morris and M. D. Smith. 2006. Convergence and contingency in production-precipitation relationships in North American and South African C4 grasslands. Oecologia 149: 456-464.

Swemmer, A. M., A.K. Knapp and M.D. Smith. 2006. Growth responses of two dominant C4 grass species to altered water availability. International Journal of Plant Sciences 167: 1001-1010.

Travers, S.E., M.D. Smith, J. Bai, S.H. Hulbert, J.E. Leach, P.S. Schnable, A.K. Knapp, G.A. Milliken, P.A. Fay, A. Saleh and K.A. Garrett. 2007. Ecological genomics: making the leap from model systems in the lab to native populations in the field. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5:19-24.

Nippert, J.B., P.A. Fay and A.K. Knapp. 2007. Photosynthetic traits in C3 and C4 grassland species in mesocosm and field environments. Environmental and Experimental Botany 60: 412-420.

Nippert, J.B. and A.K. Knapp. 2007. Soil water partitioning contributes to species coexistence in tallgrass prairie. Oikos 116: 1017-1029.

Swemmer, A.M., A.K. Knapp and H.A. Snyman. 2007. Intra-seasonal precipitation patterns and aboveground productivity in three perennial grasslands. Journal of Ecology 95: 780-788.

Nippert, J.B. and A.K. Knapp. 2007. Linking water uptake with rooting patterns in grassland species. Oecologia 153:261-272.

Knapp, A.K. 2007. A match made in academia: you and your graduate advisor - Faculty response. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5: 391.

Heisler, J.L., A.K. Knapp, and J.M. Briggs. 2007. Fire and resource availability influence carbon and water relations of the C3 shrub roughleaf dogwood in a mesic grassland. Pages 86-93 in R.E. Masters and K.E.M. Galley (eds.). Proceedings of the 23rd Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference: Fire in grassland and Shrubland Ecosystems. Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.

Knapp, A.K., J.M. Briggs, S.L. Collins, S.R. Archer, M.S. Bret-Harte, B.E. Ewers, D.P. Peters, D.R. Young, G.R. Shaver, E. Pendall, M.B. Cleary. 2008. Shrub encroachment in North American grasslands: Shifts in growth form dominance rapidly alters control of ecosystem carbon inputs. Global Change Biology 14:615-623.

Hutchinson, S.L., J.K. Koelliker, and A.K. Knapp. 2008. Development of water usage coefficients for a fully-watered tallgrass prairie. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers 51: 153-159.

Heisler, J.L. and A.K. Knapp. 2008. Temporal coherence of aboveground net primary productivity in mesic grasslands. Ecography 31:408-416.

Gerten, D, Y. Luo, G. Le Maire, W.J. Parton, C. Keough, E. Weng, C. Beier, P. Ciais, W. Cramer, J.S. Dukes, B. Emmett, P. J. Hanson, A. Knapp, S. Linder, D. Nepstad, L. Rustad. 2008. Modelled effects of precipitation on ecosystem carbon and water dynamics in different climatic zones. Global Change Biology 14: 1-15.

Luo, Y., D. Gerten, G. le Maire, W. J. Parton, E. Weng, X. Zhou, C. Keough, C. Beier, P. Ciais, W. Cramer, J. S. Dukes, B. Emmett, P. J. Hanson, A. Knapp, S. Linder, D. Nepstad, L. Rustad. 2008. Modelled effects of multiple global change factors on ecosystem carbon and water dynamics in different climatic zones. Part II: Interactive effects of precipitation, temperature, and CO2. Global Change Biology 14:1986-1999.

Knapp, A.K., C. Beier, D.D. Briske, A.T. Classen, Y. Luo, M. Reichstein, M.D. Smith, S.D. Smith, J.E. Bell, P.A. Fay, J.L. Heisler, S.W Leavitt, R. Sherry, B. Smith and E. Weng. 2008. Consequences of more extreme precipitation regimes for terrestrial ecosystems. BioScience 58: 811-821.

Swemmer, A.M. and A.K. Knapp 2008. Defoliation synchronizes above-ground growth of co-occurring C4 grass species. Ecology 89:2860-2867.

Heisler-White, J.L., A.K. Knapp and E.F. Kelly. 2008. Increasing precipitation event size increases aboveground net primary productivity in a semi-arid grassland. Oecologia 158:129-140.

