[MPWG] Janet Meakin Poor Research Symposium Schedule & Registration Link

[Beth Pinargote]

Assisted Migration of Plants

A Janet Meakin Poor Research Symposium

Chicago Botanic Garden

Glencoe, IL

 

June 11, 2010

 

In a changing climate, plant species will respond in various ways.  Some
will cope by changing their physiology, some will adapt via natural
selection, some will migrate, and others, unable to make these changes,
will go extinct. When fragmentation limits migration potential of plants
or when natural migration and adaptation rates are outstripped by the
pace of climate change, some conservation biologists propose purposeful,
human-mediated migration, known as "assisted migration" or "managed
relocation," as a way to prevent extinction.  In this symposium, we
examine this controversial topic from both sides of the issue and
suggest ways that the benefits of assisted migration can be maximized
while the costs and risks can be minimized.  

 

 

Schedule

8:30 a.m.         Welcome 

Moderator: Kayri Havens, Ph.D., Medard and Elizabeth Welch Director, 
Plant Science and Conservation, Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL

 

8:40 a.m.         Keynote Presentation

Can Plants Adapt to Climate Change?

Art Weis, Ph.D., Professor, Director, Koffler Scientific Reserve at
Joker's Hill, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

 

9:30 a.m.         Big and Little Are Not the Same: How Range and
Population Sizes Could Affect Management Strategies Under Climate Change

Pati Vitt, Ph.D., Curator, Dixon National Tallgrass Prairie Seed Bank 
Conservation Scientist, Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, IL 

 

10 a.m.                        Break

 

10:30 a.m.       Managed Relocation

Jason McLachlan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biological
Sciences, Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 

 

11 a.m.                        Is Managed Relocation another Pathway for
Biological Invasions?

Sarah Reichard, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Forest Resources,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA

 

11:30 a.m.       Multi-stage Modeling Approach to Evaluate Migration
Potential of Tree Species under Climate Change 

Anantha M. Prasad, Ecologist, Northern Research Station, USDA Forest
Service, Delaware, OH

 

Noon               Lunch

 

1:30 p.m.         Assisted Migration of Trees: a Canadian Perspective

Tannis Beardmore, Researcher, Tree Seed, Atlantic Forestry Centre,
Natural Resources Canada, Fredericton, NB 

 

2 p.m.              The Other Assisted Migration: 

Moving Genotypes Within a Species Range 

Jessica Dawn Pratt, Vice President, OCSCB, and Ph.D. Student, Mooney
Lab, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA

 

2:30 p.m.         Stretch Break

 

3 p.m.              Assisted Migration and Invasive Species: Exploring
an Ethical Dilemma

Jay Odenbaugh, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy,
Environmental Studies, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon 

 

3:30 p.m.         Panel Discussion, Q&A

 

4 p.m.              Posters and Lemonade

 

5 p.m.              Adjourn

 

 

Register Now!

Call 847-835-8261 or go to 

http://www.chicagobotanic.org/school/symposia/JMP.php

 

 

Beth Pinargote

Manager, Symposia & Special Programs

1000 Lake Cook Road

Glencoe, IL 60022

phone: 847-835-8278

fax: 847-835-6865

bpinargote at chicagobotanic.org <mailto:bpinargote at chicagobotanic.org> 

 

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