Kelly Kindscher
Senior Scientist
Kansas Natural Heritage Inventory
Courtesy Professor
Environmental Studies Program
Courtesy Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Contact Information
| Phone | 785-864-1529 |
|---|---|
| Fax | 785-864-1534 |
| Office | 135A Higuchi |
Unit Affiliations
KSNHIPersonal Website
Curriculum Vitae
Detail
Specialty
Plant Community Ecology and Botany
Background
Kelly Kindscher earned his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas in 1991.
Research Interests
Dr. Kindscher's research interests are focused on prairie and montane meadow plant communities, wetland and prairie restoration, conservation of Midwest/Great Plains ecosystems, and ethnobotany.
Research
Published Works
E. Questad, B. Foster, S. Jog, K. Kindscher, H. Loring. 2011. Evaluating patterns of biodiversity in managed grasslands with spatial turnover metrics. Biological Conservation. 144:1050-1058.
H. Zhang, A. K. Samadi, R. J. Gallagher, J. J. Araya, X. Tong, V. W. Day, M. S. Cohen, K. Kindscher, R. Gollapudi, B. Timmermann. 2011. Cytotoxic withanolide constituents of (Physalis longifolia). Journal of Natural Products. 74:2532-2544.
Kindscher, K., H. Kilroy, J. Delisle, Q. Long, H. Loring, K. Dobbs. 2010. Vegetation classification and mapping of Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. National Park Service.
Foster, B., I.S. Khavin, C. Murphy, V. Smith, M. Ramspott, K. Price, K. Kindscher. 2010. Integrated responses of grassland biodiversity and ecosystem properties to hay management: A field experiment. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 113:103-119. http://web.ku.edu/~kindscher/wp-con...
Felger, R., K. Kindscher. 2010. Trees of the Gila Forest Region, New Mexico. New Mexico Botanist. 2:38-66. http://web.ku.edu/~kindscher/wp-con...
Debinski, D., H. Wickham, K. Kindscher, J. Caruthers, M. Germino. 2010. Montane meadow change during drought varies with background hydrologic regime and plant functional group. Ecology. 91:1672-1681. http://web.ku.edu/~kindscher/wp-con...
Gehring, R., K. Kindscher. 2010. The medicinal use of native North American plants in domestic animals. Ethnoveterinary Botanical Medicine: Herbals Medicines for Animal Health. Boca Raton, FL:CRC Press. 213-230.
Norris, W., R. Felger, K. Kindscher. 2010. Introduction to the Proceedings. New Mexico Botanist. 2:1-2.
Kindscher, K., Q. Long, H. Loring. 2010. Wetlands along the Gila River in southwestern New Mexico. New Mexico Botanist. 2:116-121. http://web.ku.edu/~kindscher/wp-con...
Foster, B., K. Kindscher, G.R. Houseman, C. Murphy. 2009. Effects of hay management and native species sowing on plant community structure and biomass: Implications for the restoration of prairie hay meadows. Ecological Applications. 19:1884-1896. http://web.ku.edu/~kindscher/wp-con...
Kindscher, K., W. H. Busby, R. Craft, J. Delisle, C. C. Freeman, H. Kilroy, Q. Long, H. Loring, R. Moranz, F.J. Norman. 2009. A natural areas inventory of Anderson and Linn Counties in Kansas. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 158:79 pp.
Kindscher, K., L. Byczynski. 2009. Native Prairie Hay Meadows: A Landowner's Management Guide. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS.
Kindscher, K., F. Norman, L. Byczynski. 2009. Floristic quality of vegetation at lead and zinc mined lands in Cherokee County, Kansas. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 149:67 pp.
Kindscher, K. 2009. High Plains Horticulture: A History. Book review.. Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains. 32:82. http://web.ku.edu/~kindscher/wp-con...
Kindscher, K. 2009. Plains Apache Ethnobotany. Book Review. Journal of Ethnobiology. 29:365-367. http://web.ku.edu/~kindscher/wp-con...
Worster, D., E. Schultz, K. Kindscher, E. Robinson, K. Gerstner. 2008. The Nature of Kansas Lands. http://www.kansaspress.ku.edu/worna...
Kindscher, K. 2008. Vegetation and habitat along the Gila River in southwestern New Mexico. http://web.ku.edu/~kindscher/wp-con...
