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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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Evaluating how variants of floristic quality assessment indicate wetland condition
Journal of Environmental Management, 2018 Biological indicators are useful tools for the assessment of ecosystem condition. Multi-metric and multi-taxa indicators may respond to a broader range of disturbances than simpler indicators, but their complexity can make them difficult to interpret, which is critical to indicator utility for ecosystem management. Floristic Quality Assessment (FQA) is
Thomas E. Kutcher, Graham E. Forrester
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Floristic Quality Assessment along an Old-Field Chronosequence [PDF]
, 2016 Floristic Quality Assessment (FQA), a protocol for quantifying plant community quality relative to one that retains remnant natural condition, has been successfully applied to a suite of natural community types and ecological restoration projects.
Rothrock, Paul E. +2 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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The Universal Floristic Quality Assessment (
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2015 Summary Floristic Quality Assessments (FQAs) are measurements of a natural area's ecological integrity based on their plant species composition. Widely used by government agencies and conservation organizations to monitor and assess natural areas, FQA data bases have been developed for much of the United States and beyond.
William A. Freyman +2 more
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Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2020 Floristic quality assessments (FQA) using floristic quality indices (FQIs) are useful tools for assessing and comparing vegetation communities and related habitat condition. However, intensive vegetation surveys requiring significant time and technical expertise are necessary, which limits the use of FQIs in environmental monitoring programs.
Rebekah E, Gibble, Donatto D, Surratt
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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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