Publications

J. Doudna, Helmers, M., and O'Neal, M., “Can conservation complement agriculture?”, 2011.

R. M. Maher, Asbjornsen, H., Kolka, R. K., Cambardella, C. A., and Raich, J. W., “Changes in soil respiration across a chronosequence of tallgrass prairie reconstructions”, Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, vol. 139, pp. 749-753, 2010.

R. Hessel, “Classical and conservation biological control of pest insects within prairie and crop systems”, 2013.

G. William Shepherd, “A comparative agroecosystems analysis of soil water and root dynamics under six different vegetative cover types”, 2006.

D. C. Mitchell, Zhou, X., Parkin, T. B., Helmers, M. J., and Castellano, M. J., “Comparing Nitrate Sink Strength in Perennial Filter Strips at Toeslopes of Cropland Watersheds”, Journal of Environmental Quality, 2014. 2014 Mitchell et al. JEQ.pdf (878.38 KB)

C. Dutter, Damiano, L. A., Niemi, J., Miller, B. A., Schulte, L. A., Liebman, L., Helmers, M., Cruse, R., and McDaniel, M. D., “Contour prairie strips affect adjacent soil but have only slight effects on crops”, Field Crop Research, vol. 269, 2023.

S. T. R. I. P. S. team, “The Cost of Prairie Strips”, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, Ames, Iowa, AE3611, 2017.

M. Jacqueline Hall, “Characterization of honey bee (Apis mellifera) and monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) exposure to pesticides: Risks and benefits of establishing pollinator habitat within Iowa agricultural landscapes”, Iowa State University, Ames, 2021. characterization_of_honey_bee_.pdf (5.7 MB)

J. Hill, “Cup plant biases prairie nitrogen composition in response to increasing community diversity”, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 2017. hill_honorsproject_final.pdf (490.51 KB)

L. Schulte Moore, “Climate-friendly farming strategies can improve the land and generate income for farmers”, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://theconversation.com/climate-friendly-farming-strategies-can-improve-the-land-and-generate-income-for-farmers-157220.

J. Tyndall, Moore, L. Schulte, Liebman, M., and Helmers, M., “The Cost of Prairie Strips”, 2013. . the_cost_of_prairie_conservation_strips.pdf (1.36 MB)