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Brenda Molano-Flores
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1816 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 MC–652 Phone: 217-265-8167 Fax: 217-265-5110 Email: molano@inhs.illinois.edu Title: Restoration Ecologist Office Location: NRB | ||
| Research |
Plant-insect interactions, plant reproductive biology, T and E species, prairies. |
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| Message to Students |
Please email me for information regarding my research group. |
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| Professional affiliations |
Botanical Society of America, Ecological Society of America, Illinois Native Plant Society, Illinois State Academy of Science, Iowa Academy of Science, Natural Areas Association, Society for Ecological Restoration, and Torrey Botanical Society. | ||
| Selected publications |
Molano-Flores, B. 2009. Insect herbivory of ovules and seeds in native and reconstructed prairies. Restoration Ecology 17:187-192. Molano-Flores, B. and C.A. Danderson. 2009. Gynomonoecy individuals in Lobelia spicata (Campanulaceae) populations. Rhodora 111: 398-402. Danderson, C.A., B. Molano-Flores, and S. Raghu. 2008. Impact of floral herbivory by Coleotechnites eryngiella Bottimer (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) on the reproductive output of Eryngium yuccifolium Michaux (Apiaceae): a test of the reserve ovary model. Plant Ecology 197:277–284. Molano-Flores, B., J.A. Koontz, and M.A. Feist. 2007. Genetic diversity of the threatened species Agalinis auriculata (Orobanchaceae) and two congeners using RAPD and allozyme markers. American Midland Naturalist 158:279-291. Scott, L. and B. Molano-Flores. 2007. Reproductive output and biology of Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii (C.L. Boynt and Beadle) Cronq., (Sullivant’s coneflower, Asteraceae) a USDA Regional Forester Sensitive Species. The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 134:362-368. Mulvaney, C.R., B. Molano-Flores, and D.W. Whitman. 2004. The Reproductive Biology of Agalinis auriculata (Michx.) Raf. (Orobanchaceae), a Threatened North American Prairie Inhabitant. The International Journal of Plant Sciences 165:605–614. Molano-Flores, B. 2004. Breeding systems of plants used for prairie restorations: a review. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Sciences 97:95-102. |
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| Program Affiliates |
2004-Present: Affiliate Professor – Entomology Department, University of Illinois. 2003-Present: Affiliate Professor – Plant Biology Department, University of Illinois. 1999-Present: Adjunct Assistant Professor - Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences Department, University of Illinois. |
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| Professional society involvement and activities |
2007-present. Associate Editor Natural Areas Journal. |
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| Education | PhD, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 1997 MS, University of Puerto Rico, 1991 BSc, University of Puerto Rico, 1988 | ||