Boltonia decurrens Research 

Summary of Recemt Research Projects

-     Vegetative and seed bank composition for study sites

-     Seed germination and dormancy

-     GIS database for B. decurrens

-     Spider and Grasshopper survey within B. decurrens population site

-     Monitoring of rosette and seedling survival in field conditions

-     The potential of disking as a management strategy

-     Isolation of B. decurrens chromosomes and allozyme electrophoresis

-     Reproductive biology

-     Stage based demography

-     Presentations with Published Abstracts 

* undergraduate student; **graduate student

• Marian Smith,  Hal Caswell, **Paige Mettler-Cherry. 2005. Population Dynamics of Boltonia decurrens: Implications for Conservation. Illinois State Academy of Sciences.

• *Evan Hunsley and Marian Smith. 2005. Effect of density and pattern on achene germination in the threatened species, Boltonia decurrens. llinois State Academy of Sciences

• Marian Smith, Hal Caswell, **Paige Mettler-Cherry. 2005.  Matrix modeling and the formation of management plans for Boltonia decurrens.  Ecological Society America

• *Elizabeth Love, Marian Smith and Jake Schaefer.  2003. Effects of inter- and intraspecific competition on Boltonia decurrens. llinois State Academy of Sciences

• Marian Smith, Hal Caswell and *Paige Mettler. 2003. A stochastic model of the threatened plant Boltonia decurrens in a dynamic environment. Ecological Society America                           

• *Paige Mettler and Marian Smith. 2003. Effects of the flood of 1993 on Illinois River floodplain vegetation and its relationship to the threatened species, Boltonia decurrens. Botanical Society of America July-August 2003

• Hal Caswell, Marian Smith and *Paige Mettler, 2003.  Variability on three time scales: the stochastic demography of an endangered plant. Alacala International Conference on Mathematical Ecology, Alcala, Spain

• Marian Smith, **Sachi Vissa and *Monica Schwegel. 2002 Effect of cadmium and zinc on germination of Boltonia decurrens. Illinois State Academy Science

• Marian Smith, **Paige Mettler and Hal Caswell. 2001. Timing is everything: a demographic model of Boltonia decurrens in an altered floodplain environment. Ecological Society of America, Madison, WI Aug 5-10

• **Mettler, Paige, Marian Smith and Beth Middleton. 2001. Assessment of habitat availability for Boltonia decurrens, a threatened floodplain species, using a GIS. Ecological Society of America, Madison, WI Aug 5-10

• Kelly Victory**, Marian Smith, Randy Pearson, Michael Starr and Paul Brunkow 2001 An exclusionary approach to modeling Boltonia decurrens, a federally listed wetland plant. Illinois State Academy Science, Macomb, IL April 20-21

• Dawn Henderson** and Marian Smith. 2001. Effect of Diazinon on germination of Boltonia decurrens and Boltonia asteroides. Illinois State Academy Science, Macomb, IL April 20-21, 2001

• Alissa Conklin* and Marian Smith. 2001. Effects of inundation on germination, seedling mortality and biomass for B. decurrens, a threatened floodplain species, and B. asteroides, a common congener. Illinois State Academy Science, Macomb, IL April 20-21

• Dan Free* and Marian Smith. 2001. Determination of seed bank composition at Horseshoe Lake, Madison County, IL, a population site of B. decurrens. Illinois State Academy Science, Macomb, IL April 20-21

• Marian Smith and **Paige Mettler 2000. Maintaining fugitive plant species in wet prairie communities in the Illinois River floodplain. Invited Symposium talk. International Society of Ecologists, Quebec, Canada   August 6-12

• **Jennifer DeWoody, John D. Nason, and Marian Smith. 2000. Allozyme and sequence variation in Boltonia decurrens, a threatened perennial herb. Society for the Study of Evolution. June 12-18.

