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Eric S. Menges, Senior Research Biologist
Archbold Biological Station, P.O. Box 2057, Lake Placid, Florida 33862 USA
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Refereed Publications

Menges, E.S. 1978. Patterns of oak wilt mortality in midwestern oak forests. Proc. Central Hardwoods Forest Conference 2:508-528.

Menges, E.S. and D.M. Waller. 1983. Plant strategies in relation to elevation and light in floodplain herbs. The American Naturalist 122:454-473.

Menges, E.S. and O.L. Loucks. 1984. Modeling a disease-caused patch disturbance: oak wilt in central hardwoods. Ecology 65:487-498.

Molofsky, J., E.S. Menges, C.A.S. Hall, T.V. Armentano and K.S. Ault. 1984. Effects of land use alteration on tropical carbon exchange. pp. 181-194 in Studies in Environmental Science 25, T.N. Veziroglu (editor). The Biosphere: Problems and solutions. Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 712 pp.

Menges, E.S. and J.E. Kuntz. 1985. Predictive equations for local spread of oak wilt in southern Wisconsin. Forest Science 31:43-51.

Menges, E.S. and T.V. Armentano. 1985. Successional relationships of pine stands at Indiana Dunes. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 94:269-287.

Menges, E.S. 1986. Environmental correlates of herb species composition in southern Wisconsin floodplain forests. American Midland Naturalist 114:106-117.

McCune, B. and E.S. Menges. 1986. Quality of historical data on Midwestern old-growth forests. American Midland Naturalist 116:163-171.

Menges, E.S., D.M. Waller and S.C. Gawler. 1986. Seed set and seed predation in Pedicularis furbishiae, a rare endemic of the St. John River. American Journal of Botany 73:1168-1177.

Armentano, T.V. and E.S. Menges. 1986. Patterns of change in the carbon balance of organic soil wetlands of the temperate zone. Journal of Ecology 74:755-774.

Menges, E.S. and S.C. Gawler. 1986. Four-year changes in population size of the endemic plant Furbish=s Lousewort: implications for endangerment and management. Natural Areas Journal 6:6-16.

Menges, E.S. 1986. Predicting the future of rare plant populations: demographic monitoring and modeling. Natural Areas Journal 6:13-25.

Armentano, T.V. and E.S. Menges. 1987. Air-pollution-induced foliar injury in natural populations of jack and white pine in a chronically polluted environment. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 33:395-409.

Menges, E.S. 1987. Biomass allocation and geometry of the clonal forest herb Laportea canadensis: adaptive responses to the environment or allometric constraints? American Journal of Botany 74:551-563.

Gawler, S.C., E.S. Menges and D.M. Waller. 1987. The role of environment on the size and establishment of Pedicularis furbishiae, a rare endemic of the St. John River. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 114:280-292.

Wade, K.A. and E.S. Menges. 1987. Effects of fire on tree invasion and community structure of a southern Indiana cedar barren. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 96:273-286.

Dolan, R.W., and E.S. Menges. 1989. Vegetation and environment in adjacent post oak (Quercus stellata) flatwoods and barrens in Indiana. American Midland Naturalist 122:329-338.

Menges, E.S. 1990. Population viability analysis for an endangered plant. Conservation Biology 4:52-62.

Menges, E.S. 1990. Environmental correlations with male, female, and clonal biomass allocations in the forest herb Laportea canadensis. American Midland Naturalist 124:171-180.

Menges, E.S. 1991. The application of minimum viable population theory to plants. pp. 45-61 in AGenetics and Conservation of Rare Plants,@ edited by D.A. Falk and K.E. Holsinger. Oxford Univ. Press, New York.

Menges, E.S. and N.P. Gallo. 1991. Water relations of scrub oaks on the Lake Wales Ridge, Florida. Florida Scientist 54:69-79.

Menges, E.S. 1991. Seed germination percentage increases with population size in a fragmented prairie species. Conservation Biology 5:158-164.

Menges, E.S. 1992. Stochastic modeling of extinction in plant populations. pp. 253-275 in AConservation biology: The Theory and Practice of Nature Conservation, Preservation, and Management,@ edited by P.L. Fiedler and S.K. Jain, Chapman and Hall, New York.