Morisette, J. T., A.D. Richardson, A.K. Knapp, J.I. Fisher , E.A. Graham, J. Abatzoglou, B.E. Wilson, D.D. Breshears, G.M. Henebry, J.M. Hanes and L. Liang. 2009. Learning the rhythm of the seasons in the face of global change: phenological research in the 21st Century. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, in press.

Nippert, J.B., P.A. Fay, J.D. Carlisle, A.K. Knapp and M.D. Smith. 2009. Ecophysiological responses of two dominant grasses to altered temperature and precipitation regimes. Acta Oecologia, submitted.

Scheintaub, M., J.D. Derner, E.F. Kelly and A.K. Knapp. 2009. Response of the shortgrass steppe plant community to fire. Journal of Arid Environments, submitted.

Baker, P.K., A.K. Knapp and J.M. Blair. 2009. Ecosystem consequences of invasive exotic species in grasslands. Biological Invasions, submitted.

Heisler-White, J.L., J.M. Blair, E.F. Kelly, K. Harmoney and A.K. Knapp. 2009. Contingent productivity responses to more extreme rainfall regimes across a grassland biome. Global Change Biology, submitted.

Smith, W.K. and A.K. Knapp. 1990. Ecophysiology of high elevation forests. Pages 87-142 in Plant Biology of the Basin and Range, C.B. Osmond et al. (eds.). Ecological Studies Series, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

Owensby, C.E., J.M. Ham, A.K. Knapp, C.W. Rice, P.I. Coyne and L.M. Auen. 1996. Ecosystem level responses of tallgrass prairie to elevated CO2. Pages 147-162 in G.W. Koch and H.A. Mooney (eds.), Terrestrial ecosystem response to elevated CO2. Academic Press, London.

Knapp, A.K. and P.A. Fay. 1997. Plant strategies for coping with variable light regimes. Pages 191-212 in A.S. Basra and R.K. Basra (eds.), Mechanisms of Environmental Stress Resistance in Plants, Harwood Academic Publ., UK.

Knapp, A.K., J.M. Briggs, D.C. Hartnett and S.L. Collins. 1998. Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. Oxford University Press, NY, 364 pages.

Knapp, A.K. and T.R. Seastedt. 1998. Grasslands, Konza Prairie and long-term ecological research. Pages 3-15 in A.K. Knapp, J.M. Briggs, D.C. Hartnett and S.L. Collins (eds.) Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. Oxford University Press, NY.

Knapp, A.K., J.M. Briggs, J.M. Blair and C.Turner. 1998. Patterns and controls of aboveground net primary production in tallgrass prairie. Pages 193-221 in A.K. Knapp, J.M. Briggs, D.C. Hartnett and S.L. Collins (eds.) Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. Oxford University Press, NY.

Collins, S.L., A.K. Knapp, D.C. Hartnett and J.M. Briggs. 1998. The dynamic tallgrass prairie: synthesis and research opportunities. Pages 301-315 in A.K. Knapp, J.M. Briggs, D.C. Hartnett and S.L. Collins (eds.) Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. Oxford University Press, NY.

Seastedt, T.R., B.P. Hayden, C.E. Owensby and A.K. Knapp. 1998. Climate change, elevated CO2 and predictive modeling: past and future climate change scenarios for the tallgrass prairie. Pages 283-300 in A.K. Knapp, J.M. Briggs, D.C. Hartnett and S.L. Collins (eds.) Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. Oxford University Press, NY.

Knapp, A.K. and E. Medina. 1999. Success of C4 photosynthesis in the field: lessons from communities dominated by C4 plants. Pages 251-283 in R. Sage and R. Monson (eds.) The Biology of C4 Plants, Academic Press, NY.

Fay, P.A., A.K. Knapp, J.M. Blair, J.D. Carlisle, J.K. McCarron, B.T. Danner. 2003. Rainfall Timing, Soil Moisture Dynamics, and Plant Responses in a Mesic Tallgrass Prairie Ecosystem. Pages 147-163 in J. Weltzin and G. McPherson (eds.) Changing Precipitation Regimes and Terrestrial Ecosystems, University of Arizona Press, Tuscon, AZ.

