Lars Brudvig
@lars-brudvig.bsky.social
It was a beautiful fall afternoon to do some seed collecting. We'll add these (and more) to our campus prairie reconstruction, as part of the restoration ecology course
November 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
It was a beautiful fall afternoon to do some seed collecting. We'll add these (and more) to our campus prairie reconstruction, as part of the restoration ecology course
New from the group:
Across 100 oak savannas and five states, we show how management structures groundlayer plant diversity by modifying canopy openness, with context dependent effects based on spatial scale and soil attributes
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Across 100 oak savannas and five states, we show how management structures groundlayer plant diversity by modifying canopy openness, with context dependent effects based on spatial scale and soil attributes
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
October 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
New from the group:
Across 100 oak savannas and five states, we show how management structures groundlayer plant diversity by modifying canopy openness, with context dependent effects based on spatial scale and soil attributes
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Across 100 oak savannas and five states, we show how management structures groundlayer plant diversity by modifying canopy openness, with context dependent effects based on spatial scale and soil attributes
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
New paper led by former post-bac researcher Isabelle Turner, with @chriscatano.bsky.social:
Seeding density alters the role of soil moisture in structuring plant abundance during prairie restoration
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Seeding density alters the role of soil moisture in structuring plant abundance during prairie restoration
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
October 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
New paper led by former post-bac researcher Isabelle Turner, with @chriscatano.bsky.social:
Seeding density alters the role of soil moisture in structuring plant abundance during prairie restoration
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Seeding density alters the role of soil moisture in structuring plant abundance during prairie restoration
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Pinkscale blazing star (Liatris elegans) is blooming in the SRS Corridor Project experiment and attracting many visitors
September 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Pinkscale blazing star (Liatris elegans) is blooming in the SRS Corridor Project experiment and attracting many visitors
Great day today, working in the SRS Fragmentation Experiment. We're conducting our 19th field season, to understand long-term consequences of fragmentation for populations of longleaf pine savanna groundlayer plants species
#demography #fieldwork
#demography #fieldwork
September 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Great day today, working in the SRS Fragmentation Experiment. We're conducting our 19th field season, to understand long-term consequences of fragmentation for populations of longleaf pine savanna groundlayer plants species
#demography #fieldwork
#demography #fieldwork
Amazingly, this is one of the species I was working with today! Part of a long-running study into habitat fragmentation effects on ground layer herb populations
September 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Amazingly, this is one of the species I was working with today! Part of a long-running study into habitat fragmentation effects on ground layer herb populations
Hey @martinnunez.bsky.social - guess what arrived arrived today? Looking forward to reading and sharing with students!
September 16, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Hey @martinnunez.bsky.social - guess what arrived arrived today? Looking forward to reading and sharing with students!
New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae), gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis), and black-eyed Susan, starring together in the front yard pocket prairie
September 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae), gray goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis), and black-eyed Susan, starring together in the front yard pocket prairie
Another year of NutNet in the books @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Another year of NutNet in the books @kelloggbiostn.bsky.social
Oak savanna, with lots of tall coreopsis (Coreopsis tripteris) in bloom - at the Chipman Preserve, near Kalamazoo, MI
August 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Oak savanna, with lots of tall coreopsis (Coreopsis tripteris) in bloom - at the Chipman Preserve, near Kalamazoo, MI
Lots blooming right now in the front yard pocket prairie, including black-eyed Susan, blue vervain, false boneset, and (just coming online) stiff goldenrod
August 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Lots blooming right now in the front yard pocket prairie, including black-eyed Susan, blue vervain, false boneset, and (just coming online) stiff goldenrod
Today I wrapped up the 16th year of vegetation sampling in our oak savanna restoration experiment!
In this study, we are testing the long-term ecological consequences of prescribed fire, fire with tree thinning, and no management, within fire suppressed oak savannas at the MSU MacCready Reserve
In this study, we are testing the long-term ecological consequences of prescribed fire, fire with tree thinning, and no management, within fire suppressed oak savannas at the MSU MacCready Reserve
August 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Today I wrapped up the 16th year of vegetation sampling in our oak savanna restoration experiment!
