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Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Silvana Pais, Nuria Aquilue, Lluis Brotons, Joao P. Honrado, Paulo M. Fernandes, Adrian Regos
Summary: This paper introduces a model called REMAINS, which can simulate fire landscape dynamics under different land-use and fire management scenarios. It plays a crucial role in assessing the potential effectiveness of upgraded land management and supporting policy and decision-making processes.
ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE
(2023)
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Forestry
Fernanda Moura Fonseca Lucas, Emmanoella Costa Guarana Araujo, Nilton Cesar Fiedler, Jose Augusto da Silva Santana, Alexandre Franca Tetto
Summary: Brazil attracts attention in the international news due to the occurrence of large forest fires in its ecosystems. This study aimed to analyze the patterns of publications and identify gaps in forest fire research in Brazilian Protected Areas (PAs) to guide future research directions. The results showed a growing interest in the topic and a wide network of collaboration between Brazilian and international institutions.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Minxia Liu, Fengling Yin, Yindi Xiao, Cunliang Yang
Summary: The grazing intensity in alpine grasslands affects plant and soil biodiversity, as well as ecosystem multifunctionality. Higher grazing intensity leads to lower biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality. The relationship between plant and soil biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality depends on grazing intensity.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Mareike Kortmann, Joerg C. Mueller, Roland Baier, Claus Baessler, Joern Buse, Olga Cholewinska, Marc Foerschler, Kostadin B. Georgiev, Jacek Hilszczanski, Bogdan Jaroszewicz, Tomasz Jaworski, Stefan Kaufmann, Dries Kuijper, Janina Lorz, Annette Lotz, Anna Lubek, Marius Mayer, Simone Mayerhofer, Stefan Meyer, Jerome Moriniere, Flavius Popa, Hannah Reith, Nicolas Roth, Sebastian Seibold, Rupert Seidl, Elisa Stengel, Grzegorz J. Wolski, Simon Thorn
Summary: This study demonstrates that in Norway spruce forests, arthropod biomass and the diversity of primary producers and pollinators increase linearly with increasing bark beetle infestation severity, while overall multi-diversity remains unchanged. Restorativeness of the landscape decreases linearly with increasing disturbance severity, but even heavily disturbed forests still maintain high restorativeness, indicating that major goals of protected areas are not threatened by bark beetle disturbances.
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Sebastian Brackhane, Albert Reif, Ewa Zin, Christine B. Schmitt
Summary: Natural disturbances are suppressed in Central European landscapes due to economic and human safety concerns. The European and German wilderness goals have the potential to support the restoration of threatened habitats associated with natural disturbances, but conflicts with the surrounding cultural landscape and infrastructure need to be addressed.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Julia S. Michaels, Kenneth W. Tate, Valerie T. Eviner
Summary: In disturbance-adapted ecosystems, reintroducing moderate stocking grazing can significantly impact plant communities within just 2 years, especially increasing native cover. The effects of grazing on native cover are more immediate than on overall diversity in this ecosystem, suggesting that long-term grazing exclusion may be reversible with proper management practices.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
S. Pulley, L. M. Cardenas, P. Grau, S. Mullan, M. J. Rivero, A. L. Collins
Summary: Intensive livestock grazing did not significantly impact sediment yields, likely due to clayey soils and limited trampling in certain areas. Best management practices and indoor housing during winter may have further reduced sediment losses. Additional targeted measures for erosion control in similar landscapes with well-managed livestock grazing may not yield significant cost benefits.
JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Jesse E. D. Miller, Alexandra M. Weill, John Villella
Summary: Global fire regimes are shifting due to climate change, land management practices, and population growth, putting species at risk. After high-severity fires, lichen richness increases with time but begins to level off after 20-30 years, and many chaparral lichen taxa may be lost where fire intervals shorten to <20 years.
DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Luiz C. Pinheiro Machado Filho, Hizumi L. S. Seo, Ruan R. Daros, Daniel Enriquez-Hidalgo, Adenor V. Wendling, Luiz C. Pinheiro Machado
Summary: Voisin Rational Grazing (VRG) is a regenerative livestock farming system that focuses on enhancing animal productivity and farm profitability, while also having a positive environmental impact. It provides ecosystem services such as negative net carbon emission, reduced soil erosion, and increased biodiversity. The main challenges of VRG lie in the social constraints and the need for a paradigm shift in farming practices.
