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Data from: Harvester ant seed removal in an invaded sagebrush ecosystem: implications for restoration
<p>A better understanding of seed movement in plant community dynamics is needed, especially in light of disturbance-driven changes and investments into restoring degraded plant communities. A primary agent of change within the sagebrush-steppe is wildfire and invasion by non-native forbs and grasses, primarily cheatgrass (<i>Bromus tectorum</i>). Our objectives were to quantify seed removal and evaluate ecological factors influencing seed removal within degraded sagebrush-steppe by granivorous Owyhee harvester ants (<i>Pogonomyrmex salinus</i> Olsen). In 2014, we sampled 76 harvester ant nests across 11 plots spanning a gradient of cheatgrass invasion (40-91% cover) in southwestern Idaho, USA. We presented seeds from four plant species commonly used in post-fire restoration at 1.5 and 3.0 m from each nest to quantify seed removal. We evaluated seed selection for presented species, monthly removal, and whether biotic and abiotic factors (e.g., distance to nearest nest, temperature) influenced seed removal. Our top model indicated seed removal was positively correlated with nest height, an indicator of colony size. Distance to seeds and cheatgrass canopy cover reduced seed removal, likely due to increased search and handling time. Harvester ants were selective, removing Indian ricegrass (<i>Achnatherum hymenoides</i>) more than any other species presented. We suspect this was due to ease of seed handling and low weight variability. Nest density influenced monthly seed removal, as we estimated monthly removal of 1,890 seeds for 0.25 ha plots with 1 nest and 29,850 seeds for plots with 15 nests. Applying monthly seed removal to historical restoration treatments across the western U.S. showed harvester ants can greatly reduce seed availability at degraded sagebrush sites; for instance, fourwing saltbush (<i>Atriplex canescens</i>) seeds could be removed in <2 months. Collectively, these results shed light on seed removal by harvester ants and emphasize their potential influence on post-fire restoration within invaded sagebrush communities.</p>
Data from: Consequences of aboveground invasion by non-native plants into restored vernal pools do not prompt changes in belowground processes
<p>Given the frequent overlap between biological plant invasion and ecological restoration efforts it is important to investigate their interactions to sustain desirable plant communities and modify long-term legacies both above and belowground. To address this relationship, we used natural reference, invaded, and constructed vernal pools in the Central Valley of California to examine potential changes in direct and indirect plant effects on soils associated with biological invasion and active restoration ecosystem disturbances. Our results showed that through a shift in vegetation composition and changes in the plant community tissue chemistry, invasion by non-native plant species has the potential to transform plant inputs to soils in vernal pool systems. In particular, we found that while non-native litter decomposition was driven by seasonal and interannual variability, associated with changes in precipitation, the overall decomposition for non-native litter was drastically lower than native species. This shift has important implications for long-term alterations in plant-based inputs to soils in a negative feedback to nutrient cycling. Moreover, these results were independent of historic active restoration efforts. Despite the consistent shift in plant litter decomposition rates and community composition, we did not detect associated shifts in belowground function associated with invasion by non-native plants. Instead, soil C:N ratios and microbial biomass did not differ between invaded and reference naturally occurring pools but were reduced in the manipulated restored pools independent of invasion levels. Our results suggest that while there is an observed invasive positive feedback aboveground, this trajectory is not necessarily represented belowground and restoration legacies were still dominant ten years after practices were applied. Restoration practices that limit invasive plant feedbacks and account for soil legacy recovery, therefore offer the best solution for disturbed ephemeral ecosystems.</p>
Data from: Severance of arbuscular mycorrhizal networks in restoration grasslands enhances seedling biomass
