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Overview

Sara G. Baer is affiliated with the University of Kansas in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular focus on Ecology and related subfields.

Their work encompasses several subfields, including:

  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Soil Science
  • Plant Science

Major topics covered by Sara G. Baer's research include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions

Sara G. Baer has contributed to a range of scientific publications. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Reciprocal transplant gardens as gold standard to detect local adaptation in grassland species: New opportunities moving into the 21st century," 2021, Journal of Ecology
  • "Determinants of community compositional change are equally affected by global change," 2021, Ecology Letters
  • "The biogeography of relative abundance of soil fungi versus bacteria in surface topsoil," 2022, Earth System Science Data
  • "SoDaH: the SOils DAta Harmonization database, an open-source synthesis of soil data from research networks, version 1.0," 2021, Earth System Science Data
  • "Adaptive genetic potential and plasticity of trait variation in the foundation prairie grass Andropogon gerardii across the US Great Plains' climate gradient: Implications for climate change and restoration," 2020, Evolutionary Applications

The venues where Sara G. Baer frequently publishes include:

  • Earth System Science Data
  • Ecosphere
  • Ecological Applications
  • Faculty of 1000 Research Ltd
  • Journal of Ecology

Frequent co-authors in Sara G. Baer's work are:

  • Loretta C. Johnson
  • David J. Gibson
  • Matthew Galliart
  • Scott L. Collins
  • Zhe Ren

Best Publications

  • Determining soil carbon stock changes: Simple bulk density corrections fail

    Juhwan Lee;Jan W. Hopmans;Dennis E. Rolston;Sara G. Baer

  • CHANGES IN ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION ALONG A CHRONOSEQUENCE OF RESTORED GRASSLANDS

    S. G. Baer;D. J. Kitchen;J. M. Blair;C. W. Rice

  • Soil texture affects soil microbial and structural recovery during grassland restoration

    Elizabeth M. Bach;Sara G. Baer;Clinton K. Meyer;Johan Six

  • Integrating Soil Ecological Knowledge into Restoration Management

    Liam Heneghan;Susan P. Miller;Sara Baer;Mac A. Callaham

  • SOIL RESOURCES REGULATE PRODUCTIVITY AND DIVERSITY IN NEWLY ESTABLISHED TALLGRASS PRAIRIE

    S. G. Baer;J. M. Blair;S. L. Collins;A. K. Knapp

  • Plant community responses to resource availability and heterogeneity during restoration

    S. G. Baer;J. M. Blair;S. L. Collins;S. L. Collins;A. K. Knapp;A. K. Knapp

  • Global change effects on plant communities are magnified by time and the number of global change factors imposed

    Kimberly J. Komatsu;Meghan L. Avolio;Nathan P. Lemoine;Forest Isbell

  • Dominant Grasses Suppress Local Diversity in Restored Tallgrass Prairie

    Kathryn N. S. McCain;Sara G. Baer;John M. Blair;Gail W. T. Wilson

  • Soil Heterogeneity Effects on Tallgrass Prairie Community Heterogeneity: An Application of Ecological Theory to Restoration Ecology

    Sara G. Baer;Sara G. Baer;Scott L Collins;Scott L Collins;John M. Blair;Alan K. Knapp;Alan K. Knapp

  • Contrasting ecosystem recovery on two soil textures: implications for carbon mitigation and grassland conservation.

    S. G. Baer;C. K. Meyer;E. M. Bach;R. P. Klopf

  • Changes in soil properties, microbial biomass, and fluxes of C and N in soil following post-agricultural grassland restoration

    Steven T. Rosenzweig;Steven T. Rosenzweig;Michael A. Carson;Sara G. Baer;John M. Blair

  • Reciprocal transplant gardens as gold standard to detect local adaptation in grassland species: New opportunities moving into the 21st century

    Loretta C. Johnson;Matthew B. Galliart;Jacob D. Alsdurf;Brian R. Maricle

  • Assessment of soil quality in fields with short and long term enrollment in the CRP.

    S. G. Baer;C. W. Rice;J. M. Blair

  • Ecosystem Recovery Across a Chronosequence of Restored Wetlands in the Platte River Valley

    Clinton K. Meyer;Sara G. Baer;Matt R. Whiles

  • GRASSLAND ESTABLISHMENT UNDER VARYING RESOURCE AVAILABILITY: A TEST OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE FEEDBACK

    Sara G. Baer;John M. Blair

  • The biogeography of relative abundance of soil fungi versus bacteria in surface topsoil

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  • Ecotypes of an ecologically dominant prairie grass (Andropogon gerardii) exhibit genetic divergence across the U.S. Midwest grasslands' environmental gradient

    Miranda M. Gray;Paul St. Amand;Nora M. Bello;Matthew B. Galliart

  • Changes in intrasystem N cycling from N2-fixing shrub encroachment in grassland: multiple positive feedbacks

    Sara G. Baer;Jennie M. Church;Karl W.J. Williard;John W. Groninger

  • Plant Community Recovery following Restoration in Temporally Variable Riparian Wetlands

    Clinton K. Meyer;Clinton K. Meyer;Matt R. Whiles;Sara G. Baer

  • Environmental heterogeneity has a weak effect on diversity during community assembly in tallgrass prairie

    Sara G. Baer;John M. Blair;Scott L. Collins

  • Temporal dynamics of plant community regeneration sources during tallgrass prairie restoration

    Jason E. Willand;Sara G. Baer;David J. Gibson;Ryan P. Klopf

  • Limited effects of dominant species population source on community composition during community assembly

    David J. Gibson;Sara G. Baer;Ryan P. Klopf;Lewis K. Reed

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Gibson
David J. Gibson Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Loretta C. Johnson
Loretta C. Johnson Kansas State University
John M. Blair
John M. Blair Kansas State University
Scott L. Collins
Scott L. Collins University of New Mexico
Johan Six
Johan Six ETH Zurich
Alan K. Knapp
Alan K. Knapp Colorado State University
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Peter M. Groffman
Peter M. Groffman City University of New York
Kevin R. Wilcox
Kevin R. Wilcox University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Meghan L. Avolio
Meghan L. Avolio Johns Hopkins University

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