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Showing 1 to 20 of 99 for “"ecological restoration"”.
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Knowledge sharing for the advancement of ecological restoration
… can increase efficiency and enable coordinated restoration efforts, land managers can be wary of sharing knowledge organization widely and might even refrain from disseminating documents and other resources they develop. In this study, a conceptual framework is developed to understand the …
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Burn and Sow: The Ethical Implications of Ecological Restoration
Ecological restoration is quickly becoming a major approach to how humans interact with the natural world. Some view restoration as another land management technique on par with conservation and preservation. Others view it as a way to make reparations for our misdeeds and to reincorporate humans …
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Addressing Insect Declines Via Biodiversity Monitoring, Ecological Restoration, and Population Genetics
… for biodiversity datasets, investigating how ecological restoration practices influence beetle occurrence, and defining the population genetics of a habitat-specialist beetle. First, I present a novel biodiversity monitoring approach, the Rapid, Recurring, Structured Survey (RRSS). The RRSS …
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Ecological restoration of abandoned agricultural land : an evaluation of socio-economic feasibility
… study explores the socio-economic feasibility of ecological restoration of abandoned agricultural land, focusing on the area of the South Gozo Fault (localities of Għajnsielem and Qala). Ecological restoration is relevant for this area as considerably large tracts of abandoned agricultural land …
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The rhetoric of ecological restoration: Ethnography in the Cook County Forest Preserves
… were invoked. My conclusions were that although ecological restoration requires massive human involvement in nature, it does not necessarily remove the nature-culture divide, and that naturalness is a political term applied to desirable pieces of material nature to serve desired ends. In the …
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Wild Collaboration: Ecological Restoration, Religion, and the Reformation of the Human/Nature Relationship
… 2011 Environmental Studies Wild Collaboration: Ecological Restoration, Religion, and the Reformation of the Human/Nature Relationship Chairperson: Dr. Daniel Spencer In recent years, the field of ecological restoration has gained momentum as an academic discipline, a scientific profession, and …
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Wild Collaboration: Ecological Restoration, Religion, and the Reformation of the Human/Nature Relationship
… 2011 Environmental Studies Wild Collaboration: Ecological Restoration, Religion, and the Reformation of the Human/Nature Relationship Chairperson: Dr. Daniel Spencer In recent years, the field of ecological restoration has gained momentum as an academic discipline, a scientific profession, and …
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The Effects of Ecological Restoration on Soil Microbial Enzyme Activities and Leaf Litter Decomposition
This study examined the immediate effects of ecological restoration on soil enzyme activities and decomposition. The activities of five enzymes: phosphatase, ?-glucosidase, ?-N-acetylglucosadminidase (NAGase), phenol oxidase, and lignin-peroxidase were measured in both soils and on decomposing …
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Effects of Ponderosa Pine Ecological Restoration on Forest Soils and Understory Vegetation in Northern Arizona
… on grazed and ungrazed plots that had undergone restoration treatments on three different soil/geologic parent material types near Flagstaff, Arizona, twelve years after tree thinning and grazing exclosure treatments were applied. Several measured soil properties, such as soil respiration and …
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Evaluating Tree Seedling Survival and Growth in a Bottomland Old-field Site: Implications for Ecological Restoration
In order to assess the enhancement of seedling survival and growth during drought conditions, five-hundred bare-root seedlings each of Shumard oak (Quercus shumardii Buckl.) and green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.) were planted each with four soil amendments at a Wildlife Management Area in …
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Greening In The Red Zone: Valuing Community-Based Ecological Restoration In Human Vulnerability And Security Contexts
… explores the role of community-based ecological restoration, or "greening," after destructive large-scale geophysical, technical, or military events. It raises the question "why do people turn to greening in the face of conflict and disaster?" This work expands upon explanations from a …
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The greening of community development : an analysis of ecological restoration and neighborhood planning in the Fenway
This thesis examines the relationship between the built and natural environment in the Fenway neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Separate community planning initiatives to protect the urban watershed and promote a community development vision have improved the physical conditions of the Fenway …
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Evaluation of Ecological Function of Urban Riparian and Stream Systems: Guiding Ecological Restoration in Austin, Texas, USA
Restoration ecology seeks to restore ecosystem function and biodiversity in natural systems impacted by human activities. Restoration of riparian areas is a common recommendation of water management plans today and often deemed necessary to maintain ecosystem sustainability. Assessment of the …
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How do ecological restoration treatments affect understory plant communities in dry conifer forests of the Colorado Front Range?
Ecological restoration efforts are progressing in dry conifer forests across the western United States to increase resilience to fire and other disturbances. While such treatments primarily aim to create overstory change, impacts beyond the canopy should also be considered – such as effects on …
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Managing Boundaries, Healing the Homeland: Ecological Restoration and the Revitalization of the White Mountain Apache Tribe, 1933 – 2000
… White Mountain Apache Tribe's appropriation of ecological restoration played a vital role in reinstituting control over knowledge production and eco-cultural resources on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation in the second half of the twentieth century. As a corollary, I argue that the shift in …
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Ecological restoration of lead/zinc/copper mine tailings: Phytomanagement and amendment strategies to enhance substrate functionality and biomass production
… Phytostabilization is a cost-effective and ecologically productive remediation approach; however, tailings revegetation is generally challenging and must often be assisted with appropriate soil amendments. Amendments applied individually in greenhouse studies discussed herein revealed …
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The influence of current year fire on leaf litter decomposition rates and microbial enzyme activity in forests undergoing ecological restoration
… conditions or leaf litter composition. Restoration projects to reduce the effects of mesophication include thinning the canopy to remove mesophytic species and prescribed burn regimens to return the plant community to a fire tolerant and dependent one. However it is unclear what effects …
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Towards ecological restoration strategies for Peninsula Shale Renosterveld: testing the effects of disturbance-intervention treatments on seed germination on Devil's Peak, Cape Town
The ecological restoration of Peninsula Shale Renosterveld is essential to redress its conservation target shortfall. The ecosystem is Critically Endangered and, along with all other renosterveld types in the Cape lowlands, declared 'totally irreplaceable'. Further to conserving all extant …
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SOIL QUALITY INDICATORS AND VEGETATION RESPONSES FOLLOWING ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION THINNING OF PONDEROSA PINE ON THREE SOIL PARENT MATERIAL TYPES UNDER GRAZING AND NON-GRAZING IN NORTHERN ARIZONA
… of long-term vegetation responses to ecological restoration treatments on three soils types, with and without grazing, b) evaluate the responses soil physical, chemical, and biological properties to restoration treatments, with and without grazing, c) determine the utility of measured …
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Investigating the efficiency of reforestation approaches in restoring rainforest biodiversity and function
Ecological restoration is being increasingly applied to reverse or mitigate biodiversity losses, re-instate ecological functions and increase the provision of ecosystem services in tropical forests. Effective assessment of the success of ecological restoration projects is critical in justifying the …
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