The Role of Managed Conifer Forests in Supporting Native Bee Communities in the Pacific Northwest

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Conifer forests of the Pacific Northwest are renowned for many reasons, including their unparalleled beauty, the biodiversity they house, and the timber they produce. But to what extent do native bees inhabit such forests? In this webinar, we will explore the role that managed conifer forests play in supporting native bee communities, including an overview of two research projects that evaluate how native bees respond to wildfire and timber harvest. Taken in its entirety, this webinar will demonstrate that conifer forests play a key role in supporting native bees and should be considered with ongoing pollinator conservation efforts.

Speaker

Dr. Jim Rivers, Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Oregon State University

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This webinar is intended for a diverse audience, including foresters, scientists, and natural resource managers. It is a webinar for anyone interested in adaptive forest management practices to preserve wild insect pollinators in managed lands.

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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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Webinar access

The webinar was live on Thursday, March 21, 2024 at 3 pm ET.

The archived recording of this webinar will be available until March 21, 2025 at 11:59 pm ET.

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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. List the characteristics of native bees and the key resources upon which they depend.

2. Explain how wildfire severity influences native bee nesting ecology.

3. Identify how native bee communities change with time since harvest in intensively managed conifer plantations.

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Jim Rivers

Associate Professor

Oregon State University

Jim is an animal ecologist with broad research interests, and the work that he undertakes with his lab group generally falls into two related areas. In the first, he investigates the behavioral, physiological, and ecological processes that influence animal populations. This work focuses largely on forest-dependent birds and examines how key vital rates are influenced by a range of land use activities. In the second, he examines how natural and anthropogenic disturbances influence native insect pollinators within managed forests. In both areas, his work includes basic and applied research with the ultimate goal of understanding how organisms respond adaptively to ongoing and future change in their environment.