Fahey, T.J. and A.K. Knapp. 2007. Principles and Standards for Measuring Net Primary Production. Oxford University Press, NY, 268 pages.

Fahey, T.J. and A. K. Knapp. 2007. Primary production: Guiding principles and standards for measurement. Pages 3-11 in T.J. Fahey, and A.K. Knapp (eds.) Principles and Standards for Measuring Net Primary Production. Oxford University Press, NY.

Knapp, A.K., J. M. Briggs, D. L. Childers and O. E. Sala. 2007. Estimating aboveground net primary production in grassland and herbaceous dominated ecosystems. Pages 27-48 in T.J. Fahey, and A.K. Knapp (eds.) Principles and Standards for Measuring Net Primary Production. Oxford University Press, NY.

Knapp A.K., J.K. McCarron, A.M. Silletti, G.A. Hoch, J.L. Heisler, M.S. Lett, J.M. Blair, J.M. Briggs and M.D. Smith. 2008. Ecological consequences of the replacement of native grassland by Juniperus virginiana and other woody plants. Pages 156-169 in O.W. Van Auken (ed.) Ecological Studies Vol. 196, Western North American Juniperus communities: A dynamic vegetation type. Springer-Verlag, NY.

Peters D.P.C., B.T. Bestelmeyer, A.K. Knapp, J.E. Herrick, H.C. Monger and K.M. Havstad. 2008. Approaches to predicting broad-scale regime shifts using changing pattern-process relationships across scales. In press in S. Miao, S. Carstenn and M. Nungesser (eds.) Real World Ecology: Design and Analyses of Large-Scale and Long-Term Research. Springer-Verlag, NY.

Past:

Smith, W.K. (P.I.) and A.K. Knapp. 1980. Physiological ecology of plant succession and re-establishment in subalpine communities of the Rocky Mountains. U.S. Park Service - University of Wyoming Foundation. Funded for two years ($9,543/yr.).

Smith, W.K. (P.I.) and A.K. Knapp. 1987. Coupling of photosynthetic assimilation and stomatal responses during sun/shade transitions. NSF Population Biology and Physiological Ecology Program. Funded for two years ($90,000).

Knapp, A.K. (P.I.) and T.R. Seastedt. 1989-1990. Biological control of land surface/atmosphere exchange: an ecosystem approach. NSF, Ecosystems Program (sub-contract via Colorado State University), $70,000, 18 months.

Knapp, A.K. 1990-1992. Non-steady state responses in net photosynthesis and stomatal conductance during periods of fluctuating sunlight. NSF, Population Biology and Physiology Program, $72,000.

Knapp, A.K. 1990-1992. REU supplements to study non-steady state responses in plants. NSF, Population Biology and Physiology Program, $9,000.

Knapp, A.K. (PI) and J.B. Yavitt. 1991-1993. Methane emissions from Typha wetlands along a latitudinal gradient. National Geographic Society, $15,631.

Owensby, C.E. (PI), A.K. Knapp, W.J. Parton, J.M. Ham and C.W. Rice. 1991-1994. Rangeland ecosystem response to CO2 enrichment: a carbon balance approach. DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Carbon Dioxide Research Division, $850,028.

Knapp, A.K. 1991-1994. Stomatal and photosynthetic responses in crop species to variable sunlight. USDA, Competitive Research Grants Program, Plant Responses to the Environment, $175,000.

Knapp, A.K. (PI), T.R. Seastedt and C.L. Turner. 1991-1995. Mechanisms of persistence in tallgrass prairie forbs: an experimental approach coupled with a retrospective analysis of long-term patterns. NSF Restoration and Conservation Biology Program, $150,000.

Knapp, A.K. 1992-1994. REU supplements in conservation biology: Mechanisms of persistence in tallgrass prairie forbs. NSF, Restoration and Conservation Biology Program, $13,900.

Knapp, A.K. (PI), P.A. Fay, J.M. Blair, J.M. Briggs and P.S. Gipson. 1994-1995. The capacity of Fort Riley tallgrass prairie to support military training activity. U.S. National Biological Survey, $65,083.

Briggs, J.M. (PI), C.T. Turner, J.M. Blair, W.K. Dodds, D.G. Goodin, G.M. Henebry, M.D. Nellis and A.K. Knapp. 1994-1996. Use of remotely sensed data on phenological activity and heterogeneity to detect changes in grassland species composition in response to stress. US Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program, $210,842.

