Steven Handel
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Steven Handel's Degrees
- PhD Ecology University of California, Davis
- Masters Botany University of California, Davis
- Bachelors Botany University of California, Davis
Why Is Steven Handel Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Steven Neil Handel is an American educator and restoration ecologist. Handel is currently Distinguished Professor of Ecology at Rutgers University and Visiting Professor at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
Steven Handel's Published Works
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Published Works
- Benefits of restoring ecosystem services in urban areas (2015) (546)
- Floral Evolution: Attractiveness to Pollinators Increases Male Fitness (1986) (400)
- Constraints and Competition in the Evolution of Flowering Phenology (1986) (309)
- Restoration Biology: A Population Biology Perspective (1997) (291)
- CHAPTER 8 – Pollination Ecology, Plant Population Structure, and Gene Flow (1983) (277)
- The Intrusion of Clonal Growth Patterns on Plant Breeding Systems (1985) (245)
- Forest Restoration on a Closed Landfill: Rapid Addition of New Species by Bird Dispersal (1993) (213)
- Ants Disperse a Majority of Herbs in a Mesic Forest Community in New York State (1981) (173)
- DIRECTING SPATIAL PATTERNS OF RECRUITMENT DURING AN EXPERIMENTAL URBAN WOODLAND RECLAMATION (2000) (121)
- THE IMPACT OF A FLOWER‐COLOR POLYMORPHISM ON MATING PATTERNS IN EXPERIMENTAL POPULATIONS OF WILD RADISH (RAPHANUS RAPHANISTRUM L.) (1989) (119)
- Advantages of Clonal Growth in Heterogeneous Habitats: An Experiment with Potentilla Simplex (1994) (110)
- Urbanization promotes non-native woody species and diverse plant assemblages in the New York metropolitan region (2015) (107)
- A century of change in the Staten Island flora: Ecological correlates of species losses and invasions' (1994) (104)
- Jumping spiders (Salticidae) enhance the seed production of a plant with extrafloral nectaries (1999) (102)
- POLLINATORS DISCRIMINATE AMONG FLORAL HEIGHTS OF A SEXUALLY DECEPTIVE ORCHID: IMPLICATIONS FOR SELECTION (1993) (101)
- THE COMPETITIVE RELATIONSHIP OF THREE WOODLAND SEDGES AND ITS BEARING ON THE EVOLUTION OF ANT‐DISPERSAL OF CAREX PEDUNCULATA (1978) (94)
- DISPERSAL ECOLOGY OF CAREX PEDUNCULATA (CYPERACEAE), A NEW NORTH AMERICAN MYRMECOCHORE (1976) (88)
- Seed dispersal by ants (1990) (88)
- Tree seedling establishment under insect herbivory: edge effects and inter- annual variation (2000) (74)
- Dynamics of gene flow in an experimental population of Cucumis melo ( Cucurbitaceae). (1982) (69)
- Fruit type, life form and origin determine the success of woody plant invaders in an urban landscape (2007) (68)
- CONTRASTING GENE FLOW PATTERNS AND GENETIC SUBDIVISION IN ADJACENT POPULATIONS OF CUCUMIS SATIVUS (CUCURBITACEAE) (1983) (66)
- Deer and Invasive Plant Species Suppress Forest Herbaceous Communities and Canopy Tree Regeneration (2011) (65)
- Restricted pollen flow of two woodland herbs determined by neutron-activation analysis (1976) (63)
- Invasive Acer platanoides inhibits native sapling growth in forest understorey communities (2008) (58)
- Invasion of forest floor space, clonal architecture, and population growth in the perennial herb Clintonia borealis (1986) (57)
- Biodiversity Resources for Restoration Ecology (1994) (54)
- Additive and nonadditive effects of herbivory and competition on tree seedling mortality, growth, and allocation. (2000) (53)
- Restoration of Woody Plants to Capped Landfills: Root Dynamics in an Engineered Soil (1997) (51)
- Herbivory constrains survival, reproduction and mutualisms when restoring nine temperate forest herbs (2003) (50)
- Probability of tree seedling establishment changes across a forest-old field edge gradient. (2002) (47)
- Restoring Beaches for Atlantic Coast Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus): A Classification and Regression Tree Analysis of Nest‐Site Selection (2011) (47)
- TEMPORAL SHIFTS IN GENE FLOW AND SEED SET: EVIDENCE FROM AN EXPERIMENTAL POPULATION OF CUCUMIS SATIVUS (1984) (45)
- Restoration treatments in urban park forests drive long-term changes in vegetation trajectories. (2016) (43)
