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Using the floristic quality concept to assess created and natural wetlands: Ecological and management implications

Ecological Indicators, 2015
Abstract We applied the floristic quality index (FQI) to vegetation data collected across a chronosequence of created wetland (CW) sites in Virginia ranging in age from one to 15 years post-construction. At each site, we also applied FQI to a nearby forested reference wetland (REF).
Douglas A. DeBerry, James E. Perry
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Partial recovery of large seed arrival following ecological restoration in fragmented tropical rainforests

Oikos, EarlyView.
Forest restoration success depends crucially on the reinitiation of ecological processes such as seed arrival that drive natural regeneration. We know little about whether, by increasing and diversifying local seed sources to alleviate seed limitation, and attracting animal frugivores to alleviate dispersal limitation, restoration could shift seed ...
Aparna Krishnan, Jyotsna Nag, S. Arun, Divya Mudappa, T. R. Shankar Raman, Mahesh Sankaran, Anand M. Osuri   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The missing woodland story: Implications of 1700 years of stand‐scale change on ‘naturalness’ and managing remnant broadleaved woodlands

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Longer‐term perspectives—equivalent to the lifespans of long‐lived trees—are required to fully inform perceptions of ‘naturalness’ used in woodland conservation and management. Stand‐scale dynamics of an old growth temperate woodland are reconstructed using palaeoecological data.
Annabel Everard, J. Edward Schofield, Tim Mighall, Scott Timpany, Gill Plunkett   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

From maps to mandates: Multitemporal vegetation cover analysis as a tool to evaluate environmental judicial decisions

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the use of multitemporal vegetation cover analysis as a tool to assess the ecological effectiveness of judicial decisions that recognize the rights of nature, using Colombia's 2016 T‐622 decision on the Atrato River as a case study.
Juan Camilo Ríos‐Orjuela, Ana María Medina‐Sánchez, William Gonzalez‐Daza, Francisco Villa‐Rojas, Mauricio Madrigal‐Pérez   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The importance of integrating herbarium records into conservation plans: a case study on Honduran ferns and lycophytes

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Herbarium collections are powerful, yet underutilized, tools for global biodiversity conservation and protected area management. By integrating digitized herbarium records with existing biodiversity data, previously unknown plant species were uncovered, exposing critical gaps in conservation knowledge.
Sven P. Batke, Thom Dallimore, Johan Reyes‐Chávez, David G. Hill, Wendy Atkinson, Eric van den Berghe, Geraldine Reid   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of the ecological state of surface waters of the Luga River, in the town of Volodymyr, by macrophytes

Agronomy Science
The objectives of our research were an ecological assessment of the quality of the Luga River water in the town of Volodymyr (Volyn region, Ukraine) by physico-chemical and phyto-indicative parameters, analysis of the species composition of the flora of
Oksana Tsos, Volodymyr Radzii, Larisa Kocun, Kateryna Sukhomlin, Oleksandr Melnyk   +4 more
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Synergistic efforts in specimen digitisation, curation and cataloguing of Brazil's megadiverse flora and funga

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The advancement of digital technologies has brought a rapid global information exchange, impacting all areas of our lives. This also applies to science. Knowledge, conservation and scientific innovation on global biodiversity are being strengthened and disseminated at unprecedented scales.
Ana Flávia Alves Versiane, Fabiana Ranzato Filardi, Thuane Bochorny, Paula Leitman, Mariana Taniguchi, Felipe Alves de Oliveira, Luís Alexandre Estevão da Silva, Rafael Oliveira Lima, Domingos Cardoso, Rafaela Campostrini Forzza   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

How digitisation of herbaria reveals the botanical legacy of the First World War

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Digitisation of herbarium collections is bringing greater understanding to bear on the complexity of narratives relating to the First World War and its aftermath – scientific and societal. Plant collecting during the First World War was more widespread than previously understood, contributed to the psychological well‐being of those involved and ...
Christopher Kreuzer, James A. Wearn
wiley   +1 more source

Tracing holotype trajectories: Mapping the movement of the most valuable herbarium specimens

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Global efforts to protect biodiversity depend on fair access to key plant specimens. This study examines the distribution of 119,361 holotypes—unique herbarium specimens used to formally describe new plant species. By linking collection and storage data, we found that holotypes are increasingly held closer to their places of origin, particularly in ...
Dominik Tomaszewski, Łukasz Walas, Marzenna Guzicka   +2 more
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Silvicultural Assessment of Measures to Preserve Key Biotopes in Clear-Cut Areas in the Vologda Region

Лесной журнал
Clear-cutting leads to changes in the structure of biogeocenoses, the age and species composition of stands, and the diversity and abundance of vegetation.
Oleg A. Konyushatov, Sergey A. Korchagov, Dmitry V. Belyakov   +2 more
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