PUBLICATIONS OF CURRENT AND PAST LAB MEMBERS:
POSTERS
 | Shefferson, R.P. and D.A. Roach. In press. Longitudinal analysis in Plantago: | |
| strength of selection and reverse age analysis reveal age-indeterminate senescence. Journal of Ecology. | ||
| Salguero-Gomez, R., R.P. Shefferson, and M.J. Hutchings. In press. Plants don't | |
| matter... or do they? New perspectives on the universality of senescence. Journal of Ecology. | ||
| Cowden, C.C. and R.P. Shefferson. In press. Diversity of root-associated fungi of | |
| mature Habenaria radiata and Epipactis thunbergii colonizing manmade wetlands in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Mycoscience. | ||
| Shefferson, R.P. and D.A. Roach. 2012. The triple helix of Plantago lanceolata: | |
| genetics and the environment interact to determine population dynamics. Ecology 93:793-802. | ||
| Cowden, C.C. 2012. Game theory, evolutionary stable strategies and the evolution of | |
| biological interactions. Nature Education Knowledge 3:6. | ||
| Shefferson, R.P., T. Kull, K. Tali, and K.M. Kellett. 2012. Linking vegetative dormancy | |
| to fitness in two long-lived herbaceous perennials. EcoSphere 3:13. | ||
| Brys, R., R.P. Shefferson, and H. Jacquemyn. 2011. Impact of intrinsic and extrinsic | |
| variables on flowering and reproductive allocation patterns in a perennial iteroparous grassland herb: a ten-year experiment. Oecologia 166:293-303. | ||
| Shefferson, R.P., M.K. McCormick, D.F. Whigham, and J.P. O’Neill. 2011. Life history | |
| strategy in herbaceous perennials: inferring demographic patterns from aboveground dynamics of a primarily subterranean, myco-heterotrophic orchid. Oikos 120:1291-1300. | ||
| Shefferson, R.P. 2010. Why are life histories so variable? Nature Education | |
| Knowledge 1(12):1. | ||
| Shefferson, R.P., C.C. Cowden, M.K. McCormick, T. Yukawa, Y. Ogura-Tsujita, and T. | |
| Hashimoto. 2010. Evolution of host breadth in broad interactions: mycorrhizal specificity in East Asian and North American rattlesnake plantains (Goodyera spp.) and their fungal hosts. Molecular Ecology 19:3008-3017. | ||
| Shefferson, R.P. and D.A. Roach. 2010. Longitudinal analysis of Plantago: adaptive | |
| benefits of iteroparity in a short-lived, herbaceous perennial. Ecology 91:441-447. | ||
| Shefferson, R.P. 2009. The evolutionary ecology of vegetative dormancy in mature | |
| herbaceous perennials. Journal of Ecology 97:1000-1009. | ||
| Cowden, C.C. and C.J. Peterson. 2009. A multi-mutualist simulation: applying | |
| biological market models to diverse mycorrhizal communities. Ecological Modelling 220:1522-1533. | ||
| Mesipuu, M., R.P. Shefferson, and T. Kull. 2009. Weather and herbivores influence | |
| fertility in the endangered fern Botrychium multifidum (S.G. Gmel.) Rupr. Plant Ecology 203:23-31. | ||
| Shefferson, R.P., T. Kull, and K. Tali. 2008. Mycorrhizal interactions of orchids | |
| colonizing Estonian mine tailings hills. American Journal of Botany 95:156-164. | ||
| Shefferson, R.P. and E.L. Simms. 2007. Costs and benefits of fruiting to future | |
| reproduction in two dormancy-prone orchids. Journal of Ecology 95:865-875. | ||
| Shefferson, R.P., D.L. Taylor, M. Weiss, S. Garnica, M.K. McCormick, S. Adams, H.M. | |
| Gray, J.W. McFarland, T. Kull, K. Tali, T. Yukawa, T. Kawahara, K. Miyoshi, and Y.-I. Lee. 2007. The evolutionary history of mycorrhizal specificity among lady's slipper orchids. Evolution 61:1380-1390. | ||
| Shefferson, R.P. and K. Tali. 2007. Dormancy is associated with decreased adult | |
| survival in the burnt orchid, Neotinea ustulata. Journal of Ecology 95:217-225. | ||
