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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.

Description: a book with sketches, names, and uses of plants used by the Tacana people of northwestern Bolivia. This work stemmed from ethnobotanical research conducted by Genevieve Bourdy (IRD – France) and Saara DeWalt.

 

updated 19 May 2009