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List of works by Steven Pennings

A comparison of coastal habitat restoration projects in China and the United States

scientific article published on 07 October 2019

A test of novel function(s) for the ink of sea hares

scientific article published in 1999

Biotic homogenization of wetland nematode communities by exotic Spartina alterniflora in China

scientific article published on 12 March 2019

Biotic interactions mediate the expansion of black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) into salt marshes under climate change

scientific article published on July 15, 2013

Buried hurricane legacies: increased nutrient limitation and decreased root biomass in coastal wetlands

scientific article published on 17 August 2021

Chronic but not acute saltwater intrusion leads to large release of inorganic N in a tidal freshwater marsh

scientific article published on 06 August 2019

Coastal regime shifts: rapid responses of coastal wetlands to changes in mangrove cover

scientific article

Consequences of omnivory for trophic interactions on a salt marsh shrub.

scientific article published in June 2008

Constraints on host use by a parasitic plant

scientific article published on 21 May 2010

Contrasting plant adaptation strategies to latitude in the native and invasive range of Spartina alterniflora

scientific article published on 11 January 2020

Crazy ants craving calcium: macronutrients and micronutrients can limit and stress an invaded grassland brown food web

scientific article published on 13 December 2020

Decomposition of Leaf Litter in a U.S. Saltmarsh is Driven by Dominant Species, Not Species Complementarity

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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Impacts on Salt Marsh Fiddler Crabs (Uca spp.)

scholarly article by Scott Zengel et al published 3 February 2016 in Estuaries and Coasts

Diet choice in an omnivorous salt-marsh crab: different food types, body size, and habitat complexity

scholarly article by Tracy L. Buck et al published July 2003 in Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Directional movement of consumer fronts associated with creek heads in salt marshes

scientific article published on 23 June 2021

Disturbance and Recovery of Salt Marsh Arthropod Communities following BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

scientific article published on March 7, 2012

Disturbance in Georgia salt marshes: variation across space and time

scholarly article by Shanze Li & Steven Pennings published October 2016 in Ecosphere

Do individual plant species show predictable responses to nitrogen addition across multiple experiments?

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Dynamic Management of Water Storage for Flood Control in a Wetland System: A Case Study in Texas

Economic development and coastal ecosystem change in China.

scientific article

Ecosystem Functions of Tidal Fresh, Brackish, and Salt Marshes on the Georgia Coast

scientific article published on 14 October 2009

Ecosystem engineers drive creek formation in salt marshes

scientific article published in January 2017

Effects of Small-Scale Armoring and Residential Development on the Salt Marsh-Upland Ecotone

scholarly article by Alyssa-Lois M. Gehman et al published 29 August 2017 in Estuaries and Coasts

Effects of an Omnivorous Katydid, Salinity, and Nutrients on a Planthopper-Spartina Food Web

Effects of grasshoppers on prairies: Herbivore composition matters more than richness in three grassland ecosystems

scientific article published on 10 September 2018

Effects of mangrove cover on coastal erosion during a hurricane in Texas, USA

scientific article published in 2021

Effects of mangrove encroachment on tidal wetland plant, nekton, and bird communities in the Western Gulf of Mexico

scientific article published in 2021

Environmental and plant community determinants of species loss following nitrogen enrichment

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Environmental gradients and herbivore feeding preferences in coastal salt marshes.

scientific article published on 14 July 2004

Epiphyte host preferences and host traits: mechanisms for species-specific interactions

scientific article published in July 2002

Facilitation May Buffer Competitive Effects: Indirect and Diffuse Interactions among Salt Marsh Plants

scientific article published on 01 October 2000

Feeding preferences of supralittoral isopods and amphipods

scientific article published in 2000

Freshwater wetlands for flood control: How manipulating the hydroperiod affects plant and invertebrate communities

scientific article published on 3 July 2024

Functional- and abundance-based mechanisms explain diversity loss due to N fertilization

scientific article published on 8 March 2005

Geographic variation in plant community structure of salt marshes: species, functional and phylogenetic perspectives

scientific article published on 26 May 2015

Geographic variation in salt marsh structure and function

scientific article published on May 22, 2012

Geographical variation in vegetative growth and sexual reproduction of the invasive Spartina alterniflora in China

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Global change effects on plant communities are magnified by time and the number of global change factors imposed

scientific article published on 19 August 2019

Habitat range and phenotypic variation in salt marsh plants

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Impact of a parasitic plant on the zonation of two salt marsh perennials.

