Publications

E. A. Heaton, Moore, L. A. Schulte, Helmers, M. J., Liebman, M. Z., and Milster, F., “Producing food, feed and energy: How can agriculture do it all?”, 25th Annual Integrated Crop Management Conference. Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 2013. producing_food_feed_and_energy_how_can_agriculture_do_it_all_.pdf (2.95 MB)

J. Jordahl and Kuckuck, B., “Precision prairie project: Integration of precision prairie applications with business and conservation planning”, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Washington, DC, 2018. precisionprairie_casestudy_final_one-pager.pdf (1.5 MB)

S. T. R. I. P. S. team, “Prairie Strips: Small Changes, Big Impacts”, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, Ames, Iowa, AE3610, 2017.

A. Clinton, “Prairie strips research indicate curbed nutrient loss”, Advance, no. February 26, 2015, 2015.

L. M. Alt, Flater, J. S., Howe, A., Moorman, T. B., Moore, L. A. Schulte, and Soupir, M. L., “Prairie Strips Remove Swine Manure Associated Antimicrobial Resistance Genes and Bacteria from Runoff”, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, vol. 349, 2023.

A. J. Craig, Rehmann, C. R., Alt, L. M., Moore, L. A. Schulte, and Soupir, M. L., “Prairie Strips Reduce Fecal Indicator Bacteria Concentrations in Simulated Runoff”, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 244-256, 2022.

L. A. Schulte Moore, Bradbury, S. P., O'Neal, M., Toth, A. L., Tyndall, J. C., and Dolezal, A. G., “Prairie strips provide late-summer forage for bees”, Iowa State University, 2019. strips_ffar_infosheet_final_draft.pdf (702.86 KB)

C. Gusto, Grudens-Schuck, N., and Rogers, B., “Prairie Strips Professional Development Evaluation for FSA & NRCS Staff”, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 2023.

S. T. R. I. P. S. team, “Prairie Strips Mitigate the Spread of AMR”, Iowa State University, Ames, 2020. strips_amr_infosheet.pdf (2.84 MB)

C. Dutter, Rieke, E. L., Pottenbaum, S., and McDaniel, M. D., “Prairie strips improve many measures of soil health in nearly a decade”, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 2025.

L. A. Schulte Moore, Niemi, J. B., Helmers, M. J., Liebman, M. Z., J. Arbuckle, G., James, D. E., Kolka, R. K., O'Neal, M., Tomer, M. D., Tyndall, J. C., Asbjornsen, H., Drobney, P., Neal, J., Van Ryswyk, G., and Witte, C., “Prairie strips improve biodiversity and the delivery of multiple ecosystem services from corn–soybean croplands”, PNAS, 2017.

L. A. Schulte Moore, Bradbury, S. P., O'Neal, M., Toth, A. L., Tyndall, J. C., and Dolezal, A. G., “Prairie strips help honey bees and wild pollinators”, Iowa State University, Ames, 2020. strips_ffar_infosheet_20200203.pdf (748.6 KB)

S. T. R. I. P. S. team, “Prairie Strips Help Honey Bees and Wild Pollinators”, Iowa State University, 2021. prairie_strips_help_honey_bees_and_wild_pollinators.pdf (1.1 MB)

N. Grudens-Schuck, Helmers, M. J., Youngquist, T. D., and Johnson, M. S., “Prairie strips for sediment and nutrient control and biodiversity”, Journal of Extension, vol. 55, no. 1, 2017.

J. S. Flater, Alt, L. M., Soupir, M. L., Moorman, T. B., and Howe, A., “Prairie strips’ effect on transport of antimicrobial resistance indicators in poultry litter”, Journal of Environmental Quality, vol. 51, 2022.

R. Whitehair and Grudens-Schuck, N., “Prairie strips consultant educational needs assessment: 2017 survey”, Iowa State University, Agricultural Education & Studies, Ames, IA, 2017. prairiestripswsdevneedsassessjune2017_rev5_2_18.pdf (692.17 KB)

L. A. Schulte, “Prairie strips: bringing biodiversity, improved water quality, and soil protection to agriculture”, Missouri Prairie Journal, vol. 35, 2014. Schulte 2014 MoPrairieJournal -- Prairie Strips.pdf (1.04 MB)

L. A. Schulte, MacDonald, A. L., Niemi, J. B., and Helmers, M. J., “Prairie strips as a mechanism to promote land sharing by birds in industrial agricultural landscapes”, Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment, vol. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2016.01.007, 2016.

