People

Elizabeth Elle Evolutionary Ecology of mating systems and plant-pollinator interactions Office:  SSB8153 Phone:  778-782-4592 email:  eelle@sfu.ca

Current Graduate Students

Lab:  B9224
Phone:  778-782-3304
all e-mails [at]sfu.ca   

	Lisa Neame, PhD Candidate email:  lneame Landscape use by pollinators, especially in the agroecosystems of the South Okanagan. MSc 2009:  Fragmentation effects on pollinator guilds and wildflower seed-set in an Oak-Savannah ecosystem.
	Grahame Gielens, MSc Candidate email:  gag6 Pollen limitation and plant-pollinator interaction networks in the Garry Oak Ecosystem
	Sherri Elwell, MSc Candidate email:  selwell Grazing intensity and plant-pollinator community interactions in antelope brush shrubsteppe of the South Okanagan

Former Graduate Students     

	Nicole Tunbridge, MSc 2009. The effects of floral and poloidy variation on reproductive isolation in Collinsia parviflora and C. grandiflora. Nicole is currently a sessional instructor and looking for full-time opportunities in post-secondary education.
	Rachel Mayberry, MSc 2008. The effect of environmental variation on the distribution, reproduction, and demography of a rare understory plant, Actaea elata. Rachel is currently working for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.
	Brad Kennedy, MSc 2007. Habitat fragmentation and mating system evolution of a native wildflower, Collinsia parviflora. Brad is currently pursuing his love of teaching at an Ontario High School.
	Jay Biernaskie, MSc 2004. Investment and allocation of nectar production in an animal pollinated plant, Chamerion angustifolium. Jay completes his PhD at U. Toronto in 2010, and then heads to Oxford (!) for a Postdoc.

Undergraduate Student Projects

The following is a list of students who have done Honours (15 credit), 498 (3 credit), or NSERC USRA research in the lab.  
Some of these projects have resulted in publications (see the publications page).  We've also been lucky to have many
amazing undergrad field assistants over the years,  photos on our field pix page!  
If you're interested in getting involved, either with an independent project or as a field assistant, contact Elizabeth.

2010.  Sarah Guindre-Parker, Honours thesis.  The timing of selfing in Collinsia.

2009.  Emily Hoffman, 498 project.  Bumblebee niche breadth in the Garry Oak Ecosystem.

2008.  Lorina Keery, 498 project.  Pollen limitation in Trillium grandiflora.

2007.  Melissa Jackson, NSERC USRA. Does watering change selection for faster growth in dry populations of Collinsia parviflora?

2007.  The Burnaby Mountain Crew (Iisak Andreller, Adam Keizer, Sean Magee, Emily Meuser, and Beth Nyboer), all 498 projects.  The spread of invasive species on Burnaby Mountain, a comparison to surveys from the 1970’s.

2006.  Mike Cartar, 498 project.  Resource allocation patterns in Collinsia.

2006.  Tara Holmes, 498 project.  Ivy removals and species diversity in lower mainland parks.

2005.  Eileen Jones, NSERC USRA.  Competition for pollinators among Garry Oak wildflowers.

2005.  Liz Fairhurst, NSERC USRA.  Pollinator competition and nectar production in Garry Oak wildflowers.

2005.  Andrew Appleton, 498 project.  Invasive species removals:  do different methods differ in success?

2004.  Shannon Turvey, NSERC USRA.  Does selection for salt tolerance explain variation in anthocyanin production in Collinsia and Mimulus?

2004.  Chrissy Czembor, Honours thesis.  Canopy gaps and reproductive success in tall bugbane.

2004.  Dorian Milner, 498 project.  The geographic distribution of plant collections in the SFU herbarium.

2003.  Sandy Gillespie, NSERC USRA.  The timing of anther dehiscence and selfing in Collinsia.

2003.  Sharla Stolhandscke, 498 project.  Nectar production from extrafloral nectaries covaries with flower size in Collinsia.

2002.  Amy Parachnowitsch, NSERC USRA.  Pollinator visit patterns in the Garry Oak Ecosystem.

2002.  Amy Parachnowitsch, 498 project.  Sex allocation in Collinsia parviflora.

2001.  Dave Bohn, NSERC USRA.  Extrafloral nectaries and the protection of Collinsia by ants.

2001.  Robert Carney, Honours thesis.  Reproductive assurance in Collinsia parviflora.

2001.  Mike Stastny, 498 project.  The evolution of increased competitive ability in introduced Senecio jacobaea.

2001.  Randy Woychuck, 498 project.  Among-population variation in anthocyanin coloration in Collinsia parviflora.