Phragmites Removal Increases Property Values in Michigan’s Lower Grand River Watershed

by eferrier@glc.org | Oct 3, 2017 | Blog, Current Research

Paul Isely, Erik E. Nordman, Shaun Howard, Richard Bowman Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics 4(1) DOI: https://doi.org/10.15351/2373-8456.1076 | Published online Oct 3, 2017 Abstract The presence of Phragmites australis, an invasive wetland plant, negatively... Continue Reading

Filed under: Ecological economics Environmental economics Housing values Lower Grand River Michigan

Research Round-Up: September 2017

by eferrier@glc.org | Sep 30, 2017 | Blog, Current Research, Research Round-Up

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Valuation of Biomaterial: Phragmites australis in the Retention of Metal-Complexed Dyes

by eferrier@glc.org | Sep 28, 2017 | Blog, Current Research

Aida Kesraoui, Asma Mabrouk and Mongi Seffen American Journal of Environmental Sciences 13(3) DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajessp.2017.266.276 | Published online: 28 Sept 20177 Abstract The purpose of this research was to estimate the potential of cellulosic fibers of... Continue Reading

Filed under: Alpacide Blue Biosorption Lingo-Cellulosic Biomass Modeling Phragmites australis

Spatial and Temporal Variation in Brackish Wetland Seedbanks: Implications for Wetland Restoration Following Phragmites Control

by eferrier@glc.org | Sep 25, 2017 | Blog, Current Research

Eric L. G. Hazelton, Rebekah Downard, Karin M. Kettenring, Melissa K. McCormick, Dennis F. Whigham Estuaries and Coasts, forthcoming issue DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-017-0289-z | Published online September 25, 2017 Abstract Chesapeake Bay tidal wetlands are... Continue Reading

Filed under: Chesapeake Bay Estuary Invasive plant removal Phragmites Revegetation Seedbank

Phenotypic Variation Among Invasive Phragmites australis Populations Does Not Influence Salinity Tolerance

by eferrier@glc.org | Sep 18, 2017 | Blog, Current Research

Forest R. Schenck, Torrance C. Hanley, R. Edward Beighley, A. Randall Hughes Estuaries and Coasts, forthcoming issue DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-017-0318-y | Published online: 18 Sept 2017 Abstract Phenotypic variation within species can have community- and... Continue Reading

Filed under: Common garden Ecosystem engineer Germination Intraspecific variation invasive species Salt marsh

Responses of plant species diversity and soil physical-chemical-microbial properties to Phragmites australis invasion along a density gradient

by eferrier@glc.org | Sep 8, 2017 | Blog, Current Research

MD Nazim Uddin and Randall William Robinson Scientific Reports 7 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-11205-0 | Published online: 8 Sept 2017 Abstract The invasion of ecosystems by strongly colonising plants such as Phragmites australis is viewed as one of the... Continue Reading

Filed under: Biodiversity Community ecology Ecosystem ecology invasive species

Growth and physiology responses of Phragmites australis to combined drought-flooding condition in inland saline-alkaline marsh, Northeast China

by eferrier@glc.org | Sep 6, 2017 | Blog, Current Research

Bolong Wen, Xiaoyu Li, Fei Yang, Xinrui Lu, Xiujun Li, Fuyi Yang Ecological Engineering 108(A) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.08.036 | Published online: 6 Sept 2017 Abstract As a special ecosystem in western Songnen Plain, Northeast China, Phragmites... Continue Reading

Filed under: Biomass Combined drought-flooding Photosynthesis Phragmites australis Saline-alkaline marsh Sodium ions

Lineage overwhelms environmental conditions in determining rhizosphere bacterial community structure in a cosmopolitan invasive plant

by eferrier@glc.org | Sep 5, 2017 | Blog, Current Research

Jennifer L. Bowen, Patrick J. Kearns, Jarrett E. K. Byrnes, Sara Wigginton, , Warwick J. Allen, Michael Greenwood, Khang Tran, Jennifer Yu, James T. Cronin & Laura A. Meyerson Nature Communications 8(433) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00626-0 | Published... Continue Reading

Filed under: invasive species Microbial ecology Microbiome Nature Communications Symbiosis

Effects of Warming on Invasive Phragmites australis and Native Spartina patens Seed Germination Rates and Implications for Response to Climate Change

by eferrier@glc.org | Sep 1, 2017 | Blog, Current Research

Rose M. Martin Northeastern Naturalist 24(3) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1656/045.024.0301 | Published online: Sept 2017 Abstract The introduced Eurasian subspecies of Phragmites australis (Common Reed) is a common invader of North American coastal wetlands where it... Continue Reading

Common reed (Phragmites australis) gall as the limiting nesting resource of rare wetland bees and wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata & Evanioidea) in Central Europe

by eferrier@glc.org | Sep 1, 2017 | Blog, Current Research

Petr Heneberg, Petr Bogusch, Pavlína Tauchmanová, Milan Řezáč, Alena Astapenková Ecological Engineering 108(A) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.08.014 | Published online: 1 Sept 2017 Abstract Common reed (Phragmites australis) is often subject to... Continue Reading

Filed under: Biodiversity conservation Conservation management Mosaic management Reed cutting Reed expansion Reed harvesting