email: agibson@biology.ucla.edu
phone: (310) 825-8062
office: BOT 320
lab:
research interests: Functional plant anatomy and ecophysiology of plants, with recent emphasis on deserts, alpine, fynbos, and lowland rain forest; the flora of the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills.
Recent Courses
EE BIOL 103 - Plant Evolution and SystematicsEE BIOL 151A - Tropical Ecology
LIFESCI 1 - Evolution, Ecology, and Biodiversity
Research Interests
Selected Publications
Gibson, A.C., Rundel, P.W. and Sharifi, M.R.. 2008. Ecology and ecophysiology of a subalpine fellfield community on Mount Pinos, Southern California Madroño 55: 41-51 .
Prigge, B.A. and Gibson, A.C.. 2007. Researching a new flora of the Santa Monica Mountains and Simi Hills, California In: Flora and Ecology of the Santa Monica Mountains, Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Southern California Botanists Symposium Southern California Botanists Special Publication 4Fullerton, CA 29-34 .
Rundel, P.W., Gibson, A.C., and Sharifi, M.R.. 2005. Plant functional groups in alpine fellfield habitats of the White Mountains, California Arct. Antarct. Alpine Res. 37: 358-365 .
Gibson, A.C., Sharifi, M.R., and Rundel, P.W.. 2004. Resprout characteristics of creosote bush (Larrea tridentata) when subjected to repeated vehicle damage J. Arid Environm. 57: 411-429 .
Rundel, P.W., Gibson, A.C. and Sharifi, M.R.. 2004. The alpine flora of the White Mountains, California Madroño .
Parfitt, B.D. and Gibson, A.C.. 2003. Acanthocereus Flora of North America Oxford University PressNew York 4: 154-155 .
Parfitt, B.D. and Gibson, A.C.. 2003. Pilosocereus In: Cactaceae Jussieu, Flora of North America 4 Oxford University PressNew York 4: 179-181 .
Gibson, A.C.. 2003. Pachycereus In: Cactaceae Jussieu, Flora of North America 4 Oxford University PressNew York 4: 182-184 .
Gibson, A.C.. 2003. Columnar Cacti and Their Mutualists: Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation Cact. Succ. J. (U.S.) 75: 107-108 .
Parfitt, B.D. and Gibson, A.C.. 2003. Harrisia In: Cactaceae Jussieu, Flora of North America 4 Oxford University PressNew York 152-154 .