Biodiversity bottlenecks (3.85488)
Date: June 10 2020Creator: Cannon, Charles H.
Type: Article
Description:Guest column written by Chuck Cannon for the Translational Ecology blog, maintained by Dr. William H. Schlesinger of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies.
In this essay, Dr. Cannon discusses measures and approaches in which we might prevent what is currently a steadily narrowing bottleneck for global biodiversity from becoming the mass extinction event predicted by many scientists.
Grafting has enormous ex-situ conservation potential (3.86485)
Date: August 25 2020Creator: Cannon, Charles H., Kua, Chai-Shian
Type: Document
Description:An eLetter response to the Science article: McCann, M.C. "Chimeric plants--the best of both worlds." Science 369, no. 6504 (2020): 618-619.
This online letter to the editor argues that grafting, a unique property of plant propagation, is an exciting and potentially powerful way to preserve, manage, and explore plant biodiversity.
Oak Genomics Press Release (3.90873)
Date: April 20 2020Type: Document
Sap flow variation in response to environmental factors in American sycamores (3.91117)
Date: 2020Type: Video
Description:Katelyn McBride, a student in the 2020 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program, giving the presentation "Sap flow variation in response to environmental factors in American sycamores" as part of the 2020 REU Symposium.
Early Detection and Rapid Response: Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) Monitoring (3.91121)
Date: 2020Type: Video
Description:Leslie Vargas, a student in the 2020 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program, giving the presentation "Early Detection and Rapid Response: Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) Monitoring" as part of the 2020 REU Symposium.
2020 Chicago Region Tree Census Report (3.92361)
Date: 2021Type: Document
Description:Report of the 2020 Chicago Region Tree Census, which was conducted by by The Morton Arboretum, Davey Resource Group Inc., and the Student Conservation Association.
2020 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Symposium: Introduction by Chuck Cannon (3.92721)
Date: 2020Type: Video
Description:An introduction to the 2020 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Symposium, presented by Chuck Cannon.
A Robust Computer Vision Algorithm for Tracking Tree Branches (3.92732)
Date: 2020Type: Video
Description:Sydney Kaplan, a student in the 2020 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program, giving the presentation " A Robust Computer Vision Algorithm for Tracking Tree Branches" as part of the 2020 REU Symposium.
Chicago Region Tree Census Promotional Video (3.92736)
Date: April 2021Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Video
Description:A promotional video that describes some of the work done by and accomplishments of the Chicago Region Tree Census.