Stemet L. S., Biddinger D. J., Naithani K., Szalanski A. L., and Joshi N. K. (in review) Intertegular distance of wild bees and its use in estimating proboscis lengths and foraging ranges to better understand bee conservation ecology.
St. Rose A., Xiao J., and Naithani K. (in review) Combined landscape complexity is a better indicator of ecosystem functions in forested ecosystems than physical or biological complexity alone.
A peaked response to accumulated growing degree day is a better functional form than one utilizing days after planting and cultivar-agnostic models perform equivalently to cultivar-specific models.
Ellie Kuhn, Beatriz Moreno-García, Michele Reba, Kusum Naithani, and Benjamin R. K. Runkle (2025) Modeling rice leaf area index and canopy height in the US Mid-South region. Agrosystems, Geosciences, and Environment. doi: 10.1002/agg2.70139
St. Rose A., and Naithani K. (2025) Unraveling the Influence of Structural Complexity, Environmental, and Geographic Factors on Multi-Trophic Biodiversity in Forested Landscapes. Ecology and Evolution, Vol: 15(2) e70907. doi: 10.1002/ece3.70907
Acharya R. S., Leslie T., Burke J., Naithani K., Fitting E., Loftin K., and Joshi N. K. (2024) Sheep grazing influences the abundance, diversity, and community composition of wild bees and other insects in livestock pastures. Ecological Indicators. Vol: 162, 111839. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.111839
Identifying the influence of a landmark on an outcome of interest using a distance variable, such as the effect of distance to shopping on home price.
Syed M., Farmer M.C., Naithani K., and Lacombe D. J. (2024) A problem with distance variables and alternatives for their use. Journal of Real Estate Research. doi: 10.1080/08965803.2024.2325244.
Reavis M. L., Purcell L., Pereira A., and Naithani K. (2023) Effects of Measurement Methods and Growing Conditions on Phenotypic Expression of Photosynthesis in Diverse Rice Genotypes. Frontiers in Plant Science. Volume 14. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1106672
SanClements M., Record S., Rose K., Donnelly A., Chong S., Duffy K., Hallmark A., Heffernan J., Mitchell J., Moore D., Naithani K., O’Reilly C., Sokol E., Weintraub S., Stack Whitney K., and Yang D. (2022) People, infrastructure, and data: A pathway to an inclusive and diverse ecological Network of Networks. Ecosphere, e4262. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.4262
Naithani K., Jones M., and Grayson K. (2022) Building Communities of Teaching Practice and Data-Driven Open Education Resources with NEON Faculty Mentoring Networks. Ecosphere, 13(8): e4210. doi:10.1002/ecs2.4210
Reavis M. L., Ahlen J., Rudek J., and Naithani K. (2022) Evaluating greenhouse gas emissions and climate mitigation goals of the global food and beverage sector. Frontiers of Sustainable Food Systems, 5:789499. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2021.789499
Sniegocki R., Moon J. B., Rutrough A., Gireneus J., Seelan J. S. S., Weindorf D. C., Farmer M. C., and Naithani K. (2022) Recovery of soil microbial diversity and functions along a tropical montane forest disturbance gradient, Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10:853686. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.853686
Nagy R. C. et al. (90 authors including Naithani K.) (2021) Harnessing the NEON data revolution to advance open environmental science with a diverse and data-capable community. Ecosphere, 12 (12): e03833. doi:10.1002/ecs2.3833
Qin C., Bartelme R., Chung A., Fairbanks D., Lin Y., Liptzin D., Muscarella C., Naithani K., Peay K., Pellitier P., St. Rose A., Stanish L., Werbin Z., and Zhu K. (2021) From DNA sequences to microbial ecology: Wrangling NEON soil microbe data with the neonMicrobe R package. Ecosphere, 12 (11): e03842. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.3842.
Sanks K. M., Shaw J. B. Naithani K. (2020) Field-based estimate of the sediment deficit in coastal Louisiana. JGR–Earth Surface. 125 (8) e2019JF005389.
doi: 10.1029/2019JF005389
Joshi N. K., Naithani K., Biddinger D. J. (2020) Nest modification protects immature stages of the Japanese orchard bee (Osmia cornifrons) from invasion of a cleptoparasitic mite pest. Insects, 11(1), 65.
Moon J. B., Wardrop D. H., Smithwick E. A. H. & Naithani K. J. (2019) Fine-scale spatial homogenization of microbial habitats: a multivariate index of headwater wetland complex condition. Ecological Applications. 29(1), e0181.