In this study, we are testing the long-term ecological consequences of prescribed fire, fire with tree thinning, and no management, within fire suppressed oak savannas at the MSU MacCready Reserve
In this study, we are testing the long-term ecological consequences of prescribed fire, fire with tree thinning, and no management, within fire suppressed oak savannas at the MSU MacCready Reserve
Monarch (Danaus plexippus) nectaring on butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
August 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Monarch (Danaus plexippus) nectaring on butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Today we wrapped up the 10th summer of vegetation surveys in our KBS prairie restoration (reconstruction) experiment, testing how the geographic origin and species diversity of seeds used to initiate restoration affects long-term ecological dynamics
@kelloggbiostn.bsky.social @kbslter.bsky.social
@kelloggbiostn.bsky.social @kbslter.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Today we wrapped up the 10th summer of vegetation surveys in our KBS prairie restoration (reconstruction) experiment, testing how the geographic origin and species diversity of seeds used to initiate restoration affects long-term ecological dynamics
@kelloggbiostn.bsky.social @kbslter.bsky.social
@kelloggbiostn.bsky.social @kbslter.bsky.social
Lots of insect activity in our front yard pocket prairie this evening, including bumblebees, ambush bugs, and dragonflies
August 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Lots of insect activity in our front yard pocket prairie this evening, including bumblebees, ambush bugs, and dragonflies
Today was the first day of vegetation surveys in our oak savanna restoration experiment for the year
This is our 16th annual census of permanent vegetation transects, comparing plots receiving repeated prescribed fires, with or without canopy tree thinning, compared to unmanaged controls
This is our 16th annual census of permanent vegetation transects, comparing plots receiving repeated prescribed fires, with or without canopy tree thinning, compared to unmanaged controls
August 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Today was the first day of vegetation surveys in our oak savanna restoration experiment for the year
This is our 16th annual census of permanent vegetation transects, comparing plots receiving repeated prescribed fires, with or without canopy tree thinning, compared to unmanaged controls
This is our 16th annual census of permanent vegetation transects, comparing plots receiving repeated prescribed fires, with or without canopy tree thinning, compared to unmanaged controls
Hartwick Pines #OldGrowth forest; white and red pine, Eastern hemlock, and sugar maple
July 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Hartwick Pines #OldGrowth forest; white and red pine, Eastern hemlock, and sugar maple
Had a great time cycling around Mackinac Island on M-185 today - the nation's only state highway where motor vehicles are prohibited
July 31, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Had a great time cycling around Mackinac Island on M-185 today - the nation's only state highway where motor vehicles are prohibited
Upper and lower Tahquamenon Falls, Tahquamenon Falls State Park
Nicknamed Root Beer Falls, for its color, comes from tannins derived from upstream cedar swamps
Nicknamed Root Beer Falls, for its color, comes from tannins derived from upstream cedar swamps
July 29, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Upper and lower Tahquamenon Falls, Tahquamenon Falls State Park
Nicknamed Root Beer Falls, for its color, comes from tannins derived from upstream cedar swamps
Nicknamed Root Beer Falls, for its color, comes from tannins derived from upstream cedar swamps
Freighters off Whitefish Point, not far from where the Edmund Fitzgerald sank 50 years ago (but with very different conditions today!)
July 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Freighters off Whitefish Point, not far from where the Edmund Fitzgerald sank 50 years ago (but with very different conditions today!)
Up north vacation begins
July 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Up north vacation begins
Bloom update from the front yard pocket prairie
July 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Bloom update from the front yard pocket prairie
Sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula), blooming in the front yard pocket prairie
July 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula), blooming in the front yard pocket prairie
Done!
Can't wait to work up the data with Markus Bauer, who is visiting our group this summer and collaborating on the project
Can't wait to work up the data with Markus Bauer, who is visiting our group this summer and collaborating on the project
July 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Done!
Can't wait to work up the data with Markus Bauer, who is visiting our group this summer and collaborating on the project
Can't wait to work up the data with Markus Bauer, who is visiting our group this summer and collaborating on the project
It was a good first day resurveying a prairie reconstruction experiment at the MSU Lux Arbor Reserve
Now 11 years after these plots were sown, we are asking how initial seeding treatments (# species, season of sowing) influenced plant persistence and longer-term community outcomes
Now 11 years after these plots were sown, we are asking how initial seeding treatments (# species, season of sowing) influenced plant persistence and longer-term community outcomes
July 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
It was a good first day resurveying a prairie reconstruction experiment at the MSU Lux Arbor Reserve
Now 11 years after these plots were sown, we are asking how initial seeding treatments (# species, season of sowing) influenced plant persistence and longer-term community outcomes
Now 11 years after these plots were sown, we are asking how initial seeding treatments (# species, season of sowing) influenced plant persistence and longer-term community outcomes