Kindscher, K., Q. Long, L. Byczynski. 2008. Mead's milkweed reintroduction plan for Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Open-file Report No. 152:12 pp. http://web.ku.edu/~kindscher/wp-con...
Kindscher, K., R. Jennings, W. Norris, R. Shook. 2008. Birds, reptiles, amphibians, vascular plants, and habitat in the Gila River riparian zone in southwestern New Mexico. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Open-file Report No. 151:42 pp.
Kindscher, K., D.M. Price, L. Castle. 2008. Re-sprouting of Echinacea angustifolia augments sustainability of wild medicinal plant populations. Economic Botany. 62:139-147. http://web.ku.edu/~kindscher/wp-con...
Kindscher, K., W.R. Norris. 2008. Introduction. Proceedings of the First Natural History of the Gila Symposium. Las Cruces, NM:New Mexico Botanist. http://web.ku.edu/~kindscher/wp-con...
Weber, M., C. Knov, K. Kindscher, R. Brown, S. Niemann, J. Chapman. 2007. Identification of medicinally active compounds in prairie plants by HPLC coupled to electron impact-mass spectrometry. American Laboratory. 39:9-11. http://web.ku.edu/~kindscher/wp-con...
Price, D.H., K. Kindscher. 2007. One hundred years of Echinacea angustifolia harvest in the Smoky Hills of Kansas, USA. Economic Botany. 61:86-95. http://web.ku.edu/~kindscher/wp-con...
Stotts, C., M. Palmer, K. Kindscher. 2007. The need for savanna restoration in the Cross Timbers. Oklahoma Native Plant Record. 7:78-90. http://web.ku.edu/~kindscher/wp-con...
Long, Q., K. Kindscher. 2007. A comparison of the influence of disturbance regimes on native forbs (Kansas). Ecological Restoration. 25:129-130. http://web.ku.edu/~kindscher/wp-con...
Foster, B., K. Kindscher. 2007. Controls on biodiversity and ecosystem function in managed grasslands. National Resource Initiative Research Highlights. 2. http://web.ku.edu/~kindscher/wp-con...
Foster, B., C. Murphy, K. Keller, T. Aschenbach, E.J. Questad, K. Kindscher. 2007. Restoration of prairie community structure and ecosystem function in an abandoned hayfield: A sowing experiment. Restoration Ecology. 15(4):652-661. http://web.ku.edu/~kindscher/wp-con...
Busby, W. H., J. Delisle, C. C. Freeman, K. Kindscher, H. Loring, D.E. Nimz, C.J. Schmidt. 2007. A natural features inventory of the Smoky Hill ANG Range, Kansas. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Open-File Report No. 137:403 pp.
Nabhan, G., K. Kindscher. 2006. Renewing the native food traditions of Bison Nation. Renewing America's Food Traditions Consortium.
Kindscher, K. 2006. Natural resource inventory and restoration plan for the Black Jack Battlefield site. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Open file Report No. 129:21 pp.
Kindscher, K. 2006. Conservation status of Echinacea species. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. http://web.ku.edu/~kindscher/wp-con...
Busby, W. H., C. C. Freeman, K. Kindscher, J. Delisle. 2006. A natural features inventory of the Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range: Annual Progress Report. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS.
Jog, S., E. Questad, K. Kindscher, B. Foster, H. Loring. 2006. Floristic quality as an indicator of native species diversity within managed grasslands. Natural Areas Journal. 26:149-167. http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.33...
Ashworth, S.M., B. Foster, K. Kindscher. 2006. Relative contributions of adjacent species and environmental conditions to plant community richness and composition in a group of created wetlands. Wetlands. 26(1):193-204. http://web.ku.edu/~kindscher/wp-con...
Aschenbach, T., K. Kindscher. 2006. Plant species on salt-affected soil and Cheyenne Bottom, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 109:207-213.
White, S., K. Kindscher. 2006. Natural resource and open space assessment and planning recommendations for Miami County, KS. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Open File Report No. 126:30 pp.
Powell, A., W. H. Busby, K. Kindscher. 2006. Status of the regal fritillary (Speyeria idalia) and effects of fire management on its abundance in northeastern Kansas. Journal of Insect Conservation. November 2006:10 pp.
