Comparing Ecosystem Goods and Services Provided by Restored and Native Lands

Dodds, Walter K.; Wilson, Kymberly C.; Rehmeier, Ryan L.; Knight, Georgia; Wiggam, Shelly; Falke, Jeffrey A.; Dalgleish, Harmony J.; Bertrand, Katie N.

doi:10.1641/b580909

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“…However, we propose that evaluating the longer-term effects of rehabilitation treatments on plant community cover and composition is needed given the increasing interest from society in the multiple ecosystem services public lands provide (e.g., wildlife, nativeness, forage, etc. ; Havstad et al 2007, Dodds et al 2008, Miller et al 2011.…”

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Evaluating rehabilitation efforts following the Milford Flat Fire: successes, failures, and controlling factors

2015

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Abstract. Uncontrolled wildfire in arid and semiarid ecosystems has become an increasing concern in recent decades. Active rehabilitation of fire-affected areas is often quickly initiated to minimize long-term ecosystem damage. However, the complex soil-geomorphic-vegetation patterns and low and variable moisture conditions in these regions makes restoration challenging. To further inform these post-fire management decisions, we present results from 5 years of vegetation and sediment flux monitoring following the Milford Flat Fire in west-central Utah, USA. Our sampling design includes monitoring plots in areas not burned, areas burned but where no rehabilitation was attempted, and burned areas where various rehabilitation approaches were implemented. At each of the 25 plots, vegetation cover and composition data were collected annually, and wind-driven sediment flux was measured using passive dust traps. To evaluate effectiveness of post-fire rehabilitation treatments in establishing desired species and limiting dominance of undesired species, we analyzed the temporal response of individual species and functional groups as well as community-level multivariate responses. The warm and dry conditions that persisted for approximately 12 months post-treatment, coupled with the surface disturbing rehabilitation approaches used, resulted in near-surface dust fluxes several orders of magnitude higher in treated areas than in unburned or burned areas where no rehabilitation occurred. These dry conditions and high surface sediment flux limited the establishment of seeded species in rehabilitation areas for nearly 3 years. Post-fire rehabilitation did not limit dominance by invasive annual species of concern. Perennial species composition in the areas burned but not subject to post-fire rehabilitation was relatively similar to unburned throughout the study period. In contrast, the burned plots where rehabilitation was attempted were characterized by no (,3%) perennial cover or, in response to moister conditions, seeded forage species. These results suggest the post-fire rehabilitation efforts conducted in the lower elevation regions affected by the Milford Flat Fire were not generally successful. Though dry conditions are likely to blame for the lack of success, the low and variable precipitation characteristic of these regions suggest future post-fire rehabilitation decisions must assume that precipitation is going to be insufficient and plan rehabilitation efforts that are resilient to dry conditions.

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Evaluating rehabilitation efforts following the Milford Flat Fire: successes, failures, and controlling factors

2015

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“…Many studies have indicated that increases in biodiversity correlated with enhancement of ecosystem services, but this relationship was complex and remained contentious (Benayas et al, 2009;Dodds et al, 2008). It is often assumed that biodiversity plays a key role in the provision of a range of ecosystem services, with the implication that recovery of biodiversity should accelerate ecosystem services recovery (such as enhancement of agriculture production, soil erosion control service, biomass production, and increased soil organic carbon) (Fu et al, 2011;Song et al, 2014).…”

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Quantifying the impacts of grassland restoration on biodiversity and ecosystem services in China: A meta-analysis

Ren

Lü

2016

Ecological Engineering

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a b s t r a c tGiven the extent of global ecosystem degradation resulting from environmental changes and human activity, restoration efforts have increasingly focused on biodiversity and ecosystem services. Grassland, the largest terrestrial ecosystem globally and in China, has high ecological and economic value. We performed a meta-analysis to assess the impacts of grassland restoration on biodiversity and ecosystem services in China. The results showed that grassland restoration improved biodiversity by 32.44% and ecosystem services by 30.43%, although the restored grassland from degraded conditions failed to reach the level of non-degraded reference conditions for biodiversity and ecosystem services. The analysis of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the four ecological domains showed significant differences in restored grassland compared to the degraded and reference grassland. Restoration outcomes of biodiversity and ecosystem services were affected by different restoration approaches, but restoration age was not detected as significantly correlated with biodiversity and ecosystem services recovery. Biodiversity recovery, however, was positively correlated with ecosystem services recovery so far in our dataset. Despite this, these patterns require further elucidation and synthetic analyses must be conducted to assess and inform future restoration actions.

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“…However, the extensive land degradation is a strong motivator for ecological restoration in Iceland and its objectives often focus on functionality such as halting soil erosion or restoring soil fertility, rather than specific community types or historical fidelity . This demonstrates that ecosystem restoration is not a luxury but can be a necessity to sustain the provision of basic ecosystem services (Dodds et al 2008).…”

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Ecological and Social Aspects of Ecological Restoration: New Challenges and Opportunities for Northern Regions

Aradóttir¹

2013

E&S

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ABSTRACT. Interest in ecological restoration has recently intensified as scientists, policymakers, and stakeholders use restoration in management strategies to address and mitigate global climate change and biodiversity loss. Northern ecosystems offer special challenges to restoration managers because of their short growing seasons and long recovery periods. This special feature of Ecology and Society on ecological restoration in northern regions draws together 11 papers based on presentations from the conference "Restoring the North", convened in October 2011 in Selfoss, Iceland. We summarize two themes of this conference: (1) setting objectives and evaluating success in restoration, and (2) legislation, policy, and implementation of restoration. We conclude that northern countries altogether comprise a significant knowledge base and suggest five actions to enhance restoration practices within them: (1) improved documentation of restoration actions, including objectives, measures and results, (2) regular evaluation of restoration progress and outcome, (3) coordination of conservation actions among northern countries, including location of restoration actions to sites where they are most useful in a global context, (4) formation of a common platform to strengthen development of research about ecological, political, social, and technical aspects of ecological restoration, and (5) education of new generations of restoration actors who can work in diverse biogeographic settings and cultures.

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Comparing Ecosystem Goods and Services Provided by Restored and Native Lands

Cited by 71 publications

References 14 publications

Evaluating rehabilitation efforts following the Milford Flat Fire: successes, failures, and controlling factors

Evaluating rehabilitation efforts following the Milford Flat Fire: successes, failures, and controlling factors

Quantifying the impacts of grassland restoration on biodiversity and ecosystem services in China: A meta-analysis

Ecological and Social Aspects of Ecological Restoration: New Challenges and Opportunities for Northern Regions

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