Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Understanding Ecosystems for a Sustainable Future

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Plant Ecology

Principal Investigator

Dennis Whigham

whighamd@si.edu

443-482-2226

Curriculum Vitae

Publications

Whigham, Dennis F. ; Mirenda, Tom ; O'Neill, Jay ; McCormick, Melissa K. (2016). A chance for orchid lovers to benefit conservation . Orchids: the Magazine of the American Orchid Society, (January) , 32-35.
Yesilonis, Ian ; Szlavecz, K. ; Pouyat, Richard ; Whigham, Dennis F. ; Xia, L. (2016). Historical land use and stand age effects on forest soil properties in the Mid-Atlantic US . Forest Ecology and Management, 370 , 83-92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2016.03.046
Callahan, Michael K. ; Rains, Mark C. ; Bellino, Jason C. ; Walker, Coowe M. ; Baird, Steven J. ; Whigham, Dennis F. ; King, Ryan S. (2015). Controls on Temperature in Salmonid-Bearing Headwater Streams in Two Common Hydrogeologic Settings, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska . JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 51 (1) , 84-98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jawr.12235
Hazelton, Eric L. G. ; McCormick, Melissa K. ; Sievers, Matthew ; Kettenring, Karin M. ; Whigham, Dennis F. (2015). Stand Age is Associated with Clonal Diversity, but Not Vigor, Community Structure, or Insect Herbivory in Chesapeake Bay Phragmites australis. Wetlands, 35 (5) , 877-888. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13157-015-0678-7
Hazelton, Eric L. G. ; McCormick, Melissa K. ; Sievers, Matthew ; Kettenring, Karin M. ; Whigham, Dennis F. (2015). Stand Age is Associated with Clonal Diversity, but Not Vigor, Community Structure, or Insect Herbivory in Chesapeake Bay Phragmites australis . Wetlands, 35 (5) , 877-888. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13157-015-0678-7
Kettenring, Karin M. ; Whigham, Dennis F. ; Hazelton, Eric L. G. ; Gallagher, Sally K. ; Weiner, Heather M. (2015). Biotic resistance, disturbance, and mode of colonization impact the invasion of a widespread, introduced wetland grass. Ecological Applications, 25 (2) , 466-480. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-0434.1
Kowalski, Kurt P. ; Bacon, Charles ; Bickford, Wesley ; Braun, Heather ; Clay, Keith ; Leduc-Lapierre, Mich ; Lillard, Elizabeth ; McCormick, Melissa K. ; Nelson, Eric ; Torres, Monica ; White, James ; Wilcox, Douglas A. (2015). Advancing the science of microbial symbiosis to support invasive species management: a case study on Phragmites in the Great Lakes. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00095
Hazelton, Eric L. G. ; Mozdzer, Thomas J. ; Burdick, David ; Kettenring, Karin M. ; Whigham, Dennis F. (2014). Phragmites australis Management in the United States: 40 years of methods and outcomes . AoB Plants, 6 , plu001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plu001
Ma, Yini ; Filley, Timothy R. ; Szlavecz, Katalin ; McCormick, Melissa K. (2014). Controls on wood and leaf litter incorporation into soil fractions in forests at different successional stages . Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 69 , 212-222. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.10.043
McCormick, Melissa K. ; Jacquemyn, Hans. (2014). What constrains the distribution of orchid populations? . New Phytologist, 202 (2) , 392-400. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.12639
Verhoeven, Jos T. A. ; Laanbroek, Hendrikus J. ; Rains, Mark C. ; Whigham, Dennis F. (2014). Effects of increased summer flooding on nitrogen dynamics in impounded mangroves. Journal of environmental management, 139 , 217-226. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.02.035
Whigham, Dennis F. ; McCormick, Melissa K. ; O'Neill, John P. (2014). Ongoing studies of Isotria medeoloides, Small Whorled Pogonia. The Native Orchid Conference Journal, 11 (4) , 6-11.
Yepsen, Metthea ; Baldwin, Andrew ; Whigham, Dennis F. ; McFarland, Eliza ; LaForgia, Marina ; Lang, Megan. (2014). Agricultural wetland restorations on the US Atlantic Coastal Plain achieve diverse native wetland communities but differ from natural wetlands . Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 197 , 11-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2014.07.007
Cipollini, Martin L. ; Culberson, Joshua ; Whigham, Dennis F. ; Johnson, Kartee ; Knight, Troy ; O'Neill, Jay. (2013). Spatial and temporal patterns of sexual dimorphism and sex ratio in Lindera benzoin L. (Lauraceae). Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 40 (3) , 280-299. http://dx.doi.org/10.3159/TORREY-D-13-00013.1
Cipollini, Martin L. ; Whigham, Dennis F. ; O'Neill, Jay. (2013). Seed size, sexual dimorphism and sex ratio in Lindera benzoin L. (Lauraceae). Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 40 (3) http://dx.doi.org/10.3159/TORREY-D-13-00014.1

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