• *J. Burdsall and Marian Smith. 2000.  Effects of early and late season herbivory on the survival and biomass production of Boltonia decurrens, a threatened floodplain species. Illinois State Academy Science April 17-18 Rockford, IL

• *Lisa Ribes and Marian Smith.  2000. Effects of clump size on growth and reproduction of B. decurrens, a threatened floodplain plant species. Illinois State Academy Science April 17-18 Rockford, IL

• **Sarah Tofari, E. Esselman and Marian Smith. 2000. Reproductive biology of the threatened floodplain species, B. decurrens and a widespread congeneric, B. asteroids var Recognita. Illinois State Academy Science April 17-18 Rockford, IL

• *Chad Parker and Marian Smith. 2000.  Effect of vegetative size on seed germination and viability in B. decurrens. Illinois State Academy Science April 17-18 Rockford, IL

• **Teresa Cochran and Marian Smith. 2000.  Influence of size on rosette survival: a life stage demographic study of the rare wetland plant, B. decurrens. Illinois State Academy Science April 17-18 Rockford, IL

• **Paige Mettler, B. Rizzo, B. Middleton, and Marian Smith. 2000. Assessment of habitat availability for B. decurrens, a threatened floodplain species, using GIS Illinois State Academy Science April 17-18 Rockford, IL

• **Xiaowen Wang and Marian Smith. 2000. Effects of light regime and density on growth characteristics of Boltonia decurrens. Illinois State Academy Science April 17-18 Rockford, IL

• Smith, Marian, Randall Pearson, Elizabeth Esselman and **Kelly Victory. 1999. Creating a GIS database to track floodplain vegetation.  Illinois Groundwater Consortium, Carbondale, IL 

• **Burford, Dorothy and Smith, Marian. 1999. Effects of drought and flood conditions on grasshopper herbivory on B. decurrens, federally threatened species. Illinois State Academy of Sciences. Carbondale, IL

• **Victory, Kelly, Marian Smith, Randall Pearson and **Jason Thompson. 1999.  Predictive modeling of B. decurrens habitat using GIS. Illinois State Academy of Sciences. Carbondale, IL

• **Denother, Bonnie, E. Esselman, Marian Smith and *Traci Bollinger. 1999. Chromosome number identification and examinations of population establishment in B. decurrens using allozyme analysis. Illinois State Academy of Sciences. Carbondale, IL

• Smith, Marian, **Kelly Victory and **Melissa Baker. 1999.  Advantages of rhizomatous compared to non-rhizomatous modes of vegetative reproduction in two closely related floodplain species. Illinois State Academy of Sciences. Carbondale, IL

• *Cochran, Teresa *M.R Smith and Marian Smith. 1999. Germination and seed dormancy in the threatened plant species, B. decurrens, at two temperatures over a twelve-month period. Illinois State Academy of Sciences. Carbondale, IL

• Marian Smith, **Kelly Victory and **Melissa Baker. 1999. Advantages of rhizomatous compared to non-rhizomatous modes of vegetative reproduction in two closely related floodplain species. Ecological Society of America. Spokane, WA

• **Kelly Victory, Marian Smith, Randall Pearson and **Jason Thompson. 1999. Predictive modeling of B. decurrens habitat using GIS.  Ecological Society of America. Spokane, WA

• **Paige Mettler, Marian Smith and Beth Middleton. 1999. Effect of land use history on floodplain vegetation of the Illinois River Valley. Ecological Society of America. Spokane, WA

• Victory*, Kelly, Marian Smith and Randall Pearson.  1998. A geographic information systems approach to researching Boltonia decurrens, a federally threatened floodplain species. Ecological Society of America, Baltimore MD Aug 6; Illinois State Academy of Sciences, April 17-18

• Brooks**, John, Marian Smith and Teresa Cochran* 1998. Size class demography and fitness measures:  Effect of winter on rosettes of the threatened floodplain species, Boltonia decurrens. Ecological Society of America, Baltimore MD Aug 6; Illinois State Academy Science

• Chapman*, Jason and Marian Smith. 1998.  Effect of age on the germinability and viability of seeds in Boltonia decurrens, a threatened floodplain species. Ecological Society of America, Baltimore MD Aug 6; Illinois State Academy of Sciences, April 17-18

• Mettler**, Paige and Marian Smith . 1998. Burning and mowing as alternative disturbance regimes in the promotion of population regeneration for a threatened floodplain species, Boltonia decurrens. Ecological Society of America, Baltimore MD Aug 6; Illinois State Academy of Sciences, April 17-18: Midwest Rare Plant Conference, Nov 4-6.

