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Program
Director David Inouye has done research since 1971
at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, in Colorado.
The large wildflower on the right is Frasera speciosa,
a monocarpic gentian that flowers once and dies after about
80 years as a basal rosette. |
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Dr.
David W. Inouye
(Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1976). Dr.
Inouye's research has
focused on a variety of projects at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
in Colorado but has also included field work in Australia, Austria, and
Costa Rica. His long-term association with a field site has made possible
studies that span 25+ years on variation in flowering phenology of wildflowers,
the population biology of several species of plants, and the population
biology of hummingbirds. Dr. Inouye has also worked on resource partitioning
in bumblebees, ant-plant mutualisms, the cost of reproduction of glacier
lilies, and the population biology of flies and the flowers they visit
for pollen and nectar. At the University of Maryland, Dr. Inouye teaches
courses in plant-animal interactions, ecology, and conservation biology.
Currently, he is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology,
and Affiliate Faculty Member in the School of Public Affairs, and Director
of the CONS program.
E-mail: inouye@umd.edu
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Associate
Director Jim Dietz has studied endangered golden
lion tamarins in Brazil for the past two decades. Here's a
radio-collared monkey eating a mid-day snack (a tree frog) |
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Dr.
James M. Dietz
(Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1981). Dr. Dietz
is a conservation biologist and behavioral ecologist. He defines conservation
biology as the emerging discipline that focuses theoretical concepts derived
from studies of ecology and evolutionary biology on problems related to
extinctions, biological diversity, and the maintenance of ecological processes.
He is currently involved in multidisciplinary conservation projects targeting
several species of endangered canids and primates in Brazil. His research
interests include the effects of environmental resources on mating systems
and reproductive success of primates. Dr. Dietz collaborates extensively
with conservation organizations in the Washington area and teaches courses
in conservation biology. He is an Associate Professor in the Department
of Biology and Associate Director of the CONS program.
E-mail: jd72@umail.umd.edu
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