[RWG] SAVE THE DATE--June 11, 2010--Janet Meakin Poor Assisted Migration Research Symposium

[Beth Pinargote]

Save the Date!

 

 

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.  Details will be posted at
www.chicagobotanic.org/school/symposia as they are confirmed.

 

 

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