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Our Study Species
Echinacea angustifolia
E. angustifolia seedheads
Our Study Site
Other Species of Interest
Andropogon gerardii
Aphis echinaceae
Coreopsis palmata
Dalea purpurea
Dichanthelium leibergii
Echinacea pallida
Echinacea purpurea
Hesperostipa spartea
Heliopsis helianthoides
Platanthera praeclara
Psoralea argophylla
Sorghastrum nutans
Experiments
Pollen addition & exclusion
Dykstra’s interpopulation crosses
Dykstra’s local adaptation
Heritability of flowering time
Heritability of fitness–qGen2 & qGen3
Heritability of fitness–qGen1
Inbreeding experiment–INB2
Inbreeding experiment–INB1
Common garden experiment–1996 cohort
Ridley’s next generation rescue
Echinacea hybrids–exPt 6
Echinacea hybrids–exPt 7
Echinacea hybrids–exPt 9
Demographic census in remnants
Seedling establishment
Flowering phenology in remnants
Mating compatibility in remnants
Fire & flowering at Staffanson Prairie Preserve
Hesperostipa common garden experiment
Aphid addition and exclusion
Flowering phenology in experimental plots
Cirsium hillii fire & fitness
Echinacea pallida flowering phenology
Fire & fitness of EA
Reproductive fitness in remnants
Projects
Summer 2013 Projects
Summer 2014 Projects
Summer 2015 Projects
Summer 2016 Projects
Summer 2017 Projects
Summer 2018 Projects
Summer 2019 Projects
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People
Stuart Wagenius
Gretel Kiefer
Ruth Shaw
Jennifer L. Ison
Jared Beck
Amy Dykstra
Lea K. Richardson
2022 Team Members
2021 Team Members
2019 Team Members
2020 Team Members
2023 Team Members
2024 Team Members
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2016 Team Members
2015 Team Members
Will Reed
Abby VanKempen
Alison Hall
Katherine Schneider
Ben Lee
Taylor Harris
Gina Hatch
Matt Olhoft
Danny Hanson
Amy Waananen
2014 Team Members
Maureen Page
Cam Shorb
Allison Grecco
Keaton Holsinger
Elizabeth Mays
Claire Ellwanger
Jared Beck
Former Team Members
Lydia English
Andrew Kaul
Kelly Kapsar
Sarah Baker
Ilse Renner
Dayvis Blasini
Marie Schaedel
Pamela Kittelson
Sara Zufan
Reina Nielsen
Kory Kolis
Mike Howe
Lydia Kan
Jillian Gall
Shona Sanford-Long
Josh Drizin
Greg Diersen
Katherine Muller
Amber Eule-Nashoba
Nicholas Goldsmith
Amber Zahler
Callin Switzer
Lee Rodman
Maria Wang
Summer Research Teams
Volunteers
Opportunities
Graduate student opportunities 2024
Summer REU Internship 2025
12-Month Research Intern 2024
High School Research Intern 2024
Teacher Researcher 2025
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Field Guides
Plants
Common Yarrow
Prairie Onion
Leadplant
Canadian Anemone
Thimbleweed
Common Dogbane
Prairie Sage
Common Milkweed
Whorled Milkweed
Plumeless Thistle
Canada Thistle
Bastard Toadflax
Bird’s-foot Coreopsis
White Prairie Clover
Purple Prairie Clover
Narrow-leaved Purple Coneflower
Daisy Fleabane
Leafy Spurge
Northern Bedstraw
Maximilian’s Sunflower
Wild Sunflower
False Sunflower
Veiny Pea
Oxeye Daisy
Rough Blazingstar
Dotted Blazingstar
Wood Lily
Grooved Flax
Hoary Puccoon
Pale-spiked Lobelia
Bird’s-foot Trefoil
Black Medic
Alfalfa
Sweetclover
Wild Bergamot
Evening Primrose
Prairie Goldenrod
Stiff Goldenrod
Wild Parsnip
Silverleaf Scurfpea
Prairie Turnip
Prairie Phlox
Ground Cherry
Tall Cinquefoil
Prairie Rose
Black-eyed Susan
Canada Goldenrod
Old Field Goldenrod
Snowberry
Heath Aster
Smooth Blue Aster
Silky Aster
Meadow Rue
Goat’s Beard
Alsike Clover
Red Clover
Mountain Deathcamas
Heartleaf Golden Alexanders
Bees
Andrenidae
Andrena
Apidae
Apis
Bombus
Ceratina
Melissodes
Colletidae
Hylaeus
Halictidae
Agapostemon
Augochlorella
Halictus
Lasioglossum
Megachilidae
Coelioxys
Heriades
Megachile
Datasets
exPt 1 Core
exPt1 Aphid Abundance and Plant Damage 2004-2012
Kittelson’s Functional Traits
specialist aphid publication 2015
Ison’s Echinacea microsatellite markers
Fire & fitness at Staffanson Prairie Preserve
Muller’s ants in prairie fragments
Dataset for “Pollinator effectiveness in a composite…”
Nordstrom’s Fire and Demography
Datasets for “Genetic variation in reproductive timing…”
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2024 Team Members
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2024 Update: Echinacea hybrids (exPt 6,7,9) and Echinacea pallida flowering phenology
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