CURRICULUM VITAE FOR BEVERLY JEAN RATHCKE
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048
Phone: 734.647.3260
FAX: 734.763.0544
brathcke@umich.edu
NOTE: I will be on furlough (no teaching or administration) starting this fall, 2009, and will retire in June 2010.
EDUCATION
B.A. Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota, Biology, 1967 (magna cum laude)
M.Sc. University of London, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, England (Fulbright Scholar); Master of Science in Applied Entomology, 1968
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, Environmental Sciences (Ecology Program), 1973
Postdoctoral Fellow with R. B. Root at Cornell University, Department of Entomology, Ithaca, New York, 1972-1974
NATO Postdoctoral Fellow with J.L. Harper, University College of North Wales, School of Plant Biology Bangor, Wales, U.K., 1979
EMPLOYMENT
University of Michigan, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Associate Professor, 1985-present; Assistant Professor, 1978-1985.
Cornell University, L.H. Bailey Hortorium, Dept. of Plant Science, Visiting Researcher, 2002-2003 (sabbatical)
Macquarie University, School of Biological Sciences, North Ryde, Australia. Visiting Fellow, 1988 (Sabbatical)
North Carolina State University, Department of Zoology, Raleigh, N.C. Visiting Associate Professor, 1987 (Sabbatical)
Brown University, Section of Population Biology and Genetics, Providence, Rhode Island. Assistant Professor-Research, 1975-1978 (unsalaried position)
CURRENT RESEARCH
Invasive plants and indirect effects: Does herbivore-escape promote the invasion of spotted knapweed? Field work in Michigan
The reproductive biology of mangroves: pollination, breeding systems, phenology: Field work in Florida, the Bahamas, and Mexico
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Landry, C.L., B.J. Rathcke, and L.B. Kass. 2009. Distribution of androdioecious and hermaphroditic populations of the mangrove Laguncularia racemosa in Florida and the Bahamas. Journal of Tropical Ecology 25: 75-83.
Landry, C.L. and B.J. Rathcke. 2007. Do inbreeding depression and relative male fitness explain the maintenance of androdioecy in white mangrove, Laguncularia racemosa (L.) Gaertn. f. (Combretaceae)? The New Phytologist 176 (4): 891-901.
Rathcke, B.J. and W.K. Hayes (Editors). 2007. The Proceedings of the 11th Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas. Gerace Research Center: San Salvador, Bahamas.
Rathcke, B.J., C. Landry and L.B. Kass. 2007. The natural history of White Mangrove. PP. 43-53. IN: B.J. Rathcke and W. K. Hayes (eds). The Proceedings of the 11th Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas. Gerace Research Center: San Salvador, Bahamas.
DeMattia, E.A., Rathcke, B.J., Curran, L.M., Aguilar, R., and Vargas, O. 2006. Effects of small rodent and large mammal exclusion on seedling recruitment in Costa Rica. Biotropica 38 (2): 196-202.
Landry, C., B.J. Rathcke, L.B. Kass, N.B. Elliott, and R. Boothe. 2005. Flower visitors to White Mangrove: A comparison between three Bahamian islands and Florida. PP. 83-94. IN S.D. Buckner and T.A. McGrath (Eds.) The Proceedings of the 10th Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas. Gerace Research Center: San Salvador, Bahamas.
DeMattia, E.A., Curran, L.M., and Rathcke, B.J. 2004. Effects of small rodents and large mammals on neotropical seeds. Ecology 85: 2161-2170.
Rathcke, B.J. 2003. Floral longevity and reproductive assurance: seasonal patterns and an experimental test with Kalmia latifolia (Ericaceae). American Journal of Botany 90: 1328-1332.
Rathcke, B.J. 2001. Pollination and predation limit fruit set in a shrub, Bourreria succulenta (Boraginaceae), after hurricanes on San Salvador Island, Bahamas. Biotropica 33: 330-338.
Rathcke, B.J. 2000. Hurricane causes resource and pollination limitation of fruit set in a bird-pollinated shrub. Ecology 81 (7): 92-99.
