Bio 431 - Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Human Interactions

Sept 7

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 14

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.

Sept 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.  

Lorite, J, F Serrano, A Lorenzo, EM Cañadas, M Ballesteros, & J Peñas.  2017. Rock climbing alters plant species composition, cover, and richness in Mediterranean limestone cliffs. PLoS ONE  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0182414

Sept 30

Phytoremediation with hemp

Wu, Y, HX Trejo, G Chen & S Li. 2021.  Phytoremediation of contaminants of emerging concern from soil with industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.): a review. Environment, Development &  Sustainainability 23: 14405–14435.

Husain R, H Weeden, D Bogus, M Deguchi, M Soliman, S Potlakayala, R Katam, S Goldman, & S Rudrabhatla. 2019. Enhanced tolerance of industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) plants on abandoned mine land soil leads to overexpression of cannabinoids. PLOS ONE 14(8): e0221570.

Oct 5

Intercropping in forestry: alder and conifers

Liu, CLC, O Kuchma & KV Krutovsky.  2018. Mixed-species versus monocultures in plantation forestry: Development, benefits, ecosystem services and perspectives for the future. Global Ecology and Conservation  15: e00419.

Perakis, SS, JJ Matkins, & DE Hibbs.  2012.  N2-fixing red alder indirectly accelerates ecosystem nitrogen cycling. Ecosystems 15: 1182-1193.

Oct 12

Impact of nonnative bees on pollination ecology

Goulson, D.  2003.  Effects of introduced bees on native ecosystems.  Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics  34: 1-26.

Valido, A, MC Rodríguez-Rodríguez, & P Jordano. 2019.  Honeybees disrupt the structure and functionality of plant-pollinator networks. Science Reports 9: 4711.

Oct 19

FALL BREAK

Oct 26

Bar-coding medicinal plants

Mishra, P, A Kumar, A Nagireddy, DN Mani, AK Shukla, R Tiwari, & V Sundaresan.  2016. DNA barcoding: an efficient tool to overcome authentication challenges in the herbal market. Plant Biotechnology Journal 14:  8–21.

Gao,C, C Wu, Q Zhang, X Zhao, M Wu, R Chen, Y Zhao, & Z Li.  2020.  Characterization of chloroplast genomes from two Salvia medicinal plants and gene transfer among their mitochondrial and chloroplast genomes.  Frontiers in Genetics 11: 574962.

Nov 2

Genetic engineering for plant conservation

Adams, JM, G Piovesan, S Strauss & S Brown.  2002. The case for genetic engineering of native and landscape trees against introduced pests and diseases. Conservation Biology 16: 874–879.

Newhouse AE, LD Polin-McGuigan, KA Baier, KE Valletta, WH Rottmann, TJ Tschaplinski, CA Maynard, & WA Powell.  2104. Transgenic American chestnuts show enhanced blight resistance and transmit the trait to T1 progeny. Plant Science 228: 88-97.

Nov 9

Crop domestication: generation 4G

Fernie, AR, & J Yan.  2019.  De novo domestication: an alternative route toward new crops for the future.  Molecular Plant 12: 615-631.

Lemmon, ZH, NT Reem, J Dalrymple, S Soyk, KE Swartwood, D Rodriguez-Leal, J Van Eck, & ZB Lippman. 2018. Rapid improvement of domestication traits in an orphan crop by genome editing. Nature Plants 4: 766–770.

Nov 16

Biotechnology of glandular trichomes

Schilmiller, AL, RL Last, & E Pichersky. 2008.  Harnessing plant trichome biochemistry for the production of useful compounds. The Plant Journal 54: 702–711.

Livingston SJ, TD Quilichini, JK Booth, DCJ Wong, KH Rensing, J Laflamme-Yonkman, SD Castellarin, J Bohlmann, JE Page, & AL Samuels.  2020.  Cannabis glandular trichomes alter morphology and metabolite content during flower maturation. The Plant Journal 101: 37-56.

Nov 23

Redwood forest restoration

O’Hara KL, LE Cox, S Nikolaeva, JJ Bauer, & R Hedges. 2017  Regeneration dynamics of coast redwood, a sprouting conifer species: a review with implications for management and restoration. Forests  8: 144.    

Soland, KR, LP Kerhoulas, NJ Kerhoulas & JR Teraoka.  2021.  Second-growth redwood forest responses to restoration treatments.  Forest Ecology and Management 496: 119370.