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1 October 2016 Common Methods for Tallgrass Prairie Restoration and Their Potential Effects on Bee Diversity
Alexandra Harmon-Threatt, Kristen Chin
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Abstract

Habitat restoration is considered critical for maintaining and restoring biodiversity of many species groups. A better understanding of how species respond to the restoration process is imperative to identifying practices that benefit the target organisms. Using survey responses from land managers about the restoration process in tallgrass prairie habitat, we identify common restoration and management techniques. These responses are then combined with current literature on bee and plant responses to these methods in tallgrass prairie habitat. While some widely used methods, such as burning, are believed to be fairly benign to bees, there are still many knowledge gaps about how bees may respond to many common practices such as tillage, pesticides, and grazing in tallgrass prairie. Other commonly used methods, such as broadcasting of seeds, are known to significantly affect plant diversity, which could hinder bee conservation efforts. The variability in bee and plant response to commonly used methods highlights why it is necessary to better understand how management methods affect plant and bee communities.

Alexandra Harmon-Threatt and Kristen Chin "Common Methods for Tallgrass Prairie Restoration and Their Potential Effects on Bee Diversity," Natural Areas Journal 36(4), 400-411, (1 October 2016). https://doi.org/10.3375/043.036.0407
Published: 1 October 2016
KEYWORDS
bee
conservation
prairie
restoration
tallgrass prairie
TGP
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