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Antalffy, J. M., M. G. Rowley, S. B. Johnson, S. Cant-Woodside, E. H. Freid, K. E. Omland, and M. E. Fagan. (2021). Comparing global and local maps of the Caribbean pine forests of Andros, home of the critically endangered Bahama Oriole. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 193(12), 817. [PDF]

Austin, J., J. Gore, J. Hargrove, E. Braun de Torrez, C. Carneiro, F. Ridgley, and S. Wisely. (2021). Strong Population Genetic Structure and Cryptic Diversity in the Florida Bonneted Bat (Eumops floridanus). 10.21203/rs.3.rs-985952/v1.  [Research Gate]

Barrios, B. and S. Koptur. 2011.  Floral biology and breeding system of Angadenia berteroi (Apocynaceae):  why do flowers of the pineland golden trumpet produce few fruits?  International Journal of Plant Sciences 172(3): 378-385. [PDF]

Barrios, B, S Koptur, and JP Sah. 2016. The effects of habitat fragmentation on the reproduction and abundance of Angadenia berteroi. Journal of Plant Ecology 10 (2): 340-348. [PDF]

Barrios, B., G. Arellano, and S. Koptur. 2011. The effects of fire and fragmentation on occurrence and flowering of a rare perennial plant.  Plant Ecology 212: 1057-1067. [PDF]

Bolen, L. E. (2021). Ecosystem-Condition Evaluation of the Complex, Critically-Endangered Pine Rockland Ecosystem: Indicators, Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), and an Emphasis on Herbaceous Ground Cover Diversity. George Mason University. [PDF]

Cardel, Y. and S. Koptur. 2010. Effects of florivory on the pollination of flowers: an experimental field study with a perennial plant.  International Journal of Plant Science 171(3):283–292. [PDF]

Dewsbury, B.M., S. Koptur, and J.W. Fourqurean. 2015. Ecosystem responses to prescribed fire along a chronosequence in a subtropical pine rockland habitat. Caribbean Naturalist 24: 1-12. [PDF]

Figueroa, A., J. Lange, and S. Whitfield. (2021). Seed Consumption by Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) in the Globally Imperiled Pine Rockland Ecosystem of Southern Florida, USA. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 20. 10.2744/CCB-1426.1. [Research Gate]

Figueroa, A., J. T. Heinen, F. N. Ridgley, S. M. Whitfield, and H. Liu. (2023). Management of a Globally Imperiled and Fire-Dependent Ecosystem in the Urban Matrix of Miami–Dade County, Florida: A Case Study of the Richmond Tract Pine Rocklands. Diversity, 15(3), 426. [PDF]

Franklin, J., and D. W. Steadman. (2022). Winter bird communities in pine woodland vs. broadleaf forest on Abaco. [PDF]

Freidenreich, A., B. Harris, S. Dattamudi, E. Betancourt, M. S. Reis, and K. Jayachandran. (2020). Effects of prescribed fire on soil properties in a pine rockland ecosystem. Agricultural and Environmental Letters, 5(1), e20026. [PDF]

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Geiger, J.H., P.D. Pratt, and S. Koptur. 2010.  Breeding system of Ruellia succulenta Small (Acanthaceae).  Castanea 75(4): 454-460. [PDF]

Glitzenstein, J. S., J.S. Brewer, R. E. Masters, J. M. Varner, and J. K. Hiers. (2021). Fire Ecology and Fire Management of Southeastern Coastal Plain Pine Ecosystems. Fire Ecology and Management: Past, Present, and Future of US Forested Ecosystems, 63-104. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73267-7_3

Green, P. W. C., Hamilton, M. A., Sanchez, M. D., Corcoran, M. R., Manco, B. N., & Malumphy, C. P. (2015). The scope for using the volatile profiles of Pinus caribaea var. bahamensis as indicators of susceptibility to pine tortoise scale and as predictors of environmental stresses. Chemistry & Biodiversity, 12(4), 652–661. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbdv.201400219

Green, P. W. C., Hamilton, M. A., Sanchez, M. D., & Fang, R. 2017. Phenotypic plasticity in the emission of terpenes by a threatened pine species (Pinus caribaea var. bahamensis): effects of scale infestation and environment. Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, 90(4), 553–560. https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpx013

Hamilton, M. A., Pavlik, B. M., Barlow, S. E., Manco, B. N., Blaise, J., Avenant, A., Hornsby, B., Hiers, K., O’Brien, J., Sanchez, M. D. 2016. Caicos Pine Recovery Project National Tree Restoration Strategy: 2016-2036 restoration strategy to secure the Caicos pine for future generations. (M.A. Hamilton, B. N. Manco, & M. D. Sanchez, Eds.). Richmond, Surrey, UK: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.1995.5602 

Harris, B. M., and S. Koptur. (2022). Facilitated fecundity in sand flax: Pollination in an endangered herb of pine rocklands. Flora, 289, 152041. [PDF]

Harris, B., A. Freidenreich, E. Betancourt, and K. Jayachandran. (2021). Short-term vegetation responses to the first prescribed burn in an urban pine rockland preserve. Fire Ecology, 17(1), 31.

