[HubbardBrookCOS] From Harvard Forest: collaborative common garden experiment

[Christine L. Goodale]

Dear Hubbard Brook Committee of Scientists,

We’ve been approached by colleagues Meghan Blumstein and Jeannine Cavender-Bares (cc’d) asking about Hubbard Brook Scientists’ interest in establishing a common garden experiment at Hubbard Brook, focused on studying red oak genotype-phenotype question, with HB as a northern location – more below from Meghan.

We wanted to invite any of you who might be interested in possibly participating or discussing further. If interested, please sign up on this Google Sheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tmBECYqAt2-kb7VBxz78dlk1Qbweuny-uJQ6p0DwUa4/edit?usp=sharing).

Please sign up ASAP, as they are looking to coordinate acorn collections this fall – and RAC proposal deadline this Friday.

Christy & Lynn
SCC Co-Chairs

From Meghan: I’m leading a new collaboration on red oak (Quercus rubra), looking at genotype-phenotype-environment mapping and local adaptation. Jeannine Cavender-Bares (cc’d) is starting a new series of common gardens on the east coast. We are planning common gardens at the Harvard Forest LTER and at UVA. We are really hoping to have a northern site at Hubbard Brook - would LTER scientists be interested in working with us and would there be space to set up a common garden? We are also envisioning including red maple (Acer rubrum) as a secondary species.

Let us know if this could be an exciting possibility to look at evolution and adaptation of important hardwood species for the Hubbard Brook LTER. We would love to talk to you.




On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 10:48 AM Meghan Blumstein <mblumste at mit.edu<mailto:mblumste at mit.edu>> wrote:
Dear Anthea,

I’m leading a new collaboration on red oak (Quercus rubra), looking at genotype-phenotype-environment mapping and local adaptation. Jeannine Cavender-Bares (cc’d) is starting a new series of common gardens on the east coast. We are planning common gardens at the Harvard Forest LTER (she’s starting a position at Harvard next year) and at UVA (where I am starting a position next year). We are really hoping to have a northern site at Hubbard Brook - would LTER scientists be interested in working with us and would there be space to set up a common garden? We are also envisioning including red maple (Acer rubrum) as a secondary species.

Let us know if this could be an exciting possibility to look at evolution and adaptation of important hardwood species for the Hubbard Brook LTER. We would love to talk to you.

Best,

Meghan Blumstein

Bullard Fellow Harvard Forest
Incoming UVA Faculty Env. Science and Architecture
Phone: (610) 331-6584



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Anthea Lavallee (she/her)
Executive Director
Hubbard Brook Research Foundation
30 Pleasant Street
Woodstock, VT 05091
Office: (802) 432-1042

Alavallee at hubbardbrookfoundation.org<mailto:Alavallee at hubbardbrookfoundation.org>


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Dr. Jeannine Cavender-Bares
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
University of Minnesota

Director, ASCEND Biology Integration Institute<https://www.spectralbiology.org/>




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Anthea Lavallee (she/her)
Executive Director
Hubbard Brook Research Foundation
30 Pleasant Street
Woodstock, VT 05091
Office: (802) 432-1042

Alavallee at hubbardbrookfoundation.org<mailto:Alavallee at hubbardbrookfoundation.org>
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