Plant Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Teaching and Research
Plant Ecology
BOT 341 – Spring Term, Corvallis Campus
Introduction to Plant Ecology, Data Collection, and Data Analysis with weekly field exercises in local forests and grasslands
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Advanced Plant Ecology
BOT 445/545 – Fall Term, Corvallis Campus
Advanced topics in plant population and community ecology with in depth literature review and discussion
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What we do
We use tools and approaches from molecular ecology, population genetics, populatiion and community ecology to answer foundational and applied questions in plant ecology and evolutionary biology across temperate and tropical forest systems
Tropical Forests
- Role of local adaptation of species response to season drought
- Understanding the impact of forest degradation of plant pollinator interactions and maintenance of genetic diversity
- Investigating role of gene dispersal in plant population dynamics
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Temperate Forests
- Testing the role of microbial communities in tree regeneration and maintenance of biodiversity
- Investigating microbial community dynamics in assisted migration approaches to mitigating species response to climate change
- Relating tropical forest research to local temperate forests.
Watch, Read, Listen
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Andy Jones is an Associate Professor in the Botany and Plant Pathology Department at Oregon State University. He has broad interests in the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms responsible for the origin and maintenance of plant diversity.
Dr. Jones is a Research Associate at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama.
- College of Ag Sci
- Plant Ecology and Evolutionary Biology