David C. Hartnett, University Distinguished Professor

Contact information

107 Bushnell Hall
(785) 532-5925
dchart@ksu.edu

Education

Ph.D. 1983, University Of Illinois. Plant Biology.

Area(s) of Specialization

Plant Population Biology; Plant-animal Interactions; Ecology of Grasslands and Savannas, Ecology of African Savanna Grasses; Mycorrhizal Symbiosis.

Research Focus

Publications

Benson, E., D.C. Hartnett and K. Mann. 2004. Belowground bud banks and meristem limitation in tallgrass prairie plant populations. Am. J. Botany 91: 416-421.

Hartnett, D. C., A. L. F. Potgieter, and G. W. T. Wilson. 2004. Fire effects on mycorrhizal symbiosis and root system architecture in southern African savanna grasses. African J. Ecology 42: 1-10.

Hartnett , D.C. and G.W.T. Wilson. 2002. The role of mycorrhizae in plant community structure and dynamics: lessons from grasslands. Plant and Soil. 244:319-331.

Trollope, W.S.W., L.A. Trollope and D.C. Hartnett 2002. Fire behaviour as a key factor in the fire ecology of African grasslands and Savannas. pp. 204. In: D. X, Viegas (ed). Forest Fire Research and Wildland Fire. Millpress, Rotterdam Netherlands.

Hartnett , D.C. and G.W.T. Wilson. 1999. Mycorrhizae influence plant community structure and diversity in tallgrass prairie. Ecology 80:1187-1195.

Knapp, A.K., J.M. Briggs, D.C. Hartnett and S.J. Collins (editors). 1998. Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Priaire. Oxford University Press, NY, 336 pp.

Hartnett , D.C. , A.A. Steuter and K.R. Hickman. 1997. Comparative ecology of native and introduced ungulates. pp. 72-101. In: F. Knopf and F. Samson (eds.) Ecology and Conservation of Great Plains Vertebrates. Springer-Verlag.