Conservation Gap Analysis of American Beech (3.102252)
Date: August 2021Creator: Beckman Bruns, Emily, Hoban, Sean M., Westwood, Murphy
Type: Article
Conservation Gap Analysis of Kentucky Coffeetree (3.102253)
Date: August 2021Creator: Beckman Bruns, Emily, Hoban, Sean M., Westwood, Murphy
Type: Article
Conservation Gap Analysis of Native U.S. Hickories (3.102254)
Date: August 2021Creator: Beckman Bruns, Emily, Hoban, Sean M., Westwood, Murphy
Type: Article
Conservation Gap Analysis of Native U.S. Pines (3.102255)
Date: August 2021Creator: Beckman Bruns, Emily, Hoban, Sean M., Westwood, Murphy
Type: Article
Conservation Gap Analysis of Native U.S. Walnuts (3.102428)
Date: August 2021Creator: Beckman Bruns, Emily, Hoban, Sean M., Westwood, Murphy
Type: Article
Conservation Gap Analysis of Selected Native U.S. Laurels (3.102430)
Date: August 2021Creator: Beckman Bruns, Emily, Hoban, Sean M., Westwood, Murphy
Type: Article
The Red List of Oaks 2020 (3.102445)
Date: December 2020Creator: Carrero, Christina, Jerome, Diana, Beckman Bruns, Emily, Byrne, Amy , Deng, Min, Strijk, Joeri , Westwood, Murphy
Type: Article
Description:The Red List of Oaks 2020 provides and analyzes International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List assessments for the estimated 430 species in the genus Quercus--the most complete and comprehensive global analysis of extinction risk for oaks. In 2015, The Morton Arboretum established a partnership with the IUCN/SSC (Species Survival Commission) Global Tree Specialist Group to assess all oak species by 2020, including reassessments of the species in the 2007 publication, in support of the Global Tree Assessment (GTA) initiative.
Extent: 52 pages
Manual de propagación de Quercus: Una guía fácil y rápida para cultivar encinos en México y América Central. (3.102452)
Date: 2020Creator: Alvarez-Clare, Silvia, Beckman Bruns, Emily, Byrne, Amy , Carrero, Christina, Paist, Sue, Westwood, Murphy
Type: Book
The Red List of US Oaks (3.54127)
Date: 2017Creator: Westwood, Murphy, Jerome, Diana, Beckman Bruns, Emily, Wenzell, Katherine, Kua, Chai-Shian
Type: Article
Conservation Gap Analysis of Native U.S. Oaks (3.67005)
Date: July 2019Creator: Beckman Bruns, Emily, Denvir, Audrey, Westwood, Murphy
Type: Article
Description:Oaks are critical to the health and function of forest and shrubland habitats in the United States, but many native oaks are threatened with extinction in the wild. Ongoing conservation efforts exist for some species, but with growing threats and limited resources and time, prioritization and coordination of conservation actions is critical. To facilitate these efforts, we conducted a comprehensive survey of both the achievements and most urgent needs for in situ (on-site) and ex situ (off-site) conservation of priority at-risk oak species in the U.S.
Extent: 114 pages
Using Open Source Data to Identify Conservation Priorities at Large Spatial Scales (3.67073)
Date: 2019Type: Dataset
Description:We are in the middle of the sixth mass extinction, due in part to the intensification of human land use. Therefore it is vital to quickly and effectively identify species at risk of extinction if we are to save them. The effects of human land use can extend beyond habitat loss by severing gene flow between subpopulations, making them more susceptible to inbreeding depression. These genetic effects have a negative impact on species viability and need to be considered in long-term conservation planning. One way to address this is by assessing the vulnerability of populations that are unable to reproduce with one another due to habitat fragmentation. In this study we used open source satellite imagery and species occurrence data to create a method for assessing the vulnerability of subpopulations of species. We selected ten focal species of Quercus found in Japan to develop this methodology and were able to identify four subpopulations that are likely threatened. With these data, we were able to identify local gardens and protected areas best situated to aid these subpopulations. Our methods use open source data and do not require costly field expeditions. Thus, this methodology can aid conservationists, who are often limited by cost or location, in quickly assessing the state of a species and the viability of its subpopulations.
Toward the Metacollection: Coordinating conservation collections to safeguard plant diversity (3.85413)
Creator: Beckman Bruns, Emily, Hoban, Sean M., Lobdell, Matt, Westwood, Murphy
Type: Article
The Oak Collection at The Morton Arboretum (3.96779)
Creator: Beckman Bruns, Emily
Type: Photographic image
Description:The Oak Collection at The Morton Arboretum in the fall.
Oak propagation at California Botanic Garden (3.96780)
Creator: Beckman Bruns, Emily
Type: Photographic image
Description:Oaks being propagated at California Botanic Garden (formerly known as Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden)