My first thought was the probable non-permanence of ecosystems on
college campuses - considering the tendency of colleges to erect new
buildings on green space, as when the School of Law at University of
Washington erected a large building in the last decade. I don't know how
often such landscape changing activities destroy significant habitat or
threaten species, but perhaps colleges should take a page from the
military's book. the latter seem to take their habitat conservation and
T&E species obligations seriously.
A question: is there a site where permanent study sites, and their data
series, are presently reported? Together with Nature Conservancy, I have
6+ years of microplot data taken over a 10+ year span on 32 randomly
located sites in Benton County, Washington, including 9 on the
Fitzner-Eberhardt Arid Lands Ecology Reserve at Hanford.
Mike Marsh
Washington Native Plant Society
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Wayne wrote:
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<br>Perhaps the greatest contributions of Dr. Lindquist's plots will
be their
permanence? Do ecosystem studies not suffer from the tiny chip of time
alloted to so many of them?
<br>
<br>A comprehensive list of all permanent study sites would be
priceless, as
would comparative studies within that set.
<br>
<br>WT
<br>
<br>----- Original Message -----
From: "Erin Lindquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<br>To: <[email protected]>
<br>Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 12:32 PM
<br>Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Seeking information about on-campus ecological
plots
<br>
<br>
<br><blockquote type=cite>Dear ESA Members:
<br>
<br>I'd like to network with anyone who has initiated or maintained an
on-campus
<br>field plot to generate long-term ecological findings.
<br>
<br>I have set up a 1-ha permanent forest plot on our urban college's
campus
in
<br>Raleigh, NC. I will be presenting a poster in Milwaukee on
the value of
<br>using on-campus permanent plots to teach and mentor undergraduate
research
<br>titled, "Urban forests on college campuses: Opportunities for
undergraduate
<br>research"(PS 78-74). I'd like to include any published
studies that have
<br>been conducted on campus field plots in the poster. To be
included,
please
<br>send me your citation and mention if undergraduate or graduate
students
led
<br>or assisted in the study by Wednesday, July 30.
<br>
<br>Beyond the poster, I'd like to initiate conversations with anyone who
wants
<br>to share information generated by his/her on-campus field studies, and
<br>potentially collaborate on future research projects utilizing data
generated
<br>from campus forest plots.
<br>
<br>Thanks so much for your interest,
<br>Erin
<br>
<br>Erin Stewart Lindquist, Ph.D.
<br>Assistant Professor
<br>Department of Biological Sciences
<br>Meredith College
<br>3800 Hillsborough Street
<br>Raleigh, NC 27607-5298
<br>Tel: (919) 760-8754
<br>Fax: (919) 760-8761
<br>Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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