Anthony Joern, University Distinguished Professor
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Chairman, Graduate Affairs Committee
Contact information
103 Bushnell Hall
(785) 532-7073
ajoern@ksu.edu
Lab website: http://www.k-state.edu/grassland
Education
Ph.D. 1977, University of Texas, Austin, TX, Zoology/Population Biology-Insect Ecology.
Area(s) of Specialization
Insect community ecology; insect/plant interactions; grassland ecology.
Research Focus
Selected Publications
Parsons, S. and A. Joern. 2013. Life history traits associated with body size covary along a latitudinal gradient in a generalist grasshopper. Oecologia (in press, DOI : 10.1007/s00442-013-2785-6).
Joern, A. and A. Laws. 2013. Ecological mechanisms underlying arthropod species diversity in grasslands. Annual Review of Entomology 58: 19-36.
Allred, B. W., S.D. Fuhlendorf, T.J. Hovick, R.D.W. Elmore, D.M. Engle, and A. Joern. 2013. Conservation implications of native and introduced ungulates in a changing climate. Global Change Biology 19: 1875-1883.
Jonas, J.L. and A. Joern. 2013. Dietary selection and nutritional regulation in a common mixed-feeding insect herbivore. Experimentalis et Applicata Entomologia 148: 20-26.
Ungerer, M.C., C.A. Heatherington, A. Joern, E.G. Towne, and J.M. Briggs. 2013. Genetic variation and patterns of mating success in managed American plains bison (Bison bison bison). Journal of Heredity 104: 182-191.
Russell, D.M., B. Grudzinski, M. Daniels, W.K. Dodds, M.D. Daniels, A. Skibbe, and A. Joern. 2013. Blazing and grazing: influences of fire and bison on tallgrass prairie stream water quality. Freshwater Science 32: 779-791.
Laws, A. and A. Joern. 2012. Predator-prey interactions in a grassland food chain vary with temperature and food quality. Oikos 122: 977-986.