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- Nov 21, 2017
Evans Invited Speaker at Wetlands Workshop
Biology Professor Jon Evans gave an invited presentation at the 2017 Regional Wetlands/Section 401 Workshop: Ecological Endpoints: from...
- Nov 10, 2017
Plant Conservation Work in Tennessee
During the month of October, as part of my post-baccalaureate fellowship funded by the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, I have been involved...
- Nov 2, 2017
Dr. Evans to Present King Farm Research at Herbarium Event
Join Jon Evans at 7 PM Wednesday, November 8, for a talk that will trace the complex natural and cultural history of a 30-acre tract...
- Oct 16, 2017
Sewanee Herbarium Collection Scanned!
All 9000 plant specimens in the Sewanee Herbarium were scanned this past weekend by a crew from University of Tennessee - Chattanooga...
- Oct 15, 2017
Lab Hosts Forest Soils Conference
My lab hosted the 37th Annual Central States Forest Soils Workshop at Sewanee this past week (Oct 10-11). Disciplines attending the...
- Oct 7, 2017
Vernal Pools Pub Featured in NPR Interview
The local National Public Radio station interviewed me last week for a story about our vernal pools research. The research, recently...
- Sep 6, 2017
Vernal Pools Paper Published!
For the past fifteen years, I have been involved in an effort to promote the ecological significance of vernal pools on the Cumberland...
- Aug 24, 2017
New Grant Supports Post-Bac Program
I am excited to announce my lab has been awarded a major grant from the Oak Spring Garden Foundation to fund our ongoing...
- Jul 7, 2017
Botanical Gardens of Europe
I got to visit three botanical gardens this summer when I was in Europe: Berlin Botanical Garden, Oxford University Botanical Garden,...
- Jun 1, 2017
Former Students Visit
Great visit with Toshi Tanuma (C'08) and Leighton Reid(C'06) this summer. Leighton spent several days with me working on two...
- May 18, 2017
Tennessee - Alabama - Georgia (TAG) Plant Conservation Alliance Meeting
I attended the first ever meeting of the Tennessee - Alabama - Georgia (TAG) Plant Conservation Alliance on May 18-19 at Reflection...
- May 5, 2017
Shelby Meckstroth Wins McCrady Prize for her Honors Research Poster
Shelby's honors thesis: "The Amelioration of Grazing and Sand Burial Through Physiological Integration by a Clonal Dune Plant" has been...
- Apr 28, 2017
Students in Belize Program Present Posters at Scholarship Sewanee
Students in my Belize Program presented seven posters at Scholarship Sewanee on April 28. Posters were based on the research projects...
- Apr 10, 2017
Lab alum and University of Florida Prof, Brett Scheffers, Publishes Paper on Forest Canopies and Cli
Brett describes his research: Dispersal has become one of the most studied traits in ecology and conservation as we attempt to understand...
- Apr 9, 2017
Students Study Clonal Rainforest Tree in Belize
Coccoloba belizensis outwits a strangler fig by generating new sprouts outside the main stem that is being strangled! Basal sprouts...