Gregg Dieringer

Professor

Biology Graduate Coordinator

Education

• Ph.D.; University of Texas
• M.S.; University of Akron
• B.S.; University of Akron

Courses Taught

• General Biology
• Methods in Plant and Animal Ecology
• Entomology

Academic Interests

• Plant Reproduction
• Pollination Biology
• Plant- Insect Interactions

Scholarly Activity

• Dieringer, G. and L. Cabrera Rodriguez. 2023. Bee diversity and patterns of flower visitation in the genus Agalinis (Orobanchaceae) in North America. Arthropod-Plant Interactions  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-023-09999-0.    https://rdcu.be/dj9OW
• Dieringer, G. and L. Cabrera R. 2022. Phenotypic selection on staminal trichomes of Agalinis auriculata (Orobanchaceae) in relation to pollen transfer by bumble bees. International Journal of Plant Sciences 183(9): 719-728.  https://doi.org/10.1086/722295.
• Ames-Martínez, F. N., I. Luna-Vega, G. Dieringer, and E. C. Rodríguez-Ramírez. 2022. The effect of climate change on Arcto-Tertiary Mexican beech forests: exploring their past, present, and future distribution. Ecology and Evolution 12(8): e9228.  doi:10.1002/ece3.9228.
• Dieringer, G. and L. Cabrera R. 2022. Stamen dimorphism, bee visitation, and pollen removal in three species of Agalinis (Orobanchaceae). Botany 100(4): 377-386.  doi:10.1139/cjb-2021-0110.
• Rodríguez-Ramírez, E. C., J. A. Valdez-Nieto, J. A. Vázquez-García, G. Dieringer, and I. Luna-Vega. 2020. Plastic responses of Magnolia schiedeana Schltdl., a relict-endangered Mexican cloud forest tree, to climatic events: evidences from leaf venation and wood vessel anatomy. Forests 11(137): 1-18.  doi:10.3390/f11070737.
• Dieringer, G. and L. Cabrera R.. 2017 Pollination and Reproductive Biology in a Hill Prairie Populations of Nathocalais cuspidate (Asteraceae: Cichoriea). American Midland Naturalists 177:289-298.
• Dieringer, G., L. Cabrera R., and M. Mottaleb. 2014. Ecological relationship between floral thermogenesis and pollination in Nelumbo lutea (Nelumbonaceae). American Journal of Botany 101: 357-364.  doi:10.3732/ajb.1300370
• Dieringer, G., L. Cabrera R., and J. García-Franco. 2005. Polinización en el Bosque Mesófilo, pp. 158-171.  In: Historia Natural de la Reserva de la Biosfera El Cielo, Tamaulipas, México, G. Sanchez, P. Reyes-Castillo, and R. Dirzo (eds.), Instituto de Ecología y Alimentos, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas, México. Printed in Hong Kong.
• Little, K. J.*, G. Dieringer, and M. Romano. 2005. Pollination ecology, genetic diversity, and selection on nectar spur length in Platanthera lacera (Orchidaceae). Plant Species Biology 20: 185-192.

Other Professional Experiences

• Extensive field experience in United States Midwest and central Mexico
• Member Botanical Society of America