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Robert S. Boyd, Ph.D.,
Professor
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Office
Location:
026 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Mailing Address:
Department of Biological Sciences
101 Rouse Life Sciences Bldg.
Auburn University, AL 36849
Tel: (334) 844-1626
Fax: (334) 844-1645
boydrob@auburn.edu
Laboratory Web Page |
Education
1986- Ph.D., Botany, University of California, Davis
1979- M.S., Biology, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California
1977- B.S., Biology (summa cum laude), California State Polytechnic
University, Pomona, California
1974- A.A., Pre-medicine, Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, California
Research & Teaching Interests
Ecology of metal hyperaccumulation by plants, natural history and management
of rare southeastern plant species.
Recent Publications
Boyd,
R.S., M.A. Davis, M.A. Wall and K. Balkwill.
2009. Host plant-herbivore studies on Chrysolina clathrata (Clark)
(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Mpumalanga, South Africa. Insect Science
16:81-88.
Boyd, R.S. 2009. High-nickel insects and nickel
hyperaccumulator plants: A review. Insect Science 16:19-31.
Boyd, R.S., M.A. Davis and K. Balkwill. 2008.
Does hyperaccumulated nickel affect leaf decomposition? A field test using
Senecio coronatus (Asteraceae) in South Africa. Chemoecology 18:1-9.
Boyd, R.S., M.A. Davis and K. Balkwill. 2008.
Elemental patterns in Ni hyperaccumulating and non-hyperaccumulating
ultramafic soil populations of Senecio coronatus. South African
Journal of Botany 74:158-162.
Goertzen, L.R. and R.S. Boyd. 2007. Genetic
diversity and clonality in the federally endangered plant Clematis
socialis Kral (Ranunculaceae). Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society
134:433-440.
Courses:
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Graduate
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1000 Introduction to Biology |
BIOL
6090 Conservation Biology |
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BIOL 1030 Organismal Biology |
BIOL
6140 Plant Ecology |
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3060 Principles of Ecology |
BIOL
7560 Plant-Animal Interactions |
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5090 Conservation Biology |
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5140 Plant Ecology |
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