USGS National Wetlands Research Center: Rebecca J. Howard profile

Rebecca J. Howard, Ph.D.

Rebecca J. Howard, Ph.D. 1995. Louisiana State University. Plant stress tolerance, plant community dynamics, disturbance effects on plant communities.

Howard's major areas of interest focus on biotic and abiotic factors affecting plant community change, both spatial and temporal. Also, she researches linkages between the plant and animal components of wetland ecosystems and how disruptions can influence diversity and integrity of the systems.

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Howard'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 Publications

Howard, R.J., and J.S. Larson. 1985. A stream habitat classification system for beaver. Journal of Wildlife Management 49(1):19-25.

Howard, R.J., and I.A. Mendelssohn. 1995. Effect of increased water depth on growth of a common perennial freshwater-intermediate marsh species in coastal Louisiana. Wetlands 15(1):82-91.

Howard, R.J., and I.A. Mendelssohn. 1999. Salinity as a constraint on growth of oligohaline marsh macrophytes. I. Species variation in stress tolerance. American Journal of Botany 86(6):785-794.

Howard, R.J., and I.A. Mendelssohn. 1999. Salinity as a constraint on growth of oligohaline marsh macrophytes. II. Salt pulses and recovery potential. American Journal of Botany 86(6):795-806.

Howard, R.J., and I.A. Mendelssohn. 2000. Structure and composition of oligohaline marsh plant communities exposed to salinity pulses. Aquatic Botany 68:143-164.

Other Peer Reviewed Publications

Chapman, B.R., and R.J. Howard. 1984. Habitat suitability index models: great egret. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Services Program FWS/OBS-82/10.78. 23 pp.

Cordes, C.L., T.D. Thornhill, and R.J. Howard. 1985. Application of estuarine habitat models in Alabama. Pages 1346-1359 in O.T. Magoon, H. Converse, D. Miner, D. Clark, and L.T. Tobin, eds. Coastal Zone '85: Proceedings of the Fourth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management, Vol. 2. American Society of Civil Engineers, New York.

Faanes, C.A., and R.J. Howard. 1987. Habitat suitability index models: black-shouldered kite. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Services Program 82(10.130). 13 pp.

Howard, R.J. 1994. Freshwater-intermediate marsh plant responds to increased water depth. National Biological Survey Research Information Bulletin 13. 3 pp.

Howard, R.J. 1996. Relative salinity tolerance of common plants in oligohaline marshes of the northern Gulf of Mexico. National Biological Service Information Bulletin 2. 4 pp.

Howard, R. 1999. Effects of 3-D seismic exploration on the soils and plant communities of Sabine National Wildlife Refuge. Submitted to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Sabine National Wildlife Refuge, February, 1999. 4 pp.

Howard, R.J., and J.A. Allen. 1988. Streamside habitats in southern forested wetlands: their role and implications for management. Pages 97-106 in Proceedings of the Symposium, The Forest Wetlands of the Southern United States, Orlando, FL, July 12-14, 1988, U.S. Forest Service Report SE-50, Asheville, NC.

Howard, R.J., and H.A. Kantrud. 1986. Habitat suitability index models: northern pintail (gulf coast wintering). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Services Program 82(10.121). 16 pp.

Howard, R.J., and H.A. Kantrud. 1983. Habitat suitability index models: redhead (wintering). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Services Program FWS/OBS-82/10.53. 14 pp.

Howard, R.J., J.E. Ware, and T.A. Daigle. 2000. Intraspecific growth variation in herbaceous wetland macrophytes: matching plants to restoration site conditions. Page 163 in A. Crowe and L. Rochefort, editors. Quebec 2000: Millennium Wetland Event Program with Abstracts, Quebec, Canada, August 6-12, 2000.

Newsom, J.D., T. Joanen, and R.J. Howard. 1987. Habitat suitability index models: American alligator. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Services Program 82(10.136). 14 pp.

Abstracts

Howard, R.J., Wells, C.J., McKee, K.L., and McGinnis, T.E., 2001, Potential recovery of Spartina alterniflora from the summer 2000 dieback in Louisiana: a pilot study [abs.]: ERF 2001: the 16th Biennial Conference of the Estuarine Research Federation, November 4-8, 2001, St. Petersburg, Fla., p. 64.

Howard, R.J., Wells, C.J., McKee, K.L., and McGinnis, T.E., 2001, Recovery potential of Spartina alterniflora in dieback areas: a greenhouse pilot study [abs.]: Abstracts from "Coastal Marsh Dieback in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Extent, Causes, Consequences, and Remedies," USGS Information and Technology Report, USGS/BRD/ITR-2001-0003, 31 p.

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