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- Using Prescribed Burning to Restore Granite Rock Outcrop Ecotones in the Piedmont of the Southeastern United States. Caspary, Melissa; Affolter, James // Ecological Restoration;Sep2012, Vol. 30 Issue 3, p228
Rock outcrop habitats in the Georgia Piedmont of the United States host many endemic and rare plants, and the sensitivity of these endemic species to fire is unknown. After surveying 2 granite rock outcrops for 1 yr, we applied a winter burn treatment to their margins to observe the effect of...
- Restoring a Dynamic Ecosystem to Sustain Biodiversity. Zedler, Joy B. // Ecological Restoration;Mar-Jun2011, Vol. 29 Issue 1/2, p152
Over three decades, Tijuana Estuary became highly modified by frequent storms and runoff events that acted synergistically with intensifying land use to deliver tons of sediment to the salt marsh and its tidal channels. The marsh plain became higher, drier, and more hypersaline, with fewer...
- Restoration flows for the Colorado River estuary, M�xico: estimates from oxygen isotopes in the bivalve mollusk Mulinia coloradoensis (Mactridae: Bivalvia). Cintra-Buenrostro, Carlos; Flessa, Karl; Dettman, David // Wetlands Ecology & Management;Aug2012, Vol. 20 Issue 4, p313
Because of competing demands for freshwater, restoration of estuaries requires estimates of inflows to sustain key species. In this study we estimated the pre-dam salinities of the Colorado River estuary by using oxygen isotopes in subfossil shells of the bivalve mollusk Mulinia coloradoensis....
- Nature in the City. Brastow, Peter // Earth Island Journal;Summer2006, Vol. 21 Issue 2, p21
The article discusses the natural heritage of San Francisco, California. Many children are learning about, connecting to, and tramping around local natural areas because of San Francisco's participation in ecological restoration and stewardship of rare plant habitats. The city harbors 20 rare...
- Assessing the Reintroduction Potential of the Endangered Huachuca Water Umbel in Southeastern Arizona. Titus, Jonathan H.; Titus, Priscilla J. // Ecological Restoration;Dec2008, Vol. 26 Issue 4, p311
The Huachuca water umbel (HWU, Lilaeopsis schaffneriana ssp. recurva) is a federally endangered aquatic perennial plant endemic to southeastern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico. The species was listed because of threats posed by the degradation and loss of wetlands throughout its limited...
- The Challenge of Restoring Functioning Salt Marsh Ecosystems. Callaway, John C. // Journal of Coastal Research;Winter2005 Special Issue No. 40, p24
Substantial improvements have been made in the restoration of coastal salt marshes over the last decade, however, every challenges remain. Some opportunities for improving restoration efforts include: I. Increasing our understanding of the development of restored salt marsh ecosystems over time,...
- The Fishery Value of Salt Marsh Restoration Projects. Rozas, Lawrence P.; Caldwell, Philip; Minello, Thomas J. // Journal of Coastal Research;Winter2005 Special Issue No. 40, p37
We assessed the benefits of different wetland restoration techniques for fishery resources by comparing habitat complexity, fishery support, and construction costs among five salt marsh restoration projects in Galveston Bay, Texas. The restoration projects included marsh terracing at Galveston...
- Developing Performance Measures of Mangrove Wetlands Using Simulation Models of Hydrology, Nutrient Biogeochemistry, and Community Dynamics. Twilley, Robert R.; Rivera-Monroy, Victor H. // Journal of Coastal Research;Winter2005 Special Issue No. 40, p79
The goal of mangrove restoration projects should be to improve community structure and ecosystem function of degraded coastal landscapes. This requires the ability to forecast how mangrove structure and function will respond to prescribed changes in site conditions including hydrology,...
- Sea change under climate change: case studies in rare plant conservation from the dynamic San Francisco Estuary1. Grewell, Brenda J.; Espeland, Erin K.; Fiedler, Peggy L. // Botany;May2013, Vol. 91 Issue 5, p309
We present case studies supporting management of two rare plant species in tidal wetlands of the San Francisco Estuary. We used empirical demographic analyses to identify factors to enhance population establishment and survival of Chloropyron molle subsp. molle (Orobancaceae), an annual...
