Denver Botanic Gardens has been conducting demographic monitoring studies on rare plants across Colorado for 30 years. The tried-and-true methods have persisted for decades, but new approaches and technology have greatly improved the analyses we can conduct with the data, the way we collect data, and the time it takes to input data. Case studies […]
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Climate change threatens plant biodiversity worldwide. Alpine plant species are particularly vulnerable to climate change, as temperature fluctuations are projected to be most severe in high elevation areas. Even small shifts in climate can have major consequences on phenology, reproduction, fitness, and community composition. Early life stages (seed germination and seedling survival) are arguably the […]
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Alex Seglias, Denver Botanic Gardens Plant biodiversity is being lost at an accelerated rate. To conserve native plants, many institutions are turning towards ex situ conservation methods, such as storage in seed banks. However, not all seeds are able to survive in seed bank conditions or they may be short-lived. Alpine species in Italy and Australia […]