Restorationists often hope and expect that wildlife will increase in abundance and diversity when “native” habitats are restored, but this assumption has not been well-investigated for most wildlife species, particularly in grasslands, and even more so in the Central Valley of California. From 2014 to 2015 I conducted a rather ambitious spatiotemporally replicated natural experiment investigating wildlife…
Tag: invasion
2016 PlantRight Plant List – Suggested Alternatives for Invasive Garden Plants
Sustainable Conservation and PlantRight have partnered to work on reducing invasive plants that are sold or traded in the horticultural industry. As a contractor and partner with these two great organizations, I wanted to share their most recent update for 2016!: We are excited to share the 2016 PlantRight Plant List which you may view or download, here….
Annals of Botany invited review Now Online!
A Young lab review paper headed up by Emily Zefferman and Jens T. Stevens, and developed along with several lab members and lab affiliates, has been made available online! Here is a preview, and you can find the whole manuscript online at: Plant communities in harsh sites are less invaded: a summary of observations and proposed explanations. INVITED REVIEW Plant communities…
