Rick Boyce

Associate Professor

Contact Info


Office: SC-150
Lab: SC-166;
Phone: (859) 572-1407; 572-1403 (lab)
E-mail: boycer@nku.edu
Web Page: www.nku.edu/~boycer

Education

  • B.A., 1981, Williams College
  • M.S., 1985, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
  • Ph.D., 1990, Yale University

Areas of Concentration

  • General Ecology
  • Plant Ecology
  • Plant Physiology
  • Biometry

Research Interests

Factors driving "bark-stripping" in Rocky Mountain bristlecone pinecanopy uptake and allocation of nitrogen by conifers, ecophysiology of red cedar, effect of the invasive Amur honeysuckle on forest understory herbs, effects of calcium deficiency on tree ecophysiology, development of Fuzzy Set Ordination (FSO) for use with plant community data.