Peer-reviewed journal articles:

 

 

Sah, J. P., Ross, M. S., Snyder, J. R., Koptur, S. and Cooley, H. 2006. Fuel loads, fire regimes and post-fire fuel dynamics in the Florida Keys pine forests. International Journal of Wildland Fire 15 (4): 463-478.

 

Simard, M., K. Zhang, V.H. Rivera-Monroy, M.S. Ross, P.L. Ruiz, E. Castaneda-Moya, R.R. Twilley, E. Rodriguez 2006. Mapping Height and Biomass of Mangrove Forests in Everglades National Park with SRTM Elevation Data. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 72(3): 299-311.

 

Jones, D. T., Sah, J. P., Ross, M. S., Oberbauer, S. F., Hwang, B. and Jayachandran, K. 2006. Growth and physiological responses of twelve tree species common in Everglades tree islands to simulated hydrologic regimes. Wetlands 26:830-844.

 

Ross, M . S., P. L. Ruiz, J. P. Sah, D. L. Reed, J. Walters, & J. F. Meeder.  2006. Early post-hurricane stand development in Fringe mangrove forests of contrasting productivity.Plant Ecology 185:283-297.

 

Ross, M . S, S. Mitchell-Brucker, J. P. Sah, S. Stothoff, P. L. Ruiz, D. L. Reed, K. Jayachandran, & C. L. Coultas. 2006. Interaction of hydrology and nutrient limitation in the Ridge and Slough landscape of the southern Everglades. Hydrobiologia 569:37-59.

 

Armentano, T. V., J. P. Sah, M . S. Ross, D. T. Jones, H. C. Cooley, & C. S. Smith. S. Koptur, & J. R. Snyder. 2006.  Rapid responses of vegetation to hydrological changes in Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA. Hydrobiologia 569:293-309.

 

Sah, J. P., M . S. Ross, S. Koptur, & J. R. Snyder. 2004.  Estimating aboveground biomass of broadleaved woody plants in the understory of Florida Keys pine forests.  Forest Ecology & Management. 203:319-329.

 

Lockwood, J. L., M. S. Ross, & J. P. Sah. 2003. Smoke on the water: the interplay of fire and water flow on Everglades restoration. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment, 1 (9): 462-468.

Ross, M. S., C. L. Coultas, & Y. P. Hsieh. 2003. Soil-productivity relationships and organic matter turnover in dry tropical forests of the Florida Keys. Plant and Soil 253: 479-492.

Ross, M. S., D. L. Reed, J. P. Sah, P. L. Ruiz, & M. T. Lewin. 2003. Vegetation:environment relationships and water management in Shark Slough, Everglades National Park. - Wetlands Ecology and Management, 11:291-303.  

Ross, M. S. , P. L. Ruiz, G. J. Telesnicki, & J. F. Meeder 2001. Estimating above-ground biomass and production in mangrove communities of Biscayne National park, Florida (USA). Wetlands Ecology and Management 9: 27-97.

Ross, M. S., J. F. Meeder, J. P. Sah, P. L. Ruiz, & G. J. Telesnicki. 2000.  The Southeast Saline Everglades revisited: a half-century of coastal vegetation change. Journal of Vegetation Science 11:101-112. 

Ross, M. S., M. Carrington,  L. J. Flynn, & P. L. Ruiz. 1999. Forest succession in tropical hardwood hammocks of the Florida Keys: effects of direct mortality from Hurricane Andrew. Biotropica 33:23-33.

Ross, M. S., J. O'Brien, & L. Sternberg. 1994. Sea level rise and the decline of Pine Rockland forests in the Lower Florida Keys.  Ecological Applications 4 (1): 144-156.

Ross, M. S., J. O'Brien, & L. Flynn. 1992. Ecological site classification of Florida Keys terrestrial habitats.  Biotropica 24:488-502.