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IsoSeq Reads for Three Drosophila Species

Rele, Chinmay P.; Reed, Laura K.; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Francœur, Nancy; Salib, Irene (2021)
Spider Phylogenomics: Untangling the Spider Tree of Life

Garrison, Nicole L.; Rodriguez, Juanita; Agnarsson, Ingi; Coddington, Jonathan A.; Griswold, Charles E.; Hamilton, Christopher A.; Hedin, Marshal; Kocot, Kevin M.; Ledford, Joel M.; Bond, Jason E. (2016)

Spiders (Order Araneae) are massively abundant generalist arthropod predators that are found in nearly every ecosystem on the planet and have persisted for over 380 million years. Spiders have long served as evolutionary ...
Characterizing Growing Season Length of Subtropical Coniferous Forests with a Phenological Model

Gong, Yuan; Staudhammer, Christina L.; Wiesner, Susanne; Starr, Gregory; Zhang, Yinlong (2021)

Understanding plant phenological change is of great concern in the context of global climate change. Phenological models can aid in understanding and predicting growing season changes and can be parameterized with gross ...
Complete Mitochondrial Genomes of Two Scaphopod Molluscs

Kocot, Kevin M.; Wollesen, Tim; Varney, Rebecca M.; Schwartz, Megan L.; Steiner, Gerhard; Wanninger, Andreas (2019)

Complete mitochondrial genomes were determined for two scaphopod molluscs: the dentaliid Antalis entalis and an unidentified Antarctic gadilid. Both genomes are complete except, in Gadilida sp. indet., a short stretch of ...
The Stoichiometry of Larval Anuran Development in Natural Wetlands

McLeay, Scott M.; Smith, Lora L.; Atkinson, Carla L. (2019)

Understanding the influence of growth and development on the stoichiometry of organisms with complex lifecycles is necessary to understand the spatial and temporal extent of consumer-driven nutrient dynamics. This can be ...
The importance of multimodel projections to assess uncertainty in projections from simulation models

Valle, Denis; Staudhammer, Christina L.; Cropper, Wendell P., Jr.; Gardingen, Paul R. van (2019-01-10)

Simulation models are increasingly used to gain insights regarding the longterm effect of both direct and indirect anthropogenic impacts on natural resources and to devise and evaluate policies that aim to minimize these ...
Towards an empirical relationship between root length density and root number in windbreak-grown cadaghi (Corymbia torelliana) trees

Tamang, Bijay; Andreu, Michael G.; Staudhammer, Christina L.; Rockwood, Donald L.; Jose, Shibu (2011-11-30)

Because windbreaks are planted for sustainable agriculture but may lower crop yields near them due to competition, suitable competition mitigation methods must be applied at the windbreak-crop interface to increase crop ...
Carbon dioxide exchange rates from short- and long-hydroperiod Everglades freshwater marsh

Jimenez, K. L.; Staudhammer, Christina L.; Schedlbauer, J. L.; Loescher, H. W.; Malone, S. L.; Oberbauer, S. F.; Starr, G.

Everglades freshwater marshes were once carbon sinks, but human-driven hydrologic changes have led to uncertainty about the current state of their carbon dynamics. To investigate the effect of hydrology on CO2 exchange, ...
Seasonal patterns in energy partitioning of two freshwater marsh ecosystems in the Florida Everglades

Malone, Sparkle L.; Staudhammer, Christina L.; Loescher, Henry W.; Olivas, Paulo; Oberbauer, Steven F.; Ryan, Michael G.; Schedlbauer, Jessica; Starr, Gregory (2014-08-05)

We analyzed energy partitioning in short‐ and long‐hydroperiod freshwater marsh ecosystems in the Florida Everglades by examining energy balance components (eddy covariance derived latent energy (LE) and sensible heat (H) ...
Cyclic Occurrence of Fire and Its Role in Carbon Dynamics along an Edaphic Moisture Gradient in Longleaf Pine Ecosystems

Whelan, Andrew; Mitchell, Robert; Staudhammer, Christina L.; Starr, Gregory (2013-01-13)

Fire regulates the structure and function of savanna ecosystems, yet we lack understanding of how cyclic fire affects savanna carbon dynamics. Furthermore, it is largely unknown how predicted changes in climate may impact ...
Ecosystem Resistance in the Face of Climate Change: A Case Study from the Freshwater Marshes of the Florida Everglades

