Richard Bruce Root, Ph.D.
Affiliations: | 1964-2005 | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States |
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community ecology with special reference to the structure and evolution of insect-plant associationsWebsite:
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"Richard Bruce Root"Bio:
(1936 - 2013)
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Parents
Sign in to add mentor| Frank A. Pitelka | grad student | 1964 | UC Berkeley (Terrestrial Ecology Tree) | |
| (Niche organization in the blue-gray gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea.) | ||||
Children
Sign in to add trainee| Walter P. Carson | grad student | Cornell | |
| Peter Feinsinger | grad student | Cornell (Terrestrial Ecology Tree) | |
| Merrill A. Peterson | grad student | Cornell | |
| Peter Wilfred Price | grad student | Cornell | |
| Leonard R. Brand | grad student | 1970 | Cornell (Cell Biology Tree) |
| Peter M. Kareiva | grad student | 1981 | Cornell |
| Saskya van Nouhuys | grad student | 1990-1997 | Cornell |
| Ruth A. Hufbauer | grad student | 1999 | Cornell (Chemistry Tree) |
| Tamaru R. Hunt | grad student | 2002 | Cornell |
| Maria Uriarte | grad student | 2002 | Cornell |
| Tze-Hei Yong | grad student | 2002 | Cornell |
| Lori Lach | grad student | 2004 | Cornell |
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| Hunt-Joshi TR, Root RB, Blossey B. (2005) Disruption of weed biological control by an opportunistic mirid predator Ecological Applications. 15: 861-870 |
| Hunt-Joshi TR, Blossey B, Root RB. (2004) Root and leaf herbivory on Lythrum salicaria: Implications for plant performance and communities Ecological Applications. 14: 1574-1589 |
| Root RB, Batzli GO. (2004) Resolution of Respect Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 85: 44-49 |
| Menges ES, Root RB. (2004) The Life of a Fire-adapted Florida Goldenrod, Solidago odora var. chapmanii American Midland Naturalist. 151: 65-78 |
| Uriarte M, Canham CD, Root RB. (2002) A model of simultaneous evolution of competitive ability and herbivore resistance in a perennial plant Ecology. 83: 2649-2663 |
| Hufbauer RA, Root RB. (2002) Interactive effects of different types of herbivore damage: Trirhabda beetle larvae and Philaenus spittlebugs on goldenrod (Solidago altissima) American Midland Naturalist. 147: 204-213 |
| Carson WP, Root RB. (2000) Herbivory and plant species coexistence: Community regulation by an outbreaking phytophagous insect Ecological Monographs. 70: 73-99 |
| Carson WP, Root RB. (1999) Top-down effects of insect herbivores during early succession: influence on biomass and plant dominance. Oecologia. 121: 260-272 |
| Carson WP, Root RB. (1999) Top-down effects of insect herbivores during early succession: Influence on biomass and plant dominance Oecologia. 121: 260-272 |
| Root RB. (1996) Herbivore pressure on goldenrods (Solidago Altissima): Its variation and cumulative effects Ecology. 77: 1074-1087 |