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Mechanisms Of Competitive Effects Of An Invasive Grass On Native Vegetation In A Restored Upland Mississippi Forest, Griffin Williams
Mechanisms Of Competitive Effects Of An Invasive Grass On Native Vegetation In A Restored Upland Mississippi Forest, Griffin Williams
Graduate Student Council Research Grants
Overview: My name is Griffin Williams, and I am a second year PhD student studying plant ecology in the Biology Department. My research focuses on forest restoration through the reintroduction of fire by prescribed burnings and the management of invasive plants in North Mississippi upland forests. Open oak woodlands in Mississippi are a historically fire maintained ecosystem, where fires were important in regulating the growth of a forest. These fires, a beneficial disturbance in maintaining the fire adapted ecosystem, can have negative side effects, in that they can sometimes increase the spread and dominance of invasive plants. I will focus …