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Gregory Gilbert Home  Directory Gregory Gilbert
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Gregory Gilbert
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Professor |
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Faculty Member |
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ggilbert@ucsc.edu |
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(831) 459-5002 Office |
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Office: |
439 ISB |
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Office Hours: |
Fall 2009: Undergrads (or Grads): Tues 10-11; Wed 3:00-4:30 pm; Grads only: Wednesdays 11:45-12:25 |
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Personal Page: |
http://people.ucsc.edu/~ggilbert/ |
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| Courses Taught | |
ENVS122 Tropical Ecology and Conservation (Fall 2009)
ENVS163/L Plant Disease Ecology (Spring 2009)
ENVS201A Keywords and Concepts in Environmental Studies (Fall 2009)
ENVS291D Tropical Ecology, Agriculture and Development (Winter 2010, with Karen Holl)
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The Gilbert lab brings together researchers interested in
evolutionary ecology and the conservation of natural ecosystems,
working in an interdisciplinary environment of natural and social scientists.
Important themes include:
•phylogenetic analysis of biological communities
•biological invasions
•plant disease ecology and the maintenance of biodiversity
•forest dynamics
•the role of science in conservation and quarantine policy
•conservation, forest fragmentation, and biotic-abiotic interactions
•emerging diseases
•fungal community ecology
Research questions are grounded in theory but tied directly to conservation issues.
We have ongoing work in California, Panama, and Costa Rica.
We use manipulative experiments in the field and greenhouse,
observational studies in long-term forest plots,
molecular and phylogenetic analyses of biodiversity, spatial analyses,lab-based physiological studies, stakeholder interviews, policy analysis, and other methods as driven by the questions. |
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Use of ecological knowledge in conservation; Phylogenetic ecology; Emergent diseases and plant disease ecology; Tropical ecology and conservation; California plant ecology. |
| Long Description | |
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I serve as co-director of CenTREAD, the Center for Tropical Research in Ecology, Agriculture, and Development (http://centread.ucsc.edu).
I also developed and manage the UCSC Forest Ecology Research Plot, a 6-ha mapped forest site on the UCSC Campus Natural Reserve (http://envs.ucsc.edu/plants/) |
| Education History | |
• Postdoctoral fellow, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama (October 1991 - Dec 1995).
• Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1991 (major in Plant Pathology; minor in Soil Science; major professors Jennifer Parke and Jo Handelsman) Title: Effects of the introduction of Bacillus cereus UW85n1 on communities of bacteria on roots.
• M.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1988 (Plant Pathology; major professor Jennifer Parke)
• B.S. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1985 (Envir. & Forest Biology)
• Tropical Ecosystems Course, Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica , 1989
• SeaMester Program in Coastal Ecology, Long Island University, 1984 |
| Selected Publications | |
2009 Méndez, V. E., E. N. Shapiro, and G.S. Gilbert. Cooperative management and its effects on shade tree diversity, soil properties and ecosystem services of coffee plantations in western El Salvador. Agroforestry Systems 76:111-126
2009 Bergemann, S.E., M.A. Smith, J.L. Parrent, G.S. Gilbert, and M. Garbelotto. Genetic population structure and distribution of a fungal polypore, Datronia caperata (Polyporaceae), in mangrove forests of Central America. Journal of Biogeography. 36: 266-279
2008 Bradley, D.J., G.S. Gilbert, and J.B.H. Martiny. Pathogens promote plant diversity through a compensatory response. Ecology Letters 11:461-469
