ecological restoration

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wetland restoration

deforestation in Australia

deciduous forest

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Water sits in a macro at a a restored wetland area in Starke County, Indiana May 25, 2021. The area is enrolled in the NRCS' Wetland Reserve Easement Program. The easement includes 200.6 acres of former cropland that were restored to create wetland, prairie and forest habitat for wildlife. The purpose of the macros is to provide habit and food to a variety of animals including migrating waterfowl, while returning the landscape to its natural appearance prior to the installation of drainage for agriculture and urban development.

How Do You Rewild an Environment?

A large school of mano (sharks) called Galapagos sharks at Maro Reef in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis)a worldwide species of requiem shark, family Carcharhinidae.

Saving Sharks in the 2020s

Bald eagle in flight.

What Makes a Species Endangered?

Rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) photographed in the Midwest in 2017. endangered species insect pollination

What Would Happen If All the Bees Died?

Model of global ocean currents and temperatures

How Do Ocean Currents Affect the Biosphere?

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Town of Sisimiut located on the coast of the Davis Strait on Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay, Greenland

The Largest Islands in the World

Coriander leaves, fresh green cilantro on wooden background, herbs

Why Does Cilantro Taste Like Soap to Some People?

The Jeff Koons tulips sculputure outside the Guggenheim Museums in Bilbao, Spain, Basque Country.

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Ruminant. Deer. Red deer. Cervus elaphus. Buck. Stag. Antlers.

9 of the World’s Deadliest Mammals

Hemp (Cannabis sativa).

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Nativity Scene, Adoration of the Magi, Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary, Montenegro

Why Is Christmas in December?

Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.

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ecological restoration: References & Edit History

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Assorted References

conservation and habitat
- In conservation: Habitat restoration
- In conservation: Habitat restoration
dependence on ecological process
- In conservation: Flood control
patch dynamics
- In patch dynamics: Conservation implications
use of nurseries
- In nursery

Article Contributors

Primary Contributors

Kari E. Veblen
Associate Professor, S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources, Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
Lauren Porensky
Ecologist, United States Department of Agriculture, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Truman Young
Professor and Restoration Ecologist, University of California, Davis, California.

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Added cross-references.	Melissa Petruzzello	Feb 16, 2023
	Added photographs of a deciduous forest and of a restored wetland.	John P. Rafferty	Jul 12, 2019
	New article, written with Lauren Porensky and Kari Veblen, added.	John P. Rafferty Truman Young	Feb 19, 2019
	New article, written with Truman Young and Kari Veblen, added.	John P. Rafferty Lauren Porensky	Feb 19, 2019
	New article, written with Truman Young and Lauren Porensky, added.	John P. Rafferty Kari E. Veblen	Feb 19, 2019