Articles on the Decline of Biodiversity
- UN Report on declining biodiversity, May 2020:
The decrease in biodiversity is unprecedented and the rate of decrease is accelerating.
https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/05/
nature-decline-unprecedented-report/
2. The State of the Birds 2019
432 species of North American birds at risk of extinction.
https://www.stateofthebirds.org/2019/
3. Decline of the North American avifauna
Kenneth Rosenberg, et. al. The North American Bird Population has declined by 2.9 billion (29%) since 1950. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6461/120
4. The Guardian on the Biodiversity Crisis: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/12/what-is-biodiversity-and-why-does-it-matter-to-us.
5. Insect decline in the Anthropocene: Death by a thousand cuts
Article on % of Native Plant Needed for Biodiversity Nonnative plants reduce population growth of an insectivorous bird , Desirée L. Narango, Douglas W. Tallamy, and Peter P. Marra
https://www.pnas.org/content/118/2/e2023989118
Article about Native Plant Supporting Biodiversity
1. Nonnative plants reduce population growth of an insectivorous bird,
Desirée L. Narango, Douglas W. Tallamy, and Peter P. Marra
https://www.pnas.org/content/115/45/11549
2. Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Narango, Tallamy, Shropshire. Nature Communications (2020). This paper gets deep fast. Maybe just read the abstract and note the sentence containing, “a small percentage of plant genera supporting the majority of Lepidoptera.” https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-19565-4
The Necessity of Native Plants in the Recovery
1. Book: Nature’s Best Hope by Doug Tallamy
https://www.amazon.com/Natures-Best-Hope-Approach-Conservation/dp/1604699000/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=nature%27s+best+hope&qid=1625680576&sr=8-1
2. Book: The Nature of Oaks by Doug Tallamy
https://www.amazon.com/Nature-Oaks-Ecology-Essential-Native/dp/1643260448/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+nature+of+oaks&qid=1625680638&sr=8-1
Invasive Plants
Tennessee Invasive Plant Council Web Page.
See Landscaping tab and Invasive Plants tab.
- Book: Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the
Southern Appalachians by Horn, et. al.
https://www.amazon.com/Wildflowers-Tennessee-Valley-Southern-
Appalachians/dp/1772131199/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=wildflowers+of+tennessee&qid=1625680962&sr=8-1
2. Phone app and website: https://www.inaturalist.org/users/sign_in
3. Phone app: PictureThis: Identify Plant, Flower, Weed and More
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cn.danatech.xingseus&hl=en_US&gl=US
4. Website: Native Plant Finder from the National Wildlife Federation (enter zip code for native plant lists) http://nwf.org/NativePlantFinder/Plants
Other Web Resources
1. National Wild Ones website https://wildones.org/
2. Middle Tennessee Wild Ones resource page https://middletennessee.wildones.org/resources/
3. Tennessee Valley Wild Ones resource page https://tnvalleywildones.org/plant-info/how-to-plant-a-native-plant-garden/
Including Lisa Lemza’s Go Native — A New Native Plant Gardener Guide
https://tnvalleywildones.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Native-Plant-Gardener-Guide.pdf
4. Native Plant Bloom Chart from Chattanooga Area Pollinator Partnership
https://chapollinator.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Pollinator-Chart-CHAPP.pdf