WELCOME . . . to the Plant Population Ecology section of the Ecological Society of America. The purpose of this site is to facilitate interactions among researchers in plant population biology.

Featured young plant population ecologist of the month:
Dr Rein Brys

Featured work:  Brys R, Shefferson RP and Jacquemyn H (2011) Impact of herbivory on flowering behaviour and life history trade-offs in a polycarpic herb: a 10-year experiment. Oecologia, 166(2), 293-303

Herbivores can have strong deleterious effects on plant growth, reproduction, and even survival. To get better insights in the effects of herbivory on the flowering behaviour of the long-lived polycarpic grassland herb Primula veris, flowering patterns were monitored over 10 consecutive years in two large populations under two treatments (a grazing and control mowing regime). Grazing resulted in significantly smaller plants than in the control treatment and the size at which plants flowered was also significantly smaller. Herbivory incurred costs both to flowering and survival. This resulted in a longer time needed to start flowering, lower production of flowers and reduced flowering frequencies, which all caused a significantly lower proportion of flowering adults in the population and unregular flowering in the longer run.

Link to author's page here.

2011 PPE Student Travel Awards Announced

The Plant Population Ecology (PPE) Section of the ESA is proud to announce the 2011 PPE student travel awardees. This recognition highlights the advancements made by young members of our section in the field of plant population ecology. The awards, which help defray the cost of attending the ESA meeting, will be handed to the awardees during the PPE business meeting & mixer during the ESA annual conference in Austin (Aug 10, Wed, 6.30p-8p in room Travis II, Radisson Hotel). Please join us then to celebrate their achievements, socialize and discuss the future directions of the Section!

The winners are:

Christopher Bowman- Prideaux (California State University, Northridge)
Scott Chamberlain (Rice University)
Aldo Compagnoni (Utah State University)
Kimberly Kellett (University of Georgia)
Abigail Kula (University of Maryland)
Sean Michaletz (University of Calgary)
Ian Pfingsten (Oregon State University)
Rob Strahan (Northern Arizona University)

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