Conference proceedings

(†-supervised graduate student; ‡-supervised undergraduate student)

de Cortie‡, E., Betras, T., Utz, R., and W. Carson. Interacting effects of over-browsing and invasive flora on restoring populations of a native forest understory shrub, Sambucus canadensis (common elderberry). Poster presentation at the 12th annual Student Symposium on the Environment. Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA (12/19).

Krusec‡, I., Conklin‡, K. and R. Utz. Abundance and biodiversity of soil arthropods along an urbanization gradient. Poster presentation at the 12th annual Student Symposium on the Environment. Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA (12/19).

Utz, R., Link†, A., Rosche†, H., Slater†, A., Snyder‡, C., and T. Pearce. How native flora, terrestrial snails, and small mammals interact with recalcitrant understory layers of Berberis thunbergii, an invasive shrub spreading throughout temperate eastern North America. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY (8/19).

Betras, T., Utz, R., and W. Carson. Biodiversity collapse at the urban-rural interface: Over-browsing and exotic plant species create a depauperate and weedy urban forest. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY (8/19).

Ardon, M., Zeglin, L., Utz, R., Cooper, S., Dodds, W. and 14 others. Experimental nutrient enrichment stimulates multiple trophic levels through algal and detrital food web pathways: a global meta-analysis from streams and rivers. Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT (5/19).

Fetsko†, M. and R. Utz. Assessing the effects of an invasive plant, Japanese barberry, on forest amphibians in western Pennsylvania suburban forests. Poster presentation at: the Ecological Society of America Mid-Atlantic Chapter meeting, Bowie, MD (4/19).

Rosche†, H., Slater†, A., and R. Utz. Assessing the influence of Berberis thunbergii invasion on small mammal density and antipredator behavior in Pennsylvania forests. Poster presentation at: the Ecological Society of America Mid-Atlantic Chapter meeting, Bowie, MD (4/19).

Rice‡, Q., Cooper‡, P., and R. Utz. The effects of invasive Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii) on eastern deciduous forest soil macrofauna communities. Poster presentation at: the Ecological Society of America Mid-Atlantic Chapter meeting, Bowie, MD (4/19).

Morris‡, M., Molnar‡, A., and R. Utz. Impact of an exotic invasive shrub, Berberis thunbergii, on ground-dwelling arthropod abundance in eastern North American deciduous forest soil macrofauna communities. Poster presentation at: the Ecological Society of America Mid-Atlantic Chapter meeting, Bowie, MD (4/19).

Rosche†, H., Slater, A., and R. Utz. Assessing the influence of Berberis thunbergii on small mammal density and antipredator behavior in southern Pennsylvania forests. Poster Presentation at the 11th annual Student Symposium on the Environment. Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA (12/18).

Wolf‡, B., Utz, R. and D. Ward. Effects of grazing on growth and water use by invasive Bromus inermis and native Andropogon gerardii and Schizachyrium scoparium. Poster Presentation at the 11th annual Student Symposium on the Environment. Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA (12/18) and Pennsylvania Botany Symposium, State College, PA (11/18).

Betras, T., Carson, W., and R. Utz. Engaging student scientists to enhance our understanding of forest degradation and promote inquiry based scientific skills. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (8/18).

Bookout‡, B. and R. Utz. Patterns in event-scale dissolved oxygen dynamics in a network of headwater streams along an urbanization gradient. Universities Council on Water Resources and the National Institutes for Water Resources Conference, Pittsburgh, PA (6/18).

Snyder‡, C., Link†, A.., and R. Utz, R. Short-term impact of managing an invasive plant species, Berberis thunbergii, on understory flora communities in an eastern North American deciduous forest. Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Mid-Atlantic Chapter, Newark, NJ (4/18).

Licata†, F., Block†, M., Utz, R., Henshue, N., and H. Rosche†. Lack of elevated invasive earthworm densities in association with an invasive grass, Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum), in deciduous forest understories. Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Mid-Atlantic Chapter, Newark, NJ (4/18).

Link†, A. and R. Utz. Testing the mechanisms of native tree recruitment suppression in northeastern deciduous forests by a non-native species of shrub, Berberis thunbergii. Poster Presentation at the 10th annual Environmental Student Symposium. Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA (12/17).

Link†, A. and R. Utz. Management of Berberis thunbergii: effects of removing a non-native on forest plant communities and soil conditions. Mid-Atlantic Invasive Plant Council (MAIPC) Conference, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA (6/17).

Bookout‡, B. and R. Utz. Event-scale dissolved oxygen dynamics in urban and peri-urban streams. 4th Symposium on Urbanization and Stream Ecology (SUSE4), Haw River, NC (6/17).

Corrêa†, E., Utz, R., and de Oliveira Roque, F. Effects of macroconsumers on benthic communities, primary productivity, and sediment dynamics in tropical karst streams with varying degrees of riparian cover. Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting, Raleigh, NC (6/17).

Daugherty‡, S. and R. Utz. Elevated mycorrhizae abundance in soils of eastern North American forests with dense populations of an invasive shrub, Berberis thunbergii. Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Mid-Atlantic Chapter, Galloway, NJ (4/17).

Link†, A., Daugherty‡, S., and R. Utz. Native tree seedling germination, growth, and survival in forests invaded by Berberis thunbergii. Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Mid-Atlantic Chapter, Galloway, NJ (4/17).

Lewis†, D., Mannino†, J., and R. Utz. Japanese Barberry, (Berberis thunbergii), is associated with areas of elevated land snail species diversity:  a leaf-litter study at Eden Hall in Western Pennsylvania. Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Mid-Atlantic Chapter, Galloway, NJ (4/17).

Pearce, T., Lewis†, D., Mannino†, J., and R. Utz. More land snails under Japanese barberry in western Pennsylvania. 19th Mid-Atlantic Malacologists meeting, Washington, DC (4/17).

Molnar‡, A., Utz. R., and R. Davidson. Quantifying the impact of an invading shrub (Berberis thunbergii) on arthropod assemblages in forests of the northeastern U.S. Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Eastern Branch, Newport, RI (3/17).

Daugherty‡, S., Link†, A., Turnblacer‡, T., Giles†, C., Molnar‡, A., Snyder‡, C., and R. Utz. Elevated mycorrhizal abundance and increased acidity in forest soils densely populated with an invasive shrub, Berberis thunbergii. Pennsylvania Botany Symposium, State College, PA (11/16).

Snyder‡, C., Turnblacer‡, T., Link†, A., Daugherty‡, S., and R. Utz. Suppression of tree recruitment in deciduous forests by an invasive shrub, Berberis thunbergii. Pennsylvania Botany Symposium, State College, PA (11/16).

Skinner†, V., Utz, R., and S. Kaushal. Rising concentrations of key chemicals in eastern U.S. streams with consequences for industrial use applications. Fourth Annual Kent State University Water and Land Symposium, Kent, OH (10/16).