Bio 431 - Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Human Interactions

Sept 9

Quantitative ethnobotany

Gaoue, OG, MA Coe, M Bond, G Hart, BC Seyler, & H McMillen.  2017.  Theories and major hypotheses in ethnobotany.  Economic Botany 71: 269-287.

Phillips, O, AH Gentry, P Reynel, C Wilkin, and B Gálvez-Durand.  1994.  Quantitative ethnobotany and Amazonian conservation.  Conservation Biology 8: 225-248.

Sept 16

Early domestication of crop species

Lepofsky, D, & K Lertzman. 2008. Documenting ancient plant management in the northwest of North America. Botany. 86: 129-145.

Carney, M, S Tushingham, T McLaughlin & J d'Alpoim Guedes.  2021.  Harvesting strategies as evidence for 4000 years of camas (Camassia quamash) management in the North American Columbia Plateau.  Royal Society Open Science 8: 202213.
     

Sept 23

Recreation impacts on native vegetation

Ballantyne, M, & CM Pickering.  2015.  The impacts of trail infrastructure on vegetation and soils: Current literature and future directions.  Journal of Environmental Management 164: 53-64.

Barros, A, J Gonnet, & C Pickering.  2013.  Impacts of informal trails on vegetation and soils in the highest protected area in the Southern Hemisphere.  Journal of Environmental Management.  127:  50-60.

Sept 30

Cemeteries as conservation sites of plant biodiversity

Löki, V, B Deák, AB Lukács, A Molnár V.   2019.  Biodiversity potential of burial places – a review on the flora and fauna of cemeteries and churchyards.  Global Ecology and Conservation 18: e00614.

Nagy, J, V Löki, Z Vitál, K Nótári, SJ Reynolds, T Malkócs, R Fekete, K Süveges, A Lovas-Kiss, A Takács, AB Lukács, A Molnár V.  2025.  Life after death: Hidden diversity of orchids across European cemeteries.  Global Ecology and Conservation 60: e03613.

Oct 7

Agricultural impacts on coral reefs

Carlson, RR, SA Foo, & GP Asner.  2019.   Land use impacts on coral reef health: a ridge-to-reef perspective.  Frontiers in Marine Science 6: 2019.00562.

Tyohemba, RL, MS Humphries, MH Schleyer, & SN Porter.  2022.  Accumulation of commonly used agricultural herbicides in coral reef organisms from iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa.  Environmental Pollution 294:  118665.

Oct 14

Urban ecology & cooling trees

Kisvarga, S,  K Horotán, A Neményi, T Jana, Z Istvánfi, & L Orlóci.  2025.  The ecology of urban Vegetation: Trade-Offs, stressors, and adaptive strategies.  Environmental and Sustainability Indicators.  28:  100887.

Rahman, MA, D Armson, & AR Ennos. 2015.  A comparison of the growth and cooling effectiveness of five commonly planted urban tree species. Urban Ecosystems 18: 371–389.

Oct 28

Human-introduced insect pest outbreaks

Ciesla, WM. 2015. The role of human activities on forest insect outbreaks worldwide. The International Forestry Review 17: 269–281.

Knight, K,  J Brown & R Long. 2013.  Factors affecting survival of ash trees infested by emerald ash borer. Biological Invasions 15: 371-383.

Nov 4

Genetically modified crops

Ahmad, N, & Z Mukhtar.  2017.  Genetic manipulations in crops: Challenges and opportunities.  Genomics 109: 494-505.

Cao, X, Z Dong, D Tian, L Dong, W Qian, J Liu, X Liu, H Qin, W Zhai, C Gao, K Zhang, & D Wang. 2020.  Development and characterization of marker-free and transgene insertion site-defined transgenic wheat with improved grain storability and fatty acid content. Plant Biotechnology Journal 18: 129-140.

Nov 11

Atomic gardening (ion-beam mutagenesis in crop breeding)

Yamaguchi H. 2018.  Mutation breeding of ornamental plants using ion beams. Breeding Science 68: 71-78.

Ohmiya, A, T Toyoda, H Watanabe, K Emoto, Y Hase, & S Yoshioka.  2012.  Mechanism behind petal color mutation induced by heavy-ion-beam irradiation of recalcitrant chrysanthemum cultivar.  Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science 81: 269–274.

Nov 18

DNA barcoding of medicinal plants

Mishra, P, A Kumar, A Nagireddy, DN Mani, AK Shukla, R Tiwari, & V Sundaresan.  2015. DNA barcoding: an efficient tool to overcome authentication challenges in the herbal market.  Plant Biotechnology Journal 14: 8-21.

Jamdade, R, KA Mosa, A El-Keblawy, K Al Shaer, E Al Harthi, M Al Sallani, M Al Jasmi, S Gairola, H Shabana, & T Mahmoud. 2022.  DNA Barcodes for accurate identification of selected medicinal plants (Caryophyllales): toward barcoding flowering plants of the United Arab Emirates. Diversity 14: 262.

Nov 25

Benefits from non-naive plant species

Carroll, SP. 2011.  Conciliation biology: the eco-evolutionary management of permanently invaded biotic systems. Evolutionary Applications 4: 184-199. 

Zhang, M, C Schwarz, W Lin, H Naing, H Cai, & Z Zhu. 2023.  A new perspective on the impacts of Spartina alterniflora invasion on Chinese wetlands in the context of climate change: A case study of the Jiuduansha Shoals, Yangtze Estuary.  Science of The Total Environment 868: 161477.