Events

Todd Barkman, Professor of Biological Sciences at Western Michigan University, will review the basics for how we can predict growth rate of our local plant populations and show how we can use simple experiments to complement those predictions to understand factors that are limiting recruitment and population persistence. With this information, interventions can target those aspects that most limit population persistence and growth.  He demonstrates this approach on local Kalamazoo County populations of Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake master) and Coreopsis palmata (Prairie coreopsis).