Research

2011-09-09T17:30:00.000-07:00

Right now this is serving as a place for info on my dissertation research on the pollination biology of mushroom-mimicking Dracula orchids.
I have been posting some research related stuff on my travel blog.

New Book Published

2011-07-07T12:47:00.000-07:00

PLANTS OF MINDO
A Guide to the Cloud Forest of the Andean Choco

Eugene Natural History Society

2011-06-06T19:08:00.000-07:00

Here are the slides from a talk i gave recently
(click the photo)

Bio-pic in their newsletter

Botany 2011 at MOBOT

2011-03-16T12:53:00.000-07:00

Abstract Here

MOBOT here

Story in 'CAScade' Magazine

2010-10-19T12:11:00.000-07:00

Nature's Masters of Disguise

Graduate student Tobias Policha has long had a dual love affair with plants and the open road. He satisfied both of these passions last spring and winter on a five-month stint in a remote cloud forest reserve in the Ecuadorian Andes, where he studied one of nature’s most fascinating cases of deception......click here to read the whole story.

International Congress of Dipterology, Costa Rica 2010

2010-08-22T16:31:00.000-07:00

To see the whole talk click here.

Evidence for Mimicry in the Pollination of Dracula Orchids

2010-06-30T18:10:00.000-07:00

A poster that i presented at the recent meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution

My Research in Spanish!

2010-04-12T21:08:00.000-07:00

Mis investigacciones en español!
A talk i gave at the Catholic University in Quito, Ecuador in April 2010

Click here to see the whole talk.
Haz clic aqui a ver la presentacion entera.

2010-02-20T19:14:00.000-08:00

Dracula morleyii

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

2009-01-13T14:04:00.001-08:00

Policha, T. J., and B. A. Roy. 2012. Fungi, plants and pollinators: Sex, disease, & deception. In Biocomlexity of plant-fungal interactions. Edited by D. Southworth. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Hoboken, NJ.

Policha, T. 2011. Pollination of Dracula: with notes on other Andean Pleurothallids. Mary’s Peak Orchid Society, Corvallis, OR. Nov. 1

Policha, T. 2011. Draculas in the mist: Pollination ecology of mushroom-mimicking orchids. Eugene Natural History Society, Eugene, OR. October 21.

Dentinger, B.T.M., R. Manobanda, T. Policha, J. McAlpine, and B.A. Roy. 2011. Exploitation of mycophilous flies by mushroom-mimicking Dracula orchids. XVI Congress of European Mycologists. Thessaloniki, Greece. Sept. 20.

Policha, T. 2011 From biodynamics to bioliteracy: An ethno-ecological journey. In ‘Stella Natura 2012 Biodynamic Planting Calendar.’ Edited by S. Wildfeuer. Camphill Village Kimberton Hills, Kimberton PA.

Policha, T., R. Manobanda, J. McAlpine, B. Dentinger, B. Roy. Pollination ecology of mushroom-mimicking Dracula orchids. Botanical Society of America meeting, St. Louis, MO. July 12.

Roy, B. A., S. Güsewell, T. Coulson, W. Blaser, T. Policha, J. Stewart, and K. Blaisdell. 2011. Population regulation by enemies of the grass Brachypodium sylvaticum: demography in native and invaded ranges. Ecology 92:3, 665-675.

Policha, T. 2011. Plantas de Mindo: Una guia del bosque nublado del Choco Andino / Plants of Mindo: A guide to the cloud forest of the Andean Choco. 184pp. American Herbal Dispensary Press, Eugene, OR.
Policha, T., B. Dentinger, A. Troya, R. Manobanda, F. Bechtolsheim, J. McAlpine, B. Roy. 2010. Evidence for Mimicry in the Pollination of Dracula Orchids. International Congress of Dipterology VII. San Jose, Costa Rica. Aug. 12.

Policha, T., B. Dentinger, R. Manobanda, J. McAlpine, B. Roy. 2010. Evidence for Mimicry in the Pollination of Dracula Orchids. Poster at the meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Portland OR.

Policha, T. 2010. Cuando flores parece como hongos: La ecología de la la polinización de las orquídeas Drácula. Talk at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Quito, Ecuador.

Roy, B.A.*, Dentinger, B.T.M.*, T. Policha, T.S. Jenkinson, and R. Manobanda. 2008. Testing the hypothesis of mushroom mimicry for Dracula felix orchids. Ecological Society of America and Mycological Society of America meetings. *equally contributing authors.

Policha, T. 2007. Native plants & permaculture: a call for stewardship. NPSO Bulletin. 40(9): 94-95.

Filhart, S. & T. Policha. 2006. Plant of the year: Oregon grape (Berberis aquifolium), our state flower. Kalmiopsis. 13: 32-36.

Policha, T. 2006. Rewilding the garden: Towards a contemporary ethnobotany. Permaculture News.

Policha, T. 2005. Deserts alive! NPSO Bulletin. 38 (5): 52.

Policha, T. 2004. More than a pigment of the imagination. In Good Tilth. 15 (6): 1 & 11.

Policha, T. 2003. Mexican plants, places & people. In Good Tilth. 14 (6): 12-13.

Policha, T. 2002. Ecological restoration redefines human role in the environment. In Good Tilth. 13 (6): 7.

Policha, T. 2001. Keyline irrigation: Protect keypoint watersheds. In Good Tilth. 12 (4): 6-7.

Policha, T. 2001. The alchemist and the cosmos: the artistic spirit of biodynamics: a converstion with Dennis Klocek. In Good Tilth. 12 (2): 8-9.

Policha, T. 2000. Food not lawns! Green Anarchy.

MEMBERSHIPS

2009-01-03T18:21:00.000-08:00

Society for Economic Botany
Member since 2009
Society for the Study of Evolution
Member since 2010
American Botanical Council
Member since 2011
Native Plant Society of Oregon
Member since 2004
Cascade Mycological Society
Member since 2008
Mount Pisgah Arboretum
Member since 2011
American Federation of Teachers
Member since 2008