[PCA] NEWS: World's Largest Trees Help Explain California Forests' Bald Spots

[De Angelis, Patricia]

At the risk of sounding negative, do we really need studies to tell us that
plants need sun, water and the right kind of substrate?

Perhaps this is the the research that convinces resource managers how to
approach conservation and management? Or that convinces the everyday person
why we need to be careful about how we treat/use the environment?

Or maybe research efforts should focus on other issues...?  Like making
sure the geologists (and other seemingly unrelated experts) have a seat at
the table when talking plant conservation.

Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
Botanist, Division of Scientific Authority-US Fish & Wildlife
Service-International Affairs
Chair, Medicinal Plant Working Group-Plant Conservation Alliance
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On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:04 AM, Kwong, Olivia <okwong at blm.gov> wrote:

>
> http://news.yahoo.com/world-39-largest-trees-help-explain-california-forests-150921653.html
>
> World's Largest Trees Help Explain California Forests' Bald Spots
> LiveScience
> By Becky Oskin, Staff Writer
> February 11, 2014 10:09 AM
>
> Trees in California's Sierra Nevada mountains, including giant sequoias,
> need sunlight, water and just the right kind of granite to grow, a new
> study finds.
>
> See the link above for the full article text.
>
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