• **Rosenthal, Mary and Marian Smith. 1998. Occurrence of spider species (Aranae) on a floodplain site during contrasting seasons. Ecological Society of America, Baltimore MD Aug 6; Illinois State Academy of Sciences, April 17-18

• Brooks**, John and Marian Smith . 1998. Size class demography and fitness measures in a threatened floodplain species, Boltonia decurrens. American Society of Limnologists, St. Louis, June 12-15

• Smith, Marian. 1998. Effect of burning and mowing on mortality in rosettes of Boltonia decurrens, a threatened floodplain species. Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, MD August 6

• Victory*, Kelly, Marian Smith and Randall Pearson.  A geographic information systems approach to researching Boltonia decurrens, a federally threatened floodplain species. Illinois Groundwater Symposium, Carbondale, IL

• Marian Smith, Thomas Keevin and **Paige Mettler-McClure. 1997. Effect of the 1993 flood on Boltonia decurrens, a threatened plant specis of the Illinois River floodplain. 1997 Midwestern Rare Plant Conference, Missouri Botanical Gardens

• **Paige Mettler-McClure, Marian Smith and *Kelly Kosa. 1997. Effect of nutrient pulsing on a threatened floodplain species, Boltonia decurrens, and a competitor, Aster pilosus. 1997 Midwestern Rare Plant Conference, Missouri Botanical Gardens

• *Jason Chapman, **Scott Moss and Marian Smith. 1997. Stage based demography of Boltonia decurrens, a threatened floodplain species. 1997 Midwestern Rare Plant Conference, Missouri Botanical Gardens

• **Nancy Elie and Marian Smith. 1996. Effect of herbivory on Boltonia decurrens under different management practices. Ecological Society of America; Illinois State Academy of Science 

• **Melissa Baker and Marian Smith. 1996. The effect of interspecific competition on rosettes of Boltonia decurrens, a threatened floodplain species. Illinois State Academy of Science. Ms. Baker won the Best Student Award in the Botany Division.

• **Adriene Estler and Marian Smith. 1996. Changes in seed bank composition resulting from burning and mowing at a site of the threatened species, Boltonia decurrens. Illinois State Academy of Science

• *Kelly Victory, Marian Smith, **Paige Mettler-McClure and *Jason Chapman. 1996. Effect of nutrient pulsing on production, mass and dimensions of seeds of Boltonia decurrens and a competitor, Aster pilosus. Illinois State Academy of Science

• **Kerry Brethauer and Marian Smith. 1996. Availability of soil nitrogen to Boltonia decurrens, a threatened species, and Boltonia asteroides, a non-threatened congener. Illinois State Academy of Science

• Marian Smith and **Paige Mettler-McClure. 1996. Effect of the 1993 flood on Boltonia decurrens, a threatened plant species of the Illinois River. Ecological Society of America; Illinois State Academy of Science

• *Jason Chapman, Marian Smith and **Paige Mettler-McClure. 1996. Effect of nutrient pulsing on seed production and mass of a threatened species, Boltonia decurrens, and a competitor, Aster pilosus. Ecological Society of America

•  **Scott Moss, *Jason Chapman and Marian Smith. 1996. Stage based demography of Boltonia decurrens, a threatened floodplain species. Ecological Society of America; Illinois State Academy of Science

• **Paige Mettler-McClure, Marian Smith and *Kelly Kosa. 1996. Effect of nutrient pulsing on a threatened, floodplain species, Boltonia decurrens, and a competitor, Aster pilosus.  Ecological Society of America; Illinois State Academy of Science

• *John Cawly, *Ginger Hagler and Marian Smith. 1995.  Effect of seed mass and morphology on germination in threatened fugitive floodplain species, Boltonia decurrens. Illinois State Academy of Science.

• **Scott Moss and Marian Smith. 1995. Timing of germination and seedling survival in Boltonia decurrens, a threatened floodplain species. Illinois State Academy of Science; Ecological Society of America.

•  **Paige Mettler-McClure and Marian Smith.  1995. Changes in site characteristics for a threatened fugitive floodplain species, Boltonia decurrens, as a result of the flood of 1993. Ecological Society of America; Illinois State Academy of Science. Ms. Mettler-McClure won the Best Student Paper Award in the Botany Division.

•   Marian Smith and **Scott Moss.  1995. Growth, stomatal conductance and fluorescence responses to root zone saturation in a threatened floodplain species, Boltonia decurrens. Illinois State Academy of Science; Ecological Society of America. 

