Publications

Recent Selected Publications

Loope HM, Antinao JL, Hanson PR, Jacobs PM, Grimley DA. Last glacial maximum and late glacial aeolian sand activity, south-central Indiana, USA. Quaternary Research. Published online 2026:1-18. doi:10.1017/qua.2025.10063On-line
Althoff, A.L., J.L. *Kinschuh, D.K. *Owens, J.J. Spurgeon, J.N. Stevens, and S.E. Lochmann. 2025. Movements and habitat use of Silver Carp in the Arkansas and White River. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management. https://doi.org/10.3996/JFWM-23-066On-line
Anderson, Brett M. 2025. Assessment of Sampling Gears for Bigheaded Carp in Mid-Order Prairie Rivers in Nebraska. (M.S. Thesis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln). pp. 121On-line
Baldissara, M., A. Barg, A. Little, Z. Tang, B. Wardlow, and D.R. Uden. 2025. Remote Sensing and Landcover in Ring-Necked Pheasant Research: A Review of Data Sources and Scales. Ecology and Evolution. 15(6), e71576. On-line
Baldissara, Megan A. 2025. Detecting Prescribed Fire, Haying and Grazing Events via Remote Sensing to Create Grassland Disturbance Landcovers for the Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus). (PhD diss., University of Nebraska-Lincoln). pp. 251On-line
Barg, A., M. Baldissara, D.R. Uden, J. P. Carroll, and A. Little. 2025. Pheasants 365: A Review of Seasonal Ring-Necked Pheasant Habitat in Central North America. Ecology and Evolution. 15(8), e71867. On-line
Bathke, D., Hunt, E.; Hayes, M; Okojokwu-Idu, J., Johnson, L.E. and Shifrin, C. (2025). Chapter 2: Climate change contexts: Global, national, and state. In Nebraska State Climate Report: 2024 Assessment (pp. 20-43). University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Nebraska State Climate Office. On-line
Bathke, D.J., Hunt, E., Akin, H., Basche, A., Bell, J.E., DiLeo, D., Dixon, R.D., Durr, M., Haigh, T., Hay, J., Kintziger, K.W., McMillan, N., Miller, H., Okojokwu-Idu, J., Powers, C., Roy, T., Tang, Z., Wishart, R., and Young, A. (2025). Understanding and Assessing Climate Change: Preparing for Nebraska’s Future, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.On-line
Becker, S. M., Franz, T. E., Ge, Y., Luck, J. D., & Heeren, D. M. (2025). Geophysical tools for agricultural management: Trends, challenges, and opportunities. Vadose Zone Journal, 24, e70029. https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.70029On-line
Bolas, E.C.,Benson, J.F., Blakey R.V. 2025. Human recreation influences activity of a large carnivore in an urban landscape. Biological Conservation 301 On-line
Burbach, M.E., Kennedy, S., Eaton, W.M., Brasier, K.J., Rudnick, R.R., and Whitmer, W. (2025). Examination of cooperative extension as a bridging organization to enhance cross boundary collaborative water management. Journal of Extension, 63(2)On-line
Castelli, G., Howard, B. C., Adyel, T. M., AghaKouchak, A., Agramont, A., Aksoy, H., … Ceperley, N. (2025). Co-creating water knowledge: a community perspective. Hydrological Sciences Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2025.2571065
Chen, L., Achugbu, I. C., Mahmood, R., Kintziger, K., Bell, J. Meredith, G. 2025. Heat stress induced by irrigation over the US Great Plains and related uncertainties. Environmental Research Letters 20 054072. On-line
David, Kianie B. 2025. Catching a Fever: A Comparison of Vachellia xanthophloea Populations in the Limpopo and Luvuvhu River Floodplains of the Makuleke Contractual Park. (M.S. Thesis, University of Nebraska- Lincoln). pp. 155On-line
Dougherty, K.D., Dellinger, J.A., Cristescu, B., Gammons, D.J., Garcelon, D.K., Higley, J.M., Martins, Q.E., Riley, S.P.D., Sikich, J.A., Stephenson, T.R.,Vickers, T.W., Wengert, G.M., Wilmers, C.C., Wittmer, H.U., Benson, J.F. 2025. A functional response in resource selection links multi-scale responses of a large carnivore to human mortality risk. Ecology LettersOn-line