Heffernan, E., Markee, A., Truglio, M. R., Barkdull, M., Steele Cabrera, S., & Daniels, J. (2023). Population Genetic Structure of a Rare Butterfly in a Fragmented South Florida Ecosystem. Insects, 14(4), 321.  https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14040321

Henry, E. H., Burford Reiskind, M. O., Land, A. D., & Haddad, N. M. (2020). Maintaining historic disturbance regimes increases species' resilience to catastrophic hurricanes. Global change biology, 26(2), 798-806. [PDF]

Jones, I., S. Koptur, and J.E. Peña. 2017. Exploring whether and how ants affect reproductive fitness in Senna mexicana var. chapmanii. Florida Entomologist 100(3): 539-545. [PDF]

Jones, I.M. and S. Koptur. 2018. Dead land walking: the value of continued conservation efforts in South Florida’s imperiled pine rocklands. Biodiversity and Conservation ISSN 0960-3115 Biodivers Conserv DOI 10.1007/s10531-017-1433-6. [PDF]

Jones, I.M. and S. Koptur. 2015. Dynamic extrafloral nectar production: the timing of leaf damage affects the defensive response in Senna mexicana var. chapmanii Fabaceae). American Journal of Botany 102(1): 58-66. [PDF]

Jones, I.M. and S. Koptur. 2015. Quantity over quality: light intensity, but not red/far-red ratio, affects extrafloral nectar production in Senna mexicana var. chapmanii. Ecology and Evolution (open access) doi: 10.1002/ece3.1644 [PDF]

Jones, I.M., S. Koptur, H.R. Gallegos, J.P. Tardanico, P.A. Trainer, and J. Peña. 2017. Changing light conditions in pine rockland habitats affect the intensity and outcome of ant/plant interactions. Biotropica 49:83-91. [PDF]

Karlsen-Ayala, E., M.E. Smith, B.C. Askey and R. Gazis. 2022. Native ectomycorrhizal fungi from the endangered pine rocklands are superior symbionts to commercial inoculum for slash pine seedlings. Mycorrhiza 32:465-480. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-022-01092-3   

Karlsen-Ayala, E., M. A. Jusino, R. Gazis, and M. E. Smith. (2023). Habitat matters: The role of spore bank fungi in early seedling establishment of Florida slash pines. Fungal Ecology, 62, 101210. [PDF]

Karlsen-Ayala, E., M. A. Jusino, M. E. Smith, and R. Gazis. (2025). Salt life: Salinity drives ectomycorrhizal community structure in the endangered pine rocklands. Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17737. 

Khorsand Rosa, R., and S. Koptur. 2009.  Preliminary observations and analyses of pollination in Coccothrinax argentata:  do insects play a role?  Palms 53 (2): 75-83. [PDF]

Koptur, S. 1992. Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries and Ants in Everglades Habitats. The Florida Entomologist 75(1): 38-50. [PDF]

Koptur, S., M.C. Rodriguez, S.F. Oberbauer, C. Weekley, and A. Herndon.  2002. Herbivore-Free Time?  Damage to New Leaves of Woody Plants After Hurricane Andrew.  Biotropica 34(4): 547-554. [PDF]

Koptur, S., P. William, and Z. Olive. 2010.  Ants and plants with extrafloral nectaries in fire successional habitats on Andros (Bahamas).  Florida Entomologist 93(1): 89-99. [PDF]

Koptur, S., I.M. Jones, and J.E. Peña. 2015. The influence of host plant extrafloral nectaries on multitrophic interactions: an experimental investigation.  PLoS ONE 10(9): e0138157. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0138157 [PDF]

Koptur, S. and D. Garcia. 2017. Habitat Differences in Morphology and Reproductive Allocation in Guettarda scabra (Rubiaceae). Castanea 82(2): 51–57. [PDF]

Koptur, S. 2017. Plant-Animal Interactions in the Face of Disturbance (Keynote Address). Pp. 15-25, 1st Joint Symposium on the Natural History and Geology of the Bahamas, edited by Lee Florea, Carol Landry, Daniel Kjar. Gerace Research Center, San Salvador, Bahamas. [PDF]

Koptur, S. and R. Khorsand. 2018. Pollination Ecology of Three Sympatric Palms of Southern Florida Pine Rocklands. Natural Areas Journal 38: 15-25. [PDF]

Koptur, S., T. Livshultz, G. Ionta, and C-W Tan. 2019. Contrasting Pollination Systems of Wild Unction and Devil's Potato Root (Apocynaceae) on San Salvador: Preliminary Observations and Analyses. Castanea 84(1): 81-92. URL: https://doi.org/10.2179/0008-7475.84.1.81  [PDF]          

Koptur, S., B. Barrios, I. Valdes, and M. Nusrat. 2020. A fishing expedition to discover the pollinators of several tropical Apocynaceae. Applications in Plant Science 8(2): e11326. https://doi.org/10.1002/aps3.11326 [PDF]

Koptur, S., and B. Barrios. 2020. Are flowering palms “Pollinator Hogs”? A field experiment in pine rocklands of southern Florida.  Natural Areas Journal 40(2): 142-149. [PDF]

