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I was dangling off the rear of two strokes at a similar age, I hope I
have a few years left in me yet, time will tell. I'd like to continue
this discussion but I'm not sure the whole of uktc will appreciate us
clogging their inboxes. If you are agreeable how may I contact you?
On 21 Dec 2017 01:01, Wayne Tyson <wt750mv@xxxxxx.com> wrote:
I appreciate everyone's insight, in and out of "the industry."
I've been retired for almost 18 years. I started debarking trees and
pulling stumps before I was ten, have worked in trees, plant nursery,
landscaping, forestry, park construction inspection, park management,
park
planning, and ecosystem restoration--just to hit the high spots, not
counting the military all my life.
I continue to study. The project to which I referred was discussed in
an
article in the January 1979 issue of *Landscape Architecture. *I am
currently working on a project to restore the Torrey pines woodland
ecosystem to a ten acre site on the campus of Scripps Institution of
Oceanography (University of California San Diego). We will be using
inoculum from the indigenous soil microbiome in this work. The site
work is
to be completed in late 2018. The idea is to restore the entire
complex of
indigenous species from bacteria to trees. I had a consulting
business from
1979 to 2000, and had done some consulting work in the late 1960's
following my military service.
"Fluxes" are always with us; human activity has long perturbed
ecosystems,
especially since the displacement of social organizations with
culture, at
an accelerating pace, which seems to be nearing terminal velocity. We
may
learn in time, or we may not, but optimism is the only option.
Wayne
On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 3:02 PM, Dom Gane <uktc@xxxxxx.tree-care.info>
wrote:
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> Thank you Wayne. I have raised such ideas here in the past, to a
lukewarm
> reception. It's refreshing to come across someone in the industry
who has
> some insight.
> I suspect the flux we witness is linked closely to anthropogenic
drivers
> and what many view as the 6th extinction event.
> What projects were you involved in?
>
> On 20 Dec 2017 22:20, Wayne Tyson <wt750mv@xxxxxx.com> wrote:
>
> I believe you are right. In fact, I suspect (and supporting
evidence
> is
> growing) that soil microbiomes are the essential component in
> ecosystem
> health, including, of course, mycorrhizal fungi. I suspect that
> microbiomes
> are in a constant state of flux, reflecting the dynamic web of
life,
> from
> individual organisms to all ecosystems large and small.
>
> This was the key concept behind ecosystem restoration which I first
> worked
> out in a very crude (but effective) way in the late '60's and
applied
> to my
> first truly successful (after at least fifteen years of failures)
> large-scale ecosystem restoration project in 1972. As I continued
to
> work
> over the years, I was forced (seduced) to consider smaller and
> smaller
> organisms and their interdependence with other organisms.
>
> So you can see that I was and am truly interested in elaboration on
> your
> point of trophic "cascades."
>
> Wayne
>
> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 9:19 AM, Dom Gane
<uktc@xxxxxx.tree-care.info>
> wrote:
>
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> > Trophic. I'm not being obscure. I think that soil the
communities,
> likely
> > mycorrhizal fungi, have changed due to climate change and
> atmospheric
> > deposition, possibly eutrophication. I think, and there is good
> evidence
> > that multitrophic interactions occur between mycs and insect
> herbivores.
> > I have data which indicates that S. bovinus (a mycorrhizal fungi)
> > inhibits A. mellea.
> >
> >
> >
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