Elowsky, C.; Higley, L. 2025. Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy as a Method for Identifying Variation in Puparial Morphology and Establishing Characters for Taxonomic Determination. Insects 2025, 16, 88. https://doi.org/10.3390/ insects16010088On-line
Fogarty, D.T., M. Beadle, C.R. Allen, C. Bielski and D. Twidwell. 2025. Woody plant reinvasion shortens the lifespan of grassland restoration treatments. Journal of Environmental Management 374: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.124020.On-line
Franz, T., D. Desilets, M. Schrön, F. Baird, and D. McJannet (2025), Two neutron-monitoring networks are better than one, Eos, 106, https://doi.org/10.1029/2025EO250212On-line
Gruntorad, M. P., Lusk, J. J., and Chizinski, C. J. (2025). Annual variation in attribute importance to upland game hunter satisfaction in Nebraska. The Journal of Wildlife Management, e, 22666.On-line
Haake CJE, Waltzek TB, Eckstrand CD, Hickey N, Reno JL, Wolking RM, Sriwanayos P, Lovy J, Renner E, Taylor KR, Oliveira R. 2025. Pathology, tissue distribution, and phylogenetic characterization of Largemouth Bass Virus isolated from a wild Smallmouth Bass (Micropterus dolomieu). Viruses. 2025 Jul 23;17(8):1031. https://doi.org/10.3390/v17081031On-line
Hajek, Olivia L.; Kaplan, Nicole; Azad, Shefali; Fay, Philip A.; Khorchani, Makki; Nelson, Amanda; et al. (2025). Dataset from: Variation in patterns of production and water-use efficiency among agroecosystems across the LTAR Network. Ag Data Commons. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.15482/USDA.ADC/26863258.v1On-line
Halli, H. M., Shivakumar, B. G., Wasnik, V. K., Govindasamy, P., Yadav, V. K., Swami, S., ... & Harisha, C. B. (2025). Co-implementation of deficit irrigation and nutrient management strategies to strengthen soil-plant-seed nexus, water use efficiency, and yield sustainability in fodder corn. European Journal of Agronomy, 168, 127609.On-line
Hanson PR, Joeckel RM. Stratigraphy and OSL chronology of lunette deposits indicates that Nebraska’s rainwater basins formed by aeolian deflation between 39 and 25 ka. Quaternary Research. Published online 2025:1-15. doi:10.1017/qua.2025.10040On-line
Harvey, J. A., Q. Martins, K. D. Dougherty, A. M. Hettena, D. K. Garcelon, and J. F. Benson. 2025. Functional habitat characteristics influencing spatial variation in mountain lion predation in a human-dominated landscape. Biological Conservation 302:110975.
Harvey, J., Martins, Q., Dougherty, K.D., Hettena, A., Garcelon, D.K., Benson, J.F. 2025. Functional habitat characteristics influencing spatial variation in mountain lion predation in a human-dominated landscape. Biological Conservation 302On-line
Harvey, Jacob A. 2025. Spatial Ecology and Predator-Prey Interactions of Mountain Lions in California's San Francisco North Bay. (M.S. Thesis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln). pp. 209On-line
Ivon Acosta Ramirez, Nicole M. Iverson, S. Das Choudhury, Programming-Assisted Imaging of Cellular Nitric Oxide Efflux Gradients and Directionality via Carbon Nanotube Sensors, Small Science, February 2025, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/smsc.202400493On-line
Joeckel R.M. and Waszgis, M.M., 2025, Conservation and Survey Division Annual Report 2023. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Conservation and Survey Division, Open File Report 255, 16 pp.On-line
K. M. Reed*, J. VanDeHey, H. A. Morey, R. P. Hanten, E. A. Renner, and M. J. Fincel. 2025. Seasonal movements of Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum in a Missouri River reservoir. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 40(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/02705060.2025.2517774 On-line
K._Chattopadhyay, D. Bhattacharjee, S. Das Choudhury, An Ensemble Model to Estimate SPAD Values from Rice Leaf Images, 6th International Conference on Frontiers in Computing and Systems, September 2025.
