Cathy Mabry McMullen

515-294-1604
mabry@iastate.edu

B.A. Biology, Drake University, 1981
M.A. Biology, Drake University, 1984
M.T.S. (Master of Theological Studies), Harvard Divinity School, 1991
Ph.D. Botany, Iowa State University, 2000

Teaching

FOR 256, Midwestern Prairie Plants
FOR 356, Dendrology
   Class Website
   Woodland Restoration
FOR 358x The Forest Herbaceous Layer: Ecology and Identification
LA 302 Ecological Design at the Regional Scale (contributor)

Research

My general interests are in plant ecology and restoration ecology. 

Areas of specific interest include plant community composition in response to natural and human disturbance, nutrient uptake capacity of woodland herbaceous species, plant functional traits, assessing restoration success, genetic variation among source populations of woodland herbaceous species for use in restoration, and animal use of restored habitats.

Publications submitted

Mabry, C.M., Brudvig, L.A. and R.C. Atwell. The confluence of landscape matrix and site-level management in determining Midwestern oak savanna and woodland breeding bird communities. Journal of Applied Ecology.

Knight, K.W. Schultz, D., Mabry, C.M., and T. Isenhart. Natural riparian forests with and without planted grass filters as buffers of concentrated flow from row crop fields. Journal of the American Water Resources Association.

Mabry, C.M. and C.L. Dettman. Odonata richess and abundance in relation to vegetation structure as an indicator of wetland quality in a in Prairie Pothole Region, USA, wetland complex. Ecological Restoration.

Brudvig, L.A., Mabry, C.M. and L. Mottl. Dispersal, not establishment, limits Iowa woodland understory restoration. Restoration Ecology.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Gerken, M.E., Thompson, J.R. Mabry, C.M. Herbaceous species with potential for restoring nutrient capture in riparian forests of the Midwest. Ecological Restoration, in press

Dettman, C.L., Mabry, C.M., and L. Shulte. 2009. Midwestern U.S. Savannas: one size does not fit all. Restoration Ecology, in press, early view online July 2008.

Mabry, C.M. Henry, C. and C. Dettman. 2009. Population trends in northern monkshood, Aconitum noveboracense, at four sample intervals. Natural Areas Journal 29: 146-156.

Mabry, C.M. and J.M. Fraterrigo. 2009. Species traits as generalized predictors of forest community response to human disturbance. Forest Ecology & Management 257:723-730.

Dettman, C.L. and Mabry, C.M. 2008. Lessons leaned about research and management: a case study from a Midwest lowland savanna. Restoration Ecology 16(4): 1-10.

Brudvig, L. and C.M. Mabry. 2008. A trait-based analysis of species lists to guide restoration of Midwestern oak savannas. Restoration Ecology 16(2): 290-304.

Mabry, C.M. Gerken, M.E. and J.R. Thompson. 2008. Nutrient uptake by the herbaceous layer in disturbed and intact forests in central Iowa, USA. Applied Vegetation Science 11: 35-42.

Brudvig, L., C.M. Mabry, J.R. Miller, and T.A. Walker. 2007. Evaluation of central North American prairie management using species diversity, life-form, and individual species metrics. Conservation Biology 21(3): 864-874.

Mabry, C.M., and C.M. Caruso. 2006. Evidence for genetic differentiation of Iowa and Minnesota populations of two forest herbs: implications for restoration. Ecological Restoration 24: 191-192.

Mottl, L.M., C.M. Mabry, and D.R. Farrar. 2006. Seven-year survival of perennial herbaceous transplants in temperate woodland restoration. Restoration Ecology. 14: 330-338.

Mabry, C.M. 2005. Establishing native shade tolerant perennials in highly degraded woodlands (Iowa). Ecological Restoration 23: 198-199.

Asbjornsen, H., L.A. Brudvig, C.M. Mabry, C.W. Evans, and H.M. Karnitz. 2005. Defining reference information for restoring ecologically rare tallgrass oak savannas in the Midwest. Journal of Forestry 103: 345-350

Mabry, C.M. 2004. The number and size of seeds in common versus restricted woodland herbaceous species in central Iowa, USA. Oikos 107: 497-504.

Mabry, C.M. 2002. Effect of cattle grazing on woodlands in central Iowa. Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science  109:53-60.

Mabry, C.M., D.D. Ackerly, and F. Gerhardt. 2000. Landscape and species-level distribution of morphological and life history traits in a temperate woodland flora. Journal of Vegetation Science  11:213-224.

Mabry, C.M., and T. Korsgren. 1998. A permanent plot study of vegetation and vegetation-site factors fifty-three years following hurricane disturbance. EcoScience  5:232-40.

Mabry, C.M., S. Hamburg, T.C. Lin, F.W. Horng, H.B. King, and Y.J. Hsia. 1998.  Typhoon disturbance and stand-level damage patterns at Fu-Shan Experimental Forest, Taiwan. Biotropica  30:238-250.

Mabry, C.M., and P.W. Wayne. 1997. Defoliation of the annual herb Abutilon theophrasti:  mechanisms underlying reproductive compensation. Oecologia  111:225-232.

Mabry, C.M., M. Jasienski, J.S. Coleman, and F.A. Bazzaz. 1997. Genotypic variation in Polygonum pensylvanicum:  nutrient effects on plant growth and aphid colonization. Canadian Journal of Botany  75:546-551.

Mabry, C.M., and J.L. Christiansen. 1991. The activity and breeding cycle of Scaphiopus bombifrons Cope in Iowa. Journal of Herpetology  25:116-119.

Christiansen, J.L., and C.M. Mabry. 1985. The amphibians and reptiles of Iowa's loess hills. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science 92:159-163.