Abrams, M.D. and E.S. Menges. 1992. Leaf ageing and plateau effects on pressure-volume relationships in three sclerophyllous Quercus species in southeastern USA. Functional Ecology 6:253-360.

Menges, E.S. 1992. Habitat preferences and response to disturbance for Dicerandra frutescens, a Lake Wales Ridge (Florida) endemic plant. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 119:308-313.

Menges, E.S., W.G. Abrahamson, K.T. Givens, N.P. Gallo, and J.N. Layne. 1993. Twenty years of vegetation change in five unburned Florida plant communities. Journal of Vegetation Science 4:375-386.

McCormick, K.D., M.A. Deyrup, E.S. Menges, S.R. Wallace, and J. Meinwald. 1993. Relevance of chemistry to conservation of isolated populations B the case of volatile leaf components of Dicerandra mints. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 90:7701-7705.

Ostertag, R. and E.S. Menges. 1994. Patterns of reproductive effort with time since last fire in Florida scrub plants. Journal of Vegetation Science 5:303-310.

Gibson, D.J. and E.S. Menges. 1994. Population structure and spatial patterns in the dioecious shrub Ceratiola ericoides. Journal of Vegetation Science 5:337-346.

Menges, E.S. 1994. Fog temporarily increases water potential in Florida scrub oaks. Florida Scientist 57:65-74.

Hawkes, C.V. and E.S. Menges. 1995. Density and seed production of a Florida endemic, Polygonella basiramia, in relation to time since fire and open sand. American Midland Naturalist 133:138-148.

Menges, E.S. 1995. Factors limiting fecundity and germination in small populations of Silene regia (Caryophyllaceae), a rare hummingbirdBpollinated prairie forb. American Midland Naturalist 133:242-255.

Menges, E.S. and N.M. Kohfeldt. 1995. Life history strategies of Florida scrub plants in relation to fire. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 122:282-297.

Menges, E.S. and J. Kimmich. 1996. Microhabitat and time since fire: effects on demography of Eryngium cuneifolium (Apiaceae), a Florida scrub endemic plant. American Journal of Botany 83:185-191.

Silvertown, J., M. Franco, and E. Menges. 1996. Interpretation of elasticity matrices as an aid to the management of plant populations for conservation. Conservation Biology 10:591-597.

Lambert, B.B. and E.S. Menges. 1996. The effects of light, soil disturbance and presence of organic litter on the field germination and survival of the Florida goldenaster, Chrysopsis floridana Small. Florida Scientist 59:121-137.

Hawkes, C.V. and E.S. Menges. 1996. The relationship between open space and fire for species in a xeric Florida shrubland. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 123:81-92.

Menges, E.S. and D.R. Gordon. 1996. Three levels of monitoring intensity for rare plant species. Natural Areas Journal 16:227-237.

Quintana-Ascencio, P.F. and E.S. Menges 1996. Inferring metapopulation dynamics from patch-level incidence of Florida scrub plants. Conservation Biology 10:1210-1219.

Anderson, R.C. and E.S. Menges. 1997. Effects of fire on sandhill herbs: nutrients, mycorrhizae, and biomass allocation. American Journal of Botany 84:938-948.

Menges, E.S. 1997. Evaluating extinction risks in plant populations. Pages 49-65 in P.L. Fiedler and P. M. Kareiva (editors). Conservation Biology for the Coming Decade. Chapman and Hall. Second Edition. 533 pp.

Deyrup, M.A. and E.S. Menges. 1997. Pollination ecology of the rare scrub mint Dicerandra frutescens (Lamiaceae). Florida Scientist 60:143-157.

Menges, E.S. and R.W. Dolan. 1998. Demographic viability of Silene regia in midwestern prairies and relationships with fire management, genetics, geography, population size, and isolation. Journal of Ecology 86:63-78.

Menges, E.S. and C.V. Hawkes. 1998. Interactive effects of fire and microhabitat on plants of Florida scrub. Ecological Applications 8:935-946.

Quintana-Ascencio, P.F., R.W. Dolan, and E.S. Menges. 1998. Hypericum cumulicola demography in unoccupied and occupied Florida scrub patches with different time-since-fire. Journal of Ecology 86:640-651.

Landman, G.B. and E.S. Menges. 1999. Dynamics of woody bayhead invasion into seasonal ponds in south-central Florida. Castanea 64:130-137.

