Publications

L. A. Schulte, Asbjornsen, H., Liebman, M., and Crow, T. R., “Agroecosystem restoration through strategic integration of perennials”, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, vol. 61, p. 164A-169A, 2006.

L. M. Alt, Iverson, A. N., Soupir, M. L., Moorman, T. B., and Howe, A., “Antibiotic resistance gene dissipation in soil microcosms amended with antibiotics and swine manure”, Journal of Environmental Quality, vol. 50, 2021.

M. Remigio and Salome, V., “Assessing the ecohydrological impact of incorporating perennial vegetation into an agricultural watershed in Central Iowa, USA”, 2015.

L. A. Schulte, Ontl, T. A., and Larsen, G. Drake, “Biofuels and Biodiversity, Wildlife Habitat Restoration”, 2013.

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

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.

A. Iverson, Moorman, T. B., Soupir, M., and Morrow, A. J., “Degradation of tetracycline, sulfamethazine, and tylosin in soil from prairie strips and row crops in Iowa”, Agroecosystems, Geosciences, and Environment, vol. 5, 2022.

S. M. Hirsh, Mabry, C. M., Schulte, L. A., and Liebman, M., “Diversifying agricultural catchments by incorporating tallgrass prairie buffer strips”, Ecological Restoration, vol. 31, pp. 201-211, 2013.

K. E. Borchardt, Kadelka, C., Schulte, L. A., and Toth, A. L., “An Ecological Networks Approach Reveals Restored Native Vegetation Benefits Wild Bees in Agroecosystems”, Biological Conservation, vol. 287, 2023. ecological_networks_wild_bees.pdf (5.25 MB)

N. P. Schmidt, O'Neal, M. E., and Moore, L. A. Schulte, “Effects of grassland habitat and plant nutrients on soybean aphid and natural enemy populations”, Environmental Entomology, vol. 40, pp. 260-272, 2011.

T. E. Smith, Kolka, R. K., Zhou, X., Helmers, M. J., Cruse, R. M., and Tomer, M. D., “Effects of native perennial vegetation buffer strips on dissolved organic carbon in surface runoff from an agricultural landscape”, Biogeochemistry, vol. 120, pp. 121-132, 2014.

M. Liebman and Schulte, L. A., “Enhancing agroecosystem performance and resilience through increased diversification of landscapes and cropping systems.”, Elementa, 2015.

D. Larsen, Tyndall, J. C., Schulte, L. A., and Grudens-Schuck, N., “Exploring Stakeholder Consensus for Multiple Outcomes in Agriculture: An Iowa Case Study”, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2019.

J. C. Tyndall, Schulte, L. A., Liebman, M., and Helmers, M., “Field-Level Financial Assessment of Contour Prairie Strips for Enhancement of Environmental Quality”, Environmental Management, vol. 52, pp. 736-747, 2013.

G. Arbuckle J Jr, Helmers, M. J., Liebman, M. Z., and Schulte, L. A., “From vulnerability to resiliency: Iowa agriculture in the age of biorenewables”, 2008.

M. D. Stephenson, Yuza, K. L., Moore, L. A. Schulte, and Klaver, R. W., “Habitat Amount and Edge Effects, Not Perch Proximity, Nest Exposure, or Vegetation Diversity Affect Cowbird Parasitism in Agricultural Landscapes”, Landscape Ecology, vol. 39, no. 69, 2024.

S. Secchi, Tyndall, J., Schulte, L. A., and Asbjornsen, H., “High crop prices and conservation: Raising the stakes”, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, vol. 63, p. 68A-73A, 2008. Secchi et al. 2008 JSWC.pdf (968.32 KB)

S. Secchi, Tyndall, J., Schulte, L. A., and Asbjornsen, H., “High crop prices and conservation: Raising the stakes”, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, vol. 63, p. 68A-73A, 2008. Secchi et al. 2008 JSWC.pdf (968.32 KB)

G. L. D. Larsen, Schulte, L. A., and Tyndall, J. C., “How should Iowa's agricultural landscape look?”, Rootstalk, vol. 1, pp. 41-46, 2015.

B. Khanal, Schoengold, K., Mieno, T., and L Moore, S., “The impact of policy design on willingness to pay for ecosystem services from prairie strips”, Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, 2022.

R. Cox, O'neal, M., Hessel, R., Schulte, L. A., and Helmers, M., “The impact of prairie strips on aphidophagous predator abundance and soybean aphid predation in agricultural catchments”, Environmental Entomology, vol. 43, pp. 1185-1197, 2014.

J. A. Stephenson, Liebman, M., Niemi, J., Cruse, R., Tyndall, J., Witte, C. - P., James, D., and Helmers, M., “The Influence of Prairie Strips Sown in Midwestern Corn and Soybean Fields on Sediment Discharge Throughout the Year”, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, vol. 79, no. 2, 2024. 87.full_.pdf (688.49 KB)

M. Liebman, Helmers, M. J., and Schulte, L. A., “Integrating conservation with biofuel feedstock production”, Managing agricultural landscapes for environmental quality II: achieving more effective conservation. Soil and Water Conservation Society of America, Ames, IA, pp. 131-142, 2011.

