Ecology in terrestrial and wetland ecosystems; orchid-mycorrhizal interactions; role of disturbance in forests; ecological life history and population ecology of woodland and wetland species, ecology of invasive, landscape ecology
Gabriel, Jared R., Reid, Jessica, Wang, Le, Mozdzer, Thomas J., Whigham, Dennis F., Megonigal, J. Patrick, and Langley, J. Adam. 2022. "Interspecific Competition is Prevalent and Stabilizes Plant Production in a Brackish Marsh Facing Sea Level Rise." Estuaries and Coasts, New York; NY: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-021-01043-9.
2022
Whigham, Dennis, McCormick, Melissa, Brooks, Hope, Josey, Brian, Floyd, Robert, and Applegate, Jason. 2021. "Isotria medeoloides, a North American Threatened Orchid: Fungal Abundance May Be as Important as Light in Species Management." Plants-Basel 10 (9):https://doi.org/10.3390/plants100919242021
Robbins, Caleb J., Yeager, Alyse D., Cook, Stephen C., Doyle, Robert D., Maurer, Jasmine R., Walker, Coowe M., Back, Jeffrey A., Whigham, Dennis F., and King, Ryan S. 2020. "Low-level dissolved organic carbon subsidies drive a trophic upsurge in a boreal stream." Freshwater Biology 47 (5):1086-1105. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.134782020
McCormick, Melissa K., Whigham, Dennis F., Stapp, Jared R., Hazelton, Eric L. G., McFarland, Eliza K., and Kettenring, Karin M. 2020. "Shoreline modification affects recruitment of invasive Phragmites australis." Wetlands Ecology and Managementhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-020-09757-62020
Hazelton, Eric L. G., Downard, Rebekah, Kettenring, Karin M., McCormick, Melissa K., and Whigham, Dennis F. 2019. "Correction to: Spatial and Temporal Variation in Brackish Wetland Seedbanks: Implications for Wetland Restoration Following Phragmites Control (vol 41, pg S68, 2018)." Estuaries and Coasts 42 (3):907. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-018-00500-22019
Leebens-Mack, James H., Barker, Michael S., Carpenter, Eric J., Deyholos, Michael K., Gitzendanner, Matthew A., Graham, Sean W., Grosse, Ivo, Li, Zheng, Melkonian, Michael, Mirarab, Siavash, Porsch, Martin, Quint, Marcel, Rensing, Stefan A., Soltis, Douglas E., Soltis, Pamela S., Stevenson, Dennis W., Ullrich, Kristian K., Wickett, Norman J., DeGironimo, Lisa, Edger, Patrick P., Jordon-Thaden, Ingrid E., Joya, Steve, Liu, Tao, Melkonian, Barbara, Miles, Nicholas W. et al. 2019. "One thousand plant transcriptomes and the phylogenomics of green plants." Nature 574 (7780):679- . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1693-22019
Oostdijk, Maartje, Santos, Maria J., Whigham, Dennis F., Verhoeven, Jos, and Silvestri, Sonia. 2018. "Assessing rehabilitation of managed mangrove ecosystems using high resolution remote sensing." Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 211:238-247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2018.06.0202018
Shefferson, Richard P., Kull, Tiiu, Hutchings, Michael J., Selosse, Marc-Andre, Jacquemyn, Hans, Kellett, Kimberly M., Menges, Eric S., Primack, Richard B., Tuomi, Juha, Alahuhta, Kirsi, Hurskainen, Sonja, Alexander, Helen M., Anderson, Derek S., Brys, Rein, Brzosko, Emilia, Dostalik, Slavomir, Gregg, Katharine, Ipser, Zdenek, Jakalaniemi, Anne, Jersakova, Jana, Kettle, W. Dean, McCormick, Melissa K., Mendoza, Ana, Miller, Michael T., Moen, Asbjorn et al. 2018. "Drivers of vegetative dormancy across herbaceous perennial plant species." Ecology Letters 21 (5):724-733. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.129402018
Prosser, Diann J., Jordan, Thomas E., Nagel, Jessica L., Seitz, Rochelle D., Weller, Donald E., and Whigham, Dennis F. 2018. "Impacts of Coastal Land Use and Shoreline Armoring on Estuarine Ecosystems: an Introduction to a Special Issue." Estuaries and Coasts 41:S2-S18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-017-0331-12018
McCormick, Melissa K., Whigham, Dennis F., and Canchani-Viruet, Armando. 2018. "Mycorrhizal fungi affect orchid distribution and population dynamics." New Phytologist 219 (4):1207-1215. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.152232018
Kettenring, Karin M. and Whigham, Dennis F. 2018. "The Role of Propagule Type, Resource Availability, and Seed Source in Phragmites Invasion in Chesapeake Bay Wetlands." Wetlands 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-018-1034-52018
Hiatt, Daniel L., Robbins, Caleb J., Back, Jeffrey A., Kostka, Pamela K., Doyle, Robert D., Walker, Coowe M., Rains, Mark C., Whigham, Dennis F., and King, Ryan S. 2017. "Catchment-scale alder cover controls nitrogen fixation in boreal headwater streams." Freshwater Science 36 (3):523-532. https://doi.org/10.1086/6929442017
Robbins, Caleb J., King, Ryan S., Yeager, Alyse D., Walker, Coowe M., Back, Jeffrey A., Doyle, Robert D., and Whigham, Dennis F. 2017. "Low-level addition of dissolved organic carbon increases basal ecosystem function in a boreal headwater stream." Ecosphere 8 (4):https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.17392017
Whigham, Dennis F., Mirenda, Tom, O'Neill, Jay, and McCormick, Melissa K. 2016. "A chance for orchid lovers to benefit conservation." Orchids: the Magazine of the American Orchid Society (January): 32-35.
