Reading Assignments for 11/23

We begin our discussion of biological controls this week with a guest lecture from Fred SaintOurs. Fred will be speaking on Tuesday about the use of biocontrols to manage purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria). To prepare yourself for Fred's talk, please read the articles below, and be sure to think of some good questions to ask him!

• Purple Loosestrife, Ch. 11 in Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the Eastern United States, Van Driesche, R., et al., 2002, USDA Forest Service Publication FHTET-2002-04, 413 p. (If you prefer, you can download this document as a .pdf from this link.)
  
• "Indirect effects of host-specific biological control agents." by D. Pearson and R. Callaway. 2003. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 18(9), pp. 456-461. [via Prometheus]
  
• Short response to Pearson and Callaway article by Thomas et al. (TREE 19(2)) [via Prometheus]

There is no class Thursday due to the Thanksgiving holiday.