| Date |
Topic |
Reading |
| Sept 11 |
Is ethnobotany biology?, is it a science? |
Balick, MJ. 1996. Transforming ethnobotany for the new millenium.
Phillips, O, AH Gentry, C Reynel, P Wilkin, & C Galvez-Durand B. 1994. Quantitative ethnobotany and Amazonian conservation. |
| Sept 18 |
Biological impacts of harvesting non-timber forest products
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Ticktin, T. 2004. The ecological implications of harvesting non-timber forest products.
Martínez-Ballesté, A, & MC Mandujano. 2013. The consequences of harvesting on regeneration of a non-timber wax producing species (Euphorbia antisyphilitica Zucc.) of the Chihuahuan Desert.
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| Sept 25 |
Phytoremediation |
Bhargava, A, FF Carmona, M Bhargava, & S Srivastava. 2012. Approaches for enhanced phytoextraction of heavy metals. .
Broadley, MR, NJ Willey,JC Wilkins, AJM Baker, A Mead, & PJ White. 2001. Phylogenetic variation in heavy metal accumulation in angiosperms.
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| Oct 2 |
Human influences on vegetation patterns |
Rietkerk, M & J van de Koppel. 2008. Regular pattern formation in real ecosystems.
Barbier, N., P Couteron, J Lejoly, V Deblauwe, & O LeJeune. 2006. Self-organized vegetation patterning as a fingerprint of climate and human impact on semi-arid ecosystems.
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| Oct. 9 |
Presscribed fires |
Ryan, KC, EE Knapp, & JM Varner. 2013. Prescribed fire in North American forests and woodlands: history, current practice, and challenges.
Renninger, HJ, KL Clark, N Skowronski, & KVR Schäfer. 2013. Effects of a prescribed fire on water use and photosynthetic capacity of pitch pines.
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| Oct. 16 |
Genetically modified plants |
Ronald, P. 2011. Plant genetics, sustainable agriculture and global food security. .
Jeong, JS, YS Kim, KH Baek, H Jung, S-H Ha, YD Choi, M Kim, C Reuzeau & J-K Kim. 2010. Root-specific expression of OsNAC10 improves drought tolerance and grain yield in rice under field drought conditions. .
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| Oct. 30 |
Invasive plants and soil biota |
Reinhart, KO, & RM Callaway. 2006. Soil biota and invasive plants.
Rout ME, TH Chrzanowski, TK Westlie, TH DeLuca, RM Callaway, & WE Holben. 2013. Bacterial endophytes enhance competition by invasive plants.
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| Nov 6 |
Concilliation biology and non-native plants |
Carroll, SP. 2011. Conciliation biology: the eco-evolutionary management of permanently invaded biotic systems.
Sheil, D & M Padmanaba. 2011. Innocent invaders? A preliminary assessment of Cecropia, an American tree, in Java.
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| Nov 13 |
Commercial trade and plant conservation |
Shirey, PD, BN Kunycky, DT Chaloner, M Brueseke, & GA Lamberti. 2013. Commercial trade of federally listed threatened and endangered plants in the United States. Conservation Letters 6: 300-316.
Maunder, M, RS Cowan, P Stranc, & MF Fay. 2001. The genetic status and conservation management of two cultivated bulb species extinct in the wild: Tecophilaea cyanocrocus (Chile) and Tulipa sprengeri (Turkey).
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| Nov 20 |
Organic farming effects on biodiversity |
Bengtsson, J, J Ahnström, & A-C Weibull. 2005. The effects of organic agriculture on biodiversity and abundance: a meta-analysis. .
Nascimbene, J, L Marini, & MG Paoletti. 2012. Organic farming benefits local plant diversity in vineyard farms located in intensive agricultural landscapes. .
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| Nov. 27 |
Thanksgiving |
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| Dec 4 |
Genetics of fruit flavor
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Klee, HJ. 2010. Improving the flavor of fresh fruits: genomics, biochemistry, and biotechnology.
Goulet, C, MH Mageroy, NB Lam, A Floystad, DM Tieman, & HJ Klee. 2012. Role of an esterase in flavor volatile variation within the tomato clade.
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| Dec 11 |
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more on VHS of the documnetary availabe through the . there is also a followup documentary available through the IMC called (85' run time).
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