J. G. Arbuckle Jr., Tyndall, J., 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)

N. Jordan, Schulte, L. A., 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.

N. Jordan, Schulte, L. A., 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.

E. A. Heaton, Schulte, L. A., Berti, M., Langeveld, H., Zegada-Lizarazu, W., Parrish, D., and Monti, A., “ Managing a 2G crop portfolio through sustainable intensification: examples from the US and EU”, Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining, vol. 7, 2013.

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

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

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)

M. L. Hladik, Bradbury, S., Schulte, L. A., Helmers, M., 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.

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.

L. SchulteMoore, “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)

J. S. Flater, Alt, L., 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.

L. A. Schulte, Niemi, J., Helmers, M. J., Liebman, M., Arbuckle, J. G., James, D. E., Kolka, R. K., O'Neal, M. E., 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.

A. J. Craig, Rehmann, C. R., Alt, L. M., Moore, L. 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. 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.

M. D. Stephenson, “Quantifying methods to improve statistical power in grassland and passerine bird nesting studies”, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 2017. stephenson_2017_msthesis.pdf (1.75 MB)

M. Stephenson, “Quantifying thermal‐imager effectiveness for detecting bird nests on farms”, Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2019. quantifying_thermal-imager_effectiveness_for_detecting_bird_nests_on_farms.pdf (264.81 KB)

M. Stephenson, “Quantifying thermal‐imager effectiveness for detecting bird nests on farms”, Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2019. quantifying_thermal-imager_effectiveness_for_detecting_bird_nests_on_farms.pdf (264.81 KB)

L. Schulte, “Reflection, empowerment, and co-constructed research: leadership lessons from an initiative to transform Iowa agriculture”, Leadership Narratives, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.earthleadership.org/post/reflection-empowerment-and-co-constructed-research-leadership-lessons-from-an-initiative-to-trans.

M. D. Stephenson, Moore, L. A. Schulte, and Klaver, R. W., “The Relative Contributions of Habitat Area, Configuration, and Vegetative Diversity on Snake and Lizard Presence in Agricultural Landscapes”, Conservation Science and Practice, 2024. conservat_sci_and_prac_-_2024_-_stephenson_-_the_relative_contributions_of_habitat_area_configuration_and_vegetative.pdf (3.6 MB)

M. Douglas Stephenson, “The Roles of Habitat Area, Fragmentation and Vegetation Diversity in Bird and Snake Habitat Quality in Agricultural Landscapes in Iowa, USA”, 2022. stephensonmatt_2022_dissertation_-_bird_and_snake_habitat_quality_in_ag_landscapes.pdf (7.07 MB)

H. Asbjornsen, Shepherd, G., Helmers, M., and Mora, G., “Seasonal patterns in depth of water uptake under contrasting annual and perennial systems in the Corn Belt Region of the Midwestern US”, Plant and Soil, vol. 308, pp. 69-92, 2008.

J. Caviglia-Harris, Hodges, K., B, H., Bennett, E., Galvin, K., Krebs, M., Lipps, K., Lowman, M., Schulte, L. A., and Schurr, T., “The six dimensions of collective leadership that advance sustainability objectives: rethinking what it means to be an academic leader”, Ecology and Society, vol. 26, 2021.

J. Caviglia-Harris, Hodges, K., B, H., Bennett, E., Galvin, K., Krebs, M., Lipps, K., Lowman, M., Schulte, L. A., and Schurr, T., “The six dimensions of collective leadership that advance sustainability objectives: rethinking what it means to be an academic leader”, Ecology and Society, vol. 26, 2021.

J. M. McGovern, Giese, J. C., and Schulte, L. A., “Springtime Bird Use of Agricultural Landscapes Examined by Using Autonomous Recording Units”. 2024. jfo-2023-399.pdf (1.23 MB)

E. Brandes, McNunn, G. Sean, Schulte, L. A., Bonner, I. J., Muth, D. J., Babcock, B. A., Sharma, B., and Heaton, E. A., “Subfield profitability analysis reveals an economic case for cropland diversification”, Environmental Research Letters, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 014009, 2016.

E. Brandes, McNunn, G. Sean, Schulte, L. A., Bonner, I. J., Muth, D. J., Babcock, B. A., Sharma, B., and Heaton, E. A., “Subfield profitability analysis reveals an economic case for cropland diversification”, Environmental Research Letters, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 014009, 2016.

L. A. Schulte, Asbjornsen, H., Atwell, R. C., Hart, C., Helmers, M., Isenhart, T., Kolka, R., Liebman, M., Neal, J., O'Neal, M., Schultz, R., Secchi, S., Thompson, J., Tomer, M., and Tyndall, J., “Targeted conservation approaches for improving water quality: Multiple benefits for expanded opportunities”, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, PMR 1002, 2008. Schulte et al. 2008 ISUExt.PMR1002.pdf (2.12 MB)