Faculty
Ruth Hufbauer
Biological Control
Associate Professor
C147 Plant Sciences
ruth.hufbauer@colostate.edu
970-491-6945 office
970-491-5984 lab
Research Interests
I am an evolutionary ecologist. Much of the work my lab focuses on is ecological and population genetics of biological invasions, plant-insect and insect-enemy interactions. We also are involved in projects focused on general community ecology and ecosystem responses to global change.
Courses I Teach:
Ecology (LIFE 320) (Alternate Springs)
Invasion Biology (BSPM 380) (Alternate Springs)
On the Origin of Species (EY592) (Alternate Falls)
Publications:
Blair, AC, and RA Hufbauer. 2009. Hybridization and invasion: one of North America’s most devastating invasive plants shows evidence for a history of hybridization. Evolutionary Applications. 3:40-51
Blair AC, and RA Hufbauer. 2009. Geographic patterns of interpecific hybridization between spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe stoebe) and diffuse knapweed (C. diffusa). Invasive Plant Science and Management. 2:55-69.
Marrs, RA, R Sforza, RA Hufbauer. 2008 . Evidence for multiple introductions of Centaurea stoebe micranthos (spotted knapweed, Asteraceae) to North America. Molecular Ecology. 17:4197-4208. .
Blair AC, U Schaffner, P Häfliger, SK Meyer, RA Hufbauer. 2008. How do biological control and hybridization affect enemy escape? Biological Control. 46:358-370.
Hufbauer, RA. 2008. Biological Invasions: Paradox lost and paradise gained. Current Biology. 18:R246-R247.