Malone, Sparkle L.; Keough, Cynthia; Staudhammer, Christina L.; Ryan, Michael G.; Parton, William J.; Olivas, Paulo; Oberbauer, Steven F.; Schedlbauer, Jessica; Starr, Gregory (2015-04-17)

Shaped by the hydrology of the Kissimmee‐Okeechobee‐Everglades watershed, the Florida Everglades is composed of a conglomerate of wetland ecosystems that have varying capacities to sequester and store carbon. Hydrology, ...
El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Enhances CO2 Exchange Rates in Freshwater Marsh Ecosystems in the Florida Everglades

Malone, Sparkle L.; Staudhammer, Christina L.; Oberbauer, Steven F.; Olivas, Paulo; Ryan, Michael G.; Schedlbauer, Jessica L.; Loescher, Henry W.; Starr, Gregory (2014-12-19)

This research examines the relationships between El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), water level, precipitation patterns and carbon dioxide (CO2) exchange rates in the freshwater wetland ecosystems of the Florida Everglades. ...
Effects of Drought and Prescribed Fire on Energy Exchange in Longleaf Pine Ecosystems

Whelan, Andrew; Starr, Gregory; Staudhammer, Christina L.; Loescher, Henry W.; Mitchell, Robert J. (2015-07-31)

The structure and function of longleaf pine savanna ecosystems is regulated by cyclic fire, yet there is a lack of understanding about how the frequency of fire influences longleaf pine ecosystem energy dynamics. There are ...
Carbon Dynamics of Pinus palustris Ecosystems Following Drought

Starr, Gregory; Staudhammer, Christina L.; Wiesner, Susanne; Kunwor, Sujit; Loescher, Henry W.; Baron, Andres F.; Whelan, Andrew; Mitchell, Robert J.; Boring, Lindsay (2016-04-29)

Drought can affect forest structure and function at various spatial and temporal scales. Forest response and recovery from drought may be a result of position within landscape. Longleaf pine forests in the United States ...
Climate Change in Remote Mountain Regions: A Throughfall-Exclusion Experiment to Simulate Monsoon Failure in the Himalayas

Wangdi, Norbu; Om, Kuenzang; Thinley, Cheten; Drukpa, Dorji; Dorji, Tshewang; Darabant, Andras; Chhetri, Purn Bdr.; Ahmed, Iftekhar Uddin; Staudhammer, Christina Lynn; Jandl, Robert; Schindlbacher, Andreas; Hietz, Peter; Katzensteiner, Klaus; Godbold, Douglas; Georg, Gratzer (2017-08)

The Himalayas are predicted to experience more than 3 times the mean global rise in temperature, as well as erratic rainfall patterns and an increased likelihood of total monsoon failures. While many ecosystem manipulation ...
Productivity and Species Richness in Longleaf Pine Woodlands: Resource-Disturbance Influences across an Edaphic Gradient

Staudhammer, Christina Lynn; Kirkman, L. K.; Giencke, L. M.; Taylor, R. S.; Boring, L. R.; Mitchell, R. J. (2016)

This study examines the complex feedback mechanisms that regulate a positive relationship between species richness and productivity in a longleaf pine-wiregrass woodland. Across a natural soil moisture gradient spanning ...
How Do Urban Forests Compare? Tree Diversity in Urban and Periurban Forests of the Southeastern US

Blood, Amy; Starr, Gregory; Escobedo, Francisco; Chappelka, Art; Staudhammer, Christina (2016-06-09)

There is a need to understand how anthropogenic influences affect urban and periurban forest diversity at the regional scale. This study aims to compare urban and periurban tree composition along a geographic gradient, ...
Modeling Relationships among 217 Fires Using Remote Sensing of Burn Severity in Southern Pine Forests

Staudhammer, Christina Lynn; Malone, Sparkle L.; Kobziar, Leda N.; Abd-Elrahman, Amr (2011-09-07)

Pine flatwoods forests in the southeastern US have experienced severe wildfires over the past few decades, often attributed to fuel load build-up. These forest communities are fire dependent and require regular burning ...
Population Structure and Fruit Production of Carapa guianensis (Andiroba) in Amazonian Floodplain Forests: Implications for Community-Based Management

Staudhammer, Christopher Lynn; Londres, Marina; Schulze, Mark; Kainer, Karen A. (2017)

Andiroba (Carapa guianensis) is a multiple-use tree species that plays a crucial socioeconomic role across thousands of Amazonian traditional and indigenous communities. In the floodplain forests of the Amazon estuary, ...

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