Developing the science of reintroduction biology Seddon, P.J., Armstrong, D.P., Maloney, R. 2007. Conservation Biology 21:2. Seddon et al explain that while reintroduction projetcs have been occurring for decades (the first one may have been a 1907 release of bison onto a reserve in Oklahoma), that attempts to incoporate better science into such projects did [...]
Assessing the suitability of central European landscapers for the reintroduction of Eurasian lynx Schadt, S. and others. 2002. Journal of Applied Ecology 39. The Eurasian lynx is showing signs of recovery in parts of Germany, Czech Republic, and elsewhere in Europe. But the species suffers from living in a habitat fragmented by human land uses. [...]
Reintroducing the beaver (Castor fiber) to Scotland: a protocol for identifying and assessing suitable release sites MacDonald, D.W., Tattersall, F.H., Rushton, S., South, A.B., Rao, S., Maitland, P., and Strachan, R. While previous posts have looked att he reintroduction of individual species for reasons related mainly to that species, the restoration of beavers to former [...]
Comparison of a geographical information system versus manual techniques for land cover analysis in a riparian restoration project. Harris, R.R., Hopkinson, P., McCaffrey, S., and Huntsinger, L. 1997. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 52:2. Many of the papers I’ve reviewd on GIS and restoration are from the late 1990s when the utility of GIS [...]
GIS methodology for characterizing historical conditions of the Willamette River flood plain, OR Oetter, D.R., Gregory, S.V., Ashkenas, L.R., Minear, P.J.
Remote sensing and GIS techniques for selecting a sustainable scenario for Lake Koronia, Greece Alexandridis, T.K., Takavakoglou, V., Crisman, T.L., and Zalidis, G.C.
GIS-based evaluation of salmon habitat in the Pacific Northwest Lunetta, R.S., Cosentino, B.L., Montgomery, D.R., Beamer, E.M., and Beechie, T.J. 1997. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. The authors of this study sought to develop a rapid, cost-effective, and objective analytical tool to support prioritization of specific sub-basins and watersheds for salmon habitat restoration and preservation. [...]
Indirect environmental effects of dikes on estuarine tidal channels: Thinking outside of the dike for habitat restoration and monitoring Hood, G.W. 2004. Estuaries 2. Another challenge in restoration is the problem of the disappearing baseline. What exactly is a system being restored to? Do we know what it looked like before disturbance? Often, we don’t, [...]
The feasibility of reintroducing wild boar (Sus scrofa) to Scotland Leaper, R., Massei, G., Gorman, M.L., and Aspinalli, R. (1999). Mammal Review 29. The reintroduction of a species that has been decimated or extirpated (usually by human impacts) is a valuable tool for conservation. But it comes with myriad panning challenges. One such challenge where [...]
Can GIS predict habitat use of reintroduced bighorn sheep? Shannon, J.M, Olson, D.D., Petersen, S.L., Whiting, J.C., and Flinders, J.T. (2008). Proceedings from the 28th Annual International ESRI User Conference. August, 2008. Wildlife reintroduction is a means of restoration of individual species and the ecosystem services they provide. While some successful reintroductions (see: Northern Rockies gray [...]
http://oregonexplorer.info/EnhancingWatersheds#TheOWRIDatabaseandGISdata Oregon Explorer is a handy web-based mapping service and database that is easy to use and of creative application. One of the many tools housed here is the Watershed Restoration Tool, an inventory of restoration data for the state. Besides simply displaying restoration sites on amp, this tool also provides attribute data that describes [...]
Acoustic mapping and GIS-aided oyster restoration. Lazor, J., Bruce, D., Giordano, S., Levin, D., Little, C., and Slacum, W. Proceedings of Coastal Zone 07. Portland, OR. July 2007. Oysters require hard substrate to settle on and so understanding the benthic characteristics of an estuary are important to oyster restoration. This proceedings from the 2007 Coastal [...]
A habitat suitability index model for the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica), a tool for restoration of the Caloosahatchee Estuary, Florida. Barnes, T.K. Vollety A.K., Chartier, K., Mazzotti, F.J., and Pearlstine, L. 2007. Journal of Shellfish Research 26:4. Florida’s everglade system, which was once an expansive, highly productive system has been decimated by conversion of land [...]
Macmillian, D.D., Harley, D., and Morrison, R. (1998). Cost-effectiveness of woodland ecosystem restoration. Ecological Economics, 27. Ecological restoration is often plagued by poor science, unavailability of usable data, and funding limitations. In their reporting on a cost-effectiveness analysis for Caledonian woodland restoration in Scotland, Macmillan et al assign a prominent role to GIS. Macmillan et [...]