Address and Phone Numbers:

Department of Biological Sciences
Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, KY 41099
Office: (859) 572-1407
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Degrees (Subject):

• 1981 B.A. (Astrophysics), Williams College, Williamstown, MA
• 1985 M.For.Sci. (Forest Ecology/Tree Physiology), Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, CT
• 1990 Ph.D. (Forest Ecology), Yale University, CT

Professional Experience:

• 1990-1994

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Environmental Studies Program

Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire




• 1994-1995

Visiting Assistant Professor

Department of Biology

Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania




• 1995-2002

Assistant Professor

Department of Biological Sciences

University of Denver, Denver, Colorado




• 2002-present

Research Affiliate

Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research

University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado




• 2002-2006

Assistant Professor

Department of Biological Sciences

Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky




• 2006-present

Associate Professor

Department of Biological Sciences

Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky




• 2010-present

Director, Environmental Sciences Program

Department of Biological Sciences

Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky

Teaching Commitments:

• Advanced Writing in Biology
  
• Biometry
  
• General Biology Laboratory
• General Ecology
  
• General Ecology Laboratory
• Plant Ecology
• Plant Physiology
  

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Research Interests:


 
 
 
 

Current research interests include the effect of the invasive Amur honeysuckle on forest understory herbs and on ecosystem transpiration, the effects of calcium deficiency on the ecophysiology of trees, ecophysiology of eastern red cedar, development of Fuzzy Set Ordination (FSO) for use with various kinds of plant community data, and factors driving "bark-stripping" in Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine. 
 
 
 
 
     







Currently Funded by:


CINSAM, "Comparative water use of native and invasive shrubs at multiple scales at St. Anne Wetland."  2010-2011. 

Recent Publications:

• Boyce, R.L.  2010.  Invasive shrubs in Kentucky.  Northeastern Naturalist 17(mo7): 1-32.
  
• Boyce, R.L.  2009.  Thinking about graduate school?  BIOS 80:35-40. 
  
• Boyce, R.L.  2009.  Invasive shrubs and forest tree regeneration.  Journal of Sustainable Forestry 28:152-217.
• Castellano, S.M., and R.L. Boyce.  2007.  Spatial patterns of Juniperus virginiana and Lonicera maackii on a road cut in Kentucky.  Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 134: 188-198. 
  
• Boyce, R.L.  2007.  Chlorophyll fluorescence response of red spruce and balsam fir to a watershed calcium fertilization experiment in New Hampshire, USA.  Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37: 1518–1522.
  
• Boyce, R.L., J. Larson, and R.L. Sanford, Jr.  2006.  Phosphorus and nitrogen limitations to photosynthesis in Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine (Pinus aristata) in Colorado.  Tree Physiology 26:1477-1486.
  
• Boyce, R.L.  April 2005, posting date.  Life Under Your Feet: Measuring Soil Invertebrate Diversity.  Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology, Vol. 3: Experiment #1 [online].  http://tiee.ecoed.net/vol/v3/experiments/soil/abstract.html
  
• Boyce, R.L., R. Clark, and C. Dawson.  2005.  Factors determining alpine species distribution on Goliath Peak, Front Range, Colorado, U.S.A.  Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 37:89-90.  
• Tomaszewski, T., R.L. Boyce, and H. Sievering.  2003.  Canopy uptake of atmospheric nitrogen and new growth nitrogen requirement at a Colorado subalpine forest.  Canadian Journal of Forest Research 33:2221-2227. 
• Boyce, R.L., A.J. Friedland, C.B. Vostral, and T.D. Perkins.  2002.  Effects of a major ice storm on the foliage of four New England conifers.  Écoscience 10:342-350.
• Friedland, A.J., R.L. Boyce, C.B. Vostral, and G.T. Herrick.  2002.  Winter and early spring microclimate within a mid-elevation conifer forest canopy. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 115:195-200.
• Boyce, R.L., C.B. Vostral, and A.J. Friedland.  2002.  Winter water relations of three New England conifers at their upper elevational limits.  II. Modeling.  Tree Physiology 22:801-806.
• Vostral, C.B., R.L. Boyce, and A.J. Friedland.  2002.  Winter water relations of three New England conifers at their upper elevational limits. I. Measurements.  Tree Physiology 22:793-800.
• Boyce, R.L, and P.C. Ellison.  2001. Choosing the best similarity index when performing fuzzy set ordination on binary data. Journal of Vegetation Science 12:711-720.
• Schauer, A.J., A.W. Schoettle, and R.L. Boyce.  2001. Partial cambial mortality in high-elevation Pinus aristata (Pinaceae). American Journal of Botany 88:646-652.

Recent Presentations:

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