SUMMER 2011 Restoration Ecology Readings - Click on a document to download. Either download onto a laptop that you will have at the course (and that can be recharged), or print and enclose in a spiral binder. There will be no internet access at the field site, unless you have a way of getting it through your phone. You will want to have access to these readings throughout the course. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO DOWNLOAD ALL READINGS, SECTIONS A - D. THERE WILL NOT BE EXTRA COPIES AVAILABLE IN THE FIELD. Download everything until you get to the place where you hit the stuff from the spring 2011 course.
A. GENERAL DOCS - Download these for use throughout the course.
Rite in the Rain notebook - Order from the internet! The notebook is #393-mx. Google "Grainger 3WHG3"
How to format your final paper
Plant list for natural history notebook
Site evaluation form - You will need four copies of this
Restoration Approach: Common Elements of Many Restoration Projects
Restoration approach powerpoint
B. WAIVERS - Download and fill in the first two links, please. The UO and DLT waivers need to be turned in on the first morning of the course. The other sheet should be read, but not signed or turned in.
C. READINGS - Please have these available during the course.
1. Snags and Woodpeckers - A case study in restoration
- Bull, E.L. et al. 1997. Trees and logs important to wildlife in the interior Columbia River Basin. General Technical Report PNW-GTR-390. USDA Forest Service (pp.21-31 Dead Trees).
-Shea, P.J. et al. 2002. Girdled versus bark beetle-created ponderosa pine snags: Utilization by cavity-dependent species and differences in decay rate and insect diversity. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-181 pp. 145-153.
- Bull, E.L. & A.R. Partridge 1986. Methods of killing trees for use by cavity nesters. Wildlife Society Bulletin 14:142-146.
2. Intro to Restoration
-Palmer M.A. et al. 2006. Ecological theory and restoration ecology. Chapter 1 in Falk et al., eds., Foundations of Restoration Ecology. Island Press, Washington.
-Palmer 2006, Fig. 1.2 (This figure is not legible in the scanned document)
-Society for ecological Restoration International Science & Policy Working Group. 2004.The SER International Primer on Ecological Restoration. www.wer.org & Tucson: Soceity for Ecological Restoration International.
-Bradshaw A.D. 1996. Underlying principles of restoration. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 53:3-9.
-Young, T.P. 1999. Restoration ecology and conservation biology. Biological Conservation 92:73-83.
-Ehrenfeld J. 2000. Defining the limits of restoration: the need for realistic goals. Restoration Ecology 8:2-9.
3. Riparian Restoration & Bioindicators
-Whychus Creek Restoration Design, short version
-Stream Channel Reference Guide Excerpts
-EPA Rapid bioassessment protocol for use in streams and wadeable rivers
4. Invasive Species
-Devine, R. 1993. The cheagrass problem. The Atlantic May 1993:40-48
-Meyer, S.E. & E.A. Leger 2010. Inbreeding, genetic variation, and invasiveness: The strange case of Bromus tectorum. Rangelands 32: 6-11.
5. Ponderosa Forest Restoration
- Stringer, D. 2004. Metolius Preserve Forest Stewardship Plan (excerpts).
-Fule P.Z. et al. 1997 Determining reference conditions for ecosystem management of Southwestern ponderosa pine forests. Ecological Applications 7:895-908.
-Rummell R.S. 1951. Some effects of livestock grazing on ponderosa pine forests and range in Central Washington. Ecology 32:594-607.
-Agee, J.K. 1998. The landscape ecology of western forest fire regimes. Northwest Science 72:24-34.
6. Stream Surveying
-Excerpts from Stream Channel Reference Guide
7. Cattle and Restoration
-GAO Report: Livestock Grazing
D. CLICKER QUESTIONS
OLD - do not download - SPRING 2011 Restoration Ecology Readings - Click on a reading to download; note that this is for a past course, not the 2011 summer course.
1. Introduction to Restoration
-Roberts L. et al. 2009. The rise of restoration ecology. Science 325:555.
-Ramsayer K. 2010. In the field (where ecology happens). Bend Bulletin, 21 June 2010 (MS Word document).
-Society for ecological Restoration International Science & Policy Working Group. 2004.The SER International Primer on Ecological Restoration. www.wer.org & Tucson: Soceity for Ecological Restoration International.
-Bradshaw A.D. 2002. Introduction and Philosophy. Chapter 1 in M.R. Perrow and A.J. Davy et al. Handbook of Ecological Restoration: Volume 1 Principles of Restoration.
2. Ponderosa pine: A case study in principles of ecological restoration
-Glaze Meadow Newspaper Article Compilation (MS Word document)
-Fule P.Z. et al. 1997 Determining reference conditions for ecosystem management of Southwestern ponderosa pine forests. Ecological Applications 7:895-908.
