Ep. 321 - Rapid Changes in Slow-Growing Ecosystems

In Defense of Plants Podcast

In Defense of Plants

Natural Sciences, Ecology, Nature, Plants, Botany, Science

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🗓️ 13 June 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Disturbance is an integral part of any ecosystem, but as the human presence on this planet continues to grow, disturbances are becoming more frequent and more severe. In this episode, Dr. Brian Buma joins us to discuss his research on disturbance ecology. His work has taken him all over the globe with the aim of understanding how disturbances lead to rapid changes in slow growing ecosystems like forests. From climate change and tree death to edge of range dynamics among myriad plants, Dr. Buma and his colleagues are helping us understand ecosystem resilience and change. We also discuss and exciting community science project that you can get involved with in your own neighborhood. This episode was produced in part by Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the In Defensive Plants podcast, the official podcast of
0:04.5	Indefensiveplants.com. What's up? This is your host, Matt. Welcome to the show. How's everyone
0:08.6	doing this week? Disturbance is an integral part of any ecosystem, but as is so often the case,
0:14.9	as humans enter into the picture more and more and we exact more of a toll on this planet,
0:19.5	disturbances are getting more intense and more frequent.
0:22.8	And my guest today likes to study how increases in disturbance,
0:26.1	intensity, and frequency are affecting natural communities such as forests.
0:31.2	Joining us is Dr. Brian Buma, who specializes in disturbance ecology.
0:35.7	He's got a lot of really cool projects, and we're only going to touch on a few of them today, but his work is really important in understanding ecology. He's got a lot of really cool projects and we're only going to touch
0:38.1	on a few of them today, but his work is really important in understanding ecosystem resilience
0:42.5	and recovery. How are they going to change? How might they shift? All these questions and more are
0:47.8	really important to try to understand it as we continue to move into a future dominated by human
0:51.8	disturbances. Even more exciting is the fact that you can
0:55.5	contribute to work like this. So stick around towards the end of the episode so you can hear
0:59.6	more about ways that you can get involved in collecting data. But before we get to that, I have a
1:04.4	really, really exciting announcement for you to hear. Hey friends, are you interested in plant
1:09.4	science and conservation but don't know how or where to
1:12.0	start? Well, listen up because I have really exciting news for you. In 2022, the Oak Spring
1:17.2	Garden Foundation will award their annual early career fellowships, which includes two
1:21.6	plant science related fellowships. The first is the fellowship in plant science research,
1:26.4	and this will be awarded to one plant
1:28.0	scientists with preference for those working on organismal plant biology.
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