Fire Ecology, Adaptive Plasticity, Carnivory, and Population Dynamics

 

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Abbott, M.J.* and J.S. Brewer. 2016. Competition does not explain the absence of a carnivorous pitcher plant from a nutrient-rich marsh. Plant and Soil, doi:10.1007/s11104-016-3011-1.

Brewer, J.S., Daniel J. Baker*, Aspen S. Nero*, Amanda L. Patterson*, Robin S. Roberts*, Lindsay M. Turner*. 2011. Carnivory in plants as a beneficial trait in wetlands. Aquatic Botany 94:62-70.

Chesser, J.D.* and J.S. Brewer. 2011. Factors Influencing Seedling Recruitment in a Critically Endangered Pitcher Plant, Sarracenia rubra ssp. alabamensis. Endangered Species Research 13:245-252 .

Brewer, J. S., Cunningham, A.L.*, Moore, T.P.*, Brooks, R.M.* and Waldrup, J.L.* 2009. A Six-Year Study of Fire-Related Flowering Cues and Coexistence of Two Perennial Grasses in a Wet Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) Savanna. Plant Ecology 200:141-154.

Brewer, J. S. 2009. Geographic Variation in Flowering Responses to Fire and Season of Clipping in a Fire-Adapted Plant. American Midland Naturalist 160:235-249.

Hinman, S.E.*, J.S. Brewer, and S.W. Ashley*. 2008. Shrub seedling establishment is limited by dispersal, slow growth, and fire in two wet pine savannas in Mississippi. Natural Areas Journal 28:37-43.

Hinman, S.E.* and J.S. Brewer. 2007. Responses of two frequently-burned wet pine savannas to an extended period without fire. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 134:512-526.

Brewer, J. S. 2006. Long-term changes in population dynamics of a fire-adapted plant subjected to different fire seasons. Natural Areas Journal 26:267-273.

A.K. Gowe and J.S. Brewer. 2005. The evolution of fire-dependent flowering in goldenasters (Pityopsis spp.). Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 132:384-400.

Brewer, J.S. 2005. The lack of favorable responses of an endangered pitcher plant to habitat restoration. Restoration Ecology 13:710-717.

Ellison, A. M., N. J. Gotelli, J. S. Brewer, D. L. Cochran-Stafira, J. M. Kneitel, T. E. Miller, A. C. Worley, and R. Zamora. 2002. The evolutionary ecology of

carnivorous plants. Advances in Ecological Research 33: 1-74.

Brewer, J. S. 2001. A demographic analysis of fire-stimulated seedling establishment in Sarracenia alata. American Journal of Botany 88:1250-1257.

Brewer, J. S. 1999. Short-term effects of fire and competition on growth and plasticity of the yellow pitcher plant, Sarracenia alata (Sarraceniaceae). American Journal of Botany 86:1264-1271.

Brewer J.S. 1995. The relationship between soil fertility and fire-stimulated floral induction in two populations of grass-leaved golden aster, Pityopsis graminifolia. Oikos 74:45-54.

Brewer J.S. and Platt W.J. 1994. Effects of fire season and soil fertility on clonal growth of a "pyrophilic" forb, Pityopsis graminifolia. American Journal of Botany 81:805-814.

Brewer J.S. and Platt W.J. 1994. Effects of fire season and herbivory on reproductive success of a clonal forb, Pityopsis graminifolia. Journal of Ecology 82:665-675.

Brewer J.S. 1996. Site differences in the clonal morphology of an emergent sedge, Cladium jamaicense. Aquatic Botany 55:79-91.

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