Gary N. Ervin

gervin(at)biology.msstate.edu

 

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Ervin, G. N. 2008. Applying the state-of-the-art to advance the state of our understanding in integrated hydrophyte ecology. Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie 30: 128-132.

Bried, J. T. and G. N. Ervin.  2007.  Length-mass allometry from a different perspective: adult aquatic insects (dragonflies), intraspecific analysis, spatiotemporal context, and field-based estimates.  Journal of the North American Benthological Society 26: 681-693.

Bried, J. T, B. D. Herman, and G. N. Ervin.  2007.  Conservation umbrella potential of wetland plants and dragonflies: a quantitative case study using the Umbrella Index.  Journal of Applied Ecology 44: 833-842.

Ervin, G. N.  2007.  An experimental study on the facilitative effects of tussock structure among wetland plants. Wetlands 27: 620-630.

Holly, D. C. and G. N. Ervin.  2007.  Effects of intraspecific seedling density, soil type, and light availability upon growth and biomass allocation in Cogongrass, Imperata cylindrica.  Weed Technology 21: 812-819.

Bried, J. T. and G. N. Ervin.  2006.  Abundance patterns of dragonflies along a wetland buffer. Wetlands  26: 878-883.

Ervin, G. N., B. D. Herman, J. T. Bried, and D. C. Holly.  2006.  Evaluating non-native species and wetland indicator status as components of wetlands floristic assessment.  Wetlands 26: 1114-1129.

 

Ervin, G. N., L. C. Majure, and J. T. Bried.  2006.  Influence of long-term GTR impoundment on stand structure, species composition, and hydrophytic indicators. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 113: 468-481.

 

Ervin, G. N., M. Smothers, C. Holly, C. Anderson, and J. Linville. 2006. Relative importance of wetland type vs. anthropogenic activities in determining site invasibility.  Biological Invasions 8:1425-1432.

 

Herman, B. D., John D. Madsen, and G. N. Ervin. 2006. Development of coefficients of conservatism for wetland vascular flora of north and central Mississippi. GeoResources Institute Report Number 4001, Mississippi State University, MS. March 2006. 15pp.

 

Holly, D. C. and G. N. Ervin.  2006.  Characterization and quantitative assessment of rhizome penetration by cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica (L.) Beauv.).  Weed Biology and Management  6: 120-123.

 

Ervin, G. N.  2005.  Spatio-temporally variable effects of a dominant macrophyte on vascular plant neighbors. Wetlands 25:317-325.

Bried, J. T., L. W. Bennett, and G. N. Ervin.  2005.  Live mass allometric analyses of adult dragonflies collected in east-central Mississippi, USA. Odonatologica 34:111-122.

Bried, J. T. and G. N. Ervin.  2005.  Distribution of adult Odonata among localized wetlands in east-central Mississippi. Southeastern Naturalist 4: 731-744.

Bryant, J. A. and G. N. Ervin.  2004.  The impact of SWANCC on Federal Clean Water Act jurisdiction.  Real Estate Law Journal 32: 339-355.

Doan, Anh-Thu, Gary N Ervin, and Gary W Felton.  2004.  Temporal effects on jasmonate induction of anti-herbivore defense in Physalis angulata: seasonal and ontogenetic gradients.  Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 32: 117-126.

Ervin, G. N. and R. G. Wetzel.  2003.  An ecological perspective of allelochemical interference in land-water interface communities.  Plant and Soil 256: 13-28. (Invited review).

Karban, R., J. Maron, G. W. Felton, G. Ervin, and H. Eichenseer.  2003.  Herbivore damage to sagebrush induces resistance in wild tobacco: evidence for eavesdropping between plants.  Oikos 100: 325-333.

Ervin, G. N. and R. G. Wetzel.  2002. Influence of a dominant macrophyte, Juncus effusus, on wetland plant species richness, diversity, and community composition.  Oecologia 130: 626-636.

Ervin, G. N. and R. G. Wetzel.  2002.  Effects of sodium hypochlorite sterilization and dry cold storage on germination of Juncus effusus L. Wetlands 22: 191-195.

Musser, R. O., S. M. Hum-Musser, H. Eichenseer, M. Peiffer, G. Ervin, J. B. Murphy, and G. Felton.  2002.  Herbivory: Caterpillar saliva beats plant defences.   Nature 416: 599 – 600.

Ervin, G. N. and R. G. Wetzel.  2001.  Seed fall and field germination of needlerush, Juncus effusus L.  Aquatic Botany 71: 233-237.

Ervin, G. N. and R. G. Wetzel.  2000.  Allelochemical autotoxicity in the emergent wetland macrophyte Juncus effusus (Juncaceae).  American Journal of Botany 87: 853-860.

Ervin, G. N. and R. G. Wetzel.  1997.  Shoot:root dynamics during growth stages of the rush Juncus effusus L.  Aquatic Botany 59: 63-73.

 

Peer-Reviewed Publications of Students' MSU Research

Krotzer, R.S, J.T. Bried, M.J. Krotzer.  2008. The Odonata Of Mississippi. Bulletin of American Odonatology 10: 65-91.