Menges, E.S. 1999. Ecology and conservation of Florida scrub. Pages 7-22 in R.C. Anderson, J.S. Fralish, and J. Baskin (editors). The savanna, barren, and rock outcrop communities of North America. Cambridge University Press.

Menges, E.S., P.J. McIntyre, M.S. Finer, E. Goss, and R. Yahr. 1999. Microhabitat of the narrow Florida scrub endemic Dicerandra christmanii, with comparisons to its congener D. frutescens. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 126:24-31.

Young, C.C. and E.S. Menges. 1999. Gap-phase dynamics and microhabitat specialization: post-fire regeneration of scrubby flatwoods communities on the Lake Wales Ridge. Florida Scientist 62:1-10.

Dolan, R.W., R. Yahr, E.S. Menges, and M.D. Halfhill. 1999. Conservation implications of genetic variation in three rare species endemic to Florida scrub. American Journal of Botany 86:1556-1562.

Menges, E.S. 2000. Population viability analyses in plants: challenges and opportunities. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 15:51-56.

Yahr, R., E.S. Menges, and D. Berry. 2000. Effects of drainage, fire-exclusion, and time-since-fire on endemic cutthroat communities in central Florida. Natural Areas Journal 20:3-11.

Evans, M.E.K., R.W. Dolan, E.S. Menges, and D.R. Gordon 2000. Genetic diversity and reproductive biology in Warea carteri (Brassicaceae): a narrowly endemic Florida scrub annual. American Journal of Botany 87:372-378.

Quintana-Ascencio, P.F. and E.S. Menges 2000. Competitive abilities of three narrowly endemic plant species in experimental neighborhoods along a fire gradient. American Journal of Botany 87:690-699.

Maliakal, S.K., E.S. Menges, and J.S. Denslow. 2000. Community composition and regeneration of Lake Wales Ridge wiregrass flatwoods in relation to time-since-fire. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 127:125-138.

Menges, E.S. 2000. Applications of population viability analyses in plant conservation. Ecological Bulletin 48: 73-84.

Menges, E.S., R.W. Dolan, R. Yahr, and D.R. Gordon. 2001. Comparative genetics of seven plants endemic to Florida’s Lake Wales Ridge. Castanea 66:98-114.

Boyle, O. and E.S. Menges. 2001. Pollinator visitation to Hypericum cumulicola (Hypericaceae), a rare Florida scrub endemic. Florida Scientist 64:107-117.

Menges, E.S. and M.A. Deyrup. 2001. Postfire mortality in south Florida slash pine: interacting effects of vegetation, season, burn size, fire intensity, and bark beetles. International Journal of Wildland Fire 10:53-63.

Reed, J.M., L.S. Mills, , J.B. Dunning, Jr., E.S. Menges, K.S. McKelvey, R. Frye., S. R. Beissinger, M.C. Anstett and P. Miller. 2002. Emerging issues in population viability analysis. Conservation Biology 16:7-19.

Hierro, J.L. and E.S. Menges. 2002. Fire intensity and shrub regeneration in palmetto-dominated flatwoods of central Florida. Florida Scientist 65:51-61.

Hunter, M.E. and E.S. Menges. 2002. Allelopathic effects and root distribution of Ceratiola ericoides (Empetraceae) on seven rosemary scrub species. American Journal of Botany 89:1113-1118.

McConnell, K. and E.S. Menges. 2002. The effects of fire and treatments that mimic fire on the Florida endemic scrub buckwheat (Eriogonum longifolium Nutt. var. gnaphalifolium Gand.). Natural Areas Journal 22:194-201.

Satterthwaite, W.S., P.F. Quintana-Ascencio, and E.S. Menges. 2002. Assessing scrub buckwheat population viability in relation to fire using multiple modeling techniques. Ecological Applications 12:1672-1687.

