Tag Archives: ecology research
Five Scientific Studies that Changed the Way I Think About Gardens: Part 1
[Preface: For the past few years, I have written a column for the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon’s (HPSO) Quarterly Magazine. It has been a wonderful experience, as the HPSO provides excellent editorial assistance. Below, I share my most recent … Continue reading
Posted in bees, Beneficial Insects, garden ecology, science, urban
Tagged Ecological Theory, ecology research, Island Biogeography, Urban Ecology, urban pollinators
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Does Repeated, Lethal Sampling Contribute to Insect Declines?
Over the past few months, I have shared data on bees and other insects that we have collected from Portland-area gardens. For every garden insect we study (except for butterflies, which can be identified to species by sight), we use … Continue reading
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Tagged bee collecting, ecology research, insect collections, Insect Decline
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Native Plants and Pollinator Survey
Aaron Anderson is repeating his original survey on native plants and pollinators. This time, he is trying to understand how knowledge of a plant’s ecological function may alter impressions of native plants. The survey takes about 25-30 minutes to complete. … Continue reading
Posted in Beneficial Insects, Native Plants, science
Tagged Aaron, ecology research, Garden Bee, Garden Pollinator, Native Plants
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PolliNation Podcast and Lab Update
If you love bees, and you have not yet subscribed to PolliNation, you’re missing out! OSU Professor and PolliNation podcast host, Andony Melathopolous, does a wonderful job assembling a diverse array of guests to talk all things pollinator. Aaron Anderson … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron, Angelee, ecology research, Gabe, Isabella, Lauren, Lucas, mykl, Native Plants, research, Signe
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Plant of the Week: Douglas Aster (Revisited)
This entry is from Lucas Costner, an undergraduate horticulture major at Oregon State University. It highlights one of the plants that Aaron Anderson is using in his research. Original “Plant of the Week: Douglas Aster” post available here: http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/gardenecologylab/2017/11/07/plant-week-doulgas-aster/ Last … Continue reading
Posted in Native Plants, Plant of the Week
Tagged ecology research, Garden Bee, garden ecology, garden plants, Native Plants
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Garden Bee Webinar
In case you missed the webinar on our garden bee research, I’ve embedded the video, below. The entire webinar is about an hour. And, make sure to mark your calendars for Monday, October 22nd at 11am PST. Aaron Anderson will … Continue reading
Pollinator Survey
Lauren Bennett, a Master’s student at OSU, is doing her capstone project on pollinators She has a short survey (10-15 minutes) on pollinators and pollinator plants. If you could spare a few moments of your time, we would appreciate your … Continue reading
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Tagged ecology research, garden plants, Garden Pollinator, Lauren
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First Bee List from Native Plant Study
We are so lucky that Lincoln Best has been in Oregon, supporting the work of the Oregon Bee Atlas. Linc was kind enough to take a look at Aaron’s bees, before going back to Canada. Aaron is currently taking a … Continue reading
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Tagged bee list, ecology research, Garden Bee, Garden Pollinator, Native Plants, research
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Urban Garden Soils Study Update
It has been a busy summer in the Garden Ecology Lab! Mykl Nelson successfully defended his thesis on urban garden soils, and graduated with a M.S. in Horticulture this past June. Gail, Aaron, and Mykl all shared their research results … Continue reading
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Tagged ecology research, garden soils, research, soil sampling, soil test, urban soils
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Master Gardener Input Needed!
We are soliciting Master Gardener feedback on the attractiveness of the native wildflowers that Aaron Anderson is studying for pollinator plantings. More detail on the study can be found at: http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/gardenecologylab/native-plants-2/ As we mention, not only are we interested in … Continue reading