Effects of Landscape Context, Tree Composition, and Fire on Pollinators in Southeastern U.S. Forests

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This webinar will highlight key findings from more than a decade of research on pollinators in southeastern U.S. forests. Results from a recent survey of bees, hover flies, and butterflies from nineteen experimental forests across nine southeastern states will be discussed, including the roles ecoregion, landscape context, and seasonality play in shaping pollinator diversity and composition. The webinar will also discuss possible causes of observed declines in pollinator diversity within relatively undisturbed forests. It will identify the potential for forest management activities, including prescribed fire, to improve conditions for these critical organisms.

Speaker

Michael Ulyshen, Research Entomologist, USDA Forest Service

Is this webinar for you?

This webinar is intended for anyone interested in understanding the important role forests play in supporting native pollinator populations as well as the complex responses of these organisms to prescribed fire and other management activities.

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Pricing

This webinar is FREE ($0) for all attendees and was made possible by contributions from the following professional development partners:

USDA Forest Service
Manulife Investment Management
Oregon Department of Forestry
Oregon Forest Resources Institute
Oregon State University

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The webinar is scheduled for live viewing on Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 3 pm ET. The Zoom Webinar platform will be used for the presentation. Be sure to connect to the webinar using a device approved to access Zoom.

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Webinar duration

This webinar is 1 hour.

Learning objectives

Upon successful completion of this webinar, you will be able to:

1. Explain why forests are essential to a large fraction of our native pollinator diversity.

2. List characteristics of forest-dependent pollinators.

3. Identify key differences in resource availability and distribution between pine and hardwood forests.

4. Describe potential pros and cons of prescribed fire to pollinator assemblages.

Rubric

Successful completion of the webinar is measured by participating in the entire webinar and completing the evaluation.

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Michael Ulyshen

Research Entomologist

USDA Forest Service

Michael’s research focuses on how pollinator diversity and composition vary depending on forest structure, tree composition, and management activities. Most recently, he has been working with a large group of collaborators to survey bees, hover flies, and butterflies in forests across the southeastern U.S. This work seeks to better understand the diversity of forest-dwelling pollinators native to the region as well as to clarify how these assemblages are shaped by ecoregion, landscape context, stand conditions.

Lauren Ponisio (Moderator)

Assistant Professor

University of Oregon

Dr. Lauren Ponisio studies bees and their roles as pollinators in managed and natural plant communities. She currently leads a study that could change how forestlands in the Northwest are managed, particularly post-harvest and post-fire, to the benefit of wild bees. Her research has examined ways to persuade California almond growers to adopt more bee-friendly agricultural practices, discovered how native bee species may be best equipped to survive intensive agricultural practices and climate change and analyzed how forest fires can help maintain pollinator biodiversity. Ponisio earned a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MS and BS from Stanford University.

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