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The Effects Of A Prairie Grass Restoration On Small Mammal Populations In The Pennsylvania State University Arboretum
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Book Synopsis The Effects of a Prairie Grass Restoration on Small Mammal Populations in the Pennsylvania State University Arboretum by : Elyse McMahon
Download or read book The Effects of a Prairie Grass Restoration on Small Mammal Populations in the Pennsylvania State University Arboretum written by Elyse McMahon and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Effects of Mowing and Burning on Small Mammal Populations of a Restored Prairie by : Francis A. Tworek
Download or read book Effects of Mowing and Burning on Small Mammal Populations of a Restored Prairie written by Francis A. Tworek and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Effects of Controlled Burning on Small Mammal Populations of a Restored Tallgrass Prairie by : P. Lynne Vacanti
Download or read book Effects of Controlled Burning on Small Mammal Populations of a Restored Tallgrass Prairie written by P. Lynne Vacanti and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Tallgrass Prairie Restoration in the Midwestern and Eastern United States by : Harold Gardner
Download or read book Tallgrass Prairie Restoration in the Midwestern and Eastern United States written by Harold Gardner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work advocates the restoration of the North American tallgrass prairie, which is rapidly disappearing. Historical descriptions of prairie aesthetics are outlined. As we are experiencing a worldwide mixing of plant species, prairie restoration is particularly important. Plants alien to North America do not readily support insect populations, including all animal species higher on the food chain. Prairie restoration methods are described for amateurs, academics, and land managers. Some of the techniques described are growing crops for seed production, times of seed gathering for specific species, facile seed processing for amateurs, land preparation, segregation of seed into its preference for habitat, and required seed treatment for germination. Over 200 species are described that comprise the predominant species found in tallgrass prairie nature preserves, as well as degraded prairies. Some additional plants of especial interest are also described. The appendix tabulates all likely species found on prairies regardless of their scarcity. Safe fire management of prairies is described in detail. Finally, methods of controlling aggressive alien weeds by herbicides are detailed.
Book Synopsis Tallgrass Prairie Restoration in the Midwestern and Eastern United States by : Harold Gardner
Download or read book Tallgrass Prairie Restoration in the Midwestern and Eastern United States written by Harold Gardner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-11-19 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work advocates the restoration of the North American tallgrass prairie, which is rapidly disappearing. Historical descriptions of prairie aesthetics are outlined. As we are experiencing a worldwide mixing of plant species, prairie restoration is particularly important. Plants alien to North America do not readily support insect populations, including all animal species higher on the food chain. Prairie restoration methods are described for amateurs, academics, and land managers. Some of the techniques described are growing crops for seed production, times of seed gathering for specific species, facile seed processing for amateurs, land preparation, segregation of seed into its preference for habitat, and required seed treatment for germination. Over 200 species are described that comprise the predominant species found in tallgrass prairie nature preserves, as well as degraded prairies. Some additional plants of especial interest are also described. The appendix tabulates all likely species found on prairies regardless of their scarcity. Safe fire management of prairies is described in detail. Finally, methods of controlling aggressive alien weeds by herbicides are detailed.
