2022 ESA Annual Meeting (August 14 - 19)

INS 8 Where the rubber meets the road: comparing current challenges in ecological restoration across ecosystems

3:30 PM-5:00 PM
520B
Organizer:
Akasha M. Faist
Co-Organizer:
Jonathan T. Bauer
Moderator:
Akasha M. Faist
Ecological restoration projects work to return an ecosystem to a more desirable and functional state and then set it on a positive trajectory over time. Across ecosystems, the outcomes of ecological restoration, the metrics for success, and the challenges encountered vary widely. In some cases, these challenges might be unique to a particular ecosystem, but we also expect common themes to emerge across systems. In our session, we include ecologists whose work is rooted in both basic ecology and the applied challenges of achieving ecological restoration success. We ask these scientists to identify the most important challenges they encounter in ecological restoration, and our goal is to identify both the common themes and unique components encountered across diverse ecosystems. While a connection to the unique challenges of local systems will remain necessary to meet restoration goals, identifying generalizable principles will improve our ability to confront environmental change on a global scale.
3:30 PM
Considerations when implementing prescribed burns: lessons learned from Southern California grasslands
Loralee Larios, University of California, Riverside;Stuart T. Schwab, University of California - Riverside;James W. J Randolph, Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of California-Riverside;Sameer S. Saroa, Irvine Ranch Conservancy;Joia K. Capocchi, University of California Irvine;Kendra E. Walters, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine;Fabiola Pulido-Chavez, University of California, Riverside;Sydney I. Glassman, University of California Riverside;
3:30 PM
Do missing mutualists limit restoration success of rare plants?
Jonathan T. Bauer, Miami University;Emily Galloway, Miami University;Skip A. Price, Eastern Michigan University;Emily Grman, Eastern Michigan University;
3:30 PM
Racing against climate change to restore high elevation forest in Hawaii
Stephanie G. Yelenik, Ph.D., U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station;Amberly Pigao, University of Hawaii, Hilo;Jonathan Price, Ph.D., University of Hawaii, Hilo;
3:30 PM
Variability as the rule: The challenges of restoring highly variable dryland ecosystem
Kristina E. Young, Utah State University;Brooke B. Osborne, PhD, U.S. Geological Survey;Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Jornada Experimental Range;Courtney M. Currier, Arizona State University;Peter M. Homyak, University of California, Riverside;Heather Throop, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University;Sasha C. Reed, PhD, U.S. Geological Survey;
3:30 PM
We need to have the DTR talk
Joanna Tang, University of California Santa Barbara;