Research
Ecology
Entomology
Grasslands
Nutrient Cycles, Nutrient Cycling
Solar Power
Bacterial Communities, Bacterial Community
Meta Analysis
Global Problems
Crazy Ants
Ground Communities
Plant Community Composition
Woody Encroachment
Woody Plants
Year Study
Graduate Students, Graduate Student
Ecosystem Processes
Environmental Change, Environmental Changes
Graduate Research
List of Publications (25)
In 2023
25
Effects of micronutrient fertilization on soil carbon pools and microbial community functioning. ED Osburn, PJ Hoch, CM Prather, MS Strickland Applied Soil Ecology 181, 104664, 2023.
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In 2021
24
Crazy ants craving calcium: macronutrients and micronutrients can limit and stress an invaded grassland brown food web. RW Reihart, KP Angelos, KM Gawkins, SE Hurst, DC Montelongo, ... Ecology 102 (2), e03263, 2021.
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23
A facilitation between large herbivores and ants accelerates litter decomposition by modifying soil microenvironmental conditions. X Li, AC Risch, D Sanders, G Liu, C Prather, Z Wang, N Hassan, Q Gao, ... Functional Ecology 35 (8), 1822-1832, 2021.
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22
Large herbivores facilitate an insect herbivore by modifying plant community composition in a temperate grassland. X Li, S Wang, C Prather, HY Wan, H Zhu, P Nummi, M Inbar, Q Gao, ... Ecology and Evolution 11 (22), 16314-16326, 2021.
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21
Functional and taxonomic diversity of grasshoppers differentially shape above and below ground communities and their function. JM Lucas, J Jonas, AN Laws, DH Branson, SC Pennings, CM Prather, ... Functional Ecology 35 (1), 167-180, 2021.
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In 2020
20
The gut bacterial communities across six grasshopper species from a coastal tallgrass prairie. M Muratore, C Prather, Y Sun PloS one 15 (1), e0228406, 2020.
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19
Micronutrients enhance macronutrient effects in a meta analysis of grassland arthropod abundance. RM Prather, K Castillioni, M Kaspari, L Souza, CM Prather, RW Reihart, ... Global Ecology and Biogeography 29 (12), 2273-2288, 2020.
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18
Environmental Nutrients Alter Bacterial and Fungal Gut Microbiomes in the Common Meadow Katydid, Orchelimum vulgare. M Muratore, Y Sun, C Prather Frontiers in Microbiology 11, 557980, 2020.
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In 2019
17
Herbivore and detritivore effects on rainforest plant production are altered by disturbance. CM Prather, GE Belovsky Ecology and Evolution 9 (13), 7652-7659, 2019.
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In 2018
16
What drives the shift between sexual and clonal reproduction of Caragana stenophylla along a climatic aridity gradient?. Z Wang, L Xie, CM Prather, H Guo, G Han, C Ma BMC plant biology 18, 1-10, 2018.
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15
Seeking salt: herbivorous prairie insects can be co limited by macronutrients and sodium. CM Prather, AN Laws, JF Cuellar, RW Reihart, KM Gawkins, SC Pennings Ecology letters 21 (10), 1467-1476, 2018.
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14
Insects as a piece of the puzzle to mitigate global problems: an opportunity for ecologists. CM Prather, AN Laws Basic and Applied Ecology 26, 71-81, 2018.
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13
Tropical herbivorous phasmids, but not litter snails, alter decomposition rates by modifying litter bacteria. CM Prather, GE Belovsky, SA Cantrell, G Gonza lez Ecology 99 (4), 782-791, 2018.
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12
Effects of grasshoppers on prairies: Herbivore composition matters more than richness in three grassland ecosystems. AN Laws, CM Prather, DH Branson, SC Pennings Journal of Animal Ecology 87 (6), 1727-1737, 2018.
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In 2017
11
Woody structure facilitates invasion of woody plants by providing perches for birds. CM Prather, A Huynh, SC Pennings Ecology and evolution 7 (19), 8032-8039, 2017.
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10
Herbivore species identity and composition affect soil enzymatic activity through altered plant composition in a coastal tallgrass prairie. C Prather, MS Strickland, A Laws, D Branson Soil Biology and Biochemistry 112, 277-280, 2017.
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9
Grazing limits natural biological controls of woody encroachment in Inner Mongolia Steppe. H Guo, L Guan, Y Wang, L Xie, CM Prather, C Liu, C Ma Biology open 6 (10), 1569-1574, 2017.
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In 2014
8
Foliar functional traits that predict plant biomass response to warming. ES Gornish, CM Prather Journal of Vegetation Science 25 (4), 919-927, 2014.
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7
Testing the competition-colonization trade off with a 32 year study of a saxicolous lichen community. AI Pastore, CM Prather, ES Gornish, WH Ryan, RD Ellis, TE Miller Ecology 95 (2), 306-315, 2014.
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6
Divergent responses of leaf herbivory to simulated hurricane effects in a rainforest understory. C Prather Forest Ecology and Management 332, 87-92, 2014.
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In 2013
5
Invertebrates, ecosystem services and climate change. CM Prather, SL Pelini, A Laws, E Rivest, M Woltz, CP Bloch, I Del Toro, ... Biological Reviews 88 (2), 327-348, 2013.
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In 2012
4
Integrating theoretical components: A graphical model for graduate students and researchers. DM Choate, CM Prather, MJ Michel, AK Baldridge, MA Barnes, ... BioScience 62 (6), 594-602, 2012.
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In 2011
3
Invertebrate consumer influences on ecosystem processes in a rainforest understory. CM Prather University of Notre Dame, 2011.
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In 2010
2
Direct and terrestrial vegetation-mediated effects of environmental change on aquatic ecosystem processes. BA Ball, JS Kominoski, HE Adams, SE Jones, ES Kane, TD Loecke, ... BioScience 60 (8), 590-601, 2010.
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In 2009
1
Putting the "Ph" back into "PhD": framing graduate research in a theoretical context. CM Prather, DM Choate, MJ Michel, TA Crowl Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7 (7), 389-390, 2009.
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