Novel Ecosystems and Nonnative Plant Species Management:
Publications used in PowerPoint talk October 2012
Marilyn Jordan: December 2012
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deciduous forest. Ecological Applications, 15(4), 2005, pp. 1263–1272
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Dunn, R 2012. Letting biodiversity get under our skin. Conservation 13(3):16-21 [Biodiversity loss (especially
native plant diversity) may lead to increased allergic/inflammatory diseases in urban areas. This new
research needs to be replicated and tested. I see a connection with novel ecosystems: will urban green
spaces dominated by nonnative plants provide the same benefits for human health?]
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in Ecology and the Environment, 6, 439–447.
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19, 589–606 http://ecotope.org/people/ellis/papers/ellis_2010.pdf
Ellis: Additional material and slides at: http://ecotope.org/anthromes/ and http://ecotope.org/anthromes/v2/
Ellis, E. 2009. Stop Trying to Save the Planet. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/05/ftf-ellis-1/
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[See comments on Dunn 2012; Hanski is the original paper]
Heleno, RH et al. 2008. Effects of alien plants on insect abundance and biomass: a food-web approach.
Conservation Biology, Volume 23, No. 2, 410–419.
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Johnson B. 2005. Polarity Management: A Summary Introduction. [Diagram adapted to depict values & fears
of different approaches to managing invasive plants versus letting nature take its course]
http://www.polaritypartnerships.com/resource-library/12/a-new-context-for-improving-leadership-andorganizations-5-articles.html
Kareiva, P, R Lalasz, and M Marvier. 2011. Conservation in the Anthropocene. Breakthrough Journal 2:2636. http://breakthrough.turing.com/journal_archive/conservation-in-the-anthropocene Responses to Kareiva
article:
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http://thebreakthrough.org/index.php/journal/debates/conservation-in-the-anthropocene-a-breakthroughdebate/
Lankau, RA et al. 2009. Evolutionary limits ameliorate the negative impactof an invasive plant. PNAS
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Great Basin. Ecological Applications, 18(5), 2008, pp. 1226–1235
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Marris, E. 2009. Ragamuffin Earth. Nature News Feature Vol 460, p. 450-453
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090722/pdf/460450a.pdf
Reprinted as Marris. 2010. The New Normal. Conservation Magazine 11(2):12-17 [good paper to start with]
Marris, Kareiva, Mascaro and Ellis. Hope in the age of man. Op-Ed New York Times, December 7, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/opinion/the-age-of-man-is-not-adisaster.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Hope%20in%20the%20Age%20of%20Man&st=cse
Marris, E. 2011. Rambunctious Garden. Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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mussel. Ecosphere 1(1).
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Journal of Botany 98(3): 539–548. 2011.
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Plants, Updated and Expanded. Timber Press. Portland, Oregon.
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Seasted, T.R., R.J.Hobbs, and K.N. Suding. 2008. Management of novel ecosystems: are novel approaches
required? Frontiers 6(10):547-553.
Nonnative Plant Species Management:
Zimmerman, C., M. Jordan, G. Sargis, H. Smith, K. Schwager. 2011. An Invasive Plant Management
Decision Tool. Version 1.1. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia.
http://conserveonline.org/library/an-invasive-plant-management-decision-analysis/view.html
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