Candy Feller is an ecologist studying how excess nutrients and climate change affect mangroves and other coastal wetlands.

The health of mangroves has ripple effects into marine food webs that use these mangroves as nurseries or feeding grounds, as well as for people who depend on mangroves for subsistence.

At the Animal-Plant Interaction Lab at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), Candy studies the potential long-term impact of small doses of nitrogen and phosphorus used in commercial fertilizers on mangrove ecosystems.

Candy first began exploring swamps in her grandmother’s backyard as a child. Today, she has long-term experimental research sites in the Caribbean, Australia, New Zealand, Belize, Panama, Florida and the Gulf of California. Candy earned her Ph.D. in Ecology from Georgetown University.

Candy was the chair of the Mangrove & Macrobenthos Meeting (MMM4) in St. Augustine, FL. MMM4 is an international conference on mangrove ecosystems convened at 4 to 6 year intervals.

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• Kaalstad, Simen, Osland, Michael J., Devlin, Donna J., Proffitt, C. Edward, Feher, Laura C., Armitage, Anna R., Day, Richard H., Swanson, Kathleen M., Anderson, Gordon H., Berger, Brigid, Cebrian, Just, Cummins, Karen L., Dunton, Kenneth H., Feller, Ilka C., Fierro-Cabo, Alejandro, Flores, Elena A., From, Andrew S., Hughes, A. Randall, Kaplan, David A., Langston, Amy K., Martinez, Melinda, Martinez, Briana, Miller, Christopher J., Reaver, Nathan G., Sanspree, Colt R. et al. 2024. "Temperature Thresholds for Leaf Damage from Two Extreme Freeze Events (2018 and 2021) Near the Northern Range Limit of Black Mangroves (Avicennia germinans) in Southeastern North America." Estuaries and Coasts, 47, (1) 292–300. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-023-01279-7. 2024
• Morrissette, Hannah K., Baez, Stacy K., Beers, Lisa, Bood, Nadia, Martinez, Ninon D., Novelo, Kevin, Andrews, Gilbert, Balan, Luis, Beers, C. S., Betancourt, Sumeet A., Blanco, Reynel, Bowden, Eeryn, Burns-Perez, Virginia, Carcamo, Mercedes, Chevez, Luis, Crooks, Stephen, Feller, Ilka C., Galvez, Galento, Garbutt, Kent, Gongora, Ronny, Grijalva, Edalmi, Lefcheck, Jonathan, Mahung, Alwyn, Mattis, Colin, McKoy, Tre et al. 2023. "Belize Blue Carbon: Establishing a national carbon stock estimate for mangrove ecosystems." Science of The Total Environment, 870. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161829. 2023
• Morris, James T., Langley, J. A., Vervaeke, William C., Dix, Nicole, Feller, Ilka C., Marcum, Pam, and Chapman, Samantha K. 2023. "Mangrove Trees Outperform Saltmarsh Grasses in Building Elevation but Collapse Rapidly Under High Rates of Sea‐Level Rise." Earth's Future, 11, (4). https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EF003202. 2023
• Bardou, Remi, Osland, Michael J., Scyphers, Steven, Shepard, Christine, Aerni, Karen E., Alemu, Jahson B., Crimian, Robert, Day, Richard H., Enwright, Nicholas M., Feher, Laura C., Gibbs, Sarah L., O'Donnell, Kiera, Swinea, Savannah H., Thorne, Kalaina, Truskey, Sarit, Armitage, Anna R., Baker, Ronald, Breithaupt, Josh L., Cavanaugh, Kyle C., Cebrian, Just, Cummins, Karen, Devlin, Donna J., Doty, Jacob, Ellis, William L., Feller, Ilka C. et al. 2023. "Rapidly Changing Range Limits in a Warming World: Critical Data Limitations and Knowledge Gaps for Advancing Understanding of Mangrove Range Dynamics in the Southeastern USA." Estuaries and Coasts, 46 1123–1140. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-023-01209-7. 2023
• Chieppa, Jeff, Feller, Ilka C., Harris, Kylie, Dorrance, Susannah, Sturchio, Matthew A., Gray, Eve, Tjoelker, Mark G., and Aspinwall, Michael J. 2023. "Thermal acclimation of leaf respiration is consistent in tropical and subtropical populations of two mangrove species." Journal of experimental botany, https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erad093. 2023
• Dahdouh-Guebas, Farid, Friess, Daniel A., Lovelock, Catherine E., Connolly, Rod M., Feller, Ilka C., Rogers, Kerrylee, and Cannicci, Stefano. 2022. "Cross-cutting research themes for future mangrove forest research." Nature Plants, 8, (10) 1131–1135. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01245-4. 2022
