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Jesse B. Nippert |
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Assistant Professor |
nippert@ksu.edu | ||||||
Division of Biology |
phone (785) 532-0114 | ||||||
Kansas State University |
fax (785) 532-6653 | ||||||
Interests |
Eco-physiology, grassland ecology, paleo-ecology, stable isotope ecology (specifically, dD, d18O & d13C), climate change (changing precipitation patterns, elevated temperatures & CO2, & altered biogeochemistry) , invasive species ecology, wireless sensor networks | ||||||
Education |
Ph.D. |
2006 |
Colorado State University |
Ecology |
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| M.Sc. | 2002 | University of Idaho | Forest Resources | ||||
| B.Sc. | 1998 | Kansas State University | Park Resource Management & Environmental Science | ||||
| Sub-sampling juniper wood from the tar pits | |||||||
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Nippert, JB, PA Fay, JD Carlisle, AK Knapp, & MD Smith (2009) Ecophysiological responses of two dominant grasses to altered temperature and precipitation regimes. Acta Oecologia doi: 10.1016/j.actao.2009.01.010 | |||
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Fay, PA, DM Kaufman, JB Nippert, JD Carlisle, & CW Harper (2008). Changes in grassland ecosystem function due to extreme rainfall events: implications for responses to climate change. Global Change Biology 14: 1600-1608. | |||
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Nippert, JB, & AK Knapp (2007). Soil water partitioning as a mechanism for species coexistence in tallgrass prairie. Oikos 116: 1017-1029. |
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Nippert, JB, & AK Knapp (2007). Linking water uptake with rooting patterns in grassland species. Oecologia 153: 261-272 . |
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| Doing fieldwork in Kruger Park, South Africa (summer 2009) | |
Nippert, JB , PA Fay & AK Knapp. (2007) Photosynthetic traits in C3 and C4 grassland species in mesocosm and field environments. Environmental and Experimental Botany 60: 412-420. |
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Nippert, JB, AK Knapp & JM Briggs. (2006) Intra-annual rainfall variability and grassland productivity: can the past predict the future? Plant Ecology 184: 65-74 |
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Duursma RA, JD Marshall, JB Nippert, CC Chambers, AP Robinson. (2005). Estimating leaf-level parameters for ecosystem process models: a study in mixed conifer canopies on complex terrain. Tree Physiology 25: 1347-1359. |
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Nippert, JB, RA Duursma, & JD Marshall. (2004) Seasonal variation in the photosynthetic potential of montane conifers. Functional Ecology 18: 876-886. | |||
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Morgan, J. et al . (2004) Water relations in grassland and desert ecosystem exposed to elevated atmospheric CO2. Oecologia 140: 11-25 |
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Nippert, JB & JD Marshall (2003) Sources of variation in ecophysiological parameters in Douglas- fir and grand fir canopies. Tree Physiology 23: 591-601. | |||
| Wading though the grass on Konza Prairie (2008) | ||||