Field Studies Council’s Post

#NewPaper Our latest paper from the University of Guelph People, Plants and Policy Lab has just been published in the Canadian Journal of Forest Research. It’s on the clonal plant ecology of Labrador tea in old growth boreal forests. My Indigenous colleagues have taught me that Labrador tea is an important #ethnobotanical plant for Indigenous Peoples across the boreal, where it is used as medicine to treat a variety of ailments. It also makes a refreshing cup of tea. While our lab is largely focused on nature conservation, policy and governance, I have a deep love of botany and plant science and it was a delight to work on this ecological science study with my former student Yu Zhao Ni and my former supervisor Dr Azim Mallik from my own grad school days. As many as 90 percent of understory plants in the boreal are clonal and regenerate and spread asexually rather than by seed. Labrador tea is a fascinating example of a clonal plant in that it has the ability to produce new shoots by layering if its stems make contact with the soil (eg., pinned to the ground by snow) and root adventitously. Some trees, like black spruce, can do the same! It’s thought that this may be an adaptation to the harsh growing conditions in the boreal or lack of optimal conditions for seed germination in the absence of fire. #LovePlants 🌿 #PlantEcology #Ethnobotany

So what sets our ecology focused tree climbing courses apart from the classic arboriculture focused courses….. #ecology #bats #arboriculture #treeclimbing #ecologist #bats

Our relationship with nature doesn’t end at one assessment.🔎 A feature of our ecological service is ecological monitoring. This service makes sure that animals and plants we find in our original survey stay where they were found. Don’t run the risk, get ecological monitoring for your project today!🚦 #animals #wildlife #HCS #hewittandcarr #comments #ecology #construction

Come explore the hidden wonders of Taiwan and it's exuberant native flora. Our 12-part series explores the small but massively biodiverse (>4,300 plant species!) country of Taiwan from near-alpine conifer forests to tropical island coastlines, and all areas in between, to bring to the world the ecology, evolution, and biology, as well as the sociocultural importance, of native Taiwanese plants.From climbing 40m trees to explore epiphytic ferns and orchids, to tasting the minute (but delicious) fruits of the sugar palm, this series brings the wonder of Taiwan's vast wilderness to the world. https://lnkd.in/gKteQPQt #Taiwan#Botany 

Two Species, Two Strategies, Same Prey! A Chinese Mantis (Tenodera sinensis) patiently waiting for an unsuspecting insect to be lured in by nectar secretion of the White-topped Pitcherplant (Sarracenia leucophylla). Each species utilizes different mechanisms to capture prey. The Chinese Mantis camouflages itself with surrounding vegetation to strike nearby insects with its saw-like front legs. The White-topped Pitcherplant uses its tube-shaped pitchers as "pit-traps". Insects are lured to the mouth and column where nectar is secreted where venturing insects will fall into the pitcher where they become digested by internal enzymes. 📸 Kyle Filicky, PWS, Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. #EndangeredSpecies #Botany #Insects #Vegetation #Consulting #Ecology #Nature #LinkedIn #Learning #Jobs #Hiring #Environment #Conservation #Photography #Pitcherplant

A conference that delves into the science of wildlife ecology - https://lnkd.in/gNkvnFAq, For the best experience read this on The Hindu App. https://bit.ly/THNewsApp

🌱 The Common Pagoda or Rooistompie (Mimetes cucullatus) is the most widespread of all Mimetes species in South Africa. It has an extent of occurrence of more than 70 000 km² and is known from over 1 000 subpopulations. Luckily, it is not in danger of extinction and is listed as Least Concern. How fortunate indeed for such a beautiful species! 🙏   🔎 Despite that, however, about 21% of this species’ habitat is irreversibly modified, predominantly due to historical loss to agriculture, urban expansion, as well as commercial timber plantations. While the overall population is still very large and remains substantial, complacency should not creep in since it suffers from ongoing habitat loss. ⛔️   #biodiversity #botany #ecology #wildflowers #nativeplants #flowerphotography

This week, we’re taking a look at an episode of It’s Hot in Here from April, 2015, entitled: “Ecology of Fear and Fear of Ecology - Can Science do More to Improve Human-Wildlife Cohabitation?” Host Dr. Rebecca Hardin reviews a few clips from Dr. Matthew Kauffman in which he discusses the ecology of fear, or how animals’ environment is affected when they are under normal predator-prey stress. An acute example brought up is Aspen trees in Yellowstone National Park. During the time when wolves were extirpated from the region, Aspen trees began to lose their habitat, due to deer eating the tubers which their saplings spawn from. When wolves were reintroduced, the region in which they denned saw a resurgence of Aspens. Many assumed that hunting grounds for the wolves all around the park would also recover due to the the deer’s fear (and thus spending less time in each region), but this was not the case— only the area in the immediate vicinity of the dens recovered. This challenged earlier assumptions about fear in ecology. Podcast guest Mayank Vikas connects this to the treatment of snow leopards in India, which are hunted extensively due to their livestock poaching. A similar unforeseen effect, much like the blow to Aspens, could occur due to this practice, should the leopards be extirpated. Listen to the podcast for yourself: https://lnkd.in/emp5Hcv3

As a Tyler Grange Partner, we really want you to feel a part of our Tribe. 🌟 That's why we've invited our TG Partners to social walks, local community projects and training opportunities. The benefits definitely don’t end there, as you’re about to discover... For more information, follow the link in the comments 👇 #EnvironmentalConsultancy #PartnerScheme #Ecology #Arboriculture #Landscape #Mentorship #GreenInfrastructure #EcoCareers

Catfish are named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers. Members of the Order Siluriformes to which all catfish belong to, show a huge range of diversity in size, body shape, ecology, diet etc etc. Broadly, there are ‘fork-tailed catfish’ that have a divided tail fin, and ‘eel-tailed catfish’ that have a continuous tail fin around the latter part of the body. Catfish are of considerable commercial importance; many of the larger species are farmed or fished from the wild for food, like this Silver Cobbler I collected from a waterhole in the remote Kimberly region of Western Australia. #fish #aquatic #fieldwork #freshwater #ecology