Menges, E. S., and P. F. Quintana-Ascencio. 2003. Modeling the effects of disturbance, spatial variation and environmental heterogeneity on population viability of plants. Population viability in plants. Schwartz and Brigham (eds.). Springer Verlag in press

Quintana-Ascencio, P.F., E.S. Menges, and C. Weekley. 2003. A fire-explicit population viability analysis of Hypericum cumulicola in Florida rosemary scrub. Conservation Biology in press

Evans, M.E.K., E.S. Menges, and D.R. Gordon. 2003. Reproductive biology of three sympatric endangered plants endemic to Florida scrub. Biological Conservation in press

Menges, E.S., E.O. Guerrant, and S. Hamze. 2003. What is the effect of seed collection on extinction risk? Pages XX-XX in E.O. Guerrant, K. Havens, and M. Maunders (editors). Saving the Pieces: the value, limits, and practice of off-site plant conservation in support of wild diversity. Island Press in press

Carlson, J. E., E.S. Menges, and P. Marks. 2003. Seed dispersal by Gopherus polyphemus at Archbold Biological Station, Florida. Florida Scientist in press

Petru, M. and E.S. Menges. 2003. Seedling establishment in natural and experimental Florida scrub gaps. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society in press

Reinhart, K.O. and E.S. Menges. In revision. Changes in community composition of a fire-suppressed southern ridge sandhill in response to reinstating a prehistoric burning regime. Journal of Vegetation Science

Dolan, R.W., E.S. Menges, and R. Yahr. In revision. Genetic variation in Nolina brittoniana, an endemic of the central ridges of Florida. Southeastern Naturalist

Menges, E. S. and P. F. Quintana-Ascencio. In revision. Evaluating population viability analysis with fire in Eryngium cuneifolium: deciphering a decade of demographic data. Ecological Monographs

Weekley, C.W. and E.S. Menges. In revision. Response of scrub endemics and the scrub community to prescribed fire in a long unburned Florida sand pine scrub. Southeastern Naturalist

Wally, A., E.S. Menges, and C.W. Weekley. In preparation. Evaluating alternative methods for measuring fire intensity at multiple scales and heterogeneous vegetation. Oecologia

Menges, E.S. and P.F. Quintana-Ascencio. In revision. Tres lustros de investigaciones en el laboratorio de ecología vegetal de la Estación Biológica Archbold, Florida, E.U.A.: demografía y conservación de especies vegetales endémicas de Florida. Ecosistemas

Hawkes, C.V. and E.S. Menges. In revision. Effects of lichens on seedling emergence in a xeric Florida shrubland. Southeastern Naturalist

Quintana-Ascencio, P. F., F. X. Picó, E, S. Menges, and F. López-Barrera. In revision. Elasticity, vital rate variation and population growth in Hypericum cumulicola, an endemic herb of fire prone Florida scrub. Oikos

Petru, M. and E.S. Menges. Submitted. Shifting sands in Florida scrub gaps and roadsides: a dynamic microsite for herbs. American Midland Naturalist

Boyle, O.D., E.S. Menges, and D.M. Waller. Submitted. Preliminary characterization of the metapopulation structure and dynamics of the Florida scrub endemic Polygonella basiramia at two spatial scales. Folia Geobotanica

Evans, M.E.K., E.S. Menges, and D.R. Gordan. Submitted. Mating systems of Dicerandra frutescens ssp. frutescens and D. christmanii : assessing limits on seed production in two narrow endemics of Florida scrub.

Menges, E.S. and R.B. Root. Submitted. The life of a fire-adapted Florida goldenrod, Solidago odora var. chapmanii. American Midland Naturalist.

Quintana-Ascencio, P.F., C.W. Weekley, and E.S. Menges. In preparation. Hypericum cumulicola demography and microhabitat characteristics in Florida scrub and roadside habitats

Gagnon, D., E.S. Menges, C. Weekley, and P.F. Quintana-Ascencio. In preparation. Soil moisture patterns in relation to vegetation, gaps, time since fire, and occurrence of Florida scrub endemic plants.

Higuera, P. and E.S. Menges. In preparation. Age structure and growth patterns of south Florida slash pine (Pinus elliottii var. densa) in burned pine flatwoods.

Finer, M. and E.S. Menges. In preparation. Seed dynamics of the endemic Florida scrub mint, Dicerandra frutescens: implications for fire management. Natural Areas Journal.

Smith, W. R., N. P. Sather, E. S. Menges, and P. F. Quintana-Ascencio. In preparation. Population biology of the threatened prairie bush clover (Lespedeza leptostachya Engelm.) (Fabaceae). Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society.

Maschinski, J., J. E. Baggs, P. Quintana-Ascencio, and E.S. Menges. In preparation. Population viability analysis of an endangered limestone endemic. For submission to Conservation Biology.

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