Efficacy of Plastic Mesh Tubes in Reducing Herbivory Damage by the Invasive Nutria<i>(Myocastor coypus)</i>in an Urban Restoration Site

Sheffels, Trevor R.; Sytsma, Mark D.; Carter, Jacoby; Taylor, Jimmy D.

doi:10.3955/046.088.0403

Northwest Science

2014

DOI: 10.3955/046.088.0403

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Efficacy of Plastic Mesh Tubes in Reducing Herbivory Damage by the Invasive Nutria(Myocastor coypus)in an Urban Restoration Site

Trevor R. Sheffels

Mark D. Sytsma

Jacoby Carter

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“…Restoration may be described as "active" restoration, in which native plants are actively added to the landscape as non-natives are continually removed, or "passive" restoration, a more costeffective method in which non-natives are removed to allow native communities to recover in the absence of competition with invasive species (DeSimone, 2013;Holl & Aide, 2011). Herbivory can decrease the establishment of native seedlings, so caging or fencing of seedlings is often necessary (Averett, Endress, Rowland, Naylor, & Wisdom, 2017;Sheffels, Sytsma, Carter, & Taylor, 2014). In coastal sage scrub, non-native grasses also experience herbivory, and herbivores may help to reduce the competitive effects of nonnatives (DeSimone & Zedler, 2001;Wainwright, Wolkovich, & Cleland, 2012).…”

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Impacts of competition and herbivory on native plants in a community‐engaged, adaptively managed restoration experiment

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Restoring biodiversity to degraded sites in the wildland–urban interface is challenging due to many factors, including competition with non‐native species and increased herbivore pressure. In a unique collaboration between land managers, environmental educators, students, and academic ecologists, we tested the effectiveness of multiple restoration techniques in an adaptive management framework, modifying methods each year based on results in the previous years. We evaluated the impact of non‐native species and rabbit herbivores on soil moisture and native plant growth. We added native seedlings to our site either immediately adjacent to existing native shrubs (potential nurse plants) or in the open. One native species, Artemisia californica, was significantly negatively influenced by the presence of an existing shrub and grew more in the open in both a wet and a dry year. Another native species, Eriogonum fasciculatum, experienced high mortality by rabbit herbivores when it was not protected by fencing. Fencing also increased abundance of non‐native plants, so a combination of fencing and non‐native removal without a nurse plant was optimal for restoration. Soil moisture was greater in the open than under existing native shrubs, indicating that existing shrubs decreased soil water available to seedlings. Data collected by trained students was indistinguishable from that collected by professional ecologists. Our use of community‐engaged science demonstrates how scientific adaptive management experiments can include a diversity of participants and allow for immediate dissemination and implementation of results.

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Impacts of competition and herbivory on native plants in a community‐engaged, adaptively managed restoration experiment

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Restoration of plant-animal interactions in terrestrial ecosystems

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Great Expectations: Deconstructing the Process Pathways Underlying Beaver-Related Restoration

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Beaver-related restoration is a process-based strategy that seeks to address wide-ranging ecological objectives by reestablishing dam building in degraded stream systems. Although the beaver-related restoration has broad appeal, especially in water-limited systems, its effectiveness is not yet well documented. In this article, we present a process-expectation framework that links beaver-related restoration tactics to commonly expected outcomes by identifying the set of process pathways that must occur to achieve those expected outcomes. We explore the contingency implicit within this framework using social and biophysical data from project and research sites. This analysis reveals that outcomes are often predicated on complex process pathways over which humans have limited control. Consequently, expectations often shift through the course of projects, suggesting that a more useful paradigm for evaluating process-based restoration would be to identify relevant processes and to rigorously document how projects do or do not proceed along expected process pathways using both quantitative and qualitative data.

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Efficacy of Plastic Mesh Tubes in Reducing Herbivory Damage by the Invasive Nutria(Myocastor coypus)in an Urban Restoration Site

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Impacts of competition and herbivory on native plants in a community‐engaged, adaptively managed restoration experiment

Impacts of competition and herbivory on native plants in a community‐engaged, adaptively managed restoration experiment

Restoration of plant-animal interactions in terrestrial ecosystems

Great Expectations: Deconstructing the Process Pathways Underlying Beaver-Related Restoration

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