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‘Should’ and ‘can’ active restoration be used in biodiversity offsets? Stakeholder perspectives from New South Wales, Australia

People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 8, Page 2486-2501, August 2026.
Abstract Despite their controversial nature, biodiversity offsets are often used as a regulatory tool to counterbalance the impacts of land clearing on biodiversity. Offsets usually aim to achieve no net loss (NNL) of biodiversity through protection and/or restoration of habitat.
Laure‐Elise Ruoso, Roel Plant, Stephanie Hernandez, Josh Dorrough   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pine trees structure plant biodiversity patterns in savannas

Ecology and Evolution
Overstory trees serve multiple functions in grassy savannas. Past research has shown that understory species can vary along gradients of canopy cover and basal area in savannas.
Raelene M. Crandall, Yingen M. Chew, Jennifer M. Fill, Jesse K. Kreye, J. Morgan Varner, Leda N. Kobziar   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Salient features and ecosystem services of tree species in mountainous indigenous agroforestry systems of North-Eastern Tanzania

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
Indigenous agroforestry systems in tropical mountainous environments provide crucial ecosystem services, but these ecosystems are also facing some challenges.
Oforo Didas Kimaro, Oforo Didas Kimaro, Oforo Didas Kimaro, Ellen Desie, Didas Nahum Kimaro, Karen Vancampenhout, Karl-Heinz Feger   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fire Exclusion Destroys Habitats for At-Risk Species in a British Columbia Protected Area

Fire, 2019
Fire exclusion and suppression has altered the composition and structure of Garry oak and associated ecosystems in British Columbia. The absence of frequent low severity ground fires has been one of the main contributors to dense patches of non-native ...
Kira M. Hoffman, Sara B. Wickham, William S. McInnes, Brian M. Starzomski   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tree regeneration following natural disturbance and harvesting indicates challenges maintaining forest composition and tree species diversity in northern USA forests

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 8, August 2026.
Our work establishes that previously observed challenges in advance regeneration contribute to poor recovery following harvests and natural disturbances in northern USA forests. Shifts towards lower severity harvesting in the region may be exacerbating post‐disturbance regeneration challenges, ultimately leading to low tree species richness and novel ...
Lucas B. Harris, Melissa A. Pastore, Anthony W. D'Amato   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Trap Type Matter? Evaluating the Influence of Funnel and Pitfall Traps on Reptile Relative Abundance and Diversity

Austral Ecology, Volume 51, Issue 8, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Compounding pressures from climate change, land use change and habitat loss are driving global biodiversity declines. Reptiles are particularly vulnerable to these threats due to their small range sizes and limited dispersal abilities. However, data on species distributions, population sizes and basic ecology remain sparse for many Australian ...
Eloise Welsh, Julian Di Stefano, Sarah Mulhall, Annalie Dorph, Matthew Swan, Holly Sitters, Kate Parkins   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Established Short‐Rotation Willow (Salix spp.) as an Effective Facilitator of Native Hardwood Tree Regeneration in New York State, USA

GCB Bioenergy, Volume 18, Issue 8, August 2026.
In the Northeastern US, short‐rotation willow biomass crops have the potential to serve as nurse crops that facilitate hardwood regeneration on former agricultural land to support afforestation efforts. Regeneration declines with distance from natural seed sources, but could be augmented with seeding/underplanting.
Mark H. Eisenbies, Timothy A. Volk, Karl W. Hallen, Martin Dovciak, Jacob Whittaker, Andrew Vander Yacht   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mesophytic litter dampens flammability in fire‐excluded pyrophytic oak–hickory woodlands

Ecosphere, 2018
Fire exclusion in eastern North American Quercus–Carya woodlands has resulted in overstory compositional changes, linked to altered fuel composition, structure, and ultimately, altered fire regimes.
Jesse K. Kreye, J. Morgan Varner, Gregory W. Hamby, Jeffrey M. Kane   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long‐term and landscape impacts of buffel grass on arid plant communities: Ecosystem shifts and acceleration by fire

Ecosphere
Plant invasions drive biodiversity loss, transform ecosystems, and promote positive‐feedback cycles between invasion and fire. However, the long‐term impacts of invasive grasses across landscapes with diverse plant communities and interactions with fire ...
Ellen Ryan‐Colton, Kris French, Glenda M. Wardle, John L. Read, Peter D. Canty, Peter J. Lang, Doug C. Bickerton, Christine A. Schlesinger   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Community shifts across canopy composition: Threshold responses of forest floor vegetation indicate overstory change in temperate beech forests

Ecological Indicators
Introducing new and more tree species to species-poor forest canopies is seen as a key measure of silviculture to adapt temperate forests to climate change by distributing the risk of climate-related mortality and disturbance events across multiple tree ...
Lukas Bärmann, Stefan Kaufmann, Fenja Roskam, Milena Strenge, Sophie Weimann, Markus Hauck   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source