Download or read book Pollinator Ecology Habitat Management and Landscape Restoration on Federal and Private Lands in South East Washington State written by Holly Michele Bowers and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shrub-steppe landscapes in the western U.S. have undergone extensive modification (e.g., ranching, farming, urbanization) and are subjected to many other ecosystem-changing forces (e.g., wild fires; invasive plants, grazing, diseases, climate change) that may influence pollinator ecology. Habitat loss and fragmentation (via fires, roads, and plant invasions) influence foraging success and population dynamics of many species of bees and other pollinators in regions of Palouse Prairie and shrub-steppe. We explored key environmental and land management policies and practices occurring on both public and private lands in south-eastern Washington with the goal of improving restoration strategies for pollinator habitats. We evaluated how the U.S. Department of Energy's Hanford Site is currently implementing new Federal pollinator protection requirements in shrub-steppe landscapes. This policy and management analysis identified significant limitations in pollinator census and insect conservation and produced recommendations to resolve key issues and improve future pollinator conservation efforts. We also evaluated management practices on viticultural landscapes in the region as viticulture is a primary and growing agricultural land uses on private lands. Land conversion to vineyards adversely impacts pollinators by directly reducing native shrub-steppe, increasing habitat fragmentation, and by using pesticides harmful to pollinators. A case study of vineyards, including a comparison with viticultural practices in southern France, produced management recommendations to improve pollinator habitat in vineyards. Developing pollinator habitat in roadsides and infrastructure corridors, especially with milkweed species for Monarch butterflies ( Danaus plexippus) is often recommended to reduce fragmentation of pollinator habitats while also increasing butterfly habitat. We studied use of 40 patches of showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) by Monarch butterflies in Palouse Prairie in 2016--17 and modeled ecological factors associated with caterpillar herbivory. These statistical models reveal ecological factors that may assist restoration strategies for milkweed, however, sporadic breeding events and seemingly degraded milkweed habitats in agricultural field borders and road ditches, suggest that Palouse Prairie may not be prime habitat for Monarch butterflies in the western U.S. We demonstrate that machine-learning statistical techniques have great utility to help explore and understand spatial and landscape ecology of pollinators and assist land managers interested in restoration ecology and conservation planning for pollinators.

Download or read book Pollinators and Pollinator Habitat on Federal Lands written by Casey Roberts and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pollinators are essential to the United States economy. Honey bees, native bees, birds, bats, butterflies, and other species contribute substantially to our food production systems, the economic vitality of the agricultural sector, and the health of the environment. On June 20, 2014, the President issued a memorandum directing the heads of executive departments and agencies to create a Federal strategy promoting the health of honey bees and other pollinators. The Presidential Memorandum envisioned broad engagement to improve the management of Federal buildings, landscapes, rangelands and forests to increase and improve pollinator habitat nationally. The objective of this book is to consolidate general information about practices and procedures to use when considering pollinator needs in project development and management of Federal lands that are managed for native diversity and multiple uses. This book also provides guidance and recommendations for creating and maintaining quality habitats for pollinators in new construction, building renovations, landscaping improvements, and in facility leasing agreements at Federal facilities and on Federal lands.

Download or read book Plant pollinator Interaction Networks in Remnant and Reconstructed Palouse Prairie in Eastern WA USA written by Emma Hoskins and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ecological restoration is often focused on re-establishing native plant communities, without considering the larger ecological community, specifically pollinators, despite their being critical to native forb reproduction. Further, ecological restoration has the potential to mitigate global pollinator declines by rebuilding native ecosystems, providing pollinators with floral resources and nesting habitat. This is especially true for prairie restoration, which struggles to establish diverse, abundant native forb communities. The USDA Conservation Reserve Program State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (CRP SAFE) Palouse Prairie Project provides funding to convert agricultural fields into native Palouse Prairie habitat for the benefit of wildlife. Due to financial and logistical constraints, most CRP SAFE sites use a low-diversity seed mix with a high grass:forb ratio. This often results in sites with low native plant diversity and few forbs, likely to the detriment of pollinators. One way to measure the effects of prairie restoration on pollinators is to measure plant-pollinator interaction networks. The goal of my project was to determine the effect of CRP SAFE Palouse Prairie reconstruction on plant pollinator communities using plant-pollinator interaction networks in addition to more commonly used measures, like plant and pollinator species richness and composition. In Chapter 1, I focused on the community level, and determined whether Palouse Prairie CRP sites are re-establishing forb communities, pollinator communities, and the interactions between these two communities using plant-pollinator networks. In Chapter 2, focused on the species level, I assessed whether Palouse Prairie restoration is re-establishing forb and pollinator species roles and contrasted the species filling functionally important roles in remnant and CRP SAFE sites. Overall, I found CRP SAFE sites have not yet re-established forb and pollinator community composition and diversity, or species filling functionally important roles to network structure. However, even though pollinator and forb communities were not the same, structural characteristics of plant-pollinator networks and the roles species played in networks were not found to be different between remnant and reconstructed sites"--Page iii.