• Zamora‐Tovar, Carlos, Fierro‐Cabo, Alejandro, Lindig‐Cisneros, Roberto, and Feller, Ilka C. 2022. "First report of Avicennia germinans (Acanthaceae) as a larval host of Junonia litoralis (Nymphalidae) causing higher foliar damage in seedlings than trees." Plant Species Biology, 37, (3) 231–242. https://doi.org/10.1111/1442-1984.12372. 2022
• Forde, Alexander J., Feller, Ilka C., Parker, John D., and Gruner, Daniel S. 2022. "Insectivorous birds reduce herbivory but do not increase mangrove growth across productivity zones." Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3768. 2022
• Simpson, Lorae T., Canty, Steven W. J., Cissell, Jordan R., Steinberg, M. K., Cherry, J. A., and Feller, Ilka C. 2021. "Bird rookery nutrient over-enrichment as a potential accelerant of mangrove cay decline in Belize." Oecologia, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-021-05056-w. 2021
• Chapman, Samantha K., Feller, Ilka C., Canas, Gabriela, Hayes, Matthew A., Dix, Nicole, Hester, Mark, Morris, Jim, and Langley, J. Adam. 2021. "Mangrove growth response to experimental warming is greatest near the range limit in northeast Florida." Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3320. 2021
• Aspinwall, Michael J., Faciane, Martina, Harris, Kylie, O'Toole, Madison, Neece, Amy, Jerome, Vrinda, Colón, Mateo, Chieppa, Jeff, and Feller, Ilka C. 2021. "Salinity has little effect on photosynthetic and respiratory responses to seasonal temperature changes in black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) seedlings." Tree physiology, 41, (1) 103–118. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpaa107. 2021
• Friess, Daniel A., Dahdouh-Guebas, Farid, Satyanarayana, Behara, Cannicci, Stefano, Chua, Siew Chin, Duke, Norman, Feller, Ilka C., Jaafar, Zeehan, Jayatissa, L. P., Koedam, Nico, Krauss, Ken W., Lee, Shing Yip, Pineda, Jose Ernesto Mancera, Ruwa, Renison, Vannini, Marco, and Yando, Erik S. 2021. "Scientific contributions of the Mangrove Macrobenthos and Management (MMM) conference series, 2000-2019." Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106742. 2021
• Baker, Ronald, Abrantes, Katya, and Feller, Ilka C. 2021. "Stable Isotopes Suggest Limited Role of Wetland Macrophyte Production Supporting Aquatic Food Webs Across a Mangrove-Salt Marsh Ecotone." Estuaries and Coasts, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-021-00895-5. 2021
• DeYoe, Hudson, Lonard, Robert I., Judd, Frank W., Stalter, Richard, and Feller, Ilka C. 2020. "Biological Flora of the Tropical and Subtropical Intertidal Zone: Literature Review for Rhizophora mangle L." Journal of Coastal Research, 36, (4) 857–884. https://doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-19-00088.1. 2020
• Gilby, Ben L., Weinstein, Michael P., Baker, Ronald, Cebrian, Just, Alford, Scott B., Chelsky, Ariella, Colombano, Denise, Connolly, Rod M., Currin, Carolyn A., Feller, Ilka C., Frank, Alyssa, Goeke, Janelle A., Goodridge Gaines, Lucy A., Hardcastle, Felicity E., Henderson, Christopher J., Martin, Charles W., McDonald, Ashley E., Morrison, Blair H., Olds, Andrew D., Rehage, Jennifer S., Waltham, Nathan J., and Ziegler, Shelby L. 2020. "Human Actions Alter Tidal Marsh Seascapes and the Provision of Ecosystem Services." Estuaries and Coasts, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-020-00830-0. 2020
• Kennedy, John Paul, Dangremond, Emily M., Hayes, Matthew A., Preziosi, Richard F., Rowntree, Jennifer K., and Feller, Ilka C. 2020. "Hurricanes overcome migration lag and shape intraspecific genetic variation beyond a poleward mangrove range limit." Molecular ecology, 29, (14) 2583–2597. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15513. 2020
• Kennedy, John Paul, Preziosi, Richard F., Rowntree, Jennifer K., and Feller, Ilka C. 2020. "Is the central-marginal hypothesis a general rule? Evidence from three distributions of an expanding mangrove species, Avicennia germinans (L.) L." Molecular ecology, 29, (4) 704–719. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15365. 2020