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Impact of tidal inundation on the net ecosystem exchange in daytime conditions in a salt marsh

scientific article published on 17 August 2020

Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Salt Marsh Periwinkles (Littoraria irrorata).

scientific article published on 29 December 2015

Incorporating clonal growth form clarifies the role of plant height in response to nitrogen addition

scientific article published in August 2012

Insights from Observations and Manipulative Experiments into Competition Between Mangroves and Salt Marsh Vegetation

scientific article published in 2023

Is diet quality an overlooked mechanism for Bergmann's rule?

scientific article published in February 2010

Large grazers suppress a foundational plant and reduce soil carbon concentration in eastern <scp>US</scp> saltmarshes

scientific article published in 2024

Latitudinal Differences in Plant Palatability in Atlantic Coast Salt Marshes

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Latitudinal variation in herbivore pressure in Atlantic Coast salt marshes.

scientific article published in January 2009

Latitudinal variation in plant-herbivore interactions in European salt marshes

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Latitudinal variation in plant?herbivore interactions in European salt marshes

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Lessons from the invasion of <scp><i>Spartina alterniflora</i></scp> in coastal China

scientific article published in 2022

Like herbivores, parasitic plants are limited by host nitrogen content

scientific article published on 28 August 2007

Long‐term data reveal that grazer density mediates climatic stress in salt marshes

scientific article published on 20 May 2024

Marine ecoregion and Deepwater Horizon oil spill affect recruitment and population structure of a salt marsh snail

scholarly article by Steven Pennings et al published December 2016 in Ecosphere

Mechanisms mediating plant distributions across estuarine landscapes in a low-latitude tidal estuary

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

Microspatial Differences in Soil Temperature Cause Phenology Change on Par with Long-Term Climate Warming in Salt Marshes

scientific article published on 16 July 2019

Multiple factors promoting narrow host range in the sea hare, Aplysia californica

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Multiscale Diversity in the Marshes of the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER

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Parasitic plants: parallels and contrasts with herbivores

scientific article published on 01 May 2002

Patterns of trait convergence and divergence among native and exotic species in herbaceous plant communities are not modified by nitrogen enrichment

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Plasticity and selection drive hump‐shaped latitudinal patterns of flowering phenology in an invasive intertidal plant

scientific article published on 15 February 2021

Post-mortem ecosystem engineering by oysters creates habitat for a rare marsh plant

scientific article published on May 29, 2012

Predator-prey interactions in a ladybeetle-aphid system depend on spatial scale

scientific article published on 11 June 2018

Predator/Prey-Interactions Promote Decomposition of Low-Quality Detritus

scholarly article by Christine Ewers et al published 1 August 2012 in Wetlands

Predators mediate above- vs. belowground herbivory in a salt marsh crab

scholarly article by Huy D. Vu & Steven Pennings published February 2018 in Ecosphere

Preference and performance in plant-herbivore interactions across latitude--a study in U.S. Atlantic salt marshes

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Provenance-by-environment interaction of reproductive traits in the invasion of Spartina alterniflora in China

scientific article published on 17 March 2017

Quantifying how changing mangrove cover affects ecosystem carbon storage in coastal wetlands

scientific article published on 17 December 2019

Rank clocks and plant community dynamics

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Responses of a tidal freshwater marsh plant community to chronic and pulsed saline intrusion

scientific article published on 24 April 2022

SPECIES RESPONSES TO NITROGEN FERTILIZATION IN HERBACEOUS PLANT COMMUNITIES, AND ASSOCIATED SPECIES TRAITSEcological ArchivesE089-070

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Seeking salt: herbivorous prairie insects can be co-limited by macronutrients and sodium

scientific article published on 23 July 2018

Self‐thinning and size‐dependent flowering of the grass <i>Spartina alterniflora</i> across space and time

scientific article published in 2019

Sex- and habitat-specific movement of an omnivorous semi-terrestrial crab controls habitat connectivity and subsidies: a multi-parameter approach.

scientific article published on 19 March 2015

State changes: insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network

scientific article

Supporting Spartina: Interdisciplinary perspective shows Spartina as a distinct solid genus

scientific article published on 19 September 2019

Testing for Synergisms between Chemical and Mineral Defenses--A Comment

scientific article published in 1996

The big picture of marsh loss

scientific article published on October 18, 2012

The resistance of Georgia coastal marshes to hurricanes

scientific article published in April 2024

Timing of disturbance affects biomass and flowering of a saltmarsh plant and attack by stem-boring herbivores

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Variance reflects resilience to disturbance along a stress gradient: Experimental evidence from coastal marshes

scientific article published in 2024

Variation in microplastics composition at small spatial and temporal scales in a tidal flat of the Yangtze Estuary, China

scientific article published on 02 September 2019

Variation in synchrony of production among species, sites, and intertidal zones in coastal marshes

scientific article published on 28 December 2020

Weak latitudinal gradients in insect herbivory for dominant rangeland grasses of North America

scientific article published on 26 May 2020

Woody structure facilitates invasion of woody plants by providing perches for birds

scientific article published on 3 September 2017

Zonation of shrubs in western Atlantic salt marshes

scientific article published in February 2001