Education

Ph.D. - Botany, University of California, Davis (1986)
M.S. - Biology, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California (1979)
B.S. - Biology (summa cum laude), California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California (1977)
A.A. - Pre-medicine, Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, California (1974)

Research & Teaching Interests

Ecology of metal hyperaccumulation by plants, natural history and management of rare Southeastern plant species.

Selected Publications

Goertzen, L.R., J.L. Trusty and R.S. Boyd. 2011. Clonal diversity and structure in the endangered Alabama leather flower Clematis socialis Kral (Ranunculaceae). Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 138:41-51.

Boyd, R.S. 2010. Elemental defenses of plants by metals. Nature Education Knowledge 1(8):6.

Boyd, R.S. 2010. Heavy metal pollutants and chemical ecology: Exploring new frontiers. Chemoecology DOI: 10.1007/s10886-009-9730-5

Boyd, R.S. 2009. High-nickel insects and nickel hyperaccumulator plants: A review. Insect Science 16:19-31.

Boyd, R.S., A.R. Kruckeberg and N. Rajakaruna. 2009. Biology of ultramafic rocks and soils: Research goals for the future. Northeastern Naturalist 16:422-440.

Boyd, R.S., M.A. Wall and T. Jaffré. 2009. Do tropical nickel hyperaccumulators mobilize metals into epiphytes? A test using bryophytes from New Caledonia. Northeastern Naturalist 16:139-154.

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., M.A. Wall, S.R. Santos and M.A. Davis. 2009. Variation of morphology and elemental concentrations in the California nickel hyperaccumulator Streptanthus polygaloides (Brassicaceae). Northeastern Naturalist 16:21-38.

Courses