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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Sustainable intensification? Increased production diminishes omega-3 content of sheep milk [PDF]
, 2020 Intensifying agricultural production alters food composition, but this is often ignored when assessing system sustainability, yet it could compromise consumers’ health and the concept of ‘sustainable diets’.
Atsali, I. +10 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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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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Tree Species Composition and Forest Stratification along the Gradients in the Dry Deciduous Forests of Godavari Valley, Telangana, India [PDF]
, 2018 It is important to understand the tree species composition, abundance, species diversity and stratification in tropical dry deciduous forests that are under threat. A quadrat study was attempted in the dry deciduous forests along the ecological
Raju, Vatsavaya S, Suthari, Sateesh
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Effects of a large irrigation reservoir on aquatic and riparian plants: a history of survival and loss [PDF]
, 2019 Dammed rivers have unnatural stream flows, disrupted sediment dynamics, and rearranged geomorphologic settings. Consequently, fluvial biota experiences disturbed functioning in the novel ecosystems.
Aguiar, Francisca C. +3 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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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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