•  Marian Smith, *Cheryl Cloninger and *Steve Richards. 1994. Recovery potential of a threatened floodplain species, Boltonia decurrens, following the Flood of 1993: soil seed bank. Ecological Society of America.

•  Marian Smith and Thomas Keevin. 1994. The importance of life history studies to management plans for endangered floodplain species. Sustaining the Ecological Integrity of Large Floodplain rivers: an International Conference in LaCrosse, Wisc. July 12‑15, 1994; and American Institute of Biological Science

•   *Sherri Musholt and Marian Smith.  1992. Germination and bolting in plants grown from morphologically different seed types. Illinois State Academy of Sciences.

•   **Edward Melton and Marian Smith.  1992. Effects of soil type on competition and biomass production of Boltonia decurrens rosettes when grown intraspecifically and with Boltonia asteroides. Illinois State Academy of Sciences.

• *Shawn Turner and Marian Smith. 1992. Effects of soil moisture and nutri­ent status on germination and growth of Boltonia decurrens. Illinois State Academy of Sciences.

•   **Anjela Reynolds and Marian Smith.  Population study of Boltonia decurrens, a federally threatened plant species. Illinois State Academy of Sciences.  Ms. Reynolds won the Best Student Paper Award in the Botany Division.

•   *Shawn Turner and Marian Smith. 1992. Effects of soil moisture and nutrient status on germination and growth of Boltonia decurrens.  NSF Conference for Minority Students in Math, Science and Engineering, Washington D.C. 

•   **Martin Stoecker and Marian Smith. 1991.    Morphological and physiological effects of flooding on Boltonia decurrens. Illinois State Academy of Sciences.  

•    **Martin Stoecker and Marian Smith. 1991.   Flood tolerance in Boltonia decurrens, an endangered species. Ecological Society of America.

•  Marian Smith, **Yajun Wu, *O. Green and T. Keevin.  1990. Effect of different growth light‑levels on biomass, chlorophyll and photosynthe­sis in Boltonia decurrens, a federally threatened species. Illinois State Academy of Sciences.

•  *Edward Melton, *T. Depp, *E. Geringer, **M. Lankford, *M. Stoecker and M. Smith.  1990. Seed production and germination in B.decurrens, a federally threatened species.  Illinois State Academy of Sciences.  

•  *Martin, Stoecker, *E. Melton, and M. Smith. 1990. Flood tolerance in Boltonia decurrens, a federally threatened species.  Illinois State Academy of Sciences. Mr. Stoecker won the Best Student Paper Award in the Botany Division.

•  Akanbi, A., and K. P. Singh. 1997. Managed flood storage option for selected levees along the lower Illinois River for enhancing flood protection, agriculture, wetlands, and recreation. Second report: Validation of the UNET model for the lower Illinois River No. 608, Illinois State Water Survey, Hydrology Division, Champaign, IL.

• Baker, M. A.  1997.  Effects of intra- and interspecific rosette competition on Boltonia decurrens, M.S. thesis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL. 49 p.

• Baskin, C. C., and J. M. Baskin.  1988.  Germination ecophysiology of herbaceous plant species in a temperate region. American Journal of Botany 75(2): 286-305.

• Baskin, C. C., and J. M. Baskin. 2002. Achene germination ecology of the federally threatened floodplain endemic Boltonia decurrens (Asteraceae). American Midland Naturalist 147:16-24.

• Bayley, P. B. 1995. Understanding large river-floodplain ecosystems. BioScience 45:153-158.

• Bellrose, F. C., S. P. Havera, F. L. Paveglio, and D. W. Steffeck. 1983. The fate of lakes in the Illinois River Valley. Illinois Natural History Survey Biological Notes 32:9-12.

• Bhowmik, N. G. 1996. Physical Effects:  A Changed Landscape. Pages 101-131 in S. A. Changnon, editor. The Great Flood of 1993. Westview Press, Inc., Boulder, CO.

• Brethauer, K. 1997. The availability of soil nitrogen to Boltonia decurrens, a threatened floodplain species, and Boltonia asteroides, a non-threatened related species. M.S. thesis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL. 132 p.

• Brookes, A., and F. D. Shields. 1996. Perspectives on River Channel Restoration. Pp. 1-19 in A. Brookes and F. D. Shields, editors. River Channel Restoration: Guiding Principles for Sustainable Projects. John Wiley and Sons, Somerset, England.

