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2016

Paniw, M., P F. Quintana-Ascencio, F. Ojeda, and R. Salguero-Gómez. 2016. Accounting for uncertainty in dormant life stages in stochastic demographic models. Oikos, In press

Tye M R., Menges E.S, Weekley C, Quintana-Ascencio, P.F. and R. Salguero-Gomez. 2016. A demographic menage a trois: Interactions between disturbances both amplify and dampen population dynamics of an edemic plant. Journal of Ecology, In press.

Ulrey, C., Quintana-Ascencio, P.F., Kauffman, G., Smith, A.B., and E. S. Menges. 2016. Life at the top:  Long-term demography, microclimatic refugia, and responses to climate change for a high-elevation southern Appalachian endemic plant. Biological Conservation, In press.

Chee, Y. E., L. Wilkinson, A. E. Nicholson, P. F. Quintana-Ascencio, J. E. Fauthd, D. Halle, K. J. Ponzio, L. Rump. 2016. Modelling spatial and temporal changes with GIS and Spatial and Dynamic Bayesian Networks. Environmental Modelling and Software, In press.

Sánchez-Clavijo, L.M., J. Hearns & P.F. Quintana-Ascencio. 2016. Modeling the effect of habitat selection mechanisms on population responses to landscape structure. Ecological Modelling 328: 99-107.

Boughton, E. H., Quintana-Ascencio, P. F.; B., Patrick; Fauth, J.,  & Jenkins, D. 2016. Interactive effects of pasture-management intensity, release from grazing, and prescribed fire on forty subtropical wetland plant assemblages. Journal of Applied Ecology. 53: 159-170.

2015

Stephens, E. L., Quintana-Ascencio, P. F. 2015. Effects of habitat degradation, microsite, and seed density on the persistence of two native herbs in a subtropical shrubland. American Journal of Botany 102: 1978-1995.

Medley, K. A., Boughton, E.H., D. G. Jenkins, J. E. Fauth, P. J. Bohlen & P. F. Quintana-Ascencio. 2015, Intense ranchland management tips the balance of regional and local factors affecting wetland community structure. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 212: 207-244.

Pannozzo P.L., P. F. Quintana-Ascencio C.R. Hinkle, R. F. Noss. 2015. Are state growth management programs viable tools for biodiversity conservation? A case study examining Florida local governments. Landscape and Urban Planning 139: 94-103.

2014

Ceriani, S.A., Roth, J.D., Ehrhart, L.M. , Quintana-Ascencio P.F., and Weishampel, J.F.
2014. Developing a common currency for stable isotope analyses of nesting marine
turtles. Marine Biology 161:2257-2268. Doi: 10. 1007/s00227-014-2503-x

Stephens, E.L., Tye, M.R., Quintana-Ascencio P.F., 2014. Habitat and microsite influence
demography of two herbs in intact and degraded scrub. Population Ecology 56:447-461.

Castro Morales L. M., Quintana-Ascencio P.F., J. E. Fauth, K. J. Ponzio, and D. Hall. 2014.
Environmental factors affecting germination and seedling survival of Carolina willow
(Salix caroliniana). Wetlands 34: 469-478. Doi:10.1007/s13157-014-0513-6

McCauley L.A., Jenkins D.G., Quintana-Ascencio P.F. 2014. Reproductive failure of a long-lived wetland tree in urban lands and managed forests. Journal of Applied Ecology 50:23-33.

2013

Jones, O.R., A. Scheuerlein, R. Salguero-Gómez, C. Giovanni Camarda, R. Schaible, B.B. Casper, J.P. Dahlgren, J. Ehrlén, M. Begoña García, E.S. Menges, P.F. Quintana-Ascencio, H. Caswell, A. Baudisch, J.W. Vaupel. Varieties of ageing across the tree of life. 2013. Nature 505: 169-173.

Wilkinson, L., Y. E. Chee, Nicholson, A. E and P. F. Quintana-Ascencio. 2013. An object-oriented spatial and temporal Bayesian network for managing willows in and American Heritage River Catchment. Proceedings of the MSTND-13 workshop at UAI-13, Bellevue, Washington, USA, July 11-15.

