| Date |
Topic |
Reading |
| Aug 31 |
Organizational meeting |
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| Sept 7 |
Is ethnobotany biology?
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Balick, MJ. 1996. Transforming ethnobotany for the new millennium.
Phillips, O, AH Gentry, C Reynel, P Wilkin, & C Galvez-Durand B. 1994. Quantitative ethnobotany and Amazonian conservation. |
| Sept 14 |
Evolutionary genetics of fruit size in tomato |
Meyer, RS & MD Purugganan. 2013. Evolution of crop species: genetics of domestication and diversification. .
Cong, B, LS Barrero & SD Tanksley. 2008. Regulatory change in YABBY-like transcription factor led to evolution of extreme fruit size during tomato domestication.
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| Sept 21 |
Conservation agriculture |
Hobbs, PR, K Sayre, & R Gupta. 2008. The role of conservation agriculture in sustainable agriculture.
Balázs Madarász, B, K Juhos, Z Ruszkiczay-Rüdiger, S Benke, G Jakab & Z Szalai. 2016. Conservation tillage vs. conventional tillage: long-term effects on yields in continental, sub-humid Central Europe, Hungary.
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| Sept 28 |
Non-timber forest product harvesting |
Ticktin, T. 2004. The ecological implications of harvesting non-timber forest products. .
Gaoue, OG, & T Ticktin. 2007. Patterns of harvesting foliage and bark from the multipurpose tree Khaya senegalensis in Benin: Variation across ecological regions and its impacts on population structure. .
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| Oct 5 |
Assisted plant migration |
Schwartz, MW, JJ Hellmann, JM McLachlan, DF Sax, JO Borevitz, et al. 2012. Managed relocation: integrating the scientific, regulatory, and ethical challenges.
Wadgymar, SM, MN Cumming & AE Weis. 2015. The success of assisted colonization and assisted gene flow depends on phenology. . |
| Oct. 12 |
Human land-use ecological legacies |
Foster, D, F Swanson, J Aber, I Burke, N Brokaw, D Tilman & A Knapp. 2003. The importance of land-use legacies to ecology and conservation.
Oyuela-Caycedo, A. 2010. The forest as a fragmented archaeological artifact. pp. 75-95, In, The Archaeology of Anthropogenic Environments (R Dean, ed.) . , Southern Illinois University.
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| Oct 26 |
Invasive plants & agricultural legacies |
Vila, M, & I Ibanez. 2011. Plant invasions in the landscape.
Dalrymple, GH, RF Doren, NK O'Hare, MR Norland, and TV Armentano. 2003. Plant colonization after complete and partial removal of disturbed soils for wetland restoration of former agricultural fields in Everglades National Park.
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| Nov 2 |
Impact of forest fragmentation on herbaceous species |
Honnay, O, H Jacquemyn, B Bossuyt, & M Hermy. 2005. Forest fragmentation effects on patch occupancy and population viability of herbaceous plant species.
Kolk, J, & T Naaf. 2015. Herb layer extinction debt in highly fragmented temperate forests – Completely paid after 160 years? .
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| Nov 9 |
Vegetation responses to prescribed fires
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Stephens, SL, JD McIver, REJ Boerner, CJ Fettig, JB Fontaine, BR Hartsough, PL Kennedy & DW Schwilk. 2012. The effects of forest fuel-reduction treatments in the United States. .
Knapp, EE, DW Schwilk, JM Kane, JE Keeley. 2007. Role of burning season on initial understory vegetation response to prescribed fire in a mixed conifer forest. .
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| Nov 16 |
GMO risks - transgene escape |
Craig, W, M Tepfer, G Degrassi, & D Ripandelli. 2008. An overview of general features of risk assessments of genetically modified crops. .
Watrud , LS, EH Lee , A Fairbrother, C Burdick, JR Reichman, M Bollman, M Storm, G King, & PK Van de Water. 2004. Evidence for landscape-level, pollen-mediated gene flow from genetically modified creeping bentgrass with CP4 EPSPS as a marker. .
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| Nov 23 |
Thanksgiving |
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| Nov 30 |
Testing the substantial equivalence of GMO crops
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Bhattacharya, S, A Ganguli, A Muhkopadhyay, U Ghosh, & D Chattopadhyay. 2013. Impacts of genetically modified foods on environment, economy, and health: A comprehensive review.
Venneria, E, S Fanasca, G Monastery, E Finotti, R Ambra, E Azzini, A Durazzo, M Foddai, & G Maiani. 2008. Assessment of the Nutritional Values of Genetically Modified Wheat, Corn, and Tomato Crops. .
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| Dec 7 |
Research proposals, pizza, movie: tbd
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TBA
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