Committing to ecological restoration

Using ecological restoration to constrain biological invasion

1. Biological invasion can permanently alter ecosystem structure and function. Invasive species are difficult to eradicate, so methods for constraining invasions would be ecologically valuable. We examined the potential of ecological restoration to constrain invasion of an old field by Agropyron cristatum , an introduced C 3 grass. 2. A field experiment was conducted in the northern Great Plain...

Application of Ecological Knowledge to Habitat Restoration

Perspective: Ecological Restoration

*Plant Science and Conservation, Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Illinois, USA; †Plant Biology and Conservation, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA; ‡Herbarium, Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois, USA; §Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, Plant Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; ∥Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canad...

Committing to mitosis

and colleagues. Although the bacteria may do it to gain access to tasty chemicals that leak out, the results for humans may include stomach ulcers and gastric cancer. The link from cell junctions to stomach ailments may, say the researchers, lie in tissue repair. Injury to the stomach triggers cell division and migration to plug the gap. The chiefs in charge of these processes may well lie in c...

Ecological Restoration, Global Challenges, Social Aspects and Environmental Benefits

This book consists of 14 chapters covering important aspects in regards to various terrestrial ecosystems, wetlands, river systems, mine site rehabilitation, marsh ecology and heavy metals pollution. Also aims to fill some of the information gaps in ecological restoration, particularly in under-researched ecosystems around the world. Restoration ecology emerged as a separate field in ecology in...