In Memoriam       1953-2006 Steven J. Brunsfeld Professor of Forest Resources UI - Laboratory of Conservation and Ecological Genetics

Education & Experience:

• B.S. Forest Resources, University of Idaho, Moscow, 1976
• B.S. Botany, University of Idaho, Moscow, 1976
• M.S. Botany, University of Idaho, Moscow, 1981
• Ph.D. Botany, Washington State University, Pullman, 1990
• Consulting Botanist/Ecologist, USDA Forest Service, 1979-1980
• Director, Idaho Forest, Wildlife and Range Research Herbarium, University of Idaho,
  1979-2006
• Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Department of Forest Resources, University of Idaho, 1990-2006

Recent Research:

• Phylogeography and ecological genetics of mesic coniferous forests of the northern Rocky Mountains.

• Hybridization and introgression between Abies grandis and A. concolor in Idaho and eastern Oregon: interspecific transfer of ecologically important traits?

• The role of hybridization in the evolution of diversity in willows (Salix).

Publications:

• Braatne, J.H., S.J. Brunsfeld, V.D. Hipkins and B.L. Wilson^. 2005. Naturalization of  plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides subsp. monilifera)  along river drainages west of the Rocky Mountains.  Western North American Naturalist. 66(3): 310-320.
• Brunsfeld, S.J. and J. Sullivan. 2005. A multi-compartmented glacial refugium in the northern Rocky Mountains: Evidence from the phylogeography of Cardamine constancei (Brassicaceae). Conservation Genetics. 6(6): 895-904.
• Carstens, B.C., S.J. Brunsfeld, J.R. Demboski, J.M. Good, and J. Sullivan. 2005. Investigating the evolutionary history of the Pacific Northwest mesic forest ecosystem: Hypothesis testing within a comparative phylogeographic framework. Evolution 59(8):  1639–1652.
• Ganley, R. G., Brunsfeld, S. J., and Newcombe, G.  2004.  A community of unknown, endophytic fungi  in western white pine.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 101: 10107-10112.
• Kim, M.-S., S.J. Brunsfeld, G.I. McDonald, and N.B. Klopfenstein. 2003. Effect of white pine blister rust (Cronartium ribicola) and rust-resistance breeding on genetic variation in western white pine (pinus monticola).  Theoretical and Applied Genetics 106(6): 1004-1010.
• Patten, A.M. and S.J. Brunsfeld. 2002. Evidence of a novel lineage within the Ponderosae. Madrono 49(3):189-192.
• Brunsfeld, S.J. 2002. Interpreting the botanical notes in Lewis and Clark's journals. In S. Ritter "I Saw Today:" On the Nature Trail of Lewis and Clark Across the Bitterroots.
• Richardson, B.A., S.J. Brunsfeld, and N.B. Klopfenstein. 2002. DNA from bird-dispersed seed and wind-disseminated pollen provides insights into postglacial colonization and population genetic structure of whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis). Molecular Ecology: 215-227.
• Richardson, B.A., N.B. Klopfenstein, and S.J. Brunsfeld. 2002. Assessing Clark’s nutcracker seed-caching flights using maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA of whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis). Canadian Journal of Forest Research 32:1103-1107.
• Brunsfeld, S.J., Sullivan, J., Soltis, D.E. and Soltis, P.S. 2001. Comparative phylogeography of Northwestern North America: A synthesis. In Integrating ecological and evolutionary processes in a spatial context. (eds. J. Silvertown and J. Antonovics), pp. 319-339. Blackwell Science, Oxford.
• Swartz, L.M. and S.J. Brunsfeld. 2001. The morphological and genetic distinctness of Botrychium minganense and B. crenulatum as assessed by morphometric analysis and DNA markers. American Fern Journal, 92(4):249-269.
• Koontz, J.A., P.S. Soltis, and S.J. Brunsfeld. 2001. Genetic diversity and tests of the hybrid origin of the endangered yellow larkspur. Conservation Biology 15:1608-1618.
• Hardig, T.M., S.J. Brunsfeld, R.S. Fritz, M. Morgan, and C.M. Orians. 2000. Morphological and molecular evidence for hybridization and introgression in a willow (Salix) hybrid zone. Molecular Ecology 9:9-24.
• Brochmann, C., Q. Yiang, S.J. Brunsfeld, D.E. Soltis, and P.S. Soltis. 1998. Molecular evidence for polyploid origins in Saxifraga (Saxifragaceae): The narrow endemic S. svalbardensis and its widespread allies. American Journal of Botany 85(1): 135-143.
• Fritz, R.S., B.M. Roche, and S.J. Brunsfeld. 1998. Genetic variation in resistance of hybrid willows to herbivores. OIKOS 83:117-128.
• Cook, L.M., P.S. Soltis, S.J. Brunsfeld, and D.E. Soltis. 1998. Multiple independent formations of Trapopogon tetraploids (Asteraceae): Evidence from RAPD markers. Molecular Ecology 7: 1293-1302.