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Gregory J. Anderson
1997 Distinguished Alumni Professor & Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Education (Ph.D., Indiana)

Complete C.V.
 

Contact Information:

Dr. Gregory J. Anderson
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Connecticut
75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit-3043
Storrs, CT 06269-3043
Tel: (860) 486-4319
Fax: (860) 486-6364
E-Mail: gregory.anderson@uconn.edu


Current Areas of Research:

Systematics, biosystematics, and evolution of vascular plants. Pollination and Reproductive Biology. Tropical Solanaceae. Economic Botany.
 
 

Selected Publications:
 
Anderson, G.J. 2002. The nearly invisible voice of organismal biology in public policy. BioScience 52(1): 75-80.

Bernardello, Gabriel, Gregory J. Anderson, Tod Stuessy and Daniel Crawford. 2002. A survey of floral traits, breeding systems, floral visitors, and pollination systems of the angiosperms of the Juan Fernández Islands (Chile). Botanical Review 67: 255-308.

Jensen, Richard, Maryann Schwoyer, Daniel Crawford, Tod Stuessy, Gregory Anderson, Carlos M. Baeza, Mario Silva O., and Eduardo Ruiz. 2002. Patterns of Morphological and genetic variation among populations of Myrceugenia fernandeziana (Myrtaceae) on Masatierra Island: Implications for Conservation. Systematic Botany 27(3):534-547.

Anderson, G. J., Steven D. Johnson, Paul R. Neal and Gabriel Bernardello. 2002. Reproductive Biology and Plant Systematics: the Growth of a Symbiotic Association. Taxon (Invited Review). 51(4): 637--653.

Prohens, J., G. J. Anderson, A. Rodriguez-Burruezo and F. Nuez. 2003. Exploiting Wild Species for the Genetic Improvement of the Pepino (Solanum muricatum). Journal of Applied Botany 77: 21-27.

Connolly, Bryan A. and Gregory J. Anderson. 2003. Functional Significance of the Androecium in Staminate and Hermaphroditic Flowers of Solanum carolinense (Solanaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 240: 235-243.

Bernardello, Gabriel, Ramiro Aguilar and Gregory J. Anderson. 2004. The reproductive biology of Sophora fernandeziana (Leguminosae), a vulnerable endemic species from Isla Robinson Crusoe. American Journal of Botany 91(2): 198-206.

Neal, Paul R. and Gregory J. Anderson. 2004. Does the ‘Old Bag’ make a Good ‘Wind Bag’?: Comparison of Four Fabrics Commonly Used as Exclusion Bags in Studies of Pollination and Reproductive Biology. Annals of Botany 93: 603 - 607.

Coe, Felix and G. J. Anderson. 2005. Snakebite ethnopharmacopoeia of eastern Nicaragua. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 96 (1-2): 303-323.

Neal, P.R. and G. J. Anderson. 2005. Are ‘Mating Systems’ ‘Breeding Systems’ of Inconsistent and Confusing Terminology in Plant Reproductive Biology?: Or Is It the Other Way Around. Plant Systematics and Evolution. 250(3/4): 173-185.

Gavin, M.C. and G. J. Anderson. 2005. Testing a Rapid Quantitative Ethnobiological Technique: First Steps Toward Developing A Critical Conservation Tool. Economic Botany 59(2): 112-121.

Prohens, J., G. J. Anderson, J. M. Blanca, J. Canizares, E. Zuriaga and F. Nuez. 2005. In Review. The Implications of AFLP Data for the Systematics of the Wild Species of Solanum section Basarthrum. Systematic Botany 31(1): In Press.

Christopher T. Martine, Dan Vanderpool, Gregory J. Anderson, and Donald H. Les. 2006. Phylogenetic Relationships of Andromonoecious and Dioecious Australian Species of Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum section Melongena: Inferences from ITS Sequence Data. Systematic Botany. In PRESS

Gavin, Michael C. and G. Anderson. IN PRESS. Socioeconomic predictors of forest use values in the Peruvian Amazon: a potential tool for biodiversity conservation. Ecological Economics.

Anderson, G.J. J. Prohens F. Nuez and C. Martine. 2006. Solanum catilliflorum and S. perlongistylum, New Endemic Peruvian Species of Solanum, Section Basarthrum, are Close Relatives of the Domesticated Pepino, S. muricatum. Novon. 16(2): 161-167.

Anderson G.J., Bernardello G., Opel M., Santos Guerra A., and Anderson M. IN PRESS. Reproductive biology of the dioecious Canary Islands endemic Withania aristata (Solanaceae). American Journal of Botany.

Chiarini F., Bernardello G., Anderson G.J. and Santos Guerra A. IN PRESS. The karyotypes of Solanum vespertilio and S. lidii, the two endemic Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum species (Solanaceae) of the Canary Islands (Spain). Caryologia.

Bernardello G., Anderson G.J., Stuessy T.F., and Crawford D.J. 2007. IN PRESS. The angiosperm flora of the Archipelago Juan Fernandez (Chile): Origin and dispersal. Canadian Journal of Botany.

 

Courses Taught: Plants and Civilization
Seminars Taught: Ethnobotany, Plant Reproductive Biology, Speciation, Professional Development
Graduate Students:
Nanci Ross