Dr. Tatyana A. Lobova
Visiting Assistant Professor
Education:
Research Assistant, 2000-2007, Institute of Systematic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden, NY
Research Scientist, 1997-2000, Department of Plant Morphology and Anatomy, Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
Ph.D. Botany, 2000, Komarov Botanical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia
M.S. Biology/Botany, 1994, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia |
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Teaching Responsibilities:
Biol 292 - Evolution
Biol 308 - Botany
Biol 405 - Biology Seminar
Biol 292 - Practice of Science
Research Interests:
My interests include plant taxonomy and systematics, plant anatomy and morphology, microscopy, dispersal biology, plant-animal interactions, tropical ecology and conservation. I integrate experimental and collections-based fieldwork with laboratory studies of morphological, anatomical, and molecular data. My undergraduate and graduate research was dedicated to fruit and seed morphology and anatomy of different plant taxa and the implications of these characters to plant taxonomy. My postdoctoral research project at The New York Botanical Garden was a continuation and expansion of my studies on seeds and fruits. I am working with plants and fruit-eating bats in rain forests of South America, and compiling a list of all New World tropical species known to be dispersed by bats, describing and analyzing the characteristics that make them attractive to animals, and making illustrated descriptions of fruits and seeds that can be employed in identification of bat-dispersed species. This data are used to test and update the classic hypotheses about bat-plant interactions and dispersal syndromes. The majority of my field work has been conducted in the Amazonian rain forest that houses an amazing diversity of plants and animals making it a perfect place to address a variety of ecological questions and to make a significant contribution to forest conservation.
Bat/Plant Interactions in the Neotropics
Selected Publications:
Lobova, T. A., C. K. Geiselman & S. A. Mori. (In press). Seed Dispersal by Bats in the Neotropics. New York Botanical Garden Press. (Monograph)
Pell, S. K., J. D. Mitchell, T. A. Lobova & A. J. Miller (In press). Anacardiaceae. In K. Kubitzki (Ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. New York: Springer.
Mori, S. A., C. A. Gracie, E. F. Hecklau, T. A. Lobova, A. Berkov, & J.-J. de Granville. 2005. Documenting plant diversity in central French Guiana: The first step toward understanding biocomplexity. In I. Friis & H. Balslev (eds.), Plant Diversity and Complexity Patterns. Local, Regional and Global Dimentions. Biol. Skr. 55:11-24.
Lobova, T. A. & Mori, S. A. 2004. Epizoochorous dispersal by bats in French Guiana. J. Trop. Ecol. 20: 581-582.
Lobova, T. A., S. A. Mori, F. Blanchard, H. Peckham & P. Charles-Dominique. 2003. Cecropia as a food resource for bats in French Guiana and the significance of fruit structure in seed dispersal and longevity. Amer. J. Botany. 90: 388-403.
Budantsev, A. L., T. A. Lobova & N. A. Medvedeva. 2000. Morphology and anatomy of nutlets in some Teucrium species (Lamiaceae) and their taxonomical significance. Botanicheskii Zhurnal 85(2): 70-83. (In Russian)
Nemirovich-Danchenko, E. N. & T. A. Lobova. 1998. The seed coat structure of some representatives from order Hydrangeales. Botanicheskii Zhurnal 83(6): 1-9. (In Russian)
Lobova, T. A. 1997. Seed morphology and anatomy in genera Argophyllum and Corokia (Argophyllaceae). Botanicheskii Zhurnal 82(9): 68-77. (In Russian)
Budantsev, A. L. & T. A. Lobova. 1997. Fruit morphology, anatomy and taxonomy of tribe Nepeteae (Labiatae). Edinburgh J. Botany. 54(2): 183-216.
Contact Information:
Department of BiologicalSciences
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia 23529-0266
Ph:(757) 683-3392
Fax: (757) 683-5283
Email: tlobova@odu.edu
