Botany and Ecology Research

John E. Silvius, Senior Professor of Biology

• Why Prairie Research?
• Jewels of the Pre-Settlement Prairie Remnants - visit to the "Prairie Grass Path"
• CU Prairie Restoration Project - Beginning in 1999
• Prairie Trials by Fire - Dominance of a Few Species
• The PRAIRIE Working Group - Who, What, Why?
• Decreasing the Dominants:
  > Summer 2005 Response - Part I. -- How did disturbance affect the dominants?
  > Summer 2005 Response - Part II. -- Who benefits from disturbance?
  > Poster and Oral Presentation 2006 -- Annual Meeting of the American Scientific Affiliation
  > Summer 2007 Response -- A Check-up on response to disturbance after 2 years.
  > Poster Presentation in 2008 -- 21st North American Prairie Conference, Winona, MN
• Application of Land Stewardship -- Partnering with Our Neighbors
  

Related PRAIRIE Working Group Projects:

• Royal Catchfly Project -- Plants from seed of nearby prairie remnant population
• Bird Species Survey -- Survey and effort to increase diversity
• Prairie Dock Project -- Plants from seed of nearby prairie remnant population
  

Remnant Prairie Management - Ohio-Erie Bikeway

• Background Information and Projects
• Summer Research Opportunities
• Florence Prairie Remnant -- Partnering with Landowners and Agencies
• Study Sites on the "Prairie Grass Trail: "
• "County Line" Prairie Remnant
• Selma Prairie" Remnant
• "Little Bluestem" Prairie Remnant

Land Use Effects upon Stream Quality

Research for Cedarville University Credit:

Cellular Biology:

• Transcriptional Regulation
• Signal Transduction

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