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Ecological Indicators, 2022 Evaluations ecosystem health-based field studies can assist decision-makers in formulating more targeted conservation policies to better manage ecosystems and landscape.
Shiekh Marifatul Haq +4 more
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Scale and Sampling Effects on Floristic Quality. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Floristic Quality Assessment (FQA) is increasingly influential for making land management decisions, for directing conservation policy, and for research.
Greg Spyreas
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Dramatic long-term restoration of an oak woodland due to multiple, sustained management treatments.
PLoS ONE, 2020 We measured 34 years of plant community change in a degraded oak woodland undergoing ecological management. Management included regular prescribed fire, control of white-tailed deer populations, repeated sowing of a diverse seed mix, and removal of ...
Karen Glennemeier +2 more
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Adapting the Dragonfly Biotic Index to a katydid (Tettigoniidae) rapid assessment technique: case study of a biodiversity hotspot, the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa [PDF]
Journal of Orthoptera Research, 2017 Global biodiversity faces many challenges, with the conservation of invertebrates among these. South Africa is megadiverse and has three global biodiversity hotspots. The country also employs two invertebrate-based rapid assessment techniques to evaluate
Aileen C. Thompson +3 more
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The Great Lakes Botanist, 2023 The 2019–2023 Masterplan for Kent County Parks includes the future development of acquired properties that have been designated as the Lowell Regional Greenspace (528 acres), occupying nearly the entirety of Section 22 of Lowell Charter Township in Kent ...
Carolyn R. Koehn +5 more
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South-East European Forestry, 2020 Black pine (Pinus nigra J.F. Arnold) is one of the most important reforestation species for dry and rocky terrain in the sub-Mediterranean zone. Fire is an important factor in black pine stands that largely defines the distribution range of black pine ...
Damir Barčić +2 more
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The Great Lakes BotanistThe Seven Lakes Nature Preserve comprises nearly 2,400 hectares of aquatic, wetland, and upland habitats in southeastern Alger and northeastern Schoolcraft counties in the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Ryne Rutherford, Susan Fawcett
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Ecosphere, 2017 The generally negative effect of anthropogenic disturbance on the quality of habitats for species viability makes it a common focus of conservation assessment and prioritization efforts.
Karin L. Decker +6 more
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Gradient-Based Assessment of Habitat Quality for Spectral Ecosystem Monitoring
Remote Sensing, 2015 The monitoring of ecosystems alterations has become a crucial task in order to develop valuable habitats for rare and threatened species. The information extracted from hyperspectral remote sensing data enables the generation of highly spatially resolved
Carsten Neumann +6 more
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BarnebyLives: An R package to create herbarium specimen labels and clean spreadsheets
Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.Abstract Premise Accessioning herbarium specimens is labor intensive, yet remains vital for research in ecology, evolution, and conservation. As institutional support for herbaria declines, efficient tools are needed to streamline this process. The R package BarnebyLives was developed to assist collectors by supplementing collection notes, verifying ...
Reed Clark Benkendorf, Jeremie B. Fant
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