Volume 5: May 2008

SPECIAL FEATURE

What Is Local?

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Guest Editor's Introduction

A few years ago, I read some reports on conservation and population genetics that led me to question whether I, as the director of a native plant nursery in a large urban area, ought to pay closer attention to the issue of localness in plants. The more I read about the issue, the more pressing it became, and the more questions I began to ask myself. In restoring and managing the fragmented natural areas of the city, what constituted "local"? How far should we travel to collect seed for our projects? More...

What Is Local? An Introduction to Genetics and Plant Selection in the Urban Context

by Carrie Pike

Cloquet Forestry Center, University of Minnesota, 175 University Road, Cloquet, Minnesota 55720

Practical Seed Source Selection for Restoration Projects in an Urban Setting: Tallgrass Prairie, Serpentine Barrens, and Coastal Habitat Examples

by Danny J. Gustafson1, Angela C. Halfacre2, and Roger C. Anderson3

1Department of Biology, The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina 29409

2Department of Political Science, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina 29242

3Department of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Campus Box 4120, Normal, Illinois 61709

A Call to Establish a National System of Regional Seed Banks and Seed Networks

by Edward Toth

Greenbelt Native Plant Center, New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, 3808 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, New York 10314





NATURAL HISTORY

Elevated Ozone Levels May Lead to Strengthened Invasive Species in Urban Forests

by Eric E. Elton

Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Clark Hall, 291 McCormick Road, PO Box 400123, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4123





ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Impacts of Urban Runoff on Native Woody Vegetation at Clark Reservation State Park, Jamesville, NY

by Carol Franco1, Allan P. Drew1, and Gordon Heisler2

1Department of Forest and Natural Resources Management, One Forestry Drive, SUNY: College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.

2USDA Forest Service, One Forestry Drive, SUNY: College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY 13210, USA.

Increasing Interactions with Nature: A Survey of Expectations on a University Campus

by André K. Faul

Department of Biology, University of Namibia, Private Bag 13301, Windhoek, Namibia.

Butterfly Activity in a Residential Garden

by Christopher Young

School of Applied Sciences, University of Wolverhampton, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1SB, United Kingdom

Herpetofaunal Use of Edge and Interior Habitats in Urban Forest Remnants

by Daniel E. Dawson and Mark E. Hostetler

Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611





STUDYING TEANECK CREEK

A Baseline Characterization Approach to Wetland Enhancement in an Urban Watershed

by Beth Ravit1, Christopher Obropta1,2, and Peter Kallin3

1Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

1,2Rutgers Cooperative Research and Extension, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

3Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance, P.O. Box 250, Belgrade Lake, Maine 04918

A Historical Perspective on the Urban Wetlands of the Teaneck Creek Conservancy

by Mary Arnold

Teaneck Creek Conservancy, Inc., 20 Puffin Way, Teaneck, New Jersey 07666

Implementing Restoration Projects Upstream from the Teaneck Creek Conservancy

by Jeremiah D. Bergstrom1, Peter Kallin2, and Christopher Obropta3

1Water Resources, TRC Environmental Corporation, Trenton, New Jersey 08628

2Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance, P.O. Box 250, Belgrade Lake, Maine 04918

3Rutgers Cooperative Research and Extension, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

Modeling Urban Wetland Hydrology for the Restoration of a Forested Riparian Wetland Ecosystem

by Christopher Obropta1,2, Peter Kallin3, Michael Mak4, and Beth Ravit1

1Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

2Rutgers Cooperative Extension, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

3Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance, Belgrade Lakes, ME 04918

4Graduate Program in Environmental Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

A Vegetation Survey of Teaneck Creek Wetlands

by Beth Ravit1, Linda Rohleder2, Lea Johnson2, Joan Ehrenfeld3, and Peter Kallin4

1Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

2Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolution, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

3Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

4Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance, P.O. Box 250, Belgrade Lake, Maine 04918

Photo: Prunus serotina showing typical stipple damage due to high levels of ozone exposure. (Photo courtesy of Schaub, M., Jakob, P., Bernhard, L., Innes, J.L., Skelly, J.M., Kräuchi, N. 2002. Ozone injury database. http://www.ozone.wsl.ch. Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf.)