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Carl Weekley
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Carl W. Weekley, Research Assistant V

B.A., Georgetown Univ., 1968  M.S., Florida International Univ., 1993

Current Research Projects

Publications

Weekley, C. W., T. Race, and D. Hardin. 1999. Saving Florida Ziziphus: Recovery of a rare Lake Wales Ridge endemic. Palmetto 19(2):9,12. pdf link

Weekley, C. 2000.  The natural history of Tanaostigmodes pithecellobiae (Hymenoptera: Tanaostigmatidae), a gall-maker on blackbead (Pithecellobium keyense). Florida Entomologist 83:31-41. pdf link

Weekley, C. W. and T. Race. 2001. The breeding system of Ziziphus celata Judd and D.W. Hall (Rhamnaceae), a rare endemic plant of the Lake Wales Ridge, Florida, USA: implications for recovery. Biological Conservation 100:207-213. pdf link

Koptur, S., M. C. Rodriguez, S. F. Oberbauer, C. Weekley, and A. Herdon. 2002. Herbivor-free time? Damage to new leaves of woody plants after Hurricane Andrew. Biotropica 34:547-554.

Weekley, C. W., T. L. Kubisiak, and T. Race. 2002. Genetic Impoverishment and cross-incompatibility in remnant genotypes of Ziziphus celata (Rhamnaeae), a rare shrub endemic to the Lake Wales Ridge, Florida. Biodiversity and Conservation 11:2027-2046. pdf link

Quintana-Ascencio, P. F., E. S. Menges, and C. W. Weekley. 2003. A fire-explicit population viability analysis of Hypericum cumulicola in Florida rosemary scrub. Conservation Biology 17:433-449.

Weekley, C. 2003. Introducción experimental de Ziziphus celata en el Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre del Lago Wales Ridge. Ecosistemas 2003(2): 

Weekley, C. W. and E. S. Menges. 2003. Species and vegetation responses to prescribed fire in a long-unburned, endemic-rich Lake Wales Ridge scrub. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 130:265-282.

Trager, M. D., E. S. Menges, P. F. Quintana-Ascencio, and C. W. Weekley. 2005. Outcrossing effects on the reproductive performance of Hypericum cumulicola, an endangered Florida scrub endemic. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 132:204-213.  pdf link

Menges, E. S., P. F. Quintana-Ascencio, C. W. Weekley, and O. G. Gaoue. 2006. Population viability analysis and fire return intervals for an endemic Florida scrub mint. Biological Conservation 127:115-127. pdf link

Wally, A. L. , E. S. Menges, and C. W. Weekley. 2006. Comparison of three devises for estimating fire temperatures in ecological studies. Applied Vegetation Science 9:97-108.

Weekley, C.  2006. Jewels of the ridge: 20 imperiled plants of the Lake Wales Ridge. Palmetto 24(1): 4-7,11.  pdf link

Weekley, C. W. and A. Brothers. 2006. Failure of reproductive assurance in the chasmogamous flowers of Polygala lewtonii (Polygalaceae), an endangered sandhill herb. American Journal of Botany 93:245-253. pdf link 

Weekley, C. W., H. L. Lindon, and E. S. Menges. 2006. Archbold Biological Station plant list. Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida.

Ellis, M. M. , C. W. Weekley, and E. S. Menges. 2007. Evaluating stability in Ziziphus celata, a highly endangered clonal shrub endemic to Lake Wales Ridge, central Florida. Endangered Species Research 3:125-132.  html link

Menges, E. S., C. W. Weekley,  S. I. Hamze, and R. L. Pickert. 2007. Soil preferences for federally-listed plants on the Lake Wales Ridge in Highlands County, Florida. Florida Scientist 70:24-39.

Quintana-Ascencio, P. F., C. W. Weekley, and E. S. Menges. 2007. Comparative demography of a rare speices in Florida scrub and roadside habitats. Biological Conservation 137:263-270.

Rickey, M. A., E. S. Menges, and C. W. Weekley. 2007. Effects of mechanical treatments and fire on litter reduction in Florida scrub and sandhill. Proceedings of the Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference 23:104-108.

Weekley, C. W., D. Gagnon, E. S. Menges, P. F. Quintana-Ascencio, and S. Saha. 2007. Variation in soil moisture in relation to rainfall, vegetation, gaps, and time-since-fire in Florida scrub. EcoScience 14:377-386.

Weekley, C. W., E. S. Menges, and P. F. Quintana-Ascencio. 2007. Seedling emergence and survival of Warea carteri (Brassicaceae), an endangered annual herb of the Florida scrub. Canadian Journal of Botany 85:621-628.

Menges, E. S., A. Craddock, J. Salo, R. Zinthefer, and C. W. Weekley. 2008. Gap ecology in Florida scrub: Species occurrence, diversity, and gap properties. Journal of Vegetation Science 19:503-514. pdf link

Weekley, C. W. and E. S. Menges. 2008. Experimental introductions of Florida Ziziphus on Florida's Lake Wales Ridge, USA. Pages 256-261 in P. S. Soorae, editor. Global re-introduction perspectives: Re-introduction studies from around the Globe. IUCN/SSC Re-introduction Specialist Group, Abu Dhabi, UAE. pdf link 

Weekley, C. W., E. S. Menges, and R. L. Pickert. 2008. An ecological map of Florida's Lake Wales Ridge: A new boundary deliniation and an assesment of post-Columbian habitat loss. Florida Scientist 71:45-64. pdf link

Weekley, C.W., Tucker, Valligny, and E.S. Menges. 2008. Germination ecology of Liatris ohlingerae (S.F. Blake) B.L. Rob. (Asteraceae), an endangered herb endemic to Florida scrub.  Castanea 73: 10-23. pdf link

Kettenring, K.M., C.W. Weekley, and E.S. Menges. 2009. Herbivory delays flowering and reduces fecundity of Liatris ohlingerae, and endangered, endemic plant of the Florida scrub. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 136:350-362. pdf link

Weekley, C.W., D.N. Zaya, E.S. Menges, and A.E. Faivre. 2010. Multiple causes of seedling rarity in scrub plum, Prunus geniculata (Rosaceae), an endangered shrub of the Florida scrub. American Journal of Botany 97: 144-155. pdf link