By Graduate Research Associate Sarah Weber
Congratulations to SPP Director Dr. Carri LeRoy, and SPP Research Associate Carl Elliot on their recent publications in the Northwest Science Journal!
Together with Dr. Dylan Fischer of Evergreen State College they co-authored Germination of Three Native Lupinus Species in Response to Temperature. Experiments to determine the effects of pre-germination treatment and germination temperature conditions on the proportional germination of three species of Lupinus are discussed. The results could lead to better understanding of germination requirements of native species, an important component of restoration in south Puget Lowland prairies.
Dr. LeRoy was also co-author of a paper on Responses of Prairie Vegetation to Fire, Herbicide, and Invasive Species Legacy. Native and exotic plant community diversity and composition were measured across areas that differed in burning history and grass-specific herbicide application in an effort to evaluate prairie plant community variation in a matrix of restoration treatments in the south Puget Lowland prairies.
Both papers are available for download via Open Access on the Northwest Science BioOne page:
Germination of Three Native Lupinus Species in Response to Temperature is available at: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3955/046.085.022
Responses of Prairie Vegetation to Fire, Herbicide, and Invasive Species Legacy is available at: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3955/046.085.0216