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Tag Archives: measuring success
Dealing With a Pervasive Invasive – Kentucky Bluegrass in Prairies
Many of the prairies we manage have pretty degraded plant communities, characterized by low plant diversity and dominance by a few grass species – including the invasive Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis). Our primary objective for these prairies is to increase plant diversity, … Continue reading
Posted in Prairie Management, Prairie Plants, Prairie Restoration/Reconstruction
Tagged blanket, bluegrass blanket, control, controlled burns, grassland, grazing, how to control kentucky bluegrass, invasive grass, invasive species, kentucky bluegrass, measuring success, plant diversity, platte river prairies, prairie, prairie management, prescribed fire, rangeland, suppression
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Ants in Restored Prairie – Part 2 of our 2012 Insect Week Results
As promised, here is the second half of the results from our insect week back in July. Back in September, I reported that it appears bees are using our restored prairies much as they do our remnant prairies. That’s particularly important because our … Continue reading
Save The Date! July 13, 2012
It’s going to be a big day. I’m not sure what to call it yet, but it’ll be big. Mark July 13 on your calendar, and make plans to travel to the Platte River Prairies in Nebraska! Prairie Ecologist readers … Continue reading
Posted in Prairie Insects, Prairie Management, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Plants, Prairie Restoration/Reconstruction
Tagged entomology, field day, grassland, indicator species, insects, james trager, july 13 2012, measuring success, mike arduser, nebraska, open house, platte river prairies, prairie, prairie ecology, reconstruction, restoration
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Trying to Figure Out What We Did Right
When converting crop land to restored prairie, it’s always hard to predict what you’re going to get. Numerous examples prove that even when you control as many variables as possible - including soil conditions and the rate, timing, and technique of planting - no two … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Photography, Prairie Plants, Prairie Restoration/Reconstruction
Tagged broadcast, butterflies, data, explaining results, grassland, mean floristic quality, measuring success, prairie restoration, reconstruction, species density, species diversity, species per meter, species richness, unpredictable, wildflowers
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An Early Attempt to Evaluate Prairie Restoration Success by Looking at Insect Use.
Back in February, I wrote a post that laid out some ideas about how to measure success when using prairie restoration (reconstruction) to stitch fragmented remnant prairies back together. One of the main needs is to see whether species from the … Continue reading
When is a Prairie Restoration (Reconstruction) Project Successful?
This is a follow-up to last week’s post on using prairie restoration to enlarge and reconnect remnant prairies. In this week’s post, I present a case study of a remnant sand prairie and an adjacent prairie restoration, and give thoughts … Continue reading
Posted in General, Prairie Insects, Prairie Natural History, Prairie Plants, Prairie Restoration/Reconstruction
Tagged composition signature, data, evaluation, measuring success, monitoring, plant composition, plant diversity, pollinators, prairie reconstruction, prairie restoration, remnant prairie
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