Fraser, A., K. Kindscher. 2005. Spatial distribution of Spartina pectinata transplants to restore wet prairie. Restoration Ecology. 13(1):144-151. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/...
Loring, H., K. Kindscher, J. Delisle. 2005. A survey of natural area sites in Cherokee County, Kansas. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Open-file Report No. 125:33 pp.
Kindscher, K., W. H. Busby, J. Delisle, J. Dropkin, C. C. Freeman. 2005. A natural areas inventory of Douglas, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, and Wyandotte Counties in northeast Kansas. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Open-file Report No. 124:79 pp.
Kettle, W., W. H. Busby, J. Delisle, C. C. Freeman, K. Kindscher, C.M. Morse. 2005. Fieldwork and activities in support of integrated natural resource management planning at Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS.
Su, J.C., D.M. Debinski, M. Jakubauskas, K. Kindscher. 2004. Beyond species richness: Community similarity as a measure of cross-taxon congruence for coarse-filter conservation. Conservation Biology. 18(1):167-173. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/...
Kindscher, K., T. Aschenbach, S. Ashworth. 2004. Wetland vegetation response to the restoration of sheet flow at Cheyenne Bottoms, Kansas. Restoration Ecology. 12(3):368-375. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/...
Kindscher, K. 2004. UpS research on "at-risk" Echinacea. United Plant Savers: Journal of Medicinal Plant Conservation. Spring 2004:13.
Kindscher, K. 2004. Plant lore. Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. Lincoln, NE:University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE.
Freeman, C. C., W. H. Busby, J. Delisle, W. Kettle, K. Kindscher, H. Loring, C. Morse, V. Salisbury. 2003. A natural areas inventory of the Ft. Leavenworth Military Reservation, Leavenworth County, Kansas. II. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 117:199 pp.
Barnes, C.C., M.K. Smalley, K.P. Manfredi, K. Kindscher, H. Loring, D.M. Sheeley. 2003. Characterization of an anti-tuberculosis resin glycoside from the prairie medicinal plant Ipomoea leptophylla. Journal of Natural Products. 66:1457-1462.
Aschenbach, T., K. Kindscher. 2003. Comparison of planting treatments in a tallgrass prairie restoration. North American Prairie Conference.
Kettle, W., K. Kindscher, J. Delisle. 2002. Preliminary analysis of historic vegetation along the Marais des Cygnes River (Kansas). Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 106.
Menard, S., K. Kindscher, D. Peterson. 2002. Using ecological systems as land cover map units for the GAP Analysis Program in Kansas: Summary Report to the USGS-BRD Gap Analysis Program. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS.
Debinski, D.M., M. Jakubauskas, K. Kindscher. 2002. Predicting habitat distribution and species occurrences in Grand Teton National Park. Predicting Species Occurrences: Issues of Scale and Accuracy. Covelo, CA:Island Press.
Debinski, D.M., M. Jakubauskas, K. Kindscher, E.H. Saveraid, M. Borgognone. 2002. Predicting meadow communities and species occurrences in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Predicting Species Occurrences: Issues of Scale and Accuracy. Covelo, CA:Island Press. 499-506.
Peterson, D., M. Jakubauskas, K. Kindscher, D. Debinski. 2001. Hyperspectral remote sensing of nonforested montane vegetation communities. Geospatial Information in Agriculture and Forestry.
Jakubauskas, M., K. Kindscher, D.M. Debinski. 2001. Spectral and biophysical relationshops of montane sagebrush communities in multitemporal SPOT XS data. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 22(9):1767-1778.
A. Fraser, K. Kindscher. 2001. Tree spade transplanting of Spartina pectinata (Link) and Eleocharis macrostachya (Britt.) in a prairie wetland restoration. Aquatic Botany. 71(4):297-304.
Jakubauskas, M., K. Kindscher, A. Fraser, D.M. Debinski, K. Price. 2000. Close-range remote sensing of aquatic macrophyte vegetation cover. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 21(18):3533-3538.
Kettle, W., P.M. Rich, K. Kindscher, G. Pittman, P. Fu, R. O'Neal. 2000. Land-use history in ecosystem restoration: A 40-year study in the prairie-forest ecotone. Restoration Ecology. 8(3):307-317.
