Evan DeLucia
Professor and Head
Institute for Genomic Biology
Affiliate, Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences
(217) 333-6177
Education
PhD, 1986, Duke University
M.S., 1982, Yale University
B.A., 1979, Bennington College
Teaching
IB150, Organismal & Evolutionary Biology
Research Overview
My laboratory is studying the physiological ecology of vascular plants with an emphasis on the environmental limitations to photosynthesis and resource allocation. I am particularly interested in developing integrated models of light utilization by plants in different habitats, with an emphasis on woody plants.
Other research projects include investigations of the effects of UV-B irradiation on growth and photosynthesis, and the impact of elevated CO2 on nutrient acquisition of trees. Currently we are using growth analysis, leaf and plant gas exchange, water relations, tissue chemistry, carbon isotope discrimination, and foliar optical properties, among other methods, in these studies. Research sites include grasslands, old fields, and deciduous forests in Illinois; subalpine and alpine habitats in Wyoming; and shrub steppe in Nevada.
Recent Publications
DeLucia EH, Drake JE, Thomas RB, Gonzalez-Meler M. Forest Carbon Use Efficiency: Is Respiration a Constant Fraction of Gross Primary Production? Manuscript in Review. Forest Carbon Use Efficiency
Dermody O, SP Long, and EH DeLucia (2006) How does elevated CO2 or ozone affect the leaf-area index of soybean when applied independently? New Phytologist 169:145-155.
Finzi AC, DJP Moore, EH DeLucia, J Lichter, KS Hofmockel, RB Jackson, H-S Kim, R Matamala, HR McCarthy, R Oren, JS Pippen, and WH Schlesinger (2006) Progressive nitrogen limitation of ecosystem processed under elevated CO2 in a warm-temperate forest. Ecology 87:15-25.