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Date

Leader(s)

Topic

Article(s)

Notes

4/2

Class

Phenology

Miller-Rushing, AJ, and RB Primack. 2008. Global warming and flowering times in Thoreau's Concord: a community perspective. Ecology 89:332-341.

Moore, CM, and M Forister. 2009. Let's give them something to talk about: choosing a discussion paper. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7:501-502.

4/9

Kathleen, Dan

Booth, DB, D Hartley, and R Jackson. 2002. Forest cover, impervious-surface area, and the mitigation of stormwater impacts. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 38(3):835-845.

4/16

Jake

Invasions

Vidra, RL, TH Shear, and TR Wentworth. 2006. Testing the paradigms of exotic species invasion in urban riparian forests. Natural Areas Journal 26:339-350.

What do you think of the two paradigms they discuss and how they test them? Do these two paradigms cover all the mechanisms of invasion? Are there any other paradigms that should be considered? If so how could they be tested?

4/23

Drew

Pathology

Meentemeyer, RK, NE Rank, BL Anacker, DM Rizzo, and JH Cushman. 2008. Influence of land-cover change on the spread of an invasive forest pathogen. Ecological Applications 18:159-171.

Questions for thought:

Is this a valid analysis of land use changes and are the conclusions of the analysis logical/reasonable?

How does a land manager balance the needs of plants, animals, and ecosystem function when they require opposing management techniques?

What does the future hold for these areas in regard to native vs. invasive plants, animals, ecosystem function, etc?

4/30

Kava

Frank, JL, S Anglin, EM Carrington, DS Taylor, B Viratos, and D Southworth. 2009. Rodent dispersal of fungal spores promotes seedling establishment away from mycorrhizal networks on Quercus garryana. Botany 87:821-829.

1. How do you think the authors could improve this study? Are their conclusions accurate?

2. What other questions does this article bring up?

3. How can this research be applied to restoration practices and/or other fields?

5/7

Chris

See discussion board

5/14

Ali, Chessa

Miller-Rushing, AJ, DW Inouye, and RB Primack. 2008. How well do first flowering dates measure plant responses to climate change? The effects of population size and sampling frequency. Journal of Ecology 96:1289-1296.

Questions to be posted in discussion board

5/21

Sarah

Bio-Blitz

5/28

Jenny

Restoration Banking

Stahl Jr, RG, R Gouget, A DeSantis, J Liu, and M Ammann. 2008. Prospective environmental restoration/ restoration up front: a concept for an incentive-based program to increase restoration planning and implementation in the United States. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 4(1): 6-14.

6/4

No class