Department: Biology

Office Address:

Department of Biology   Berry College   P. O. Box 430   Mount Berry, GA 30149-0430

Phone:	706-368-6742
Fax:	706-238-7855
E-mail:	cborer@berry.edu
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Joined Berry Faculty: 2006

Research Interest:

In my research, I seek to understand the effects of human activities on the health of forested ecosystems.  The primary focus of this work has centered around the physiological effects of reduced environmental calcium availability, coupled with other mechanisms that can alter calcium nutrition, such as acidic deposition (acid rain).  Because calcium is essential in the physiological responsiveness of plants to numerous environmental cues, investigations have included assessment of physiological impairments, such as altered stomatal responsiveness, in conjunction with reduced physiologically-available calcium in the foliage.  Studies have also included assement of changes in the patterns of accretion and partitioning of calcium within plant foliage, as well as interactions between calcium availability and aluminum toxicity in plant foliage.

Degrees:

B.A. Grinnell College M.S. University of Vermont Ph.D. University of Vermont