J. C. Tyndall, “Prairie and Tree Planting Tool - PT^2 (1.0): A conservation decision support tool for Iowa, USA.”, Agroforestry Systems, vol. 109, 2021. tyndall2021_article_prairieandtreeplantingtoolpt21.pdf (6.08 MB)

C. Murray, “Pollinator response to prairie strips in the Iowa agricultural landscape”, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 2021. murraycaroline_2021_msthesis.pdf (1.13 MB)

J. Mueller and Liebman, M. Z., “Plant Community and Soil Functional Characteristics of Prairie Conservation Strips”, 2015. Mueller & Liebman 2015 STRIPS poster.pdf (1.63 MB)

M. G. Bogert, “Plant and insect community responses to manure application in prairies”, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 2023. bogertmelanie_2023_msthesis.pdf (5.57 MB)

J. Doudna, O'Neal, M., Tyndall, J. C., and Helmers, M. J., “Perspectives of extension agents and farmers toward multifunctional agriculture in the United States Corn Belt”, Journal of Extension, vol. 53, no. 6, 2015.

G. McNally and Rogers, B., “Perennial Systems Conservation: Reaching Women Landowners & Farmers”. 2023. perennial_systems_conservation_reaching_women_landowners_farmers_one_pager_6.21.pdf (4.18 MB)

X. Zhou, Helmers, M. J., Asbjornsen, H., Kolka, R. K., and Tomer, M. D., “Perennial filter strips reduce nitrate levels in soil and shallow groundwater after grassland-to-cropland conversion”, Journal of environmental quality, vol. 39, pp. 2006-2015, 2010.

B. Chen, Krajewski, W. F., Zhou, X., and Helmers, M. J., “Organized variability of surface runoff responses across neighboring hillslopes in Iowa”, Journal of Hydrology, vol. 523, pp. 1-13, 2015.

B. Khanal, Mieno, T., Schoengold, K., and Bullock, D. S., “Optimizing precision conservation with on-farm precision experiment data: the role of crop insurance and spatially variable profit”, Science of The Total Environment, vol. 979, 2025.

E. M. Hsieh and Dolezal, A. G., “Nutrition, Pesticide Exposure, and Virus Infection Interact to Produce Context-Dependent Effects in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)”, Science of the Total Environment, vol. 949, 2024. 1-s2.0-s0048969724052756-main.pdf (2.34 MB)

X. Zhou, Helmers, M. J., Asbjornsen, H., Kolka, R. K., Tomer, M. D., and Cruse, R. M., “Nutrient removal by prairie filter strips in agricultural landscapes”, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, vol. 69, pp. 54-64, 2014.

M. J. Helmers, Grudens-Schuck, N., and Youngquist, T. D., “Novel Use of Conceptual Change Framework Improves Video on Challenging Science Topic”, Journal of Extension, vol. 57, no. 1IAW2, 2019. novel_use_of_conceptual_change_framework_improves_video_on_challenging_science_topic.pdf (558.77 KB)

D. C. Mitchell, “Nitrogen sources and sinks in Iowa soils: biogeochemical links between carbon inputs, nitrate leaching, and nitrous oxide emissions”, 2012.

M. Perez-Suarez, Castellano, M. J., Kolka, R. K., Asbjornsen, H., and Helmers, M. J., “Nitrogen and carbon dynamics in prairie vegetation strips across topographical gradients in mixed Central Iowa agroecosystems”, Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment, vol. 188, p. 11, 2014.

C. E. Rutkoski, Moore, L. A. Schulte, and Evans, S. E., “Neonicotinoid Retention and Transport in a Maize Cropping System with Contour Prairie Strips”, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, vol. 373, 2024.

