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Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Plant and Molecular Ecology

Principal Investigator

Melissa McCormick

mccormickm@si.edu

443-482-2433

Specialty

Molecular Ecologist

Publications

Wettewa, Eranga and Wallace, Lisa E. (2021). Molecular phylogeny and ancestral biogeographic reconstruction of Platanthera subgenus Limnorchis (Orchidaceae) using target capture methods . Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 157 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107070
Whigham, Dennis ; McCormick, Melissa ; Brooks, Hope ; Josey, Brian ; Floyd, Robert ; Applegate, Jason. (2021). Isotria medeoloides, a North American Threatened Orchid: Fungal Abundance May Be as Important as Light in Species Management . Plants-Basel, 10 (9) http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants10091924
Downing, Jason L. ; Liu, Hong ; McCormick, Melissa K. ; Arce, Jay ; Alonso, Dailen ; Lopez‐Perez, Jorge. (2020). Generalized mycorrhizal interactions and fungal enemy release drive range expansion of orchids in southern Florida . Ecosphere, 11 (8) , Article e03228. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3228
Downing, Jason L., Liu, Hong, McCormick, Melissa K., Arce, Jay, Alonso, Dailen and Lopez‐Perez, Jorge. (2020). Generalized mycorrhizal interactions and fungal enemy release drive range expansion of orchids in southern Florida . Ecosphere, 11 (8) https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3228
Hartvig, Ida ; Howe, Andy G. ; Schmidt, Emilie N. B. ; Pertoldi, Cino ; Nielsen, Jeppe Lund ; Buttenschon, Rita M. (2020). Diet of the European bison (Bison bonasus) in a forest habitat estimated by DNA barcoding. Mammal Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13364-020-00541-8
Hartvig, Ida ; So, Thea ; Changtragoon, Suchitra ; Hoa Thi Tran ; Bouamanivong, Somsanith ; Ogden, Rob ; Senn, Helen ; Vieira, Filipe Garrett ; Turner, Frances ; Talbot, Richard ; Theilade, Ida ; Nielsen, Lene Rostgaard ; Kjar, Erik Dahl. (2020). Conservation genetics of the critically endangered Siamese rosewood (Dalbergia cochinchinensis): recommendations for management and sustainable use . Conservation Genetics, 21 , 677-692. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10592-020-01279-1
McCormick, Melissa K. ; Whigham, Dennis F. ; Stapp, Jared R. ; Hazelton, Eric L. G. ; McFarland, Eliza K. ; Kettenring, Karin M. (2020). Shoreline modification affects recruitment of invasive Phragmites australis. Wetlands Ecology and Management, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11273-020-09757-6
Wettewa, Eranga, Bailey, Nick and Wallace, Lisa E. (2020). Comparative Analysis of Genetic and Morphological Variation within the Platanthera hyperborea Complex (Orchidaceae) . Systematic Botany, 45 (4) , 767-778. https://doi.org/10.1600/036364420X16033962925303
Griffin, Eric A. ; Harrison, Joshua G. ; Kembel, Steven W. ; Carrell, Alyssa ; Wright, S. Joseph ; Carson, Walter P. (2019). Plant host identity and soil macronutrients explain little variation in sapling endophyte . Journal of Ecology, 107 (4) , 1876-1889. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13145
Griffin, Eric A. ; Harrison, Joshua G. ; McCormick, Melissa K. ; Burghardt, Karin T. ; Parker, John D. (2019). Tree Diversity Reduces Fungal Endophyte Richness and Diversity in a Large-Scale Temperate Forest Experiment . Diversity, 11 (12) , 234. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d11120234
Hazelton, Eric L. G. ; Downard, Rebekah ; Kettenring, Karin M. ; McCormick, Melissa K. ; Whigham, Dennis F. (2019). Correction to: Spatial and Temporal Variation in Brackish Wetland Seedbanks: Implications for Wetland Restoration Following Phragmites Control (vol 41, pg S68, 2018) . Estuaries and Coasts, 42 (3) , 907. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-018-00500-2
Ma, Yini ; McCormick, Melissa K. ; Szlavecz, Katalin ; Filley, Timothy R. (2019). Controls on soil organic carbon stability and temperature sensitivity with increased aboveground litter input in deciduous forests of different forest ages . Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 134 , 90-99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.03.020
Crain, Benjamin. (2018). The Republic of Palau: sharing encounters with its diverse orchids. Orchids: the Magazine of the American Orchid Society, 87 (9) , 692-697.
Griffin, Eric A. ; Carson, Walter P. (2018). Tree Endophytes: Cryptic Drivers of Tropical Forest Diversity. Endophytes of forest trees: biology and applications (63-103) http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89833-9_4 Springer .
Hazelton, Eric L. G. ; Downard, Rebekah ; Kettenring, Karin M. ; McCormick, Melissa K. ; Whigham, Dennis F. (2018). Spatial and Temporal Variation in Brackish Wetland Seedbanks: Implications for Wetland Restoration Following Phragmites Control . Estuaries and Coasts, 41 (Supplement 1) , 68-84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-017-0289-z

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