Scientist Emeritus
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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
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(2013). Latitudinal Patterns of Herbivory in Mangrove Forests: Consequences of Nutrient Over-Enrichment. Ecosystems, 16 (7) , 1203-1215. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10021-013-9678-8
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(2013). Effects of competition and nutrient enrichemnt on avicennia germinans in the salt marsh-mangrove ecotone. Aquatic Botany, 104 , 55-59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2012.09.006
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(2012). Investigating the role of impoundment and forest structure on the resistance and resilience of mangrove forests to hurricanes. Aquatic Botany, 97 (1) , 24-29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2011.10.006
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(2011). Away-field advantage: mangrove seedlings grow best in litter from other mangrove species. Oikos, 120 (12) , 1880-1888. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19381.x
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(2011). Intense storms and the delivery of materials that relieve nutrient limitations in mangroves of an arid zone estuary. Functional Plant Biology, 38 (6) , 514-522. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/FP11027
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(2010). Biocomplexity in Mangrove Ecosystems. Annual Review of Marine Science, 2 , 395-417. http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.marine.010908.163809
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(2010). Relationships among RNA : DNA ratio, growth and elemental stoichiometry in mangrove trees. Functional Ecology, 24 (5) , 1064-1072. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01722.x
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(2010). Nutrition of mangroves. Tree Physiology, 30 (9) , 1148-1160. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpq048
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(2009). Relationships Between Frequency of Ground Exposure and Forest Cover in a Mangrove Island Ecosystem . http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.568 National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution .
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(2009). Nitrogen fertilization enhances water-use efficiency in a saline environment. Plant, Cell and Environment, 33 (3) , 344-357. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3040.2009.02072.x
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(2009). Spatial structure of a leaf-removing crab population in a mangrove of North-Brazil. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 17 (2) , 93-106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/$11273-008-9089-3
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(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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(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
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(2007). Nutrient addition differentially affects ecological processes of Avicennia germinans in nitrogen vs. phosphorus limited mangrove ecosystems . Ecosystems, 10 , 347-359.