Shaffer L. J., Khadka K. K., Van Den Hoek J. & Naithani K. J. (2019) Human-elephant conflict: A review of current management strategies and future directions. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 6:235.
Reed D. E., Ewers B. E., Pendall E., Naithani K. J., Kwon H. & Kelly R. D. (2018) Biophysical factors and canopy coupling control ecosystem water and carbon fluxes of semi-arid sagebrush ecosystems. Rangeland Ecology and Management. 71(3): 309 – 317.
Mitra B., Mackay D. S., Cleary M. B., Pendall E. G., Ewers B. E., Kwon H., Cleary M. B. & Naithani K. J. (2018) Model – Data fusion approach to quantify evapotranspiration and net ecosystem exchange across the sagebrush ecosystem at different temporal resolutions, Ecohydrology. ECO1957.
Baldwin D., Naithani K. J. & Lin H. (2017) Combined soil-terrain stratification for characterizing catchment-scale soil moisture variation. Geoderma, 285: 260–269.
Moon J. B., DeWitt T. H., Errend M. N., Bruins R. J. F., Kentula M. E., Chamberlain S. J., Fennessy M. S., and Naithani K. J. (2017) Model application niche analysis: Assessing the transferability and generalizability of ecological models. Ecosphere 8(10): e01974.
Moon J. B., Wardrop D. H., Bruns M. A. V., Miller R. M., and Naithani K. J. (2016) Land-use and land-cover effects on soil microbial community abundance and composition in headwater riparian wetlands. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 97: 215 – 233.
Smithwick E. A. H., Baldwin D. & Naithani K. J. (2016) Grassland productivity in response to nutrient additions and herbivory is scale-dependent. PeerJ 4:e2745.
Joshi N. K., Rajotte E. G., Naithani K. J., Krawczyk G. & Hull L. A. (2016) Population dynamics and flight phenology model of codling moth differ between commercial and abandoned apple orchard ecosystems. Frontiers in Physiology, 7:408.
Cleary M.B., Naithani K.J., Ewers B.E. & Pendall E. (2015) Upscaling CO2 fluxes using leaf, soil and chamber measurements across successional growth stages in a sagebrush steppe ecosystem. Journal of Arid Environments, 121:43-51.
Naithani K.J., Ewers B.E., Adelman J.D. & Siemens D.H. (2014) Abiotic and biotic controls on local spatial distribution and performance of a Boechera stricta population. Frontiers in Plant Science, 5:348.
Biddinger D.J., Joshi N.K., Rajotte E.G., Halbrendt N.O., Pulig C., Naithani K.J. & Vaughn M. (2013). An immunomarking method to determine the foraging patterns of Osmia cornifrons and resulting fruit set in a cherry orchard. Apidologie, 44: 738-749.
Naithani K.J., Baldwin D.C., Gaines K.P., Lin H. & Eissenstat D.M. (2013) Spatial distribution of tree species governs the spatio-temporal interaction of leaf area index and soil moisture across a forested landscape. PLoS ONE, 8:e58704.
Naithani K.J., Ewers B.E. & Pendall E. (2012) Sap flux-scaled transpiration and stomatal conductance response to soil and atmospheric drought in a semi-arid sagebrush ecosystem. Journal of Hydrology, 464-465: 176-185.
Smithwick E.A.H., Naithani K.J., Balser T.C., Romme W.H. & Turner M.G. (2012) Post-fire spatial patterns of soil nitrogen mineralization and microbial abundance. PLoS ONE, 7:e50597.
Kwon H., Pendall E., Ewers B. E., Cleary M. & Naithani K. (2008) Spring drought regulates summer net ecosystem CO2 exchange in a sagebrush steppe ecosystem. Agricultural & Forest Meteorology, 91(5): 24-30., 148: 381-391.
Naithani, K. (2020) NEON Data in the Classroom: Quantifying Spatial Patterns. NEON Faculty Mentoring Network, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/AJBF-AZ49
Naithani, K., Jones, M. A., Grayson, K. (2019) NEON Data in the Classroom: Using the QUBES Platform and Faculty Mentoring Networks to Build, Adapt, and Publish Data-Driven Teaching Resources. NEON - National Ecological Observatory Network, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/W83X-S558
Joshi N.K., Naithani K.J., Hull L.A., Rajotte E.G. & Krawczyk G. (2011) Development of a Bayesian flight model for codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.) in Pennsylvania apple orchards. Pennsylvania Fruit News, 91(5): 24–30.