[PCA] Save the Date: Symposium: What is Local? Genetics & Plant Selection in the Urban Context; Tuesday, May 23rd; American Museum of Natural History, New York.

Toth, Edward Edward.Toth at parks.nyc.gov
Tue Apr 11 18:35:24 CDT 2006


There is increasing awareness of the need for use of local genotypes in restoration ecology.  But what is local?  This issue is further complicated in the urban context of highly fragmented plant populations.  Are two populations that are now fragmented and isolated still genetically one?  Should only populations from that location be used in restoration?  Or do we need to mix populations to insure genetic fitness? Are species that are otherwise considered common, more similar to rare and endangered species once they've been isolated by fragmentation and their population size limited and their ability to exchange genes prevented?

 

If all of these questions concern you or if you'd like an introduction to the whole subject of genetics and plant selection from experts in the field, then reserve Tuesday, May 23rd at the Museum of Natural History, NYC; 9 AM to 330 PM.  Sponsors are the NYC Department of Parks, Greenbelt Native Plant Center, the American Museum of Natural History, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Rutgers University, Center for Urban Restoration Ecology, the Metro Forest Council, and the Greenbelt Conservancy.

 

Speakers include:  Dr. Gerry Moore, Brooklyn Botanic Garden (The Changing Flora of the NY Metro Region); Dr. Arlee Montalvo, UC Riverside (Genetically Appropriate Choices for Plant Materials to Maintain Biological Diversity); Dr. Susan Mazer, UC Santa Barbara (Genetic Differentiation in the Age of Ecological Restoration); Dr. Julie Etterson, University of Minnesota Duluth (Climate Change and the Genetics of Plant Migration and Adaptation); and Dr. Steven Handel, Rutgers (Applying the Lessons of Population Genetics to Ecological Restoration in NYC and other Urban Centers).

 

To receive a registration mailing please send contact info including mailing address to Lesley Meurer at lesley.meurer at parks.nyc.gov <mailto:lesley.meurer at parks.nyc.gov> .  Attendance limited to 175.

 


Please pass this information on to all of those you think might be interested

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