Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus modulates the phytotoxicity of Cd via combined responses of enzymes, thiolic compounds, and essential elements in the roots of Phragmites australis

by Samantha Tank | Aug 8, 2017 | Blog, Current Research

Xiaochen Huang, Shishu Zhu, Shih-Hsin Ho, Li Wang, Fang Ma Chemosphere DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.08.021 | Published online: 8 Aug 2017 Abstract The positive effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi on host plants under heavy metal (HM) stress... Continue Reading

Filed under: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Cadmium stress Chemosphere Enzyme Phytotoxicity Principal component analysis Thiolic compounds

Changes associated with Phragmites australis invasion in plant community and soil properties: A study on three invaded communities in a wetland, Victoria, Australia

by Samantha Tank | Aug 2, 2017 | Blog, Current Research

Md N. Uddin, Randall W. Robinson Limnologica – Ecology and Management of Inland Waters DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2017.07.006 | Published online: 2 Aug 2017 Abstract Phragmites australis invasion is altering plant communities and therefore, soil... Continue Reading

Filed under: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Biodiversity Limnologica Plant invasion Soil properties Wetland

Mapping the change of Phragmites australis live biomass in the lower Mississippi River Delta marshes

by Samantha Tank | Jul 28, 2017 | Blog, Current Research

Elijah W. Ramsey and Amina Rangoonwala US Geological Survey, 2017-1098 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20171098 | Published online: 28 July 2017 Abstract Multiyear remote sensing mapping of the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) was carried out as an... Continue Reading

Filed under: NDVI Salt marsh; Mississippi River Delta US Geological Survey

Prioritizing management of the invasive grass Common Reed (Phragmites australis) in Great Salt Lake wetlands

by Samantha Tank | Jul 27, 2017 | Blog, Current Research

A. Lexine Long, Karin M. Kettenring, and Richard Toth Invasive Plant Science and Management, 10(2), 155-165. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/inp.2017.20 Abstract Nonnative invasive species are one of the biggest threats to biodiversity worldwide. In many cases the extent... Continue Reading

Filed under: Invasive Plant Science and Management invasive species control species distribution

Demographic and macro-morphological evidence for common reed dieback in central Italy

by Samantha Tank | Jul 26, 2017 | Blog, Current Research

Lorenzo Lastrucci, Lorenzo Lazzaro, Andrea Coppi, Bruno Foggi, Francesco Ferranti, Roberto Venanzoni Plant Ecology and Diversity DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17550874.2017.1351499 | Published online: 26 July 2017 Abstract Background: Phragmites australis dieback... Continue Reading

Filed under: clumping macro-morphological traits Mediterranean basin permanent flooding Phragmites australis wetlands

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

by Samantha Tank | Jul 17, 2017 | Blog, Current Research

Brendan Quirion, Zachary. Simek, Andrea Dávalos, Bernd Blossey Biological Invasions DOI: 10.1007/s10530-017-1513-2 | Published online: 17 July 2017 Abstract Invasive plant management (largely mechanical and chemical) consumes an ever-increasing portion of budgets for... Continue Reading

Filed under: Adirondacks Eradication herbicide Invasive species Management Phragmites australis

The response of Phragmites to fluctuating subsurface water levels in constructed stormwater management systems

by Samantha Tank | Jul 14, 2017 | Blog, Current Research

Hans Martin Hanslin, Trond Maehlum, Arne Saebo Ecological Engineering DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.06.019 | Published online: 14 July 2017 Abstract Area-efficient constructed systems for stormwater management and bioretention may involve large... Continue Reading

Filed under: Biomass allocation Fluctuating watertable Rooting depth Wetland vegetation

Claviceps arundinis identification and its role in the die-back syndrome of Phragmites australispopulations in central Italy

by Samantha Tank | Jul 13, 2017 | Blog, Current Research

M. Cerri, L. Reale, C. Moretti, R. Buonaurio, A. Coppi, V. Ferri et al. Plant Biosystems DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2017.1347111 | Published online: 13 July 2017 Abstract Common reed Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. is one of the most widely... Continue Reading

Filed under: Alkaloid Claviceps common reed die-back sclerotia seed

Can nutrient enrichment influence the invasion of Phragmites australis?

by Samantha Tank | Jun 30, 2017 | Blog, Current Research

Uddin and Robinson 2017. Can nutrient enrichment influence the invasion of Phragmites australis? Science of the Total Environment, forthcoming issue.  Abstract Plant invasion and nutrient enrichment because of anthropogenic landscape modifications seriously threaten... Continue Reading

Filed under: Biodiversity Ecosystems Nutrient enrichment Phragmites australis Plant invasion Wetland

The Impacts of Above- and Belowground Plant Input on Soil Microbiota: Invasive Spartina alterniflora Versus Native Phragmites australis

by Samantha Tank | Jun 20, 2017 | Current Research

Zhang, P., Neher, D.A., Li, B. et al. Ecosystems (2017). doi:10.1007/s10021-017-0162-8 Pei Zhang Deborah A. Neher Bo Li Jihua Wu Invasive plants affect soil food webs through various resource inputs including shoot litter, root litter and living root input. The net... Continue Reading

Filed under: aboveground–belowground interactions exotic plants litter input living root input microbial PLFAs nematodes saltmarsh