Koptur, S. 2020. Scientific Note: Insects associated with Guettarda scabra in Everglades National Park, Florida.  Castanea 85(1): 155-158. [PDF]

Koptur, S., and K. H. Keeler. (2024). Comparing Ant Activity and Plants Bearing Extrafloral Nectaries in Rockland Habitats of the Florida Keys with Those of the Everglades and the Bahamas. Diversity, 16(7), 360. [PDF]

Linares, L.J. and S. Koptur. 2010. Floral biology and breeding system of the crenulate lead plant, Amorpha herbacea var. crenulata, an endangered south Florida pine rockland endemic.  Natural Areas Journal 30:138-147. [PDF]

Liu, H. and S. Koptur. 2003.  Breeding System and Pollination of a Narrowly Endemic Herb of the Lower Florida Keys: Impacts of the Urban Wildland Interface.  American Journal of Botany  90: 1180-1187. [PDF]

Liu, H., E.S. Menges, J.R. Snyder, S. Koptur, M.S. Ross.  2005.  Effects of fire intensity on vital rates of an endemic herb of the Florida Keys, USA.  Natural Areas Journal 25 (1): 71-76. [PDF]

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Manco, B.N., Sanchez, M.D., Blaise, J., & Hamilton, M.A. 2016. Caicos Pine Recovery Project Socio-cultural History Report: Results and findings of pine yard interviews with Caicos Islanders. London , UK. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.3441.4489

Maschinski, J., J. Possley, M.Q.N. Fellows, C. Lane, A. Muir, K. Wendelberger, S. Wright, H. Thornton. 2005. Using Thinning as a Fire Surrogate to Improve Native Plant Diversity in a South Florida Pine Rockland Habitat. Ecological Restoration 23:2.  

Maschinski, J., M. Ross, H. Liu, J. O'Brien, E.J. von Wettberg, K.E. Haskins. 2011. Sinking Ships: Conservation Alternatives for Endemic Taxa Threatened by Sea Level Rise. Climatic Change 107:147-167. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-011-0083-z 

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Moore, T., and F. Ridgley. (2023). The Life History and Ecology of the Lesser Wasp Moth, Pseudocharis minima,(Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Euchromiina) in the Pine Rocklands of South Florida. Southeastern Naturalist, 22(2), 123-135. [PDF]

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Moore, T., and F. Ridgley. (2023). The Life History and Ecology of the Lesser Wasp Moth, Pseudocharis minima,(Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Euchromiina) in the Pine Rocklands of South Florida. Southeastern Naturalist, 22(2), 123-135. [PDF]

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Pérez, H. E., and L. A. O. Chumana. (2020). Enhancing conservation of a globally imperiled rockland herb (Linum arenicola) through assessments of seed functional traits and multi-dimensional germination niche breadths. Plants, 9(11), 1493. [PDF]

Pimienta, M. C., and S. Koptur. (2022). More than moths: Flower visitors of a night-blooming plant in south Florida pine rocklands, USA. Plants, 11(20), 2799. [PDF]

Possley, J., J. Maschinski, J. Maquire, C. Guerra. 2014. Vegetation monitoring to guide management decisions in Miami’s urban pine rockland preserves. Natural Areas Journal 34:154-165. https://doi.org/10.3375/043.034.0205 

Possley, J., S. Woodmansee, J. Maschinski. 2008. Patterns of plant diversity in fragments of globally imperiled pine rockland forest: effects of recent fire frequency and fragment size. Natural Areas Journal 28:379-394.  http://dx.doi.org/10.3375/0885-8608(2008)28[379:POPCIF]2.0.CO;2  

Possley, J.E., S. Hodges, E. Magnaghi, J. Maschinski. 2016. Distribution of Croton linearis in Miami-Dade County preserves with potential for supporting the federally endangered butterflies Strymon acis bartrami and Anaea troglodyta floridalis. Natural Areas Journal 36:81-87. https://doi.org/10.3375/043.036.0114 

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Possley, J., J. Duncan, J. Gil, and C. Grossenbacher. (2020). Too Precious To Lose: Managing and Protecting the Richmond Pine Rockland Tract (Richmond) in Miami Dade County, South Florida. Cities and the Environment (CATE), 13(1), 4. [PDF]

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Ridgley, F., K. Bohn, I. Salazar, S. Thompson,  and M. Gamba-Rios. 2022. Use and Distribution of Roosts by Florida Bonneted Bats in Miami Dade County, Florida, USA: Addition to Webb et al. 2021. Urban Naturalist 49. 1-10.  [Research Gate]

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Salazar, A.J., J. Maschinski, J. Possley, K.D. Heineman. 2017. Seed germination of 53 species from the globally imperiled pine rockland ecosystem of South Florida, US: effects of storage, phylogeny and life-history traits. Seed Science Research 28(1):82-92.  https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960258517000332    

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Wendelberger, K.S., J. Maschinski. 2016. Assessing microsite and regeneration niche preferences through experimental reintroduction of the rare plant Tephrosia angustissima var. corallicola. Journal of Ecology 217:155-167. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-015-0521-5 

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