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Restorative recreation: one landowner's experience restoring a cedar-infested native prairie remnant in Iowa's Loess Hills.

Published online: 16 Jul 2021

Authors: Swanson, P. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Over 80% of pre-settlement Iowa was a prairie landscape, but conversion and neglect has reduced that to less than 0.1% of the original 30 million acre...

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Active restoration after three decades: seed addition increases native dominance compared to landscape-scale secondary succession.

Published online: 21 Jan 2025

Authors: O'Reilly-Nugent, A. & Blumenthal, D. M. & Wandrag, E. M. & Duncan, R. P. & Catford, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Active restoration often aims to accelerate ecosystem recovery. However, active restoration may not be worthwhile if its effects are overwhelmed by ch...

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Soil resources mediate the strength of species but not trait convergence across grassland restorations.

Published online: 04 Apr 2022

Authors: Catano, C. P. & Bassett, T. J. & Bauer, J. T. & Grman, E. & Groves, A. M. & Zirbel, C. R. & Brudvig, L. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecological restoration is notoriously unpredictable because similar actions can result in different outcomes. Outcomes can also differ for species and...

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Studies on the conservation of lowland Calluna heaths. II. Regeneration of Calluna, and its relation to bracken infestation.

Published online: 25 Aug 1987

Authors: Marrs, R. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Methods for restoring degenerate Calluna vulgaris heath at Knettishall Heath in Breckland were studied. The treatments tested included disturbing the ...

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Habitat restoration benefits wild bees: a meta-analysis.

Published online: 02 May 2018

Authors: Tonietto, R. K. & Larkin, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollinator conservation is of increasing interest in the light of managed honeybee (Apis mellifera) declines, and declines in some species of wild bee...

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Grassland birds demonstrate delayed response to large-scale tree removal in central North America.

Published online: 03 Feb 2016

Authors: Thompson, S. J. & Arnold, T. W. & Fieberg, J. & Granfors, D. A. & Vacek, S. & Palaia, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Maintenance of early successional and open habitats often requires active removal of encroaching vegetation. In many cases, fire or other historically...

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From top-down to grassroots: chronicling the search for common ground in conservation in the West.

Published online: 25 May 2016

Authors: Charnley, S.

Content type: Bulletin

Sustainable working landscapes are critical to the conservation of biodiversity in the American West and its cultures of rural ranching and forestry. ...

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The effect of grassland gap size on establishment, growth and flowering of the endangered Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides (Asteraceae).

Published online: 23 Jul 1997

Authors: Morgan, J. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To determine the effect of grassland gap size on patterns of seedling recruitment and juvenile establishment of the endangered composite Rutidosis lep...

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Adapting oak management in an age of ongoing mesophication but warming climate.

Published online: 25 Sep 2019

Authors: Iverson, L. R. & Peters, M. P. & Matthews, S. N. & Prasad, A. & Hutchinson, T. & Bartig, J. & Rebbeck, J. & Yaussy, D. & Stout, S. & Nowacki, G.

Content type: Bulletin article; Conference paper

Rising temperatures and variable precipitation events leading to droughts and floods will likely increase in frequency. We present climate models with...

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Propagule pressure, not fire or cattle grazing, promotes invasion of buffel grass Cenchrus ciliaris.

Published online: 13 Feb 2013

Authors: Fensham, R. J. & Donald, S. & Dwyer, J. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The invasion of exotic grasses into savannas is occurring globally. Despite threats to ecosystem processes and biodiversity, few studies have investig...

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