Plant Ecology Lab
Plant biogeography and disturbance ecology within forests of the Great Lakes region
Department of Biological Sciences | Purdue University Fort Wayne
Jordan M. Marshall, PhD
Professor, Graduate Program Director, & Associate Chair
Department of Biological Sciences
I'm a plant ecologist interested in interactions between communities and disturbance in the Great Lakes region. Most of my research is focused on forests and sand dune ecosystems including plant and insect community responses to invasion, fire, and windthrow, as well as successional and floristic patterns over time and space.
Lab Members
Tessa Aby-Kruger
Plant Community Patterns along a Beach Ridge-Swale Complex at Albert E. Sleeper State Park
Grace Auckley
Dendrochronological and Woody Debris Assessment of Forest Development Patterns along a Sand Dune Chronosequence
Jill Wilson
Squalls and Saws: The Influence of Derecho and Management Disturbances on Forest Arthropods
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