Crone, E.E, M. Ellis, W.F. Morris, A. Stanley, T. Bell, P. Bierzychudek, J. Ehrlén. T. N. Kaye, T. M. K.M night,  P Lesica, G. Oostermeijer, P. F. Quintana-Ascencio, T. Ticktin, T. Valverde, J. L. Williams, D. F. Doak, R. Ganesan, K. McEachern, A. S. Thorpe, E. S. Menges. 2013. Ability of matrix models to explain the past and predict the future of plant populations. Conservation Biology 27:968-978.

Quintana-Ascencio P.F., J. E. Fauth, L. M. Castro Morales, K. J. Ponzio, D. Hall, and K. Snyder. 2013. Taming the beast: Managing hydrology to control Carolina willow (Salix caroliniana) seedlings and cutting. Restoration Ecology, 21 639-647

McCauley L.A., Jenkins D.G., Quintana-Ascencio P.F. 2013. Isolated wetland loss and degradation over two decades in an increasingly urbanized landscape. Wetlands 33: 117-127

2012

Nicholson, A. E., Y. En Chee, and P.F. Quintana-Ascencio. 2012. A state-transition DBN for management of willow in an American Heritage River Catchment. Proceedings of the 9th Australian Bayesian Network Modeling Society, Catalina Island, California USA Paper 20.

Ellis, M.M., J. Williams, P. Lesica, T. J. Bell, P. Bierzychudek, M. Bowles, E.E. Crone, D.F. Doak, J. Ehrlén, A. Ellis-Adam, K. McEachern, R. Ganesan, P. Latham, S. Luijten, T.N. Kaye, T. M. Knight, E.S. Menges, W. F. Morris, H. den Nijs,G. Oostermeijer, P. F. Quintana-Ascencio, J.S. Shelly, A. Stanley, A. Thorpe, T. Ticktin, T. Valverde, C. Weekley. 2012. Matrix population models from 20 studies of perennial populations. Ecology, 93: 951 . (Data Paper: Ecological Archives).

Ferrer, M, M E., Méndez-González, P. F. Quintana-Ascencio, A. Dorantes Euan, G. Dzib, R. Durán García. 2012. Population dynamics of the cactus Mammillaria gaumeri: an integral projection model approach. Population Ecology, 54: 321-334 .

Stephens, E.L., Castro-Morales, L.M., Quintana-Ascencio, P.F. 2012. Post-dispersal seed predation, germination and seedling survival of five rare Florida scrub species in intact and degraded habitats. American Midland Naturalist, 167(2): 223-239. 2012. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1674/0003-0031-167.2.223

Kirkman, K.L., Smith, L.L., Quintana-Ascencio, P.F., Kaeser, M.J., Golladay,  S.W.  & Farmer A.L. 2012. Is species richness congruent among taxa? Surrogacy, complementarity and environmental correlates among three disparate taxa in geographically isolated wetlands. Ecological Indicators, 18:.131-139  

Navarra, J. J., and P. F. Quintana-Ascencio. 2012. Spatial pattern and composition of the Florida Scrub seed bank and vegetation along an anthropogenic disturbance gradient. Applied Vegetation Science, 15: 349-358.

Menges, E.S, Stephens, E.L., Quintana-Ascencio, P.F. & Ferrer-Cervantes M. E. 2012. Seed germination and seedling survival of Asimina obovata in Florida Scrub. Florida Scientist, 75: 41-50 .

Miller, T, Quintana-Ascencio, P.F. Maliakal-Witt, S, & E. S. Menges 2012. Metacommunity dynamics over 16 years in a pyrogenic shrubland. Conservation Biology, 26: 357-366 .

2011

Boughton, E H., Quintana-Ascencio, P. F., Bohlen, & Nickerson, D. P. 2011. Differencial facilitative and competitive effects of a dominant macrophyte in grazed subtropical wetlands. Journal of Ecology, 99: 1263-1271. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01850.x.

Martínez-Camilo, R, González-Espinosa, M, Pérez-Farrera, M A. Quintana-Ascencio, P.F. & L. Ruiz-Montoya. 2011. Evaluación del efecto del aprovechamiento foliar en Chamaedorea quezalteca Standl & Steyerm. (Palmae), in the Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas, México. Agrociencia, 45: 507-518.

Navarra, J. J., N. Kohfeldt, E. S. Menges, and P. F. Quintana-Ascencio. 2011. Seed bank changes with time-since-fire in Florida rosemary scrub. Fire Ecology, 7, 17-31.