<p>1. Establishment and growth of grassland plant species is generally promoted by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) when grown in isolation. However, in grassland communities AMF form networks that may connect individual plants of different ages within and between species. Here, we use an in-growth core approach to examine how mycorrhizal networks influences performance of seedlings in grasslands.</p> <p>2. We selected 4 grass and 4 forb species with known negative or neutral-positive plant-soil feedback and grew them individually in steel mesh cores filled with living field soil. Cores were placed in six restored grasslands, three grasslands were of relatively young and three were of older successional age.</p> <p>3. Ingrowing mycorrhizal fungal hyphae were severed twice a week in half of all cores, which resulted into reduced AMF colonisation and increased seedling biomass, irrespective of the fields' succession stage, and the plants' grass/forb group, or plant-soil feedback type. In the control cores, root colonization by AMF was negatively correlated to seedling biomass, whereas there was no such relationships in the cores that had been lifted.</p> <p>4. We conclude that connections to arbuscular mycorrhizal networks of surrounding plants had a negative impact on biomass of establishing forb and grass seedlings.</p>
Data from: Soil dynamics in forest restoration: a data set for temperate and tropical regions
<p>Restoring forest ecosystems has become a global priority. Yet, soil dynamics is still poorly assessed among restoration studies and lacks knowledge on how soil is affected by forest restoration process. Here, we compile information on soil dynamics in forest restoration based on soil physical, chemical and biological attributes in temperate and tropical forest regions. It encompasses 50 scientific papers across 17 different countries and contains 1,469 quantitative information of soil attributes between reference (e.g., old-growth forest) and restored ecosystems (e.g. forests in their initial or secondary stage of succession) within the same study. To be selected, studies had to be conducted in forest ecosystems, to include multiple sampling sites (replicates) in both restored and reference ecosystems, and to encompass quantitative data of soil attributes for both reference and restored ecosystems.</p> <p>We recorded in each study the following information: (i) study year; (ii) country; (iii) forest region (tropical or temperate); (iv) latitude; (v) longitude; (vi) soil class; (vii) past disturbance; (viii) restoration strategy (active or passive); (ix) restoration age; (x) soil attribute type (physical, chemical or biological); (xi) soil attribute; (xii) soil attribute unit; (xiii) soil sampling (procedures); (xiv) date of sampling; (xv) soil depth sampled; (xvi) soil analysis; (xvii) quantitative values of soil attributes for both restored and reference ecosystems; (xviii) type of variation (standard error ou deviation) for both restored and reference ecosystems; and (xix) quantitative values of the variation for both restored and reference ecosystems. These were the most common data available in the selected studies.</p> <p>This extensive database on the extent soil physical, chemical and biological attributes differ between reference and restored ecosystems can fill part of the existing gap on both soil science and forest restoration in terms of: (i) which are the critical soil attributes to be monitored during forest restoration? and (ii) how do environmental factors affect soil attributes in forest restoration? The data will be made available to the scientific community for further analyses on both soil science and forest restoration. Soil information gap during the forest restoration process and its general patterns can be addressed using this data set.</p>
Post-restoration grassland management overrides the effects of restoration methods in propagule-rich landscapes
<p>Grassland restoration is gaining momentum worldwide to tackle the loss of biodiversity and associated ecosystem services. Restoration methods and their effects on ecological community reassembly have been extensively studied across various grassland types, while the importance of post-restoration management has so far received less attention. Grassland management is an important surrogate for natural disturbances, which most ancient grasslands have co-evolved with. Thus, without the reintroduction of management-related disturbance, restoration targets are unlikely to be achieved in restored grasslands. In this study, we aimed to explore how 20 years of management by mowing once a year or light cattle grazing, affects restoration success in Palearctic meadow-steppe grasslands restored by either sowing native grasses ('sown sites'), applying Medicago sativa as a nurse plant ('Medicago sites'), or allowing spontaneous