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2009 Powers, J. S., R. A. Montgomery, E. C. Adair, F. Q. Brearley, S. J. DeWalt, C. T. Castanho, J. Chave, E. Deinert, J. U. Ganzhorn, M. E. Gilbert, J. A. Gonzalez, S. Bunyavejchewin, H. R. Grau, K. E. Harms, A. Hiremath, S. Iriarte-Vivar, E. Manzane, A. A. de Oliveira, L. Poorter, B. Ramanamanjato, C. Salk, A. Varela, G. D. Weiblen, and M. T. Lerdau. In press. Decomposition in tropical forests: a pan-tropical study of the effects of litter type, litter placement and mesofaunal exclusion across a precipitation gradient. Journal of Ecology. 2008 Denslow, J. S., and S. J. DeWalt. 2008. Exotic plant invasions in tropical forests: patterns and hypotheses. Pages 409-426 in W. P. Carson and S. A. Schnitzer, editors. Tropical Forest Community Ecology. Blackwell Scientific, Oxford, UK. Newton, C. H., L. R. Nelson, S. J. DeWalt, E. A. Mikhailova, C. J. Post, M. A. Schlautman, S. K. Cox, W. C. Bridges, and K. C. Hall. 2008. Solarization for the control of Pueraria montana (kudzu). Weed Research 48: 394-397. pdf Zou, J., E. Siemann, W. E. Rogers, and S. J. DeWalt. 2008. Decreased resistance and increased tolerance to native herbivores of the invasive plant Sapium sebiferum. Ecography 31: 663-671. pdf 2007 Thaxton, J., S. J. DeWalt, and W. J. Platt. 2007. Spatial patterns of regeneration after Hurricane Andrew in two south Florida fringe mangrove forests. Florida Scientist 70:148-156. pdf 2006 DeWalt, S. J. 2006. Population dynamics and potential for biological control of an exotic invasive shrub in Hawaiian rainforests. Biological Invasions 8: 1145-1158. pdf DeWalt, S. J., K. Ickes, R. Nilus, K. E. Harms, and D. F. R. P. Burslem. 2006. Liana habitat associations and community structure in a Bornean lowland tropical forest. Plant Ecology 186: 203-216. pdf DeWalt, S. J., E. Siemann, and W. E. Rogers. 2006. Microsatellite markers for an invasive tetraploid tree, Chinese Tallow (Triadica sebifera). Molecular Ecology Notes 6: 505-507. pdf Gerwing, J. J., S. A. Schnitzer, R. J. Burnham, F. Bongers, J. Chave, S. J. DeWalt, C. E. N. Ewango, R. Foster, D. Kenfack, M. Martínez-Ramos, M. Parren, N. Parthasarathy, D. R. Pérez-Salicrup, F. E. Putz, and D. W. Thomas. 2006. A standard protocol for liana censuses. Biotropica 38: 256-261. pdf Schnitzer, S. A., S. J. DeWalt, and J. Chave. 2006. Censusing and measuring lianas: a quantitative comparison of the common methods. Biotropica 38: 581-591. pdf Siemann, E., W. E. Rogers, and S. J. DeWalt. 2006. Rapid adaptation of insect herbivores to an invasive plant. Proceedings of the Royal Society (B) 273: 2763-2769. pdf Zou, J., W. E. Rogers, S. J. DeWalt, and E. Siemann. 2006. The effect of Chinese tallow tree (Sapium sebiferum) ecotype on soil-plant system carbon and nitrogen processes. Oecologia 150: 272-281. pdf 2005 DeWalt, S. J. 2005. Effects of natural enemies on tropical woody-plant invasions. Pages 459-483 in D. F. R. P. Burslem, M. Pinard, and S. E. Hartley, editors. Biotic Interactions in the Tropics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 2004 DeWalt, S. J., J. S. Denslow, and K. Ickes. 2004. Natural-enemy release facilitates habitat expansion of an invasive shrub, Clidemia hirta. Ecology 85: 471-483. pdf DeWalt, S. J., J. S. Denslow, and J. L. Hamrick. 2004. Biomass allocation, growth, and photosynthesis of genotypes from the native and introduced ranges of the tropical shrub Clidemia hirta. Oecologia 138: 521-531. pdf DeWalt, S. J., and J. L. Hamrick. 2004. Genetic variation of introduced Hawaiian and native Costa Rican populations of an invasive tropical shrub, Clidemia hirta (Melastomataceae). American Journal of Botany 91: 1155-1162. pdf DeWalt, S. J., and J. Chave. 2004. Structure and biomass of four lowland Neotropical forests. Biotropica 36: 7-19. pdf Hartley, M. K., S. J. DeWalt, W. E. Rogers, and E. Siemann. 2004. A comparison of arthropod assemblages on native trees versus the introduced Chinese tallow tree (Sapium sebiferum). Texas Journal of Science 56: 369-382. 2003 DeWalt, S. J. 2003. The invasive tropical shrub Clidemia hirta (Melastomataceae) in its native and introduced ranges: tests of hypotheses of invasion. Ph.D. dissertation. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. DeWalt, S. J., S. K. Maliakal, and J. S. Denslow. 2003. Changes in vegetation structure and composition along a tropical forest chronosequence: implications for wildlife. Forest Ecology and Management 182: 139-151. pdf Ickes, K., S. J. DeWalt, S. Thomas. 2003. Resprouting of woody saplings following stem snap by wild pigs in a Malaysian rain forest. Journal of Ecology 91: 222-233. pdf 2001 Ickes, K., S. J. DeWalt, and S. Appanah. 2001. Effects of native pigs (Sus scrofa) on woody understorey vegetation in a Malaysian lowland rain forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology 17: 191-206. pdf 2000 DeWalt, S. J., S. A. Schnitzer, and J. S. Denslow. 2000. Density and diversity of lianas along a chronosequence in a central Panamanian tropical forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology 16: 1-19. pdf Bourdy, G., S. J. DeWalt, R. Chávez de Michel, A. Roca, E. Deharo, V. Muñoz, L. Balderrama, C. Quenevo, A. Gimenez. 2000. Medicinal plant uses of the Tacana, an Amazonian Bolivian ethnic group. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 70: 87-109. pdf 1999 DeWalt, S. J., G. Bourdy, and L. R. Chávez de Michel. 1999. Tacana plant use: ecological and ethnobotanical descriptions from two permanent plots (Iturralde Province, Department of La Paz, Bolivia). Economic Botany 53: 237-260. pdf Other publications Ickes, K., S. J. DeWalt, and S. Appanah. 1999. Pigs in a Malaysian lowland rain forest: effects on understory vegetation. Inside CTFS Newsletter: 11-13. Tacana: Conozcan Nuestros Arboles, Nuestras Hierbas. 1999. La Paz, Bolivia: Centro de Información para el Desarrollo.
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