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Assistant Professor of Biology
Expertise: Ecology, biology, plants, ecosystems, habitat
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Knight is an ecologist who studies the population ecology of rare and invasive plant species, and addresses questions related to the causes and consequences of their abundances and distributions. Why are some species rare, while their closely related congeners are widespread? How does dispersal ability and density dependence determine the population abundance and spread of invasive plants? In particular, she focuses on the role of interspecific interactions between plants and pollinators, herbivores, seed predators and competitors on the long-term rates of plant population growth. She explores how inbreeding and inbreeding depression may affect interspecific interactions. Her study sites include the Tyson Research Center and the Shaw Nature Reserve (both near St. Louis, Mo.) and Point Reyes National Seashore in Northern California. She is a research associate of the Missouri Botanical Garden and Chicago Botanic Garden.
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Education:
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S.B. in Biology at Florida State University
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Ph.D. in Ecology and evolutionary biology at University of Pittsburgh
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