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Evidence For 20th Century Climate Warming And Wetland Drying In The North American Prairie Pothole Region, Brett A. Werner, W. Carter Johnson, Glenn R. Guntenspergen

Natural Resource Management Faculty Publications

The Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) of North America is a globally important resource that provides abundant and valuable ecosystem goods and services in the form of biodiversity, groundwater recharge, water purification, flood attenuation, and water and forage for agriculture. Numerous studies have found these wetlands, which number in the millions, to be highly sensitive to climate variability. Here, we compare wetland conditions between two 30-year periods (1946–1975; 1976–2005) using a hindcast simulation approach to determine if recent climate warming in the region has already resulted in changes in wetland condition. Simulations using the WETLANDSCAPE model show that 20th century climate …

Linking Phenology And Biomass Productivity In South Dakota Mixed-Grass Prairie, Matthew Rigge, Alexander Smart, Bruce Wylie, Tagir Gilmanov, Patricia Johnson

Natural Resource Management Faculty Publications

Assessing the health of rangeland ecosystems based solely on annual biomass production does not fully describe the condition of the plant community; the phenology of production can provide inferences about species composition, successional stage, and grazing impacts. We evaluated the productivity and phenology of western South Dakota mixed-grass prairie in the period from 2000 to 2008 using the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). The NDVI is based on 250-m spatial resolution Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite imagery. Growing-season NDVI images were integrated weekly to produce time-integrated NDVI (TIN), a proxy of total annual biomass production, and integrated seasonally to …

Optimal Placement Of Off-Stream Water Sources For Ephemeral Stream Recovery, Matthew Rigge, Alexander Smart, Bruce Wylie

Natural Resource Management Faculty Publications

Uneven and/or inefficient livestock distribution is often a product of an inadequate number and distribution of watering points.Placement of off-stream water practices (OSWP) in pastures is a key consideration in rangeland management plans and is criticalto achieving riparian recovery by improving grazing evenness, while improving livestock performance. Effective OSWPplacement also minimizes the impacts of livestock use radiating from OSWP, known as the ‘‘piosphere.’’ The objective of thisstudy was to provide land managers with recommendations for the optimum placement of OSWP. Specifically, we aimed toprovide minimum offset distances of OSWP to streams and assess the effective range of OSWP using Normalized …

Chemistry & Biochemistry Newsletter, Department Of Chemistry & Biochemistry, South Dakota State University

Chemistry & Biochemistry Newsletter: 2002-2015

Inside:

Page 2 SDSU scientists help retrieve ice core from West Antarctica

Page 3 Pat Tille granted tenure, promoted ; Alumni updates; Ron Hirko featured author; Undergrads present posters

Page 4 Biochemist earns prestigious NIH research fellowship

Page 5 GAANN Chemistry Doctoral Fellowship reaches capacity

Page 6 National group honors SDSU’s Medical Laboratory Science

Page 7 Graduate Student Council aims for community voice; Graduating Seniors; Grad students win awards at Sigma Xi Banquet; Grad students attend Pittcon Conference

Page 8 Recent publications

Effects Of Climate Change On Phenology Of Blackbirds And Orioles (Icterids) In Eastern South Dakota, Kelsey Bedford, Nicole Burkard, Brandi Crider, Emma Barnett, N. H. Troelstrup Jr.

Oak Lake Field Station Research Publications

Birds are among the first responders to climate change, often having clearly observable phenological responses to less perceptible levels of climate shift. Declines in populations of a number of bird species have been witnessed both in the United States and abroad, with up to a 48% decline in grassland birds of the Central U.S. Understanding changes in bird abundance and distribution is essential because birds supply a wide variety of critical ecosystem services, including pollination and pest control. While the effects of climate change on many bird species’ phenology have been studied intensely, research on the family Icteridae is limited. …

Chemistry & Biochemistry Newsletter, Department Of Chemistry & Biochemistry, South Dakota State University

Chemistry & Biochemistry Newsletter: 2002-2015

Inside:

Page 2 • Ph.D. in Biochemistry Approved for SDSU • Recent Faculty Publications

Page 3 • Research Aims to Bring Back Traditional Food

Page 4 • SDSU Chemistry Department Goes Green • The Twelve Principle of Green Chemistry

Page 5 • New Graduate Students

Page 6 • MLS Part of IHEP Documentary • MLS Student Sets New High on Board Exam

Page 7 • New Faculty and Staff

Page 8 • Recent Faculty Publications

Daily Modis 500 M Reflectance Anisotropy Direct Broadcast (Db) Products For Monitoring Vegetation Phenology Dynamics, Yanmin Shuai, Crystal Schaaf, Xiaoyang Zhang, Alan Strahler, David P. Roy, Jeffery Morisette, Zhuosen Wang, Joanne Nightingale, Jaime Nickerson, Andrew D. Richardson, Donghui Xie, Jindi Wang, Xiaowen Li, Kathleen Strabala, James E. Davies

GSCE Faculty Publications

Land surface vegetation phenology is an efficient bio-indicator for monitoring ecosystem variation in response to changes in climatic factors. The primary objective of the current article is to examine the utility of the daily MODIS 500 m reflectance anisotropy direct broadcast (DB) product for monitoring the evolution of vegetation phenological trends over selected crop, orchard, and forest regions. Although numerous model-fitted satellite data have been widely used to assess the spatio-temporal distribution of land surface phenological patterns to understand phenological process and phenomena, current efforts to investigate the details of phenological trends, especially for natural phenological variations that occur on …

Publications And Reports: Research And Extension, 2011 Annual Summary, Department Of Natural Resource Management, South Dakota State University

Natural Resource Management Faculty Publications

Table of Contents:
[Page] 4 Introduction
[Page] 6 Departmental faculty list
[Page] 7 Departmental Graduate Students
[Page] 13 Peer-reviewed publications
[Page] 20 Publications in proceedings and other journals
[Page] 22 Books or book chapters
[Page] 24 Extension reports and electronic media
[Page] 26 Other reports (e.g., agency reports, completion reports)
[Page] 30 Popular articles