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Karin M. Kettenring

Karin M. Kettenring

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Ecology and Evolution

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32
Citations
4087
World Ranking
8076
National Ranking
2682

Overview

Karin M. Kettenring is affiliated with Utah State University in the United States and has an established research profile primarily focused on environmental science, with a particular emphasis on ecology. Their work integrates multiple subfields including ecology, nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and plant science.

The research topics covered by Kettenring demonstrate a strong focus on wetland ecosystems and environmental conservation. Key areas include:

  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Peatlands and wetlands ecology
  • Constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment
  • Biological control of invasive species
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Environmental conservation and management

The publication record includes contributions to several peer-reviewed venues, notably:

  • Restoration Ecology
  • Wetlands
  • Wetlands Ecology and Management
  • Ecosphere
  • Frontiers in Environmental Science

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Karin M. Kettenring include:

  • "Need to Seed? Ecological, Genetic, and Evolutionary Keys to Seed-Based Wetland Restoration" (2020), Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • "Managing Lake Urmia, Iran for diverse restoration objectives: Moving beyond a uniform target lake level" (2021), Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies
  • "Protecting wetlands for people: Strategic policy action can help wetlands mitigate risks and enhance resilience" (2020), Environmental Science & Policy
  • "Tipping the balance: The role of seed density, abiotic filters, and priority effects in seed-based wetland restoration" (2022), Ecological Applications
  • "Ecosystem Functioning of Great Salt Lake Wetlands" (2020), Wetlands

Kettenring frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Emily E. Tarsa, Melissa McCormick, Dennis F. Whigham, Carrie Reinhardt Adams, and R. G. Robinson.

Best Publications

  • Lessons learned from invasive plant control experiments: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Karin M. Kettenring;Carrie Reinhardt Adams

  • Phragmites australis management in the United States: 40 years of methods and outcomes

    Eric L. G. Hazelton;Eric L. G. Hazelton;Thomas J. Mozdzer;Thomas J. Mozdzer;David M. Burdick;Karin M. Kettenring;Karin M. Kettenring

  • EDITOR'S CHOICE: Application of genetic diversity–ecosystem function research to ecological restoration

    Karin M. Kettenring;Karin M. Kettenring;Kristin L. Mercer;Carrie Reinhardt Adams;Jes Hines;Jes Hines

  • Cosmopolitan Species As Models for Ecophysiological Responses to Global Change: The Common Reed Phragmites australis

    Franziska Eller;Hana Skálová;Joshua S. Caplan;Ganesh P. Bhattarai

  • Mechanisms of Phragmites australis invasion: feedbacks among genetic diversity, nutrients, and sexual reproduction

    Karin M. Kettenring;Karin M. Kettenring;Melissa K. McCormick;Heather M. Baron;Heather M. Baron;Dennis F. Whigham

  • Extent and Reproductive Mechanisms of Phragmites australis Spread in Brackish Wetlands in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland (USA)

    Melissa K. McCormick;Karin M. Kettenring;Karin M. Kettenring;Heather M. Baron;Heather M. Baron;Dennis F. Whigham

  • Genetic diversity, reproductive mode, and dispersal differ between the cryptic invader, Phragmites australis, and its native conspecific

    Karin M. Kettenring;Karen E. Mock

  • Effect of light on seed germination of eight wetland Carex species

    Karin M. Kettenring;Gary M Gardner;Susan M Galatowitsch

  • Spread of invasive Phragmites australis in estuaries with differing degrees of development: genetic patterns, Allee effects and interpretation

    Melissa K. McCormick;Karin M. Kettenring;Heather M. Baron;Dennis F. Whigham

  • Moving from a regional to a continental perspective of Phragmites australis invasion in North America

    Karin M. Kettenring;Sylvie de Blois;Donald P. Hauber

  • Evolution of plant materials for ecological restoration: insights from the applied and basic literature

    Erin K. Espeland;Nancy C. Emery;Kristin L. Mercer;Scott A. Woolbright

  • Seed Banks of Phragmites australis -Dominated Brackish Wetlands: Relationships to Seed Viability, Inundation, and Land Cover

    Andrew H. Baldwin;Karin M. Kettenring;Dennis F. Whigham

  • Abiotic and Landscape Factors Constrain Restoration Outcomes Across Spatial Scales of a Widespread Invasive Plant

    Christine B. Rohal;Chad R. Cranney;Karin M Kettenring

  • Strategic plant choices can alleviate climate change impacts: A review.

    Erin K. Espeland;Karin M. Kettenring

  • Need to Seed? Ecological, Genetic, and Evolutionary Keys to Seed-Based Wetland Restoration

    Karin Marin Kettenring;Emily Tarsa

  • 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.

    Karin M. Kettenring;Karin M. Kettenring;Melissa K. McCormick;Heather M. Baron;Heather M. Baron;Dennis F. Whigham

  • Temperature requirements for dormancy break and seed germination vary greatly among 14 wetland Carex species

    Karin M. Kettenring;Susan M. Galatowitsch

  • Seed Viability and Seed Dormancy of Non-Native Phragmites australis in Suburbanized and Forested Watersheds of the Chesapeake Bay, USA

    Karin M. Kettenring;Dennis F. Whigham

  • Seed Rain of Restored and Natural Prairie Wetlands

    Karin M. Kettenring;Karin M. Kettenring;Susan M. Galatowitsch

  • Adaptive Wetland Management in an Uncertain and Changing Arid Environment

    Rebekah Downard;Joanna Endter-Wada;Karin M. Kettenring

  • Biotic resistance, disturbance, and mode of colonization impact the invasion of a widespread, introduced wetland grass

    Karin M. Kettenring;Karin M. Kettenring;Dennis F. Whigham;Eric L. G. Hazelton;Eric L. G. Hazelton;Sally K. Gallagher

Frequent Co-Authors

Dennis F. Whigham
Dennis F. Whigham Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Karen E. Mock
Karen E. Mock Utah State University
Christopher M. U. Neale
Christopher M. U. Neale University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Susan M. Galatowitsch
Susan M. Galatowitsch University of Minnesota
Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh
Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh Utah State University
Ariana E. Sutton-Grier
Ariana E. Sutton-Grier United States Geological Survey
Charles P. Hawkins
Charles P. Hawkins Utah State University
Jes Hines
Jes Hines German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research
Andrew J. Baldwin
Andrew J. Baldwin University of Oxford
Hans Brix
Hans Brix Aarhus University

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