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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)

Overview

Rebecca R. Sharitz was affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States during their academic career. Their research contributions were recognized in the field of ecology, evidenced by being named a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) in 2012.

No specific recent papers, coauthors, publication venues, book publications, or detailed fields of study were listed for this individual. Therefore, an overview of their research topics, subfields, or publication history cannot be provided in detail.

Their main documented achievement centers on their fellowship with the ESA, which indicates involvement and contributions to ecological research or related disciplines. This distinction is awarded to individuals who have made significant impacts in the ecological sciences.

The available information does not contain further details about the specific research areas or topics they explored, nor information regarding collaborative projects or preferred venues for publication.

Best Publications

  • Hydrochory and Regeneration in A Bald Cypress‐Water Tupelo Swamp Forest

    Rebecca L. Schneider;Rebecca R. Sharitz

  • Aboveground Production in Southeastern Floodplain Forests: A Test of the Subsidy-Stress Hypothesis

    J. Patrick Megonigal;William H. Conner;Steven Kroeger;Rebecca R. Sharitz

  • Woody plant regeneration in four floodplain forests

    Robert H. Jones;Rebecca R. Sharitz;Philip M. Dixon;Debra S. Segal

  • Population Dynamics of Two Competing Annual Plant Species

    Rebecca R. Sharitz;J. Frank McCormick

  • Effects of Herbivory on Growth and Biomass Allocation in Native and Introduced Species of Lonicera

    Kristina A. Schierenbeck;Richard N. Mack;Rebecca R. Sharitz

  • Hurricane damage to old-growth forest in Congaree Swamp National Monument, South Carolina, U.S.A.

    Francis E. Putz;Rebecca R. Sharitz

  • Inland wetland change detection using aircraft MSS data

    J. R. Jensen;E. W. Ramsey;H. E. Mackey;E. J. Christensen

  • Ecology of Freshwater and Estuarine Wetlands

    Darold P. Batzer;Rebecca R. Sharitz

  • SEED BANK DYNAMICS IN A SOUTHEASTERN RIVERINE SWAMP

    Rebecca L. Schneider;Rebecca R. Sharitz

  • Ecology of southeastern shrub bogs (pocosins) and Carolina bays: a community profile

    R.R. Sharitz;J.W. Gibbons

  • Integrating Ecological Concepts with Natural Resource Management of Southern Forests.

    Rebecca R. Sharitz;Lindsay R. Boring;David H. Van Lear;John E. Pinder

  • Carolina bay wetlands: Unique habitats of the southeastern United States

    Rebecca R. Sharitz

  • Seedling emergence, survival and size in relation to light and water availability in two bottomland hardwood species

    L. L. Battaglia;S. A. Foré;R. R. Sharitz

  • Freshwater wetlands and wildlife

    R.R. Sharitz;J.W. Gibbons

  • Vegetation Disturbance and Maintenance of Diversity in Intermittently Flooded Carolina Bays in South Carolina

    L. K. Kirkman;R. R. Sharitz

  • Manipulation of flooding and arbuscular mycorrhiza formation influences growth and nutrition of two semiaquatic grass species

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  • Microsite abundance and distribution of woody seedlings in a South Carolina cypress-tupelo swamp

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  • Accuracy of tree growth measurements using dendrometer bands

    B.D. Keeland;R.R. Sharitz

  • Why do early-emerging tree seedlings have survival advantages?: a test using Acer rubrum (Aceraceae).

    Robert H. Jones;Bruce P. Allen;Rebecca R. Sharitz

  • Patterns of seedling and overstory composition along a gradient of hurricane disturbance in an old-growth bottomland hardwood community

    Loretta L Battaglia;Rebecca R Sharitz;Peter R Minchin

  • Responses of floodplain forest species to spatially condensed gradients: a test of the flood-shade tolerance tradeoff hypothesis.

    L. L. Battaglia;R. R. Sharitz

  • SIZE DIFFERENCES, SEX RATIO, AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF MALE AND FEMALE WATER TUPELO, NYSSA AQUATIC A (NYSSACEAE)

    Margaret M. Shea;Philip M. Dixon;Rebecca R. Sharitz

  • GENETIC VARIATION AMONG TYPHA POPULATIONS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES.

    Susan J. Mashburn;Rebecca R. Sharitz;Michael H. Smith

  • COMPARISON OF ISOZYMES AMONG TYPHA SPECIES IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES

    Rebecca R. Sharitz;Susan A. Wineriter;Michael H. Smith;Edwin H. Liu

  • Survival and growth of woody plant seedlings in the understorey of floodplain forests in South Carolina

    Robert H. Jones;Rebecca R. Sharitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael H. Smith
Michael H. Smith University of Georgia
Philip M. Dixon
Philip M. Dixon Iowa State University
William H. Conner
William H. Conner Clemson University
J. Patrick Megonigal
J. Patrick Megonigal Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Judy L. Meyer
Judy L. Meyer University of Georgia
Darold P. Batzer
Darold P. Batzer University of Georgia
Travis C. Glenn
Travis C. Glenn University of Georgia
Charles T. Garten
Charles T. Garten Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Virginia L. Jin
Virginia L. Jin US Department of Agriculture
Lisa A. Donovan
Lisa A. Donovan University of Georgia

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