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8551
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4640
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1609

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Jesse B. Nippert is affiliated with Kansas State University in the United States and has a substantial body of work in Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Plant Science, and Soil Science.

Their published work addresses a wide range of topics, such as Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, and Fire effects on ecosystems.

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Nippert has worked extensively with Pamela Sullivan, Rachel M. Keen, Seton Bachle, Matthew F. Kirk, and Sharon Billings. These collaborations have contributed to research outcomes that have appeared in several scientific venues.

Jesse B. Nippert has published in notable venues including:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • New Phytologist
  • Oecologia
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Ecosystems

Some recent publications include:

  • "Embracing the dynamic nature of soil structure: A paradigm illuminating the role of life in critical zones of the Anthropocene" (2021) published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Reintroducing bison results in long-running and resilient increases in grassland diversity" (2022) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Root-niche separation between savanna trees and grasses is greater on sandier soils" (2020) published in Journal of Ecology
  • "Remotely Sensed Soil Moisture Can Capture Dynamics Relevant to Plant Water Uptake" (2023) published in Water Resources Research
  • "Linking resource- and disturbance-based models to explain tree-grass coexistence in savannas" (2022) published in New Phytologist

Best Publications

  • Optimal stomatal behaviour around the world

    Yan Shih Lin;Belinda E. Medlyn;Remko A. Duursma;I. Colin Prentice;I. Colin Prentice

  • Woody encroachment decreases diversity across North American grasslands and savannas

    Zakary Ratajczak;Jesse B. Nippert;Scott L. Collins

  • Water relations in grassland and desert ecosystems exposed to elevated atmospheric CO2

    J. A. Morgan;D. E. Pataki;Christian Körner;H. Clark

  • Global diversity of drought tolerance and grassland climate-change resilience

    Joseph M. Craine;Troy W. Ocheltree;Jesse B. Nippert;E. Gene Towne

  • Timing of climate variability and grassland productivity

    Joseph M. Craine;Jesse B. Nippert;Andrew J. Elmore;Adam M. Skibbe

  • Comment on “The global tree restoration potential”

    Joseph W. Veldman;Julie C. Aleman;Julie C. Aleman;Swanni T. Alvarado;T. Michael Anderson

  • Changes in grassland ecosystem function due to extreme rainfall events: implications for responses to climate change

    Philip A. Fay;Dawn M. Kaufman;Jesse B. Nippert;Jonathan D. Carlisle

  • Intra-annual rainfall variability and grassland productivity: can the past predict the future?

    Jesse B. Nippert;Jesse B. Nippert;Alan K. Knapp;John M. Briggs

  • Linking water uptake with rooting patterns in grassland species.

    Jesse B. Nippert;Alan K. Knapp

  • Soil water partitioning contributes to species coexistence in tallgrass prairie

    Jesse B. Nippert;Alan K. Knapp

  • Relative effects of precipitation variability and warming on tallgrass prairie ecosystem function

    P. A. Fay;J. M. Blair;M. D. Smith;J. B. Nippert

  • Cover Crops, Fertilizer Nitrogen Rates, and Economic Return of Grain Sorghum

    George Y. Mahama;P. V. Vara Prasad;Kraig L. Roozeboom;Jesse B. Nippert

  • Fire dynamics distinguish grasslands, shrublands and woodlands as alternative attractors in the Central Great Plains of North America

    Zak Ratajczak;Jesse B. Nippert;John M. Briggs;John M. Blair

  • Stomatal responses to changes in vapor pressure deficit reflect tissue-specific differences in hydraulic conductance.

    T. W. Ocheltree;T. W. Ocheltree;J. B. Nippert;P. V. V. Prasad

  • Positive feedbacks amplify rates of woody encroachment in mesic tallgrass prairie

    Zak Ratajczak;Jesse B. Nippert;Jeffrey C. Hartman;Troy W. Ocheltree

  • Root characteristics of C4 grasses limit reliance on deep soil water in tallgrass prairie

    Jesse B. Nippert;Rachel A. Wieme;Troy W. Ocheltree;Joseph M. Craine

  • Potential ecological impacts of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) biofuel cultivation in the Central Great Plains, USA

    Jeffrey C. Hartman;Jesse B. Nippert;Rebecca A. Orozco;Clint J. Springer

  • Abrupt transition of mesic grassland to shrubland: evidence for thresholds, alternative attractors, and regime shifts

    Zak Ratajczak;Jesse B. Nippert;Troy W. Ocheltree;Troy W. Ocheltree

  • Reintroducing bison results in long-running and resilient increases in grassland diversity

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  • Embracing the dynamic nature of soil structure: A paradigm illuminating the role of life in critical zones of the Anthropocene

    P.L. Sullivan;S. Billings;D. Hirmas;L. Li

  • Patterns of Tamarix water use during a record drought

    Jesse B. Nippert;Jesse B. Nippert;James J. Butler;Gerard J. Kluitenberg;Donald O. Whittemore

  • A safety vs efficiency trade-off identified in the hydraulic pathway of grass leaves is decoupled from photosynthesis, stomatal conductance and precipitation.

    Troy W. Ocheltree;Jesse B. Nippert;P. V. Vara Prasad

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph M. Craine
Joseph M. Craine Independent Scientist / Consultant, US
Alan K. Knapp
Alan K. Knapp Colorado State University
Nathaniel A. Brunsell
Nathaniel A. Brunsell University of Kansas
John M. Blair
John M. Blair Kansas State University
William J. Bond
William J. Bond University of Cape Town
Philip A. Fay
Philip A. Fay Agricultural Research Service
Caroline E. R. Lehmann
Caroline E. R. Lehmann University of Edinburgh
Ricardo M. Holdo
Ricardo M. Holdo University of Georgia
Melinda D. Smith
Melinda D. Smith Colorado State University
John M. Briggs
John M. Briggs Kansas State University

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