Population Biology Graduate Group at UC Davis
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Maureen L. Stanton
Chair - Evolution and Ecology, Professor
Evolution and Ecology (College of Biological Sciences)
4324 Storer Hall
Office 752-2405
Lab
mlstanton@ucdavis.edu
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Degrees:
1980 - PhD - Harvard University - Biology
1975 - BS - Stanford University - Biological Sciences

Awards:
2005 -- The UC Davis Prize for Teaching and Scholarly Acheivement
2000-- Elected Vice-President of the American Soceity of Naturalists
1988 -- Fellow, California Academy of Sciences
1987-- Outstanding Professor Award from the Graduate Group in Ecology

Professional Societies:
American Society of Naturalists
Society for the Study of Evolution
Ecological Society of America
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
Mpala Research Centre

Grad Group Affiliations and Specialties:
Population Biology
Non-DBS Grad Group(s) - Ecology

Publications:
Wright, J., M. L. Stanton, and R. A. Scherson. 2006. Local adaptations to serpentine and non-serpentine soils in /Collinsia sparsiflora/. /Evolutionary Ecology Research/ 8: 1-21.

Stanton, M. L. and D. A. Thiede. 2005. Statistical convenience versus biological insight: consequences of data transformation for the analysis of fitness variation in heterogeneous environments. /New Phytologist/ 166:319-338.

Stanton, M. L. 2003. Interacting guilds: moving beyond the pairwise perspective on mutualisms. /American Naturalist/ 162: S10-S23.

Stanton ML, C Galen, and JS Shore. 1997. Population structure along a steep environmental gradient: consequences of flowering time and habitat variation in the snow buttercup, Ranunculus adoneus. Evolution. 51:79-94

BA Roy and Stanton ML. 1999. Asymmetry of wild mustard, Sinapis arvensis (Brassicaceae), in response to severe physiological stresses. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 12:440-449

Stanton ML, TM Palmer, TP Young, A Evans, and ML Turner. 1999. Sterilization and canopy modification of a swollen thorn acacia tree by a plant-ant. Nature. 401:578-581

Research Interests:
Genetic variation in natural populations; Evolutionary responses of plant populations to heterogeneous environments; Ecology and evolution of plant reproductive systems; Plant adaptation to abiotically stressful environments; multi-species mutualisms; mechanisms of species coexistence;

Teaching Interests:


Evolution, ecology, and population biology. Field methods and experimental design.

Courses Taught:
EVE 100 Introduction to Evolution
EVE 180A Experimental evolution and ecology in the field
EVE 180B Experimental evolution and ecology in the field
PBG 200B Population Biology Core - Part B - Term(s): Winter