• Simpson, Lorae T., Cherry, Julia A., Smith, Rachel S., and Feller, Ilka C. 2020. "Mangrove Encroachment Alters Decomposition Rate in Saltmarsh Through Changes in Litter Quality." Ecosystems, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-020-00554-z. 2020
• Friess, Daniel A., Yando, Erik S., Abuchahla, Guilherme M. O., Adams, Janine B., Cannicci, Stefano, Canty, Steven W. J., Cavanaugh, Kyle C., Connolly, Rod M., Cormier, Nicole, Dahdouh-Guebas, Farid, Diele, Karen, Feller, Ilka C., Fratini, Sara, Jennerjahn, Tim C., Lee, Shing Yip, Ogurcak, Danielle E., Ouyang, Xiaoguang, Rogers, Kerrylee, Rowntree, Jennifer K., Sharma, Sahadev, Sloey, Taylor M., and Wee, Alison K. S. 2020. "Mangroves give cause for conservation optimism, for now." Current Biology, 30, (4) R153–R154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.12.054. 2020
• Dangremond, Emily M., Simpson, Loraé T., Osborne, Todd Z., and Feller, Ilka C. 2020. "Nitrogen Enrichment Accelerates Mangrove Range Expansion in the Temperate–Tropical Ecotone." Ecosystems, 23, (4) 703–714. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00441-2. 2020
• Simpson, Lorae T., Lovelock, Catherine E., Cherry, Julia A., and Feller, Ilka C. 2020. "Short-lived effects of nutrient enrichment on Avicennia germinans decomposition in a saltmarsh-mangrove ecotone." Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 235 106598–106598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106598. 2020
• Osland, Michael J., Day, Richard H., Hall, Courtney T., Feher, Laura C., Armitage, Anna R., Cebrian, Just, Dunton, Kenneth H., Hughes, A. R., Kaplan, David A., Langston, Amy K., Macy, Aaron, Weaver, Carolyn A., Anderson, Gordon H., Cummins, Karen, Feller, Ilka C., and Snyder, Caitlin M. 2020. "Temperature thresholds for black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) freeze damage, mortality and recovery in North America: Refining tipping points for range expansion in a warming climate." Journal of Ecology, 108, (2) 654–665. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13285. 2020
• Hayes, Matthew A., Shor, Audrey C., Jesse, Amber, Miller, Christopher, Kennedy, John Paul, and Feller, Ilka. 2020. "The role of glycine betaine in range expansions; protecting mangroves against extreme freeze events." Journal of Ecology, 108, (1) 61–69. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13243. 2020
• Kauffman, J. Boone, Adame, Maria Fernanda, Arifanti, Virni Budi, Schile-Beers, Lisa M., Bernardino, Angelo F., Bhomia, Rupesh K., Donato, Daniel C., Feller, Ilka C., Ferreira, Tiago O., Jesus Garcia, Maria del Carmen, MacKenzie, Richard A., Megonigal, J. Patrick, Murdiyarso, Daniel, Simpson, Lorae, and Hernandez Trejo, Humberto. 2020. "Total ecosystem carbon stocks of mangroves across broad global environmental and physical gradients." Ecological Monographs, Article e01405. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1405. 2020
• Bardou, Remi, Parker, John D., Feller, Ilka C., and Cavanaugh, Kyle C. 2020. "Variability in the fundamental versus realized niches of North American mangroves." Journal of Biogeography, https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13990. 2020
• Cavanaugh, Kyle C., Dangremond, Emily M., Doughty, Cheryl L., Williams, A. Park, Parker, John D., Hayes, Matthew A., Rodriguez, Wilfrid, and Feller, Ilka C. 2019. "Climate-driven regime shifts in a mangrove-salt marsh ecotone over the past 250 years." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116, (43) 21602–21608. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1902181116. 2019
• Smith, Rachel S., Osborne, Todd Z., Feller, Ilka C., and Byers, James E. 2019. "Detrital traits affect substitutability of a range‐expanding foundation species across latitude." Oikos, 128, (9) 1367–1380. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.06149. 2019
• Simpson, L. t., Stein, C. M., Osborne, T. z., and Feller, Ilka C. 2019. "Mangroves dramatically increase carbon storage after 3 years of encroachment." Hydrobiologia, 834, (1) 13–26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-019-3905-z. 2019
• Coldren, Glenn A., Langley, J. Adam, Feller, Ilka C., and Chapman, Samantha K. 2019. "Warming accelerates mangrove expansion and surface elevation gain in a subtropical wetland." Journal of Ecology, 107, (1) 79–90. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13049. 2019