Download or read book The pollination services of forests written by Krishnan, S., Wiederkehr Guerra, G., Bertrand, D., Wertz-Kanounnikoff, S. and Kettle, C.J. and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most flowering plants, including wild species and many food crops, are pollinated by animals and are vital, therefore, for biological production and the maintenance of biodiversity. Pollinators benefit from diverse natural habitats for forage and nesting, especially when these are limited in plant production systems. Landscape and forest management practices can help ensure the continued availability of pollinators and thereby increase resilience and the productivity of forestry and agriculture. The extent of forests and other natural habitats in a landscape plays a role in determining the species composition of pollinators. Agricultural landscapes adjoining fragmented forests and natural areas benefit from pollinator services, and animal-pollinated crops therefore achieve higher fruit set. Forest management practices can have significant effects on pollinator abundance and diversity. They affect forest variables such as structure, species composition, soil dynamics, hydrology and light availability, all of which can affect pollinator species composition and diversity and plant–pollinator networks. Indigenous and local knowledge can contribute to the conservation of pollinators through traditional management practices. This working paper, which is aimed at forest practitioners, landscape planners and land-use decision-makers, reviews published literature on the impacts of forest and landscape management practices on pollinators. It also addresses the implications of climate change, collates 36 case studies, and makes recommendation on measures for maintaining pollinator diversity and abundance in forests and landscapes

Download or read book Status of Pollinators in North America written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-05-13 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pollinators-insects, birds, bats, and other animals that carry pollen from the male to the female parts of flowers for plant reproduction-are an essential part of natural and agricultural ecosystems throughout North America. For example, most fruit, vegetable, and seed crops and some crops that provide fiber, drugs, and fuel depend on animals for pollination. This report provides evidence for the decline of some pollinator species in North America, including America's most important managed pollinator, the honey bee, as well as some butterflies, bats, and hummingbirds. For most managed and wild pollinator species, however, population trends have not been assessed because populations have not been monitored over time. In addition, for wild species with demonstrated declines, it is often difficult to determine the causes or consequences of their decline. This report outlines priorities for research and monitoring that are needed to improve information on the status of pollinators and establishes a framework for conservation and restoration of pollinator species and communities.

Download or read book Egremont Pollinator Pathway written by Evan Abramson and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-09 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A truly "pollinator-friendly" landscape is highly diverse in both plant and animal species composition and includes a wide range of native plant types, ensuring that pollen and nectar are available throughout the growing season; and that nesting habitat and host plants are available throughout the year. The focus of this Toolkit is to provide the recommended plants and landscape management strategies to support native pollinator species that are threatened in Western Massachusetts. The loss of these pollinator-plant interactions, or pollination systems, can have catastrophic consequences on the biodiversity of the state, and the region as a whole. But it's not too late to start planting.

Download or read book Pollinator Habitat Conservation Along Roadways Volume 14 written by and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transportation agencies can make a difference for imperiled pollinators by managing existing roadside vegetation and designing new revegetation plantings with habitat needs in mind. This can generate public support for agencies and help to mitigate the negative ecological effects of roads. NCHRP Web-Only Document 362: Pollinator Habitat Conservation Along Roadways, Volume 14: Southeast., from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, is a 16-volume series. Each volume focuses on a specific region of the United States and is intended to provide relevant guidance to rights-of-way owners and operators for roadside vegetation management practices that support pollinators, as well as strategies that are compliant with the federal Endangered Species Act.

Download or read book Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aldo Leopold, father of the "land ethic," once said, "The time has come for science to busy itself with the earth itself. The first step is to reconstruct a sample of what we had to begin with." The concept he expressedâ€"restorationâ€"is defined in this comprehensive new volume that examines the prospects for repairing the damage society has done to the nation's aquatic resources: lakes, rivers and streams, and wetlands. Restoration of Aquatic Ecosystems outlines a national strategy for aquatic restoration, with practical recommendations, and features case studies of aquatic restoration activities around the country. The committee examines: Key concepts and techniques used in restoration. Common factors in successful restoration efforts. Threats to the health of the nation's aquatic ecosystems. Approaches to evaluation before, during, and after a restoration project. The emerging specialties of restoration and landscape ecology.