2008 Gilbert, G.S. and I.M. Parker. Porroca: an emerging disease of coconut in Central America. Plant Disease 92:826-830
2007 Gilbert, G.S., J. Gorospe, and L. Ryvarden. Host and habitat preferences of polypore fungi in Micronesian tropical flooded forests. Mycological Research 112:674-680
2007 Gilbert, G.S. and C.O. Webb. Phylogenetic signal in plant pathogen-host range. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) 104:4979-4983
2007 Parker, I.M. and G.S. Gilbert. When there is no escape: the effects of natural enemies on native, invasive, and noninvasive plants. Ecology 88: 1210-1224
2007 Morris, W.F., R.A. Hufbauer, A.A. Agrawal, J.D. Bever, V.A. Borowicz, G.S. Gilbert, J.L. Maron, C.E. Mitchell, I.M. Parker, A.G. Power, M.E. Torchin, D.P. Vázquez. Direct and interactive effects of enemies and mutualists on plant performance: a meta-analysis. Ecology 88:1021-1029
2007 Gilbert, G.S., D.R. Reynolds and A. Bethancourt. The patchiness of epifoliar fungi in tropical forests: host range, host abundance, and environment. Ecology 88:575-581
2006 Webb, C.O., G.S. Gilbert, and M. J. Donoghue. Phylodiversity dependent seedling mortality, size structure, and disease in a Bornean rain forest. Ecology 87(7): S123-S131
2006 Mendez, V., E., Gliessman, S., R., Gilbert, G.S. Tree biodiversity of a shade coffee landscape in western El Salvador. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 119:145-159
2006 Mitchell, C., Agrawal, A., Bever, J., Gilbert, G., Hufbauer, R., Klironomos, J., Maron, J., Morris, W., Parker, I., Power, A., Seabloom, E., Torchin, M., Vázquez, D. Biotic interactions and plant invasions. Ecology Letters 9:726-740.
2006 Gilbert, G. S. and I. M. Parker. Invasions and the regulation of plant populations by pathogens. Pages 289-305 in: M.W. Cadotte, S. M. McMahon, and T. Fukami (Eds.) Conceptual ecology and invasion biology: reciprocal approaches to nature. Springer.
2005 Gilbert, G. S. The dimensions of plant disease in tropical forests. Pp. 141-164. in D.R.F.P. Burslem, M.A. Pinard and S. Hartley (eds.) Biotic Interactions in the Tropics. Cambridge University Press.
2004 Parker, I.M. and G.S. Gilbert. The evolutionary ecology of novel plant-pathogen interactions. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. 35: 675-700.
2004 Parrent, J.L., M. Garbelotto, and G. S. Gilbert. Population genetic structure of the polypore fungus Datronia caperata in fragmented mangrove forests. Mycological Research 108:403-410..
2003 Bradley, D. J., G. S. Gilbert, and I. M. Parker. Susceptibility of clover species to fungal infection: the interaction of leaf surface traits and environment. American Journal of Botany 90:857-864.
2002 Gilbert, G.S. Evolutionary ecology of plant diseases in natural ecosystems. Annual Review of Phytopathology 40:13-43
2002 Gilbert, G.S., A. Ferrer, and J. Carranza. Polypore fungal diversity and host density in a moist tropical forest. Biodiversity and Conservation 11: 947-957.
2001 Gilbert, G.S., K. E. Harms, D. N. Hamill, S. P. Hubbell, and R. B. Foster. Effects of seedling size, weather, seedling density, and distance to nearest conspecific adult on 6-year survival of Ocotea whitei seedlings in Panamá. Oecologia 127: 509-516.
2000 Arnold, A.E., Z. Maynard, G.S. Gilbert, P.D. Coley, and T.A. Kursar. Are tropical fungal endophytes hyperdiverse? Ecological Letters 3:267-274.
1996 Gilbert, G.S. and M. Mejía Ch. (editors). Manual para las Investigaciones de Biología de Campo (Manual of Biological Field Research) (2nd edition), Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá. 107 pp.
1995 Gilbert, G.S. and S.P. Hubbell. Plant diseases and the conservation of tropical forests. Bioscience 46: 98-106.
1994 Gilbert, G.S., S.P. Hubbell, and R.B. Foster. Density and distance-to-adult effects of a canker disease of trees in a moist tropical forest. Oecologia 98: 100-108.
1994 Gilbert, G.S., J. Handelsman, and J.L. Parke. Root camouflage and disease control. Phytopathology 84:222-225.
1993 Gilbert, G.S., J.L. Parke, M.K. Clayton, and J. Handelsman. Effects of an introduced bacterium on bacterial communities on roots. Ecology 74:840-854. |
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