Dr. Kaproth's Selected Publications

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Kaproth, MA, BW Fredericksen, A González-Rodríguez, AL Hipp and J Cavender-Bares, 2023. Drought response strategies are coupled with leaf habit in 35 evergreen and deciduous oak (Quercus) species across a climatic gradient in the Americas. New Phytologist 239(3):888-904 http://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19019

Kaproth, MA, MB Eppinga and J Molofsky, 2023. Evolutionary history and intraspecific competition mediate ballistic seed dispersal. Functional Ecology 37(7):1935-1947 http://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14347

Kirsch, A and MA Kaproth, 2023. Defining plant ecological specialists and generalists: Building a framework for identification and classification of oaks. International Oaks 34:228-229

Selee, A and MA Kaproth, 2023. Biogeography of functional traits and fire regimes in oak (Quercus) species across the United States. International Oaks 34:224-225

Kirsch, A and MA Kaproth, 2022. Defining plant ecological specialists and generalists: Building a framework for identification and classification. Ecology and Evolution 12:e9527 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9527

Kaproth, MA, BW Fredericksen, A González-Rodríguez, and J Cavender-Bares, 2022. Drought response strategies are coupled with leaf habit in 35 evergreen and deciduous oak (Quercus) species across a climatic gradient in the Americas. Data Repository for the UMN https://hdl.handle.net/11299/227028

McCormack, ML†, MA Kaproth, J Cavender-Bares, E Carlson, A Hipp, Y Han, and P Kennedy, 2020. Climate and phylogenetic history structure morphological and architectural trait variation among fine-root orders. New Phytologist 228(6):1824-1834 https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16804 †Authors contributed equally to this work.

MA Kaproth, M Hahn, PS Manos, AL Hipp, A González-Rodríguez, J Cavender-Bares, 2020. Functional leaf and stem traits of the Oaks of the Americas. Data Repository for the UMN http://hdl.handle.net/11299/214055

Cavender-Bares, J, S Kothari, JE Meireles, MA Kaproth, PS Manos, AL Hipp, 2018. The role of diversification in community assembly of the oaks (Quercus L.) across the continental U.S. American J. of Botany 105(3):565-586 10.1002/ajb2.1049 Dryad data available: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.j4sf2

Hipp, A, PS Manos, A González-Rodríguez, M Hahn, M Kaproth, JD McVay, SV Avalos and J Cavender-Bares, 2018. Sympatric parallel diversification of major oak clades in the Americas and the origins of Mexican species diversity. New Phytologist 217(1):439-452 10.1111/nph.14773Press Release

Theis, AR and MA Kaproth 2017. Prairie Flora Guide to Blue Earth County. Minnesota State University, Mankato. ISBN 0-9729134-5-9. Contact me for a hardcopy

Kaproth, MA, and J Cavender-Bares, 2016. Drought tolerance and climatic distributions of the American oaks. International Oaks 27:49-60

Cavender-Bares, J, JE Meireles, J Couture, MA Kaproth, CC Kingdon, A Singh, SP Serbin, A Center, E Zuniga, G Pilz, PA Townsend, 2016. Associations of leaf spectra with genotypic and phylogenetic variation in oaks: Prospects for remote detection of biodiversity. Remote Sensing 8(3):221 10.3390/rs8030221

Molofsky J, SR Keller, S Lavergne, MA Kaproth and MB Eppinga, 2014. Human-aided admixture may fuel ecosystem transformation during biological invasion: Theoretical and experimental evidence. Ecology and Evolution 4(7):899-910 10.1002/ece3.966

Kaproth, MA, MB Eppinga and J Molofsky, 2013. Leaf litter variation influences invasion dynamics in the invasive wetland grass Phalaris arundinacea. Biological Invasions 15(8):1819-1832

Eppinga, MB, MA Kaproth, AR Collins and J Molofsky, 2011. Litter feedbacks, evolutionary change and exotic plant invasion. Journal of Ecology 99(2):503-514

Kaproth, MA and JB McGraw, 2008. Seed viability and dispersal of the wind-dispersed invasive Ailanthus altissima in aqueous environments. Forest Science 54(4):490-496

Kaproth, MA, R Fanelli, D Cannon, S Dilger, WJ Autin, and J Zollweg, 2004. Quaternary geologic map of the Churchville, New York 7.5-minute quadrangle. USGS-EDMAP #03HQAG0099