• Burdsall, J. 2000. Effects of herbivory on the survival and biomass production of Boltonia decurrens, a threatened floodplain species. M.S. thesis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL. 67 p.

• Burford, D.  1999. The effect of drought on grasshopper herbivory on Botonia decurrens. M.S. thesis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL. 30 p.

• Busse, D. 1998. Environmental pool management. Pages 35-39 in H. N. Cook and R. G. Goodwin, editors. Infrastructure. John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY.

• Changnon, S. A. 1996. The Great Flood of 1993: Causes, Impacts and Responses. Westview Press, Inc., Boulder, CO. 319 p.

• Cochran, T. 2002. A demographic study of Boltonia decurrens, a threatened floodplain species. M.S. Thesis. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL. 34 p.

• Crow, A. 2006. Survival and growth of Boltonia decurrens in response to duration of flooding. M.S. thesis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL. 45 p.

• Denother, B. 1999. Chromosome number identification and examination of population establishment in Boltonia decurrens (Asteraceae), a threatened floodplain species, using allozyme analysis. M.S. thesis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL. 22 p.

• DeWoody, J. A. 2002. Multiple demographic processes influence the genetic structure of Boltonia decurrens (Asteraceae), a threatened floodplain species. M.S. Thesis. University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.

• DeWoody, J., J. D. Nason, and M. Smith.  2004.  Inferring demographic processes from the genetic structure of a metapopulation of Boltonia decurrens (Asteraceae).  Conservation Genetics 5: 603-617. 

• Estler, A.L. 1998. Changes in seed bank composition resulting from burning and mowing at a site of the threatened floodplain species, Boltonia decurrens. M.S. thesis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL. 25 p.

• Flowers, R. B., C. Strauser, and D. Busse. 1998. Environmental management of navigation pools on the Upper Mississippi River. Pages 2-9 in 29^th PIANC International Navigation Congress, The Hague, Netherlands.

• Herkert, J.R. and J.E. Ebinger, editors. 2002. Endangered and threatened species of Illinois: status and distribution. Vol. 1: plants. Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board, Springfield. 161 p.

• Hickey, E.E. 1988. A four county survey for Boltonia decurrens (Torr. & Gray) Wood (False starwort). Report prepared by the Missouri Department of Conservation under order No. 30181-01589 for US Fish and Wildlife Service. 40 pp.

• Hus, H. 1908. An ecological cross section of the Mississippi River in the region of St. Louis, Missouri. Ph.D. Dissertation. Washington University, St. Louis, MO. 258 p.

• Johnson, B. L., W. B. Richardson, and T. J. Naimo. 1995. Past, present and future concepts in large river ecology. BioScience 45:134-141.

• Junk, W. J., P. B. Bayley, and R. E. Sparks. 1989. The flood pulse concept in river-floodplain systems. Pages 110-127 in D. P. Dodge, editor. International Large River Symposium. Canadian Special Publications in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Canada.

• Kofoid, C. A. 1903. The plankton of the Illinois River, 1894-1899, with introductory notes upon the hydrography of the Illinois River and its basin.  Part 1: Quantitative investigations and general results. Illinois State Natural History Survey Bulletin 6:95-252.

• Kurz, D. R. 1981. Status report on Boltonia asteroides var. decurrens in Illinois. Illinois Department of Conservation, Springfield.

• Lee, M. T., and N. G. Bhowmik. 1979. Sediment transport in the Illinois River. Contract report 176A, Illinois State Water Survey Contract Report, Springfield, IL.

• Love, E.A. 2003. Effects of interspecific and intraspecific competition on Boltonia decurrens. M.S. thesis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL. 39 p.

• MDC (Missouri Department of Conservation). 1980. Status report on Boltonia asteroides (L.) L’Her. var. decurrens (T. & G.) Englm. Jefferson City, MO. 11 p.

• MDC, 2003. Missouri species of conservation concern checklist. Missouri Department of Conservation, Jefferson City, MO. 29 p.

• Mettler-Cherry, P.A. 2004. Population biology of the threatened floodplain species, Boltonia decurrens: determination of stage based demography and implications for succession. Ph.D. dissertation, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. 238 p.

