Publications

[note: an asterisk indicates an undergraduate and a caret indicates a graduate student co-author from our lab]

Frevola DM^ and SM Hovick.  In press.  The independent effects of nutrient enrichment and pulsed nutrient delivery on a common wetland invader and its native conspecific. Oecologia.  doi:10.1007/s00442-019-04493-y.  Supplemental material.

Data available at Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity. doi:10.5063/F1BV7DXW

Hovick SM and KD Whitney.  2019.  Propagule pressure and genetic diversity enhance colonization by a ruderal species: a multi-generation field experimentEcological Monographs 89: 1368. doi:10.1002/ecm.1368.

Data available at Dryad. doi:10.5061/dryad.t80r9c1

Mitchell N, GL Owens, SM Hovick, LH Rieseberg and KD Whitney.  2019.  Hybridization speeds adaptive evolution in an eight-year field experimentScientific Reports 9: 6746. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-43119-4.

Hovick SM, A McArdle*, SK Harrison and EE Regnier.  2018.  A mosaic of phenotypic variation in giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida): Local- and continental-scale patterns in a range-expanding agricultural weedEvolutionary Applications 11:995-1009. doi:10.1111/eva.12614.

Data available at Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity. doi:10.5063/F1Z036B7.

Martinez MA, EJ Baack, SM Hovick, KD Whitney.  2018.  A reassessment of the genome size-invasiveness relationship in reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea).  Annals of Botany 121: 1309-1318. doi:10.1093/aob/mcy028

Grossenbacher DL, Y Brandvain, JR Auld, M Burd, P‐O Cheptou, JK Conner, AG Grant, SM Hovick, JR Pannell, A Pauw, T Petanidou, AM Randle, RR de Casas, J Vamosi, A Winn, B Igic, JW Busch, S Kalisz and EE Goldberg.  2017.  Self-compatibility is over-represented on islandsNew Phytologist 215: 469-478.  doi:10.1111/nph.14534.

Pannell JR, JR Auld, Y Brandvain, M Burd, JW Busch, P-O Cheptou, JK Conner, E Goldberg, AG Grant, D Grossenbacher, SM Hovick, S Kalisz, T Petanidou, A Randle, RR de Casas, A Pauw, J Vamosi and A Winn.  2015.  The scope of Baker’s law.  New Phytologist 208:656-667 (Tansley Review). doi:10.1111/nph.13539.

Whitney KD, KW Broman, NC Kane, SM Hovick, RA Randell and LH Rieseberg.  2015.  QTL mapping identifies candidate alleles involved in adaptive introgression and range expansion in a wild sunflower.  Molecular Ecology 24: 2194-2211.  doi:10.1111/mec.13044.

Hovick SM and WP Carson.  2015.  Tailoring biocontrol to maximize top-down effects: on the importance of underlying site fertility. Ecological Applications 25:125-139.  doi:10.1890/13-2050.1.

Hovick SM and KD Whitney.  2014.  Hybridization is associated with increased fecundity and size in invasive taxa: meta-analytic support for the hybridization-invasion hypothesis.  Ecology Letters 17: 1464-1477.

Yang Q, J Carrillo, H Jin, L Shang, SM Hovick, S Nijjer, CA Gabler, B Li and E Siemann.   2013.  Plant-soil biota interactions of an invasive species in its native and introduced ranges: Implications for invasion success.  Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry 65: 78-85.

Hovick SM, CJ Peterson and WP Carson.  2012.  Predicting invasiveness and range size in wetland plants using biological traits: A multivariate experimental approach.  Journal of Ecology 100: 1373-1382.

Hovick SM, ED Gumuser* and KD Whitney.  2012.  Community dominance patterns, not colonizer genetic diversity, drive colonization success in a test using grassland species.  Plant Ecology 213: 1365-1380.  DOI 10.1007/s11258-012-0097-2

Chamberlain1 SA, SM Hovick1, CJ Dibble, NL Rasmussen, BG Van Allen, BS Maitner, JR Ahern, L Bell-Dereske, CL Roy, M Meza-Lopez, J Carrillo, E Siemann, MJ Lajeunesse and KD Whitney.  2012.  Does  phylogeny matter?  Assessing the impact of phylogenetic information in ecological meta-analysis.  Ecology Letters 15:627-636.  1Co-first authors.

Hovick SM, LG Campbell, AA Snow and KD Whitney.  2012.  Hybridization alters early life-history traits and increases plant colonization success in a novel region.  American Naturalist 179: 192-203.

Hovick SM, DE Bunker, CJ Peterson and WP Carson.  2011.  Purple loosestrife suppresses plant species colonization far more than broad-leaved cattail: experimental evidence with plant community implications.  Journal of Ecology 99:225-234.

Maron JL, DE Pearson, SM Hovick and WP Carson.  2010.  Funding needed for assessments of weed biological control.  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 8:122-123.

Carson WP, SM Hovick, AJ Baumert, DE Bunker and TH Pendergast IV.  2008.  Evaluating the post-release efficacy of insect biocontrol: A comprehensive approach.  Arthropod-Plant Interactions 2: 77-86.

Hovick SM and JA Reinartz.  2007.  Restoring forest in wetlands dominated by reed canarygrass: The effects of pre-planting treatments on early survival.  Wetlands 27: 24-39.

Hovick SM and JA Reinartz.  2005.  Combination of treatments influence survival of woody species planted to suppress reed canarygrass (Wisconsin).  Invited note to Ecological Restoration 23: 126.