Knapp, A.K. (PI), J.M. Briggs, D.C. Hartnett and D.W. Kaufman. 1991-1997. Fire, grazing and climatic interactions in tallgrass prairie. NSF Long-Term Ecological Research Program, $3,200,000 (+$317,313 in supplemental support).

Blair, J.M. (PI), C.W. Rice, T.C. Todd and A.K. Knapp. 1993-1997. Effects of altered soil moisture and temperature on soil communities, primary production and ecological processes in grassland ecosystems. Department of Energy, National Institute For Global Environmental Change, $234,850.

Johnson, L.C. (PI), A.K. Knapp, J.M. Blair, D.C. Hartnett, C.R. Rice and T.C. Todd. 1996-1997. Acquisition of two controlled environmental chambers. USDA/NRICGP Equipment Program, $49,171.

Owensby, C.E. (PI), A.K. Knapp, P.I. Coyne, J.M. Ham and C.W. Rice. 1995-1997. Effects of elevated CO2 on carbon and water vapor fluxes of a tallgrass prairie ecosystem. DOE Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Terrestrial Carbon Processes Division, $873,265, 3 years.

Briggs, J.M. and A.K. Knapp. 1996-1997. Estimation of Ecosystem Attributes at the Landscape Scale in a Tallgrass Prairie. LTER/NASA-EOS Program, Oregon State University Sub-contract, $27,456.

Ham, J.M. (PI) and A.K. Knapp. 1994-1998. Carbon, water, and energy fluxes from a tallgrass prairie: a long-term investigation of environmental, biological, and land management factors. Department of Energy, National Institute for Global Environmental Change, Great Plains Regional Center, $180,200.

Welch, S.M. (PI), J.M. Ham, M.B. Kirkham, A.K. Knapp and N. Zhang. 1996-1999. An instrument combining computerized 3D plant photogrammetry with automated physiological monitoring. NSF Instrument Development for Biological Research Program, $334,186.

Knapp, A.K. (PI) and J.M. Blair. 1996-2000. Experimental manipulation of variability in precipitation in a grassland. USDA NRI Competitive Grants Program, Forest/Range/Crop/Aquatic Ecosystems, $288,915.

Knapp, A.K. (PI), J.M. Blair and S.L. Collins. 1997-2001. Evaluating the role of resource heterogeneity in restoring grasslands. NSF Conservation and Restoration Biology Program, $178,196.

Knapp, A.K. and J.M. Blair. 2000-2002. International collaboration to assess comparative responses of South African and North American grasslands to fire. NSF International Studies Program, $26,232.

Knapp, A.K. and J.M. Blair. 1999-2002. Internet connectivity and the Schoolyard LTER program at Konza Prairie. Intellectual Infrastructure Funds as supplemental support for the Konza Prairie LTER Program, National Science Foundation, Division of Environmental Biology, $177,220.

Owensby, C.E., J. M. Ham and A.K. Knapp. 1999-2002. Landscape-level trace gas fluxes on grazed and ungrazed tallgrass prairie. Department of Energy, National Institute for Global Environmental Change, Great Plains Regional Center, $51,202.

Blair, J.M., A.K. Knapp and P.A. Fay. 1999-2002. Belowground responses to manipulation of precipitation timing and amounts in a grassland ecosystem. Department of Energy, National Institute for Global Environmental Change, Great Plains Regional Center, $331,000.

Knapp, A.K. (PI), J.M. Briggs, J.M. Blair, D.C. Hartnett, L.C. Johnson, D.W. Kaufman and W.K. Dodds. 1996-2003. Long-term ecological research in tallgrass prairie: The Konza Prairie LTER program. National Science Foundation, Division of Environmental Biology, $3,360,000.

Knapp, A.K., J.M. Blair and P.A. Fay. 1999-2003. Grassland ecosystem response to the experimental manipulation of precipitation. USDA NRI Competitive Grants Program, Ecosystem Science, $253,500.

Briggs, J.M. and A.K. Knapp. 2000-2004. Ecosystems in transition: causes and consequences of dramatic shifts in growth form dominance. NSF Ecosystems/Ecology Program, $442,845 ($187,713 subcontract to A. Knapp).