• Mettler-Cherry, P.A., M. Smith and T.M. Keevin. 2006. Habitat characterization and geospatial metapopulation dynamics of threatened floodplain species Boltonia decurrens using a GIS. Wetlands, 26(2): 336-348.

• Mettler, P. A., M. Smith, and K. Victory.  2001.  The effects of nutrient pulsing on the threatened, floodplain species, Boltonia decurrens. Plant Ecology 155: 91-98

• Mettler-McClure, P.A. 1996. The effects of nutrient pulsing on a threatened floodplain species, Boltonia decurrens, and a competitor, Aster pilosus. M.S. thesis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL. 28 p.

• Middleton, B. A. 2002. Flood Pulsing in Wetlands: Restoring the Natural Hydrological Balance. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York.

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• Morgan, S. W. 1980. Status report on Boltonia asteroides var. decurrens in Missouri. Unpublished report, Missouri Department of Conservation, Jefferson City. 13 p.

• Moss, J. S. 1997. Stage based demography of Boltonia decurrens, a threatened floodplain species. M.S. Thesis. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL. 26 p.

• NRC (National Research Council), 1995. Science and the Endangered Species Act. National Academy Press, Washington, DC. 271 p.

• Nelson, J.C., L. Arndt, J. Rushser, and L. Robinson. 1996. Presettlement and contemporary vegetation patterns along upper Mississippi River Reaches 25 and 26.  Land Use History of North America (LUHNA). Biological Resources Division, US Geological Survey.

• Nelson, J.C., A. Redmond, and R.E. Sparks. 1994. Impacts of settlement on floodplain vegetation at the confluence of the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 87:117-133.

• Redmond, A. 1993. Population study of Boltonia decurrens, a federally threatened species. M.S. Thesis. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL. 49 p.

• Rosenthal, M. 2000. A comparative analysis of the spider (Araneae) composition in a wetland ecosystem. M.S. thesis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL. 31 p.

• Scarpino, P. V. 1985. Great River:  An Environmental History of the Upper Mississippi, 1890-1950. University of Missouri Press, Columbia.

• SSchwegman, J.E., and R.W. Nyboer. 1985. The taxonomic and population status of Boltonia decurrens (Torr. and Gray) Wood. Castanea 50:112-115.

• Singh, K.P., and S.T. Ramamurthy. 1990. Climate change and resulting hydrologic response:  Illinois River basin. Pp. 28-37 in R. E. Riggins, editor. Illinois River conference on watershed management. American Society of Civil Engineers, NY.

• Smith, M. 1990. Report on basic life history characteristics of Boltonia decurrens (Decurrent False Aster). US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis, MO.

• Smith, M.  1991.  Life history research for the decurrent false aster. Illinois Department of Conservation, unpublished report.  Springfield, IL. 26 p.

• Smith, M. 1993. Effects of the flood of 1993 on the decurrent false aster (Boltonia decurrens). US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis, MO. 14 p. + maps.

• Smith, M. 1995. Post-flood assessment of the decurrent false aster. US Fish and Wildlife Service, Twin Cities, MN. 15 p.

• Smith, M. 2000. Mitigation plan for Boltonia decurrens (decurrent false aster), Route 94, St Charles County, MO. 16 p.

• Smith, M. 2001. 2001 Census for historical populations of Boltonia decurrens. US Army Corp of Engineers, St. Louis District, St. Louis, MO. 6 p.

• Smith, M. 2002. Year 2002 Inventory of Decurrent False Aster (Boltonia decurrens). US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, St. Louis, MO. 7 p.

• Smith, M.  2004.  Mitigation project:  Effects of discing on establishment and maintenance of B. decurrens in St Charles County, MO. Missouri Department of Transportation, unpublished report.  Jefferson City, MO.  7 p.

• Smith, M., T. Brandt, and J. Stone.  1995.  Effect of soil texture and microtopography on germination and seedling growth in Boltonia decurrens (Asteraceae), a threatened species.  Wetlands 15: 392-396.        

• Smith, M., H. Caswell, and P. Mettler-Cherry.  2005.  Stochastic flood and precipitation regimes and the dynamics of a threatened floodplain plant. Ecological Applications 15(3): 1036-1052.

• Smith, M. and J. Cawly. 2002. Effect of achene morphology and mass on germination          and seedling growth of Boltonia decurrens (Asteraceae), a threatened    floodplain species. Rhodora 104: 1-12.

