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Faculty
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Brent
Smith
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Professor
of Biology
Plant Population and Community Ecologist
Office:
Stanley 131
Phone: (765) 983-1457
Fax:
(765) 983-1497
E-Mail: brents@earlham.edu |
| Ph.D.,
Botany, University of Wisconsin
M.S., Botany, University of Wisconsin
B A., Biology, Colorado College |
- Old-growth forsest ecology
and presettlement of vegetation.
- Ecology
of invasive weeds
- Vine-tree
interactions in floodplain forests
- Neighbor
competition among trees
- The
ecology of ant-plant seed dispersal mutualisms
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Courses
- Ecological Biology
- Biological Diversity
- Genetics and
Evolution
- Population and
Community Ecology
- Evolution
- Field Botany
- Plant-Animal
Interactions
- Conservation
Biology
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| Other
Activities and Interests include wilderness backpacking,
skiing, diving, leading the foreign study programs to Kenya,
Costa Rica, Tanzania, Ecuador, Australia, and the Galapagos. |
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Publications/Presentations
- Smith,
B.H., C.E. deRivera, and C.L. Bridgman. 1989.Frequency-dependent
seed dispersal by ants of two deciduous forest herbs. Ecology
70:1645-8.
- Smith,
B.H., P.D. Forman, and A.E. Boyd. 1989.Spatial patterns
of seed dispersal and predation of two myrmecochorous forest
herbs. Ecology 70:1649-56.
- Smith,
B.H., M.L. Ronsheim, and K.R. Swartz.1986. Reproductive
ecology of Jeffersonia diphylla (Berberidaceae). American
Journal of Botany 73:1416-26.
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