Hello Ecologgers,
I invite you to participate in a forum at the The Nature of Cities
(http://www.thenatureofcities.com/), a collective blog edited by David Maddox.
Over the past two years, it has grown into an excellent site with many
wide-ranging contributions on various aspects of urban ecology and nature, from
scientists and practitioners from around the world. Full disclosure: I happen
to be a regular contributor to this blog. Along with a steady stream of blog
posts from myriad authors, David recently created a monthly roundtable feature,
where a number of contributors from different cities/institutions/countries
share their perspectives on a challenge in urban ecology and management, and
then engage in online discussions through the comment threads in the roundtable.
This month’s Roundtable is focused on the problem of exotic, invasive species
in urban landscapes, and how we might manage them. I am one of about a dozen
contributors to this roundtable. You can read all the contributed essays here:
http://bit.ly/tnoc-exotics-roundtable
The Roundtable is meant to be a forum for engaging a broader community in
discussions. I know that this topic is of great interest to the Ecolog-L
community, and would therefore like to invite all of you to the roundtable. I
hope you’ll want to at least read the essays - but, more importantly, that you
will share your thoughts by commenting in the forum. All of the authors will be
participating in the online discussions over the next few weeks. Not all of
them are on Ecolog-L, so while I welcome any comments here, I would urge you to
also leave comments on the blog directly, at the above link.
thank you, and I hope to see you there,
Madhu
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Dr. Madhusudan Katti
Associate Professor,
Department of Biology, M/S SB73
California State University, Fresno
2555 E San Ramon AVe
Fresno, CA 93740
http://about.me/mkatti