2016
Hosaka, Naomi, Kachi, Naoki, Kudoh, Hiroshi, Stuefer, Josef F., and Whigham, Dennis F. 2016. "Compensatory growth of the clonal understory tree, Asimina triloba, in response to small-scale disturbances." Plant Ecology 217 (5):471-480. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-016-0592-y2016
McCormick, Melissa K., Taylor, D. L., Whigham, Dennis F., and Burnett, Robert K. 2016. "Germination patterns in three terrestrial orchids relate to abundance of mycorrhizal fungi." Journal of Ecology 104 (3):744-754. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.125562016
McCormick, Melissa K., Brooks, Hope E. A., and Whigham, Dennis F. 2016. "Microsatellite analysis to estimate realized dispersal distance in Phragmites australis." Biological Invasions 18 (9):2497-2504. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-016-1126-12016
McFarland, Eliza K., LaForgia, Marina, Yepsen, M., Whigham, Dennis F., Baldwin, A. H., and Lang, M. 2016. "Plant biomass and nutrients (C, N and P) in natural, restored and prior converted depressional wetlands in the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain, U.S." Folia Geobotanica 51 (3):267-283. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12224-016-9239-y2016
Kettenring, Karin M., Whigham, Dennis F., Hazelton, Eric L. G., Gallagher, Sally K., and Weiner, Heather M. 2015. "Biotic resistance, disturbance, and mode of colonization impact the invasion of a widespread, introduced wetland grass." Ecological Applications 25 (2):466-480. https://doi.org/10.1890/14-0434.12015
Hazelton, Eric L. G., McCormick, Melissa K., Sievers, Matthew, Kettenring, Karin M., and Whigham, Dennis F. 2015. "Stand Age is Associated with Clonal Diversity, but Not Vigor, Community Structure, or Insect Herbivory in Chesapeake Bay Phragmites australis." Wetlands, 877–888. 35, (5), DORDRECHT; VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS: SPRINGER. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-015-0678-7.
2015
Hazelton, Eric L. G., McCormick, Melissa K., Sievers, Matthew, Kettenring, Karin M., and Whigham, Dennis F. 2015. "Stand Age is Associated with Clonal Diversity, but Not Vigor, Community Structure, or Insect Herbivory in Chesapeake Bay Phragmites australis." Wetlands, 877–888. 35, (5), DORDRECHT; VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS: SPRINGER. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-015-0678-7.
2015
Verhoeven, Jos T. A., Laanbroek, Hendrikus J., Rains, Mark C., and Whigham, Dennis F. 2014. "Effects of increased summer flooding on nitrogen dynamics in impounded mangroves." Journal of environmental management 139:217-226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.02.0352014
Whigham, Dennis F., McCormick, Melissa K., and O'Neill, John P. 2014. "Ongoing studies of Isotria medeoloides, Small Whorled Pogonia." The Native Orchid Conference Journal 11 (4):6-11.
