2015 Annual Symposium

“Botanical Ramifications of Environmental Change”

Co-sponsored by the Bell Museum of Natural History

SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS

Long term ecological history at the prairie-forest border from lake cores: Is the past a guide to the future?

Charles E. Umbanhowar Jr., Department of Biology and Environmental Studies, St. Olaf College

Genetic Foundations of plant adaptation

Ruth G. Shaw, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota

A Century of shifts in flowering phenology in the Red River valley

Dr. Steven Traverse, Associate professor, Department of Biological Sciences, North Dakota State University

Using Predictive Models to Explore assisted migration scenarios – pitfalls and opportunities

Pati Vitt, Stone Curator of the Dixon Seed Bank, Plant Biology and Conservation, Chicago Botanical Garden

Spatial signals of climate change in the abundance and distribution of understory species in Wisconsin over 50 years

Jeremy Ash, University of Wisconsin – Madison

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