Bio 431 - Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Human Interactions

Sept 9

Is ethnobotany biology?

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

Engineering plants for TGA production

Chapman, KD, JM Dyer, RT Mullen. 2013. Commentary: Why don’t plant leaves get fat? Plant Science 207: 128-134.

Zale, J, JH Jung, JY Kim, B Pathak, R Karan, H Liu, X Chen, H Wu, J Candreva, Z Zhai, J Shanklin & F Altpeter. 2016. Metabolic engineering of sugarcane to accumulate energy‐dense triacylglycerols in vegetative biomass. Plant Biotechnology Journal 14: 661-669.

Sept 23

Biostimulants in agriculture

Rouphael, Y, & G Colla. 2020. Editorial: Biostimulants in agriculture. Frontiers in Plant Sciences 11: 40. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00040

Berg, S, PG Dennis, C Paungfoo-Lonhienne, J Anderson, N Robinson, R Brackin, A Royle, L DiBella & S Schmidt. 2020. Effects of commercial microbial biostimulants on soil and root microbial communities and sugarcane yield. Biology and Fertility of Soils 56: 565–580.

Sept 30

Variable Retention Harvesting

Palik, BJ, & AW D’Amato. 2019.  Variable retention harvesting in Great Lakes mixed-pine forests: emulating a natural model in managed ecosystems. Ecological Processes 8:16.

Nyamai, PA, PC Goebel, RG Corace, III, & DM Hix. 2020. Regeneration patterns of key pine species in a mixed-pine forest indicate a positive effect of variable retention harvesting and an increase in recruitment with time. Forest Ecosystems 7: 50.

Oct 7

The invasive plant–fire regime cycle

Brooks, ML, CM D'Antonio, DM Richardson, JB Grace, JE Keeley, JM DiTomaso, RJ Hobbs, M Pellant, & D Pyke. 2004. Effects of invasive alien plants on fire regimes. BioScience 54: 677–688.

Flory, SL, K Clay, SM Emery, JR Robb, & B Winters. 2015. Fire and non‐native grass invasion interact to suppress tree regeneration in temperate deciduous forests. Journal of Applied Ecology 52: 992-1000.

Oct 14

Permaculture

Krebs, J, & S Bach. 2018. Permaculture—Scientific Evidence of Principles for the Agroecological Design of Farming Systems. Sustainability 10: 3218.

Tschumi, M, M Albrecht, C Bärtschi, J Collatz, MH Entling, & K Jacot. 2016. Perennial, species-rich wildflower strips enhance pest control and crop yield. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 220: 97-103. [for copy see Keth's email]

Oct 21

Recreation ecology

Marion, JL, Y-F Leung, H Eagleston, & K Burroughs. 2016. A review and synthesis of recreation ecology research findings on visitor impacts to wilderness and protected natural areas.  Journal of Forestry 114: 352–362.  

Oct 28

Harmful algal blooms and their control

Zhu, X, G Dao, Y Tao, X Zhan, X, H & Hu. 2021 . A review on control of harmful algal blooms by plant-derived allelochemicals. Journal of Hazardous Materials 401, 123403.

Phil-Goo Kang, P-G, J Hong, E Kim & B Kim. 2020. Effects of extracts of reed and cattail on the growth of a cyanobacterium, Microcystis aeruginosa. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 35: 123-134.

Nov 4

Assisted migration

Neff, MW & K Carroll. 2016. A productive role for science in assisted colonization policy. WIREs Climate Change 7:852–868.

Wadgymar, SM, MN Cumming & AE Weis. 2015. The success of assisted colonization and assisted gene flow depends on phenology. Global Change Biology 21: 3786-3799.

Nov 11

Crop-herbivore interactions

Mitchell, C, RM Brennan, J Graham, & AJ Karley. 2016. Plant defense against herbivorous pests: exploiting resistance and tolerance traits for sustainable crop protection. Frontiers in Plant Science 7: 1132 

Hernandez-Cumplido, J, MM Giusti, Y Zhou, V Kyryczenko-Roth, YH Chen & C Rodriguez-Saona.  2018.   Testing the ‘plant domestication-reduced defense’ hypothesis in blueberries: the role of herbivore identity.  Arthropod-Plant Interactions volume 12: 483–493.

Nov 18

Non-native species and their impacts

Cassini, MH. 2020.  A review of the critics of invasion biology. Biological Reviews 95: 1467-1478.

Wainwright, CE, RD Holt, & MM Mayfield.  2019. Looks can be deceiving: ecologically similar exotics have different impacts on a native competitor. Oecologia 190: 927–940.