2014
Hazelton, Eric L. G., Mozdzer, Thomas J., Burdick, David, Kettenring, Karin M., and Whigham, Dennis F. 2014. "Phragmites australis Management in the United States: 40 years of methods and outcomes." AoB Plants 6:plu001. https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plu0012014
Laanbroek, Hendrikus J., Keijzer, Rosalinde M., Verhoeven, Jos T. A., and Whigham, Dennis F. 2013. "Changes in community composition of ammonia-oxidizing betaproteobacteria from stands of Black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) in response to ammonia enrichment and more oxic conditions." Frontiers in Microbiology 4 (343):https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2013.003432013
McCormick, Melissa K., Parker, Kenneth L., Szlavecz, Katalin, and Whigham, Dennis F. 2013. "Native and exotic earthworms affect orchid seed loss." AoB Plants 5:plt018. https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plt0182013
Cipollini, Martin L., Whigham, Dennis F., and O'Neill, Jay. 2013. "Seed size, sexual dimorphism and sex ratio in Lindera benzoin L. (Lauraceae)." Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 40 (3):https://doi.org/10.3159/TORREY-D-13-00014.12013
Cipollini, Martin L., Culberson, Joshua, Whigham, Dennis F., Johnson, Kartee, Knight, Troy, and O'Neill, Jay. 2013. "Spatial and temporal patterns of sexual dimorphism and sex ratio in Lindera benzoin L. (Lauraceae)." Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 40 (3):280-299. https://doi.org/10.3159/TORREY-D-13-00013.12013
Swarth, Christopher W., Delgado, Patricia, and Whigham, Dennis F. 2013. "Vegetation Dynamics in a Tidal Freshwater Wetland: A Long-Term Study at Differing Scales." Estuaries and Coasts 36 (3):59-574. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-012-9568-x2013
Dekar, Matthew P., King, Ryan S., Back, Jeffrey A., Whigham, Dennis F., and Walker, Coowe M. 2012. "Allochthonous inputs from grass-dominated wetlands support juvenile salmonids in headwater streams: evidence from stable isotopes of carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen." Freshwater Science 31 (1):121-132. https://doi.org/10.1899/11-016.12012
Ikegami, Makihiko, Whigham, Dennis F., and Werger, Marinus J. A. 2012. "Effects of local density of clonal plants on their sexual and vegetative propagation strategies in a lattice structure model." Ecological Modelling 234:51-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.03.0262012
Walker, Coowe M., King, Ryan S., Whigham, Dennis F., and Baird, Steven J. 2012. "Landscape and Wetland Influences on Headwater Stream Chemistry in the Kenai Lowlands, Alaska." Wetlands 32 (2):301-310. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-011-0260-x2012
McCormick, Melissa K., Lee Taylor, D., Juhaszova, Katarina, Burnett, Robert K., Whigham, Dennis F., and O'Neill, John P. 2012. "Limitations on orchid recruitment: not a simple picture." Molecular Ecology 21 (6):1511-1523. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05468.x2012
Whigham, Dennis F., Walker, Coowe M., King, Ryan S., and Baird, Steven J. 2012. "Multiple Scales of Influence on Wetland Vegetation Associated with Headwater Streams in Alaska, USA." Wetlands 32 (3):411-422. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-012-0274-z2012
Shefferson, Richard P., McCormick, Melissa K., Whigham, Dennis F., and O'Neill, John P. 2011. "Life history strategy in herbaceous perennials: inferring demographic patterns from the aboveground dynamics of a primarily subterranean, myco-heterotrophic orchid." Oikos 129 (9):1291-1300. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19130.x2011
Kettenring, Karin M., McCormick, Melissa K., Baron, Heather M., and Whigham, Dennis F. 2011. "Mechanisms of Phragmites australis invasion: feedbacks among genetic diversity, nutrients, and sexual reproduction." Journal of Applied Ecology 48 (5):1305-1313. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02024.x2011
Brooks, Robert P., Brinson, Mark M., Havens, Kirk J., Hershner, Carl S., Rheinhardt, Richard D., Wardrop, Denice H., Whigham, Dennis F., Jacobs, Amy D., and Rubbo, Jennifer M. 2011. "Proposed Hydrogeomorphic Classification for Wetlands of the Mid-Atlantic Region, USA." Wetlands 31 (2):207-219. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-011-0158-72011
Gorchov, David L., Thompson, Emily, O'Neill, Jay, Whigham, Dennis F., and Noe, Douglas A. 2011. "Treefall gaps required for establishment, but not survival, of invasive Rubus phoenicolasius in deciduous forest, Maryland, USA." Plant Species Biology 26 (3):221-234. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-1984.2011.00317.x2011
McCormick, Melissa K., Kettenring, Karin M., Baron, Heather M., and Whigham, Dennis F. 2010. "Extent and Reproductive Mechanisms of Phragmites australis Spread in Brackish Wetlands in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland (USA)." Wetlands 30 (1):67-74. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-009-0007-02010
Kettenring, Karin M., McCormick, Melissa K., Baron, Heather M., and Whigham, Dennis F. 2010. "Phragmites australis (Common Reed) Invasion in the Rhode River Subestuary of the Chesapeake Bay: Disentangling the Effects of Foliar Nutrients, Genetic Diversity, Patch Size, and Seed Viability." Estuaries and Coasts 33 (1):118-126. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-009-9241-12010
Baldwin, Andrew H., Kettenring, Karin M., and Whigham, Dennis F. 2010. "Seed banks of Phragmites australis-dominated brackish wetlands: Relationships to seed viability, inundation, and land cover." Aquatic Botany 93 (3):163-169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2010.06.0012010
Whigham, Dennis F., Baldwin, Andrew H., and Swarth, Chris. 2009. "Conservation of tidal freshwater wetlands in North America." in Tidal Freshwater Wetlands, edited by Barendregt, Aat, Whigham, Dennis F., and Baldwin, Andrew H., 233-240. Margraf and Backhuys Publishers.
