[PCA] online article on importance of native ecotypes

[Louisa Rogoff Thompson]

Hi, everyone.

A discussion on the Plant Conservation Alliance listserve led me to this 
pdf article:

 (http://www.appliedeco.org/Reports/restoration%20source%20genetics.pdf):

Kaye, T.N. 2001. Common ground and controversy in native plant 
restoration: the SOMS debate, source distance, plant selections, and a 
restoration-oriented definition of native.  In, Native Plant Propagation 
and Restoration Strategies. R. Rose and D. Haase, editors. Nursery 
Technology Cooperative and Western Forestry and Conservation 
Association, Corvallis, Oregon.

It's an excellent overview (from a keynote talk).  SOMS stands for 
Single Or Multiple Sources.  Not discussed are the influence of 
pollination vectors and seed dispersers.  Chris Frye gave a talk at the 
Eastern Native Grass Symposium several years ago, in which he pointed 
out that when pollen or seed travels many miles, there really aren't any 
local ecotypes, it's all one common population.

Louisa Thompson