Karin received her Ph.D. in Applied Plant Sciences from the University of Minnesota. Prior to coming to USU in 2008, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, MD. Her research interests include the restoration of plant communities in wetlands and the ecology and management of invasive plants. Her Ph.D. research focused on the seed ecology and revegetation of sedges (Carex species) in prairie pothole wetlands. During her postdoctoral research, she studied the genetics and spread of the non-native plant Phragmites australis (common reed), that is invading wetlands across North America. At USU, she will continue to develop her research program in wetland plant ecology and teach a course in wetland ecology and management.
Articles
Extent and Reproductive Mechanisms of Phragmites australis Spread in Brackish Wetlands in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland (USA) (with Melissa K. McCormick, Heather M. Baron, and Dennis F. Whigham), Wetlands (2010)
The number of patches of non-native Phragmites australis in brackish tidal wetlands in the Rhode...
Phragmites australis (Common Reed) Invasion in the Rhode River Subestuary of the Chesapeake Bay: Disentangling the Effects of Foliar Nutrients, Genetic Diversity, Patch Size, and Seed Viability (with Melissa K. McCormick, Heather M. Baron, and Dennis F. Whigham), Estuaries and Coasts (2010)
The invasion and expansion of the introduced haplotype of Phragmites australis across North America is...
Seed Banks of Phragmites australis-Dominated Brackish Wetlands: Relationships to Seed Viability, Inundation, and Land Cover (with Andrew H. Baldwin and Dennis F. Whigham), Aquatic Botany (2010)
In tidal wetlands of the eastern United States, buried seeds of the non-native haplotype of...
Spread of Invasive Phragmites australis in Estuaries with Differing Degrees of Development: Genetic Patterns, Allee Effects and Interpretation (with Melissa K. McCormick, Heather M. Baron, and Dennis F. Whigham), Journal of Ecology (2010)
1. The distribution of genetic variation can be interpreted to understand the timing and mechanisms...
Herbivory Delays Flowering and Reduces Fecundity of Liatris ohlingerae (Asteraceae), an Endangered, Endemic Plant of the Florida Scrub (with Carl W. Weekley and Eric S. Menges), Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society (2009)
Herbivores may negatively impact plants by reducing biomass and decreasing fecundity. Rare or endangered plants...