Staff Profile
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Biography

B.A., University of North Carolina, Greensboro (Biology, 1969)/ Ph.D., Georgetown University (Ecology, 1993) Research interest in insect ecology, animal-plant interactions, mangrove ecology

Publications

  • Rodriguez, W. ; Feller, Ilka C. (2004). Mangrove landscape characterization and change in Twin Cays, Belize using aerial photography and IKONOS satellite data. Atoll Research Bulletin, 513 , 1-22. http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.513.1
  • Lovelock, Catherine E. ; Feller, Ilka C. ; McKee, Karen L. ; Thompson, Ricardo C. (2005). Variation in Mangrove Forest Structure and Sediment Characteristics in Bocas Del Toro, Panamá. Caribbean Journal of Science, 41 (3) , 456-464.
  • Lovelock, Catherine E. ; Ruess, R. W. ; Feller, Ilka C. (2006). Fine root respiration int he mangrove Rhizophora mangle over variation in forest stature and nutrient availability. Tree Physiology, 26 , 1601-1606.
  • Piou, C. ; Feller, Ilka C. ; Berger, U. ; Chi, F. (2006). Zonation patterns of Belizean offshore mangrove forests 41 years after a catastrophic hurricane. Biotropica, 38 , 365-374.
  • Feller, Ilka C. ; Chamberlain, Anne. (2007). Herbivore responses to nutrient enrichment and landscape heterogeneity in a mangrove ecosystem. Oecologia, 153 (3) , 607-616. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-007-0760-9
  • Feller, Ilka C. ; Lovelock, Catherine E. ; McKee, Karen L. (2007). Nutrient addition differentially affects ecological processes of Avicennia germinans in nitrogen vs. phosphorus limited mangrove ecosystems. Ecosystems, 10 , 347-359.
  • Feller, Ilka C., Lovelock, Catherine and Mckee, K. L. (2007). Nutrient addition differentially affects ecological processes of Avicennia germinans in nitrogen versus phosphorus limited mangrove ecosystems. Ecosystems, 10 (3) , 347-359. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-007-9025-z
  • Lovelock, Catherine ; Feller, Ilka C. ; Ball, M. C. ; Ellis, J. ; Sorrell, B. (2007). Testing the growth rate vs. geochemical hypothesis for latitudinal variation in plant nutrients. Ecology Letters, 10 (12) , 1154-1163. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01112.x
  • Lovelock, Catherine ; Feller, Ilka C. ; Ball, M. C. ; Ellis, J. ; Sorrell, B. (2007). Testing the growth rate vs. geochemical hypothesis for latitudinal variation in plant nutrients. Ecology Letters, 10 (12) , 1154-1163. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01112.x
  • Lovelock, Catherine E. ; Feller, Ilka C. ; Ellis, J. ; Schwarz, A. M. ; Hancock, N. ; Nichols, P. ; Sorrell, B. (2007). Mangrove Growth in New Zealand Estuaries: The Role of Nutrient Enrichment at Sites with Contrasting Rates of Sedimentation. Oecologia, 153 (3) , 633-641. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-007-0750-y
  • Mckee, K. L., Cahoon, D. R. and Feller, Ilka C. (2007). Caribbean mangroves adjust to rising sea level through biotic controls on change in soil elevation. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 16 (5) , 545-556. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2007.00317.x
  • McKee, Karen L. ; Cahoon, Donald R. ; Feller, Ilka C. (2007). Caribbean Mangroves Adjust to Rising Sea Levels through Biotic Controls on Change in Soil Elevation. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 16 (5) , 545-556. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2007.00317.x
  • McKee, Karen L. ; Rooth, J. E. ; Feller, Ilka C. (2007). Mangrove recruitment after forest disturbance is facilitated by herbaceous species common to the Caribbean region. Ecological Applications, 17 , 1678-1693.
  • Wanek, W. ; Hofmann, J. ; Feller, Ilka C. (2007). Canopy interactions of rainfall in an off-shore mangrove ecosystem dominated by Rhizophora mangle (Belize). Journal of Hydrology, 345 , 70-79.
  • Piou, C. ; Berger, U. ; Hildenbrandt, H. ; Feller, Ilka C. (2008). Testing the intermediate disturbance hypothesis in species-poor systems: A simulation experiment for mangrove forests. Journal of Vegetation Science, 19 , 417-424.

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