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Amy Kunza Vargas, Pennings M.S. Student

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Contact Information:

Primary Organization:  University of Houston

Mailing Address:

Amy E. Kunza Vargas
915A Saulnier
Houston, Texas 77019

E-Mail:  amykunza@hotmail.com

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GCE Data Sets:

PLT-GCET-0802a (Plant community surveys along transects at multiple sites on Sapelo Island and St. Simons Island in Georgia during June and July 2005)

PLT-GCET-0711 (Plant richness survey of mainland and barrier island locations along the Texas Gulf Coast in April and May 2005)

PLT-GCET-0608 (Plant richness survey of mainland, barrier island and back-barrier hammock island locations around Sapelo Island and St. Simons Island, Georgia, in June-July 2005)

PLT-GCEM-0501a (Fall 2004 plant monitoring survey -- shoot height and flowering status of plants in permanent plots at GCE sampling sites 1-10)

PLT-GCEM-0311a (Fall 2003 plant monitoring survey -- shoot height and flowering status of plants in permanent plots at GCE sampling sites 1-10)

GCE Publications and Presentations: (custom bibliography)

Journal Articles

Pennings, S.C., Ho, C.-K., Salgado, C.S., Wieski, K., Davé, N.B., Kunza Vargas, A.E. and Wason, E.L. 2009. Latitudinal variation in herbivore pressure in Atlantic Coast salt marshes. Ecology. 90(1):183-195. (DOI: 10.1890/08-0222.1)

Kunza, A.E. and Pennings, S.C. 2008. Patterns of plant diversity in Georgia and Texas salt marshes. Estuaries and Coasts. 31:673-681.

Pennings, S.C., Zimmer, M., Dias, N., Sprung, M., Davé, N., Ho, C.-K., Kunza, A., McFarlin, C., Mews, M., Pfauder, A. and Salgado, C. 2007. Latitudinal variation in plant-herbivore interactions in European salt marshes. Oikos. 116:543-549.

Theses and Dissertations

Kunza, A.E. 2006. Patterns of plant diversity in two salt marsh regions. M.S. Thesis. University of Houston, Houston, Texas. 70 pages.

Conference Posters and Presentations

Pennings, S.C., Ho, C.-K., Salgado, C., Wieski, K., Dave, N., Kunza, A.E., Wason, E.L. 2007. Presentation: Latitudinal variation in herbivore pressure in Atlantic Coast salt marshes. Joint Ecological Society of America / Society for Ecological Restoration 2007 Meeting, August 5-10, 2007, San Jose, CA.

Kunza, A.E. and Pennings, S.C. 2006. Poster: Patterns of plant diversity in two salt marsh regions. Long Term Ecological Research Network All-Scientists Meeting, September 20-24, 2006, Estes Park, Colorado.

Kunza Vargas, A.E. and Pennings, S.C. 2005. Poster: Plant diversity of Texas and Georgia salt marshes. Ecological Society of America 2005 Meeting - Ecology at multiple scales, August 7-12, 2005, Montreal, Canada.