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Prairie and Montane Meadow Plant Communities:
My research focuses on the plant species composition and community dynamics
of prairies, wetlands, and other meadow communities in Kansas, the Great Plains,
and Inter-Mountain Western United States. Specific projects include tallgrass
prairie hay meadows in eastern Kansas, native prairie plant communities, meadow
communities of Grand Tetons and Yellowstone National Parks, and mixed grass
prairie plant community classification in the Central Great Plains.
Restoration of Wetlands, Prairies, and other Habitats:
I am interested in understanding the dynamics of plant community restoration
to create functional habitats that best replicate natural communities. Specific
projects include a 70-acre tallgrass prairie and wet prairie restoration site
east of Paola, Kansas, and wetlands at the Nature Conservancy's Cheyenne Bottoms
Preserve, and the Sante Fe wetland mitigation site for the South Lawrence Trafficway.
Ethnobotany
Ethnobotany is the science of studying cultural use of plant materials. Current
research efforts are focused on use of native medicinal plants, especially the
harvest, use and conservation status of Echinacea, the purple coneflower. Also,
I am involved in collaborative research on active chemical constituents on native
plants with ethnobotanical histories, and I am a collaborator with other researchers
on a project on Native Plants and Medicine at Haskell Indian Nations University.
Conservation of Midwest/Great Plains ecosystems:
Good science is needed to make good decisions in how we use our natural resources.
Currently, I serve on the Executive Committee of the University of Kansas and
provide land management advice to the Nature Conservancy and the Kansas
Land Trust. I am also the conservation easement chair for the Tallgrass
Legacy Alliance--a rancher agency group in the Flint Hills of Kansas dedicated
to the conservation of tallgrass prairie, and I am vice-president of the Kansas
Land Trust.
Kindscher, K. 1992. Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie: An Ethnobotanical Guide. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence. Contains 203 native species; illustrated with line drawings and maps.
Kindscher, K. In press. Plant Lore. In Encyclopedia of Great Plains, ed. David J. Wishart. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln.
Fraser, A., and K. Kindscher. In press. Spatial Distribution of Spartina pectinata Transplants to Restore Wet Prairie. Restoration Ecology.
Aschenbach, T. and K. Kindscher. 2004 (in press). Comparison of Planting Treatments in a Tallgrass Prairie Restoration. Proceedings of the 18th North American Prairie Conference. Truman State University, Kirksville, MO.
Kindscher, K., T. Aschenbach, and S. Ashworth. 2004. Wetland Vegetation Response to the Restoration of Sheet Flow at Cheyenne Bottoms, Kansas. Restoration Ecology 12(3):368-375.
Su, J.C., Debinski, D.M., M.E. Jakubauskas, and K. Kindscher. 2004. Beyond Species Richness: Community Similarity as a Measure of Cross-Taxon Congruence for Coarse-Filter Conservation. Conservation Biology 18:167-173.
Barnes, C.C., M.K. Smalley, K.P. Manfredi, K. Kindscher, H. Loring, and D.M. Sheeley. 2003. Characterization of a Anti-Tuberculosis Resin Glycoside from the Prairie Medicinal Plant Ipomoea leptophylla. Journal of Natural Products 66:1457-1462.
Vallurupalli, V., M. Demidova, K. Kindscher, L.K. Pannell, and K.P. Manfredi. 2001. A New Prenylated Bibenzyl from Glycyrrhiza lepidota. Phytochemistry 58:153-157.
Kindscher, K. and A. Fraser. 2000. Planting Forbs First Provides Greater Species Diversity in Tallgrass Prairie Restorations. Ecological Restoration 18:115-116.
Jakubauskas, M.E., K. Kindscher, A. Fraser, and D.M. Debinski. 2000. Close-Range Remote Sensing of Aquatic Macrophyte Vegetation Cover. International Journal of Remote Sensing 21:3533-3538.
Debinski, D.M., M.E. Jakubauskas, and K. Kindscher. 2000. Montane Meadows as Indicators of Environmental Change. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 64:213-225.
Anderson, H.W., W. Silberstein, M. Cobb, and K. Kindscher. 2000. Conservation Easements in the 10th Federal Circuit. In Protecting the Land: Conservation Easements, Past, Present, and Future. Island Press, Covelo, CA.
Lauver, C.L., K. Kindscher, D. Faber-Langendoen, and R. Schneider. 1999. A Classification of the Natural Vegetation of Kansas. Southwest Naturalist 44:421-444.
Davison, C. and K. Kindscher. 1999. Tools for Diversity: Fire, Grazing, and Mowing on Tallgrass Prairies. Ecological Restoration 17:136-143.
Debinski, D., K. Kindscher, and M.E. Jakubauskas. 1999. A Remote Sensing and GIS-Based Model of Habitats and Biodiversity in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. International Journal of Remote Sensing 17:3281-3291.
Kindscher, K., K.P. Manfredi, M. Britton, M. Demidova, and D. Hurlburt. 1998. Testing Prairie Plants with Ethnobotanical Importance for Anti-Cancer and Anti-AIDS Compounds. Journal of Ethnobiology 18:229-245.
Kindscher, K., and L. Tieszen. 1998. Floristic and Soil Organic Matter Changes after Five and Thirty-five Years of Native Tallgrass Prairie Restoration. Restoration Ecology 6:181-196.
Kindscher, K. and D. Hurlburt. 1998. Huron Smith's Ethnobotany of the Hocak (Winnebago). Economic Botany 52: 352-372.
Kindscher, K. and A. Fraser, M.E. Jakubauskas, and D. Debinski. 1998. Identifying Wetland Meadows in Grand Teton National Park Using Remote Sensing and Average Wetland Values. Wetlands Ecology and Management 5:265-273.
Kansas Biological Survey
Kansas Natural Heritage Inventory
Environmental Studies Program
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology