Current Issues in Restoration Ecology and Environmental Horticulture

Journal Club (Autumn 2016)

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

Discussions are facilitated by:

· Jon Bakker

· Kern Ewing

· Soo-Hyung Kim

 

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_au16@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.  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

9/30

Faculty

Novel ecosystems

Miller & Bestelmeyer. 2016. What’s wrong with novel ecosystems, really? Restoration Ecology 24:577-582.

Student responsibilities and expectations document is here.

10/7

Paul

Alternative states and feedbacks

Suding et al. 2004. Alternative states and positive feedbacks in restoration ecology. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 19:46-53.

 

10/14

Mary-Margaret

Air pollution

Janhall. 2015. Review on urban vegetation and particle air pollution—deposition and dispersion. Atmospheric Environment 105:130-137.

Supplemental: Moore & Hotchkiss. 2016. The importance of toxicity in determining the impact of hazardous air pollutants on the respiratory health of children in Tennessee. Environmental Pollution 216:616-623.

 

10/21

Joanna, Elby

Plant- and animal-based restoration

McAlpine et al. 2016. Integrating plant- and animal-based perspectives for more effective restoration of biodiversity. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 14:37-45.

 

10/28

Joe, Jiawei

Impacts of cats

Loss et al. 2013. The impact of free-ranging domestic cats on wildlife of the United States. Nature Communications 4:1396.

 

11/4

Derek

Novel native plant materials

Jones et al. 2015. The potential of novel native plant materials for the restoration of novel ecosystems. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 3:000047.

 

11/11

 

No Class

Veterans Day

 

11/18

Anne-Gigi, Kimmy

Climate change

Sandler. 2013. Climate change and ecosystem management. Ethics, Policy & Environment 16:1-15.

 

11/25

 

No Class

Thanksgiving Break

 

12/2

Kyle, Sage

Fire

Pyke et al. 2010. Fire as a restoration tool: a decision framework for predicting the control or enhancement of plants using fire. Restoration Ecology 18:274-284.

 

12/9

 

No Class

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Previous Schedules

 

 

2015-16

Autumn

Winter

Spring

 

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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