University of Dayton

McEwan Plant Ecology Lab

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2011

 

McEwan, R.W., Yi-Ching Lin, I-Fang Sun, Chang-Fu Hsieh, Sheng-Hsin Su, Li-Wan Chang, Guo-Zhang M Song, Hsian-Hua Wang, Jeen-Liang Hwong, Lin Kuo-Chuan, Kuoh-Cheng Yang, Jyh-Min Chiang. 2011. Topographic and biotic regulation of aboveground carbon storage in subtropical broad-leaved forests of Taiwan.  Forest Ecology and Management 262: 1817-1825. PDF.

 

McEwan, R.W., J.M. Dyer, and N. Pederson. 2011. Mulitple interacting ecosystem drivers: toward an encompassing hypothesis of oak forest dynamics across eastern North America. Ecography 34: 244-256. PDF  

 

McEwan, R.W., R.J. Brecha, D.R. Geiger and G.P. John. 2011. Flowering phenology change and climate warming in southwestern Ohio. Plant Ecology 212: 56-61.P

 

McEwan, R.W. and R.N. Muller. 2011. Dynamics, diversity and resource gradient relationships in the herbaceous layer of an old-growth Appalachian forest. Plant Ecology 212: 1179-1191. PDF

 

2010

 

McEwan, R.W.. L.G. Arthur-Paratley, L.K. Rieske and M.A. Arthur. 2010. A multi-assay comparison of seed germination inhibition by Lonicera maackii and co- occurring native shrubs.  Flora 205: 475-483. [PDF]

 

2009

 

McEwan, R.W., M.K. Birchfield, A. Schoergendorfer and M.A. Arthur. 2009. Leaf phenology and freeze tolerance of the invasive shrub Amur honeysuckle and potential native competitors.  Journal of the Torrey Botantical Society 136: 212-220. [PDF]

 

McEwan, R.W., L.K. Rieske, and M.A. Arthur. 2009. Potential interactions between invasive woody shrubs and the gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar), an invasive insect herbivore. Biological Invasions 11: 1053-1058. [PDF]

 

2008

 

McEwan, R.W. and B.C. McCarthy. 2008. Anthropogenic disturbance and the formation of oak savanna in central Kentucky, USA. Journal of Biogeography 35: 965-975. [PDF]

 

Matlack, G.R. and R.W. McEwan. 2008. Forest in my neighborhood: An exercise using aerial photos to engage students in forest ecology & land-use history.  American Biology Teacher 70: 13-17. [PDF]

Chiang, J-M, R.W. McEwan, D.A. Yaussy and K.J. Brown. 2008. The effects of prescribed fire and mechanical thinning on the aboveground carbon stocks and primary production of overstory trees in an oak-hickory ecosystem in southern Ohio. Forest Ecology and Management 225: 1584-1594. [PDF]

2007

 

McEwan, R.W., T.F. Hutchinson R. Ford, R. Long and B.C. McCarthy. 2007. Temporal and spatial patterns in fire occurrence during the establishment of mixed-oak forests in eastern North America. Journal of Vegetation Science 18: 655-664. [PDF]

 

McEwan, R.W., T.F. Hutchinson, R.D. Ford and B.C. McCarthy. 2007. An experimental evaluation of fire history reconstruction using dendrochronology in white oak. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37: 806-816. [PDF]

 

2006

McEwan, R.W. and R.N. Muller. 2006. Spatial and temporal dynamics in canopy dominance of an old-growth mixed mesophytic forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36: 1536-1550. [PDF]

McEwan, R.W., C. H. Keiffer and B.C. McCarthy. 2006. Dendroecology of American chestnut (Castanea dentata) in a disjunct stand of oak-chestnut forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36: 1-11. [PDF]

2005 & Prior

McEwan, R.W., R.N. Muller, R.D. Paratley and C.L. Riccardi. 2005. The vascular flora of Big Everidge Hollow, an old-growth mixed mesophytic forest. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 132: 618-627. [PDF]

McEwan, R.W., R.N. Muller and B.C. McCarthy. 2005.  Vegetation-environment relationships among four canopy-layers in an old-growth mixed mesophytic forest. Castanea 70: 32-46. [PDF]

McEwan, R.W., C.C. Rhoades and S. Beiting. 2005.  American chestnut (Castanea dentata) in the pre-settlement forests of Mammoth Cave, west-central Kentucky.  Natural Areas Journal 25: 275-281. [PDF]

McEwan, R.W., R.N. Muller, M.A. Arthur and H.H. Housman. 2000.  Temporal and ecological patterns of flowering dogwood mortality in the mixed mesophytic forest of eastern Kentucky. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 127: 221-229. [PDF]

 


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