Current Issues in Restoration Ecology and Environmental Horticulture

Journal Club (SPRING 2018)

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

 

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 Jon 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_sp18@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

3/30

Faculty

Restoration principles

Higgs et al. 2018. On principles and standards in ecological restoration. Restoration Ecology, in press.

SER. 2013. Code of ethics. Society for Ecological Restoration, Washington, DC.

Optional supplement: McDonald et al. 2016. International standards for the practice of ecological restoration—including principles and key concepts. Society for Ecological Restoration, Washington, DC.

Student responsibilities and expectations document is here.

4/6

Sarah S.

Plant reintroductions

Godefroid et al. 2011. How successful are plant species reintroductions? Biological Conservation 144:672-682.

Maschinski & Albrecht. 2017. Center for Plant Conservation’s best practice guidelines for the reintroduction of rare plants. Plant Diversity 39:390-395.

 

4/13

Derek

Conservation bias

Fedriani et al. 2017. Long-term impact of protected colonial birds on a jeopardized cork oak population: conservation bias leads to restoration failure. Journal of Applied Ecology 54:450-458.

 

4/20

Ellison

Mine reclamation

Fields-Johnson et al. 2014. Ripping improves tree survival and growth on unused reclaimed mined lands. Environmental Management 53:1059-1065.

Supplemental: Burger et al. 2005. The forestry reclamation approach. Forestry Reclamation Advisory No. 2. US Office of Surface Mining.

 

4/27

Scott

Knotweed control & management

Holman et al. 2010. Effective strategies for landscape-scale weed control: a case study of the Skagit Knotweed Working Group, Washington. Natural Areas Journal 30:338-345.

Hagen & Dunwiddie. 2008. Does stem injection of glyphosate control invasive knotweeds (Polygonum spp.)? A comparison of four methods. Invasive Plant Science and Management 1:31-35.

Optional: Davenport. 2006. Control of knotweed and other invasive species and experiences restoring native species in the Pacific Northwest US. Native Plants Journal 7:20-26.

 

5/4

Hannah

Environmental justice

Stanford et al. 2018. Where and why does restoration happen? Ecological and sociopolitical influences on stream restoration in coastal California. Biological Conservation 221:219-227.

Wolch et al. 2014. Urban green space, public health, and environmental justice: the challenge of making cities ‘just green enough’. Landscape and Urban Planning 125:234-244.

 

5/11

Kyra

Ecophysiology

Beerling & Woodward. 1993. Ecophysiological responses of plants to global environmental change since the Last Glacial Maximum. New Phytologist 125:641-648.

Background information.

 

5/18

 

 

Attend UWBG Director candidate presentation (4 pm, DRC 103)

 

5/25

Sara W., Alisa

Environmental participation

Clarke & Agyeman. 2011. Is there more to environmental participation than meets the eye? Understanding agency, empowerment and disempowerment among black and minority ethnic communities. Area 43(1):88-95.

Supplemental: Gibson-Wood & Wakefield. 2013. “Participation”, white privilege and environmental justice: understanding environmentalism among Hispanics in Toronto. Antipode 45(3):641-662.

 

6/1

 

 

No class.  Wish Kern well on his retirement!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2017-18

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2015-16

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2014-15

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2013-14

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2012-13

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2011-12

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2010-11

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2009-10

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2008-09

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