Course Reading

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Topic
 Reading
Sept 5
Ethnobotany: is it biology?, is it a science? Balick, MJ. 1996. Transforming ethnobotany for the new millenium. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 83: 58-66.

Phillips, O., A. H. Gentry, C. Reynel, P. Wilkin, and C. G�lvez-Durand B. 1994. Quantitative ethnobotany and Amazonian conservation. Conservation Biology 8: 225-248
Sept 12
Phytoremediation Barcelo J, and C Poschenrieder. 2003. Phytoremediation: Principals and perspectives. Contributions to Science 2(3):333-344.

Bani A, G Echevarria, S Sulce,JL Morel, and A Mullai. 2007. In-situ phytoextraction of Ni by a native population of Alyssum murale on an ultramafic site (Albania). Plant and Soil 293 (1-2): 79-89.
Sept 19
Crop Evolution Doebley, JF, BS Gaut, and BD Smith. 2006. The molecular genetics of crop domestication. Cell 127: 1309-1321.

Burke, JM, S Tang, SJ Knapp, and LH Rieseberg. 2002. Genetic analysis of sunflower domestication. Genetics 161: 1257-1267.
Sept 26
Carbon sequestration by phytoplankton

Boyd, PW. 2002. Environmental factors controlling phytoplankton processes in the southern ocean. Journal of Phycology 38 (5): 855-861.

Coale, KH, et al. 2004. Southern Ocean iron enrichment experiment: carbon cycling in high- and low-Si waters. Science 304: 408-414.
Oct. 3
Salvage logging and fire

Lindenmayer, DB and RF Noss. 2006. Salvage logging, ecosystem processes, and biodiversity conservation. Conservation Biology 20 (4): 949�958.

Thompson, JR, TA Spies, and LM Ganio. 2007. Reburn severity in managed and unmanaged vegetation in a large wildfire. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., USA 104 (25): 10743-10748.
Oct. 10
Insect resistance to GM crops

Sarah L Bates, SL , J-Z Zhao, RT Roush, and A M Shelton. 2005. Insect resistance management in GM crops: past, present and future. Nature Biotechnology 23: 57-62.

Tabashnik, BE, F Gould, Y Carriére. 2004. Delaying evolution of insect resistance to transgenic crops by decreasing dominance and heritability Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17 (4): 904-912.
Oct. 24
Recreation ecology

Farris MA. 1998. The effects of rock climbing on the vegetation of three Minnesota cliff systems. Canadian Journal Of Botany 76(12): 1981-1990.

Thurston, E, and RJ Reader. 2001. Impacts of experimentally applied mountain biking and hiking on vegetation and soil of a deciduous forest. Environmental Management 27(3): 397-409.
Oct. 31
Plants engineered for vaccines

Kumar, GBS, TR Ganapathi, and VA Bapat. 2007. Production of Hepatitis B surface antigen in recombinant plant systems: An update. Biotechnolology Progress 23 (3): 532-539.

Nochi, T, H Takagi, Y Yuki, L Yang, T Masumura, M Mejima, U Nakanishi, A Matsumura, A Uozumi, T Hiroi, S Morita, K Tanaka, F Takaiwa, and H Kiyono. 2007. Rice-based mucosal vaccine as a global strategy for cold-chain- and needle-free vaccination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 104 (26): 10986-10991.

Nov. 7
Dessertification

Geist, HJ, and EF Lambin. 2004. Dynamic causal patterns of desertification. BioScience 54 (9): 817-829.

Yongnian, Z, F Zhaodong, and C Guangchao. 2003. Land cover change and its environmental impact in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, Northeast Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Mountain Research and Development 23 (4): 353-361.
Nov. 14
Greenroofs

Getter KL & DB Rowe 2006. The role of extensive green roofs in sustainable development. HortScience 41: 1276 - 1285.

Kohler, M. 2006. Long-term vegetation research on two extensive green roofs in Berlin. Urban Habitats 4 (1): 3-26.
Nov. 28
Plants strike back

Dukes, JS. 2007. Tomorrow's plant communities: different, but how? New Phytologist 176 (2): 235-237.

Rogers, CA, PM Wayne, EA Macklin, ML Muilenberg, CJ Wagner, PR Epstein, & FA Bazzaz. 2006. Interaction of the onset of spring and elevated atmospheric CO2 on ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) pollen production. Environmental Health Perspectives 114 (6): 865-869.

Ziska, LH, RC Sicher, K George, & JE Mohan. 2007. Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide and potential impacts on the growth and toxicity of poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans). Weed Science 55 (4):288-292.

Dec. 5

Research proposals, pizza, & kudzu

The Amazing Story of Kudzu: love it or hate it, it grows on you - an offering from the Univ. of Alabama Center for Public TV.