Khushal, Anum. 2025. Characterization of Undergraduate Biology Instructors’ Goals and Strategies for Implementing Quantitative Reasoning. (M.S. Thesis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln) pp. 96On-line
Knight, E. C., J. Carlisle, A. J. Boyce, D. Bradley, P. Cimprich, S. Coates, S. J. Dinsmore, C. J. Gregory, J. G. Jorgensen, J. F. Kelly, D. Newstead, A. Olalla, L. A. Powell, A. L. Scarpignato, T. L. Tibbitts, N. Warnock, W. Wehtje, P. P. Marra, A.-L. Harrison. 2025. Delineating ecologically distinct groups for annual cycle management of a declining shorebird. Journal of Applied Ecology 00:1–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14885On-line
Li, J., Ge, Y., Gamon, J., Puntel, L.A. et al. Devising optimized maize nitrogen stress indices in complex field conditions from UAV hyperspectral imagery. Precision Agric 26, 3 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11119-024-10205-1On-line
Mahoney, Gosia and Mandel, R.D. and Hanson, Paul and Fritz, Sherilyn. (2025). Early Holocene interaction of aeolian, alluvial, and lacustrine processes in a dune-dammed valley in the central Nebraska Sand Hills. Quaternary Research. 1-18. 10.1017/qua.2024.42.On-line
Martin RP, Carr EM, Sparks JS. Does biofluorescence enhance visual signals in birds-of-paradise? R Soc Open Sci. 2025 Feb 12;12(2):241905. doi: 10.1098/rsos.241905. PMID: 39944292; PMCID: PMC11813591.On-line
Miller, B.T., B.C. Neely, C.J. Chance-Ossowski , M.J. Waters, V. Salazar, L.K. Kowalewski, N.W. Kramer, S.A. Lundgren, and J.J. Spurgeon. 2025. Population characteristics and detection of Flathead Catfish in small Kansas impoundments. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management. https://doi.org/10.3996/JFWM-23-057
Mwape, Andrew. 2025. Why Real Impact Stories of Forest-Dependent Communities Are Essential in Carbon Marketing. Manuscript (June 20, 2025)On-line
Obafunwa JO, Roe A, Higley L. A review of the estimation of postmortem interval using forensic entomology. Medicine, Science and the Law. 2024;65(1):52-64. doi:10.1177/00258024241275893On-line
Ogbenna, Uchechukwu V.C. 2025. Multiscale Drivers of Water Level Fluctuations and Nutrient Availability in Small Intermittent Reservoirs in the US Midwest. (M.S. Thesis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln). pp. 33On-line
Pierrat Z, Magney T, Richardson W, Runkle B, Diehl J, Yang X, Woodgate W, Smith W, Johnston M, Ginting Y, Gerbrand K, Albert L, Kibler C, Morgan B, Barnes M, Uscanga A, Devine C, Javadian M, Meza K, Julitta T, Tabliabue G, Dannenberg M, Antala M, Wong C, Santos A, Hufkens K, Marrs J, Stovall A, Liu Y, Fisher J, Gamon J, Cawse-Nicoholson K. 2025. Proximal Remote Sensing: Anessential tool for bridging the gap between high resolution ecosystem monitoring and global ecology. New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.20405On-line
Piper, Alexander. 2025. Assessing Spatial and Temporal Variation in Photoprotective Responses of Deciduous and Evergreen Tree Canopies with Leaf Spectroscopy. (M.S. Thesis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln). pp. 43
Powell, Larkin, 2025, The Best of Intentions, A Story of Landscape Change in the Heart of the Great Plains. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, School of Natural Resources, Professional Publication 16.
Prajapati, V.K., R. Kaur, V. Prasad, M. Khanna, C. Neale, M. Hayes, M. Svoboda, J. Swigart, T. Tadesse, V. Sehgal, and A. Rani, 2025. Drought declaration potential of seasonally averaged vs. end of season - composite drought indices: comparative validation over Karnataka state of India. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 156, 43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-024-05266-1On-line
Queiroz, P. V. De, Mahmood, R., Fulginiti, L., and Perrin, R. 2025. Land use policies, land use land cover change, and climate: A review with examples from the United States. Environment, Development, and Sustainability https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-025-06023-8 On-line
Raza, D., Shu, H., Ehsan, M., Fan, H., Abdelrahman, K., Aslam, H., … Sardar, A. (2025). Evaluation of agriculture land transformations with socio-economic influences on wheat demand and supply for food sustainability. Cogent Food & Agriculture, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2024.2448597On-line
Raza, D., Shu, H., Mirza, S., Aslam, H., Tariq, A., Aslam, R. W., ... & Ali, M. M. (2025). Multicriteria Evaluation of Cropland Suitability using Multisource Datasets of Satellite Remote Sensing and Ground Observation. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 103978.
