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

Kindlmann, P., ; Kull, T. ; Whigham, Dennis F. ; Willems, J. (2006). Ecology and population dynamics of terrestrial orchids: An introduction . Folia Geobotanica, 41 , 1-2.
Kudoh, H. ; Shimamura, R. ; Takayama, K. ; Whigham, Dennis F. (2006). Consequences of hydrochory in Hibiscus . Plant Species Biology, 21 , 127-133.
McCormick, Melissa K. ; Whigham, Dennis F. ; Sloan, D. ; O'Malley, K. ; Hodkinson, B. (2006). Orchid-fungus fidelity: a marriage meant to last? . Ecology, 87 , 903-911.
Whigham, Dennis F. ; King, Ryan S. ; DeLuca, William ; Marra, Peter P. ; Hines, Anson H. ; Gallegos, Charles L. ; Bilkovic, Donna Marie ; Hershner, Carl. (2006). Message 2: The Estuarine segment approach . Integration of ecological and socioeconomic indicators for estuaries and watersheds of the Atlantic Slope. Final Report to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency STAR Program, Agreement R-82868401 (21-42)
Whigham, Dennis F. ; O'Neill, John P. ; Rasmussen, H. N. ; Caldwell, B. A. ; McCormick, Melissa K. (2006). Seed longevity in terrestrial orchids - Potential for in situ seed banks . Conservation Biology, 129 , 24-30.
Hosaka, N. ; Gomez, Sara E. ; Kachi, N. ; Stuefer, J. F. ; Whigham, Dennis F. (2005). The ecological significance of clonal growth in the understory tree, Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) . Northeastern Naturalist, 12 , 11-22.
King, Ryan S. ; Baker, M. E. ; Whigham, Dennis F. ; Jordan, Thomas E. ; Kazyak, P. F. ; Hurd, M. K. (2005). Spatial considerations for linking watershed land cover to ecological indicators in streams . Ecological Applications, 15 , 137-153.
Orth, K. ; Day, J. W. ; Boesch, D. ; Clairain, E. J. ; Mitsch, W. J. ; Shabman, L. ; Simenstad, C. ; Streever.B. ; Watson, C. ; Wells, J. ; Whigham, Dennis F. (2005). Lessons learned: An assessment of the effectiveness of a National Technical Review Committee for oversight of the plan for the restoration of the Mississippi Delta . Ecological Engineering, 25 , 153-167.
Shimamura, Ryouji ; Kachi, Naoki ; Kudoh, Hiroshi ; Whigham, Dennis F. (2005). Visitation of a specialist pollen feeder Althaeus hibisci Olivier (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) to flowers of Hibiscus moscheutos L. (Malvaceae) . Journal of the Torrey Botanical Club, 132 , 197-203.
(2004). New tools measure Chesapeake Bay health . U. S. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and Development .
(2004). Lessons learned by the National Technical Review Committee for the Louisiana Coastal Area Study . U. S. Army Corps of Engineers .
Huber, Heidrun ; Whigham, Dennis F. ; O'Neill, Jay. (2004). Timing of disturbance changes the balance between growth and survival of parent and offspring ramets in the clonal forest understory herb Uvularia perfoliata . Evolutionary Ecology, 18 (5-6) , 521-539.
King, Ryan S. ; Beaman, J. R. ; Whigham, Dennis F. ; Hines, Anson H. ; Baker, M. E. ; Weller, Donald E. (2004). Watershed land use is strongly linked to PCB's in white perch in Chesapeake Bay subestuaries . Environmental Science & Technology, 38 , 6546-6552.
King, Ryan S. ; Beaman, Joseph R. ; Whigham, Dennis F. ; Hines, Anson H. ; Baker, Matthew E. ; Weller, Donald E. (2004). Watershed Land Use Is Strongly Linked to PCBs in White Perch in Chesapeake Bay Subestuaries . Environmental science & technology, 38 (24) , 6546-6552. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es049059m
McCormick, Melissa K. ; Whigham, Dennis F. ; O'Neill, J. (2004). Mycorrhizal diversity in photosynthetic terrestrial orchids . New Phytologist, 163 , 425-438.

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