- Quercus rubra-associated ectomycorrhizal fungal communities of disturbed urban sites and mature forests (2011) (42)
- Urban tinkering (2018) (39)
- A long-term evaluation of applied nucleation as a strategy to facilitate forest restoration. (2015) (36)
- Modeling foraging behavior of piping plovers to evaluate habitat restoration success (2012) (35)
- Survival, reproduction, and recruitment of woody plants after 14 years on a reforested landfill (1992) (28)
- Plants in the city: understanding recruitment dynamics in urban landscapes (2019) (27)
- The role of carnivory in the growth and reproduction of Drosera filiformis and D. rotundifolia (1991) (24)
- Considering herbivory, reproduction, and gender when monitoring plants: A case study of Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum [L.] Schott) (2000) (23)
- Woody plant roots fail to penetrate a clay-lined landfill: Managment implications (1995) (23)
- New ant-dispersed species in the genera Carex, Luzula, and Claytonia (1978) (23)
- The shore is wider than the beach: Ecological planning solutions to sea level rise for the Jersey Shore, USA (2017) (21)
- Thynnine wasps discriminate among heights when seeking mates: tests with a sexually deceptive orchid (1993) (19)
- Vertical Growth and Mycorrhizal Infection of Woody Plant Roots as Potential Limits to the Restoration of Woodlands on Landfills (1998) (18)
- Freshwater wetland restoration of an abandoned sand mine: Seed bank recruitment dynamics and plant colonization (1996) (18)
- Australian Vegetation, Second Edition. (1996) (16)
- Restoration Ecology in an Urbanizing World (2013) (16)
- Natural regeneration in urban forests is limited by early-establishment dynamics: implications for management. (2020) (10)
- Management intensity steers the long-term fate of ecological restoration in urban woodlands (2019) (9)
- Lessons from an Urban Lakeshore Restoration Project in New York City (2007) (7)
- Jump-Starting The Habitat Engine (2015) (6)
- Experimental Techniques for Evaluating the Success of Restoration Projects (2002) (6)
- Ecology of Jamaica Bay: History, status, and resilience (2016) (6)
- Locating the Responsive Plants for Landscape Recovery: A Toolkit for Designers and Planners (2022) (6)
- Marriage Therapy for Ecologists and Landscape Architects (2014) (5)
- Self-Compatibility in Carex plantaginea and C. platyphylla (Cyperaceae) (1978) (4)
- Push Back: Ecological Disservices and the Fear of Restoration (2016) (4)
- Ecological Footprints (2018) (4)
- Landscape spatial patterns in Mexico City and New York City: contrasting territories for biodiversity planning (2021) (3)
- Acer rubrum (red maple) growth is negatively affected by soil from forest stands dominated by its invasive congener (Acer platanoides, Norway maple) (2011) (3)
- Not so novel ecosystems (2015) (3)
- The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Who Want to Do Ecological Restoration (2016) (3)
- In the Eye of a Hurricane There is Quiet (2017) (3)
- Greens and Greening: Agriculture and Restoration Ecology in the City (2016) (3)
- Nectar plant preferences of Hemaris (Sphingidae) on co-occurring native Cirsium and non-native Centaurea (Asteraceae) inflorescences (2014) (3)
- Good Fences Make Good Neighbors? (2014) (3)
- Case Study: Jamaica Bay Fringing Vegetation: Restoring Upland Habitats at an Urban Shoreline (2016) (2)
- Past, Present, Future (2011) (2)
- The Red Queens of Restoration (2012) (2)
- Velocity of Climate Change and of Restoration Action: Collision Course? (2015) (2)
- Urbanization promotes non-native woody species and diverse plant assemblages in the New York metropolitan region (2014) (2)
- Little Things Mean a Lot (2012) (2)
- Shelter From the Storm (2013) (2)
- Corolla size and temporal displacement of flowering times among sympatric diploid and tetraploid highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) (2017) (2)
- Dispersal Ecology and Evolution (2014) (2)
- Pollination Dynamics and Gene Flow in Cucumis melo (Cucurbitaceae) (1983) (2)
- The World Goes Zoom; Will Restoration Boom? (2021) (1)
- Designing a Grassland Estate, Cultivating Biodiversity (2013) (1)
- On a Woodland Sedge (2015) (1)
- The Digital and the Organic (2018) (1)
- Identifying opportunities for local assisted expansion of coastal upland vegetation in an urban estuary (2020) (1)