Book Synopsis The Post-drought Response of Small Mammal Populations and Diversities in Burned and Unburned Restored Tallgrass Prairie by : Burney Dunn
Download or read book The Post-drought Response of Small Mammal Populations and Diversities in Burned and Unburned Restored Tallgrass Prairie written by Burney Dunn and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Influence of Edges and Plant Diversity on Mammal-induced Mortality of Prairie Plants by : Anne M. Nickel
Download or read book The Influence of Edges and Plant Diversity on Mammal-induced Mortality of Prairie Plants written by Anne M. Nickel and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herbivory is an important process in plant communities because herbivores have the ability to affect plant abundance, productivity, composition, diversity, and succession. In the grassland ecosystem, the effects of small-mammal herbivores on the plant community are beginning to be understood, but there is little understanding about what factors may influence small-mammal herbivory patterns. This research investigated two factors, wooded edges and plant diversity, that may affect herbivory of native tallgrass prairie seedlings by the small-mammal Microtus pennsylvanicus (the meadow vole). The first study investigated the impact of wooded edges on meadow vole distributions in Iowa tallgrass prairie reconstructions, and their subsequent effect on native prairie vegetation. Voles were less abundant at the wooded edge, resulting in less herbivory on seedlings near the edge. These results indicate that the wooded edges of prairie reconstructions may be refuges for native seedling establishment. The second study investigated the relationship between plant diversity and meadow vole herbivory in native and reconstructed prairies. We found a negative relationship between diversity and herbivory, with decreased herbivory on seedlings as diversity increased. These results suggest that the foraging behavior of voles is not only influenced by diversity, but that diversity may be perpetuated via vole herbivory. In high-diversity prairies, herbivory per species is low, and plant diversity is maintained. However, herbivory per species is great in low-diversity prairies, resulting in the perpetuation, and perhaps accentuation, of low diversity. Together, these studies show that wooded edges and plant diversity have an effect on meadow vole herbivory patterns. Consequently, both of these factors have the potential to change the plant community by altering predation pressure on seedlings. Studying the way in which wooded edges and plant diversity influence vole herbivory has helped our understanding of how prairies function in fragmented ecosystems and how important plant diversity is to prairie ecosystems.
Book Synopsis Two Management Regimes in the Tallgrass Prairie by : Jeffrey Dean Witters
Download or read book Two Management Regimes in the Tallgrass Prairie written by Jeffrey Dean Witters and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Effects of a Small Mammalian Herbivore on a Grassland Undergoing Restoration by : Margaret Ann Murphy
Download or read book Effects of a Small Mammalian Herbivore on a Grassland Undergoing Restoration written by Margaret Ann Murphy and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Effects of Experimental Fire and Nonnative Grass Invasion on Small Mammals and Insects by : Andrea Rebecca Litt
Download or read book Effects of Experimental Fire and Nonnative Grass Invasion on Small Mammals and Insects written by Andrea Rebecca Litt and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To assess the interactive effects of prescribed fire on small mammals in these altered ecosystems, we performed a randomized experiment where we applied prescribed fire on 36 of 54 plots. The effects of fire on many small mammal populations and the composition of the small mammal community varied along the invasion gradient, suggesting that fire functions differently in areas dominated by nonnative plants relative to those dominated by native plants. Invasion by this nonnative grass has clearly shifted the composition of faunal communities in semi-desert grasslands and has altered ecosystem processes, therefore reestablishing fire is not likely to be an omnibus solution for restoration.
Book Synopsis The Tallgrass Restoration Handbook by : Stephen Packard
Download or read book The Tallgrass Restoration Handbook written by Stephen Packard and published by . This book was released on 1997-03 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This hands-on manual provides a detailed account of what has been learned about the art and science of prairie restoration and the application of that knowledge to restoration projects throughout the world. The book explores a myriad of restoration philosophies and techniques and is an essential resource for anyone working to nurture our once-vibrant native landscapes to a state of health.
