Ecological Restoration
 

Ecological Restoration

Volume 23 Number 4 December 2005

Editorial

Taking on the Storm by Dave Egan

News

Reclaimed Island Thrives in Chesapeake Bay

New Survey Reveals Widespread Decline in English Wildflower Meadows

$5 Million Available for Wetland Restoration in 20 U.S. States

NOAA Reports on the Status of U.S. and Pacific Coral Reefs

River Restoration in Midwest Receives a C+ Grade

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Announces 72 Landowner Stewardship Grants for Endangered Species Conservation

SER International

People are Wearing out the Planet by Keith Bowers

Articles

Toward Restoration of a Tropical Wet Forest in Costa Rica: A Ten-Year Report by A. Carl Leopold

Effects of Season and Marsh Management on Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Coastal Louisiana Brackish Marsh Ponds by Joy H. Merino, John A. Nyman and Thomas Michot

Reintroduction of Regal Fritillary (Speyeria idalia) to a Restored Prairie by Stephanie Sheperd and Diane M. Debinski

Restoring Land and Local Economies in the Nilgiri Hills, India by Vanya Orr

Effects of Summer Burning and Mowing on Central Texas Juniper-Oak Savanna Communities During Drought Conditions by Kern Ewing, Steve Windhager and Matt McCaw

Invasive Species as Ecological Threat: Is Ecological Restoration an Alternative to Fear-based Resource Management? by Paul H. Gobster

Notes

Study Examines Techniques for Restoring Maidencane-dominated, Thick-mat Floating Marsh (Louisiana) by C. Ellery Mayence and Mark W. Hester

Decomposition of Reintroduced Native Cane in a Restored Stream Channel (Kentucky) by Richard S. Pirkle, David A. Word, Jeffrey D. Jack, Margaret Carreiro, William Vesley and Arthur C. Parola

Project Facilitates the Natural Reseeding of Mangrove Forests (Florida) by Roy R. "Robin" Lewis III, Ann B. Hodgson and Gary S. Mauseth

Cement-coated Stakes Enhance Recruitment of Damaged Oyster Reefs (South Carolina) by C. Anna Toline, Paul Kenny and David Bushek

Short-term Responses of Desert Soil and Vegetaton to Removal of Feral Burros and Domestic Cattle (California) by Erik A. Beever and David A. Pyke

Spraying Glyphosate at Freezing Temperatures and Other Techniques for Controlling Garlic Mustard (Ohio) by Mark Frey

Preliminary Study: Goat Grazing and Herbicide Treatment Decreases Creeping Rootstock of Russian Knapweed (Oregon) by L. Larson, M. Borman and L. Richman

Does Lower-than-Normal Rainfall Affect Storage of Carbohydrates in the Roots of Invasive Shrubs? by Julie A. Richburg and Cheryl L. Henlin

Passive Streamside Collectors Offer Alternative to Dredging Sediment-impacted Streams by David Braatz and Randall Tucker

Hydroacoustic Plant Mapping Assists in Brazilian Waterweed Management in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (California) by Douglas Henderson and Scott Ruch

Learning Ecological Restoration at a Distance (Oregon) by Ron Reuter

Book Reviews

Ex Situ Plant Conservation: Supporting Species Survival in the Wild. Edward O. Guerrant, Jr., Kayri Havens and Mike Maunder (eds.). 2004. Washington, D.C.: Island Press. Cloth, $80. ISBN: 1-55963-874-5. Paper, $40. ISBN: 1-55963-875-3. 504 pages. Review by Donald M. Waller

Agroforestry and Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Landscapes. Gotz Schroth, Gustavo A.B. de Fonseca, Celia A. Harvey, Claude Gascon, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos and Anne-Marie N. Izac (eds.). 2004. Washington, D.C.: Island Press. Cloth, $90. ISBN: 1-55963-356-5. Paper, $45. ISBN: 1-55963-357-3. 523 pages. Review by Ariel E. Lugo

Abstracts in this issue are from a wide variety of sources including:

Proceedings of the American Water Resources Association 2000 Summer Specialty Conference: Riparian Ecology and Management in Multi-land Use Watersheds

Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference on Ecosystem Restoration and Creation