Synthesis Center for Conservation and Restoration

sCORE is the synthesis center of the Negaunee Institute for Plant Conservation Science and Action at the Chicago Botanic Garden.

About us

Diverse Perspectives

We bring together diverse perspectives to enable analysis, synthesis, and collaboration aimed at addressing key needs in plant conservation and restoration science, practice, and policy.

Connecting communities

Connecting plant science and land management communities, we aim to address key needs in plant conservation and restoration science, practice, and policy.

Seeking data and collaborators

Seeking data and collaborators

We are seeking collaborators and data for our latest project examining understory vegetation responses to rapid canopy loss. Click here to learn how you can help contribute!

Current sCORE Projects

Understory Vegetation Responses to Rapid Canopy Loss

2021 - 2022

Synthesizing data from across the Great Lakes region to understand how understory plant communities respond to rapid canopy loss.

RAPID CANOPY LOSS

Diagnosing and Treating Causes of Dark Diversity in Ecological Restoration

2020 - 2021

Offering practical tools for researchers and restoration practitioners to collaboratively diagnose, treat, and restore dark diversity.

DARK DIVERSITY

Phenological Responses to Climate Change

2019 - 2021

Synthesizing evidence of climate change impacts on species and population phenology in the context of demographic life history theory.

Phenological Responses

Range-wide demographic Analysis of Pitcher’s Thistle

2018 - 2022

This project is determining the range-wide status of the federally listed threatened plant, Cirsium pitcheri, explicitly incorporating threat assessment.

Cirsium pitcheri

Learn more about current sCORE projects