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Department of Biology University of St. Thomas, Minnesota USA

 

Simon K. Emms, Ph.D. 
Department Chair   

Courses

 

  • Genetics and Population Biology

  • Global Ecology

  • Introduction to Field Research

  • Evolutionary Medicine

  • Ecology

  • Evolution

 

Professional Interests

  Link to Dr. Emms research page
  • Reproductive ecology and pollination biology of plants
  • Sex allocation, sexual selection, and gamete packaging strategies.

Recent Publications

 

Emms, S.K., and M.L. Arnold. 2000. Site-to-site differences in pollinator visitation patterns in a Louisiana iris hybrid zone. Oikos: 91: 568-578.

Arnold, M.L., and S.K. Emms. 1998. Paradigm lost: natural hybridization and evolutionary innovations. Invited symposium chapter. In: D. Howard and S. Berlocher (Editors). Endless forms: species and speciation: a symposium in honor of Guy L. Bush. Oxford University Press, New York

Arnold, M.L., and S.K. Emms. 1998. DNA markers, gene flow, and natural selection. In D. Soltis, P. Soltis, and J. Doyle (Editors). Molecular systematics of plants II. DNA sequencing. Kluwer, Boston.

Emms, S.K., D.A. Stratton, and A.A. Snow. 1997. The effect of inflorescence size on male fitness: experimental tests in the andromonoecious lily, Zigadenus paniculatus. Evolution 51: 1481-1489.

Emms, S.K., and M.L. Arnold. 1997. The effect of habitat on parental and hybrid fitness: reciprocal transplant experiments with Louisiana irises. Evolution 51: 1112-1119.

Emms, S.K., S.A. Hodges, and M.L. Arnold. 1996. Pollen-tube competition, siring success, and consistent asymmetric hybridization in Louisiana irises. Evolution 50: 2201-2206.

Emms, S.K. 1996. Temporal patterns of seed set and decelerating fitness returns on female allocation in Zigadenus paniculatus (Liliaceae), an andromonoecious lily. American Journal of Botany 83:304-315.

Emms, S.K. 1993. On measuring fitness gain curves in plants. Ecology 74:1750-1756.

 

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Department of Biology
Dr. Simon K. Emms, Chair, OWS 390
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