Publications
  • Kettridge, N, MR Turetsky, JH Sherwood, DK Thompson, CA Miller, BW Benscoter, MD Flannigan, BM Wotton, JM Waddington. Moderate drop in water table increases peatland vulnerability to post-fire regime shift. Nature-Scientific Reports, 5: 8063. DOI: 10.1038/srep08063. (pdf)

  • Lauck, M and BW Benscoter. 2015. Non-destructive estimation of aboveground biomass in sawgrass communities of the Florida Everglades. Wetlands, 35(1): 207-210. (pdf)

  • Turetsky, MR, BW Benscoter, S Page, G Rein, G van der Werf, A Watts. 2014. Global vulnerability of peatlands to fire and carbon loss.  Nature-Geosciences. DOI: 10.1038/NGEO2325. (pdf)

  • Nungesser, M, C Saunders, C Coronado-Molina, J Obeysekera, J Johnson, C McVoy, BW Benscoter. 2014. Potential effects of climate change on Florida’s Everglades. Environmental Management, DOI: 10.1007/s00267-014-0417-5. (pdf)

  • Thompson, DK, BW Benscoter, JM Waddington. 2014. Contrasting the water balance of a burned and unburned forested boreal peatland. Hydrological Processes 38: 5954-5964. (pdf)

  • Meingast, KM, MJ Falkowski, ES Kane, LR Potvin, BW Benscoter, AMS Smith, LL Bourgeau-Chavez, and ME Miller. 2014. Spectral detection of near surface moisture content and water table position in northern peatland ecosystems. Remote Sensing of Environment, 152: 536-546. (pdf)

  • Kettridge, N, DK Thompson, L Bombanato, MR Turetsky, BW Benscoter, JM Waddington. 2013 The ecohydrology of forested peatlands: simulating the effects of tree shading on moss evaporation and species composition. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 118: 422-435. (pdf)

  • Waddington, J.M., D.K. Thompson, M. Wotton, W.L. Quinton, M.D. Flannigan, B.W. Benscoter, S.A. Baisley, M.R. Turetsky. 2012. Examining the utility of the Canadian Forest Fire Weather System in Canadian boreal peatlands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 42: 47-58. (pdf)

  • Turetsky, M.R., W. Donahue, BW Benscoter. 2011. Experimental drying intensifies burning and carbon losses in a northern peatland. Nature Communications 2:514. (pdf)

  • Benscoter, BW, DK Thompson, JM Waddington, MD Flannigan, M Wotton, W DeGroot, and MR Turetsky. 2011. Interactive effects of vegetation, soil moisture, and bulk density on the depth of burning of thick organic soils. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 20 (3): 418-429. (pdf)

  • Morris, PJ, JM Waddington, BW Benscoter, and MR Turetsky. 2011. Conceptual frameworks in peatland ecohydrology: looking beyond the acrotelm-catotelm model. Ecohydrology. 4: 1-11. (pdf)

  • Wieder, RK, KD Scott, K Kamminga, MA Vile, DH Vitt, T Bone*, B Xu, BW Benscoter, and J Bhatti. 2009. Post-fire carbon balance in boreal bogs of Alberta Canada. Global Change Biology. 15: 63-81. (pdf)

  • Benscoter, BW and DH Vitt. 2008. Spatial patterns and temporal trajectories in bog ground layer composition along a post-fire chronosequence. Ecosystems. 11 (7): 1054-1064. (pdf)

  • Benscoter, BW and DH Vitt. 2007. Evaluating feathermoss growth: A challenge to traditional methods and implications for the boreal carbon budget. Journal of Ecology. 95 (1): 151-158. (pdf)

  • Benscoter, BW 2006. Post-fire bryophyte establishment in a continental bog. Journal of Vegetation Science. 17 (5): 647-652. (pdf)

  • Benscoter, BW, DH Vitt, and RK Wieder. 2005. Association of post-fire peat accumulation and microtopography in boreal bogs. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 35 (9): 2188-2193. (pdf)

  • Benscoter, BW, RK Wieder, and DH Vitt. 2005. Linking microtopography with post-fire succession in bogs. Journal of Vegetation Science. 16: 453-460. (pdf) (appendix)

  • Benscoter, BW and RK Wieder. 2003. Variability in organic matter lost by combustion in a boreal bog during the 2001 Chisholm fire. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 33 (12): 2509-2513. (pdf)

Contact Information

Dr. Brian Benscoter
Florida Atlantic University
Department of Biological Sciences
3200 College Avenue
Davie, Florida 33314 USA
Phone: 1(954) 236 1141
Fax: 1(954) 236 1503

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Recent News

Congratulations to Marina on the publication of her undergraduate project in Wetlands! (link to pubs)

Congratulations to Lisa on award of FAU-Everglades National Park Graduate Fellowship!

Join us for our sessions at the 2015 SWS Conference in Providence, RI. Click here for more information.

Dr. Benscoter appointed Local Host Chair for the 2016 ESA Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Stay tuned for more information on field trip and workshop proposals.  Click here for more information.

Dr. Benscoter elected Chair-Elect of SWS Peatland Section and serves as past chair of the Biogeochemistry Section. For more information on these and other SWS Sections, click here.