• Simpson, L. t., Osborne, T. z., and Feller, Ilka C. 2019. "Wetland Soil CO₂ Efflux Along a Latitudinal Gradient of Spatial and Temporal Complexity." Estuaries and Coasts, 42, (1) 45–54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-018-0442-3. 2019
• Simpson, L. t., Osborne, T. z., Duckett, Lisa J., and Feller, Ilka C. 2017. "Carbon Storages along a Climate Induced Coastal Wetland Gradient." Wetlands, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-017-0937-x. 2017
• Gedan, Keryn B., Altieri, Andrew H., Feller, Ilka C., Burrell, Rebecca, and Breitburg, Denise L. 2017. "Community composition in mangrove ponds with pulsed hypoxic and acidified conditions." Ecosphere, 8, (12). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2053. 2017
• Kennedy, John Paul, Garavelli, Lysel, Truelove, Nathan K., Devlin, Donna J., Box, Stephen J., Chérubin, Laurent M., and Feller, Ilka C. 2017. "Contrasting genetic effects of red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle L.) range expansion along West and East Florida." Journal of Biogeography, 44, (2) 335–347. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12813. 2017
• Simpson, L. t., Osborne, T. z., and Feller, Ilka C. 2017. "Establishment and Biomass Allocation of Black and Red Mangroves: Response to Propagule Flotation Duration and Seedling Light Availability." Journal of Coastal Research, 33, (5) 1126–1134. https://doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-16-00108.1. 2017
• Doughty, Cheryl L., Cavanaugh, Kyle C., Hall, Carlton R., Feller, Ilka C., and Chapman, Samantha K. 2017. "Impacts of mangrove encroachment and mosquito impoundment management on coastal protection services." Hydrobiologia, 803, (1) 105–120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3225-0. 2017
• Griffen, Blaine D., Riley, Megan E., Cannizzo, Zachary J., and Feller, Ilka C. 2017. "Indirect effects of ecosystem engineering combine with consumer behavior to determine the spatial distribution of herbivory." Journal of Animal Ecology, 86, (6) 1425–1433. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12730. 2017
• Feller, Ilka C., Ball, Marilyn C., Ellis, Joanne I., Lovelock, Catherine E., and Reef, Ruth. 2017. "Interactive effects of climate and nutrient enrichment on patterns of herbivory by different feeding guilds in mangrove forests." Global Ecology and Biogeography, 26, (11) 1326–1338. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12644. 2017
• Lovelock, Catherine E., Feller, Ilka C., Reef, Ruth, Hickey, Sharyn, and Ball, Marilyn C. 2017. "Mangrove dieback during fluctuating sea levels." Scientific Reports, 7, (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01927-6. 2017
• Devaney, John L., Lehmann, Michael, Feller, Ilka C., and Parker, John D. 2017. "Mangrove microclimates alter seedling dynamics at the range edge." Ecology, 98, (10) 2513–2520. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1979. 2017
• Hamilton, John F., Osman, Richard W., and Feller, Ilka C. 2017. "Modeling local effects on propagule movement and the potential expansion of mangroves and associated fauna: testing in a sub-tropical lagoon." Hydrobiologia, 803, (1) 173–187. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3231-2. 2017
• Kelleway, Jeffrey J., Cavanaugh, Kyle, Rogers, Kerrylee, Feller, Ilka C., Ens, Emilie, Doughty, Cheryl, and Saintilan, Neil. 2017. "Review of the ecosystem service implications of mangrove encroachment into salt marshes." Global Change Biology, 23, (10) 3967–3983. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13727. 2017
• Feller, Ilka C., Friess, Daniel A., Krauss, Ken W., and Lewis, Roy R. 2017. "The state of the world’s mangroves in the 21st century under climate change." Hydrobiologia, 803, (1) 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3331-z. 2017
• Coldren, G. A., Barreto, C. R., Wykoff, D. D., Morrissey, E. M., Langley, J. Adam, Feller, Ilka C., and Chapman, S. K. 2016. "Chronic warming stimulates growth of marsh grasses more than mangroves in a coastal wetland ecotone." Ecology, 97, (11) 3167–3175. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1539. 2016
