Increasing the resilience of ecological restoration to extreme climatic events

Zabin, C.J., Jurgens, L.J., Bible, J.M., Patten, M.V., Chang, A.L., Grosholz, E.D. and Boyer, K.E., 2022. Increasing the resilience of ecological restoration to extreme climatic events. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 20(5): 310–318, doi:10.1002/fee.2471

Climate Extremes, Assisted Migration and Climate-Smart Restoration, Management Efficacy and PolicyNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Review, Restoration

Hedging our bets for effective restoration

Svejcar, L.N., Davies, K.W. and Ritchie, A.L., 2023. Ecological restoration in the age of apocalypse. Global Change Biology. PDF

Climate Extremes, Assisted Migration and Climate-Smart Restoration, Management Efficacy and PolicyNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024

Climate change and plant invasions: restoration opportunities ahead?

Bradley, Bethany A., Michael Oppenheimer, and David S. Wilcove. "Climate change and plant invasions: restoration opportunities ahead?." Global Change Biology 15.6 (2009): 1511-1521. PDF.

Range Expansion, Phenology (Shifting Seasons), Assisted Migration and Climate-Smart RestorationNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Model, Invasive Plant, Terrestrial Habitat, Restoration

Potential invasives, or long-lost neighbors? Pros and cons of managed relocation of southern plants to New England

Bellemare, J., B. Connolly, and D. F. Sax. 2017. Climate change, managed relocation, and the risk of intra-continental plant invasions: A theoretical and empirical exploration relative to the flora of New England. Rhodora 119:73–109.

Range Expansion, Assisted Migration and Climate-Smart RestorationNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Managed Relocation, Plant, New England, Review, Range Shift

Supporting Species Translocations: From Historic Ranges to Suitable Ecosystems

Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. 2023 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Designation of Experimental Populations. 50 CFR Part 17. Federal Register Vol. 88, No. 126 Rules and Regulations. PDF

Range Expansion, Assisted Migration and Climate-Smart RestorationNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Endangered Species Act, Policy

You take the high road and they’ll take the low road, but non-natives will get there afore ye

Bradley BA, Beaury EM, Gallardo B, Ibáñez I, Jarnevich C, Morelli TL, Sofaer HR, Sorte CJB, Vilà M (2024) Observed and Potential Range Shifts of Native and Nonnative Species with Climate Change. Annual Reviews in Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics PDF

Range Expansion, Assisted Migration and Climate-Smart RestorationNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Climate velocity, climate-smart restoration, native species, rate of change, Range Shift

The natives are restless, but not often and mostly when disturbed

Simberloff, D., Souza, L., Nunez, M. A., Barrios-Garcia, M. N., & Bunn, W. (2012). The natives are restless, but not often and mostly when disturbed. Ecology, 93(3), 598-607. PDF.

Range Expansion, Assisted Migration and Climate-Smart RestorationNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Review, Invasive Plant

Go big to help species go home

Von Holle, B., Yelenik, S., & Gornish, E. S. (2020). Restoration at the landscape scale as a means of mitigation and adaptation to climate change. Current Landscape Ecology Reports, 5, 85-97. PDF.

Assisted Migration and Climate-Smart RestorationNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024

Rethinking “locals-only” practice in grassland restoration

McKone, M.J. and Hernández, D.L. (2021), Community-level assisted migration for climate-appropriate prairie restoration. Restoration Ecology, 29: e13416. PDF.

Impact Study, Assisted Migration and Climate-Smart RestorationNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024sandplain grasslands, Invasive Plant

When Trees Aren’t the Answer: Tree Invasions Not Recommended to Mitigate Climate Change

Nuñez et al. 2021. Should tree invasions be used in treeless ecosystems to mitigate climate change? Frontiers in Ecology & Environment. PDF.

Range Expansion, Competitiveness, Assisted Migration and Climate-Smart Restoration, Management Efficacy and PolicyNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024Restoration, Carbon sequestration, Pines (Pinus), climate-smart restoration

Sourcing the seeds of the future

Vitt, P., J. Finch, R.S. Barak, A. Braum, S. Frischie, and I. Redlinski. 2022. Seed sourcing strategies for ecological restoration under climate change: A review of the current literature. Frontiers in Conservation Science 3: 1-16. PDF.

Assisted Migration and Climate-Smart RestorationNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024literature review

Not seeing future forests for lack of trees

lark, P. W., D'Amato, A. W., Palik, B. J., Woodall, C. W., Dubuque, P. A., Edge, G. J., ... & Zimmerman, C. L. (2023). A lack of ecological diversity in forest nurseries limits the achievement of tree-planting objectives in response to global change. BioScience, 73(8), 575-586. PDF

Assisted Migration and Climate-Smart RestorationNortheast RISCCNovember 19, 2024forestry

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