Publications and Book Chapters
The following are peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters resulting from research conducted at Glacier Creek Preserve (prev. Allwine Prairie Preserve).
Benning, T.L. and T.B. Bragg. 1993. Response of big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii Vitman) to specific date of spring burning. The American Midland Naturalist, 130: 127-132. https://doi.org/10.2307/2426281
Bragg, T.B. 1978. Annual variations in the burning potential of a bluestem prairie. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 59: 109.
Bragg, T.B. and L.J. Stephens. 1979. Effects of agricultural terraces on the re-establishment of bluestem grasslands. Journal of Range Management, 32: 437-441. https://doi.org/10.2307/3898554
Bragg, T.B. 1982. Biological And Medical Sciences Changes In Moisture Content Of Little Bluestem (Andropogon scoparius) Standing Dead Following Rainfall. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences, X:5-6. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1494&context=tnas
Bragg, T.B. 1982. Seasonal variations in fuel and fuel consumption by fires in a bluestem prairie. Ecology, 63: 7-11. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1937024.pdf
Bragg, T., Maier, C., Johnson, Y. 2016. Matching long term fire effects research to pressing questions facing tallgrass prairie managers across the upper Midwest. North American Prairie Conference Proceeding 15. https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=napc
Bragg, T.B. and D.M. Sutherland. 1989. Establishing warm-season grasses and forbs using herbicides and mowing. Pages 81-89 in Bragg, T.B. and J. Stubbendieck, editors. Proceedings of the Eleventh North American Prairie Conference, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Lincoln, NE. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1018&context=napcproceedings
Clarke, W.M. and T.B. Bragg. 1994. Movement of tallgrass prairie plant species from sod transplant into adjacent reestablished grassland. The Prairie Naturalist, 26(1): 67-81. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1370&context=tpn
Dere, A.L., Miller, A.W., Hemje, A.H., Parcher, S.K., Capalli, C.A., and Bettis, E.A. 2019. Solute fluxes through restored prairie and intensively managed critical zones in Nebraska and Iowa. Frontiers in Earth Science, 7:24. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00024
Dickson, T.L., B.A. Hayes, and T.B. Bragg, 2019. Effects of 34 years of experimentally manipulated burn seasons and frequencies on prairie plant composition. Journal of Rangeland Ecology and Management, 72: 82-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2018.07.014
Dickson, T. L. 2019. Burning and mowing similarly increase prairie plant production in the spring, but not due to increased soil temperatures. Ecosphere, 10(2): e02606. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2606
Dollen, C., T.J. Coleman, and T. R. Robbins. 2023. Assessment of fall season habitat and coverboard use by snakes in a restored tallgrass prairie community. Acta Herpetologica, 18(1): 53-60. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/a_h-14358
Erwin, W.J. and R.H. Stasiak. 1979. Vertebrate mortality during the burning of a reestablished prairie in Nebraska. The American Midland Naturalist, 101: 247-249. https://doi.org/10.2307/2424922
Farhat, Y. A., Janousek, W.M., McCarty, J.P., Rider, N., Wolfenbarger, L.L. 2014. Comparison of butterfly communities and abundances between marginal grasslands and conservation lands in the eastern Great Plains.” Journal of Insect Conservation, 18(2): 245-256. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10841-014-9635-7
Huebschman, J.J. and Bragg, T.B. 2000. Response of Regal Fritillary (Speyeria idalia Drury) to Spring Burning in an Eastern Nebraska Tallgrass Prairie, USA. Natural Areas Journal, 20(4). https://www.naturalareas.org/docs/v20_4_00_pp386_388.pdf
Kirsch, E.M. 1997. Small mammal community composition in cornfields, roadside ditches, and prairies in Eastern Nebraska. Natural Areas Journal, 17(3): 204-211.
Li, H and J. A. White. 2024. Conservation Value to Bats: Assessing Multiple Functional Habitats in a Nature Preserve at the Urban-Agricultural Interface via Temporal Ecology. Sustainability, 16(7) 2858. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16072858
Manning, D.W.P., A.L. Dere, A.W. Miller, and T.J. Coleman. 2022. Evidence for pulse-shunt carbon exports from a mixed land use, restored prairie watershed. Freshwater Science, 41(2): 285-298. https://doi.org/10.1086/719755
Miller, A.W., Dere, A.L., Coleman, T. 2021. High frequency data reveal differential dissolved and suspended solids behavior from a mixed restored prairie and agricultural catchment. Science of Total Environment, 753: 141731. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141731
Ohr, K.M. and T.B. Bragg. 1985. Effects of fire on nutrient and energy concentration of five prairie grass species. Prairie Naturalist, 17(3): 113-126. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1400&context=tpn
Rohn, S.R. and T.B. Bragg. 1989. Effect of burning on germination of tallgrass prairie plant species. Pages 169-172 in T. Bragg and J. Stubbendieck, editors. Proceedings of the Eleventh North American Prairie Conference, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1013&context=napcproceedings
Schacht, W.H., J. Stubbendieck, T.B. Bragg, A.J. Smart and J.W. Doran. 1996. Soil quality response of reestablished grasslands to mowing and burning. Journal of Range Management, 49(5): 458-463. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4002930
Stipe, D.J. and T.B. Bragg. 1989. Effect of eastern red cedar on seedling establishment of prairie plants. Pages 101-102 in T.Bragg and J. Stubbendieck, editors. Proceedings of the Eleventh North American Prairie Conference, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1015&context=napcproceedings
Vacanti, P.L., and K.N. Geluso. 1985. Recolonization of a burned prairie by meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus). Prairie Naturalist, 17(1): 15-22. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1398&context=tpn
Vinton, M.A. and E.M. Goergen. 2006. Plant-soil feedbacks contribute to the persistence of Bromus inermis in tallgrass prairie. Ecosystems, 9: 967-976. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-005-0107-5
White, J.A., C.A. Lemen, and P.W. Freeman. 2016. Acoustic detection reveals fine-scale distributions of Myotis lucifugus, Myotis septentrionalis, and Perimyotis subflavus in Eastern Nebraska. Western North American Naturalist, 76(1): 27-35. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1534&context=natrespapers
Zhu L., Dickson, T.L, Zhang Z., Dere, A., Xu, J., Bragg, T., Tapprich, W. and Lu, G. 2021. Effects of burning and mowing on the soil microbiome of restored tallgrass prairie. European Journal of Soil Science, 72: 385–399. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12980