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Eastern Threat Center Research Extends to Global Community
International collaborations involving Eastern Threat Center scientists and staff are helping to sustain natural resources around the globe. Recent efforts include:
• Ecologist Bill Hargrove is helping Istanbul Technical University scientists to produce maps of Turkey’s National Ecoclimatic Regions (areas characterized by similar climatic influences on ecosystems) and to design a set of sampling locations for a national ecological monitoring network in Turkey.
• The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Landscape Ecology Working Group Research selected research ecologist Kurt Riitters as Deputy Working Group Coordinator for North America.
• Eastern Threat Center research hydrologist Ge Sun is a co-chair of the 2013 Water for Mega-Cities: Challenges and Solutions conference to be held in Beijing, China, in September.
Strategies Help Control Invasive Plants Under Changing Climate
Human activities, including development, that spread non-native invasive plants reduce forest habitat threaten native plant species. Population increase and changing climate add to the complexity of the problem.
Natural resource managers restoring native plant communities must address these interacting threats.
In a recently published book chapter, Eastern Threat Center research ecologists Qinfeng Guo and Steve Norman discuss strategies for promoting stable and resilient ecosystems able to withstand unusual environmental changes. “For restoration efforts under growing and, in some cases unseen threats, coordinated actions that minimize human disturbances and simultaneously maximize habitat conservation are essential for success,” says Guo.
Learn more about the research: Guo, Q.F. and S.P. Norman. 2012. Improving restoration to control plant invasions under climate change. Pages 201-214 in S. Jose, H. Singh, D. Batish, and R. Kohli, eds. Invasive Plant Ecology. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
Forest Science Shared With Minority Landowners
The Southern Research Station recently co-sponsored Minority Landowner Magazine’s Seventh Anniversary Conference in Greensboro, NC. More than 250 participants attended workshops and gained insight from speakers focused on this year’s theme, “Keeping Your Farm Productive, Profitable, and Yours.”
Station and Eastern Threat Center attendees shared informational materials and discussed forest science products and services to help keep forestland healthy. Minority Landowner Magazine publisher Victor Harris lauded the Station’s support, “SRS has been a tremendous partner, showing support to help minority landowners improve their operations.”
Left: Minority Landowner Magazine publisher Victor Harris (l) and SRS Project Leader Jeff Prestemon at the SRS exhibit during the magazine’s Seventh Anniversary Conference.
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