Blair, J.M., A.K. Knapp and P.A. Fay. 2002-2005. Belowground responses to multiple climate change factors: Interactive effects of warming and more extreme precipitation patterns on grassland ecosystems. DOE/NIGEC Great Plains Regional Center, $390,213.

Knapp, A.K. and J.M. Blair. 2003-2006. Ecosystem responses to experimental warming and more extreme precipitation patterns. USDA NRI Competitive Grants Program, Managed Ecosystems Program, $300,000.

Blair, J.M., J.M. Briggs, D.C. Hartnett, L.C. Johnson, and A.K. Knapp. 2002- 2008. LTER V: Long-Term Research on Grassland Dynamics and Global Change. NSF Long-Term Ecological Research Program, $4,680,000.

Smith, M.D., A.K. Knapp and others. 2004-2008. Bridging the divide: Linking genomics to ecosystem responses. Department of Energy, Program in Ecosystem Research, $191,052 subcontract to A. Knapp).

Active:

Blair, J.M. and A.K. Knapp. 2005-2010. Collaborative Research: LTREB Long-Term Ecosystem Responses to More Extreme Precipitation Patterns and Warming. NSF Long-Term Research in Environmental Biology Program, $299,994 ($97,929 to A. Knapp).

Knapp, A.K. M.D. Smith, J.M. Blair and S.L. Collins. 2005-2009. Collaborative Research: Convergence and contingencies in savanna grasslands. NSF Ecosystems Ecology Program, $830,000 ($400,000 to A. Knapp).

Blair, J.M. and A.K. Knapp. 2007-2010. Interactive effects of altered rainfall timing and elevated temperature on soil communities and processes. DOE/NICCR Great Plains Regional Center, $129.545.

Knapp, A.K. and J.M. Blair. 2007-2010. Grassland structure and function in response to warming and more extreme precipitation patterns. USDA NRI Competitive Grants Program, Managed Ecosystems Program, $399,720.

Kelly, E.F. and A.K. Knapp. 2008-2010. Ecological controls on biogenic silica in grasslands - the role of long-term fire and grazing history on two continents. NSF Ecosystems Ecology Program, $250,000.

Knapp, A.K. and J.S. Baron. 2008-2012. Plant community and soil nitrogen responses to nitrogen deposition in two Northern Great Plains National Parks. Department of Interior, National Park Service, $109,999.

Editorial Boards:

Oecologia 1994 - Present

Ecology/Ecological Monographs 1998 - 2001

Natl. Committees:

NSF/LTER Publications Committee, Appointed member 1998- 2006

NSF/LTER Publications Committee, Elected Chair 2007 - present

NSF/LTER Executive Committee, Elected 2001-2004

Ecol. Soc. America Publications Comm., Appointed 2002-present

NEON Climate Change Sub-committee, Selected 2005

S. Dakota Center Biocomplexity, Advisory Comm., 2004-present

U. Wyoming Ecology Initiative, Advisory Comm., 2004-present

Proposal Reviews for:

National Science Foundation

-Atmospheric Sciences

-Dissertation Improvement

-Ecology

-Ecosystems

-Population Biology and Physiological Ecology

-Visiting Professorships for Women

U.S. Department of Agriculture

-Ecosystems

-Plant Responses to the Environment

-Weed Sciences

U.S. Department of Energy

-Terrestrial Carbon Processes Program

-EPSCoR

Idaho State Board of Education

-Ecological Training Program

-Competitive Research Grants Program

Research and Training Centers

Montana NSF EPSCoR Program

Israel Science Foundation

Foundation in Support of Research of the State of São Paulo (FAPESP), Brazil

Member of National Review Panels:

Department of Energy

-Photosynthesis in Nature (1993)

-TECO Program (1997)

-EPSCoR Nevada Program Site Review (1998)

National Science Foundation

-Dissertation Improvement Program (1990, 1991, 1993)

-Long-term Ecological Research-Site Reviews (1993, 1997, 2003)

-International LTER Review of Portugal/Spain Sites (1996)

-Conservation and Restoration Biology (1997)

-Biocomplexity Program (2000)

-Ecological Studies (2001, 2002, 2004, 2005)

