| Brenda Molano-Flores | |||||
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Email: molano1@illinois.edu Title: Plant Reproductive Ecologist
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| 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. and T. Bell. 2012. Projected population dynamics and extinction rates for a federally endangered plant under different climate change emission scenarios. Biological Conservation 145:130-138. Molano-Flores, B. 2012. Diaspore morphometrics and self-burial in Hesperostipa spartea from loam and sandy soils. The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 139:56-62. Wallner, A.M., B. Molano-Flores, and C.H. Dietrich. 2012. The influence of fire on Illinois hill prairie Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera) diversity and integrity. Journal of Insect Conservation 16:433-445. Spyreas, G., S. Meiner, J.W. Matthews, and B. Molano-Flores. 2012. Successional trends in floristic quality. Journal of Applied Ecology 49:339-348. Molano-Flores, B., J.M. Coons, and J.B. Cunningham. 2011. Germination study of two seed types from three species of Dalea. Castanea 76:266-271. Phillippe, L.R., B. Molano-Flores, M.J.C. Murphy, P.B. Marcum, and J.E. Ebinger. 2011. Status of endangered and threatened sand area species of the Illinois flora. Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin 39:259-296. Molano-Flores, B. and H. Mlynarski. 2011. The effects of carbon amendments on the growth and reproduction of a prairie plant. Ecological Restoration 29:327-329. Molano-Flores, B. and H. Mlynarski. 2011. Testing carbon amendments in future prairie restoration site. Ecological Restoration 29:17-19. Roberts, L.A., B. Molano-Flores, M.P. Ward, and D.C. Elbert. 2011. Insect emergence variation in northern Illinois wetlands used by the Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus). Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 104:85-91. |
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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 Associate Professor - Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences Department, University of Illinois. |
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| Professional society involvement and activities |
2011-2013. Botanical Society of America Committee on Human Diversity. 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 | ||||
Illinois Natural History Survey - University of Illinois
INRS State Scientific Surveys