Loring, H., K. Kindscher, M. Bullerman. 2000. An inventory of the Central Mixed-Grass Prairie Ecoregion in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 97:132 pp.
Anderson, H.W., W. Silberstein, M. Cobb, K. Kindscher. 2000. Conservation easements in the 10th Federal Circuit. Protecting the Land: Conservation Easements, Past, Present, and Future. Covelo, CA:Island Press.
Debinski, D.M., M. Jakubauskas, K. Kindscher. 2000. Montane meadows as indicators of environmental change. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 64:213-225.
Kindscher, K., A. Fraser. 2000. Planting forbs first provides greater species diversity in tallgrass prairie restorations. Ecological Restoration. 18:115-116.
BorgognoneM.G. , D.M. Debinski, M. Jakubauskas, K. Kindscher. 1999. Use of CART and canonical discriminant analysis to select variables and classify cases in a situation with few observations and many variables. 4th Conference of Latin-American Statistical Societies.
Kindscher, K. 1999. The uses of Echinacea angustifolia and other Echinacea species by Native Americans in the Great Plains. American Herbal Products Association.
Lauver, C., K. Kindscher, D. Faber-Langendoen, R. Schneider. 1999. A classification of the natural vegetation of Kansas. Southwestern Naturalist. 44:421-444.
Aschenbach, T., K. Kindscher. 1999. The tallgrass restoration handbook for prairies. Restoration Ecology. 7:212-214.
A. Fraser, K. Kindscher. 1999. Tree spade used to establish wetland grasses, rushes, and sedges. Ecological Restoration. 17:162-163.
Debinski, D.M., K. Kindscher, M. Jakubauskas. 1999. A remote sensing and GIS-based model of habitats and biodiversity in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 20(17):3281-3292.
Davison, C., K. Kindscher. 1999. Tools for diversity: Fire, grazing, and mowing on tallgrass prairies. Ecological Restoration. 17:136-143.
Dodds, W.K., D.C. Hartnett, A. Joern, K. Kindscher, J. Stubbendick, J.S. Zimmerman, R.D. Hiebert. 1998. Opportunities to enhance and maintain the tallgrass prairie ecosystem within the boundaries of the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. National Park Service. Midwest Region:38 pp.
Jakubauskas, M., K. Kindscher, D.M. Debinski. 1998. Multitemporal characterization and mapping of montane sagebrush communities using Indian IRS LISS-II imagery. GeoCarto International. 13(4):65-74.
Kindscher, K. 1998. Seaside petunia. Working for the Land Newsletter. Summer/Fall:2.
Kindscher, K. 1998. KU expertise to assess biodiversity in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Biota. Spring:2.
Loring, H., K. Kindscher, T. Aschenbach, A. Fraser. 1998. A survey of large ranches and prairie remnants in the Flint Hills and Central Tallgrass Prairie Ecoregion of Kansas. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 88:39 pp.
Kindscher, K., L. Kahn, A. Fraser. 1998. Identification of wetland restoration sites on the Potawatomi Indian Reservation. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 81:36 pp.
Kindscher, K., J. Holah. 1998. An old-growth definition of western hardwood gallery forest. USDA Forest Service. General Technical Report SRS-22:12 pp.
Kindscher, K., A. Fraser, M. Jakubauskas, D.M. Debinski. 1998. Identifying wetland meadows in Grand Teton National Park using remote sensing and average wetland values. Wetlands Ecology and Management. 5:265-273.
Kindscher, K., D. Hurlburt. 1998. Huron Smith's ethnobotany of the Hocak (Winnebago). Economic Botany. 52:352-372.
Kindscher, K., 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., K.P. Manfredi, M. Britton, M. Demidova, D. Hurlburt. 1998. Testing prairie plants with ethnobotanical importance for anti-cancer and anti-AIDS compounds. Journal of Ethnobiology. 18:229-245.
Fraser, A., K. Kindscher. 1997. Plant species provide key to range management success. Rural Papers of the Kansas Rural Center. May 1997:6.
Debinski, D., M. Jakubauskas, K. Kindscher. 1997. Assessing biodiversity in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Geo Info Systems. July 1997:42-45.