• Doughty, Cheryl L., Langley, J. Adam, Walker, Wayne S., Feller, Ilka C., Schaub, Ronald, and Chapman, Samantha K. 2016. "Mangrove Range Expansion Rapidly Increases Coastal Wetland Carbon Storage." Estuaries and Coasts, 39, (2) 385–396. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-015-9993-8. 2016
• Dangremond, Emily M. and Feller, Ilka C. 2016. "Precocious reproduction increases at the leading edge of a mangrove range expansion." Ecology and Evolution, 6, (14) 5087–5092. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2270. 2016
• Rodriguez, Wilfrid, Feller, Ilka C., and Cavanaugh, Kyle C. 2016. "Spatio-temporal changes of a mangrove–saltmarsh ecotone in the northeastern coast of Florida, USA." Global Ecology and Conservation, 7 245–261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2016.07.005. 2016
• Lovelock, Catherine E., Simpson, Lorae T., Duckett, Lisa J., and Feller, Ilka C. 2015. "Carbon Budgets for Caribbean Mangrove Forests of Varying Structure and with Phosphorus Enrichment." Forests, 6, (10) 3528–3546. https://doi.org/10.3390/f6103528. 2015
• Keuskamp, Joost A., Hefting, Mariet M., Dingemans, Bas J. J., Verhoeven, Jos T. A., and Feller, Ilka C. 2015. "Effects of nutrient enrichment on mangrove leaf litter decomposition." Science of The Total Environment, 508 402–410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.11.092. 2015
• Dangremond, Emily M., Feller, Ilka C., and Sousa, Wayne P. 2015. "Environmental tolerances of rare and common mangroves along light and salinity gradients." Oecologia, 179, (4) 1187–1198. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-015-3408-1. 2015
• Cavanaugh, Kyle C., Parker, John D., Cook-Patton, Susan, Feller, Ilka C., Park, Williams, A., and Kellner, James R. 2015. "Integrating physiological threshold experiments with climate modeling to project mangrove species' range expansion." Global Change Biology, 21, (5) 1928–1938. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12843. 2015
• Feller, Ilka C., Dangremond, Emily Margaret, Devlin, Donna J., Lovelock, Catherine E., Proffitt, C. Edward, and Rodriguez, Wilfrid. 2015. "Nutrient enrichment intensifies hurricane impact in scrub mangrove ecosystems in the Indian River Lagoon, FL USA." Ecology, 96, (11) 2960–2972. https://doi.org/10.1890/14-1853.1. 2015
• Keuskamp, Joost A., Feller, Ilka C., Laanbroek, Hendrikus J., Verhoeven, Jos T. A., and Hefting, Mariet M. 2015. "Short- and long-term effects of nutrient enrichment on microbial exoenzyme activity in mangrove peat." Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 81 38–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.11.003. 2015
• Vaslet, A., Phillips, D. L., France, Christine A. M., Feller, Ilka C., and Baldwin, Carole C. 2015. "Trophic behaviour of juvenile reef fishes inhabiting interlinked mangrove-seagrass habitats in offshore mangrove islets." Journal of fish biology, 87, (2) 256–273. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12715. 2015
• Scharler, U. M., Ulanowicz, R. E., Fogel, M. L., Wooller, M. J., Jacobson-Meyers, M., Lovelock, C. E., Feller, Ilka C., Frischer, M., Lee, R., McKee, K., Romero, I. C., Schmit, J. P., and Shearer, C. 2015. "Variable nutrient stoichiometry (carbon:nitrogen:phosphorus) across trophic levels determines community and ecosystem properties in an oligotrophic mangrove system." Oecologia, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-015-3379-2. 2015
• Dangremond, Emily M. and Feller, Ilka C. 2014. "Functional traits and nutrient limitation in the rare mangrove Pelliciera rhizophorae." Aquatic Botany, 116 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2013.12.007. 2014
• Reef, Ruth, Feller, Ilka C., and Lovelock, Catherine E. 2014. "Mammalian herbivores in Australia transport nutrients from terrestrial to marine ecosystems via mangroves." Journal of Tropical Ecology, 30, (3) 179–188. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467414000054. 2014
• Cavanaugh, Kyle C., Kellner, James R., Forde, Alexander J., Gruner, Daniel S., Parker, John D., Rodriguez, Wilfrid, and Feller, Ilka C. 2014. "Poleward expansion of mangroves is a threshold response to decreased frequency of extreme cold events." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111, (2) 723–727. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1315800111. 2014
