USGS National Wetlands Research Center: Larry Allain profile

Larry K. Allain, M.S.

Larry K. Allain, M.S. 1994. Biology, University of Louisiana Lafayette. Botany, plant ecology, pollination ecology, prairie restoration.

Allain's research involves the ecology and vegetation characteristics of coastal prairie. Research emphasis is on fire effects and impacts of invasion by exotic species in coastal prairie. Additional research interests include restoration and rehabilitation of coastal prairie.

Allain's NWRC Publications

The following list of publications is current only through 2001. For an update, please go to the online NWRC publications data base (http://librrefmgr.cr.usgs.gov?func=advSearch) to search for the bibliographic citations of individual staff members.

Refereed

Allain, L.K., M.S. Zavada, and D.G. Matthews. 1999. The reproductive biology of Magnolia grandiflora. Rhodora 101(906):143-162.

Grace, J.B., L. Allain, and C. Allen. 2000. Factors associated with plant species richness in a coastal tall-grass prairie. Journal of Vegetation Science 11:443-452.

Grace, J.B., L. Allain, and C. Allen. 2000. Vegetation associations in a rare community type - coastal tallgrass prairie. Plant Ecology 147:105-115.

Johnson, S.R., and L.K. Allain. 1998. Observations on insect use of Chinese tallow (Sapium sebiferum [L.] Roxb.) in Louisiana and Texas. Castanea 63:188-189.

Other Peer Reviewed Publications

Allain, L.K., and Grace, J.B., 2001, Changes in density and height of the shrub Baccharis halimifolia following burning in coastal tallgrass prairie: Proceedings of the 17th North American Prairie Conference, Pella, Iowa.

Allain, L., and S.R. Johnson. 1997. The prairies of coastal Texas and Acadiana. Wildflower 13(2):42-45.

Allain, L., M. Vidrine, V. Grafe, C. Allen, and S. Johnson. 1999. Paradise lost? The coastal prairie of Louisiana and Texas. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Geological Survey. 39 pp.

Abstracts

Grace, J.B., and Allain, L.K., 2001, Can prescribed fire save the endangered coastal prairie ecosystem from Chinese tallow? [abs.]: Convention on Biological Diversity, United Nations Environment Program, Montreal, Quebec.

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