tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194066715822423007.post2215549164101151239..comments2023-12-22T12:05:09.831-05:00Comments on An Adirondack Naturalist in Central New York: When Non-native Plants Turn GoodEllen Rathbonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684750034177425795noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194066715822423007.post-46142429112614825062011-01-26T23:25:09.125-05:002011-01-26T23:25:09.125-05:00My pleasure, Julie! And thanks for visiting my bl...My pleasure, Julie! And thanks for visiting my blog! <br /><br />I always try to keep an open mind and see both sides of issues. Your talk was a great view at a hidden side of invasive plants...even if I still lean toward the idea that invasives are "evil." :DEllen Rathbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684750034177425795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194066715822423007.post-36792491181374433362011-01-26T09:48:58.295-05:002011-01-26T09:48:58.295-05:00Ellen, thanks so much for posting about my work! T...Ellen, thanks so much for posting about my work! The Rouge River Bird Observatory has a blog where I have summarized the fruit and thrush research, if your readers might be interested. This post (http://bit.ly/nq2cK) talks about how we go about determining diet, and this post (http://bit.ly/7dSolM) is about the original research on how much weight is gained by thrushes at our site. I'm happy to answer any questions you or your readers might have! It was a pleasure to meet you and give the talk at Dahlem.Julie Craveshttp://www.rrbo.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194066715822423007.post-28671874938459480352011-01-14T13:11:49.192-05:002011-01-14T13:11:49.192-05:00Very interesting (or could that be veery interesti...Very interesting (or could that be veery interesting?)! 'Sounds similar to research I read about out of OSU from Rodewald's group [Landscape Ecol 25(6): 955-965].<br />'Always glad to read your posts.catharushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05603292208345268247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194066715822423007.post-82875147768912117852011-01-14T09:08:50.336-05:002011-01-14T09:08:50.336-05:00That is very interesting! So, now, we need to lea...That is very interesting! So, now, we need to learn to sort out the useful invasives from those that serve no purpose other than to choke out the native growth. That could be quite an interesting job.Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17692541935507155362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194066715822423007.post-85449700316016503152011-01-14T04:03:31.093-05:002011-01-14T04:03:31.093-05:00Very interesting and informative. I especially lik...Very interesting and informative. I especially like your "bottom line," that we still have much to learn about our wonderful earth and its inhabitants and systems. Thank you for presenting this.Bill and dogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17696083548101466584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194066715822423007.post-81091472921384402792011-01-14T02:11:53.945-05:002011-01-14T02:11:53.945-05:00Fascinating. There is always a knee-jerk reaction ...Fascinating. There is always a knee-jerk reaction against non-native species here in the UK - with good reason in some cases - but every now and then information comes along that challenges assumptions. Our conservation organisations often have Himalayan balsam-bashing weekends to destroy this coloniser of our river banks, and yet recent research shows that it doesn't have much of an impact on our native flora but provides 35 times more nectar to bees (which are in trouble here) that any native fspecis flowering at that time......Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.com