Reinhard, Karl J., & Caacho, Morgana. (2025) Archaeoparasitology of the Colorado Plateau. Bioarchaeology of the Southwest Volume 2. University of Florida PressOn-line
Renner, E. A., K. B., Gido, B. C. Neely, J. D. Koch, C. J. Chance-Ossowski, T. D. Harris, J. DeNoyelles, I. G. Evelyn*, T. C. Jones*, and W. K. Dodds. 2025. Associations between gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) relative abundances and limnological parameters in small impoundments. Hydrobiologia 852:1485-1495. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-024-05715-yOn-line
Roberts, C.P., A.K. Ludwig, D.T. Fogarty, E.F. Stuber, D.R. Uden, T.L. Walker, Jr., and D. Twidwell. 2025. Population increases of the threatened American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) linked to large-scale collaborations in a working lands ecoregion. Biological Conservation 301:110865. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110865On-line
Sandahl, David W. 2025. A Better Great Plains: Bridging the Implementation Gap for a Better Future. (M.S. Thesis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln). pp. 75On-line
Schafer, Z. C., (2025) "Wondrous Uncertainty: Transforming Student Educational Experiences Using Restorative Practices". Dissertations and Doctoral Documents from University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2023–. 264.On-line
Scholtz, R., D.R.Uden, et.al. 2025.Reconciling scale using the Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD) Framework to improve management of woody encroachment in grasslands, Jour. Envir. Man.387:125820On-line
Schuster, Grace E. 2025. Bioenergy Crop Production: Implications for Grassland Bird Communities in Southwestern Nebraska. (PhD diss. University of Nebraska-Lincoln). pp. 228On-line
Senthamil, E., Angadi, S. S., Halli, H. M., Salakinkop, S. R., Doddamani, M. B., Gundlur, S. S., ... & Ban, Y. G. (2025). Waterlogging stress mitigation in cowpea: leveraging the potential of foliar spray of nitrogen and phytohormones for improved resilience. Plant and Soil, 1-22.On-line
Senthamil, E., Halli, H. M., Basavaraj, P. S., Angadi, S. S., Gangana Gowdra, V. M., Harisha, C. B., ... & Reddy, K. S. (2025). Waterlogging Effects on Root Morphology, Yield, and Stress Tolerance in Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) Grown on Semi‐Arid Vertisols. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 211(1), e70014. DOI: 10.1111/jac.70014
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Sweet, N. M., et al. (2025). Simultaneously Measuring Changes in Methane and Ammonia Emissions Resulting from Altering Beef Cattle Diet. 105th AMS Meeting.
Tabassum, S., Dauer, J.M., Sintov, N., Scherer, H. H., Wang, H. (2025) “Understanding the emerging food, energy, water nexus systems in science education” Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-024-01000-5 On-line
Tadesse, T., Connolly, S., Wardlow, B., Svoboda, M., Zhang, B., Fuchs, B. A., ... & Riganti, C. (2025). Development and Evaluation of the Forest Drought Response Index (ForDRI): An Integrated Tool for Monitoring Drought Stress Across Forest Ecosystems in the Contiguous United States. Forests, 16(7), 1187.
Teshera-Levye, J., Alam, I., Corwin, L., Dauer, J.M. (2025) “Developing a conceptual model for students’ scientific civic engagement” International Journal of Science Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2024.2449220On-line
Weerasekara, C. (2025). Field-Scale Quantification of Methane and Nitrous Oxide Agricultural Emissions Using Micrometeorological Approaches. Ph.D. Dissertation, Kansas State University.
Whitesel, D., Mahmood, R., Flanagan, P., Phillips, C., Nair, U., Pielke, Sr., R., and Rappin, E. 2025. Impacts of irrigated and non-irrigated land use on convective environments and related diagnostic variables during GRAINEX in Nebraska, USA. Journal of Hydrometeorology 26, 501-519. On-line
Wolske, J. M., A. C. Behney, L. A. Powell. 2025. Northern bobwhite habitat selection during the nonbreeding season in a riparian corridor in Colorado. Avian Conservation and Ecology 20(1):10. https://doi.org/10.5751/ACE-02815-200110 On-line
Young, A.R., Burbach, M.E., Lackey, S.O., Joeckel R.M., Westrop, J.P., 2025, Nebraska Statewide Groundwater-Level Monitoring Report 2024. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Conservation and Survey Division, Nebraska Water Survey Paper 93, 24 pp.On-line