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In this presentation, Dr. Patrick Bohlen will discuss the role of native plant in supporting biodiversity across gradients of land-use intensity from natural areas, to agriculture and the build environment, focusing on Florida and the biodiversity hotspot of the southeaster coastal plain. Each part of the landscape transect presents unique sets of challenges and opportunities for conservation, and has specific constraints that can either hinder or promote the role of native plants in supporting biodiversity functions in the landscape, and this talk will provide an overview of this topic.

I have a diverse academic background that started with training in soil and ecosystem ecology at Ohio State, where I received my PhD in entomology. I spent many years researching the effects of earthworms on nutrient cycling in a variety of ecosystems, including north temperate agro-ecosystems and forests. From 1998-2010, I was research director of Archbold Biological Station’s MacArthur Agro-ecology Research Center, where my work focused mainly on wetland ecology, nutrient runoff, and water-related environmental services. At UCF I have served as director of Landscape and Natural Resources, overseeing landscape planning and design, landscape maintenance, and management of campus natural areas, and as director of the Arboretum, which is the educational and academic arm of the program. The Arboretum’s mission is to cultivate, celebrate and communicate the value of plants, ecosystems and biodiversity to human well-being. My work focusses on conservation of biodiversity in human-dominated landscapes. Native plants feature prominently in that work are are key to conserving species in both the build and native environment.