Dr. Boutton
is a Professor and Plant Ecologist with Texas A&M
University. He received his B.A. in Biology from St. Louis
University (1973), M.S. in Biology from the University of
Houston (1976) and Ph.D. in Botany from Brigham Young
University (1980). He was a postdoctoral fellow at Augustana
College (1980-1982) and Baylor College of Medicine
(1982-1983). He was on the faculty of the Department of
Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine as Instructor
(1983-1985) and Assistant Professor (1985-1987). Dr. Boutton
then joined the Department of Rangeland Ecology and
Management at Texas A&M University in 1987 as an
Associate Professor, and was promoted to Professor in 1994.
Dr. Boutton has teaching responsibilities in one
undergraduate (Fundamentals of Ecology) and two graduate
level classes (Ecology and Land Uses; and Nutrient Cycling:
Global and Ecosystem Perspectives). He has also served as an
instructor in the short-courses (Soil Science; and Plant
Ecology) developed for presentation to employees of the USDA
Natural Resource Conservation Service. In addition, he is
Director of the Stable Isotope Laboratory, which provides
unique analytical capabilities to faculty and students
conducting research in ecology and natural resource
management.
The focus of his current research includes the study of
the biogeochemical fluxes of energy, water and nutrients in
relation to vegetation change in natural and managed
ecosystems; the effects of land use patterns and climate
change on the carbon and nitrogen cycles; responses of
plants to changes in climate and the gas composition of the
atmosphere; reconstruction of paleo-environments; and the
application of stable isotope techniques to ecological and
biogeochemical research.
Dr. Thomas W. Boutton Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-2126
Dr. Boutton
is a Professor and Plant Ecologist with Texas A&M
University. He received his B.A. in Biology from St. Louis
University (1973), M.S. in Biology from the University of
Houston (1976) and Ph.D. in Botany from Brigham Young
University (1980). He was a postdoctoral fellow at Augustana
College (1980-1982) and Baylor College of Medicine
(1982-1983). He was on the faculty of the Department of
Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine as Instructor
(1983-1985) and Assistant Professor (1985-1987). Dr. Boutton
then joined the Department of Rangeland Ecology and
Management at Texas A&M University in 1987 as an
Associate Professor, and was promoted to Professor in 1994.
