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
Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology Seminar and Discussion
BOT 507/599 Fall and Winter Terms, Corvallis Campus
Cross disciplinary graduate student seminar series
Plant Climate Interactions
Examining the role of interspecific variation in local adaptation to drought in tropical tree species
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
Plant Pollinator Interactions
Investigating plant pollinator interactions in tropical and temperate ecosystems
Plant Microbe Interactions
Investigating the role of microbes in the maintenance of species diversity in temperature rainforest ecosystems
What we do
We use tools and approaches from molecular ecology, population genetics, population 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
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 disturbance and climate change
Watch, Read, Listen
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.
Andy is a Research Associate at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama.
- College of Ag Sci
- Plant Ecology and Evolutionary Biology