Course Reading

Date
Topic
 Reading
Sept 7
Quantitative 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, AH Gentry, C Reynel, P Wilkin, & C Galvez-Durand B. 1994. Quantitative ethnobotany and Amazonian conservation. Conservation Biology 8: 225-248
Sept 14
Bioprospecting using ecological principles Coley, PD, MV Heller, R Aizprua, B Arauz, N Flores, M Correa, M Gupta, PN Solis, E Ortega-Barria, LI Romero, B Gomez, M Ramos, L Cubilla-Rios, TL Capson, & TA Kursar. 2003. Using ecological criteria to design plant collection strategies for drug discovery. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 1: 421-428.

Helson, JE, TL Capson, T Johns, A Aiello, & DM Windsor. 2009. Ecological and evolutionary bioprospecting: using aposematic insects as guides to rainforest plants active against disease. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7: 130-134.
Sept 21
Plant invasions and ecosystem processes Liao, C, R Peng, Y Luo, X Zhou, X Wu, C Fang, J Chen, & B Li. 2008. Altered ecosystem carbon and nitrogen cycles by plant invasion: a meta-analysis. New Phytologist 177: 706-714.

Hickman, JE, W Shiliang , LJ Mickley, and MT Lerdau.  2010. Kudzu (Pueraria montana) invasion doubles emissions of nitric oxide and increases ozone pollution.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 107: 10115-10119.
Sept 28
Ecological effects of agricultural herbicides

de Snoo, GR, & RJ van der Poll. 1999. Effect of herbicide drift on adjacent boundary vegetation. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 73: 1-6

Dalton, RL, & C Boutin. 2010. Comparison of the effects of glyphosate and atrazine herbicides on nontarget plants grown singly and in microcosms. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 29: 2304-2315.

Oct. 5
Landscape effects on crop pollination

Ricketts, TH, I Steffan-Dewenter, SA Cunningham, J Regetz, B Gemmill, S Greenleaf, AM Klein, C Kremen, MM Mayfield, L Mordandin, & R Winfree. 2008. Landscape effects on crop pollination services: are there general patterns? Ecology Letters 11: 499-515

Ricketts, TH. 2004. Tropical forest fragments enhance pollinator activity in nearby coffee crops. Conservation Biology 18: 2304-2315.

Oct. 12
Ecosystem engineering & reclamation

Crain, CM, & MD Bertness. 2006. Ecosystem engineering across environmental gradients: Implications for conservation and management. BioScience 56: 211-218

Pensa, M, H Karu, A Luud, E Rull, & R Vaht. 2008. The effect of planted tree species on the development of herbaceous vegetation in a reclaimed opencast. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38: 2674-2686.

Oct. 26
Escape of plant transgenes

Cleveland, DA, D Soleri, FA Cuevas, J Crossa, & P Gepts. 2005. Detecting (trans)gene flow to landraces in centers of crop origin: lessons from the case of maize in Mexico. Environmental Biosafety Research 4: 197-208.

Reichman, JR, LS Watrud, EH Lee, CA Burdick, MA Bollman, MJ Storm, GA King, & C Mallory-Smith. 2006. Establishment of transgenic herbicide-resistant creeping bentgrass in nonagronomic habitats. Molecular Ecology 15: 4243-4255.

Nov. 2
Allelopathy & crop management

Khanh, TD, MI Chung, TD Xuan, & S Tawata. 2005. The exploitation of crop allelopathy in sustainable agricultural production. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 191: 172–184.

Alcántara, C, A Pujadas, & M Saavedra. 2011. Management of Sinapis alba subsp. mairei winter cover crop residues for summer weed control in southern Spain. Crop Protection 30: 1239-1244.
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Nov. 9
Biocontrol of invasive plants

Louda, SM, AE Arnett, TA Rand, & FL Russell. 2003. Invasiveness of some biological control insects and adequacy of their ecological risk assessment and regulation. Conservation Biology 17: 73- 82.

Wang, Y, W Huang, E Siemann, JW Zou, GS Wheeler, J Carrillo, & JQ Ding. 2011. Lower resistance and higher tolerance of invasive host plants: biocontrol agents reach high densities but exert weak control. Ecological Applications 21: 729-738. (a direct pdf download from the author's website)
Nov. 16
Managing PNW forests with fire

Harrod, RJ, RW Fonda, & MK McGrath. 2008. Vegetation response to thinning and burning in a ponderosa pine forest, Washington. Northwest Science 82:141–150.

Fonda, RW, & EP Binney. 2011. Vegetation response to prescribed fire in Douglas-fir forests, Olympic National Park. Northwest Science 85: 30-40.

Nov. 30
Intecropping for agriculture

Malézieux E, Y Crozat, C Dupraz, M Laurans, D Makowski, H Ozier-Lafontaine, B Rapidel, S de Tourdonnet, & M Valantin-Morison. 2008. Mixing plant species in cropping systems: concepts, tools and models. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development29:43–62.
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Ghaley, BB, H Hauggaard-Nielsen, H Høgh-Jensen & ES Jensen. 2005. Intercropping of wheat and pea as influenced by nitrogen fertilization. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 73: 201-212.

Dec. 7

Research proposals & pizza

toppings TBD

Readings from previous years: 2009,2007, 2005