Boughton, E. H., P. F. Quintana-Ascencio, and P. J. Bohlen. 2011. Refuge effects of Juncus effusus in grazed, subtropical wetland plant communities. Plant Ecology 212:451-460, doi 10.1007/s11258-010-9836-4

Lázaro-Zermeño J. M., González-Espinosa, M,Mendoza A, Martínez-Ramos, M and P. F. Quintana-Ascencio. Individual growth, reproduction and population dynamics of Dioon merolae (Zamiaceae) under different leaf harvest histories in Central Chiapas, Mexico. Forestry Ecology and Management 261: 427-438.

Boughton, E H., Quintana-Ascencio, P. F., Nickerson, D. & Bohlen, P. 2011. Management intensity affects the relationship between non-native and native species in subtropical wetlands. Applied Vegetation Science. 14: 210–220

Crone, E., Menges, E., Ellis, M., Bell, T., Bierzychudek, P., Ehrlen, J., Kaye, T., Knight, T., Lesica, P., Morris, W., Oostermeijer, G., Quintana-Ascencio, P.F., Stanley, A., Valverde, T., Ticktin, T., Williams, J. 2011. How do plant ecologists use matrix population models? Ecology Letters 14:1 -8

Quintana-Ascencio, P. F., E. S. Menges, C. W. Weekley and M. Kelrick. 2011. Biennial cycling caused by demographic delays in a fire-adapted annual plant. Population Ecology 53:131–142; DOI 10.1007/s10144-010-0228-3

2010

Boughton, E., P.F. Quintana-Ascencio, P.J. Bohlen, D. G. Jenkins and R. Pickert. 2010. Pasture intensity and isolation interact to affect wetland plant assemblages. Ecography 33: 461-470 .

Matlaga, D , P.F. Quintana-Ascencio, E.S. Menges, and R. Pickert. 2010. Fire mediated edge effects  in bayhead tree-islands. Journal of Vegetation Science 21: 190-200.

Schaffer, J., E.S. Menges, P.F. Quintana-Ascencio, and C. W. Weekley. 2010. Effects of time-since-fire and microhabitat on the distribution and density of the endemic Parnonychia chartacea ssp. chartacea in Florida Scrub and along roadsides. American Midland Naturalist, 163: 294-310.

2009

Quintana-Ascencio, P.F.,  M. J. Albert, I. Caballero, J. M. Olano, and A. Escudero. 2009. Does habitat structure matter? Spatially explicit population modelling of an Iberian gypsum endemic. Population Ecology 51:317-328.

Knickerbocker, C.M., Leitholf, S., Stephens, E.L., Keellings, D. J., Laird, H., Anderson, C.J.R., Fauth, J. E., and P.F. Quintana-Ascencio. 2009. Tree encroachment of a sawgrass (Cladium jamaicense) marsh within an increasingly urbanized ecosystem. Natural Areas Journal 29:15-26.

Picó F.X., Quintana-Ascencio, P. F., Mildén M., Ehrlén J., Pfingsten, I. 2009. Modelling the effects of genetics and habitat on the demography of a grassland herb. Basic and Applied Ecology 10: 122-130. Doi:10.1016/j.baae.2008.02.006

2008

Dolan, R. W., Quintana-Ascencio, P. F., Menges, E. S. 2008. Genetic change following fire in a population of a seed-banking perennial plant. Oecologia 158:355-360

Glardon C.G., Walters L. J., Quintana-Ascencio, P. F., McCauley, L. A., Stam, W. T. and Olsen, J. L. 2008. Predicting risks of invasion of macroalgae in the genus Caulerpa in Florida.  Biological Invasions 10: 1147-1157.

2007

Weekley, C.W, E. S. Menges, and P. F. Quintana-Ascencio. 2007.Seedling emergence and survival of Warea carteri (Brassicaceae), an endangered annual herb of the Florida Scrub. Canadian Journal of Botany 85: 621-628.

Edwards, C.E., M Arakaki, P.F. Quintana-Ascencio, D.E. Soltis, and P.S. Soltis. 2007. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from the endangered scrub Hypericum (Hypericum cumulicola). Molecular Ecology Notes doi:10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01808.x.

Trapnell, D. W., Schmidt, J. P., Quintana-Ascencio, P. F. and Hamrick, J. L. 2007. Genetic diversity and biogeography of the southeastern endemic, Ceratiola ericoides (Empetraceae). Journal of Heredity 98: 587-593.

