Plant Ecology Lab

Jordan M. Marshall, Ph.D.

Professor, Graduate Program Director & Associate Chair

Department of Biological Sciences
Purdue University Fort Wayne

I'm a plant ecologist with research interestes in disturbance and invasion biology related to plants and insects. Most of my research is related to forest and sand dune plant community development, organization, and succession. I'm also interested in biogeography and floristics.

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Lab Members

Tessa Aby-Kruger | Plant Community of the Beach Ridge and Swale Complex at Albert E. Sleeper State Park

Grace Auckley | Dendrochronological and Woody Debris Assessment of Forest Developmental Patterns along a Lacustrine Sand Dune Chronosequence

Lab Alumni

Madison Beckstedt | Forest Response Following the Loss of Ash

Jonathan Danielson | Stable Regimes in an Unstable System: Floral Community and Diversity in the Grand Sable Dunes

Rachel Fuelling | Diversity and Distribution of Plant Communities Related to Forest Fragment Size, Shape, Age, and Structure

Rachel Hunnicutt | Emerald Ash Borer Adult Feeding Behavior and Ash Tree Management Decision Modeling: Relationships between Pest and Host Tolerance Gradients

Ashley Kovach-Hammons | Predicting Site Suitability for Kudzu (Pueraria montana) in the Great Lakes Basin and Surrounding Region

Patrick Mayo | Beaver Activity and Flora Survey in Chain O'Lakes State Park, Noble County, Indiana

Andrea Myers | Influence of Forest Fragment Compositional and Structural Heterogeneity on Ground-Dwelling Arthropod Communities

Cecelia Smith | Five Trees Undercover: Genome-wide SNP Identification in Fraxinus Linking Genetic Characteristics to Tolerance of Agrilus planipennis

Joanna Stebing | Vascular Flora and Plant Communities of the Dorothy and Ray Garman Preserve, Allen County, Indiana

Adam Warrix | Management of Old Field Prairie Ecosystems: Soil Transfer and Exotic Species Invasion

Jill Wilson | Squalls and Saws: The Influence of Derecho and Management Disturbances on Forest Arthropods