succession ('spontaneous sites'). We found that following mowing, sown sites maintained long-lasting establishment limitation, while Medicago sites seemed to have experienced a delay in succession. These limitations resulted in low total and target species richness, low functional redundancy and distinct species and functional composition compared to reference data from ancient grasslands. Spontaneous sites that were mowed reached a more advanced successional stage, although they did not reach reference levels regarding most vegetation descriptors. Sown and Medicago sites that were grazed had higher total and target species richness than those that were mowed, and showed restoration success similar to that of spontaneous sites, on which grazing had only moderate further positive effects. Grazed sites, irrespective of the restoration method, were uniformly species rich, functionally diverse and functionally redundant, and thus became important biodiverse habitats with considerable resilience. We conclude that an optimally chosen post-restoration management may have an impact on long-term community reassembly comparable to the choice of restoration method. Restoration planners may, therefore, need to put more emphasis on future management than on the initial restoration method. However, our findings also imply that if local constraints, such as potentially high invasive propagule pressure, necessitate the application of restoration methods that could also hinder the establishment of target species, the long-term recovery of the grassland can still be ensured by wisely chosen post-restoration management.</p>
FIGURES 22–29 in Restoring an old concept of Pholeuonopsis (=Blattodromus syn. nov.) and new recombination for one species from the Balkan Peninsula (Insecta, Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae, Leptodirini)
FIGURES 22–29. Pholeuonopsis (s. str.) grabowskii grabowskii Apfelbeck, 1907a, 22–23: aedeagus, dorsal and left latero– ventral aspects, scale bar 0.86 mm; 24: median lobe apex, ventral aspect, scale bar 0.19 mm; 25: paramera apex, dorsal aspect, scale bar 0.02 mm. 26: redrawing of spermatheka of Pholeuonopsis (s. str.) tarensis, from Ćurčić & Pavićević 2018 in S. Ćurčić et al. 2018. 27: redrawing of spermatheka of Pholeuonopsis (s. str.) sljivovicensis, from S. Ćurčić et al. 2015. 28: redrawing of spermatheka of Pholeuonopsis (s. str.) perucensis, from S. Ćurčić et al. 2014. 29: Vilina pećina cave, on the entrance, Lebršnik Mts., Bosnia & Herzegovina.
FIGURES 15–21 in Restoring an old concept of Pholeuonopsis (=Blattodromus syn. nov.) and new recombination for one species from the Balkan Peninsula (Insecta, Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae, Leptodirini)
FIGURES 15–21. Pholeuonopsis (s. str.) herculeana Reitter, 1904, 15–16: aedeagus, dorsal and left latero–ventral aspects, scale bar 1.37 mm; 17: median lobe apex, ventral aspect, scale bar 0.44 mm; 18: paramera apex, dorsal aspect, scale bar 0.03 mm; 19: female ventrite VIII, dorsal aspect, scale bar 1.00 mm; 20: style, dorsal aspect, scale bar 0.35 mm; 21: spermatheca, dorsal aspect, scale bar 0.20 mm.
FIGURES 7–14 in Restoring an old concept of Pholeuonopsis (=Blattodromus syn. nov.) and new recombination for one species from the Balkan Peninsula (Insecta, Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae, Leptodirini)
FIGURES 7–14. Pholeuonopsis (s. str.) herculeana Reitter, 1904, 7: venter, dorsal aspect, scale bar 0.89 mm; 9: mesoventral carina, right lateral aspect, scale bar 0.23 mm; 11: metendosternite, dorsal aspect, scale bar 1.40 mm; 12: metatergal apparatus, dorsal aspect, scale bar 0.94 mm. Pholeuonopsis (s. str.) grabowskii grabowskii Apfelbeck, 1907a, 8: venter, dorsal aspect, scale bar 0.62 mm; 10: mesoventral carina, right lateral aspect, scale bar 0.20 mm; 13: metendosternite, dorsal aspect, scale bar 0.51 mm; 14: metatergal apparatus, left side and medial part, dorsal aspect, scale bar 0.62 mm.
FIGURES 1–6 in Restoring an old concept of Pholeuonopsis (=Blattodromus syn. nov.) and new recombination for one species from the Balkan Peninsula (Insecta, Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae, Leptodirini)
FIGURES 1–6. Pholeuonopsis (s. str.) herculeana Reitter, 1904, 1: habitus, dorsal aspect, scale bar 1.25 mm, original by P. Krásenský, ex Hlaváč et al. 2017: 92; 3: pronotum, dorsal aspect, scale bar 1.88 mm; 5: head, dorsal aspect, scale bar 0.80 mm. Pholeuonopsis (s. str.) grabowskii grabowskii Apfelbeck, 1907a, 2: habitus, dorsal aspect, scale bar 0.97 mm, original by P. Krá- senský, ex Hlaváč et al. 2017: 96; 4: pronotum, dorsal aspect, scale bar 1.20 mm; 6: head, dorsal aspect, scale bar 0.60 mm.
