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Research Project: Integrate Vegetative Bud-based Propagation and Seeds in Restoration of Rangeland Native Plant Communities

Location: Range and Meadow Forage Management Research

Title: Editor's choice: Using locally-adapted seeds to restore native plants and arthropods following plant invasion and drought

Author
item Sheley, Roger

Submitted to: Rangelands
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/25/2021
Publication Date: 7/25/2021
Citation: Sheley, R.L. 2021. Editor's choice: Using locally-adapted seeds to restore native plants and arthropods following plant invasion and drought. Rangelands. 43(4):176-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2021.07.002.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2021.07.002

Interpretive Summary: A worldwide tenet is that fostering healthy ecosystems will naturally foster healthy human communities because the interdependence is strong and directly linked. As our tenet predicts, environmental and ecological issues are at the root cause of rural abandonment. These ecological problems have been growing in rural areas at an alarming rate. Invasive species have invaded millions of acres throughout prime rangelands and forest ecosystems, primarily annual grasses, but also knapweeds. Programs aimed at improving natural environmental systems often enhance the well-being and quality of life for many people as well.

Technical Abstract: A worldwide tenet is that fostering healthy ecosystems will naturally foster healthy human communities because the interdependence is strong and directly linked. As our tenet predicts, environmental and ecological issues are at the root cause of rural abandonment. These ecological problems have been growing in rural areas at an alarming rate. Invasive species have invaded millions of acres throughout prime rangelands and forest ecosystems, primarily annual grasses, but also knapweeds. Programs aimed at improving natural environmental systems often enhance the well-being and quality of life for many people as well.