Biology – The College of Arts and Sciences

Dotty Douglas

Professor Emeritus, Department of Biological Sciences
Department: Biological Sciences
Year arrived at BSU: 1981
Mailing Address:
Department of Biology
Boise State University
Boise, ID 83725-1515

Office Location: Science/Nursing 126
Office Number: 208-426-4064
Fax Number: 208-426-4267
E-Mail Address: ddouglas@boisestate.edu
Academic Degrees | Teaching | Reseach Interests | Recent Publications | Graduate Students | Potential Student Projects

ACADEMIC DEGREES

B.A. Biology, Oberlin College, 1972
Ph.D. Botany, University of California, Berkeley, 1977

TEACHING

BIOL 191 General Biology I
BIOL 401 Organic Evolution
BIOL 502 Population and Community Ecology
BIOL100 Concepts of Biology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

I am involved in a project on examining the effect of neighbors on the growth of conifer seedlings. Douglas-fir seedlings were planted in 1989 and 1990; seedling survival and growth and shrub presence are quantified each year.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS [click to open]
Douglas, D.A. 1995. Seed germination, seedling demography, and growth of Salix setchelliana on glacial river gravel bars in Alaska. Canadian Journal of Botany 73(4):673-9.
Douglas, D.A. 1991. Clonal architecture of Salix setchelliana (gravel bar willow) in Alaska. Canadian Journal of Botany 69:590-596.
Douglas, D.A. 1989. Clonal growth of Salix setchelliana on glacial river gravel bars in Alaska. Journal of Ecology 77:112-126.
Douglas, D.A. 1987. Growth of Salix setchelliana Ball on a Kluane River point bar, Yukon Territory, Canada. Arctic & Alpine Research 19(1): 35-44.