FIGURE 1 in Molecular phylogenetics of Pterocyclus (Apiaceae) based on nrDNA ITS sequences: revised circumscription with a restored species
FIGURE 1. Consensus tree obtained from maximum likelihood analysis of sixty-three nrDNA ITS sequences. Numbers above and below nodes are bootstrap support and posterior probability presented as percentages, respectively. The newly sampled accessions are shown in bold.
FIGURE 2. A in Molecular phylogenetics of Pterocyclus (Apiaceae) based on nrDNA ITS sequences: revised circumscription with a restored species
FIGURE 2. A) Lectotype of Pterocyclus wolffianus Fedde ex H. Wolff from E (E00000149); B) Lectotype of Pterocyclus forrestii (Diels) Pimenov & Kljuykov from E (E00000166); C) Isolectotype of Pterocyclus angelicoides (DC.) Klotzsch from K (K000685357); D) Isotype of Pterocyclus rotundatus (DC.) Pimenov & Kljuykov from K (K000685356).
Spatially explicit models for decision-making in animal conservation and restoration
<p>Models are useful tools for understanding and predicting ecological patterns and processes. Under ongoing climate and biodiversity change, they can greatly facilitate decision-making in conservation and restoration and help designing adequate management strategies for an uncertain future. Here, we review the use of spatially explicit models for decision support and identify key gaps in current modelling in conservation and restoration. Of 650 reviewed publications, 217 publications had a clear management application and were included in our quantitative analyses. Overall, modelling studies were biased towards static models (79 %), towards the species and population level (80 %) and towards conservation (rather than restoration) applications (71 %). Correlative niche models were the most widely used model type. Dynamic models as well as the gene-to-individual level and the community-to-ecosystem level were underrepresented, and explicit cost optimisation approaches were only used in 10 % of the studies. We present a new model typology for selecting models for animal conservation and restoration, characterising model types according to organisational levels, biological processes of interest and desired management applications. This typology will help to more closely link models to management goals. Additionally, future efforts need to overcome important challenges related to data integration, model integration, and decision-making. We conclude with five key recommendations, suggesting that wider usage of spatially explicit models for decision support can be achieved by (1) developing a toolbox with multiple, easier-to-use methods, (2) improving calibration and validation of dynamic modelling approaches, and (3) developing best-practise guidelines for applying these models. Further, more robust decision-making can be achieved by (4) combining multiple modelling approaches to assess uncertainty, and (5) placing models at the core of adaptive management. These efforts must be accompanied by long-term funding for modelling and monitoring, and improved communication between research and practise to ensure optimal conservation and restoration outcomes.</p>
Data and model code for study: Mechanistic modelling of marsh seedling establishment provides a positive outlook for coastal wetland restoration under global climate change
<p>This folder will include data and model code for study: Mechanistic modelling of marsh seedling establishment provides a positive outlook for coastal wetland restoration under global climate change.</p>
'Social distancing' between plants may amplify coastal restoration at early stage
<p>This dataset contains data and codes from three field experiments described in the paper: "Hao Huang, Chi Xu and Quan-Xing Liu. (2021) 'Social distancing' between plants may amplify coastal restoration at early stage, <a href="https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/13652664">Journal of Applied Ecology</a>, DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14044">10.1111/1365-2664.14044</a>". </p> <p>The experiment investigates the effects of a factorial combination of three factors: above-ground spatial configurea and below-ground connectivity with low- and high-elevation environmental stress. We test the two species (Scirpus and Spartina) on performance such as colonization, growth rate, as well as survival rate at one growth season. </p> <p><span>Abstract for published article: </span></p> <p><span>"Ecological restoration is crucial to counteract the degradation of coastal ecosystems. Recent studies increasingly suggest that coastal restoration success can be amplified by harnessing positive interactions between individuals of foundation species, with clumped spatial designs as an easy-to-implement approach. However, positive interactions are strongly context-dependent, making it often difficult to tell a priori if clumped configurations would necessarily enhance survival and growth. Another uncertainty is that the relevance of below-ground spatial configuration