Weekley, C. W., D. Gagnon, E. S. Menges, P. F. Quintana-Ascencio and S. Saha. 2007. Soil moisture in relation to vegetation, gaps, and time since fire in Florida scrub. EcoScience 14: 377-386.

Quintana-Ascencio, P.F., Weekley, C., and E. S. Menges. 2007. Comparative demography of a rare species in Florida scrub and road habitats. Biological Conservation 137:263-270.

2006

Boughton, E.A.; Quintana-Ascencio, P.F.; Menges, E.S. & Boughton, R.K. 2006. Association of ecotones with relative elevation and fire in an upland Florida landscape. Journal of Vegetation Science. 17:361-368.

Maschinski, J. J. E. Baggs. P. F. Quintana-Ascencio and E. S. Menges. 2006. Using population viability analysis to predict the effects of climate change on the extinction risk of an endangered limestone endemic shrub, Arizona Cliffrose. Conservation Biology. 20: 218-228.

Menges, E.S., P.F. Quintana-Ascencio , C.W. Weekley, and O.G. Gaoué. 2006. Population viability analysis and fire return intervals for an endemic Florida scrub mint. Biological Conservation 127: 115-127

2005

Trager, M. D., E. S. Menges, P. F Quintana-Ascencio, and C. Weekley. 2005. Outcrossing effects on the reproductive performance of Hypericum cumulicola , an endangered Florida scrub endemic. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 132: 204-213.

Liu, H., E.S. Menges, and P. F. Quintana-Ascencio . 2005. Population viability of Chamaecrista keyensis – effects of fire, season and frequency. Ecological Applications , 15:210-221.

2004

Quintana-Ascencio,P. F ., N. Ramírez-Marcial, M. González-Espinosa,and M. Martínez-Icó. 2004. Sapling survival and growth of conifer and broad-leaved trees in successional habitats in the highlands of Chiapas , Mexico . Applied Vegetation Science , 7: 81-88.

Menges, E. S. and P. F. Quintana-Ascencio . 2004. Evaluating population viability analysis with fire in Eryringium cuneifolium : deciphering a decade of demographic data. Ecological Monographs , 74: 79-100.

2003

Brudvig, L. and P. F. Quintana-Ascencio . 2003. Herbivory and postgrazing response in Hypericum cumulicola . Florida Scientist 66: 99-108. Picó, F.X., P. F.

Quintana-Ascencio , E, S. Menges, and F. López-Barrera. 2003. Recruitment rates exhibit high elasticity and high temporal variation in populations of a short-lived perennial herb. Oikos 103:69-74.

Quintana-Ascencio, P. F., E. S. Menges, and C. Weekley. 2003. A fire-explicit population viability analysis of Hypericum cumulicola in Florida rosemary scrub. Conservation Biology 17: 433-449.

Menges, E. S., and P. F. Quintana-Ascencio . 2003. Modeling the effects of disturbance, spatial variation and environmental heterogeneity on population viability of plants. pp. 289-311 in Brigham , C.A. and M.W. Schwartz (editors). Population Viability in Plants . Ecological Studies Series Vol 165. Springer Verlag Berlin , Heidelberg , Germany .

2002

Satterthwaite, W., E. S. Menges, and P. F. Quintana-Ascencio . 2002. Populationviability of Scrub Buckwheat (Eriogonum logifolium var. gnaphalifolium) in relation to fire. Ecological Applications 12: 1672-1678.

Galindo-Jaimes L., M. González-Espinosa, P. F. Quintana-Ascencio and L. E. García Barrios. 2002. Tree composition and structure in disturbed stands with varying dominance by Pinus sp. in the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico. Plant Ecology. 62 (2): 259-272.

2000

Quintana-Ascencio, P. F., and E. S. Menges 2000. Competitive abilities of three narrowly endemic plant species in experimental neighborhoods along a fire gradient. American Journal of Botany , 87: 690-699.

Pérez-Farrera, M.A., P. F. Quintana-Ascencio , B. Salvatierra-Izaba, and A. P. Vovides. 2000. Population dynamics of Ceratozamia Matudai Lundell (Zamiaceae) in el Triunfo Biosphere Reserve , Chiapas , Mexico . Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 127 (4): 291-299.