• Riley, Megan E., Johnston, Cora A., Feller, Ilka C., and Griffen, Blaine D. 2014. "Range Expansion of Aratus pisonii (Mangrove Tree Crab) into Novel Vegetative Habitats." Southeastern Naturalist, 13, (4) N43–N48. https://doi.org/10.1656/058.013.0405. 2014
• Cavanaugh, Kyle C., Kellner, James R., Forde, Alexander J., Gruner, Daniel S., Parker, John D., Rodriguez, Wilfrid, and Feller, Ilka C. 2014. "Reply to Giri and Long: Freeze-mediated expansion of mangroves does not depend on whether expansion is emergence or reemergence." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111, (15) E1449–E1449. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1401809111. 2014
• Lovelock, Catherine E., Feller, Ilka C., Reef, Ruth, and Ruess, Roger W. 2014. "Variable effects of nutrient enrichment on soil respiration in mangrove forests." Plant and Soil, 379, (1-2) 135–148. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-014-2036-6. 2014
• Simpson, Loraé T., Feller, Ilka C., and Chapman, Samantha K. 2013. "Effects of competition and nutrient enrichemnt on avicennia germinans in the salt marsh-mangrove ecotone." Aquatic Botany, 104 55–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2012.09.006. 2013
• Feller, Ilka C., Chamberlain, Anne H., Piou, Cyril, Chapman, Samantha, and Lovelock, Catherine E. 2013. "Latitudinal Patterns of Herbivory in Mangrove Forests: Consequences of Nutrient Over-Enrichment." Ecosystems, 16, (7) 1203–1215. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-013-9678-8. 2013
• Vaslet, Amandine, France, Christine A. M., Baldwin, Carole C., and Feller, Ilka C. 2012. "Dietary habits of juveniles of the Mayan cichlid Cichlasoma urophthalmus, in mangrove ponds of an offshore islet in Belize, Central America." Neotropical Ichthyology, 10, (3) 667–674. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1679-62252012000300021. 2012
• Vogt, Juliane, Skóra, Annegret, Feller, Ilka C., Piou, Cyril, Coldren, Glenn, and Berger, Uta. 2012. "Investigating the role of impoundment and forest structure on the resistance and resilience of mangrove forests to hurricanes." Aquatic Botany, 97, (1) 24–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2011.10.006. 2012
• Vaslet, Amandine, Phillips, D. L., France, Christine A. M., Feller, Ilka C., and Baldwin, Carole C. 2012. "The relative importance of mangroves and seagrass beds as feeding areas for resident and transient fishes among different mangrove habitats in Florida and Belize: Evidence from dietary and stable-isotope analyses." Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology, 434-435 81–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2012.07.024. 2012
• Chapman, Samantha K. and Feller, Ilka C. 2011. "Away-field advantage: mangrove seedlings grow best in litter from other mangrove species." Oikos, 120, (12) 1880–1888. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19381.x. 2011
• Lovelock, Catherine E., Feller, Ilka C., Adame, Maria Fernanda, Reef, Ruth, Penrose, Helen M., Wei, Lili, and Ball, Marilyn C. 2011. "Intense storms and the delivery of materials that relieve nutrient limitations in mangroves of an arid zone estuary." Functional Plant Biology, 38, (6) 514–522. https://doi.org/10.1071/FP11027. 2011
• Vaslet, Amandine, France, Christine A. M., Phillips, D. L., Feller, Ilka C., and Baldwin, Carole C. 2011. "Stable‐isotope analyses reveal the importance of seagrass beds as feeding areas for juveniles of the speckled worm eel Myrophis punctatus (Teleostei: Ophichthidae) in Florida." Journal of Fish Biology, 79, (3) 692–706. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03052.x. 2011
• Feller, Ilka C., Lovelock, Catherine E., Berger, U., McKee, Karen L., Joye, S. B., and Ball, M. C. 2010. "Biocomplexity in Mangrove Ecosystems." Annual Review of Marine Science, 2 395–417. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.marine.010908.163809. 2010
• Reef, Ruth, Feller, Ilka C., and Lovelock, Catherine E. 2010. "Nutrition of mangroves." Tree Physiology, 30, (9) 1148–1160. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpq048. 2010
