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Cal Poly Pomona

Student-Publications & Presentations

Presentations by Students

LA museum presentations

Undergraduate Students

  • Yamamoto, Miyuki and J. M. Leong. “Flower size, sex ratio, and fruit set of gynodioecious Sidalcea malvaeflora sparsifolia”. Poster presented at the Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research, 11/22/2003.
  • DeAnda, Alma and J. M. Leong. Weevil seed predation in a gynodioecious plant, Sidalcea malvaeflora, subspecies sparsifolia. Cal PolyHHMI Student Research Symposium 2005.
  • Brown, Carolyn and J. M. Leong. “Centaurea melitensis invasion: examining the insects that pollinate it in Southern California”, 3rd Annual CSU Honors Consortium Conference, SDSU, 10/8/2005.
  • Arriaga, J.,  Brown, C.,  S. Garcia, and J. M. Leong. “Insect pollination of the invasive plant species Centaurea melitensis: an unattractive weed to insect pollinators?” 2006 Cal Poly Pomona Student Poster Competition.
  • Brown, Carolyn P. and Leong, Joan M. 2007. Lack of competition for pollinators in Southern California by Centaurea melitensis, an invasive plant species. 21st National Conference on Undergraduate Research, San Rafael, CA.
  • Brown, Carolyn P. and Leong, Joan M. 2007. Lack of competition for pollinators in Southern California between Centaurea melitensis, and two other invasive plant species. Cal Poly Pomona College of Science Research Symposium.

Graduate Students:

  • Garcia, S. and J. M. Leong. “Pre-dispersal seed predation of Sidalcea malviflora sparsifolia (Dwarf Checkerbloom) by Macrorhoptus weevils”. 2006 Cal Poly Pomona Student Poster Competition.
  • Jones, M., Liu, S. C. and J. M. Leong. “Nectar composition and floral visitation of an endangered gynodioecious plant species, Sidalcea pedata”. 2006 Cal Poly Pomona Student Poster Competition.
  • Jones, Marry, Liu, Sean C. and Leong, Joan M. 2006. Nectar composition and petal size variation in an endangered plant species, Sidalcea pedata. Annual meeting of the Botanical Society of America, Chico, CA.
  • Jones, Marry, Liu, Sean C. and Leong, Joan M. 2007. Nectar composition and corolla size variation in an endangered plant species, Sidalcea pedata. Annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, San Jose, CA.
  • Garcia, Shannon and J. M. Leong. 2007. Pre-dispersal seed predation of Sidalcea malviflora ssp. sparsifolia (Dwarf Checkerbloom) by Macrorhoptus weevils. Annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, San Jose, CA.