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Dr. Ian J. Renne Assistant Professor Evolution and Ecology 330-941-1943 ijrenne@ysu.edu WBSH 4057 B.S.   Syracuse University, 1992 M.S.   Clemson University, 1996 Ph.D.   Clemson University, 2001

Research Interests

Biological communities are complex, dynamic entities that are structured by ecological components which interact at multiple scales. In my research, I attempt to integrate factors that influence the invasibility of plant communities so that strategies can be devised to effectively manage community diversity and invasive plant species. I also have basic and applied interests in plant population biology and avian ecology as well as the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of allelopathic systems.

Selected Publications

Renne, I.J. and B.F. Tracy. 2007. Disturbance persistence in managed grasslands: shifts in aboveground community structure and the weed seed bank. Plant Ecology 190:71-80 Available at OnlineFirst: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11258-006-9191-7

Renne, I.J., B.F. Tracy and I.A. Colonna. 2006. shifts in grassland invasibility: effects of soil resources, disturbance, composition, and invader size. Ecology 87:2264-2277.

Tracy, B.F. and I.J. Renne. 2005. Reinfestation of endophyte-infected tall fescue in renovated endophyte-free pastures under rotational stocking. Agronomy Journal 97:1473-1477.

Tracy, B.F., I.J. Renne, J. Gerrish and M.A. Sanderson. 2004. Effects of plant diversity on invasion of weed species in experimental pasture communities. Basic and Applied Ecology 5:543-550.

Renne, I.J., B.G. Rios, J.S. Fehmi and B.F. Tracy. 2004. Low allelopathic potential of an invasive forage grass on native grassland plants: a cause for encouragement? Basic and Applied Ecology 5:261-269.

Renne, I.J. and B.F. Tracy. 2003. The rich get richer - responses. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 1:122.

Renne, I.J., W.C. Barrow, Jr., L.A. Johnson Randall and W.C. Bridges, Jr. 2002. Generalized avian dispersal syndrome contributes to Chinese tallow tree (Sapium sebiferum, Euphorbiaceae) invasiveness. Diversity and Distributions 8:285-295.

Renne, I.J., T.P. Spira and W.C. Bridges, Jr. 2001. Effects of habitat, burial, age and passage through birds on germination and establishment of Chinese tallow tree in coastal South Carolina. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 128:109-119.

Renne, I.J., S.A. Gauthreaux, Jr. and C.A. Gresham. 2000. Seed dispersal of the Chinese tallow tree (Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb.) by birds in coastal South Carolina. American Midland Naturalist 144:202-215.