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Applied nucleation is a restoration technique that seeks to facilitate woodyâplant establishment by attracting birds or other animals that may introduce seeds of dispersalâlimited species.
The most important land and water issues facing North America and the world â including landâuse patterns, water management, biodiversity protection, and climate adaptation â require innovative governance arrangements.
It is generally assumed that, when natural habitat is converted to humanâdominated land cover, such habitat is lost to its native species.
Many avian species persist in humanâdominated landscapes; however, little is known about the demographic consequences of urbanization in these populations.
Poorly planned, largeâscale ecological restoration projects may displace agricultural activities and potentially lead to the clearance of native vegetation elsewhere, with associated impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Large parts of subâSaharan Africa are experiencing rapid changes in land use and land cover, driven largely by the expansion of smallâscale shifting cultivation.
Spatiotemporal variation in demographic rates can have profound effects for population persistence, especially for dispersalâlimited species living in fragmented landscapes.
We believe that conservation practice is sometimes inhibited by misguided respect for the cultural background in which conservation problems occur.
Conservation actions often focus on restoration or creation of natural areas designed to facilitate the movements of organisms among populations. To be efficient, these actions need to be based on reliable estimates or predictions of landscape connectivity.