2024

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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

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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

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2022

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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.

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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.

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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***

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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

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2021

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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

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Bachle, S (2021) Anatomical constraints on grass physiological responses depend on water availability. Dissertation. Kansas State University. https://hdl.handle.net/2097/41354.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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2017

Bachle, S. (2017). Physiological and morphological responses of grass species to drought. Thesis. Kansas State University. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/36188.

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2016

Carson, M., Bachle, S. & Morris, A. (2016) Germination and Growth of Panicum virgatum Cultivars in a NaCl gradient. Sabkha Ecosystem, pp. 287–296.