Challenges and opportunities for grassland restoration: A global perspective of best practices in the era of climate change

KG Lyons, P Török, JM Hermann, K Kiehl… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Grasslands are ubiquitous globally, and their conservation and restoration are critical to
combat both the biodiversity and climate crises. There is increasing interest in implementing …

An ecophysiological and developmental perspective on variation in vessel diameter

UG Hacke, R Spicer, SG Schreiber… - Plant, cell & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Variation in xylem vessel diameter is one of the most important parameters when evaluating
plant water relations. This review provides a synthesis of the ecophysiological implications …

Challenges to the reforestation pipeline in the United States

J Fargione, DL Haase, OT Burney… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Large-scale global reforestation goals have been proposed to help mitigate climate change
and provide other ecosystem services. To explore reforestation potential in the United …

Mix and match: regional admixture provenancing strikes a balance among different seed-sourcing strategies for ecological restoration

A Bucharova, O Bossdorf, N Hölzel, J Kollmann… - Conservation …, 2019 - Springer
One of the main questions in ecosystem restoration is where to obtain the seeds to re-
establish plant communities. While the most commonly advocated approach is to use seeds …

International principles and standards for native seeds in ecological restoration

S Pedrini, KW Dixon - Restoration Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The growing demand for native seeds in ecological restoration and rehabilitation, whether
for mining, forest, or ecosystem restoration, has resulted in a major global industry in the …

Experimental support for genomic prediction of climate maladaptation using the machine learning approach Gradient Forests

MC Fitzpatrick, VE Chhatre… - Molecular Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Gradient Forests (GF) is a machine learning algorithm that is gaining in popularity for
studying the environmental drivers of genomic variation and for incorporating genomic …

Seed sourcing for restoration in an era of climate change

K Havens, P Vitt, S Still, AT Kramer, JB Fant… - Natural Areas Journal, 2015 - BioOne
Proper sourcing of seed for ecological restoration has never been straightforward, and it is
becoming even more challenging and complex as the climate changes. For decades …

Urban conservation gardening in the decade of restoration

J Segar, CT Callaghan, E Ladouceur, JN Meya… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Global commitments and policy interventions for conservation have failed to halt widespread
declines in plant biodiversity, highlighting an urgent need to engage novel approaches and …

A framework for the practical science necessary to restore sustainable, resilient, and biodiverse ecosystems

BP Miller, EA Sinclair, MHM Menz, CP Elliott… - Restoration …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Demand for restoration of resilient, self‐sustaining, and biodiverse natural ecosystems as a
conservation measure is increasing globally; however, restoration efforts frequently fail to …

Producing native plant materials for restoration: 10 rules to collect and maintain genetic diversity

AC Basey, JB Fant, AT Kramer - Native Plants Journal, 2015 - npj.uwpress.org
Ecological restoration aims to assist the recovery of degraded, damaged, or destroyed
ecosystems. Restoration practitioners increasingly recognize the value of using ecologically …