[PCA] 42nd Annual Southern California Botanists Symposium October 8th, Claremont CA
Naomi Fraga
nfraga at rsabg.org
Wed Sep 14 12:05:08 CDT 2016
Registration is open for the 42nd annual Southern California Botanists
Symposium *Back to the Flora II: The Future of Southern California Botany*.
The event will take place Saturday, October 8, 2016 at Pomona College
Seaver Auditorium in Claremont, CA. Online registration is available
at *https://payableform.appspot.com/forms/x4l5j
<https://payableform.appspot.com/forms/x4l5j>*
Early registration ends Friday October 2nd.
*We have a great line up of speakers (below in alphabetical order)*
- *Jon Christensen PhD*, UCLA. Is global warming pulling apart California’s
floral ecosystems?
- *Keith Gaddis PhD*. Dry-washes direct seed and pollen flow in the
California deserts.
- *Darrel Jenerette PhD*, UCR. Unexpectedly high biodiversity in southern
California’s urban plant communities: causes, consequences, and future
prognosis.
- *Jon Keeley PhD*, US Geological Survey. Balancing resource protection
and fire hazard in the future: climate change vs population growth.
- *John Knapp*, The Nature Conservancy. Racing the storm: climate change
preparations on Santa Cruz Island.
- *Susan Mazer PhD*, University of California Santa Barbara. The
California Phenology Project: tracking the effects of climate on the
phenological cycles of wild plants, with a spotlight on oaks.
- *Evan Meyer*, Mildred Mathais Botanic Garden, UCLA. Potentials and
limits of *Ex-situ* Conservation in California.
- *Sophie Parker PhD*, The Nature Conservancy. Conservation planning to
inform renewable energy siting in the Mojave Desert.
- *Erin C. Riordan PhD*, UCLA. Forecasting climate change impacts on
rare plants in the University of California Reserve System.
- *Lili Singer*, Theodore Payne Foundation. Horticulture and the future
of the native flora southern California .
- *Jane Tirrell PhD*, California Native Plant Society, San Gabriel
Mountains Chapter. The Lily Spring Area Survey: A 1981-2011 comparison of
plants populations.
All will be invited to attend a mixer and poster at Rancho Santa Ana
Botanic Garden following the symposium.
Please pass this notice along to colleagues, students, friends and other
interested parties. *We have a limited number student travel grants
available.* I have attached a flyer for distribution below. If you have
questions, please feel free to contact me or our President Nick Jensen
(copied on this e-mail). Fore more information, please visit
http://socalbot.org/ I hope to see you there!
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Naomi S. Fraga Ph.D. (Director of Conservation Programs)
Phone (909) 625-8767 ext. 231 • Fax (909) 626-7670
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
1500 N. College Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711
http://rsabg.org
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