remains unclear. Here, using the clonal plant species <i>Scirpus mariqueter</i> as the material, we conducted a full-factorial transplanting experiment mimicking short-term restoration of coastal vegetation to test for the effects of above-ground spatial pattern and below-ground (rhizome) connectance on restoration efficiency. An unexpected finding is that clumped above-ground spatial patterns and high below-ground rhizome connectance resulted in lower restoration efficiency for <i>Scirpus</i>, reflected by lower recolonization rates and vegetation cover. Such effect of spatial configuration was especially pronounced during the early post-transplantation stage, and was robust in both high and low wave-stressed conditions. Particularly, the recolonization rate in the clumped treatment was only about half of that in the random and regular treatments for <i>Scirpus </i>in the 4 weeks after the transplantation<i>. </i>The stark contrast between our results and previous work may be explained by the differences in plant traits that can substantially shape the net outcomes of plant-plant interactions. </span>Our work highlights the necessity of considerations on biotic attributes for restoration designs by means of harnessing positive interactions, and advances the applications of facilitation theory in ecological restoration practices."</p>
Soundscape enrichment enhances recruitment and habitat building on new oyster reef restorations
<p>Biogenic marine soundscapes provide important navigational cues to dispersing larvae in search of suitable habitat. Yet, widespread habitat loss has degraded marine soundscapes and their functional role in recruitment. Habitat restorations can provide suitable substrate for habitat regeneration, such as reefs constructed to facilitate recruitment and habitat growth by oysters, but typically occur where soundscapes are degraded and recruitment limited. Enhancing marine soundscapes on newly constructed reefs using speaker technology may ensure sufficient recruitment to establish a trajectory of recovery for the desired habitat.</p> <p>Across two of the largest oyster reef restorations in Australia, we deployed speakers at four sites and at three times throughout the recruitment season to test whether soundscape enhancement could boost recruitment and habitat building by oysters. In the presence and absence of soundscape playback, we compared oyster recruitment rates to settlement panels across space and time, and oyster habitat formation on newly constructed boulder reefs.</p> <p>On the settlement panels deployed across the two reef restorations, soundscape playback significantly increased oyster recruitment at 8 of the 10 sites by an average (±1SE) 5.1 ± 1.9 times (5,281 ± 1,384 more larvae per m2), and by as much as 18 times.</p> <p>On boulders atop newly constructed reefs, where the restoration goal is for oysters to form three-dimensional habitat, the surface area covered by oysters after 5 months did not differ between speaker and control treatments. However, soundscape playback appeared to influence the earlier recruitment of oysters, resulting in significantly more large oysters per boulder that formed significantly more three-dimensional habitat building by an average 4.3 ± 1.2 times relative to non-speaker controls.</p> <p>Synthesis and applications. Our results show that using speakers to enhance marine soundscapes boosts the number of oyster recruits, resulting in more larger oysters that form more three-dimensional habitat atop reef restorations. In accelerating the formation of these vertical growth forms, which provide the ecological functions that motivate restoration efforts, the early application of speaker technology on new reef restorations may help steer ecological succession on a trajectory of desired habitat recovery, potentially reducing the substantial cost of ongoing intervention.</p>
Data from: Diosmin and its glycocalyx restorative and anti-inflammatory effects on injured blood vessels
<p>Endothelium, a crucial homeostatic organ, regulates vascular permeability and tone. Under physiological conditions, endothelial stimulation induces vasodilator endothelial nitric oxide (eNO) release and prevents adhesion molecule accessibility and leukocyte adhesion and migration into vessel walls. Endothelium dysfunction is a principal event in cardiovascular disorders, including atherosclerosis. Hence, current therapies focus on endothelium repair to prevent downstream cardiovascular events. However, minimal attention is given to the restoration of mechanotransducer endothelial glycocalyx (GCX), a negatively charged heterogeneous polysaccharide, which covers and protects endothelial cells. Endothelial GCX shedding plays a role in endothelial dysfunction, increasing vascular permeability and decreasing vessel tone. Diosmin, a flavone glycoside of diosmetin, downregulates adhesive molecule expression, decreases inflammation and capillary permeability, and upregulates eNO expression. Due to these pleiotropic