Education
1985 Ph.D. in Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder1981 M.S. in Botany, Ohio State University, Columbus
1978 B. S. in Botany, Miami University, Oxford OH
Honors and Scholarships
1999 Faculty Advisor of the Year1986 NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship
1985 University of Colorado Award for Excellence in Research
1984-1985 Graduate Fellowship, University of Colorado
1982-1982 J.S. Noyes Foundation Fellowship
1974-1978 Furbar Marshall Scholarship
Publications
Farris, M.A. 1998. The effects of rock climbing on the vegetation of three Minnesota cliff systems. Canadian Journal of Botany 76:1981-1990. Nontechnical summary
Farris, M.A. and M.J. Lechowicz. 1990. Functional interactions among traits that determine reproductive success in a native annual plant. Ecology 71:548-557.
Farris, M.A. 1988. Quantitative genetic variation and natural selection in Cleome serrulata growing along a mild soil moisture gradient. Can. J. Bot. 66:1870-1876.
Farris, M.A. 1987. Natural selection on the plant-water relations of Cleome serrulata growing along natural soil moisture gradients. Oecologia 72:434-439.
Louda, S., M.A. Farris, and M.J. Blua. 1987. Variation in methylglucosinolate and insect damage to Cleome serrulata along a natural soil moisture gradient. J. Chem. Ecol. 13:569-581.
Farris, M.A. and J.B. Mitton. 1985. Reproductive consequences of a cone color dimorphism in white fir.Amer. J. Bot. 72:1719-1725.
Farris, M.A. and J.B. Mitton. 1984. Population density, outcrossing rate, and heterozygote superiority in ponderosa pine. Evolution 38:1151-1154.
Farris, M.A. 1984. Leaf size and shape variation in response to drought stress in Rumex acetosella. L. Amer. Midl. Nat. 111:358-363.
Farris, M.A. and B.A. Schaal. 1983. Morphological and genetic variation in ecologically central and marginal populations of Rumex acetosella L. (Polygonaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 70:246-255.
Grants and Awards since 1987
2001
The Access Fund. The effects of vegetation on rock climber perceptions.
2001
Hamline University, Hanna Endowment. The relationship between vegetation and rock climbers'perceptions.
1994
National Science Foundation. ILI- Using plant responses to environmental variation to improve teaching and research in plant biology. Abstract
1994
MN Dept. of Natural Resources. The effects of rock climbing on the cliff flora of three Minnesota State Parks.
1993
Hamline University, Hanna Endowment, for studies on genetic and environmental determinants of seedling growth in the common cocklebur.
1992
Hamline University, Bush Foundation, for studies on the effects of competition on the growth, physiology and success of the common cocklebur.
1990
Hamline University, Joyce Foundation, for hypermedia computer resource development for the new plant biology courses.
1989
Hamline University, Hanna Endowment, for studies on genetic variation in the plant-water relations of the Missouri goldenrod.
1987
Cedar Creek Natural History Area Research Grant, for studies on the population biology and breeding systems of selected annual plants.
Last updated October 18, 2002
mfarris@hamline.edu