کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4400163 1618547 2006 11 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Monitoring ecological processes for restoration projects
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه علوم زمین و سیارات علوم زمین و سیاره ای (عمومی)
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Monitoring ecological processes for restoration projects
چکیده انگلیسی
Restoration of ecological processes is key to restoring the capacity of ecosystems to support social, economic, cultural and aesthetic values. The sustainability of the restored system also depends on processes associated with carbon, nutrient and hydrologic cycles, yet most restoration monitoring is limited to plant community composition. Our research has shown that short-term plant composition monitoring is a necessary but insufficient predictor of long-term restoration success. Long-term (up to 75 years) studies in the western United States show that short-term monitoring of plant community composition alone incorrectly predicted the failure of treatments that were ultimately successful, and the success of treatments that ultimately failed. We propose that vegetation composition monitoring be combined with one or more ecological process indicators reflecting changes in three fundamental ecosystem attributes on which restoration success depends: soil and site stability, hydrologic function and biotic integrity. These simple, rapid, plot-level indicators reflect changes in resource redistribution and vegetation structure. We include a case study involving restoration of mixed grass prairie on mineland in the west-central United States.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal for Nature Conservation - Volume 14, Issues 3–4, 20 September 2006, Pages 161-171
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