2009
Whigham, Dennis F. 2009. "Primary production in tidal freshwater wetlands." in Tidal Freshwater Wetlands, edited by Barendregt, Aat, Whigham, Dennis F., and Baldwin, Andrew H., 115-121. Margraf and Backhuys Publishers.
2009
Ikegami, Makihiko, Whigham, Dennis F., and Werger, Marinus J. A. 2009. "Ramet phenology and clonal architectures of the clonal sedge Schoenoplectus americanus (Pers.) Volk. ex Schinz & R. Keller." Plant Ecology 200 (2):287-301. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-008-9453-72009
Kettenring, Karin M. and Whigham, Dennis F. 2009. "Seed viability and seed dormancy of non-native Phragmites australis in suburbanized and forested watersheds of the Chesapeake Bay, USA." Aquatic Botany 91 (3):199-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2009.06.0022009
Kitamura, Keiko, Takasu, Hideki, Hagiwara, Shinsuke, Homma, Kohsuke, O'Neill, Jay, Whigham, Dennis F., and Kawano, Shoichi. 2008. "Demographic genetics of American beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.) IV. Development of genetic variability and gene flow during succession in a coastal plain forest in Maryland." Plant Species Biology 23 (3):159-173. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-1984.2008.00228.x2008
Day, J. W.,Jr., Boesch, D. F., Clairain, E. J., Kemp, G. P., Laska, S. B. Mitsch W. J., Mashriqui, H., Reed, D. J., Shabman, L., Simenstad, C. A., Streever, B. J., Twilley, R. R., Watson, C. C., Wells, J. T., and Whigham, Dennis F. 2007. "Restoration of the Mississippi Delta: Lessons from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita." Science 315:1679-1684.
2007
Jacobs, A. D., Whigham, Dennis F., Fillis, D., Rehm, E., and Howard, A. 2007. Delaware Comprehensive Assessment Procedure Version 2.0. Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.
2007
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Baldwin, Andrew H., Kangas, Patrick J., Megonigal, J. Patrick, Perry, Matthew C., and Whigham, Dennis F. 2012. "Coastal Wetlands of Chesapeake Bay." in Wetland Habitats of North America: Ecology and Conservation Concerns, edited by Batzer, Darold P. and Baldwin, Andrew H., 29-43. University of California Press.
2012
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, edited by Lang, Michael A., Macintyre, Ian G., and Ruetzler, Klaus., 491-500.
2009
Leck, Mary Allessio, Baldwin, Andrew H., Parker, V. Thomas, Schile, Lisa, and Whigham, Dennis F. 2009. "Plant communities of tidal freshwater wetlands of the continental USA and Canada." in Tidal Freshwater Wetlands, edited by Barendregt, Aat, Whigham, Dennis F., and Baldwin, Andrew H., 41-58. Backhuys Publishers.
2009
Whigham, Dennis F., Barendregt, Aat, and Baldwin, Andrew H. 2009. "Synthesis and perspectives for the future." in Tidal Freshwater Wetlands, edited by Barendregt, Aat, Whigham, Dennis F., and Baldwin, Andrew H., 267-270. Margraf and Backhuys Publishers.
2009
Whigham, Dennis F., Baldwin, Andrew H., and Barendregt, Aat. 2009. "Tidal freshwater wetlands." in Coastal wetlands: an integrated ecosystem approach, edited by Perillo Gerardo, M. E., Wolanski, E., Cahoon, Donald R., and Brinson, Mark M., 515-533. Elsevier Science.
2009
Baldwin, Andrew H., Barendregt, Aat, and Whigham, Dennis F. 2009. "Tidal freshwater wetlands, an introduction to the ecosystem." in Tidal Freshwater Wetlands, edited by Barendregt, Aat, Whigham, Dennis F., and Baldwin, Andrew H., 1-10. Backhuys Publishers.
2009
Zale, Peter J., McCormick, Melissa K., and Whigham, Dennis F. 2022. "Choosing a Favorable Substrate to Cultivate Native Orchids Symbiotically: Examples Using Goodyera tesselata and Platanthera blephariglottis." HortScience, 57, (5) 634–642. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI16509-22.
2022