Rewilding and restoring nature in a changing world

Increased anthropogenic pressure, invasive alien species and climate change, among other factors, continue to negatively impact and degrade the planet’s ecosystems and natural environment. [...]studies in this collection demonstrate complex interactions between wild and domestic herbivory, controls...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:PloS one 2021-07, Vol.16 (7), p.e0254249-e0254249
Main Authors: Egoh, Benis N, Nyelele, Charity, Holl, Karen D, Bullock, James M, Carver, Steve, Sandom, Christopher J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropogenic factors
Biodiversity
Biological diversity
Biology and Life Sciences
Climate change
Climatic changes
Conspecifics
Disturbance
Dominant species
Earth
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Ecosystems
Elephants
Environmental aspects
Environmental restoration
Germination
Grasses
Herbivores
Herbivory
Human influences
Indigenous species
Introduced species
Invasive species
Nonnative species
Overview
Plant species
Protection and preservation
Seeding
Seeds
Social Sciences
Success
Vegetation establishment
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Increased anthropogenic pressure, invasive alien species and climate change, among other factors, continue to negatively impact and degrade the planet’s ecosystems and natural environment. [...]studies in this collection demonstrate complex interactions between wild and domestic herbivory, controls on grazing intensity and spatial ecological variables, making generalizations difficult and stressing the need for context-specific studies and understanding to guide management of disturbance regimes. [...]they also show that individuals of the dominant tree species in this system, Acacia drepanolobium, greatly reduce their defense in the absence of browsers; hence the sudden arrival of these herbivores resulted in far greater elephant damage than for conspecifics in adjacent plots that had been continually exposed to herbivory. [17] test seed pretreatment methods to enhance vegetation establishment from direct seeding and illustrate how a range of life stage transitions including germination, emergence and survival of native grass species used in restoration programs can be improved by seed coating with salicylic
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0254249