Sah, Jay Graduate Faculty
- Research Associate Professor, Institute of Environment , College of Arts, Sciences & Education
Overview
biography
- Dr. Sah studies the effects of environmental drivers and stresses on pattern and processes in various plant communities, including wetlands and upland forests in South Florida. In addition, he conducts interdisciplinary research on natural resource management in Nepal.
Scholarly & Creative Works
selected scholarly works & creative activities
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Article
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2024Intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of organic matter processing along phosphorus and salinity gradients in coastal wetlands. JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY. 112:1313-1325.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.14302 Web of Science: 001193372900001
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2024Transient vegetation dynamics in a tropical coastal wetland: Sea-level rise, glycophyte retreat, and incipient loss in plant diversity. JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE. 35.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/jvs.13267 Web of Science: 001228412100001
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2024Rehydration of degraded wetlands: Understanding drivers of vegetation community trajectories. ECOSPHERE. 15.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4813 Web of Science: 001200467100001
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2023Study of thyroid dysfunction in people living with HIV in Nepalese population undergoing antiretroviral therapy: a cross-sectional study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STD & AIDS. 34:266-272.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/09564624221147963
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2022Flooding and planting density shape forests in an experimental Everglades landscape: Lessons for forest restoration. ECOSPHERE. 13.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4223 Web of Science: 000852864200001
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2022Spatiotemporal variations of wetland backscatter: The role of water depth and vegetation characteristics in Sentinel-1 dual-polarization SAR observations. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT. 270.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2021.112864 Web of Science: 000759769500001
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2021Prescribed Fires inside Everglades National Park (Florida, United States)Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/bes2.1872
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2021Interactive effects of hydrology and fire drive differential biogeochemical legacies in subtropical wetlands. ECOSPHERE. 12.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3408 Web of Science: 000636318200044
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2020Diversity and Structure of Soil Fungal Communities across Experimental Everglades Tree IslandsFull Text via DOI: 10.3390/d12090324 Web of Science: 000580047000001
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2020Hurricanes, Storm Surge, and Pine Forest Decline on a Low Limestone Island. ESTUARIES AND COASTS. 43:1045-1057.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s12237-019-00624-z Web of Science: 000537511500010
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2020Evaluating the conservation attitudes, awareness and knowledge of residents towards vieques national wildlife refuge, puerto rico. CONSERVATION & SOCIETY. 18:13-24.Full Text via DOI: 10.4103/cs.cs-19-46
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2019Evidence for trait-based community assembly patterns in hardwood hammock forests. ECOSPHERE. 10.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2956 Web of Science: 000510015700005
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2019Shifting baselines in coastal forests: Rising seas transform plant communities from the 'ground' up. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT. 453.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117581 Web of Science: 000496607200016
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2019Trait-based community assembly pattern along a forest succession gradient in a seasonally dry tropical forest. ECOSPHERE. 10.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2719 Web of Science: 000472716600053
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2018Spatio-temporal pattern of plant communities along a hydrologic gradient in Everglades tree islands. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT. 421:16-31.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.03.022 Web of Science: 000432758000003
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2018Episodic disturbances drive nutrient dynamics along freshwater-to-estuary gradients in a subtropical wetland. ECOSPHERE. 9.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2296 Web of Science: 000439997600017
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2017Tree islands: the bellwether of Everglades ecosystem function and restoration success. RESTORATION ECOLOGY. 25:S71-S85.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/rec.12428 Web of Science: 000414165700007
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2017The effects of habitat fragmentation on the reproduction and abundance of Angadenia berteroi. JOURNAL OF PLANT ECOLOGY. 10:340-348.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtw024 Web of Science: 000402091500009
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2016Inferring implications of climate change in south Florida hardwood hammocks through analysis of metacommunity structure. DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS. 22:783-796.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12442 Web of Science: 000379615400005
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2016Trees: a powerful geomorphic agent governing the landscape evolution of a subtropical wetland. BIOGEOCHEMISTRY. 128:369-384.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10533-016-0213-9 Web of Science: 000379220100007
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2015Effects of Different Management Practices on Stand Composition and Species Diversity in Subtropical Forests in Nepal: Implications of Community Participation in Biodiversity Conservation. JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY. 34:738-760.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/10549811.2015.1036298 Web of Science: 000373571300004
