Invasive Species
  • Moloney, K. A., E. L. Mudrak, A. Fuentes‐Ramirez, H. Parag, M. Schat, and C. Holzapfel. 2019. Increased fire risk in Mojave and Sonoran shrublands due to exotic species and extreme rainfall events. Ecosphere 10(2):e02592. 10.1002/ecs2.2592.
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  • Perry, G. L. W., K. A. Moloney, and T. R. Etherington. 2016. Using network coonectivity to prioritise sites for the control of invasive species. Journal of Applied Ecology. 54(4):1238-1250.

  • Fuentes-Ramirez, A.,  J. W. Veldman, C. Holzapfel and K. A. Moloney. 2016. Spreaders, igniters and burning shrubs: plant flammability explains novel fire dynamics in grass-invaded deserts. Ecological Applications 26(7):2311-2322.

  • Fuentes-Ramirez, A., E. L. Mudrak, P. C. Caragea, C. Holzapfel and K. A. Moloney. 2015. Assessing the impact of fire on the spatial distribution of Larrea tridentata in the Sonoran Desert, USA. Oecologia 178:473-484.

  • Fuentes-Ramirez, A., J. L. Schafer, E. L. Mudrak, M. Schat, H. A. Parag, C. Holzapfel, and K. A. Moloney.2015. Spatio-temporal impacts of fire on soil nutrient availability in Larrea tridentata shrublands of the Mojave Desert, USA. Geoderma 259: 126-133.

  • Thomas, S. M. and K. A. Moloney. 2015. “Combining the effects of surrounding land-use and propagule pressure to predict the distribution of an invasive plant” Biological Invasions 17(1):477-495.

  • Jesse, L., M. Collyer, K. A. Moloney and J. J. Obrycki. 2013. Distribution of Megastigmus aculeatus (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) and the levels of seed predation of Rosa multiflora (Rosaceae). Weed Biology and Management. 13(3):79-88

  • Thomas, S. and K. A. Moloney. 2013. Hierarchical factors impacting the distribution of an invasive species: landscape context and propagule pressure. Landscape Ecology 28:81-93.

  • Schafer, J. L., E. L. Mudrak, C. E. Haines, H. A. Parag, K. A. Moloney and C. Holzapfel. 2012. The association of native and non-native annual plants with Larrea tridentata (creosote bush) in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts. Journal of Arid Environments 87:129-135.

  • Yurkonis, K., B. Wilsey and K. A. Moloney. 2011. Initial species pattern affects invasion resistance in experimental grassland plots. Journal of Vegetation Science 23:4-12

  • Chun, Y. J., C.-G. Kim, and K. A. Moloney. 2010. The comparison of life history traits between invasive and native populations of purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) using nonlinear mixed effects model. Aquatic Botany 93(4): 221-226.

  • Jesse, L. C., J. D. Nason, J. J. Obrucki and K. A. Moloney. 2010. Quantifying the levels of sexual reproduction and clonal spread in the invasive plant, Rosa multiflora. Biological Invasions 12(6):1847-1854.

  • Chun, Young Jin, J. D. Nason, and Moloney, K. A. 2009. Comparison of quantitative and molecular genetic variation of native vs. invasive populations of purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria L., Lythraceae). Molecular Ecology 18(14):3020-3035.

  • Moloney, K. A., C. Holzapfel, K. Tielbörger, F. Jeltsch and F. M. Schurr. 2009. Forum: Rethinking the common garden in invasion research. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 11(4):311-320.

  • Moloney, K. A., F. Knaus and H. Dietz. 2009. Evidence for a shift in life-history strategy during the secondary phase of a plant invasion. Biological Invasions 11(3):625-634.

  • Losure, D. A., K. A. Moloney, and B. J. Wilsey. 2009. Modes of crown vetch invasion and presistence. Amercian Midland Naturalist 161:232-242.
  • Chun, Y. J., M. L. Collyer, K. A. Moloney, and J. D. Nason. 2007. Phenotypic plasticity of native vs. invasive purple loosestrife: a two-state multivariate approach. Ecology 88 (6):1499-1512.
  • Jesse, L. C., K.A. Moloney and J. J. Obrycki. 2006. Abundance of arthropods on the branch tips of the invasive plant, Rosa multiflora (Rosaceae). Weed Biology and Management 6: 204-211.

  • Jesse, L. C., K.A. Moloney and J. J. Obrycki. 2006. Insect pollinators of the invasive plant, Rosa multiflora (Rosaceae), in Iowa , USA . Weed Biology and Management 6: 235-241.