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Year Project Title Principle Investigator
2007 NATIVE COVER CROPS AND TIMING OF PLANTING: EFFECTS ON WEED INVASION AND PRAIRIE ESTABLISHMENT Dr. Brian Wilsey,
Iowa State University
2007 PLANT DISTRIBUTIONS IN PRAIRIE RESTORATIONS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES FOR DIVERSITY AND EXOTIC SPECIES INVASION Kathryn Yurkonis,
Iowa State University
2006 ADDING WILDFLOWER DIVERSITY TO SPECIES-POOR GRASSLAND: REQUIREMENTS OF CONSERVATIVE SPECIES Dr. Laura Jackson, University of Northern Iowa
2006 NATIVE COVER CROP EFFECTS ON PRAIRIE ESTABLISHMENT Dr. Brian Wilsey,
Iowa State University
2006 Dominant native prairie-grass species differ in their biomass production and suppression of subordinate species Dr. Brian Wilsey,
Iowa State University
2005 ADDING WILDFLOWER DIVERSITY TO SPECIES POOR GRASSLANDS: EFFECTS OF MOWING ON COMMON AND CONSERVATIVE SPECIES Dr. Laura Jackson, University of Northern Iowa
2005 WARM SEASON GRASS EFFECTS ON DIVERSITY AND WEED INVASION RESISTANCE Dr. Brian Wilsey,
Iowa State University
2005 NATIVE COVER CROPS: EFFECTS ON WEED INVASION AND PRAIRIE ESTABLISHMENT Dr. Brian Wilsey,
Iowa State University
2005 INFILTRATION RATES FOR NATIVE AND RECONSTRUCTED PRAIRIES ACROSS IOWA Dr. Mahdi Al-Kaisi,
Iowa State University
2005 IDENTIFICATION OF MICROSATELLITE MARKERS TO DISTINGUISH CULTIVATED FROM NATIVE PANICUM VIRGATUM Dr. James Jurgenson, University of Northern Iowa
2004 DOES THE DOMINANT WARM-SEASON GRASS DETERMINE THE DIVERSITY OF PRAIRIE RECONSTRUCTIONS? Dr. Brian Wilsey,
Iowa State University
2004 NATIVE COVER CROPS: GERMINATION AND FIRST SEASON COVER AND ROOT BIOMASS Dr. Brian Wilsey,
Iowa State University
2004 INFILTRATION RATES FOR NATIVE AND RECONSTRUCTED PRAIRIES ACROSS IOWA Dr. Mahdi Al-Kaisi,
Iowa State University
2004 ADDING WILDFLOWER DIVERSITY TO SPECIES-POOR GRASSLANDS: EFFECTS OF MOWING FREQUENCY Dr. Laura Jackson, University of Northern Iowa
2004 ANALYSIS OF GENETIC DIVERSITY OF IOWA'S NATIVE PLANT SPECIES USING THE BECKMAN CEQ 8000 GENETIC ANALYZER Dr. James Jurgenson, University of Northern Iowa
2004 IMPACT OF PLANT COMMUNITY COMPOSITION ON THE SPREAD OF THE INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES CROWN VETCH Dr. Kirk Moloney,
Iowa State University
2004 SUSTAINING POLLINATOR DIVERSITY IN A FRAGMENTED LANDSCAPE: THE ROLE OF ROADSIDES AND RAILROAD RIGHTS-OF-WAY Dr. Diane Debinski,
Iowa State University
2003 EARLY ESTABLISHMENT OF LOESS HILLS PRAIRIE RESTORATIONS: NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF WEEDS AND NO CONSISTENT EFFECTS OF SEED SOURCE Dr. Brian Wilsey,
Iowa State University
2003 DEMOGRAPHY STUDY OF PRAIRIE PLANTS Dr. Thomas Rosburg, Drake University
2002 SEED BANK POPULATIONS OF A RECONSTRUCTED PRAIRIE Dr. Thomas Rosburg, Drake University
2001 EFFECTS OF ANNUAL RYE AND REGREEN COVER CROPS ON SOIL EROSION AND PRAIRIE ESTABLISHMENT IN ROADSIDES UNDER CONSTRUCTION Maria Urice,
University of Northern Iowa