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2014Compositional Effects of Sea-Level Rise in a Patchy Landscape: The Dynamics of Tree Islands in the Southeastern Coastal Everglades. WETLANDS. 34:S91-S100.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s13157-013-0376-2 Web of Science: 000345634700009
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2014Trajectories of Vegetation Response to Water Management in Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park, Florida. WETLANDS. 34:S65-S79.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s13157-013-0390-4 Web of Science: 000345634700007
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2013TREE ISLAND RESPONSE TO FIRE AND FLOODING IN THE SHORT-HYDROPERIOD MARL PRAIRIE GRASSLANDS OF THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES, USA. FIRE ECOLOGY. 9:38-54.Full Text via DOI: 10.4996/fireecology.0901038 Web of Science: 000322365400004
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2011Forest Resource Islands in a Sub-tropical Marsh: Soil-Site Relationships in Everglades Hardwood Hammocks. ECOSYSTEMS. 14:632-645.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10021-011-9433-y Web of Science: 000290493600008
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2011Pattern of nutrient availability and plant community assemblage in Everglades Tree Islands, Florida, USA. HYDROBIOLOGIA. 667:89-99.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0641-4 Web of Science: 000289211700006
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2011The effects of wildfires on the magnetic properties of soils in the Everglades. EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS. 36:460-466.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/esp.2060 Web of Science: 000288333300004
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2011Tree-Grass Coexistence in the Everglades Freshwater System. ECOSYSTEMS. 14:298-310.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10021-011-9412-3 Web of Science: 000288172300010
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2010Multi-Scaled Grassland-Woody Plant Dynamics in the Heterogeneous Marl Prairies of the Southern Everglades. ECOSYSTEMS. 13:1256-1274.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10021-010-9386-6 Web of Science: 000284156700009
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2010Survival and growth responses of eight Everglades tree species along an experimental hydrological gradient on two tree island types. APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE. 13:439-449.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2010.01081.x Web of Science: 000281556100005
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2009Chilling damage in a changing climate in coastal landscapes of the subtropical zone: a case study from south Florida. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY. 15:1817-1832.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01900.x Web of Science: 000266700000019
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2006Interaction of hydrology and nutrient limitation in the Ridge and Slough landscape of the southern Everglades. HYDROBIOLOGIA. 569:37-59.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0121-4 Web of Science: 000240576200004
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2006Rapid responses of vegetation to hydrological changes in Taylor Slough, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA. HYDROBIOLOGIA. 569:293-309.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0138-8 Web of Science: 000240576200021
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2006Responses of twelve tree species common in Everglades tree islands to simulated hydrologic regimes. WETLANDS. 26:830-844.Full Text via DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2006)26[830:ROTTSC]2.0.CO;2 Web of Science: 000241150000015
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2006Early post-hurricane stand development in Fringe mangrove forests of contrasting productivity. PLANT ECOLOGY. 185:283-297.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9104-9 Web of Science: 000239760600009
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2006Fuel loads, fire regimes, and post-fire fuel dynamics in Florida Keys pine forests. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE. 15:463-478.Full Text via DOI: 10.1071/WF05100 Web of Science: 000242619400003
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2004Estimating aboveground biomass of broadleaved woody plants in the understory of Florida Keys pine forests. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT. 203:319-329.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.07.059 Web of Science: 000225523000025
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2003Vegetation: environment relationships and water management in Shark Slough, Everglades National Park. WETLANDS ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT. 11:291-303.Full Text via DOI: 10.1023/B:WETL.0000005541.30283.11 Web of Science: 000411981700003
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2001Wetland resource use and conservation attitudes among indigenous and migrant peoples in Ghodaghodi Lake area, Nepal. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION. 28:345-356.Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/S0376892901000376 Web of Science: 000174843100007
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2000The Southeast Saline Everglades revisited: 50 years of coastal vegetation change. JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE. 11:101-112.Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/3236781 Web of Science: 000086042400014
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Evaluating the Conservation Attitudes, Awareness and Knowledge of Residents towards Vieques National Wildlife Refuge, Puerto Rico. CONSERVATION & SOCIETY. 18:13-24.Full Text via DOI: 10.4103/cs.cs_19_46 Web of Science: 000509303100002
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Review
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2019Why Do We Need to Document and Conserve Foundation Species in Freshwater Wetlands?Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/w11020265 Web of Science: 000460899600084
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2003Smoke on the water: the interplay of fire and water flow on Everglades restoration. FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT. 462-468.Web of Science: 000221791600013
