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Staff Profile

Ilka Feller

Scientist Emeritus

felleri@si.edu

Specialty

Mangrove Ecologist

Research Labs

Animal-Plant Interaction

Expert Areas

animal plant interactions

aquatic ecosystems

biodiversity

ecology

ecosystems

global change

herbivores

insects

mangroves

nutrient pollution

plant ecology

pollution

Curriculum Vitae

Biography
Publications

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

Feller, Ilka C. ; Friess, Daniel A. ; Krauss, Ken W. ; Lewis, Roy R. (2017). The state of the world’s mangroves in the 21st century under climate change . Hydrobiologia, 803 (1) , 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3331-z
Griffen, Blaine D. ; Riley, Megan E. ; Cannizzo, Zachary J. ; Feller, Ilka C. (2017). Indirect effects of ecosystem engineering combine with consumer behavior to determine the spatial distribution of herbivory . Journal of Animal Ecology, 86 (6) , 1425-1433. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12730
Hamilton, John F. ; Osman, Richard W. ; Feller, Ilka C. (2017). Modeling local effects on propagule movement and the potential expansion of mangroves and associated fauna: testing in a sub-tropical lagoon . Hydrobiologia, 803 (1) , 173-187. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3231-2
Kelleway, Jeffrey J. ; Cavanaugh, Kyle ; Rogers, Kerrylee ; Feller, Ilka C. ; Ens, Emilie ; Doughty, Cheryl ; Saintilan, Neil. (2017). Review of the ecosystem service implications of mangrove encroachment into salt marshes. Global Change Biology, 23 (10) , 3967-3983. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13727
Lovelock, Catherine E. ; Feller, Ilka C. ; Reef, Ruth ; Hickey, Sharyn ; Ball, Marilyn C. (2017). Mangrove dieback during fluctuating sea levels . Scientific Reports, 7 (1) http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01927-6
Simpson, L. T. ; Osborne, T. Z. ; Feller, Ilka C. (2017). Establishment and Biomass Allocation of Black and Red Mangroves: Response to Propagule Flotation Duration and Seedling Light Availability . Journal of Coastal Research, 33 (5) , 1126-1134. http://dx.doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-16-00108.1
Dangremond, Emily M. ; Feller, Ilka C. (2016). Precocious reproduction increases at the leading edge of a mangrove range expansion . Ecology and Evolution, 6 (14) , 5087-5092. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2270
Rodriguez, Wilfrid ; Feller, Ilka C. ; Cavanaugh, Kyle C. (2016). Spatio-temporal changes of a mangrove–saltmarsh ecotone in the northeastern coast of Florida, USA . Global Ecology and Conservation, 7 , 245-261. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2016.07.005
Cavanaugh, Kyle C. ; Parker, John D. ; Cook-Patton, Susan ; Feller, Ilka C. ; Park, Williams, A. ; Kellner, James R. (2015). Integrating physiological threshold experiments with climate modeling to project mangrove species' range expansion . Global Change Biology, 21 (5) , 1928-1938. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12843
Dangremond, Emily M. ; Feller, Ilka C. ; Sousa, Wayne P. (2015). Environmental tolerances of rare and common mangroves along light and salinity gradients . Oecologia, 179 (4) , 1187-1198. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-015-3408-1
Feller, Ilka C. ; Dangremond, Emily Margaret ; Devlin, Donna J. ; Lovelock, Catherine E. ; Proffitt, C. Edward ; Rodriguez, Wilfrid. (2015). Nutrient enrichment intensifies hurricane impact in scrub mangrove ecosystems in the Indian River Lagoon, FL USA. Ecology, 96 (11) , 2960-2972. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-1853.1
Keuskamp, Joost A. ; Feller, Ilka C. ; Laanbroek, Hendrikus J. ; Verhoeven, Jos T. A. ; Hefting, Mariet M. (2015). Short- and long-term effects of nutrient enrichment on microbial exoenzyme activity in mangrove peat. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 81 , 38-47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.11.003
Keuskamp, Joost A. ; Hefting, Mariet M. ; Dingemans, Bas J. J. ; Verhoeven, Jos T. A. ; Feller, Ilka C. (2015). Effects of nutrient enrichment on mangrove leaf litter decomposition . Science of The Total Environment, 508 , 402-410. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.11.092
Scharler, U. M. ; Ulanowicz, R. E. ; Fogel, M. L. ; Wooller, M. J. ; Jacobson-Meyers, M. ; Lovelock, C. E. ; Feller, Ilka C. ; Frischer, M. ; Lee, R. ; McKee, K. ; Romero, I. C. ; Schmit, J. P. ; Shearer, C. (2015). Variable nutrient stoichiometry (carbon:nitrogen:phosphorus) across trophic levels determines community and ecosystem properties in an oligotrophic mangrove system . Oecologia, , 1-14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-015-3379-2
Cavanaugh, Kyle C. ; Kellner, James R. ; Forde, Alexander J. ; Gruner, Daniel S. ; Parker, John D. ; Rodriguez, Wilfrid ; Feller, Ilka C. (2014). Reply to Giri and Long: Freeze-mediated expansion of mangroves does not depend on whether expansion is emergence or reemergence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111 (15) , E1449-E1449. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1401809111

Ilka Feller

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