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Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Understanding Ecosystems for a Sustainable Future

Plant Ecology

Principal Investigator

Dennis Whigham

whighamd@si.edu

443-482-2226

Curriculum Vitae

Publications

Hartvig, Ida ; Kosawang, Chatchai ; Rasmussen, Hanne ; Kjær, Erik Dahl ; Nielsen, Lene Rostgaard. (2024). Co‐occurring orchid species associated with different low‐abundance mycorrhizal fungi from the soil in a high‐diversity conservation area in Denmark . Ecology and Evolution, 14 (2) http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10863
Morley, Lydia ; Crain, Benjamin J. ; Krupnick, Gary ; Spalink, Daniel. (2024). Turnover importance: Operationalizing beta diversity to quantify the generalism continuum . Methods in Ecology and Evolution, (5) , . http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14324
Evans, Simone A. ; Whigham, Dennis F. ; Hartvig, Ida ; McCormick, Melissa K.. (2023). Hybridization in the Fringed Orchids: An Analysis of Species Boundaries in the Face of Gene Flow . Diversity, 15 (3) , . https://doi.org/10.3390/d15030384
Kindlmann, Pavel ; Kull, Tiiu ; Whigham, Dennis. (2023). Editorial: Challenges and opportunities in orchid ecology and conservation . Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1226614
Rohal, Christine B. ; Hazelton, Eric L. G. ; McFarland, Eliza K. ; Downard, Rebekah ; McCormick, Melissa K. ; Whigham, Dennis F. ; Kettenring, Karin M.. (2023). Landscape and site factors drive invasive Phragmites management and native plant recovery across Chesapeake Bay wetlands . Ecosphere, 14 (1) http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4392
Crain, Benjamin J. ; McCormick, Melissa ; Zettler, Lawrence W. ; McGuinness, Julianne ; Whigham, Dennis. (2022). Preserving the Orchids of Palau. The Orchid Review, 130 (1337) , 24-29.
Gabriel, Jared R. ; Reid, Jessica ; Wang, Le ; Mozdzer, Thomas J. ; Whigham, Dennis F. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick ; Langley, J. Adam. (2022). Interspecific Competition is Prevalent and Stabilizes Plant Production in a Brackish Marsh Facing Sea Level Rise. Estuaries and Coasts, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-021-01043-9
McCormick, Melissa K. ; Good, Kerry L. ; Mozdzer, Thomas J. ; Whigham, Dennis F. (2022). Shade and drought increase fungal contribution to partially mycoheterotrophic terrestrial orchids Goodyera pubescens and Tipularia discolor . Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.1047267
Zale, Peter J. ; McCormick, Melissa K. ; Whigham, Dennis F. (2022). Choosing a Favorable Substrate to Cultivate Native Orchids Symbiotically: Examples Using Goodyera tesselata and Platanthera blephariglottis . HortScience, 57 (5) , 634-642. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI16509-22
Crain, Benjamin J. ; Stachowiak, Chad ; McKenzie, Patrick F. ; Sanchirico, James N. ; Kroetz, Kailin ; Armsworth, Paul R. (2021). Citizens of local jurisdictions enhance plant community preservation through ballot initiatives and voter-driven conservation efforts . Ambio, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-020-01469-8
McCormick, Melissa ; Burnett, Robert ; Whigham, Dennis. (2021). Protocorm-Supporting Fungi Are Retained in Roots of Mature Tipularia discolor Orchids as Mycorrhizal Fungal Diversity Increases . Plants-Basel, 10 (6) http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants10061251
Stachowiak, Chad ; Crain, Benjamin J. ; Kroetz, Kailin ; Sanchirico, James N. ; Armsworth, Paul R. (2021). Protected Areas Established by Local Communities through Direct Democracy Encompass Habitat for Species as Effectively as Protected Areas Planned over Large Spatial Scales. Environmental management, 67 (2) , 242-259. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00267-020-01403-4
Walker, Coowe M. ; Whigham, Dennis F. ; Bentz, I. Syverine ; Argueta, Jacob M. ; King, Ryan S. ; Rains, Mark C. ; Simenstad, Charles A. ; Guo, Chris ; Baird, Steven J. ; Field, Conrad J. (2021). Linking landscape attributes to salmon and decision-making in the southern Kenai Lowlands, Alaska, USA . Ecology and Society, 26 (1) http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-11798-260101
Whigham, Dennis ; McCormick, Melissa ; Brooks, Hope ; Josey, Brian ; Floyd, Robert ; Applegate, Jason. (2021). Isotria medeoloides, a North American Threatened Orchid: Fungal Abundance May Be as Important as Light in Species Management . Plants-Basel, 10 (9) http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants10091924
Crain, Benjamin J. ; Fernandez, Melania. (2020). Biogeographical analyses to facilitate targeted conservation of orchid diversity hotspots in Costa Rica . Diversity and Distributions, 26 (7) , 853-866. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13062

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