• Smith, Marian and Evan Hunsley. Effect of density and pattern on germination in      Boltonia decurrens. Accepted for publication Journel of the Torrey Botanical            Society

• Smith, M., and T. Keevin. 1998. Achene morphology, production and germination, and potential for water dispersal in Boltonia decurrens (Decurrent false aster), a threatened floodplain species. Rhodora 100:69-81.

• Smith, M., T. Keevin, P. Mettler-McClure, and R. Barkau. 1998. Effect of the flood of 1993 on Boltonia decurrens, a rare floodplain plant. Regulated Rivers:  Research and Management 14:191-202.

• Smith, M., and P. Mettler. 2002. The Role of the Flood Pulse in Maintaining Boltonia decurrens, a Fugitive Plant Species of the Illinois River: A Case History of a Threatened Species. Pages 109-144 in B. Middleton, editor. Flood Pulsing in Wetlands:  Restoring the Natural Hydrological Balance. John Wiley and Sons, New York, NY.

• Smith, M. and J.S. Moss. 1998. An experimental investigation, using stomatal conductance and fluorescence, of the flood sensitivity of Boltonia decurrens and its competitors. Journal of Applied Ecology 35: 553-561.

• Smith, M., Y. Wu, and O. Green. 1993. Effect of light and water-stress on photosynthesis and biomass production in Boltonia decurrens (Asteraceae), a threatened species. American Journal of Botany 80:859-864.­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

• Sparks, R. E. 1992. Risks of altering the hydrologic regime of large rivers. Princeton Scientific Publishing Company, Princeton, NJ.

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• Sparks, R. E., J. C. Nelson, and Y. Yin. 1998. Naturalization of the flood regime in regulated rivers. BioScience 48:706-720.

• Stoecker, M.A. 1996. Flood tolerance in the federally-threatened species Boltonia decurrens. M.S. thesis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL. 50 p.

• Stoecker, M. A., M. Smith, and E. D. Melton. 1995. Survival and aerenchyma development under flooded conditions of Boltonia decurrens, a threatened floodplain species and Conyza canadensis, a widely distributed competitor. American Midland Naturalist. 134:117-126.

• Thompson, J. 1989. Case studies in drainage and levee district formation and development on the floodplain of the lower Illinois River, 1890's to 1930's. Special Report 16, Illinois Water Resources Center.

• Tofari, S. M. 2000. A demographic investigation into the life history stages and reproductive biology of Boltonia decurrens, a threatened floodplain species. M.S. Thesis. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL. 70 p.

• Turner, L. M. 1936. Ecological studies in the Lower Illinois River Valley. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

• Turner, L. W. 1934. Grassland in the floodplain of Illinois Rivers. The American Midland Naturalist 15:770-780.

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• USFWS (US Fish & Wildlife Service). 1988. Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants, determination of threatened status for Boltonia decurrens (decurrent false aster). Federal Register 53: §45858-45861. 

• USFWS. 1990. Decurrent false aster recovery plan. US Fish and Wildlife Service, Twin Cities, MN. 25 p.

• Victory, Kelly. 2001. An exclusionary approach to modeling Boltonia decurrens, a federally listed wetland plant. M.S. Thesis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL. 73 p.

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• Wang, X. 2000. Effects of light regime and density on growth characteristics of Boltonia decurrens. M.S. Thesis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL. 40 p.

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Theses and Dissertations Based on Boltonia decurrens Work

• Baker, M. A.  1997.  Effects of intra- and interspecific rosette competition on Boltonia decurrens, M.S. Thesis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL. 50 p.

• Brethauer, K. 1997. The availability of soil nitrogen to Boltonia decurrens, a threatened floodplain species, and Boltonia asteroides, a non-threatened related species. M.S. Thesis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL. 132 p.

• Burdsall, J. 2000. Effects of herbivory on the survival and biomass production of Boltonia decurrens, a threatened floodplain species. M.S. Thesis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL. 67 p.

• Burford, D.  1999. The effect of drought on grasshopper herbivory on Boltonia decurrens. M.S. thesis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL. 30 p.

• Cochran, T. 2002. A demographic study of Boltonia decurrens, a threatened floodplain species. M.S. Thesis. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL. 34 p.

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