Vertebrate biodiversity on indigenous-managed lands in Australia, Brazil, and Canada equals that in protected areas

R Schuster, RR Germain, JR Bennett, NJ Reo… - … Science & Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Declines in global biodiversity due to land conversion and habitat loss are driving a 'Sixth
Mass Extinction'and many countries fall short of meeting even nominal targets for land …

Direct and indirect interactions between landscape structure and invasive or overabundant species

AD Rodewald, P Arcese - Current Landscape Ecology Reports, 2016 - Springer
We reviewed recent literature to evaluate interactions between landscape structure (ie,
composition and configuration of landscapes) and overabundant and/or invasive species or …

First stewards: ecological outcomes of forest and wildlife stewardship by indigenous peoples of Wisconsin, USA

DM Waller, NJ Reo - Ecology and Society, 2018 - digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu
Indigenous peoples manage forestlands and wildlife differently than public and private
forestland managers. To evaluate ecological outcomes from these differences, we compared …

A regional assessment of white-tailed deer effects on plant invasion

KM Averill, DA Mortensen, EAH Smithwick, S Kalisz… - AoB Plants, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Herbivores can profoundly influence plant species assembly, including plant invasion, and
resulting community composition. Population increases of native herbivores, eg white-tailed …

Ecology of Fear: Acclimation and Adaptations to Hunting by Humans

EJ Potratz, RD Holt, JS Brown - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Humans greatly influence the ecosystems they live in and the lives of a wide range of taxa
they share space with. Specifically, human hunting and harvesting has resulted in many …

Influence of invasive shrubs and deer browsing on regeneration in temperate deciduous forests

JS Ward, SC Williams, MA Linske - Canadian Journal of Forest …, 2018 - cdnsciencepub.com
While both chronic white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann) overbrowsing
and invasive shrubs have been linked to native regeneration failure in temperate hardwood …

Non-native earthworms alter the assembly of a meadow plant community

JR Fleri, TG Martin, AD Rodewald, P Arcese - Biological Invasions, 2021 - Springer
Non-native earthworms can alter ecosystems by modifying soil structure, depredating seeds
and seedlings, and consuming soil organic matter, yet the initial responses of plant …

Influence of deer hunting and residual stand structure on tree regeneration in deciduous forests

JS Ward, SC Williams - Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Chronically overabundant white‐tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) populations have
made it difficult to regenerate desirable woody species throughout much of their range in the …

[HTML][HTML] Hyperabundant black-tailed deer impact endangered Garry oak ecosystem floral and bumblebee communities

K Beckett, E Elle, C Kremen, A Sherwood… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Garry oak (Quercus garryana) and associated ecosystems (GOAE) are culturally and
ecologically significant landscapes home to over 100 Species at Risk. With less than 5% of …

Tax shifting and incentives for biodiversity conservation on private lands

R Schuster, EA Law, AD Rodewald… - Conservation …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation in human‐dominated landscapes is challenging partly due to the high costs of
land acquisition. We explored a property tax mechanism to finance conservation easements …