Research Interests
My research interests lie in the fields of community and restoration ecology with an emphasis on wetlands. My doctoral research examines plant community development during wetland restoration and includes case studies from a temperate riparian wetland in the North Carolina Piedmont and a tropical seasonal floodplain wetland in Costa Rica. I'm currently working on preparing and submitting the manuscripts from this research. Please send me an email if you have questions or would like more info.
Current & Past Projects
Impact of disturbance, grazing, and seasonal flooding upon the plant community in a Typha- dominated neotropical wetland (Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica)
A spatially explicit analysis of post-disturbance soil properties, seed bank emergence, and plant community composition in a tropical seasonally flooded wetland (Palo Verde Marsh, Costa Rica)
Impact of experimental N, P, and K additions on Typha domingensis growth in a tropical freshwater marsh (Palo Verde Marsh, Costa Rica)
An analysis of the impact of nutrient enrichment on plant community composition and cattail growth in a nitrogen-limited tropical freshwater wetland (La Bocana Marsh, Palo Verde, Costa Rica)
An assessment of native bamboo (Arundinaria gigantea) establishment and growth after the removal of an invasive non-native shrub (Ligustrum sinense) in a NC piedmont riparian forest
Transplant success and growth across a hydrologic gradient: a comparison of two native bamboos, giant cane (Arundinaria gigantea) and switch cane (A. tecta)
Plant community composition and soil macronutrient variability in the lake-margin wetlands of El Salvador
