Browsing UWEC Office of Research and Sponsored Programs by Author "O'Keefe, Kerry"

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    • Coexisting Sedges in Northern Wisconsin Forests are Functionally Similar and May be Distantly Related in Evolutionary History 

      O'Keefe, Kerry; Jorgensen, Keith; Lemke, Kelly; Shaikh, Samir; Arumugam, Dihyanni; Hammick, Madisyn; Jehn, Julia; Lind, Dana; Maksymkiw, Sophie; Marcus, Kathleen; Menard, Lawton; Mutka, Amber; Plack, Naomi; Schneider, Tasha; Selvarajan, Raja; Suzali, Sorfina; Weiher, Evan R. (2019-05)
      Organisms coexist either by having similar functional traits that match habitat requirements or by having non-similar traits to reduce competition. A classic study showed that coexisting oak trees in Florida tend to be ...

    • Expected Morphological Effects of the Plant Growth Regulator Trimtect® on Landscape Shrubs Takes Time and Varies by Species 

      O'Keefe, Kerry; Archbold, Jacqueline; Kysely, Taylor N.; Henrich, Isabelle; Jahnke, Hannah; Shelley, Jaden; Hottmann, Megan; Zoellner, Monica; Lee, Tali D. (2019-05)
      Gibberellic acid is a naturally occurring plant hormone that regulates growth such as stem elongation and germination. Paclobutrazol is a synthetic growth regulator that inhibits the formation of gibberellic acid resulting ...

    • Functional Community Assembly is Increasingly Deterministic at Larger Spatial Grain Sizes 

      Jehn, Julia; Marcus, Kathleen; Arumugam, Dihyanni; Jorgensen, Keith; Lemke, Kelly; Lind, Dana; Maksymkiw, Sophie; Menard, Lawton; Mutka, Amber; O'Keefe, Kerry; Plack, Naomi; Schneider, Tasha; Selvarajan, Raja; Shaikh, Samir; Suzali, Sorfina; Weiher, Evan R.; Hammick Madisyn (2019-05)
      Community assembly is the result of ecological selection processes, dispersal processes, and random drift processes. Selection processes can cause coexisting species to be more similar or more different in traits, depending ...

    • Ground-Layer Invertebrate Communities are More Strongly Influenced by Tree Canopy than by Understory Plant Composition 

      Lind, Dana; Menard, Lawton; Shaikh, Samir; Suzali, Sorfina; Schneider, Tasha; Arumugam, Dihyanni; Hammick, Madisyn; Jehn, Julia; Jorgensen, Keith; Lemke, Kelly; Maksymkiw, Sophie; Marcus, Kathleen; Mutka, Amber; O'Keefe, Kerry; Plack, Naomi; Selvarajan, Raja; Weiher, Evan R. (2019-05)
      Ground-layer invertebrates (GLI) are an integral part of forest communities because of their ability to break down leaf litter. As key players in the process of nutrient cycling, they are essential to ecosystem functioning. ...

    • Trait Similarity in Sedges is Not Strongly Influenced By Habitat Conditions 

      Weiher, Evan R.; Wilke, Hayden; Schafer, Tabitha M.; Petersen, Molly; O'Keefe, Kerry; Nelsen, Karlee; Mares, Eryn; Ishihara, Charles; Graf, Kacie; Carlson, Elizabeth; Susen, McKayla (2018-04)
      Sedge plants are members of the Cyperaceae family. Cyperacae consist of grass-like species with unjointed triangular stems and solid pith. The stress dominance hypothesis predicts stressful conditions will cause trait ...