Cosmopolitan Species As Models for Ecophysiological Responses to Global Change: The Common Reed Phragmites australis

F Eller, H Skálová, JS Caplan, GP Bhattarai… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Phragmites australis is a cosmopolitan grass and often the dominant species in the
ecosystems it inhabits. Due to high intraspecific diversity and phenotypic plasticity, P …

Applying ecological principles to maximize resistance to invasion in restored plant communities

C Byun, KM Kettenring, EE Tarsa, S de Blois - Ecological Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Considerable resources are spent worldwide to manage invasive plant species and
preserve the integrity and diversity of native or restored habitats and communities. Here, we …

Inferior plant competitor allocates more biomass to belowground as a result of greater competition for resources in heterogeneous habitats

J Zhou, Z Ma, Y Jia, J Liu, Y Yang, W Li… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Nutrient heterogeneity in soil widely exists in nature and can have significant impacts on
plant growth, biomass allocation, and competitive interactions. However, limited research …

An invasive wetland grass primes deep soil carbon pools

B Bernal, JP Megonigal, TJ Mozdzer - Global Change Biology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the processes that control deep soil carbon (C) dynamics and accumulation
is of key importance, given the relevance of soil organic matter (SOM) as a vast C pool and …

Impacts of coastal land use and shoreline armoring on estuarine ecosystems: an introduction to a special issue

DJ Prosser, TE Jordan, JL Nagel, RD Seitz… - Estuaries and …, 2018 - Springer
The nearshore land-water interface is an important ecological zone that faces anthropogenic
pressure from development in coastal regions throughout the world. Coastal waters and …

Degradation and ecological restoration of estuarine wetlands in China

S Li, T Xie, J Bai, B Cui - Wetlands, 2022 - Springer
Estuarine wetlands provide a wide range of ecosystem functions, including carbon storage,
biodiversity maintenance, and shoreline protection, and have human recreational value. In …

Progress on mechanisms and impacts of wetland plant invasions: a twenty-year retrospective analysis and priorities for the next twenty

SM Hovick, CR Adams, NO Anderson… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Invasive plants are ubiquitous features of many wetland systems, resulting in impacts that
are extremely costly in both economic and ecological terms. Approximately twenty years …

Management of invasive Phragmites australis in the Adirondacks: a cautionary tale about prospects of eradication

B Quirion, Z Simek, A Dávalos, B Blossey - Biological Invasions, 2018 - Springer
Invasive plant management (largely mechanical and chemical) consumes an ever-
increasing portion of budgets for land management organizations, but metrics of success …

Reproductive Responses to Increased Shoot Density and Global Change Drivers in a Widespread Clonal Wetland Species, Schoenoplectus americanus

A Kudoh, JP Megonigal, JA Langley, GL Noyce… - Estuaries and …, 2024 - Springer
The expansion of many wetland species is a function of both clonal propagation and sexual
reproduction. The production of ramets through clonal propagation enables plants to move …

Distribution and Drivers of a Widespread, Invasive Wetland Grass, Phragmites australis, in Wetlands of the Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA

AL Long, KM Kettenring, CP Hawkins, CMU Neale - Wetlands, 2017 - Springer
The introduced grass Phragmites australis (hereafter Phragmites) is one of the most
widespread invasive plants in North American wetlands. Phragmites has been extensively …