Dr. Kathryn G. Turner

@ktinvasion.bsky.social

Assoc professor idahostateucose.bsky.social. Evolutionary ecologist fixated on humans moving plants around. I'm Sherlock Holmes and #InvasiveSpecies are my Moriarty. #Ethnobotany nerd. #Herbarium superfan.

Anthropogenic wastelands - how are we supposed to fix those, anyway??? This started as an essay I made Erika write for her comps, and now its like a whole publication ☺️

Botanical Society of America@botsocamerica.bsky.social · 5d ago

🌼 Check out this new #AJB essay! 🌼 A practical prioritization strategy for vegetation-focused restoration of anthropogenic wastelands By Erika Stewart, Joshua Grinath & Kathryn Turner doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #ecology

An anthropogenic wasteland restoration framework depicted as a heatmap for assessing priorities and management strategies for wastelands in local proximity to high-quality habitats from low to high (x-axis), and landscapes that are unfragmented (low fragmentation) to highly fragmented (y-axis).

Can anyone explain the status of the Fulbright Scholars Program to me? I am just now looking into it as a possibility for a future sabbatical, and it seems like... funding has been pulled and it is likely no longer a possibility? If it were still an option, roughly when would applications open?

Look at this lil' guy! "Ovicula, meaning “tiny sheep,” refers to the thick, white hairs that cover the plant’s leaves and honors a more iconic endangered species in Big Bend: the bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis)." 😍

PhytoKeys@phytokeys.pensoft.net · 2y ago

The 'wooly devil' is the first new genus and species of plant discovered in a U.S. national park for nearly 50 years. Read about it on the @pensoft.net blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/02/19/t... @calacademy.bsky.social @ca-naturalist.bsky.social