My colleague Vickie Borowicz and I recently launched a crowdfunding effort
for a project on the role of hemiparasitic plants in prairies and prairie
restorations
https://experiment.com/projects/reviving-restorations-can-native-parasitic-plants-bring-better-balance-to-tallgrass-prairies
This work could provide land managers with information on how best to use
hemiparasitic plants to enhance diversity of restored prairies, and provide
basic scientists with important data testing hypotheses for the role of this
under-studied life style in prairie communities.
The crowdfunding would be directed at supporting graduate and undergraduate
field workers in summer. We are at about 13% of our goal, with about 1
month left for the campaign. If we don’t reach the goal, there is no funding.
If you can, we would appreciate your support for this work. If you are
unable to donate, sharing it, particularly to members of the prairie
restoration community would be an immense help.
https://experiment.com/projects/reviving-restorations-can-native-parasitic-plants-bring-better-balance-to-tallgrass-prairies
And THANKS!
Steven A. Juliano
BEES section, School of Biological Sci.
Illinois State Univ., Normal, IL 61790-4120
ph. (309) 438-2642 FAX (309) 438-3722
https://about.illinoisstate.edu/sajulian/Pages/default.aspx
Crowd-funding campaign:
https://experiment.com/projects/reviving-restorations-can-native-parasitic-plants-bring-better-balance-to-tallgrass-prairies
