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DAVID SCHIMPF

Associate Professor
B.S., 1970, Iowa State University, Botany
Ph.D., 1977, Utah State University, Ecology

dschimpf@d.umn.edu
311 LSci, 726-7265
During Fall Semester I teach General Ecology (2801) and Plant Population and Community Ecology (5831). During Spring Semester I teach Plant Taxonomy (3603). I also teach Ecological Invasions (4805) and Plant Autecology (5811), either of which could be offered in either semester. My other duties include academic advising of undergraduate Biology majors, supervision of the Olga Lakela Herbarium, and serving as President-Elect of the UMD Faculty union. My research centers on a wide variety of plant ecology investigations in the region, many of which are driven by specific interests of my graduate students, as well as ongoing attempts to more completely document the vascular flora of the region by looking for novelties. My outreach consists mostly of assisting the community with plant identification, but sometimes extends to other topics. I am appointed to a committee that advises the DNR Commissioner in Minnesota about the state's Scientific and Natural Areas Program.

Research:

AUTECOLOGY AND POPULATION ECOLOGY OF VASCULAR PLANTS; VEGETATION AND FLORA OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR REGION

Recent Publications:

  • D.J. Schimpf. 2003. Noteworthy collections: Minnesota and Wisconsin. Michigan Botanist 42:90-94.
  • G.B. Walton and D.J. Schimpf. 1999. Noteworthy collections: Minnesota. Michigan Botanist 38:38-41.
  • D.J. Schimpf and N.P. Danz. 1999. Light passage through leaf litter: variation among northern hardwood trees. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 97:103-111.

  • D.J. Schimpf. submitted.  Naturalization of Campanula cervicaria bristly bellflower, west of Lake Superior . Rhodona.

Teaches:

  • BIOL 2801 General Ecology
  • BIOL 3603 Plant Taxonomy
  • BIOL 4805 Ecological Invasions
  • BIOL 5811 Plant Autecology
  • BIOL 5831 Plant Population and Community Ecology

Graduate Student Projects:

  • Natalie White. Seed production by native and alien strains of Phragmites australis.

  • Rhett Johnson. Peatland Tree Responses to Water Level Management, Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge.
  • Rebecca Anderson. Interactions Between Native and Alien Genotypes of Ammophila breviligulata. (co-advised with Julie Etterson)

Recent Undergraduate Research Projects:

  • Cara Chapman.  Inferring age of Campanula cervicaria rosettes from anatomy.

     

 


 




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