Claire Schon, PhD Candidate, Waterloo Wetland Lab, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo
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Claire Schon will talk about her current research with invasive Phragmites australis biological control. In 2005, invasive Phragmites was called Canadas “worst invasive plant” and is still threatening wetlands in Canada today. Claire’s research with collaborators at University of Toronto and Agriculture and Agrifood Canada, focuses on the efficacy of a new technique for invasive Phragmites control and monitoring the recovery of native plant communities. Learn more about the two moth species that feed on invasive Phragmites and the promising results for Phragmites biological control she has found so far.
Claire Schon is a PhD Candidate in the Waterloo Wetland Laboratory, led by Dr. Rebecca Rooney at the University of Waterloo in the Department of Biology. Her research focuses on botany, wetland ecology, and invasive species control, working to control invasive Phragmites within southern Ontario
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