Rathcke, B. and E. Jules. 1993. Habitat fragmentation and plant-pollinator interactions. Current Science 65: 273-277.
Real, L. and B. Rathcke. 1991. Individual variation in nectar production and its effects on plant fitness in the Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia). Ecology 72: 149-155.
Rathcke, B. l988. Interactions for pollination among coflowering shrubs. Ecology 69: 446-457.
Rathcke, B. and E. P. Lacey. 1985. Phenological patterns of terrestrial plants. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 16: 179-214.
Rathcke, B. l984. Patterns of flowering phenologies: testability and causal inference using a random model. Pages 383-392. IN: D.R. Strong, D. Simberloff, L.G. Abele and A.B. Thistle (Eds.). Ecological Communities: Conceptual Issues and the Evidence. Princeton University Press: Princeton, New Jersey.
Rathcke, B.J. 1976. Competition and coexistence within a guild of herbivorous insects. Ecology 57: 76-87.
Willson, M.F. and B.J. Rathcke. l974. Adaptive design of the floral display in Aslcepias syriaca L. American Midland Naturalist 92: 47-57.
RECENT PRESENTATIONS
Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas, San Salvador, 2005
Friends of the Environment, Abaco, Bahamas, 2005
Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR, 2004
Michigan Botanical Club, 2004
University of Michigan Student Biology Club, 2006
ECOSUR, Chetumal, Mexico, 2007
Symposium at Laguna Bacalar, Mexico, 2009
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
NCEAS (National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis), Science Advisory Board (SAB), 2006-2008; chair of SAB 2006-2008.
STEP (Science and Technology Excellence Program) Committee 2007-2008
Co-chair, Symposium on the Natural History of the Bahamas, 2005-7
Graduate Chair, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (2005-2008)
Chair, Diversity Committee (2003-2004, 2005-2008)
Recipient of a Rackham Distinguished Graduate Mentoring Award, 2008
TEACHING
Bio 282 General Ecology Lab (fall semester)
EEB 472 Plant-animal Interactions (winter semester)
I have been Chair or Co-chair for over 25 PhD students who have defended and and I have been on the PhD theses committees of over 50 other students.
RECENT PhD STUDENTS: Chair or Co-Chair
Schueller, Sheila K. 2002. Hummingbird pollination and floral evolution of introduced Nicotiana glauca and native Epilobium canum: California island-mainland comparisons.
DeMattia, Elizabeth. 2003. Seed predation by rodents in neotropical forests. Co-chair with Lisa Curran
Kummel, Miro. 2003. Partner choice in mycorrhizal mutualisms. Co-chair with Deborah Goldberg
Courteau, Jacqueline. 2005. Interactions of deer and introduced shrubs on tree regeneration.
Landry, Carol. 2005. Understanding Androdioecy in White Mangrove.
Montgomery, Ben. 2007. Pollination interactions in a Midwest prairie.
Crants, Jim. 2008. Pollinator-mediated interactions with mayapple, a deceit-pollinated spring ephemeral.
CURRENT PhD STUDENTS: chair or co-chair (I stopped accepting new students in 2004)
Rosenthal, Jonathan – A comparison of insects on introduced and native shrubs and their effects on bird foraging.
Uesugi, Akane – Host plant choice and parasitism in leaf-mining flies
Jha, Shalene. 2009. Effects of coffee agriculture on bee pollinator diversity and gene flow in a tropical tree
Miller, Zach. 2009. Effects of a fungal rust on mayapple and tree recruitment and diversity
Ruiz, Javier. 2008. Density-dependent interactions and recruitment limitation of a bat-dispersed tropical tree
Liere, Heidi – Direct and indirect interactions between scales, scale-tending ants. and a scale-eating beetle
Vanette, Rachel – Effects of mycorrhizae on defenses of milkweed and its associated insect herbivores
Lesnik, Julie (Anthropology) – Tool use by chimpanzees for eating termites
