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Eric S. Menges is affiliated with the Archbold Biological Station in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The main subfields of their studies include Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, and Global and Planetary Change. Their work addresses diverse topics, particularly Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions.

Eric S. Menges has contributed to multiple publication venues. Among the most frequent are:

  • Natural Areas Journal
  • Conservation Science and Practice
  • Ecology
  • Fire Ecology
  • Restoration Ecology

Their recent papers include:

  • "Environmental stress destabilizes microbial networks," 2021, The ISME Journal
  • "Do plant-microbe interactions support the Stress Gradient Hypothesis?," 2020, Ecology
  • "Identifying predictors of translocation success in rare plant species," 2023, Conservation Biology
  • "Microbiome-mediated response to pulse fire disturbance outweighs the effects of fire legacy on plant performance," 2021, New Phytologist
  • "Effects of frequent fire and mowing on resprouting shrubs of Florida scrub, USA," 2020, Fire Ecology

Frequent coauthors of Eric S. Menges include:

  • Aaron S. David
  • Stacy A. Smith
  • Stephanie M. Koontz
  • Cheryl L. Peterson
  • Pedro F. Quintana-Ascencio

Best Publications

  • Environmental stress destabilizes microbial networks.

    Damian J. Hernandez;Aaron S. David;Aaron S. David;Eric S. Menges;Christopher A. Searcy

  • Diversity of ageing across the tree of life

    Owen Jones;Alexander Scheuerlein;Roberto Salguero-Gómez;Carlo Giovanni Camarda

  • Patterns of Change in the Carbon Balance of Organic Soil-Wetlands of the Temperate Zone

    T. V. Armentano;E. S. Menges

  • Emerging Issues in Population Viability Analysis

    J. Michael Reed;L. Scott Mills;John B. Dunning;Eric S. Menges

  • Population Viability Analysis for an Endangered Plant

    Eric S. Menges

  • LONGEVITY CAN BUFFER PLANT AND ANIMAL POPULATIONS AGAINST CHANGING CLIMATIC VARIABILITY

    William F. Morris;Catherine A. Pfister;Shripad Tuljapurkar;Chirrakal V. Haridas

  • Population viability analyses in plants: challenges and opportunities

    Eric S. Menges

  • Interpretation of elasticity matrices as an aid to the management of plant populations for conservation

    Jonathan Silvertown;Miguel Franco;Eric Menges

  • Seed Germination Percentage Increases with Population Size in a Fragmented Prairie Species

    Eric S. Menges

  • How do plant ecologists use matrix population models

    Elizabeth E. Crone;Eric S. Menges;Martha M. Ellis;Timothy Bell

  • The application of minimum viable population theory to plants.

    E. S. Menges

  • Plant Strategies in Relation to Elevation and Light in Floodplain Herbs

    Eric S. Menges;Donald M. Waller

  • Restoration demography and genetics of plants: when is a translocation successful?

    Eric S. Menges

  • Demographic viability of populations of Silene regia in midwestern prairies: relationships with fire management, genetic variation, geographic location, population size and isolation

    Eric S. Menges;Rebecca W. Dolan

  • Life History Strategies of Florida Scrub Plants in Relation to Fire

    Eric S. Menges;Nancy Kohfeldt

  • INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF FIRE AND MICROHABITAT ON PLANTS OF FLORIDA SCRUB

    Eric S. Menges;Christine Veronica Hawkes

  • Stochastic Modeling of Extinction in Plant Populations

    Eric S. Menges

  • The relationship between open space and fire for species in a xeric Florida shrubland

    Christine V. Hawkes;Eric S. Menges

  • Inferring Metapopulation Dynamics from Patch-Level Incidence of Florida Scrub Plants

    Pedro F. Quintana-Ascencio;Pedro F. Quintana-Ascencio;Eric S. Menges

  • Integrating demography and fire management: an example from Florida scrub

    Eric S. Menges

Frequent Co-Authors

Pedro F. Quintana-Ascencio
Pedro F. Quintana-Ascencio University of Central Florida
Roberto Salguero-Gómez
Roberto Salguero-Gómez University of Oxford
William F. Morris
William F. Morris Duke University
Doria R. Gordon
Doria R. Gordon University of Florida
Christine V. Hawkes
Christine V. Hawkes North Carolina State University
Tamara Ticktin
Tamara Ticktin University of Hawaii at Manoa
Johan Ehrlén
Johan Ehrlén Stockholm University
Elizabeth E. Crone
Elizabeth E. Crone Tufts University
Tiffany M. Knight
Tiffany M. Knight Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Daniel F. Doak
Daniel F. Doak University of Colorado Boulder

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