School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR) faculty and staff presented their research at the Society of Ecological Restoration’s Midwest-Great Lakes Chapter meeting this weekend (March 24 – 26, 2017) in Grand Rapids, MI.
Themed, “Assembling the Restoration Community,” and held at Grand Valley State University, the goal of the meeting is “to explore how restoration as a human guided community assembly process assists with the recovery of degraded ecosystems and to highlight the importance of promoting the involvement of a diversity of individuals and organizations within restoration efforts in the Midwest.”
The Midwest-Great Lakes Chapter of SER serves Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
Oral Presentations with members of SENR include:
Novel disturbances for novel ecosystems: restoring conifer plantations to provide multiple ecosystem services
G. Matt Davies, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
P. Charles Goebel, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Restoration and management of prairie on a reclaimed strip mine in southeastern Ohio.
Rachael Glover, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
G. Matt Davies, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Rebecca Swab, The Wilds, Cumberland, OH
Tropical grassland restoration for biodiversity in Beni, Bolivia
Jo, Kingsbury, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
G. Matt Davies, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Ross Macleod, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Christopher M. Tonra, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Factors driving forest succession in oak–hickory forests of the Wayne National Forest, southeastern Ohio
James D. Palus, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Erin E. Andrew, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
P. Charles Goebel, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
David M. Hix, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Stephen N. Matthews, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Native vegetation in reclamation: improving habitat and ecosystem function through using prairie species in mine land reclamation|
Rebecca M. Swab, The Wilds, Cumberland, OH
Nicola Lorenz, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Shana Byrd, The Dawes Arboretum, Newark, OH
Richard Dick, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Posters with SENR members include:
Proposed research: a comparison of plant communities in intact and damaged Ohio peat bogs
Julie M. Slater; G. Matt Davies; Virginia I. Rich; Gil Bohrer; Yushan Hao and A. Camilo Ray-Sanchez, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Abstracts for oral and poster presentations presented at the meeting available here.