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Researchers at MO
David A. Neill, Ph.D., Curator
Missouri Botanical Garden
P.O. Box 299
St. Louis, MO 63166-0299
USA
Adjunct Professor, University of Missouri-St. Louis
office phone (U.S.): + 1-314-577-9474
office phone (Ecuador): + 1-593-2-441-492
fax (Ecuador): + 1-593-2-441-592
email: david.neill@mobot.org or neill@ecnet.ec
Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis, 1984
B.S., Evergreen State College, Washington, 1980
General Research Interests
Flora of Ecuador
Fabaceae of the Neotropics
Quantitative inventories of tropical forests (permanent plots)
Training of Ecuadorian botanists for biodiversity research and conservation
Research Emphases
Fabaceae of Ecuador
Tree diversity and dynamics in tropical forests of Ecuador
GIS applied to analysis of plant species distributions in Ecuador
Conservation of rare and threatened plants in Ecuador
Selected Publications
Neill, D.A. 1999. Introduction: Geography, Geology, Paleoclimates, Climates, and Vegetation of Ecuador. Pp. 2-25 in: P.M. Jřrgensen & S. León-Yánez (editors), Catalogue of Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Mongr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: 1-1181.
Neill, D.A., G.P.Lewis and B.B. Klitgaard. 1999. Caesalpiniaceae, pp. 368-374; Fabaceae, pp. 468-484; Mimosaceae, pp. 591-601 in: P.M. Jřrgensen & S. León-Yánez (editors), Catalogue of Vascular Plants of Ecuador. Mongr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: 1-1181.
Neill, D.A. 1998. Ecuadendron (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae: Detarieae): A new arborescent genus from western Ecuador. Novon 8: 45-59.
Neill, D.A. and N. Revelo. 1998. Silvicultural trials of Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) interplanted with two Inga species in Amazonian Ecuador. Pp. 141-150 in: T.D. Pennington & E.C.M. Fernandes (editors), The Genus Inga: Utilization. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England.
Neill, D.A. 1993. Development of training programs for conservation research and natural resource management in Ecuador. Pp. 187-197 in: C. S. Potter, J. I. Cohen, and D. Janczewski (editors), Perspectives on Biodiversity: Case Studies of Genetic Resource Conservation and Development. Washington: AAAS Press.
Neill, D.A. 1988. Experimental studies on species relationships in Erythrina (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: 886-969.
Neill, D.A. 1987. Trapliners in the trees: Hummingbird pollination of Erythrina sect. Erythrina (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 74: 27-41.
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