学术报告

题 目:Large-scale Ecological Research Initiatives and the Impact

of Deer Herbivory on Forest Communities at the SCBI

报告人:NORMAN A. BOURG(Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute)

地 点:一楼视频会议室

时 间:2010年5月31日(周一)9:30-11:00

欢迎各位老师和同学参加!

报告人NORMAN A. BOURG简介:

EDUCATION

Ph.D. 2006   Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Biology (Ecology emphasis)

M.S. 1995    Sustainable Development & Conservation Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

B.A. 1988     Zoology, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, cum laude.

B.S. 1988     Wildlife Biology, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, cum laude.

EXPERIENCE

Oct 2007- Present  Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, Front Royal, VA

 Plant Ecologist/Ecological Research Programs Manager

July 2004 - Sep 2007 Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC/ Conservation & Research Center, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, Front Royal, VA

Project Coordinator/ Field Botanist/Postdoctoral Research Scientist – Drs. W. John Kress and W.J. McShea, supervisors.

Sep 1996 - May 2005 Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park MD

   Graduate Teaching Assistant I – III

Jun 2000 -Aug 2003 Smithsonian Institution National Zoological Park, Conservation & Research Center, Front Royal,VA

   Pre-doctoral Research Fellow – Dr. W.J. McShea, advisor.

PUBLICATION

Bourg, N.A., W.J. McShea, and D.E. Gill. 2005. Putting a CART before the search: successful habitat prediction for a rare forest herb. Ecology 86(10): 2793-2804.

Heckel, C.D., N.A. Bourg, W.J. McShea, and S. Kalisz. 2010. Nonconsumptive effects of a generalist ungulate herbivore drive decline of unpalatable forest herbs. Ecology 91(2): 319-326.

Bourg, N.A. and D.E. Gill. In revision. Pollination biology of Turkeybeard (Xerophyllum asphodeloides; Melanthiaceae) in the context of fire in the Appalachian mountains of Virginia, U.S.A. Amer. J. Botany.

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