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Biology
Axel Schwerk, Daniel Klich, Elzbieta Wojtowicz, Wanda Olech
Summary: The study aimed to investigate the impact of European bison grazing on carabid beetle assemblages, finding that high-intensity grazing may increase species numbers, and grazing activity has a greater influence on the ecological characteristics of the assemblages than on species composition.
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Ecology
Clare E. Aslan, Luke Zachmann, Rebecca S. Epanchin-Niell, Mark W. Brunson, Samuel Veloz, Benjamin A. Sikes
Summary: This study investigates the impacts of different management histories on ecological conditions across large landscapes, and finds that disturbances and geography interact to influence ecological characteristics.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Katharine L. Senior, Katherine M. Giljohann, Michael A. McCarthy, Luke T. Kelly
Summary: The study found that spatial patterns of planned burning have significant effects on reptile diversity, while mammals do not show clear relationships with fine-scale fire patterns. Retaining unburnt areas and well-connected habitat refuges is crucial for reptile diversity.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jishuai Su, Fengwei Xu, Yi Zhang
Summary: Grasslands have been widely used for livestock production, mainly grazed by cattle and sheep. Previous studies on grazing have focused on single-species grazing, while the effects of mixed grazing of cattle and sheep remain unknown. A meta-analysis was conducted to examine the impacts of mixed grazing and it was found that mixed grazing benefits biodiversity, soil carbon sequestration, livestock production, and community structure of grasslands. Cattle were found to be more influential than sheep in creating these benefits.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Julia C. Brockman, Clayton K. Nielsen, Jeffery W. Walk
Summary: Effective fire and grazing management practices are crucial to prairie ecosystem restoration. This study investigated the habitat selection of bison reintroduced to a restored grassland site in northern Illinois. The results showed that bison primarily selected partially restored prairie areas and avoided non-grassland areas.
RANGELAND ECOLOGY & MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Microbiology
Jaide H. Hawkins, Lydia H. Zeglin
Summary: This study experimentally manipulated microbial dispersal and vector dispersal by simulating bison dung addition, and found that they promote microbial diversity and affect microbial community composition in grassland soils. Bison dung seems to act as an important dispersal and homogenization vector, leading to higher taxon richness and increased community similarity across contrasting grazing and fire treatments.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
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Plant Sciences
Beth A. Middleton, Arnold G. van der Valk, Craig B. Davis
Article
Ecology
Beth A. Middleton, Darren Johnson, Brian J. Roberts
Article
Plant Sciences
Kelsey A. Martinez, David J. Gibson, Beth A. Middleton
Article
Ecology
Beth A. Middleton
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
(2016)
Article
Ecology
Isabel Grandy, Linda Messina, Evelyn Anemaet, Beth A. Middleton
Article
Ecology
Beth A. Middleton, Ming Jiang
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
(2013)
Article
Ecology
Guodong Wang, Beth Middleton, Ming Jiang
RESTORATION ECOLOGY
(2013)
Editorial Material
Ecology
D. Phil Turnipseed, Beth A. Middleton
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Beth A. Middleton, Steven E. Travis, Barbora Kubatova, Darren Johnson, Keith R. Edwards
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Beth A. Middleton
Editorial Material
Plant Sciences
Jere A. Boudell, Beth A. Middleton
APPLICATIONS IN PLANT SCIENCES
(2019)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Beth A. Middleton, John L. David
Summary: The decrease in ground surface height of coastal wetlands is a global concern due to its impact on peat loss, coastal carbon, and freshwater wetland biodiversity. This study investigates the possibility of using long-term changes in the environment and vegetation as indicators for impending transitions of freshwater swamps to other coastal types.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Beth A. Middleton
Summary: A long-term study in the Cache River floodplains of Southern Illinois reveals changes in ground height and sediment deposition. The study shows a decrease in the ground heights of certain swamps, potentially due to erosion, increased precipitation, and channel downcutting. These findings have implications for the conservation of natural forests in the area.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Beth A. Middleton, Darren J. Johnson
Summary: Population projection models based on long-term trends in regeneration and tree survival can be used to predict the future stability of swamp forest species using water management. This study compared the population growth and regeneration of Taxodium distichum, a foundational tree species in North American cypress swamps, in different regional swamps over several decades, and found that moisture gradient, irrigation, and dry conditions had significant effects on population stability and regeneration.
JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION
(2023)