- Integrated Knowledge Generation for Transformations towards Sustainability from Local to Global Scales Urban tinkering (2018) (1)
- Resilience and Coastal Ecosystems: Three Typologies, Three Design Approaches (2018) (1)
- Links and Winks—The Design of Ecological Corridors (2012) (1)
- Restoring Urban Nature: Projects and Process (2006) (1)
- Growing Pains: Hopes and Heartaches at Native Plant Nurseries (2017) (1)
- The Buzz: Swarming Pollinator Issues for Restoration (2019) (1)
- The Cedars of Lebanon, the Limits of Restoration, and Cultural Loss (2018) (1)
- The Ecology of Human Beings (Homo sapiens) and Habitat Design (2016) (1)
- Island Life: Urban Habitats as Theaters for the Evolution of Biodiversity (2017) (0)
- Black and White, and Green (2020) (0)
- Ecological Beauty, In the Eye of the Beholder (2012) (0)
- Designing for Insects and People: Let’s Face the Music and Dance (2022) (0)
- Advancing environmental design with phytoremediation of brownfield soils using spontaneous invasive plants. (2023) (0)
- Ecological Restoration. By Susan M. Galatowitsch. Sunderland (Massachusetts): Sinauer Associates. $89.95. xvii + 630 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-87893-607-6. 2012. (2013) (0)
- When A Pandemic Knocks on a Restoration Ecologist’s Door (2020) (0)
- Landscape spatial patterns in Mexico City and New York City: contrasting territories for biodiversity planning (2021) (0)
- Birnam Woods, Moving Closer, Shadows Our Work (2019) (0)
- Singles Ad: Short 6-legged Go-getter Seeks 2-legged Restoration Partner for Long-term Relationship (2014) (0)
- Giant Clam Shells, the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis, and a Big Box of Markers (2013) (0)
- Urban restoration report Lessons from an Urban Lakeshore Restoration Project in New York City (2007) (0)
- The Love Song of E.O. Wilson (2022) (0)
- The Living Dead and the Practice of Landscape Restoration (2019) (0)
- RESTORING COMPLEX HABITATS AND LOCAL BIOTIC CONNECTIONS: FROM MILITARY BASE TO PUBLIC PARK (2008) (0)
- Recovery of native plant species after initial management of non-native plant invaders: Vegetation monitoring in an exclosure in Morristown National Historical Park (2020) (0)
- Squeezing more ecological value from the SpongePark™ (2011) (0)
- The Changing Pursuit of Happiness (2014) (0)
- Part Three: Restoring Urban Nature: Projects and Process (2006) (0)
- Restoring the Atmosphere: Trees as Imperfect Partners (2023) (0)
- Acer rubrum (red maple) growth is negatively affected by soil from forest stands dominated by its invasive congener (Acer platanoides, Norway maple) (2011) (0)
- Hidden Climate Change Notes in the Restoration Song (2020) (0)
- Zombie Urchins, Sea Otters, and the Hidden Reach of Restoration (2022) (0)
- Walking the Restoration Plank: Where Will You Land? (2022) (0)
- And the Envelope Please . . . (2018) (0)
- Assessment of vegetation in six long-term deer exclosure investigations at Morristown National Historical Park: Data synthesis & management recommendations (2020) (0)
- From the Editor’s Desk (2017) (0)
- Maintaining and Improving Biodiversity in Urban Centers: Landscape Spatial Design in Mexico City and New York City (2021) (0)
- N ECTAR PLANT PREFERENCES OF H EMARIS ( S PHINGIDAE : L EPIDOPTERA ) ON CO-OCCURRING NATIVE C IRSIUM AND NON-NATIVE C ENTAUREA ( A STERACEAE ) INFLORESCENCES (2014) (0)
- Was van Gogh a Plant Ecologist? (2013) (0)
- Seeing Through an Empty Lot (2019) (0)
- Night and Day: Is Restoration Ecology in the Dark? (2021) (0)
- A Seed Op-Ed (2011) (0)
- Crawling Across a Meadow (2020) (0)
- Trajectory of forest vegetation under contrasting stressors over a 26-year period, at Morristown National Historical Park: Focused condition assessment report (2023) (0)
- A Conceptual Model of Phytoremediation with Spontaneous Invasive Plants in Brownfield Remediation: A Case in Massachusetts, USA (2022) (0)
- Deadwood, Take a Bow (2021) (0)
- How Should We Talk about Our Work? (2022) (0)
- Deadwood in a Cemetery: Designing to Resurrect Members of the Insect World (2022) (0)
- “What is a Goldenrod?” She Asked (2017) (0)
- Dispersal Ecology and Evolution ed. by Jean Clobert et al. (review) (2014) (0)
- I Want Your Vote: The Real Campaign Continues (2013) (0)
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