Researchers at MO Gretchen Walters Botanist Central Africa Program Missouri Botanical Garden P.O. Box 299 St. Louis, MO 63166-0299 USA Gabon address: Herbier National du Gabon B.P. 1156 Libreville, Gabon phone: + 241-07-05-06-92 email: Gretchen.Walters@mobot.org Ph.D. in progress), University College, London M.Sc., Arizona State University, 2001 B.Sc., Ohio University, 1996 General Research Interests Ethnoecology of the Batéké Plateaux, Gabon Floristics of Gabon Application of ethnobotanical and botanical information to conservation planning and management Training parataxonomists, technicians, and students to study and conserve the Central Africa flora Websites Savannas on fire: linking conservation, biology, and traditional knowledge Research Emphases Ethno-ecology. Studying the effect of anthropogenic fire on plant diversity and structure in the savannas of the Batéké Plateaux, Gabon and Congo (University College London) Floristics of the Gabon National Parks (in collaboration with the Herbier National du Gabon, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and Wageningen University) Flora of Gabon: treatments of selected families Conservation planning: utilization of biological and social data to develop a fire management plan for protected areas in the Batéké Plateaux (in collaboration with Projet Protection des Gorilles, the Wildlife Conservation Society, Patrice Christy, & the University College of London) Selected Publications Harris, D.J., J.M. Moutsamboté, K. Armstrong, E. Kami, J.C. Mouandza, R. Niangadouma, G. Walters, and A.H. Wortley. 2009. Plantes d’Afrique Centrale: la collection de référence en images (DVD). Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Great Britain. Sosef, M.S.M., J.J. Wieringa, C.C.H. Jongkind, G. Achoundong, Y. Azizet Issembe, D. Bedigian, R.G. van den Berg, F.J. Breteler, M. Cheek, J. Degreef, R. Faden, P. Goldblatt, L.J.G. van der Maesen, L. Ngok Banak, R. Niangadouma, T. Nzabi, B. Nziengui, Z.S. Rogers, T. Stvart, J.L.C.H. van Valkenburg, G. Walters & J.J.F.E. de Wilde. 2006. Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica 35. Stone, D., G. Walters, J-P. Ghogue. 2006. Memecylon batekeanum, a New Species from Southeastern Gabon, and a Note on the Circumscription of Memecylon sect. Mouririoidea (Melastomataceae) Novon 16:276-280. Walters, G., Bradley, A. & Niangadouma, R. 2006. Floristics of Gabon's Batéké Plateaux: Guineo-Congolian plants on Kalahari Sands. In: S.A. Ghazanfar & H. J. Beentje (eds), Taxonomy and ecology of African plants, their conservation and sustainable use, pp. 259-266. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. C. Taylor, R. Gereau, & G. Walters. 2005. Revision of Ancistrocladus Wall. (Ancistrocladaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 92:360-399. Walters, G. 2004. Perennial plants and ephemeral seed banks in Papago Park, Phoenix, Arizona. Natural Areas Journal 24:36-43. Walters, G. 2004. Native Plant Dyes: a History of Ozark Color. Wildflower 20(1): 16-19. Gereau, R.E. & G.M. Walters. 2003. Chamaecrista mwangokae (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae), a new species from the southern highlands of Tanzania. Novon 13(4):438-442. Christy, C., D.Z. Damrel, A. Henry, A. Trauth-Nare, R. Puente-Martinez, and G. Walters. 2003. Lamiaceae, part 1--Vascular Plants of Arizona. Agastache, Hyptis, Lamium, Leonurus, Marrubium, Monarda, Monardella, Nepeta, Salazaria, Stachys, Teucrium, and Trichostemma. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 35(2): 151-170. Walters, G. 2003. Winter ephemeral vegetation and seed banks of four north-facing slopes in the Sonoran Desert. Madroño 50:45-52. Walters, G. 2002. Flora of the Papago Park Military Reservation: a desert remnant in Phoenix, Arizona. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science. 34:16-23. Walters, G. 2001. Noteworthy collection for Arizona: Enchylaena tomentosa R. Br.. Madroño. 48:61. Walters, G.M. & B.C. McCarthy. 1997. Forest decline and tree mortality in a southeastern Ohio oak-hickory forest. Ohio Journal of Science. 97:5-9. Technical Reports Walters, G. 2007. Check-list des Plantes du Parc National des Plateaux Batéké et les environs. Internal report to Parc National Plateaux Batéké. Walters, G.  2007.  Fire Primer for the Batéké Plateaux Central Africa.  Internal Report to Plateaux Batéké National Park for the Rufford Foundation. Balinga, M., T. Sunderland, G. Walters, Y. Issembe, S. Asaha, E. Fombod. 2006. Vegetation Assessment of Waka National Park, Gabon. Report for the Smithsonian Institution and CARPE. Harris, D. & G. Walters. 2006. Loango National Park: A Diversity of Coastal Habitats: A preliminary Report. Internal report to Loango National Park, Gabon. Kenfack, D., G. Walters, M. Balinga. 2005. Approches analytiques d’évaluation de la diversité et de la valeur en conservation des plantes. Lope, Gabon Workshop report for the Smithsonian Institution and USAID’s Central African Regional Program for the Environment (CARPE). Walters, G., J. Miller, P. P. Lowry. 2005. The Herbario Nacional de Guinea Ecuatorial: Current status and prospects for contributing to conservation and natural resource management in Central Africa. Report for Conservation International and CARPE. Sunderland, T.C.H., G. Walters, Y. Issembe, M. Balinga, T. Nzabi, P. Nkeng, L. Ngok Banak, and M. Betafor. 2004. A vegetation assessment of the Mbé National Park, Monts de Cristal, Gabon. Report for the Smithsonian Institution and CARPE. Walters, G, T. Sunderland, D. Kenfack, S. Asaha , M. A. Dione. 2004. L’Utilisation de l’approche de landscape pour l’évaluation et la conservation de la biodiversité végétale dans le basin du Congo. Limbe, Cameroon Workshop Report for the Smithsonian Institution and CARPE. 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