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Direct and indirect effects of roads and road vehicles on the plant community composition of calcareous grasslands.
Lee, M. A.; Power, S. A.; Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK, Environmental Pollution, 2013, 176, pp 106-113 Exposure of plants to vehicle exhaust emissions and road-induced changes to soil biogeochemistry and hydrology can lead to shifts in plant composition...
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A critical review of the science underpinning fire management in the high altitude ecosystems of south-eastern Australia.
Adams, M. A.; Cunningham, S. C.; Taranto, M. T.; Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK, Forest Ecology and Management, 2013, 294, pp 225-237 We reviewed the scope and quality of published literature relevant to management of the risk of fire and accompanying risks to ecological values, in t...
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Invasive alien plants elicit reduced production of flowers and fruits in various native forest species on the tropical island of Mauritius (Mascarenes, Indian Ocean).
Monty, M. L. F.; Florens, F. B. V.; Baider, C.; Mongabay.com, San Francisco, USA, Tropical Conservation Science, 2013, 6, 1, pp 35-49, 58 ref. Biological invasions constitute a major threat to biodiversity. However, while the impact of invasive alien animals on native biota is often unambiguo...
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Long-term monitoring of vegetative stabilization of a road slope of gnaisse saprolite in Minas Gerais.
Einloft, R.; Ruiz, H. A.; Costa, L. M. da; Schaefer, C. E. G. R.; Griffith, J. J.; Silva Junior, W. M. da; Passos, R. R.; Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, Viçosa, Brazil, Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, 2013, 37, 1, pp 260-270, 21 ref. The succession of events after revegetation has rarely been studied. A plant consortium with a good initial development may come to be inadequate late...
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Restoration and science: a practitioner/scientist's view from rare habitat restoration at a southern California preserve.
DeSimone, S. A.; Wiley-Blackwell, Boston, USA, Restoration Ecology, 2013, 21, 2, pp 149-152 Researchers reexamining the relationship between restoration science and practice report a continuing scientist-practitioner gap. As a land manager wi...
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Plant recruitment in early development stages on rehabilitated quarries in Hong Kong.
Zhang Hao; Zhuang XueYing; Chu, L. M.; Wiley-Blackwell, Boston, USA, Restoration Ecology, 2013, 21, 2, pp 166-173 To understand vegetation development during the ecological succession of rehabilitated quarries, floristic composition and structure were evaluated at...
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Population response of giant Galápagos tortoises to feral goat removal.
Márquez, C.; Gibbs, J. P.; Carrión, V.; Naranjo, S.; Llerena, A.; Wiley-Blackwell, Boston, USA, Restoration Ecology, 2013, 21, 2, pp 181-185 Efforts to eradicate nonnative mammals to restore oceanic island ecosystems have become increasingly successful but parallel tracking of response by n...
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Competitive control of an exotic mangrove species: restoration of native mangrove forests by altering light availability.
Chen LeiYi; Peng ShaoLin; Li Jing; Lin ZhenGuang; Zeng Yan; Wiley-Blackwell, Boston, USA, Restoration Ecology, 2013, 21, 2, pp 215-223 Recently, many studies have focused on the possibility of restoring mangrove ecosystems by introducing fast-growing mangroves. However, methods for ma...
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Management of non-native annual plants to support recovery of an endangered perennial forb, Ambrosia pumila.
Hasselquist, E. M.; Hasselquist, N. J.; Rogers, D. L.; Wiley-Blackwell, Boston, USA, Restoration Ecology, 2013, 21, 2, pp 224-231 Invasive non-native plants pose a ubiquitous threat to native plant communities and have been blamed for the decline of many endangered species. Endan...
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Invasive plant species and ground beetles and ants as potential of the biological control: a case of the Bojčin forest nature monument (Vojvodina province, Serbia).
Petrovic´, J.; Stavretovic´, N.; C´určic´, S.; Jelic´, I.; Mijovic´, B.; Hrvatsko Šumarsko Društvo (Croatian Forestry Society), Zagreb, Croatia, Šumarski List, 2013, 137, 1/2, pp 61-69, 50 ref. The main aim of the conducted research was to determine the presence of invasive plant species in the protected natural area of the Bojčin Forest Natu...
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