Seven-Year Survival of Perennial Herbaceous Transplants in Temperate Woodland Restoration Export

@article{citeulike:804992, abstract = {Little is known about restoring the perennial herbaceous understory of Midwestern deciduous woodlands, despite the significant and widespread degradation of remnants due to human activities. Because many woodland understory species have reproductive characters that make reestablishment from seed slow or difficult, we investigated transplanting as a strategy for introducing 24 species to a degraded early-successional woodland in central Iowa, U.S.A. Plants were planted in single-species groups of generally four individuals, and then monitored for survival five times over a 7-year period, and for flowering during the first year. After 7 years, persistence of these groups was 57\% averaged across species. Survival in years 5–7 does not reflect individuals that spread beyond the original planting units by self-sowing or vegetative spread and is therefore a minimum estimate of the abundance of many species at the site. Mean percent flowering was 72\% across single-species groups for 15 species monitored. We consider these survival and flowering rates acceptable indicators of establishment success, especially given drought conditions at our site in the first few years and lack of weed control beyond the first year, and evidence that transplanted species were establishing outside the original planting locations. Additional work is needed to investigate regional differences in transplant success, and methods for sustainable production of species are not suitable for introduction by seed. We caution that our results do not necessarily apply to the restoration of rare species.}, author = {Mottl, Larissa M. and Mabry, Cathy M. and Farrar, Donald R.}, citeulike-article-id = {804992}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-100X.2006.00141.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bsc/rec/2006/00000014/00000003/art00002}, doi = {10.1111/j.1526-100X.2006.00141.x}, issn = {1061-2971}, journal = {Restoration Ecology}, keywords = {planting, temperate, tocheck, understorey, usa, woodland}, month = {September}, number = {3}, pages = {330--338}, posted-at = {2006-11-08 16:23:19}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Blackwell Publishing}, title = {Seven-Year Survival of Perennial Herbaceous Transplants in Temperate Woodland Restoration}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-100X.2006.00141.x}, volume = {14}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:804992 L3 - citeulike-article-id:804992 N2 - Little is known about restoring the perennial herbaceous understory of Midwestern deciduous woodlands, despite the significant and widespread degradation of remnants due to human activities. Because many woodland understory species have reproductive characters that make reestablishment from seed slow or difficult, we investigated transplanting as a strategy for introducing 24 species to a degraded early-successional woodland in central Iowa, U.S.A. Plants were planted in single-species groups of generally four individuals, and then monitored for survival five times over a 7-year period, and for flowering during the first year. After 7 years, persistence of these groups was 57% averaged across species. Survival in years 5–7 does not reflect individuals that spread beyond the original planting units by self-sowing or vegetative spread and is therefore a minimum estimate of the abundance of many species at the site. Mean percent flowering was 72% across single-species groups for 15 species monitored. We consider these survival and flowering rates acceptable indicators of establishment success, especially given drought conditions at our site in the first few years and lack of weed control beyond the first year, and evidence that transplanted species were establishing outside the original planting locations. Additional work is needed to investigate regional differences in transplant success, and methods for sustainable production of species are not suitable for introduction by seed. We caution that our results do not necessarily apply to the restoration of rare species. IS - 3 JF - Restoration Ecology SN - 1061-2971 EP - 338 TI - Seven-Year Survival of Perennial Herbaceous Transplants in Temperate Woodland Restoration PB - Blackwell Publishing VL - 14 SP - 330 KW - planting KW - temperate KW - tocheck KW - understorey KW - usa KW - woodland AU - Mottl, Larissa AU - Mabry, Cathy AU - Farrar, Donald PY - 2006/09// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1526-100X.2006.00141.x ER -