| Shefferson, R.P. 2006. Survival costs of adult dormancy and the confounding | |
| influence of size in lady's slipper orchids, genus Cypripedium. Oikos 115:253-262. | ||
| Shefferson, R.P., T. Kull, and K. Tali. 2006. Demographic response to shading and | |
| defoliation in two woodland orchids. Folia Geobotanica 41:95-106. | ||
| Simms, E.L., D.L. Taylor, J. Povich, R.P. Shefferson, M. Urbina, and Y. Tauszick. | |
| 2006. An empirical test of partner choice mechanisms in a legume-rhizobium interaction. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences 273:77-81. | ||
| Shefferson, R.P., T. Kull, and K. Tali. 2005. Adult whole-plant dormancy induced by | |
| stress in long-lived orchids. Ecology 86:3099-3104. | ||
| Shefferson, R.P., M. Weiss, T. Kull, and D.L. Taylor. 2005. High specificity generally | |
| characterizes mycorrhizal association in rare lady's slipper orchids, genus Cypripedium. Molecular Ecology 14:613-626. | ||
| Bruns, T. and R.P. Shefferson. 2004. Evolutionary studies of ectomycorrhizal fungi: | |
| milestones and future directions. Canadian Journal of Botany 82:1122-1132. | ||
| Shefferson, R.P., J. Proper, S.R. Beissinger, and E.L. Simms. 2003. Life history | |
| trade-offs in a rare orchid: the costs of flowering, dormancy, and sprouting. Ecology 84:1199-1206. | ||
| Shefferson, R.P. 2002. Dormancy and survival in rare terrestrial orchids. Pp. 53-64 | |
| in P. Kindlmann, J.H. Willems, and D.F. Whigham, editors. Trends and fluctuations and underlying mechanisms in terrestrial orchid populations. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, the Netherlands. | ||
| Shefferson, R.P., B. K. Sandercock, J. Proper, and S. R. Beissinger. 2001. | |
| Estimating dormancy and survival of a rare herbacious perennial using mark- recapture models. Ecology 82: 145-156. |
POSTERS
| Kellett, K. and R.P. Shefferson. 2011. Evaluating effects of stress on orchid | |
| populations with integral projection models. 96th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Austin, Texas, USA. | ||
| Bunch, W.D. and R.P. Shefferson. 2011. Linking soil nutrient availability and fungal | |
| assocation in a rare orchid, Cypripedium acaule. 96th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Austin, Texas, USA. | ||
| Kartzinel, T.R., W.D. Bunch, C.C. Cowden, D.W. Trapnell, and R.P. Shefferson. 2011. | |
| Diverse suites of mycorrhizal fungi vary among populations of the Neotropical lady's slipper orchid, Phragmipedium longifolium. 96th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Austin, Texas, USA. | ||
| Willis, S. and R.P. Shefferson. 2011. Diversity of mycorrhizal fungi colonizing | |
| Estonian mine tailings. Conference for Undergraduate Research Opportunities, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA. | ||
| Cowden, C.C., S. Willis, and R.P. Shefferson. 2010. Mycorrhizal species dominate | |
| the soil-fungal community in Estonian oil shale-ash hills. 95th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. | ||
| Shefferson, R.P., D.L. Taylor, and S. Adams. 2005. Lady-slipper orchid mycorrhizal | |
| associations reveal specificity suggestive of resource fragmentation and resource tracking. The Mycological Society of America / The Mycological Society of Japan Joint Meeting 2005, Hilo, Hawai'i, USA. | ||
| Shefferson, R.P., B.K. Sandercock, J. Proper, and S.R. Beissinger. 1999. Evaluating | |
| survival and dormancy rates of rare herbaceous perennials with mark-recapture statistics. Population Viability Analysis: Assessing Models for Recovering Endangered Species, San Diego, California, USA. |
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