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Tag Archives: ecological resilience
Why A Warming Climate Is Making This Spring So Cold (… and Last Spring So Warm)
Melting sea ice might not seem important to those of us living in the middle of a continent. It is. Weather and climate have always been complicated and difficult to understand, so it’s no wonder that climate change is a … Continue reading
A Measure of Ecological Resilience in a Restored (Reconstructed) Prairie
Back in May of this year, I wrote about ecological resilience in prairies. In Part 2 of that double post, I gave an example of a 1995 prairie seeding and talked about how it appears to be maintaining its plant … Continue reading
Posted in Prairie Management, Prairie Restoration/Reconstruction, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Plants
Tagged ecological resilience, grassland, mean floristic quality, nebraska, plant species frequency, platte river, plotwise floristic quality, prairie restoration, reconstruction, viability
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Purist or Pragmatist? Identifying and Addressing Non-Native vs. Invasive Species in Prairies.
Recently, there has been a lot of consternation and confusion among biologists and the public about invasive species. Much of the confusion comes from misusing the term “invasive species”, and particularly the practice of using the terms “non-native (or exotic) … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Management, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Plants
Tagged confusion, crown vetch, ecological resilience, goatsbeard, grassland, invasive or not?, invasive species, non-native species, prairie, priority, purist, salsify, salt cedar, southwestern willow flycatcher, species diversity, sweet clover, tragopogon
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Ecological Resilience in Prairies: Part 2
This is Part 2 of a two part series on ecological resilience in prairies. In Part 1, I interviewed Dr. Craig Allen about the basic definition of ecological resilience and then wrote about the relevance and application or resilience to prairie … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Management, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Restoration/Reconstruction
Tagged adaptive capacity, ball in the bowl, climate change, craig allen, ecological resilience, floristic quality, global warming, grassland, multiple stable states, patch-burn grazing, prairie, prairie management, prairie reconstruction, prairie restoration, prescribed fire, species diversity
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