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For the April presentation for the Pine Lily Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society, Dr. Patrick Bohlen will review the current topic of insect decline and how it related to the dramatic ecological change taking place in our world. Native plants are part of the last great hope in reversing these declines but other changes will be needed if we are to once again fill the skies with wings of butterflies and buzzing of bees.

Dr. Patrick Bohlen is Director of Landscape and Natural Resources (LNR) and Arboretum, and Professor of Biology at the University of Central Florida. He received his PhD in entomology from Ohio State University in 1994 where he studied soil and ecosystem ecology. He was a research biologist at Archbold Biological Station in Lake Placid, Florida for 11 years prior to coming to UCF in 2010. The LNR department is responsible for landscape operations and natural resource management on UCF’s main campus, Lake Nona medical campus, and other UCF facilities. Dr. Bohlen also oversees the UCF Arboretum, which together with LNR, provides opportunities for relevant, experience-based learning, urban ecology research, and human connection with ecosystems and landscapes.