Download or read book Pollinator Partnership Action Plan Ppap written by Executive Office Executive Office of the President and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-06-30 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On behalf of the Pollinator Health Task Force, we are pleased to transmit the Pollinator Partnership Action Plan (PPAP). The PPAP responds to the President's emphasis on public-private partnerships in his June 2014 Memorandum "Creating a Federal Strategy to Promote the Health of Honey Bees and Other Pollinators." This special focus on partnerships was reiterated in the Federal Pollinator Strategy commitment to prepare a Partnership Action Plan to amplify the many Federal actions advanced under the Presidential Memorandum through complementary state and private-sector actions. Only through such coordinated national efforts can we expeditiously expand pollinator-health initiatives to achieve the scale necessary to make meaningful and long-term improvements. In particular, Federal agencies are working with the private sector toward ways to institutionalize these changes into business models and public understanding. This reflects the growing understanding of the ecological services provided to humanity by pollinators, and the importance of all lands-even those on the margins-to providing habitat and forage for these creatures.

Download or read book Principles and practice of forest landscape restoration case studies from the drylands of Latin America written by Adrian C. Newton and published by IUCN. This book was released on 2011 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Environmental Fate and Effects of Pesticides written by Joel R. Coats and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third of three volumes based on the 2nd Pan-Pacific Conference on Pesticide Chemistry. The proposed title examines metabolism and residue analysis methods of environmental pesticides.

Download or read book Foundations of Restoration Ecology written by Society for Ecological Restoration International and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2016-11 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Society for Ecological Restoration"--Cover.

Download or read book The Native Pollinator Habitat Restoration Guide written by Matthew B. Schwartz and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Wildlife habitat Relationships in Oregon and Washington written by David H. Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides information about the terrestrial, freshwater, and marine habitats of Oregon and Washington and the wildlife that depend upon them; it also supports broader and more consistent conservation planning, management, and research. The 27 chapters identify 593 wildlife species, define some 300 wildlife terms, profile wildlife communities, review introduced and extirpated species and species at risk, and discuss management approaches. The volume includes color and bandw photographs, maps, diagrams, and illustrations; and the accompanying CD-ROM contains additional wildlife data (60,000 records), maps, and seven matrixes that link wildlife species with their respective habitat types. Johnson is a wildlife biologist, engineer, and habitat scientist; and O'Neill is director of the Northwest Habitat Institute; they worked together on this publication project as its managing directors. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

Download or read book Forest Landscape Restoration written by John Stanturf and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-11-28 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Restoration ecology, as a scientific discipline, developed from practitioners’ efforts to restore degraded land, with interest also coming from applied ecologists attracted by the potential for restoration projects to apply and/or test developing theories on ecosystem development. Since then, forest landscape restoration (FLR) has emerged as a practical approach to forest restoration particularly in developing countries, where an approach which is both large-scale and focuses on meeting human needs is required. Yet despite increased investigation into both the biological and social aspects of FLR, there has so far been little success in systematically integrating these two complementary strands. Bringing experts in landscape studies, natural resource management and forest restoration, together with those experienced in conflict management, environmental economics and urban studies, this book bridges that gap to define the nature and potential of FLR as a truly multidisciplinary approach to a global environmental problem. The book will provide a valuable reference to graduate students and researchers interested in ecological restoration, forest ecology and management, as well as to professionals in environmental restoration, natural resource management, conservation, and environmental policy.

Download or read book Connectivity Conservation written by Kevin R. Crooks and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-11-02 with total page 675 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the biggest threats to the survival of many plant and animal species is the destruction or fragmentation of their natural habitats. The conservation of landscape connections, where animals, plants, and ecological processes can move freely from one habitat to another, is therefore an essential part of any new conservation or environmental protection plan. In practice, however, maintaining, creating, and protecting connectivity in our increasingly dissected world is a daunting challenge. This fascinating volume provides a synthesis on the current status and literature of connectivity conservation research and implementation. It shows the challenges involved in applying existing knowledge to real-world examples and highlights areas in need of further study. Containing contributions from leading scientists and practitioners, this topical and thought-provoking volume will be essential reading for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners working in conservation biology and natural resource management.

Download or read book Pollinator Sampling and Habitat Restoration written by Cameron John Newell and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: