Seed Menus: An integrated decision-support framework for native plant restoration in the Mojave Desert.

ABSTRACT: The combination of ecosystem stressors, rapid climate change, and increasing landscape-scale development has necessitated active restoration across large tracts of disturbed habitats in the arid southwestern United States. In this context, programmatic directives such as the National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration have increasingly emphasized improved restoration practices that promote resilient, diverse plant communities, and enhance native seed reserves. While decision-support tools have been implemented to support genetic diversity by guiding seed transfer decisions based on patterns in local adaptation, less emphasis has been placed on identifying priority seed mixes composed of native species assemblages. Well-designed seed mixes can provide foundational ecosystem se

SUBMITTER: Shryock DF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9005930 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature