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Savanna Blazing Star, Liatris scariosa var. nieuwlandii | Pitcher's Thistle, Cirsium pitcheri |
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Contact, Education, Research interests, Current Projects, collaborators, current graduate students/ research students, courses taught at chicago state university, awards, memberships in professional societies, Professional activities, Research associate, Theses, Publications, Reports.
Timothy Bell Professor of Botany
Department of Biological Sciences
Chicago State University
9501 S King Dr.,Chicago IL 60628
773-995-2442
tbell22@csu.edu
Education
Ph.D. in Botany and Plant Physiology, Rutgers - The State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Piscataway, New Jersey, 1986
M.S. in Botany, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 1979
B.S. in Biology, Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, 1977
Conservation Biology
Environmental Botany
Ecology And Population Dynamics Of Endangered Plant Species
Population Viability Analysis
Barrens Restoration Management Plan at Hickory Creek Nature Preserve, Will County, Illinois
Demographic Trend Analysis and Population Viability Index for Illinois populations of the Federal Threatened Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid (Platanthera leucophaea).
Fluctuating asymmetry as measure of genetic and environmental stress in plants.
Impacts of Deer Browsing on Vegetation in Will County Forest Preserves.
Population ecology of the Savanna Blazingstar, Liatris scariosa var. nieuwlandii, a threatened plant species of Illinois.
Viability analysis of a Restored Population of the Federal Threatened Pitcher's Thistle (Cirsium pitcheri) in Illinois. Cirsium pitcher restoration website: http://www.cbgscience.org/cirsium_pitcheri/index.htm
Recovery Status Assessment for Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid and Reintroduction and Management Recommendations for Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid and Savanna Blazing Star at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie.
Integrating Long-term Demographic Data and Repeated Genetic Sampling for Viability Analysis of Natural and Restored Populations of Pitcher’s Thistle.
Collaborators
Marlin Bowles http://www.mortonarb.org/research/rareplants.html
Jeremie Fant http://www.chicagobotanic.org/research/conservation/_fant.html
Kayri Havens http://www.chicagobotanic.org/research/conservation/havens.html
Claudia Jolls http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/biology/jolls_claudia.cfm
Noel Pavlovic http://www.glsc.usgs.gov/personnel.php?action=Pavlovic,%20Noel%20B.
Kathryn McEachern http://www.werc.usgs.gov/chis/mceachern.asp
Pati Vitt http://www.chicagobotanic.org/research/conservation/vitt.html
Larry Zettler http://www.ic.edu/academics/profiles/zettler.asp
Current Graduate Students/Research Assistants
Omosede Ighile
Nikko Demerite
Keytha Payton
Randy Grass
Courses Taught At Chicago State University
Ecology Field Biology
Advanced Evolution Environmental Biology
Evolutionary Biology The Plant Kingdom
Plant Ecology Plant Physiology
Plants and Human Affairs Biological Sciences Survey I & II
Environmental Impact Analysis Conservation Biology
Biometrics Humanity & Nature
Awards
Faculty Excellence Award, 1995. Superior performance in the area of Service and significant performance in the areas of Teaching/Performance of Primary Duties and Research/Creative Activities.
Faculty Excellence Award, 1997. Superior performance in the area of Teaching/Performance of Primary Duties and significant performance in the areas of Service and Research/Creative Activities.
Faculty Excellence Award, 2003. Superior performance in the area of Service and significant performance in the areas of Teaching/Performance of Primary Duties and Research/Creative Activities.
Faculty Excellence Award, 2004. Superior performance in the area of Service and significant performance in the areas of Teaching/Performance of Primary Duties and Research/Creative Activities.
Membership In Professional Societies
Botanical Society of America
Ecological Society of America
Sigma Xi - The Scientific Research Society
Professional Activities
Vice-chair, Ecological Section, Botanical Society of America, 2002-2004
Chair, Ecological Section Student Travel Award Selection Committee, Botanical Society of America
Scientific Advisory Panel for Thorn Creek Nature Preserve, 2005-present
Recovery on Public Lands Steering Committee, Center for Plant Conservation, 2005
Research Associate
The Morton Arboretum, 1997-present (http://www.mortonarb.org/research/rareplants.html)
Chicago Botanic Garden, 2005-present (http://www.chicagobotanic.org/research/conservation/)
Theses
Bell, T. J. 1986. Variation in phenology, seed germination behavior, and biomass allocation between chasmogamous and cleistogamous components of reproduction and among populations of Dichanthelium clandestinum (L.) Gould. Ph.D. Thesis. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Bell, T. J. 1979. Factors which affect the establishment of natural vegetation on a coal strip mine spoil bank in southeastern Ohio. M. S. Thesis. Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.
Publications
Bell, T. J., and I. A. Ungar. 1981. Factors affecting the establishment of natural vegetation on a coal strip mine spoil bank in southeastern Ohio. Am. Midl. Nat. 105:19-31.
Bell, T. J., and J. A. Quinn. 1985. Relative importance of chasmogamously and cleistogamously derived seeds of Dichanthelium clandestinum (L.) Gould. Bot. Gaz. 146:252-258.
Bell, T. J., and J. A. Quinn. 1987. Effects of soil moisture and light intensity on the chasmogamous and cleistogamous components of reproductive effort in Dichanthelium clandestinum populations. Can. J. Bot. 65:2243-2249.
Bell, T. J., M. Bowles and K. McEachern. 2003. Projecting the success of plant population restoration with viability analysis. In: Brigham, C.A., Schwartz, M.W. (eds) Population Viability in Plants: Conservation, Management, and Modeling of Rare Plants. Springer-Verlag Berlin, pp 313-350.
Bell, T. J., M. Bowles, J. McBride, K. Havens, P. Vitt, and K. McEachern. 2002. Reintroducing Pitcher’s Thistle. Endangered Species Bulletin. 27(3):14-15.
Bowles, M., J. McBride and T. Bell. 2001. Ecological restoration of the federal threatened Mead’s Milkweed. Ecological Restoration. 19:235-241
Bowles, M., L. Zettler, T. Bell, and P.Kelsey. 2005. Relationships Between Soil Characteristics, Distribution and Restoration Potential of The Federal Threatened Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid, Platanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindl. American Midland Naturalist. 154 (2): 273-285
Bowles, M., M. J. Jones, J. McBride, T. Bell and C. Dunn. 2000. Structural Composition And Species Richness Indices Upland Forests of the Illinois Chicago Region. Erigenia, Number 18, August 2000, 28-52.
Bowles, M., M. J. Jones, J. McBride, T. Bell and C. Dunn. 2005. Temporal Instability in Chicago’s Upland Old Growth Forests. Chicago Wilderness Journal.
Campbell, C. S., J. A. Quinn, G. P. Cheplick, and T. J. Bell. 1983. Cleistogamy in grasses. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 14:411-441.
Mauger, D., T. Bell and E. Peters. 2000. Distribution and Habitat of the Southern Two-lined Salamander, Eurycea cirrigera, in Will County, Illinois: Implications for Population Management and Monitoring. Jour. Iowa Acad. Sci. 107(3):168-174.
Zettler, L.W., K.A. Piskin, S.L. Stewart, J. J. Hartsock M. Bowles and T.J. Bell. 2005. Protocorm mycobionts of the Federally threatened eastern prairie fringed orchid, Platanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindley, and a technique to prompt leaf elongation in seedlings. Studies In Mycology 53: 163–171.
Reports
Bell, T.J., M. Bowles and J. McBride. 2000. Factors affecting Savanna Blazing Star persistence: demographic analysis of the Hickory Creek Barrens population. A report to the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission and the Forest Preserve District of Will County, July, 2000.
Bell, T.J., M. Bowles and R. Hyerczyk. & J. McBride. 1999. Does management for tallgrass prairie inhibit Savanna Blazing Star persistence? A report to the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission and the Forest Preserve District of Will County. May, 1999
Bell, T.J., M. Bowles and R. Hyerczyk. 1997. “Strategies for survival in the savanna blazing star.” A Report to the Cook County Forest Preserve District and The Nature Conservancy.
Bowles, M., J. McBride, C. Dunn, M. Jones and T.J. Bell. 1998. Twenty-year woody vegetation changes and ground layer species richness in northwestern Illinois upland forests. The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL.
Bowles, M., J. McBride, T. J. Bell and M. DeMauro. 1995. Report on the reintroduction of American hazelnut at Hickory Creek. Report to the Will County Forest Preserve District. Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois.
Bowles, M., T.J. Bell, and J. McBride. 1996. “Deer browsing impacts at Thorn Creek Woods Nature Preserve and Goodenow Grove Forest Preserve, Will County, Illinois", A report to the Forest Preserve District of Will County, January, 1996.
Bowles, M., T.J. Bell, and J. McBride. 1997. “Flower production inside and outside deer exclosures at Thorn Creek Woods Nature Preserve and Goodenow Grove Forest Preserve, Will County, Illinois.” A Report to the Will County Forest Preserve District.
Bowles, M., T. J. Bell & M DeMauro. 1999. Establishing Recovery Targets for Illinois Plants. A report to the Illinois Endangered Species Board.