93 Lipman Drive, Blake Hall
Dept. of Landscape Architecture
Cook Campus, Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
phone: (732) 932 3923 (w)
email: rishelba@eden.rutgers.edu
homepage: http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~struwe/students/bonnie
As a member of Dr. Jean Marie Hartman’s lab, I showed that moderate to high levels of deer herbivory negatively effect growth, flower production, and seed dispersal in NY A. noveboracense. Deer herbivory may be significantly threatening the long term persistence of these populations.
In Dr. Lena Struwe’s lab, I am investigating the phylogeny of North American Aconitum, including A. noveboracense and subspecies of A. columbianum. Morphological and molecular characters (e.g. ITS) will be combined in a data matrix that will undergo parsimony analysis. The goals are to better understand how the North American members are related and to test the validity of A. noveboracense’s species rank.
I also work with the Olive Natural Heritage Society (OHNS), NY on monitoring and restoration projects. ONHS is an excellent reference for other research projects in the Catskill Mts.
Photos from my field site
USDA site, Plant
Profile
US Fish and Wildlife site, Plant
Profile
Ohio Dept. of Natural
Resources, Plant
information