Kindscher, K., N. Scott. 1997. Land ownership and tenure of the largest land parcels in the Flint Hills of Kansas. Natural Areas Journal. 17:131-135.
Freeman, C. C., W. H. Busby, C. Lauver, K. Kindscher, J. Elliott, D.A. Eifler. 1996. A natural areas inventory of the Ft. Leavenworth Military Reservation, Leavenworth County, Kansas. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 77:282 pp.
Kindscher, K. 1996. Walking across the tallgrass prairie. The Land Report. 55/56:20.
Jakubauskas, M., D. Debinski, K. Kindscher. 1996. Integration of multispectral and ecological data for characterizing montane meadow communities in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS).
Liechti, P., A. Clements, K. Kindscher, M. Mehaffey. 1996. Solomon River riparian ecosystem study. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 68.
Kindscher, K., S. Wilson, A. Fraser, C. Lauver. 1996. Vegetation analysis of Western Kansas playa lakes--1993-1995. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 70:38 pp.
Kindscher, K., S. Wilson, A. Fraser, C. Lauver. 1996. Identification and delineation of loggerhead shrike habitat on the Fort Riley Military Reservation. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 69:33 pp.
Kindscher, K., P.V. Wells. 1995. Prairie plant guilds: An ordination of prairie plant species based on ecological and morphological traits. Vegetatio. 117:29-50.
Kindscher, K. 1995. Kansas landscape patterns and biodiversity. The Land Report. 53:16-18.
Kindscher, K. 1994. Rockefeller Prairie: A case study of plant guild classification of a tallgrass prairie. North American Prairie Conference.
Kindscher, K., L. Mitscher. 1993. Ingredient safety review for the Purple Coneflower, Echinacea purpurea and Echinace angustifolia. Herb Research Foundation.
Freeman, C. C., K. Kindscher. 1992. Supporting documentation for Tasks 4 and 5: Environmental Segments 2, 3, and 5 - SE Kansas Corridor endangered and threatened species. Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS. Report No. 51:23 pp.
Kindscher, K. 1992. Restoring and creating wetlands: a planning guide for the Central States Region: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. Environmental Protection Agency.
Kindscher, K. 1992. Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie--An Ethnobotanical Guide. Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie--An Ethnobotanical Guide. Lawrence, KS:University Press of Kansas.
Freeman, C. C., W. Kettle, K. Kindscher, R.E. Brooks, V.C. Varner, C.M. Pitcher. 1991. Vascular plants of the Kansas Ecological Reserves. Ecology and Hydrogeology of the Kansas Ecological Reserves and Baker University Wetlands:Open-file Report 91-35 Edition. Lawrece, KS:Kansas Geological Survey. 23-45.
Kindscher, K. 1991. Ecological potentials of the Clinton Reservoir area. Environmental Protection Agency.
Kindscher, K. 1989. Inventory of potential wetland restoration sites in the Lawrence, Kansas-Wakarusa Valley Area. Environmental Protection Agency.
Kindscher, K. 1989. The ethnobotany of the Purple Coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia) and other Echinacea species. Economic Botany. 43(4):498-507.
Kindscher, K. 1987. Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie--An Ethnobotanical Guide. Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie--An Ethnobotanical Guide. Lawrence, KS:University Press of Kansas.
Kindscher, K. 1986. Prairie botanicals. Business of Herbs. September/October.
Kindscher, K. 1986. Gardening with Southeast Asian refugees. Community Garden Coalition, Inc.. http://web.ku.edu/~kindscher/wp-con...
Kindscher, K. 1986. The ethnobotanical use of native prairie plants for food. Native Prairie Association of Texas. Section 2.04.
Kindscher, K. 1985. Garden coalitions in small cities. Journal of Community Gardening. Fall.
Kindscher, K. 1985. Home, home on the bioregion. Journal of Community Gardening. Fall.
Kindscher, K. 1984. The prairie bioregion. RAIN Magazine. March/April.
Kindscher, K. 1983. Bibliography for the North American prairies. CoEvolution Quarterly. Winter.
Kindscher, K. 1982. The Kansas Food System: Analysis and Action Toward Sustainability. The Kansas Food System: Analysis and Action Toward Sustainability. Emmaus, PA:Rodale Press.
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