Current Issues in Restoration Ecology and Environmental Horticulture

Journal Club (winter 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_wi18@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

1/5

 

 

Welcome reception for Dan Brown, SEFS Director.  3-5 pm in the Forest Club Room, Anderson Hall.

 

1/12

Lila, Derek

Pollinators

Kremen & M’Gonigle. 2015. Small-scale restoration in intensive agricultural landscapes supports more specialized and less mobile pollinator species. Journal of Applied Ecology 52:602-610.

Student responsibilities and expectations document is here.

1/19

Stephen

Rare plants

Lesica et al. 2006. Rare plants are common where you find them. American Journal of Botany 93:454-459.

Kruckeberg & Rabinowitz. 1985. Biological aspects of endemism in higher plants. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 16:447-479.  Read ‘The Habitat Attributes of Rare Taxa’ to end of article (p.469-475); rest of article is supplemental information.

 

1/26

Joe, Colin

Herbivory (feral horses)

Davies et al. 2014. Effects of feral free-roaming horses on semi-arid rangeland ecosystems: an example from the sagebrush steppe. Ecosphere 5(10):127.

Enders. January 9, 2015. Why you really should (but really can’t) eat horsemeat. The Guardian.

 

2/2

Scott, Ellison

Restoration partnerships

Wood et al. 2017. An analysis of factors driving success in ecological restoration projects by a university-community partnership. Ecological Restoration 35(1):60-69.

Supplemental: Housley. December 20, 2017. Outreach practices. What works best? Green Seattle Partnership.

Supplemental: Grind. January 23, 2008. Teaching kids to be good environmental stewards. The Seattle Times.

 

2/9

Hannah, Celine

Soil fungi

Yan et al. 2018. High-throughput eDNA monitoring of fungi to track functional recovery in ecological restoration. Biological Conservation 217:113-120.

Supplemental: Rienks. February 2, 2017. Why nature restoration takes time: fungi grow relationships. Netherlands Institute of Ecology.  A press release about this article by Morrien et al. (2017).

 

2/16

Jon, Whitney

Novel ecosystems

Hobbs et al. 2006. Novel ecosystems: theoretical and management aspects of the new ecological world order. Global Ecology and Biogeography 15:1-7.

Murcia et al. 2014. A critique of the ‘novel ecosystem’ concept. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 29:548-553.

 

2/23

JP, Annie

Indigenous land management

Storm & Shebitz. 2006. Evaluating the purpose, extent, and ecological restoration applications of indigenous burning practices in southwestern Washington. Ecological Restoration 24(4):256-268.

 

3/2

 

 

SEFS Graduate Student Symposium

 

3/9

Robby, Sarah

Ex situ conservation

Ensslin et al. 2015. Fitness decline and adaptation to novel environments in ex situ plant collections: current knowledge and future perspectives. Biological Conservation 192:394-401.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2017-18

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2016-17

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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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