Invasive Species Research

Research is an important part of any effective invasive plant management strategy. The River to River CWMA works with partners to identify research needs and to seek out funding opportunities to meet those needs. We are currently initiating new research in the following topics:

 

Below is a list of some articles by CWMA partners involving research on invasive species in Southern Illinois.

  1. Honu, Y.A.K., Chandy, S., & Gibson, D.J. 2009. Occurrence of exotic species deep in natural areas of the Shawnee National Forest. Natural Areas Journal, 29: 177-187.(pdf)
  2. West, N.M., Gibson, D.J., & P. Minchin. 2009. Characterizing the microhabitats of exotic species in Illinois shale barrens. Plant Ecology, 200: 255-265. (pdf)
  3. Honu, Y.A.K., & Gibson, D.J. 2008. Patterns of invasion: trends in abundance of understory vegetation, seed rain, and seed bank of exotic and native plant species from forest edge to interior. Natural Areas Journal, 28: 228-239. (pdf)
  4. Pande, A., Williams, C.L., Lant, C.L. & Gibson, D.J. 2007. Using map algebra to determine the mesoscale distribution of invasive plants: the case of Celastrus orbiculatus in southern Illinois, USA. Biological Invasions, 9: 419-431.
  5. Thomas, J.R., Middleton, B.A.& Gibson, D.J. 2006. A landscape perspective of the stream corridor invasion and habitat characteristics of an exotic (Dioscorea oppositifolia) in a pristine watershed in Illinois. Biological Invasions, 8, 1103-1111.
  6. Honu, Y.A.K., & Gibson, D.J. 2006. Microhabitat factors and the distribution of exotic species across forest edges in temperate deciduous forest of southern Illinois, USA. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 133: 255-266.
  7. Thomas, J.R., Gibson, D.J., & Middleton, B.A. 2005. Water dispersal of vegetative bulbils of the invasive exotic: Dioscorea oppositifolia L. in southern Illinois. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 132: 187-196.
  8. Gibson, D.J., Spyreas, G., & Benedict, J. 2002. Life history of Microstegium vimineum (Poaceae), an invasive grass in southern Illinois. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 129, 207-219.
  9. Campbell, J.E., & Gibson, D.J. 2001. Seed dispersal of exotic species by horses in forests. Plant Ecology, 157: 23-35.