Click name to see page Return to Biological Sciences 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 Mendonca, Mary T. Miller, Michael E. Moss, Anthony G. 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

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. 2007. The defense hypothesis of elemental hyperaccumulation: status, challenges and new directions. Plant and Soil 293:153-176.

Boyd, R.S., M.A. Davis, M.A. Wall and K. Balkwill. 2007. Host-herbivore studies of Stenoscepa sp. (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae), a high-Ni herbivore of the South African Ni hyperaccumulator Berkheya coddii (Asteraceae). Insect Science 14:133-143.

Boyd, R.S., M.A. Davis, M.A. Wall and K. Balkwill. 2006. Metal concentrations of insects associated with the South African Ni hyperaccumulator Berkheya coddii (Asteraceae). Insect Science 13:85-102.

Diamond, A.R., Jr., D.R. Folkerts and R.S. Boyd. 2006. Pollination biology, seed dispersal and recruitment in Rudbeckia auriculata (Perdue) Kral, a rare southeastern endemic. Castanea 71:226-238.

Jhee, E.M., R.S. Boyd and M.D. Eubanks. 2006. Effectiveness of metal-metal and metal-organic compound combinations against Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae): Implications for plant elemental defense. Journal of Chemical Ecology 32:239-259.

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