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Dr. Victoria Borowicz

Associate Professor Emeritus
School of Biological Sciences
Office
SLB Science Laboratory Building 415
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Research Interests & Areas

Species interactions involving plants.  Recent research concerns:

  • mycorrhizal fungi and plant-herbivore relations
  • resource limitation and the role of a hemiparasitic plant in prairie communities.

Ph D Ecology

The Pennsylvania State University
State College, PA

MS Zoology

The Pennsylvania State University
State College, PA

BS Science & Environmental Change

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Green Bay, WI

Journal Article

Borowicz, V., Walder, M., & Armstrong, J. Coming undone: Hemiparasite presence and effects in a prairie grassland diminish over time. Oecologia 190 (2019): 679-688.
Evans, B. & Borowicz, V. 2015. The plant vigor hypothesis applies to a holoparasitic plant on a drought-stressed host. Botany 93(10): 685-689
Evans, B. & Borowicz, V. 2015. The plant vigor hypothesis applies to a holoparasitic plant on a drought-stressed host. Botany 93(10): 685-689
Borowicz, V. The impact of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on plant growth following herbivory: a search for pattern. Acta Oecologica 52 (2013): 1-9.
Borowicz, V. The impact of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on plant growth following herbivory: a search for pattern. Acta Oecologica 52 (2013): 1-9.

Other

Borowicz, V. When enemies attack do plants get by with a little help from their friends? Commentary. New Phytologist 169 (2006): 644-646.

Presentations

Combining The Ecological Dynamics of Aboveground and Belowground Processes. International Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology; Education and Research. (2015)
Plant-enemy relations and the role of plant symbionts. ISU. School of Biological Sciences. (2013)

Grants & Contracts

Do hemiparasitic plants increase diversity, and if so, how?. Friends of Nachusa Grasslands. Private. (2019)
NFIG: Response of a native parasitic plant to an aggressive alien legume. URO. Illinois State University. (2014)