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Robin Bingham

Professor of Biology

Robin Bingham ImageEducation

  • Ph.D. - University of Colorado, 1997
  • M.A. - University of Colorado, 1987
  • B.A. - University of Vermont, 1984

Courses Taught

  • BIOL 151 Diversity and Patterns of Life
  • BIOL 312 Genetics
  • BIOL 352 Plant Anatomy and Morphology
  • BIOL 362 Evolutionary Biology
  • BIOL 462 Rocky Mountain Flora
  • BIOL 477 Plant Ecology

Research Interests

I am currently pursuing research questions and supervising student projects in three main areas, plant-insect interactions, invasive species, and plant population genetics.  My primary interest, however, is plant-insect interactions.  I have worked on pollination biology and herbivory, most recently turning my attention to the area of induced plant defense.  I am particularly interested in community wide impacts and multi-trophic aspects of species interactions as well as the impacts of global change on these interactions.

Research with Undergraduates

  • Geographic patterns of gene diversity in Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.: Poaceae) populations from western Colorado Jenny Kapp 2006-2007.
  • Effects of simulated herbivory on tomato (Solanum lycopersicon) leaf trichomes, Matthew A. Oney 2005-2006.
  • The influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on Bromus tectorum and Pascopyrum smithii growth and competition, Caley Gasch, 2004-2005
  • The effects of herbivory upon raphide levels in fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium ) Onagraceae, Todd Schweitzer, 2004.
  • The costs of defense as measured through reproduction of Brassica rapa with high versus low density leaf trichomes. Salynda Fleury. 2004-2005
  • Allozyme electrophoretic analysis of Drosera rotundifolia at Mount Emmons iron fen and surrounding populations Christopher Cohu 2003-2004
  • Population genetics of Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) in the Gunnison Basin of Colorado.  Robin Jones 2003-2004
  • The effect of herbivory on fitness of Brassica rapa with high versus low density of leaf trichomes Brooke Bonner 2003

Publications

  • Oney, Matthew A., Robin A. Bingham, Curtis J. Gravis, and C. Patrick Stark. Effects of simulated herbivory on tomato (Solanum lycopersicon) leaf trichomes. In review.
  • Bingham, Robin. 2006. Bats, Birds and Butterflies: Conserving pollinators. Journal of Biogeography 33: 1150-1152.
  • Gasch, Caley and Robin Bingham. 2006. Variation in seed germination characteristics among populations of Bromus tectorum in the Gunnison Basin. Bios 77(1): 7-12.
    Bingham, R. A. and T. A. Ranker. 2000. Genetic diversity in alpine and foothill populations of Campanula rotundifolia (Campanulaceae). International Journal of Plant Science 161(3):403-411.
  • Bingham, Robin A. 1999. Pollinator limitation in arctic alpine environments:  myth or fact of life above treeline? Science Progress 82(2):103-112.
  • Bingham, R.A. and A. R. Orthner. 1998. Efficient pollination of alpine plants.  Nature 391:238-239.

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