Book Synopsis Effects of Connectivity and Regional Dynamics on Restoration Trajectories for Small Mammal Communities on Midwestern Grasslands by :
Download or read book Effects of Connectivity and Regional Dynamics on Restoration Trajectories for Small Mammal Communities on Midwestern Grasslands written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Effects of Fire and Precipitation on a Small Mammal Community in Shortgrass Prairie of the Southern Great Plains by : Whitney J. Priesmeyer
Download or read book Effects of Fire and Precipitation on a Small Mammal Community in Shortgrass Prairie of the Southern Great Plains written by Whitney J. Priesmeyer and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Assessing Small Mammal Abundance and Diversity in North Dakota Grasslands by : Andrew Stephen Wiewel
Download or read book Assessing Small Mammal Abundance and Diversity in North Dakota Grasslands written by Andrew Stephen Wiewel and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Northern Great Plains, small mammals are the primary prey of medium-sized predators and play an important, though poorly understood, role in predator-prey interactions. By developing inexpensive and rapid sampling methods we can better study small mammal populations at the large spatial and temporal scales necessary for understanding these complex interactions. I compared a track tube survey method with mark-recapture and removal surveys and evaluated a track tube index, defined as the number of track tubes with identifiable tracks during a 4-night survey, as a predictor of small mammal abundance estimates. Removal surveys consistently captured more species, and more individuals of those species, than mark-recapture surveys. Track tube surveys detected species commonly captured during mark-recapture and removal surveys but often failed to detect rare species. The track tube index, although generally correlated with small mammal abundance estimates, was a poor predictor of those estimates due to variation in the form (linear vs. curvilinear) and changes in the slope of the relationship between years. I also investigated small mammal-habitat associations in grassland habitats and developed regression models to predict the relative abundance and diversity of small mammals in upland and wet-meadow habitats (macrohabitat models) and the distribution of small mammal capture locations within these habitats (microhabitat models) as a function of soil moisture and vegetation characteristics. Macrohabitat models explained 25-74% of the variation in the relative abundance of different species and 76% of the variation in species diversity in upland and wet-meadow habitats. Important macrohabitat-level predictive variables included soil moisture, percent forb vegetation, percent litter, and litter depth. Microhabitat models explained 5-15% of the variation in the distribution of small mammal captures within upland and wet-land meadow habitats. Important microhabitat-level predictive variables included soil moisture, Robel visual obstruction, vegetation height, and litter depth. Models that predict small mammal abundance, diversity, and distribution in grassland habitats could be integrated with knowledge about avian nesting and predator foraging activities to better understand the effects of spatial and temporal variability of small mammal prey availability on predator-prey interactions in the Northern Great Plains.
Book Synopsis Community and Ecosystem Changes in Tallgrass Prairie Restorations by : Ryan P. Klopf
Download or read book Community and Ecosystem Changes in Tallgrass Prairie Restorations written by Ryan P. Klopf and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The overall objective of this study was to quantify the effects of dominant grass propagule source (i.e., cultivar vs. non-cultivar) and seeded diversity of propagules on community structure and ecosystem function during prairie restoration. Two field experiments, and two chronosequences were used to investigate this main objective. The two field experiments were established at the same latitude separated by 620 km (corresponding to a precipitation gradient from eastern Kansas to western Illinois), and consisted of a split plot design, with dominant grass source as the whole-plot factor (2 levels) and seeded dominance of grasses as the subplot factor (5 levels). Percent cover of each species in each treatment combination was quantified during the first five years of restoration. Total plant species richness and diversity were not adversely affected by cultivars in Kansas or Illinois. The effect of the dominant grass population source on the cover of focal grasses, planted species, and volunteer species were contingent upon location. By the fifth year of restoration, diversity and richness were greatest, and cover of volunteer species was lowest in the low grass dominance (i.e., high diversity) treatment. ANPP, as well as total, microbial, and mineralizable pools of C and N were measured to quantify ecosystem function in these two field experiments. Changes in ecosystem function in Kansas and Illinois were primarily driven by time and regional abiotic differences, not propagule source or seeded diversity. The effect of plant species diversity on ecosystem function was further investigated at a landscape scale by developing and sampling two chronosequences of high (HDC; n=20) and low diversity (LDC; n=15) prairies spanning over two decades of restoration in northwestern Illinois. In general most metrics of ecosystem function in both chronosequences moved towards levels measured in remnant prairies. While the constituent prairies of the HDC had higher species richness, diversity, and more rapidly increasing root biomass than the fields of the LDC, recovery of other important ecosystem functions including aboveground net primary productivity, total, microbial, and mineralizable soil C, and soil aggregate mean weighted diameter were achieved equally well with either high or low diversity prairie plantings.
Book Synopsis Effects of Ecological Changes Induced by Various Sagebrush Control Techniques on Small Mammal Populations by : Ottley Paul Tschache
Download or read book Effects of Ecological Changes Induced by Various Sagebrush Control Techniques on Small Mammal Populations written by Ottley Paul Tschache and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
