Bradley C. Bennett

Kelsey R. Downum

Research Interests:

Ethnobotany in neotropic medicinal plants; Flora and vegetation dynamics of southern Florida sustainable use of forest resources

Student Projects:

Sustainable harvest of Amazonian palms; Genetic and chemical variation in Melaleuca; Anti neuplastic plants from Peru; Relationship between feed and med plants

Representative Papers:

Research Interests:

Phytochemistry , chemical/biochemical ecology of plant/insect and plant/pathogen interactions; environmental photobiology & UV effects on photosynthetic processes 
Phytochemistry chemical/biochemical  ecology of plant/insect interactions; photobiology 

Representative Papers: 

Journal of Tropical Ecology, 2001, 17:1-5.

Journal of Chemical Ecology, 2001, 27:311-324 

Javier Francisco-Ortega

Evelyn Gaiser

Frank Jochem

Research Interests:

Origin and evolution of plant species from tropical and subtropical islands; Molecular markers in plant conservation, plant evolution and plant systematic studies; Molecular systematic studies with cycads and palms.

Student Projects: 

Origin and systematics of the Galapagos Island endemic genus Darwiniothamnus (Asteraceae);Conservation genetics and restoration ecology of Jacquemontia reclinata (Convolvulaceae);Molecular phylogeny study of the Macaronesian genus Bystropogon (Lamiaceae)

Representative Papers:

Systematic Botany 24: 249-266.

Systematic Botany 25: 81-96.

Amer. J.of Botany  87: 909-919.

Research Interests:

Aquatic community ecology, algal
biology, Everglades periphyton, Paleoecology of lakes and wetlands, Diatom taxonomy

Student Projects:

Representative Papers:

Diatom Research 15: 75-130.

Journal of Paleolimnology 20: 71-90

Research Interests:

Phytoplankton ecology, production biology, marine microbial food webs.

Student Projects:

Phytoplankton and microbial community dynamics in Biscayne Bay; Dark survival and mixotrophy  in phytoplankton; new techniques in aquatic flow cytometry

Representative Papers:

Scientia Marina 64:

Research Interests:

Plant-herbivore interactions and pollination; Extrafloral nectary-mediated interactions between insects and plants.

Student Projects:

Pollination in pine rockland fragments; 
Population biology of Chamaecrista lineata var. keyensis in the Lower Keys; Mosquito pollination in the Everglades; Restoration of pine rockland in the Lower Keys; Reproductive biology of Amorpha crenulata; Interaction of pollination and herbivory in Centrosema virginiana; Phenology and ecophysiology of trees of the Keys; Pollination and breeding system of Jacquemontia reclinata; Microhabitat variation and reproductive biology of Jacquemontia reclinata 

Representative Papers:

American Midland Naturalist 140(2):393-396

Biotropica 30(2): 179-189.

Research Interests:

Evolution and adaptation in tropical forest plants, functional ecology; tropical forest ecology, especially India and Southeast Asia; Adaptations to extreme shade; leaf optical properties.

Student Projects:

Ecology of aquatic macrophytes in the  Everglades 

Representative Papers:

Biotropica 19:161-166.

J. Trop.Ecol. 4:281-292.

Biotropica 19:40-49. 

Research Interests:

Ecology of aquatic macrophytes in the Everglades; Evolution of plant mating systems

Student Projects:

Effects of hydroperiod on algal mat communities; Nutrient dynamics of bladderworts

Representative Papers:

Richards, J.H. In press. Bladder function in Utricularia purpurea Walter: is carnivory important? American Journal of Botany.