effects of diosmin on the vasculature, a possible unidentified mechanism of action is through GCX restoration. Diosmin effect on GCX and endothelial function were assessed in a partial ligation left carotid artery (LCA) mouse model where the right carotid artery was the control for each mouse. Diosmin (50 mg/kg) was administered daily for 7 days, 48 hours after ligation. Within the ligated mice LCAs, diosmin treatment elevated the activated eNO synthase level, inhibited inflammatory cell uptake, decreased vessel wall thickness, increased vessel diameter, and increased GCX coverage of the vessel wall. ELISA showed a decrease in hyaluronan concentration in plasma samples of diosmin-treated mice, signifying reduced GCX shedding. In summary, diosmin supported endothelial GCX integrity, which preserved endothelial function by attenuating expression of inflammatory factors and restoring vascular tone.</p>
Quantitative assessment of the dispersal of soil-dwelling oribatid mites via rodents in restored heathlands
<p><span>1. </span><span>Heathland restoration using topsoil removal requires the re-</span><span>colonisation</span><span> of above- and belowground communities. Oribatid mites play a key role </span><span>in the comminution of organic matter and are frequently early colonizers during succession despite their limited mobility. Whereas the assembly of their communities may take decades, passive dispersal likely dominates </span><span>colonisation</span><span> processes, but especially dispersal via other animals (phoresy) remains poorly studied. Compared to other potential hosts, movement habits and ecology of small rodents may provide dispersal advantages to oribatid communities.</span></p> <p><span>2. </span><span>We studied dispersal of oribatid mites via </span><span>small rodents </span><span>in restored heathland sites of different age</span><span>. </span><span>We measured movement patterns of small rodents and extracted mites from their pelts and nests </span><span>to </span><span>estimate annual contributions of these rodents to the dispersal of oribatids. We also discussed phoretic estimates reported on other host groups as a reference. </span></p> <p><span>3. </span><span>Probability estimates of oribatids in pelts and nests showed lower occurrence frequencies compared to other reported phoretic hosts. However, local rodent communities may aid the dispersal of up to 41,000 oribatid mites per year. We highlight the high diversity of oribatid species mounting rodents, unlike strong species-specific filters reported in other passive pathways. We found that over half (58%) of the oribatid species reproduced asexually and over a third (34%) had a soil-dwelling lifestyle. We also observed that rodents often travel short distances below 40m, but occasionally reach distances of up to 100m, especially in</span><span> earlier successional stages. </span></p> <p><span>4. </span><span>Synthesis and applications. </span><span>Our results suggest that rodents may contribute to assembly processes of soil-dwelling oribatid communities given the slow turnover rate of this group in heathlands. This is accomplished through short-distance dispersal, and especially in sites at early stages of succession. To our knowledge, we are the first to quantitatively assess the potential dispersal of oribatid mites via rodents. </span></p>
FIGURE 2. Navarretia leucocephala subsp. suksdorfii. A, B in Restoring the original taxonomic concept for Navarretia minima (Polemoniaceae): a revised synonymy and new combination
FIGURE 2. Navarretia leucocephala subsp. suksdorfii. A, B: lectotype of basionym (N. suksdorfii) at ORE (Suksdorf s.n.). A. specimens from sheet with label and herbarium catalog stamp repositioned as insets to maximize specimen detail. B. close up of flowers.
FIGURE 1. Navarretia minima. A, B, F in Restoring the original taxonomic concept for Navarretia minima (Polemoniaceae): a revised synonymy and new combination
FIGURE 1. Navarretia minima. A, B, F: isolectotype at GH (Nuttall s.n.). C: topotype of N. furnissii (Johnson 08-033, BRY) collected 3 July 2008. D, E: isolectotype at PH (Nuttall, s.n.). G. lectotype and associated specimen at BM (both Nuttall s.n.). A, C, D at same magnification. Calyx and bract pubescence illustrated in B, E; yellow pollen in anthers apparent in F.
FIGURE 4 in Restoring the original taxonomic concept for Navarretia minima (Polemoniaceae): a revised synonymy and new combination
FIGURE 4. Approximate distributions of Navarretia minima (red circles) and N. leucocephala subsp. suksdorfii (blue stars) based on representative specimens. Green letters indicate the following: F = type location of N. furnissii. M = approximate collection location of N. minima by Nuttall near the Blackfoot River north of Soda Springs, Idaho. S = type location for N. leucocephala subsp. suksdorfii. W = Ft. Walla Walla, the approximate location published as the type locality of N. minima.
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