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BOT 644: Ethnoecological Methods

BOT 644: ETHNOECOLOGICAL METHODS
(Ecological Methods in Ethnobotany)
INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Tamara Ticktin
415 St. John, Ticktin@hawaii.edu

Class: Tues 1:30-4:30 pm, Office Hours: Mon 1:30-3:30 pm

Ecological Methods in Ethnobotany is intended to provide students with experience in designing, conducting and analyzing applied ecological field research for assessing the impacts of local resource management practices. Special emphasis will be placed on management practices related to wild plant harvest, traditional agroforestry systems and ecological restoration. Students are expected to gain competence in:
(1) Experimental design of studies to assess the ecological impacts of local resource management practices
(2) Field methods and some analyses to document and assess the effects of local plant management systems on plant individuals, populations and communities.

Lecture Outline and Readings

1. Jan 15: Introduction to course

2. Jan 22: Experimental design and hypothesis testing I

Gibson, D. 2002. Chapter 2: The question and approach, in: Methods in Comparative Plant Population Ecology. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Krebs. C. 1999. Chapter 10: Experimental Design, in: Ecological Methodology, 2nd edition. Benjamin/Cummings, Menlo Park, CA.

3. Jan 29: Experimental design and hypothesis testing II : measuring the impacts of management on plant individuals

Sinha, A. and K.S. Bawa. 2002. Harvesting techniques, hemiparasites and fruit production in two non-timber forest tree species in south India. Forest Ecology and Management 168, 289-300.

Palada, M.C., B.N. Becker, J.M. Mitchell and P.K.R. Nair. 2005. The integration of medicinal plants and culinary herbs in agroforestry systems for the Caribbean: A study in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Acta Horticulturae 676:147-153.

Cabin, R. et al. 2002. Effects of microsite, water, weeding, and direct seeding on the regeneration of native and alien species within a Hawaiian dry forest preserve. Biological Conservation 104:181-190.

4. Feb 5: Field methods (Lyon Arboretum): measuring plant vital rates and morphological variables

Gibson, D. 2002. Chapter 6: Measuring individual and population parameters, p.166-173, in: Methods in Comparative Plant Population Ecology. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Cunningham, T. 2001. Chapter 4: Measuring impacts on individual in: Applied ethnobotany: People, wild plant use and conservation. Earthscan publications Ltd., London and Sterling,VA.

5. Feb 12: Measuring the impacts of management on population dynamics I

Cunningham, T. 2001. Chapter 5: Measuring impacts on populations in: Applied ethnobotany: People, wild plant use and conservation. Earthscan publications Ltd., London and Sterling,VA.

Peres, C. et al. 2003. Demographic threats to sustainability of brazil nut production. Science 302: 2112-2114.

6. Feb 19: Measuring impacts of management on population dynamics II

Ticktin, T. and P. Nantel. 2004. Dynamics of harvested populations of the tropical understory herb Aechmea magdalenae in old-growth versus secondary forests. Biological Conservation 120 (4): 461-470.

Parker, I.M. 2000. Invasion dynamics of Cytisus scoparus: a matrix model approach. Ecological Applications 10(3):726-743

Raimondo, D. and J.S. Donaldson 2003. Responses of cycads with different lifehistories to the impact of plant collecting. Biological Conservation 111: 345-358

Lambda calculations in Excel

7. Feb 26: Measuring impacts of management on population dynamics III

Orou Gaoue: Using R to assess population dynamics

8. March 4: Field methods (Lyon Arboretum): measuring the impacts of management on plant populations

Gibson, D. 2002. Chapter 6: Measuring individual and population parameters, p.166-183, in: Methods in Comparative Plant Population Ecology. Oxford University Press, Oxford

Cunningham, T. 2001. Chapter 5: Measuring impacts on populations in: Applied ethnobotany: People, wild plant use and conservation. Earthscan publications Ltd., London and Sterling, VA

9. March 11: MIDTERM EXAM

10. March 18th: Measuring impacts of management on community structure

Murali KS, Shankar U, Shanker RU, Ganeshaiah KN, Bawa KS. 1996. Extraction of non-timber forest products in the forests of Biligiri Rangan India. 2. Impact of NTFP extraction on regeneration, population structure, and species composition. Economic Botany 50(3): 252-69.

Cabin et al. 2002. Effects of light, alien grass, and native species additions on Hawaiian dry forest restoration. Ecological Applications 12(6): 1595-1610.

Trauernicht, C. T. Ticktin and G.L. Herrera 2006. Cultivation of nontimber forest products alters patterns of light availability in the understory of an old-growth humid tropical forest in Mexico. Biotropica 38 (3): 428-436.

11. March 24: Spring Break

12. April 1: Field methods (Lyon Arboretum): sampling the plant community.

Barbour et al 2002. Chapter 9: Methods of sampling the plant community, in: Terrestrial Plant Ecology, 3rd edition.

13. April 8: Measuring impacts of management on plant-animal interactions

Wright, J. et al. 2002. Poachers alter mammal abundances, seed dispersal, and seed predation in a Neotropical forest. Conservation Biology 14(1): 227-239.

Philpott, S. et al. 2006. The importance of ants and high-shade management to coffee pollination and fruit weight in Chiapas,Mexico. Biodiversity and Conservation 15: 487-501.

Gibson, D. 2002. Chapter 6: Measuring individual and population parameters, p.183-194 in: Methods in Comparative Plant Population Ecology. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

14. April 15: Intro to applications of multivariate analyses to assessing the impacts of management on plant populations and communities

Manly, F.J. 1994. Chapters 3 and 4 in: Multivariate statistical methods: a primer, 2nd Edition. CRC Press.

Casas, A. et al. 1999. Morphological variation and the process of domestication of Stenocereus stellatus (Cactaceae) in Central Mexico. American Journal of Botany 86(4): 522-533.

Bandeira, F., Martorell, C., Meave, J. and J. Caballero. 2005. Floristic heterogeneity in rustic coffee plantations, and its role in the conservation of plant biodiversity: A case study of the Chinantec Region of Oaxaca, Mexico. Biodiversity and Conservation 14:1225-1240.

15. April 22: Multivariate Part II or Review

16. April 29: Final Exam

Grading:

Exam I: 30 %
Exam II: 30 %
Class participation and assignments: 20 %
Experimental design proposal: 20 %

Exams: Essay questions on the experimental design and ecological methods covered in class, in the field, and in readings.

Class participation and class work: Lecture classes will involve pair/group problem solving exercises on experimental design, and methods.

Experimental Design proposal: Design a research project, including introduction and very brief literature review, as well as a detailed outline of your experimental design and methods. DUE APRIL 22.

* On field trips, we may return later than 4:30 pm.