What is Ecosystem Recovery and How Should we Measure it in Our Parks?

dc.contributor.authorBazely, Dawn
dc.contributor.authorKoh, Saewan
dc.contributor.authorFiranski, J. Carrie
dc.contributor.authorTagliavia, Cecilia
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-15T06:26:45Z
dc.date.available2011-08-15T06:26:45Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.descriptionArticle in Conference Proceedingsen
dc.description.abstractSouthwestern Ontario, or the Carolinian ecozone, is the most heavily populated region of Canada. Natural habitat cover is as low as 5% in some counties. Furthermore, human-induced disturbance has been great in many of the remaining natural habitats, including Rondeau and Pinery Provincial Parks and Point Pelee National Park. Consequently, managers have recognized the need for active habitat restoration. How do managers know that their restoration efforts have lead to ecosystem recovery and that conservation targets are being met? This question presupposes that ecosystem response to management can be easily quantified. Lessons learned from 12 years of research into forest and savanna responses to management for high white-tailed deer populations and prescribed burning in these parks will be used to address this question. Our three main conclusions are: 1) "one size does not fit all" when it comes to assessing different management regimes, 2) " a multi-scale approach is essential" - without one, important habitat changes will likely be missed; and, 3) "change is slow" - these habitats usually respond over decades.
dc.identifier.citationBazely, D.R., Sewan, K., Firanski, J. C. and Tagliavia, C. 2004. What is Ecosystem Recovery and How Should we Measure it in Our Parks? Refereed Proceedings of the 6th Parks Research Forum of Ontario: Protected Areas and Watershed Management, 2004. p. 528.en
dc.identifier.isbn1-894072-54-5
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/9737
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherHeritage Resources Centre, University of Waterlooen
dc.rights.articlehttp://casiopa.mediamouse.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/PRFO-2003-Proceedings-p528-Abstract-Bazely-Koh-Firanski-and-Tagliavia.pdfen
dc.subjectmanagement regimesen
dc.subjectconservation targetsen
dc.subjectrecoveryen
dc.subjectovergrazingen
dc.subjectprescribed burningen
dc.subjectrestoration ecologyen
dc.titleWhat is Ecosystem Recovery and How Should we Measure it in Our Parks?en
dc.typeOtheren

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