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Robert J. MeinkeAssistant Professor (Courtesy), Graduate Faculty;
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Conservation biology of higher plants, particularly involving reproductive ecology and systematics; restoration of extirpated populations; integrating biological data into species management protocols.
The Conservation Biology Program is directed by the Oregon legislature to determine the suitability of listing (or delisting) selected native plants as endangered or threatened, with decisions to protect species based on the best available science. In cooperation with federal biologists, my students and I focus on population ecology and systematics to help solve problems associated with the conservation and management of such vulnerable taxa. Our current research interests focus on developing conservation protocols for rare vascular plant species through (1) taxonomic investigations of poorly known populations or species proposed for legal protection under the Endangered Species Act; (2) developing methods for re-introducing and recovering populations of critically endangered species, by integrating life history studies in the field and greenhouse; and (3) evaluating the roles of pollination and floral predation in limiting rare plant species.
Kelly Amsberry
Elisabeth Martin (M.S. expected 2009)
Meinke, R.J. 1992. Differentiating Mimulus jepsonii and M. nanus in south-central Oregon: a problem in applied systematics. Kalmiopsis 2:10-16.
Meinke, R.J. 1995. Mimulus evanescens (Scrophulariaceae): a new annual species from the northern Great Basin. Great Basin Naturalist 55:249-257.
Meinke, R.J. and T.N. Kaye. 1992. Taxonomic assessment of Astragalus tegetarioides (Fabaceae) and a new related species from northern California. Madroño 39:193-204.
Meinke, R.J., M. Carlson, and S. Gisler. 1996. Sexual and vegetative reproduction in a rare Mimulus (Scrophulariaceae): implications for conservation. 10th Annual Scandinavian Association for Pollination Ecology Symposium, Umea Universitet, Sweden (Abstract).
Amsberry, K.A. and R.J. Meinke. 1997. Restoring the popcorn flower. Endangered Species Bulletin 22:12-13
Gisler, S.D. and R.J. Meinke. 1997. Reproductive attrition by predispersal seed predation in Sidalcea nelsoniana (Malvaceae): implications for the recovery of a threatened species. Pages 56-61 in Conservation and Management of Native Plants and Fungi, T.N. Kaye, A. Liston, R.M. Love , D.L. Luoma, R.J. Meinke and M.V. Wilson (eds). Native Plant Society of Oregon, Corvallis, 296pp.
Barroetavena, C., S. Gisler, D. Luoma, and R.J. Meinke. 1998. Mycorrhizal status of the endangered species Astragalus applegatei Peck as determined from a soil bioassay. Mycorrhiza 8:117-119.
