Department of Biology

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Katherine C. Larson, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biology 018 LSC University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR 72035 (501) 450-5928 Email: klarson@uca.edu

My interest focuses on the ecological significance of resource allocation patterns in plants. I have examined how gall-forming insects manipulate normal host plant allocation patterns to their own benefit, and how trees with different allocation patterns influence gall-former success. I am currently examining morphological plasticity in an introduced plant species, Lonicera japonica, and investigating how plastic resource allocation patterns influence the ability of L. japonica to colonize diverse habitats.

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Courses Taught: Biology for General Education; Principles of Biology II; General Ecology; Advanced Ecology