Dr. Diane Byers
Associate Professor Emeritus
Office
JH Julian Hall 210
Office Hours
By Appointment or see your syllabus for my current hours
Office Phone
Email
- About
- Education
- Selected Research
Biography
University of WI - Madison B.S. in Botany
Rutgers University - New Brunswick - MS and PhD in Plant Biology
University of Minn. St. Paul - postdoc in Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics
Teaching Interests & Areas
Biological Evolution, Biostatistics, Conservation Biology, Ecology, Plant Biology
Research Interests & Areas
Plant Pollinator Interactions, Evolution of Plant Breeding Systems, Plant Soil Microbial Interactions, Bee Diversity in Fragmented Prairies, Evolution in Fragmented, Heterogeneous and Changing Environments
Post-Doc Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics
University of Minnestoa
Ph D Plant Biology
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ
MS Botany
Rutgers University
New Brunswick. NJ
BS Botany
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
Grants and Contracts
Addition of Hands-on, Minds-on Activities to Two Non- Laboratory Biology Courses
Cynthia Moore, Diane Byers.
CTLT. July 1 2015 - June 30 2016
Consequences of a fragmented prairie landscape for pollinator visitation and seed set in Lobelia spicata (pale-spiked Lobelia)
Diane Byers.
Prairie Biotic Research Inc.. June 2008 - May 2009
Presentations
Does the invisible belowground determine the visible aboveground: Prairie plant species' responses to plant-soil microbial interactions.
Diane L Byers, Justin Howard, Jackson Edwards, Terra Lubin, James D Bever.
Botany 2021, Online, July, 2021
Does habitat specific seed sources result in differential success of Chamaecrista fasciculata in a restored tallgrass prairie?
Robert W Philip, Diane Byers.
Evolution 2017, Portland, Oregon, June, 2017
Soil traits impacts on female frequency of a gynodioecious prairie plant, Lobelia spicata.
Diane Byers, Tyler M Rippel, Robert W Philips.
Evolution 2017, Portland, Oregon, June, 2017
An introduction to IPBB symposium
Diane Byers.
Integrative Plant Biology and Bioenergy Symposium, Normal, IL, November, 2015
Chamaecrista fasciculata in Sand vs. Tallgrass Prairies
Diane Byers, Robert W Philips.
Integrative Plant Biology and Bioenergy Symposium, Normal, IL, November, 2015
Combining The Ecological Dynamics of Aboveground and Belowground Processes
Diane Byers, Victoria Borowicz.
International Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology; Education and Research, Normal, IL, October, 2015
Differential selection for competitive ability in Chamaecrista fasciculata
Diane Byers, Robert W Philips.
International Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology; Education and Research, Normal, IL, October, 2015
Soil traits impact on female frequency of a gynodioecious prairie plant, Lobelia spicata.
Diane Byers, Tyler M Rippel, Robert W Philips.
Botany 2015, Edmonton, Alberta - Canada, July, 2015
Sex ratio, pollinators and the consequences for reproduction in Lobelia spicata
Diane Byers.
Eastern IL State Dept of Biology Seminar Series, Eastern IL State, Charleston, IL, March 5, 2015
A test of soil nitrogen levels as sex specific selection on Lobelia spicata
Diane Byers, Mitchell Czerwinski.
Phi Sigma and School of Biological Sciences Annual Research Synposium, Normal, IL, February, 2015
Differential Selection for Competitive Ability in Chamaecrista fasciculata
Diane Byers, Robert W Philps.
Phi Sigma and School of Biological Sciences Annual Research Synposium, Normal, IL, February, 2015
Soil Characteristics Effects on Female Frequency in Lobelia spicata
Diane Byers, Tyler Rippel.
Phi Sigma and School of Biological Sciences Annual Research Synposium, Normal, IL, February, 2015
Differential selection for competitive ability: sand vs. tallgrass prairies
Diane Byers, Robert W Philips.
Integrated Plant Biology and Biofuels Fall Symposium., at ISU, November, 2014
Effects of soil characteristics on female frequency
Diane Byers, Tyler M Rippel.
Integrated Plant Biology and Biofuels Fall Symposium., at ISU, November, 2014
Partitioning of genetic load in the invasive biennial, Alliaria petiolata.
Diane Byers.
Symposium and Working Group on Alliaria petiolata, Detroit, MI, September, 2014
Dynamics of gynodioecious breeding system in small populations: Genetic drift and the loss of asymmetry in inbreeding.
Diane Byers, Thomas R Meagher.
Botany 2014, Boise, Idaho, July, 2014
Soil Characteristics Effects on Female Frequency in Lobelia spicata.
Diane Byers, Tyler M Rippel, Joe T Oremus, Robert W Philips, Matthew R Trygg.
Botany 2014, Boise, Idaho, July, 2014
Soil characteristics effects on female frequency in Lobelia spicata.
Diane Byers, Joe T Oremus, Robert W Philips, Tyler M Rippel, Matthew R Tygg.
Integrated Plant Biology and Biofuels Spring Poster Session, at ISU, May, 2014
Soil characteristics effects on female frequency in Lobelia spicata
Diane Byers, Joe T Oremus, Robert W Philips, Tyler M Rippel, Matthew R Tygg.
Phi Sigma Research Symposium, at ISU, April 4, 2014
Life in fragmented prairies: Drift, inbreeding and sex ratios
Diane Byers, Thomas R Meagher.
Evolution 2013, Snowbird, Utah, June, 2013
Life in fragmented prairies: How many females?
Diane Byers, Raechel Pink.
Evolution 2013, Snowbird, Utah, June, 2013
Living in a fragmented landscape: Sex ratio, pollinations and the consequences for reproduction in Lobelia spicata
Diane Byers, Adam M Griffin, Thomas R Meagher.
Ecological Genetics Group, Edinburgh, Scotland, , 2012
Plants in heterogeneous environments: determining when phenotypic plasticity is adaptive
Diane Byers, Rebecca R Miller.
International Conference on Quantitative Genetics, Edinburgh, Scotland, , 2012
Plants in heterogeneous environments: determining when phenotypic plastcicity is adaptive
Diane Byers, Rebecca R Miller.
International Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology: Education and Research, St Louis, MO, , 2012
Living in the fragmented prairie landscape: Can there be too many females?
Diane Byers.
St Andrews, UK, , 2012