Seton Bachle, PhD
Plant Ecophysiologist
2024
Keen, RM., Bachle, S., Nippert, JB. (2024). Combined effects of fire and drought are not sufficient to slow shrub encroachment in tallgrass prairie. Oecologia. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00442-024-05526-x
Smith, MD., Wilkins, K., et al (Bachle, S included). (2024). Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS). https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2309881120
2022
Tooley, EG., Bachle, S., Keen, RM., Nippert, JB. (2022). Canopy structure and photosynthetic rate drive high leaf area index in a woody encroaching shrub. Tree Physiology.
Nippert, JB., Bachle, S., Keen, RM., Wedel, E (2022). Climate change impacts on grassland ecosystems and climate actions for a more sustainable future. In Climate Actions: LOCAL APPLICATIONS AND PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS, CRC Press - Taylor & Francis Group.
Bachle, S., J.B. Nippert (2022) Climate variability supersedes grazing to determine the anatomy and physiology of a dominant grassland species. Oecologia. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00442-022-05106-x.***February Cover***
O’Keefe, K., Bachle, S., Keen, RM., Tooley, EG., Nippert, JB (2022) Root anatomical traits reveal unique water-use strategies in tallgrass prairie plants. Functional Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13972
2021
Pau, S., Nippert, JB., Griffith, DM., Bachle, S., Helliker, O’Connor, RO., B, Riley, WJ., Still, CJ., Zaricor, M. (2021) Poor relationships between NEON AOP data and field-based measurements at a mesic grassland site. Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3590
Bachle, S (2021) Anatomical constraints on grass physiological responses depend on water availability. Dissertation. Kansas State University. https://hdl.handle.net/2097/41354.
Bachle, S., Nippert, JB (2021) Microanatomical variation tracks climate variation for a dominant C4 grass species across the Great Plains, USA. Annals of Botany. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaa146
2020
Qui, F., Bachle, S., Estes, R., Nippert, JB., Ungerer, MC (2020) Physiological and transcriptional responses to water stress and recovery in a drought-tolerant fescue wild grass (Festuca ovina; Poaceae). Genome. https://doi.org/10.1139/gen-2020-0055
Griffith, D.M., Osborne, C., Edwards, E., Bachle, S., Beerling, D., Bond, W., Gallaher, T., Helliker, B., Lehmann., Leatherman, L., Nippert, JB., Paul, S., Qui, F., Riley, WJ., Smith, MD., Strömberg, C., Taylor, L., Ungerer, MC., Still, CJ (2020) Lineage Functional Types (LFTs): Characterizing functional diversity to enhance the representation of ecological behavior in Earth System Models. Viewpoint, New Phytologist. 228: 15 - 23. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.16773
Qiu, F., Bachle, S., Nippert, JB., Ungerer, MC (2020). Comparing control options for time-series RNAseq experiments in non-model organisms: an example from grasses. Molecular Ecology Resources 20: 681 - 691. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13137
2018
Bachle, S., Griffith, D. M. & Nippert, J. B. (2018) Intraspecific trait variability in Andropogon gerardii, a dominant grass species in the US Great Plains. Front. Ecol. Evol. 6, 217. Doi: 10.3389/FEVO.2018.00217
Bachle, S., and Nippert, J. B. (2018). Physiological and anatomical trait variability of dominant C4 grasses. Acta Oecologica 93, 14–20. doi:10.1016/J.ACTAO.2018.10.007.
2017
Bachle, S. (2017). Physiological and morphological responses of grass species to drought. Thesis. Kansas State University. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/36188.
Carson, M., Bachle, S. & Morris, A. (2016) Germination and Growth of Panicum virgatum Cultivars in a NaCl gradient. Sabkha Ecosystem, pp. 287–296.