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.