Current Issues in Restoration Ecology and Environmental Horticulture

Journal Club (AUTUMN 2015)

Welcome!  We meet on Fridays from 4-5 pm in DRC 103.

Discussions are facilitated by:

· Jon Bakker

· Kern Ewing

· Jim Fridley

· Soo-Hyung Kim

· Sarah Reichard

 

Important Course Logistics and Expectations:

· In week 1, sign up for leading a discussion.

· As it approaches your week to lead,

a. Consult with at least one faculty to get your paper approved by the Friday prior to your discussion

b. Once approved, send your paper to Dr. Bakker by noon Monday for posting on the web

c. Send discussion questions to course email list by noon Wednesday.

· Sign in each week as you participate in the discussion

a. Should you miss a discussion, please email one of the faculty with your own summary and discussion questions of the week prior to your absence to receive credit for participation.

b. Alternatively, you may post your summary and questions on the discussion board below.

 

Course email list: sefs503a_au15@uw.edu.  Please use your UW account!  If you do not use your UW account, delivery will be delayed until the email has been approved.

 

Discussion Board

A discussion board for Journal Club is available here:

https://catalyst.uw.edu/gopost/board/jbakker/40798/

 

It can be used in many ways:

· Weekly leaders can post questions or comments before class to guide our reading (and the in-class discussion).

· People can continue discussions beyond class time.

· Folk that have to be in the field or are sick can still participate.

· Folk can post relevant articles.

 

 

Date

Leaders

Topic

Reading

Notes

10/2

Faculty

Ecological engineering

Mitsch. 2014. When will ecologists learn engineering and engineers learn ecology? Ecological Engineering 65:9-14.

Student responsibilities and expectations document is here.

10/9

Tom

Seagrass

Shafer et al. 2014. Science and management of the introduced seagrass Zostera japonica in North America. Environmental Management 53:147-162.

 

10/16

Jim

Longleaf pine restoration

Glitzenstein et al. 2012. Fire-frequency effects on vegetation in north Florida pinelands: another look at the long-term Stoddard Fire Research Plots at Tall Timbers Research Station. Forest Ecology & Management 264:197-209.

 

10/23

Nicolette

Nitrogen cycling

Concilio et al. 2015. Rhizosphere-mediated effects of the invasive grass Bromus tectorum L. and native Elymus elymoides on nitrogen cycling in Great Basin Desert soils. Plant and Soil 393:245-257.

 

10/30

Dan

Ecological economics

Broadbent et al. 2015. Valuing preservation and restoration alternatives for ecosystem services in the southwestern USA. Ecohydrology 8:851-862.

Supplemental: BenDor et al. 2015. Estimating the size and impact of the ecological restoration economy. PLoS ONE 10(6):e0128339.

 

11/6

Courtney, Teresa

Reference conditions

Whipple et al. 2011. Shifting baselines in a California oak savanna: nineteenth century data to inform restoration scenarios. Restoration Ecology 19:88-101.

 

11/13

Shannon, Alex

Ecosystems

Jax. 2007. Can we define ecosystems? On the confusion between definition and description of ecological concepts. Acta Biotheoretica 55:341-355.

 

11/20

Mary-Margaret, David

Urban horticulture

Saumel et al. 2012. How healthy is urban horticulture in high traffic areas? Trace metal concentrations in vegetable crops from plantings within inner city neighbourhoods in Berlin, Germany. Environmental Pollution 165:124-132.

 

11/27

 

 

No School—Thanksgiving Break

 

12/4

Spencer

Phyto-remediation

Smith. 2015. Phytoremediation-by-design: community-scale landscape systems design for healthy communities. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology 22:413-419.

 

12/11

Anna

Salvage logging

Ritchie & Knapp. 2014. Establishment of a long-term fire salvage study in an interior ponderosa pine forest. Journal of Forestry 112:395-400.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Previous Schedules

 

 

2014-15

Autumn

Winter

Spring

 

2013-14

Autumn

Winter

Spring

 

2012-13

Autumn

Winter

Spring

 

2011-12

Autumn

Winter

Spring

 

2010-11

Autumn

Winter

Spring

 

2009-10

Autumn

Winter

Spring

 

2008-09

Autumn

Winter

Spring

 

 

 

 

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