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Dr. Danny J. Gustafson, Captain
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology

The Citadel
171 Moultrie Street
Charleston, SC 29409

office: 301 Duckett Hall
phone: (843) 953-7876
FAX: (843) 953-7264
email: danny.gustafson@citadel.edu

Citadel Plant Ecology Laboratory (CPEL)

Courses Taught:

Cadet Undergraduate	Graduate
General Biology I (BIOL 101) F04 General Biology II (BIOL 102) General Biology I Lab (BIOL 111) S04 General Biology II Lab (BIOL 112) S04 Intro to Plant Biology (BIOL 203) F03 Man and the Environment (BIOL 209) F04 Ecology (BIOL 406) S04, S06	Ecology (BIOL 506) Survey of Plant Kingdoms (BIOL 602)

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Degrees:

• B.A., Biology and Medical Technology, Blackburn College
• M.S., Conservation Biology/Plant Ecology, Illinois State Univeristy
• Ph.D., Molecular Plant Ecology, Southern Illinois University

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Research Interests:

Plant Ecology, Molecular Ecology, Conservation Biology, Plant / Soil Feedback, Population and Community Ecology, Restoration / Applied Ecology.

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Publications:

• Gustafson, D.J., D.J. Gibson, D.L. Nickrent. 1999. Random amplified polymorphic DNA variation among rembant big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii Vitman) populations from Arkansas' Grand Prairie. Molecular Ecology. 8:1693-1701.
• Gibson, D.J., E.D. Adams, J.S. Ely, D.J.Gustafson. 2000. Eighteen years of herbaceous layer recovery of a recreation area in a mesic forest. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society. 127(3):230-239.
• Gustafson, D.J., D.J. Gibson, D.L. Nickrent. 2001 Characterizing three restored Andropogon gerardii Vitman (Big Bluestem) populations established with Illinois an non-Illinois seed: Established plants and their offspring. Proc. 17th N.A. Prairie Conference. 118-124.
• Gustafson, D.J., R.C. Anderson. 2001. Comparison of phenology, photosynthetic rates, and leaf morphology of savanna and prairie populations of shooting star (Dodecatheon meadia L.). Proc. 17th N.A. Prairie Conference. 164-168.
• Gustafson, D.J., D.J. Gibson, D.L. Nickrent. 2002. Genetic diversity and competitive abilities of Dalea Purpurea (Fabaceae) from remnant and restored grasslands. 163(6):979-990.
• Gustafson, D.J., G. Romano, R.E. Latham. Morton, J.K. 2003. Amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis of genetic relationships among the serpentine barrens endemic Cerastium velutinum Rafinesque var. villosissimum Pennell (Caryophyllaceae) and closely related Cerastium species. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society. 130(3):000-000.
• Gustafson, D.J., D.J. Gibson, D.L. Nickrent. 2004. Competitive relationships of Andropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem) from remnant and restored native populations and select cultivated varieties. Functional Ecology. 18:451-7.
• Gustafson, D.J., D.J. Gibson, D.L. Nickrent. 2004. Conservation genetics of two co-dominant grass species in an endangered grassland ecosystem. Functional Ecology. 41:389-397.
• Gustafson, D.J. & B.B. Casper. 2004. Nutrient addition affects AM fungal performance and expression of plant/fungal feedback in three serpentine grasses. Plant and Soil. 259:9-17.
• Gustafson, D.J., Kilheffer, J., & Silliman, B.R. (in review) Relative impacts of Littoraria irrorata and Prokelisia marginata on Spartina alterniflora growth. Estuaries
• Gustafson, D.J., & Casper, B.B. (in press) Differential host plant performance as a function of soil arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities: experimentally manipulating co-occurring Glomus species. Plant Ecology.
• Cahill, J.F. Jr., Kembel, S.W., & Gustafson, D.J. (2005) Differential genetic influences on competitive effect and response in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Ecology, 93, 958-967.
• Gustafson, D.J., & Latham, R.E. (2005) Is the serpentine aster, Symphyotrichum depauperatum (Fern.) Nesom, a valid species and actually endemic to eastern serpentine barrens? Biodiversity and Conservation, 14, 1445-1452.
• Gustafson, D.J., Gibson, D.J., & Nickrent, D.L. 2005. Using local seeds in prairie restoration-data supports the paradigm. Native Plants Journal, 6, 25-28.

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