• Reef, Ruth, Ball, Marilyn C., Feller, Ilka C., and Lovelock, Catherine E. 2010. "Relationships among RNA : DNA ratio, growth and elemental stoichiometry in mangrove trees." Functional Ecology, 24, (5) 1064–1072. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01722.x. 2010
• Martin, Katherine C., Bruhn, Dan, Lovelock, Catherine E., Feller, Ilka C., Evans, John R., and Ball, Marilyn C. 2009. "Nitrogen fertilization enhances water-use efficiency in a saline environment." Plant, Cell and Environment, 33, (3) 344–357. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3040.2009.02072.x. 2009
• Lovelock, Catherine E., Ball, Marilyn C., Martin, Katherine, and Feller, Ilka C. 2009. "Nutrient enrichment increases mortality of mangroves." PLoS Biology, 4, (5) e5600. 2009
• Piou, C., Berger, U., and Feller, Ilka C. 2009. "Spatial structure of a leaf-removing crab population in a mangrove of North-Brazil." Wetlands Ecology and Management, 17, (2) 93–106. https://doi.org/10.1007/$11273-008-9089-3. 2009
• Erickson, A. A., Feller, Ilka C., Paul, Valerie J., Kwiatkowski, L. M., and Lee, W. 2008. "Selection of an omnivorous diet by the mangrove tree crab Aratus pisonii in laboratory experiments." Journal of Sea Research, 59, (1-2) 59–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2007.06.007. 2008
• Piou, C., Berger, U., Hildenbrandt, H., and Feller, Ilka C. 2008. "Testing the intermediate disturbance hypothesis in species-poor systems: A simulation experiment for mangrove forests." Journal of Vegetation Science, 19 417–424. 2008
• Wanek, W., Hofmann, J., and Feller, Ilka C. 2007. "Canopy interactions of rainfall in an off-shore mangrove ecosystem dominated by Rhizophora mangle (Belize)." Journal of Hydrology, 345 70–79. 2007
• McKee, Karen L., Cahoon, Donald R., and Feller, Ilka C. 2007. "Caribbean Mangroves Adjust to Rising Sea Levels through Biotic Controls on Change in Soil Elevation." Global Ecology and Biogeography, 16, (5) 545–556. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2007.00317.x. 2007
• Feller, Ilka C. and Chamberlain, Anne. 2007. "Herbivore responses to nutrient enrichment and landscape heterogeneity in a mangrove ecosystem." Oecologia, 153, (3) 607–616. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-007-0760-9. 2007
• Lovelock, Catherine E., Feller, Ilka C., Ellis, J., Schwarz, A. M., Hancock, N., Nichols, P., and Sorrell, B. 2007. "Mangrove Growth in New Zealand Estuaries: The Role of Nutrient Enrichment at Sites with Contrasting Rates of Sedimentation." Oecologia, 153, (3) 633–641. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-007-0750-y. 2007
• McKee, Karen L., Rooth, J. E., and Feller, Ilka C. 2007. "Mangrove recruitment after forest disturbance is facilitated by herbaceous species common to the Caribbean region." Ecological Applications, 17 1678–1693. 2007
• Nutrient addition differentially affects ecological processes of Avicennia germinans in nitrogen versus phosphorus limited mangrove ecosystems.  Ecosystems.  10:347-359. 2007
• Feller, Ilka C., Lovelock, Catherine E., and McKee, Karen L. 2007. "Nutrient addition differentially affects ecological processes of Avicennia germinans in nitrogen vs. phosphorus limited mangrove ecosystems." Ecosystems, 10 347–359. 2007
• Lovelock, Catherine, Feller, Ilka C., Ball, M. C., Ellis, J., and Sorrell, B. 2007. "Testing the growth rate vs. geochemical hypothesis for latitudinal variation in plant nutrients." Ecology Letters, 10, (12) 1154–1163. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01112.x. 2007
• Lovelock, Catherine, Feller, Ilka C., Ball, M. C., Ellis, J., and Sorrell, B. 2007. "Testing the growth rate vs. geochemical hypothesis for latitudinal variation in plant nutrients." Ecology Letters, 10, (12) 1154–1163. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01112.x. 2007

Book

• Rodriguez, Wilfrid, Urish, Daniel W., Feller, Ilka C., and Wright, Raymond M. 2009. Relationships Between Frequency of Ground Exposure and Forest Cover in a Mangrove Island Ecosystem. Washington, DC: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. In Atoll Research Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00775630.568. 2009