1998

Quintana-Ascencio, P. F ., R. W. Dolan and E. S. Menges. 1998. Hypericum cumulicola demography in unoccupied and occupied Florida scrub patches with different time-since-fire. Journal of Ecology 86: 640-651.

Ramírez Marcial, N., M. González-Espinosa, S. Ochoa Gaona y P. F. Quintana-Ascencio . 1998. Análisis florístico y sucesional en la Estación Biológica Cerro Huitepec, Chiapas, México. Acta Botánica Mexicana 44: 59-85.

1997

Quintana-Ascencio, P. F . and M. Morales Hernández. 1997. Fire-mediated effects of shrubs, lichens and herbs on the demography of Hypericum cumulicola in patchy Florida scrub. Oecologia 112: 267-271.

González-Espinosa, M., S. Ochoa Gaona, N. Ramírez Marcial and P. F. Quintana-Ascencio . 1997. Contexto vegetacional y florístico de la agricultura en Los Altos de Chiapas, México. [Floristic and vegetational context of the agriculture in the highlands of Chiapas ] Pp. 85-117 in: M.R. Parra-Vázquez y B. M. Díaz-Hernández (eds.). Los Altos de Chiapas: agricultura y crisis rural . El Colegio de la Frontera Sur. San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México.

1996

Quintana-Ascencio,P. F ., M. González Espinosa, N. Ramírez Marcial, G. Domínguez-Vázquez and M. Martínez-Icó. 1996. Soil seed bank and regeneration of Tropical Rain Forest from milpa fields at The Selva Lacandona, Chiapas, Mexico. Biotropica 28: 192-209. 

Quintana-Ascencio, P. F and E. S. Menges. 1996. Inferring metapopulation dynamics from patch-level incidence of Florida scrub plants. Conservation Biology 10: 1210-1219.

1993

González-Espinosa, M., S. Ochoa Gaona, N. Ramírez Marcial and P. F. Quintana-Ascencio . 1993. Current land-use trends and conservation of old-growth forest habitats in the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico. Pp. 190-198. In: M. H. Wilson and S. A. Sader (eds.). Conservation of Neotropical migrant birds in Mexico . Maine Agricultural and Forest Experimental Station Micellaneous Publication 727, Maine , USA .

1992

Quintana-Ascencio,P. F ., M. González Espinosa and N. Ramírez Marcial. 1992. Acorn removal, seedling survivorship and seedling growth of Quercus crispipilis in successional forests of the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 119: 6-18.

Ramírez-Marcial, N., M. González-Espinosa y P. F. Quintana-Ascencio . 1992. El banco y la lluvia de semillas en comunidades secundarias de los bosques de Pino-Encino de Los Altos de Chiapas. Acta Botánica Mexicana 20: 59-75.

Quintana-Ascencio, P. F. y M. González-Espinosa. 1992. Papel sucesional y afinidad fitogeográfica de la flora leñosa de los bosques de pino-encino de Los Altos de Chiapas, México. Acta Botánica Mexicana 21:43-57.

1991

González-Espinosa, M., P. F. Quintana-Ascencio , N. Ramírez Marcial y P. Gaytán Guzmán. 1991. Secondary succession in disturbed pine-oak forests of the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of Vegetation Science 2: 351-360.

González-Espinosa, M., P. F. Quintana-Ascencio y N. Ramírez Marcial. 1991. La demanda de recursos naturales y la alteración de la estructura y diversidad de los bosques tropicales. Ciencia (Revista de la Academia de la Investigación Científica) 42: 71-73.

Quintana-Ascencio, P. F . y M. González-Espinosa. 1991. Variación estacional en la dieta de Pogonomyrmex barbatus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en nopaleras del Centro de México. Folia Entomológica Mexicana 80: 245-261.

1986

González-Espinosa, M. and P. F. Quintana-Ascencio . 1986. Seed predation and dispersal in a dominant desert plant: Opuntia , ants, birds and mammals. pp 273-284. in: A. Estrada and T.H. Fleming (eds.). Frugivores and seed dispersal . Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht , The Netherlands

1981

Aznavurian-Apajian, A., P. F. Quintana-Ascencio , y J. A. Viccón-Pale. 1981. Estudio de comportamiento de la garza chapulinera Bubulcus ibis en la Mancha, Veracruz. Centzontle, Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Ornitología 1: 277-287.