Once dominant but now largely excluded from eastern North America, open forests of
savannas to woodlands occupy the ecosystem gradient between grasslands and closed …

Background Ecosystem management, community restoration, and managing for climate
resilience have become major priorities of land management in recent decades. For …

Seed limitation represents a fundamental constraint to the restoration of native plant
communities, and practitioners often apply seed additions to overcome this barrier …

We measured 34 years of plant community change in a degraded oak woodland undergoing
ecological management. Management included regular prescribed fire, control of white …

Since the spread of white-nose syndrome in North America, several bat species have shown
precipitous declines in abundance and distribution. With lower netting detection probabilities …

Native seed vendors are a primary source of germplasm for restoration projects; however,
most plant species are not commercially available. Preferences in the types of species that …

In degraded ecosystems, soil microbial communities (SMCs) may influence the outcomes of
ecological restoration. Restoration practices can affect SMCs, though it is unclear how …

Thinning and removal of woody vegetation is the first step in restoring ecosystem structure to
systems altered by woody encroachment. However, pile burning—a common method of …

Background Decades of fire suppression caused drastic changes to community structure
and composition across ecosystems, including in Ozark woodlands in Missouri, USA …

The limestone bluffs of the central Mississippi River Valley represent a significant portion of
the remaining intermingled xeric hill prairie-savanna-woodland systems of the Midwest …