Majure, L.C. 2008. New records of Geranium molle L. and Erodium cicutarium (L.) L ‘Hér. ex Ait. (Geraniaceae), from Mississippi and other important collections from the state. The Southeastern Naturalist, In press.

MacGown, J. A., J. G. Hill, L. C. Majure, J. L. Seltzer. 2008. Rediscovery of Pogonomyrmex badius (Latreille) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in mainland Mississippi, with an analysis of associated seeds and vegetation. MidSouth Entomologist 1: 17-28.

Majure, L.C. 2007. The Vascular Flora of the Chunky River (Mississippi).  Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 1:1179-1202.

Majure, L.C. 2007. Noteworthy Collections: Mississippi. Castanea 72:121-122.

Bried, J. T.  2005.  Species of Adult Odonata from Three Natural Areas in Mississippi.  Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences 50: 231-232.

Bried, J. T. and S. Krotzer.  2005.  New Species Records for Mississippi: An Expected Dragonfly and an Unexpected Damselfly.  Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences 50: 233-234.

Bried, J. 2003. Notes on an Epiaeschna heros feeding swarm. Argia 15(2): 19–20.

Bried, J. 2002. Miscellaneous Mississippi. Argia 14(3): 17.

 

Theses and Dissertations

Bried, J. T. 2005. Community and conservation ecology of dragonfly and damselfly adults in Mississippi wetlands. M.S. thesis, Mississippi State University.

Herman, B. D. 2005. Testing the Floristic Quality Assessment Index in natural and created wetlands in Mississippi, USA. M.S. thesis, Mississippi State University.

Majure, L. C. 2007. The Ecology and Morphological Variation of Opuntia (Cactaceae) Species in the Mid-South, United States. M.S. thesis, Mississippi State University.

 

Reports, Proceedings, etc.

Madsen, J. D., C. Abbott, R. Brown, L. Bruce, J. Byrd, E. Dibble, G. N. Ervin, V. Maddox, D. Shaw. 2007. Research to Support Integrated Management Systems of Aquatic and Terrestrial Invasive Species. Mississippi State University. GeoResources Institute Report #5014, 78pp.

Ervin, G. N. and J. C. Jones. 2007. Effects of mammalian herbivory on understory habitat at Strawberry Plains Audubon Center. Technical completion report to the National Audubon Society for grant project 2121144, 11 pp.

Ervin, G. N. and J. D. Madsen. 2006. Predictive Habitat Modeling in Support of Integrated Invasive Species Management in the Mid-South. In: Frondorf, A., ed. Proceedings of the first All-USGS Modeling Conference, November 14–17, 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report #2006–5308, 32 pp.

Ervin, G. N.  2006.  Managing invasive species in the face of natural disaster: Obstacles and opportunities. Wildland Weeds 10: 9-10.

Ervin, G. N.  2006.  Human-caused disturbance and plant invasion in Mississippi wetlands. Proceedings of the Mississippi Delta Water Resources Review Meeting, Stoneville, March 2006.

Ervin, G. N. and M. J. Linville.  2006.  The landscape context of plant invasions in Mississippi wetlands.  Proceedings of the 36th Mississippi Water Resources Conference, April, 2006, K. Brasher, ed. Mississippi State University.

Madsen, J.D., C. Abbott, R. Brown, L. Bruce, J. Byrd, E. Dibble, G. Ervin, J, Fowler, V. Maddox, D. McBride, D. Shaw, R. Westbrooks. 2006. Research to Support Integrated Management Systems of Aquatic and Terrestrial Invasive Species. GeoResources Institute Report Number 5004, Mississippi State University, MS. April, 2006. 141 pp.

Ervin, G. N. and B. D. Herman.  2005.  An Approach to Incorporate Invasive Species and Wetland indicator Status into Wetland Floristic Quality Evaluation.  Proceedings of the 35th Mississippi Water Resources Conference, April, 2005, D. McBride, ed. Mississippi State University.

Ervin, G. N., B. D. Herman, and J. T. Bried.  2005.  Evaluation of Wetland Floristic Quality Indices as indicators of ecological integrity in north Mississippi wetlands.  Technical completion report to the USGS Water Resources Research Institute for grant project 01HQGR0088.

Ervin, G. N. and D. W. Schmitz.  2004.  Functional assessment of moist-soil management impact on wetland impoundments created as part of an agricultural lands reclamation plan.  Technical completion report to the USGS Water Resources Research Institute for grant project 01HQGR0088.

Ervin, G. N., J. T. Bried, B. D. Herman, and D. W. Schmitz.  2003.  Assessing functional integrity of moist-soil managed wetlands by comparison with nearby non-managed systems.  Proceedings of the 32nd Mississippi Water Resources Conference, April 23-24, 2003, D. McBride, ed. Mississippi State University.

Ervin, G. N.  2002.  Responses of individual wetland plant species to shading by the dominant, early-successional rush, Juncus effusus L.  Proc. of the 32nd Mississippi Water Resources Conference, April 23-24, 2002, B. Jean Daniel, ed. Mississippi State University.

 

 

Mississippi State University

Department of Biological Sciences