2000 EMERGENCE AND MORTALITY OF NATIVE PRAIRIE FORBS SEEDED INTO AN ESTABLISHED STAND OF GRASSES Dave Williams,
University of Northern Iowa
2000 GERMINATION, EMERGENCE AND EARLY GROWTH OF SPARTINA PECTINATA Wade Williams,
University of Northern Iowa
2000-2003 ASSESSMENT OF GENETIC DIVERSITY OF IOWA’S NATIVE PLANT SPECIES Dr. James Jurgenson, University of Northern Iowa
1999-2000 THE EFFECTS OF SEPTEMBER AND DECEMBER HAYING, SPRING FIRE, AND A SPRING GLYPHOSATE APPLICATION FROM 2000-2002 ON THE I-35 PRAIRIE RECONSTRUCTION Dr. Thomas Rosburg, Drake University
1999 THE USE OF AMPLIFIED RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS (AFLP) TO STUDY THE GENETIC DIVERSITY IN NATIVE SPECIES OF SOLIDAGO RIGIDA IN IOWA Jeffrey Jay Sadler,
University of Northern Iowa
1999 SOD SALVAGE OF A RAILROAD PRAIRIE IN IOWA Dave Williams,
University of Northern Iowa
1998-1999 MOWING AND BURNING STRATEGIES TO CONTROL WEEDS IN RECONSTRUCTED PRAIRIES Trelan Wilson
1998 REGIONAL VARIATIONS IN NATIVE TALLGRASS PRAIRIE SPECIES Dr. Daryl Smith,
University of Northern Iowa
1998 THE CONSERVATION VALUE OF ROADSIDE PRAIRIE RESTORATION TO BUTTERFLY POPULATIONS Dr. Diane Debinski,
Iowa State University
1998, 1995 WESTERN PRAIRIE FRINGED ORCHID; PLATANTHERA PRAECLARA, (ORCHIDACEAE) Margaret M. From
1998 THE STORY COUNTY INTERSTATE 35 PRAIRIE RECONSTRUCTION: MONITORING COMMUNITY ESTABLISHMENT AND EVALUATING FIRE AND MOW TREATMENTS, 1996 TO 1998. Dr. Thomas Rosburg, Drake University
1997 THE EFFECTS OF FIRE AND MOWING ON THE COMMUNITY COMPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF RECONSTRUCTED PRAIRIE. YEAR 1 PROGRESS REPORT: EVALUATION OF A RECONSTRUCTED PRAIRIE COMMUNITY AND INITIAL MOWING RESULTS. Troy Siefert,
Iowa State University
1997 LARVAL INFESTATION IN CORN NEAR VARIOUS VEGETATION TYPES Dr. John M. Pleasants, Iowa State University
1995-1996 ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING OF ESTERASE IN PRAIRIE SPECIES: A STUDY OF ECOTYPIC VARIATION Dr. Paul Christiansen, Cornell College
1995 ISOZYME VARIATION WITHIN AND AMONG POPULATIONS OF LIATRIS PYCNOSTACHYA Dr. Daryl Smith,
University of Northern Iowa
1995 AGGREGATION SITES FOR ADULT EUROPEAN CORN BORERS (LEPIDOPTERA: CRAMBIDAE): A COMPARISON OF PRAIRIE AND NON-NATIVE VEGETATION Dr. John M. Pleasants, Iowa State University
1995 MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF NEW IRVM PROGRAM PLANTINGS: INTERSTATE 35 PRAIRIE RECONSTRUCTION Troy Siefert,
Iowa State University
1994 HYDRO-SEEDING VS DRILLING; REGREEN VS TIMOTHY/PERENNIAL RYE & MULCHED; VS UNMULCHED FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF WARM-SEASON GRASSES Carole Kern,
University of Northern Iowa
1991-1992 BIRD USAGE AND NESTING IN ROADSIDE VEGETATION: THE EFFECTS OF PERCHES AND MANAGEMENT Dr. Neil Bernstein,
Mount Mercy College
1990-1991 THE IMPORTANCE OF ROADSIDES TO NESTING BIRDS IN INTENSIVELY FARMED AREAS Martha Camp,
Iowa State University
1990 ROADKILL STUDY Dr. Daryl Smith,
University of Northern Iowa