US Department of Agriculture

-Strengthening Program (1997, 1998, 1999)

-NRI Managed Ecosystems Program (2008)

US Geological Survey

-Biological Resources Division Climate Change (1998)

Environmental Protection Agency

-STAR Fellowship Program (2001, 2004, 2006)

Ecological Society of America

-Ecological Applications (Chair) - Editor Performance Review (2005)

National Ecological Observatory Network

-Red Team Review Panels (2006)

Journal Reviews for:

Acta Oecologia

American Journal of Botany

American Naturalist

American Midland Naturalist

Arctic and Alpine Research

Atmospheric Environment

BioScience

Bull. Torrey Botanical Society

Canadian J. of Forest Research

Conservation Biology

International J. of Plant Sciences

International J. of Wildland Fire

Journal of Experimental Botany

Journal of Ecology

Ecography

Ecology

Ecological Applications

Ecology Letters

Functional Ecology

Ecosystems

Global Change Biology

Functional Plant Biology

Oecologia

Madrono

Plant, Cell and Environment

PNAS

Photosynthesis Research

Physiologia Plantarum

Physiological Ecology (Monogr)

Prairie Naturalist

Plant Ecology

Plant and Soil

Restoration Ecology

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Trends in Plant Science

Science

Science for the Total Environment

Soil Science Society of America J.

Southwestern Naturalist

Vegetatio

William K. Smith (Graduate Advisor, University of Wyoming)

John M. Blair (KSU)

John M. Briggs (Arizona State University)

Indy Burke (Colorado State University)

Gregory A. Carter (NASA)

Scott L. Collins (National Science Foundation)

Gregory A. Carter (NASA)

Phil A. Fay (University of Minnesota - Duluth))

Jay M. Ham (KSU)

Bob Holt (Univ. of Florida)

Tony Joern (Univ. of Nebraska)

Loretta Johnson (KSU)

Bill Lauenroth (Colorado State University)

G. Wendy McPherson (University of Kansas)

Charles Rice (Agronomy, KSU)

Timothy R. Seastedt (University of Colorado)

Mary Ann Vinton (Creighton University)

Joseph B. Yavitt (Cornell University)

Jace T. Fahnestock, MSc., 1992 (Ph.D., Colorado St. Univ., Res. Asst. Prof., Univ. of Wyoming)
Stephen R. Johnson, Ph.D., 1994 (Assistant Professor, William Penn University, Iowa)
Erik P. Hamerlynck, Ph.D., 1995 (Assistant Professor, Rutgers University)
Lynne Davy, MSc., 1995 (Project Coordinator, Head Start Math & Science Enrichment Prog.)
Floyd Catchpole, MSc., 1996 (Restoration Ecologist, Forest Preserve District, Will Co. IL.)
Laura Maragni, MSc., 1997 (Instructor, Cochise Community College, Bisbee, Arizona)
Christine A. McAllister, MSc., 1997 (Assistant Professor, Principia College, IL.)
Brett N. Rubenstein, MSc., 1998 (Northern Prairie Research Center, USGS, Minneapolis)
Andrea Silleti, MSc., 2000 (Research Associate, US Forest Service)
Brett Danner, MSc., 2001 (Research Associate, Burns and McDonald, Kansas City, MO)
Ken McCarron, PhD., 2002 (National Park Service, Inventory & Monitoring Program)
Melinda Smith, Ph.D., 2002 (Post-doc, NCEAS, Assistant Professor, Yale University)
Michelle Lett, MSc., 2003 (School of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University)
Jesse Nippert, PhD., 2006 (Asst. Prof. Kansas State University)
Anthony Swemmer, PhD., 2007 (Director, Lowveld South African Ecological Observatory)
Priscilla Baker, MSc., 2007 (Research Tech. Western Kentucky University)
Madeline Scheintaub, MSc., 2008 (Ecologist, Lava Lakes Land & Livestock, Haley Idaho)
Jana Heisler, PhD., 2008 (Research Associate, University of Wyoming)
Greg Buis, MSc., expected 2008
Zac German, PhD., expected 2009
Karie Cherwin, PhD., expected 2009
Amanda Lease, MSc., expected 2009
Miriam Galeas, PhD., expected 2010
David Hoover, PhD., expected 2011