John Bryant visit: 11-15 January 2007
Talks
Thur 11 Jan, 1:10-2:10. Gilman 101. Informal lunchtime seminar: "Why rare plants become rarer?" There will be pizza. Link to related paper (special treat for Lotka-Volterra aficionados.) See below for links to more papers.
Fri 12 Jan, 4:00-5:00. Gilman 101. "The Fire-Hare-Birch Selection Mosaic". Related image.
Field Trip to Second College Grant Related image.
Depart Saturday morning from Gilman Hall. Return about. sunset on Sunday. Transportation, food, and most other needs will be supplied. We have two very nice big cabins reserved that have good heat, propane stove and lamps, lots of bunks, etc. Everyone is invited. Contact Matt Ayres ahead of time if you might want to participate. If we have enough snow, entry to the cabins could include an optional 8 km ski, but there also be some kind of vehicular options if skiing is not your bag.
Meetings, meals, socializing
John is looking forward to hearing from us about our science. He will be available for meetings with individuals, lab groups, etc., on Thursday, Friday, and perhaps even Monday. There will be numerous meal options too; eveing meals on Thur and Fri will probably lead to open beers someplace downtown. Contact Matt to get on the schedule and suggest activities.
Some papers by John Bryant (with links )
Coley, P. D., J. P. Bryant, and F. S. Chapin, III. 1985. Resource availability and plant antiherbivore defense. Science 230:895-899.
Bryant, J. P., Chapin F. S., III, and D. R. Klein. 1983. Carbon nutrient balance of boreal plants in relation to vertebrate herbivory. Oikos 40:357-368.
Li, Y., Z. L. Feng, R. Swihart, J. Bryant, and N. Huntly. 2006. Modeling the impact of plant toxicity on plant-herbivore dynamics. Journal of Dynamics and Differential Equations 18:1021-1042.
Bryant, J. P. 2003. Winter browsing on Alaska feltleaf willow twigs improves leaf nutritional value for snowshoe hares in summer. Oikos 102:25-32.
Swihart, R. K. and J. P. Bryant. 2001. Importance of biogeography and ontogeny of woody plants in winter herbivory by mammals. Journal of Mammalogy 82:1-21.
Niemela, P., F. S. Chapin, K. Danell, and J. P. Bryant. 2001. Herbivory-mediated responses of selected boreal forests to climatic change. Climatic Change 48:427-440.
Ruess, R. W., R. L. Hendrick, and J. P. Bryant. 1998. Regulation of fine root dynamics by mammalian browsers in early successional Alaskan taiga forests. Ecology 79:2706-2720.
Provenza, F. D., E. A. Burritt, T. P. Clausen, J. P. Bryant, P. B. Reichardt, and R. A. Distel. 1990. Conditioned flavor aversion: a mechanism for goats to avoid condensed tannins in blackbrush. American Naturalist 136:810-828.
Bryant, J. P., J. Tahvanainen, M. Sulkinoja, R. Julkunen-Tiitto, P. B. Reichardt, and T. Green. 1989. Biogeographic evidence for the evolution of chemical defense by boreal birch and willow against mammalian browsing. American Naturalist 134:20-34.
Bryant, J. P., P. J. Kuropat, S. M. Cooper, K. Frisby, and N. Owensmith. 1989. Resource availability hypothesis of plant antiherbivore defense tested in a South African savanna ecosystem. Nature 340:227-229.
Bryant, J. P. 1981. Phytochemical deterrance of snowshoe hare browsing by adventitious shoots of four Alaskan trees. Science 213:889-890.
Bryant, J.P., Wieland, G.D., Clausen, T.P., and Kuropat, P. 1985. Interactions of snowshoe hares and feltleaf willow (Salix alaxensis) in Alaska. Ecology 66: 1564-1573.
Bryant, J.P., Weiland, G.D., Reichardt, P.B., Lewis, V.E., and McCarthy, M.C. 1983. Pinosylvin methyl ether deters snowshoe hare feeding on green alder. Science 222: 1023-1025.
Bryant, J.P., Reichardt, P.B., Clausen, T.P., and Werner, R.A. 1993. Effects of mineral nutrition on delayed inducible resistance in Alaska paper birch. Ecology 74: 2072-2084.
Bryant, J.P., Heitkonig, I., Kuropat, P., and Owen-Smith, N. 1990. Effects of severe defoliation upon the long-term resistance to insect attack and chemistry of leaves of six southern African savanna woody species. American Naturalist 137:50-63.
Bryant, J.P., Provenza, F.D., Pastor, J., Reichardt, P.B., Clausen, T.P., and Dutoit, J.T. 1991. Interactions between woody-plants and browsing mammals mediated by secondary metabolites. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 22: 431-446.