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Click name to see page Return to Biological Sciences Biosciences Faculty Armbruster, Jonathan Barbaree, James Best, Troy L. Bowling, Scott A. Boyd, Robert Bradley, James T. Brown, Alfred Chadwick, Nanette E. Cobine, Paul Dobson, F. Stephen Dute, Roland Feminella, Jack W. Fielman, Kevin Folkerts, Debbie R. Folkerts, George W. Goertzen, Leslie Guyer, Craig Halanych, Ken Henry, Raymond P. Hill, Geoffrey E. Hood, Wendy R. Jacobsen, Shawn Kearley, Matthew Kempf, Stephen C. Liles, Mark R. Lishak, Robert S. Locy, Bob McVay, Catherine Mendonca, Mary T. Miller, Michael E. Moss, Anthony G. Person, Davonya Rashotte, Aaron Roberts, Sharon Santos, Scott R. Silo-Suh, Laura Singh, Narendra Suh, Sang-Jin Sundermann, Christine A. Wit, Lawrence C. Wooten, Marie W. Wooten, Michael C. Wysocka-Diller, Joanna
Robert S. Boyd, Ph.D., Professor
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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:
| Undergraduate | Graduate |
| BIOL 1000 Introduction to Biology | BIOL 6090 Conservation Biology |
| BIOL 1030 Organismal Biology | BIOL 6140 Plant Ecology |
| BIOL 3060 Principles of Ecology | BIOL 7560 Plant-Animal Interactions |
| BIOL 5090 Conservation Biology | |
| BIOL 5140 Plant Ecology |
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