B.A., Georgetown Univ., 1968  M.S., Florida International Univ., 1993

• Restoration ecology of Ziziphus celata
• Demography and reproductive biology of Polygala lewtonii and Prunus geniculata
• Effects of fire and mechanical treatments on xeric uplands

Publications

Weekley, C. W., T. Race, and D. Hardin. 1999. Saving Florida Ziziphus: Recovery of a rare Lake Wales Ridge endemic. Palmetto 19(2):9,12.  http://www.archbold-station.org/abs/plantspp/ziziphus.htm

Menges, E. S. , C. W. Weekley, R. Yahr, C. Brand, and D. Mundell. 2000. Introduction to plants of Archbold Biological Station, Highlands County, Florida. Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida.  http://www.archbold-station.org/abs/data/lists/plantsintro.htm

Menges, E. S. , C. W. Weekley, R. Yahr, C. Brand, and D. Mundell. 2000. Plants of Archbold Biological Station, Highlands County, Florida. Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida.  http://www.archbold-station.org/abs/data/lists/Plantlist.htm

Weekley, C. 2000.  The natural history of Tanaostigmodes pithecellobiae (Hymenoptera: Tanaostigmatidae), a gall-maker on blackbead (Pithecellobium keyense). Florida Entomologist 83:31-41.  http://www.fcla.edu/FlaEnt/fe83p31.pdf

Weekley, C. W. and T. Race. 2001. The breeding system of Ziziphus celata Judd and D.W. Hall (Rhamnaceae), a rare endemic plant of the Lake Wales Ridge, Florida, USA: implications for recovery. Biological Conservation 100:207-213.

Koptur, S., M. C. Rodriguez, S. F. Oberbauer, C. Weekley, and A. Herdon. 2002. Herbivor-free time? Damage to new leaves of woody plants after Hurricane Andrew. Biotropica 34:547-554.

Weekley, C. W., T. L. Kubisiak, and T. Race. 2002. Genetic Impoverishment and cross-incompatibility in remnant genotypes of Ziziphus celata (Rhamnaeae), a rare shrub endemic to the Lake Wales Ridge, Florida. Biodiversity and Conservation 11:2027-2046.

Quintana-Ascencio, P. F., E. S. Menges, and C. W. Weekley. 2003. A fire-explicit population viability analysis of Hypericum cumulicola in Florida rosemary scrub. Conservation Biology 17:433-449.

Weekley, C. 2003. Introducción experimental de Ziziphus celata en el Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre del Lago Wales Ridge. Ecosistemas 2003(2):  http://www.aeet.org/ecosistemas/032/investigacion5.htm

Weekley, C. W. and E. S. Menges. 2003. Species and vegetation responses to prescribed fire in a long-unburned, endemic-rich Lake Wales Ridge scrub. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 130:265-282.

Trager, M. D., E. S. Menges, P. F. Quintana-Ascencio, and C. W. Weekley. 2005. Outcrossing effects on the reproductive performance of Hypericum cumulicola, an endangered Florida scrub endemic. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 132:204-213.  http://www.archbold-station.org/abs/publicationsPDF/Trager,etal.-2005-JTorreyBotSoc.pdf

Menges, E. S., P. F. Quintana-Ascencio, C. W. Weekley, and O. G. Gaoue. 2006. Population viability analysis and fire return intervals for an endemic Florida scrub mint. Biological Conservation 127:115-127.  http://www.archbold-station.org/abs/publicationsPDF/Menges,etal.-2006-BiolConserv.pdf

Wally, A. L. , E. S. Menges, and C. W. Weekley. 2006. Comparison of three devises for estimating fire remperatures in ecological studies. Applied Vegetation Science 9:97-108.

Weekley, C.  2006. Jewels of the ridge: 20 imperiled plants of the Lake Wales Ridge. Palmetto 24(1): 4-7,11.  http://www.archbold-station.org/abs/publicationsPDF/Weekley-2006-Palmetto-JewelsLWR.pdf

Weekley, C. W. and A. Brothers. 2006. Failure of reproductive assurance in the chasmogamous flowers of Polygala lewtonii (Polygalaceae), an endangered sandhill herb. American Journal of Botany 93:245-253.  http://www.archbold-station.org/abs/publicationsPDF/WeekleyBrothers-2006-AmJBot-Polygala.pdf

Weekley, C. W., H. L. Lindon, and E. S. Menges. 2006. Archbold Biological Station plant list. Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida.

Ellis, M. M. , C. W. Weekley, and E. S. Menges. 2007. Evaluating stability in Ziziphus celata, a highly endangered clonal shrub endemic to Lake Wales Ridge, central Florida. Endangered Species Research 3:125-132.  http://www.int-res.com/articles/esr2007/3/n003p125.pdf

Menges, E. S., C. W. Weekley,  S. I. Hamze, and R. L. Pickert. 2007. Soil preferences for federally-listed plants on the Lake Wales Ridge in Highlands County, Florida. Florida Scientist 70:24-39.

Quintana-Ascencio, P. F., C. W. Weekley, and E. S. Menges. 2007. Comparative demography of a rare speices in Florida scrub and roadside habitats. Biological Conservation 137:263-270.

Rickey, M. A., E. S. Menges, and C. W. Weekley. 2007. Effects of mechanical treatments and fire on litter reduction in Florida scrub and sandhill. Proceedings of the Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference 23:104-108.

Weekley, C. W., D. Gagnon, E. S. Menges, P. F. Quintana-Ascencio, and S. Saha. 2007. Variation in soil moisture in relation to rainfall, vegetation, gaps, and time-since-fire in Florida scrub. EcoScience 14:377-386.

Weekley, C. W., E. S. Menges, and P. F. Quintana-Ascencio. 2007. Seedling emergence and survival of Warea carteri (Brassicaceae), an endangered annual herb of the Florida scrub. Canadian Journal of Botany 85:621-628.

Menges, E. S., A. Craddock, J. Salo, R. Zinthefer, and C. W. Weekley. 2008. Gap ecology in Florida scrub: Species occurrence, diversity, and gap properties. Journal of Vegetation Science 19:503-514.  http://www.archbold-station.org/abs/publicationsPDF/Menges,etal.-2008-JVegSci-gapecology.pdf

Weekley, C. W. and E. S. Menges. 2008. Experimental introductions of Florida Ziziphus on Florida's Lake Wales Ridge, USA. Pages 256-261 in P. S. Soorae, editor. Global re-introduction perspectives: Re-introduction studies from around the Globe. IUCN/SSC Re-introduction Specialist Group, Abu Dhabi, UAE.  http://www.archbold-station.org/abs/publicationsPDF/WeekleyMenges-2008-ZiziphusChapter-IUCN.pdf

Weekley, C. W., E. S. Menges, and R. L. Pickert. 2008. An ecological map of Florida's Lake Wales Ridge: A new boundary deliniation and an assesment of post-Columbian habitat loss. Florida Scientist 71:45-64.  http://www.archbold-station.org/abs/publicationsPDF/Weekley,etal.-2008-FlaSci-LWRboundary.pdf