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Research
principal investigator on
- Evaluation of Vegetation Response to Changes in Hydrologic Parameters within Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida awarded by National Park Service 2022 - 2027
- Monitoring of Vegetation Response to Changes in Hydrologic Parameters within Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Habitat in Everglades National Park awarded by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2022 - 2027
- Landscape Pattern- Ridge, Slough, and Tree Island Mosaics awarded by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2020 - 2025
- Status of vegetation structure and composition within the habitat of Cape Sable seaside sparrow Subpopulation D awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2024
- Landscape pattern - Marl Prairie/Slough Gradients awarded by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2019 - 2024
- Monitoring of Tree Island Condition in the Southern Everglades awarded by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2019 - 2024
- Status of Vegetation Structure and Composition within the Habitat of Cape Sable seaside sparrow Subpopulation D awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2021 - 2022
- Vegetation Study within the Current and Adjoining Potential Habitat of Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow in the Southern Everglades awarded by National Park Service 2016 - 2022
- Evaluation of Vegetation Response to Changes in Hydrologic Parameters within Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida awarded by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2017 - 2022
- Status of Vegetation Structure and Composition within the Habitat of Cape Sable seaside sparrow Subpopulation D awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2019 - 2020
- Landscape Pattern- Ridge, Slough, and Tree Island Mosaics awarded by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2015 - 2020
- Simulation of vegetation dynamics in the Marl prairie landscape using the Everglades Vegetation Succession Model (ELVeS) awarded by National Park Service 2017 - 2019
- Landscape pattern - Marl Prairie/Slough Gradients awarded by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2014 - 2019
- Monitoring of Tree Island Condition in the Southern Everglades awarded by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2014 - 2019
- Status of Vegetation Structure and Composition within the Habitat of Cape Sable seaside sparrow Subpopulation D awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2018
- Status of Vegetation Structure and Composition within the Habitat of Cape Sable seaside sparrow Sub-population D awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2015 - 2016
- Vegetation study within the current and adjoining potential habitat of Cape Sable seaside sparrow in the southern Everglade awarded by National Park Service 2015 - 2016
- Re-sampling of Vegetation Survey Sites within Cape Sable seaside sparrow Habitat awarded by National Park Service 2013 - 2014
- Status of Vegetation Structure and Composition within the Habitat of Cape Sable seaside sparrow Subpopulation D awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2014
- Assessing Impact of Deep Fire on Hardwood Hammocks awarded by U.S. Geological Survey 2011 - 2012
co-principal investigator on
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Grant
- LOXAHATCHEE IMPOUNDMENT LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT (LILA) TREE ISLAND, RIDGE AND SLOUGH STUDIES awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2021 - 2024
- Hurricane Irma effects on Florida Everglades Mangroves: Assessment of Resilience and Trajectories of Recovery awarded by National Park Service 2020 - 2023
- LILA (Loxahatchee Impoundment Landscape Assessment) Tree Island, Ridge, Slough Studies: Phase VI awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2017 - 2021
- Ecosystem dynamics in the White Zone: history, drivers, and restoration implications awarded by National Park Service 2016 - 2021
- Habitat-based modeling of the dynamics of two Florida Keys snakes awarded by U.S. Geological Survey 2019 - 2020
- Habitat-based modeling of the dynamics of two Florida Keys snakes awarded by U.S. Geological Survey 2019 - 2020
- Hurricane Irma assessment: effects on forests of the USFWS Refuges of the Florida Keys awarded by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2017 - 2019
- From Arboreal to Benthic Communities: the ABCs of Land to Ocean Biodiversity Observations awarded by National Aeronautics & Space Administrat 2016 - 2018
- Ecosystem dynamics in the White Zone: history, drivers, and restoration implications awarded by National Park Service 2015 - 2016
- Landscape Pattern-Ridge, Slough & Tree Island Mosaics awarded by U.S. Army 2010 - 2015
- Landscaping Pattern: Marl Praire/Slough Gradients awarded by U.S. Army 2009 - 2014
- Monitoring of Tree Island Condition in South Everglades awarded by U.S. Army 2009 - 2014
- Carbon Isotopic Signature in the Soil Organic Matter in marl Prairie Soil Cores in the Everglades awarded by U.S. Geological Survey 2010 - 2013
- Vascular Community Composition & Distrib. in Cape Sable awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2011
- Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Habitat Monitoring 2010 awarded by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2010 - 2011
- Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Monitoring and Assessment Plan 2008-2012. awarded by U.S. Army 2009 - 2010
- The Monitoring and Assessment Plan (MAP) Greater Everglades Wetlands Module- Landscape Pattern- Ridge, Slough, and Tree Island Mosaics. awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2009
- Biomass and Nutrients in LILA Tree Islands. awarded by South Florida Water Management District 2008 - 2009
- Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Monitoring and Assessment Plan 2008-2012. awarded by U.S. Army 2008 - 2009
- Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Habitat Monitoring and Assessment Plan 2007. awarded by National Park Service 2007 - 2008
investigator on
- Synthesis of Everglades Research & Ecosystem Services II awarded by National Park Service 2012 - 2015
Contact
full name
- Jay Sah
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- https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3891-6041 (confirmed)
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