Chapter

• Macintyre, Ian G., Toscano, Marguerite A., Feller, Ilka C., and Faust, Maria A. 2009. "Decimating mangrove forests for commercial development in the Pelican Cays, Belize: Long-term ecological loss for short-term gain?" In Proceedings of the Smithsonian Marine Science Symposium. 281–290. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences, 38. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.01960768.38.281. 2009
• Urish, Daniel W., Wright, Raymond M., Feller, Ilka C., and Rodriguez, Wilfrid. 2009. "Dynamic Hydrology of a Mangrove Island: Twin Cays, Belize." In Proceedings of the Smithsonian Marine Science Symposium. 473–490. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences, 38. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.01960768.38.473. 2009
• Whigham, Dennis F., Whigham, Michael C., Feller, Ilka C., Rodriguez, Wilfred, and King, Ryan S. 2009. "Ecological characteristics of Batis maritima in Florida and Belize." In Proceedings of the Smithsonian Marine Science Symposium. 491–499. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences, 38. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.01960768.38.491. 2009
• Feller, Ilka C., Lovelock, Catherine E., and Piou, C. 2009. "Growth and nutrient conservation in Rhizophora mangle in response to fertilization along latitudinal and tidal gradients." In Proceedings of the Smithsonian Marine Science Symposium. 345–358. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian contributions to the marine sciences, 38. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.01960768.38.345. 2009

Dataset

• Morrissette, Hannah, Baez, Stacy K., Schile-Beers, Lisa M., Bood, Nadia, Martinez, Ninon D., Novelo, Kevin, Andrews, Gilbert, Balan, Luis, Beers, C. Scott, Betancourt, Sumeet A., Blanco, Reynel, Bowden, Eeryn, Burns-Perez, Virginia, Carcamo, Mercedes, Chevez, Luis, Crooks, Stephen, Feller, Ilka C., Galvez, Galento, Garbutt, Kent, Gongora, Ronny, Grijalva, Edalmi, Lefcheck, Jonathan S., Mahung, Alwyn, Mattis, Colin, McKoy, Tre et al. 2023. [Dataset] Dataset: National total ecosystem carbon stock for the mangroves of Belize. Distributed by Edgewater, Maryland: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. https://doi.org/10.25573/SERC.21298338.V2. 2023
• Feller, Ilka C., Berger, Uta, Chapman, Samantha, Dangremond, Emily M., Dix, Nicole G., Langley, J. Adam, Lovelock, Catherine, Osborne, Todd Z., and Shor, Audrey C. 2022. [Dataset] Data for: Nitrogen addition increases freeze resistance in black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) shrubs in a temperate-tropical ecotone. Distributed by Edgewater, Maryland: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. https://doi.org/10.25573/SERC.21206261.V1. 2022
• Forde, Alexander J., Feller, Ilka C., Parker, John D., and Gruner, Daniel S. 2021. [Dataset] Data from: Insectivorous birds reduce herbivory but do not increase mangrove growth across productivity zones. Distributed by Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/DRYAD.M37PVMD34. 2021
• Doughty, Cheryl, Langley, J. Adam, Walker, Wayne, Feller, Ilka C., Schaub, Ronald, and Chapman, Samantha. 2019. [Dataset] Mangroves marching northward: the impacts of rising seas and temperatures on ecosystems at Kennedy Space Center. Distributed by The Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.25573/DATA.9695918.V1. 2019
• Rodriguez, Wilfrid, Feller, Ilka C., and Cavanaugh, Kyle C. 2016. [Dataset] Spatial-Temporal Changes of a Mangrove-Saltmarsh Ecotone. Compiled by Feller, Ilka C. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CTPXU4. 2016
• Feller, Ilka C., Lovelock, Catherine E., Ball, Marilyn C., Ellis, Joanne I., and Reef, Ruth. 2016. [Dataset] influences of climate and nutrient enrichment on herbivory and herbivore diversity in mangrove forests. Distributed by Edgewater, Maryland: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. https://doi.org/10.5479/data_serc/10088/30209. 2016

Webpage

• Feller, Ilka C. and Rützler, Klaus. 2008. Mangroves of the reef domain: a case study in Belize, in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), UNESCO, EOLSS Publishers, Oxford, UK. 2008