Research Reports Research | Research Priorities | Research Reports The following project reports have not been peer-reviewed. Year Project Title Principle Investigator 2011 FIRE, SEED ADDITION AND COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY EFFECTS ON PRAIRIE ESTABLISHMENT Dr. Brian Wilsey, Iowa State University 2011 IMPACT OF ROADSIDE PRAIRIE PLANTINGS ON PLANT AND INSECT COMMUNITIES Dr. Kirk J. Larsen, Luther College 2010 IMPACT OF ROADSIDE PRAIRIE PLANTINGS ON PLANT AND INSECT COMMUNITIES Dr. Kirk J. Larsen, Luther College 2010 DO FIRE AND SEED ADDITIONS ALTER STRONG SEED TIMING AND PRIORITY EFFECTS ON PRAIRIE ESTABLISHMENT Dr. Brian Wilsey, Iowa State University 2010 THE EFFECTS OF MYCORRHIZAL INOCULANTS AND MICRONUTRIENTS ON EARLY PLANT ESTABLISHMENT ON A TALLGRASS PRAIRIE RECONSTRUCTION Dr. Daryl Smith, University of Northern Iowa 2010 THE EFFECTS OF SEEDING TIME ON EMERGENCE AND GROWTH OF PRAIRIE GRASSES, SEDGES, LEGUMES, AND FORBS Dr. Daryl Smith, University of Northern Iowa 2010 COMPARISON OF WATER INTERCEPTION AND INFILTRATION BY SELECTED GRASS-DOMINATED COMMUNITIES Dr. Daryl Smith, University of Northern Iowa 2010 USE OF ROADSIDE PRAIRIE PLANTINGS BY NATIVE BEES Jennifer Hopwood 2009 IMPACT OF ROADSIDE PRAIRIE PLANTINGS ON PLANT AND INSECT COMMUNITIES Dr. Kirk J. Larsen, Luther College 2009 THE EFFECTS OF MYCORRHIZAL INOCULANTS AND MICRONUTRIENTS ON EARLY PLANT ESTABLISHMENT IN PRAIRIE RECONSTRUCTION Dr. Daryl Smith, University of Northern Iowa 2009 THE EFFECTS OF SEEDING TIME ON EMERGENCE AND GROWTH OF PRAIRIE GRASSES, SEDGES, LEGUMES AND FORBS Dr. Daryl Smith, University of Northern Iowa 2009 COMPARISON OF WATER INTERCEPTION AND INFILTRATION BY SELECTED GRASS-DOMINATED COMMUNITIES Dr. Daryl Smith, University of Northern Iowa 2009 EFFECTS OF PLANTING METHOD ON SPECIES DIVERSITY AND NUTRIENT CYCLCING IN GRASSLAND RECONSTRUCTION Kathryn Yurkonis, Iowa State University 2008 Native cover crops and timing of seeding: effects on fire temperatures and fuel mass Dr. Brian Wilsey, Iowa State University 2008 Relating plant distributions to species richness and invasibility in prairie restorations Kathryn Yurkonis, Iowa State University 2008 Influence of the exotic plant, crown vetch (Coronilla varia), on small mammal diversity and abundance in roadside prairies Dr. Ryan Rehmeier, Simpson College 2008 Effects of mowing on abundance and persistence of tallgrass prairie forbs seeded into an established stand of grasses after ten years Dave Williams, University of Northern Iowa 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