-Restoration Approach outline (MS Word document)
3. Restoration ecology in context: Ecology, conservation biology, and ecological restoration.
-Palmer M.A. et al. 2006. Ecological theory and restoration ecology. Chapter 1 in Falk et al., eds., Foundations of Restoration Ecology. Island Press, Washington.
-Young, T.P. 1999. Restoration ecology and conservation biology. Biological Conservation 92:73-83.
-Ehrenfeld J. 2000. Defining the limits of restoration: the need for realistic goals. Restoration Ecology 8:2-9.
4. Aspen restoration at Indian Ford Meadow (Introduction)
-Bartos, D. 2001. Landscape dynamics of aspen and conifer forests. pp. 5-14 in USDA Forest Service Proceedings Rocky Mountain Research Station RMRS-P-18.
-Aspen rapid assessment (MS Word doc).
-2010 Bio 469/For 445 restoration methodology: Indian Ford aspen (MS Word doc)
-Keigley, R.B. & M.R. Frisina 1998. Browse evaluation by analysis of growth form. Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks (excerpts).
5. Supporting documents for Glaze Meadow Restoration Overview
-Glaze Meadow Newspaper Article Compilation (MS Word document) – this is also also posted above in #2.
-US Forest Service, 2008. Glaze Forest Restoration Project: Goals & Restoration Elements
-US Forest Service, 2008. Glaze Forest Restoration Project: Environmental Assessment
-Rummell R.S. 1951. Some effects of livestock grazing on ponderosa pine forests and range in Central Washington. Ecology 32:594-607.
-Agee, J.K. 1998. The landscape ecology of western forest fire regimes. Northwest Science 72:24-34.
6. Multifactorial influences in ecology, and their implications for restoration: An aspen case study
-Kay, C. E. 1998. Are ecosystems structured from the top-down or bottom-up: a new look at an old debate. Wildlife Society Bulletin 26:484-498.
-Kay, C. E. 2001. Long-term aspen exclosures in the Yellowstone ecosystem. pp. 225-241 in USDA Forest Service Proceedings Rocky Mountain Research Station RMRS-P-18.
-Shepperd, W.D. 2001. Manipulations to regenerate aspen ecosystems. pp. 355-366 in USDA Forest Service Proceedings Rocky Mountain Research Station RMRS-P-18.
7. Invasive species and ecosystem function: Cheatgrass
-Devine, R. 1993. The cheagrass problem. The Atlantic May 1993:40-48
-Young, J.A. & F.L. Allen 1997. Cheatgrass and range science: 1930-1950. Journal of Range Management 50:530-535.
8. Restoration challenges presented by invasive species: Cheatgrass THIS WAS CHANGED TO LOCAL V NONLOCAL
- DiTomaso, J.M. 2000. Invasive weeds in rangelands: Species, impacts, and management. Weed Science 48:255-265.
-Meyer, S.E. & E.A. Leger 2010. Inbreeding, genetic variation, and invasiveness: The strange case of Bromus tectorum. Rangelands 32: 6-11.
9. Supporting documents for Indian Ford Meadow Restoration Overview
-Deschutes Land Trust Preserve Accomplishments (MS Word doc)
-Deschutes Land Trust weed management plan for Indian Ford Meadow, 2006 (MS Word doc)
-Indian Ford Meadow Purpose & Background, 2008 (MS Word doc)
10. Beneath your feet: Small organisms may be big players in restorationWARDLE WAS CHANGED TO SYLVIA ET AL CH.2 EXCERPTS (PAT'S BOOK)
-Harris, J. 2009. Soil microbial communities and restoration ecology: Facilitators or followers? Science 325: 573-574
-Wardle, D.A. 2004. Ecological linkages between aboveground and belowground biota. Science 304:1629-1633.
11. Microbes in restoration: A solarization case study
-Gelsominao A. & G. Cacco 2006. Compositional shifts of bacterial groups in a solarized and amended soil as determined by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 38: 91-102.
-CHAPTER 9 OF SYLVIA ET AL WAS ADDED HERE
12. Laboratory techniques study questions: What did you learn in lab?
-Readings or review questions TBA
13. Supporting documents for cheatgrass Restoration Overview
-Allen, K. 2002. Camp Polk Meadow Preserve Hindman Springs Restoration Plan
14. Applying principles of restoration ecology: Metolius Preserve forest restoration
- Stringer, D. 2004. Metolius Preserve Forest Stewardship Plan (excerpts).
15. Snag readings
- Bull, E.L. et al. 1997. Trees and logs important to wildlife in the interior Columbia River Basin. General Technical Report PNW-GTR-390. USDA Forest Service (pp.21-31 Dead Trees).
- Bull, E.L. & A.R. Partridge 1986. Methods of killing trees for use by cavity nesters. Wildlife Society Bulletin 14:142-146.
-Shea, P.J. et al. 2002. Girdled versus bark beetle-created ponderosa pine snags: Utilization by cavity-dependent species and differences in decay rate and insect diversity. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-181 pp. 145-153.