L. Dwayne Estes

Professor

Austin Peay State University

Affiliations

Austin Peay State University

College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Biology

Center Of Excellence For Field Biology

Department Of Biology

Center Of Excellence For Field Biology

College of Science and Mathematics

Department Of Biology

L. Dwayne Estes is currently serving as an Austin Peay State University Professor at Austin Peay State University.

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L. Dwayne Estes

Austin Peay State University

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botany ecology biology plant science biodiversity environmental science wetlands phylogenetics systematics systematic palaeontology natural resource management ecosystems applied ecology experimental botany geography conservation biology conservation science biological conservation tropical plant pathology wildlife restoration ecology palynology biological invasions biodiversity conservation phytogeography plant taxonomy plant biology ecosystem interactions phylogenetic relationships animal conservation aquatic conservation freshwater biology ecological monograph functional ecology conservation planning invasive species multispecies management plant ecology vegetation science plant biodiversity applied plant ecology nature conservation ecological process ecosystem functioning phytochemistry biological evolution habitat loss spatial ecology habitat management predator-prey interactions information needs species status assessments chloroplast dna sequences vascular flora tribe polymnieae vascular plants group discussions southeastern grassland southeastern grassland species eastern north america updated circumscription isolated wetlands plant community composition stochastic factors packera crawfordii horticulture research weed research land use resource policy crop protection integrative plant biology environmental resource management sustainable agriculture ecological indicator physical geography agricultural economics environmental history ecology and evolutionary biology urban ecology ecological engineering environmental anthropology agroforestry systems systematics (systems theory) historical biology biogeography deforestation historical geography agricultural history human impacts on the environment agronomy evolutionary biology ecological applications ecosystem services landscape architecture community (ecology) anthropology

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Predator–Prey Mesomammal Site Use, Co-Occurrence, and Temporal Overlap in Restored Southeastern Grasslands. Southeastern Naturalist (2026)

animal ecologyhabitat lossrestored southeastern grasslandswildlifespatial ecologyecosystem interactionsrestoration ecologyhabitat managementpredator-prey interactionstemporal overlapenvironmental scienceecologyecosystemscommunity (ecology)biodiversity

Better Reproductive Success of an Invasive Thistle Than Its Native Relative Under Pollinator Exclusion. Plant Biology (2025)

weed researchbotanycrop protectioncoevolutionbiological pest controlplant scienceecology and evolutionary biologybiological invasionsevolutionary ecologyevolutionary biologypest managementbiologyecologyfitnessentomologycommunity (ecology)experimental botany

Phylogenetic Relationships of a North American Radiation of Clematis (Ranunculaceae). Aliso (2024)

Jesse HarrisThomas H. MurphyErin A. Manzitto-TrippNicolás MedinaZach IrickL. Dwayne EstesStacey D. Smith

phylogenetic relationshipsbotanyphylogeneticsbiological evolutionbiologyevolutionary biologynorth american radiation

Riverscour Ecosystems of Eastern Unglaciated North America: A Review. Natural Areas Journal (2023)

environmental scienceecologywetlandsnatural resource managementaquatic conservationfreshwater biologyaquatic ecosystems

Studies in the Vascular Flora of the Southeastern United States. IX. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (2023)

applied ecologyecological monographpalynologypaleobiologywetlandsbotanynatural resource managementplant sciencebiologybiological invasionstropical plant pathologybiogeographyenvironmental scienceecologysystematic palaeontologycommunity (ecology)biodiversity

Deterministic and Stochastic Factors Jointly Drive Plant Community Composition and Diversity in Isolated Wetlands. Wetlands (2022)

applied ecologywetlandsisolated wetlandsecosystem interactionsfunctional ecologyecological processecological applicationsecohydrologyecosystem functioningplant community compositionenvironmental scienceecologystochastic factorsecosystemscommunity (ecology)biodiversity

Morphometric and Molecular Evidence Delimit Six Species in Clematis Reticulata S.L. (Ranunculaceae: Clematis Subg. Viorna ). Systematic Botany (2022)

molecular evolutiongeneticssystematic palaeontologybotanysystematic entomologyphylogeneticsplant scienceintegrative plant biologybiologyevolutionary biologymolecular ecologygenetic variationtropical plant pathologybiogeographysymbiosissystematicsbiodiversity

Two Coastal Plain Dichanthelium (Poaceae: Paniceae) Disjunct in Tennessee Grasslands and Their Conservation. Castanea (2022)

Improving Species Status Assessments Under the U.S. Endangered Species Act and Implications for Multispecies Conservation Challenges Worldwide. Conservation Biology (2021)

Reed F. NossJennifer M. CartwrightDwayne EstesTheo WitsellGregg ElliottDaniel AdamsMatthew AlbrechtRyan BoylesPatrick ComerChris DoffittDon Faber‐LangendoenJoVonn HillWilliam C. HunterWesley M. KnappMichael E. MarshallJason SinghurstChristopher TraceyJeffrey WalckAlan Weakley

wildlifeconservation planninginformation needsbiodiversity conservationbiological conservationgeographyanimal conservationconservation biologyconservation scienceecologyspecies status assessmentsinvasive speciesmultispecies managementbiodiversity

Science Needs of Southeastern Grassland Species of Conservation Concern: A Framework for Species Status Assessments. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World (2021)

Reed F. NossJennifer M. CartwrightDwayne EstesTheo WitsellK. Gregg ElliottDaniel S. AdamsMatthew A. AlbrechtRyan BoylesPatrick J. ComerChris DoffittDon Faber-LangendoenJoVonn G. HillWilliam C. HunterWesley M. KnappMike MarshallMilo PyneJason R. SinghurstChristopher TraceyJeffrey L. WalckAlan Weakley

applied ecologygroup discussionssoutheastern grasslandbiodiversity conservationsoutheastern grassland speciesbiological conservationgeographynature conservationconservation biologyconservation scienceenvironmental scienceecologyecosystemsbiodiversity