M. L. Hladik, Bradbury, S. P., Moore, L. A. Schulte, Helmers, M. J., Witte, C., Kolpin, D. W., Garrett, J. D., and Harris, M., “Neonicotinoid insecticide removal by prairie strips in row-cropped watersheds with historical seed coating use”, Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment, vol. 241, pp. 160-167, 2017.

F. Service and Outdoors, F. I. N. D., “Natural Inquirer Monograph Series: Assessing the Environmental Benefits of Prairie Strips”, Natural Inquirer , vol. 20, 2021. ni_creamofthecrop_2021_web.pdf (23.6 MB)

G. Zhang, Murray, C., A Clair, S., Cass, R., Dolezal, A. G., Moore, L. A. Schulte, Toth, A. L., and O'Neal, M., “Native vegetation embedded in landscapes dominated by corn and soybean improves honey bee health and productivity”, Journal of Applied Ecology, 2023.

V. Hernandez-Santana, Zhou, X., Helmers, M. J., Asbjornsen, H., Kolka, R. K., and Tomer, M. D., “Native prairie filter strips reduce runoff from hillslopes under annual row-crop systems in Iowa, USA”, Journal of HydrologyJournal of Hydrology, vol. 477, pp. 94-103, 2013.

A. G. Dolezal, Clair, A. L. St., Zhang, G., Toth, A. L., and O'Neal, M., “Native habitat mitigates feast-famine conditions faced by honey bees in an agricultural landscape”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2019. dolezal_st._clair_et_al._2019_pnas.pdf (1007.54 KB)

J. A. Nelson, “Monitoring Soil Movement at the Field-Scale in Row Crop Systems with Prairie Strips”, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 2022. nelson_iastate_0097m_20504.pdf (5.48 MB)

M. Perez-Bidegain, “Modeling phosphorus transport using the WEPP model”, Iowa State University, 2007.

M. Perez-Bidegain, Helmers, M. J., and Cruse, R. M., “Modeling phosphorus transport in an agricultural watershed using the WEPP model”, Journal of Environmental Quality, vol. 39, pp. 2121-2129, 2010.

M. D. Stephenson, Moore, L. A. Schulte, Klaver, R. W., and Niemi, J. B., “Miniature temperature data loggers increase precision and reduce bias when estimating the daily survival rate for bird nests”, Journal of Field Ornithology, 2021.

Conservation Learning Group, “Managing manure transport with prairie strips”. 2025. prairie_strips-manure_infographic-250701.pdf (7.28 MB)

E. A. Heaton, Schulte, L. A., Berti, M., Langeveld, H., Zegada-Lizarazu, W., Parrish, D., and Monti, A., “Managing a second-generation crop portfolio through sustainable intensification: Examples from the USA and the EU”, Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining, vol. 7, 2013.

M. E. Jarchow and Liebman, M. Z., “Maintaining multifunctionality as landscapes provide ecosystem services”, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, vol. 9, pp. 262-262, 2011.

S. T. R. I. P. S. team, “A Landowner's Guide to Prairie Strips”, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, Ames, Iowa, AE3609, 2017.

S. T. R. I. P. S. team, “A Landowner's Guide to Prairie Conservation Strips”, 2011. . landowners_guide_to_prairie_conservation_strips.pdf (327.73 KB)

N. Jordan, Moore, L. A. Schulte, Williams, C., Pitt, D., Slotterback, C. Shively, Jackson, R., Landis, D., Dale, B., Becker, D., and Rickenbach, M., “Landlabs: An Integrated Approach to Creating Agricultural Enterprises That Meet the Triple Bottom Line”, Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, vol. 17, pp. 175-200, 2013.

L. A. Schulte Moore, “Iowa's farmers -- and American eaters -- need a national discussion on transforming US agriculture”, The Conversation, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://theconversation.com/iowas-farmers-and-american-eaters-need-a-national-discussion-on-transforming-us-agriculture-114902.

J. G. Arbuckle, Jr., Tyndall, J. C., and Sorenson, E., “Iowans’ perspectives on targeted approaches for multiple-benefit agriculture”, Iowa State University Department of Sociology, Ames, Iowa, 1038, 2015. Arbuckle et al. 2015 Iowans' Perspectives on Targeted Approaches for Multiple-Benefit Agriculture.pdf (864.71 KB)