In a previous article, I wrote about the idea that long-term commitment is an important factor in the success of ecological restoration, and that people who have deep, traditional ties to land are more likely to have this kind of…
I’ve had a long-standing interest in street dogs. The places I’ve lived in the US don’t have many street dogs, so most of my experiences with them are from my travels abroad (e.g., Turkey and Thailand). On a recent trip…
A conversation with a colleague A few weeks ago, I was chatting with a colleague about one of his ecological field experiments. His group is testing the impact of a biocontrol insect on the growth of an invasive tree species.…
Over the past month, I’ve had the opportunity to help out with a variety of my colleagues’ projects at work. In this article, I highlight two of these projects. These reflections are written on my personal time, are not part…
Welcome back! This is my fourth article in a mini-series exploring biodiversity, using the plant community in my home garden as an example. In the first article, I presented the results of a botanical inventory of the garden, using cover…
This is the third in a series of articles looking at plant diversity in my small, home garden. The first one presented the results of a botanical inventory I did about a month ago, which included total and proportional cover…
A couple updates This article is a continuation of my last article, in which I presented the results of a botanical inventory of my home garden with the goal of analyzing biological diversity. I have two updates of this project.…
Why inventory the plants in my garden? This week I decided to do a botanical inventory of my small home garden. As I understand, knowing what plant species are present and in what amounts is an important metric to track…
Growing kalo for the first time A few weeks ago, a colleague gifted me with a kalo (taro) plant, my first kalo plant ever. The timing of this was perfect, as I had recently been thinking about growing kalo in…
The past couple of weeks I’ve been learning about biocultural restoration in Hawai’i, and I have some article ideas I’ve been stewing on. But in the meantime, I wanted to write about a different topic that I’ve been sitting on…