Current Issues in Restoration Ecology and Environmental Horticulture

Journal Club (Spring 2015)

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

Discussions are facilitated by:

· Jon Bakker

· Kern Ewing

· Jim Fridley

· 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_sp15@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/37711/

 

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

4/3

Faculty

Mitigation

WSDOT. 2015. Draft Long Term Management Plan: WSDOT Mitigation Project at the Union Bay Natural Area.  This document is a work in progress.

Togher et al. 2011. Final Wetland Mitigation Report: SR 520, I-5 to Medina: Bridge Replacement and HOV Project. Report for Washington State Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration. This excerpt is just the Executive Summary and Section 5.2 (UBNA).  The full document is available here.

WSDOT. 2015. UBNA 100% Plan. This is a series of technical drawings.  Focus on the planting plans (pg. 9-17).

WSDOT. 2014. UBNA Final Landscape Plan.  This is a map of the site with the proposed mitigation types.

Student responsibilities and expectations document is here.

4/10

Alex, Nicolette

Invasive removal

Rodewald et al. 2015. Does removal of invasives restore ecological networks? An experimental approach. Biological Invasions. In press.

 

4/17

Derek, Kat

Tamarisk control

DeWine & Cooper. 2010. Habitat overlap and facilitation in tamarisk and box elder stands: implications for tamarisk control using native plants. Restoration Ecology 18:349-358.

 

4/24

Joel, Regina

Ungulate browsing

Roberts et al. 2014. Effects of browsing by captive elk (Cervus canadensis) on a Midwestern woody plant community. American Midland Naturalist 171:219-228.

 

5/1

Dan H., Eve

Restoration courses

Bakker & Howell. 2011. An assessment of introductory restoration courses in the United States and Canada. Restoration Ecology 19:572-577.

 

5/8

Zac, Daniel S.

Riparian restoration

Allen et al. 2010. Integrating ecological and ethnobotanical priorities into riparian restoration. Ecological Restoration 28(3):377-388.

 

5/15

Jiannon, Tom

Genetics

Mijangos et al. 2015. Contribution of genetics to ecological restoration. Molecular Ecology 24:22-37.

 

5/22

David, Julia

Biodiversity offsets

Bull et al. 2014. Comparing biodiversity offset calculation methods with a case study in Uzbekistan. Biological Conservation 178:2-10.

 

5/29

Ben S., Anna

Genetic diversity

Bischoff et al. 2010. The importance of plant provenance and genotypic diversity of seed material used for ecological restoration. Restoration Ecology 18:338-348.

 

6/5

Elyse, Beth, Ben A.

Herbicide tolerance

Hergert et al. 2015. Inter- and intraspecific variation in native restoration plants for herbicide tolerance. Ecological Restoration 33(1):74-81.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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