Need this specific restoration ecology case study analyzed and questions answere

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Need this specific restoration ecology case study analyzed and questions answered about it - very short read found here

( http://www.globalrestorationnetwork.org/database/case-study/?id=173 )

fill out any bolded sections below using the information from the link above and answers any questions asked please

Executive Summary: This is a very concise summary of your essay that, if provided, always comes first, even before the introduction. It provides a quick synopsis for the busy “executive,” and so it must be easy to read and have a big payoff (i.e., very focused, specific information that is interesting ... get to the point as quickly as possible). Writing executive summaries is a valuable skill, and I strongly encourage you to practice it. If you include this section, it will add to the clarity of your essay, which is one of the three components of the grading rubric.

Introduction: This section explains the motivation for your writing.

Is this project an example of ecological restoration?

Which ecological theories help explain the ecosystem---before and after impairment---and the restoration project?

Which ecological theories did the project not address, and how might implementation of those theories alter the outcome of the restoration project, for better or for worse?

The Ecosystem Conditions: a short, concise description of the ecosystem at the project site under the conditions of baseline, impairment, and restoration. You might find the following subsections helpful:

Baseline condition: brief, concise description of the ecosystem. Be sure to include the baseline trajectory, by describing the types of changes that were going on in the ecosystem prior to the major impairment. Also include the baseline disturbance and succession regime. Be absolutely sure to remember that the baseline condition includes disturbance and succession. Before impairment, what disturbances would alter the site without causing a change in ecosystem state? And how did the baseline ecosystem recover from those disturbances (i.e. what would its succession look like)?

Impairment: describe the impact that has altered the site from its baseline condition and describe the state of the site prior to restoration. terms such as alternative stable state and threshold are useful here.

Restoration project: Your essay requires a short description of the restoration activities. This should be concise, and specific: just enough detail so that the reader can understand how you are applying the ecological theories you discuss.

Ecosystem dynamics: Discuss how the nature of the changes in the ecosystem were, or were not, considered by the restoration project.

Biodiversity: Discuss how the restoration project did or did not address the issues associated with biodiversity.

Invasive species: Discuss how the restoration project did or did not address issues associated with invasive species.

Conclusion: In one, or possibly two, paragraphs, refer back to the main prompts of the essay. Given the details you have previously provided in your ecological analysis, to what extent is this project an example of ecological restoration? Summarize the key points that explain your response.

Explanation / Answer

As per society of ecological restoration , it is the intentinal activity that initiates the recovery of an ecosystem with respect to its health and sustainability.There are different kinds of projects in restoration e.g removal of non-native species and weeds, revegetation of disturbed areas, daylighting streams, reintroduction of native species, habitat improvement of targeted species. Goal of this project is to restore of sacaton in its original habitat and look at different factors which might hamper its habitat.The project evaluated the efficacy of using different sized transplants grown under greenhouse conditions and how mycorrhizae affected their subsequent survival in abandoned agricultural fields.Does pre-inoculation of sacaton seedlings with AM fungi during greenhouse production affect growth and survival of S. wrightii transplanted into an abandoned agricultural field? What effect does container type have on the survival and growth of inoculated and uninoculated transplants?

Introduction:
Riparian floodplain ecosystems in the southwestern United States were historically dominated by big sacaton and now the growth of sacaton is drastically decreased , it is very important environmental issue to address and check why is this change in the original ecosystem is happening.

Yes this is project which emphasizes on ecological restoration of Sacaton.

Ecological theories help explain the ecosystem

Restoration tries to reverse the exsisting situation which is happening because of environmental degradation and population declination. If the project gets successful then we might prove that soli heterogenecity effects on community heterogeneity.
Invasion: Seabloom et al. suggested that native grass species were able to complete with invasive exotics and possibly exists of restoring an original native grassland ecosystem , they established this theory by California grassland restoration project.

Ecological theories did the project not address:The ecological ontogenic theories may not be tested through this project. Ontogeny is the study of how ecological relationships change over lifelitime of an organism. Sacaton also needs different environmental conditions during different stage of growth, germination and establishment. This aspect might not be check throgh this restoration project.

Baseline ecosystem:
Riparian floodplain ecosystems in the southwestern United States were historically dominated by big sacaton. These ecosystems were frequently composed of cottonwood-willow and mesquite bosques with significant inclusions of the large warm season perennial bunchgrass in the floodplain.
These grasslands often occur on sites that have a high water table or are subject to periodic flooding.
Sacatan grasslands have a moderate to dense, tall graminoid layer typically dominated by the tall bunchgrass Sporobolus wrightii, with small amounts of mid grasses. The other characteristic grasses may include Panicum obtusum, Panicum hallii, Digitaria californica (= Trichachne californica), Hilaria mutica, Sporobolus airoides and Bouteloua gracilis.

Impairment: Baseline ecosystem were wiped out by agricultural development and cultivation of the floodplains.

Restoration project:
>To assess the potential for using mycorrhizal inoculation in grassland restorations of abandoned agricultural fields in semiarid regions.
>The research questions addressed: Does pre-inoculation of sacaton seedlings with AM fungi during greenhouse production affect growth and survival of S. wrightii transplanted into an abandoned agricultural field?
>What effect does container type have on the survival and growth of inoculated and uninoculated transplants?

Conclusion:Inoculation with AM fungi during the transplant production stage of sacaton had a significant effect on plant growth after plants were transplanted into an abandoned agriculture field.
The type of container used during the transplant production stage also had a significant effect on plant growth after plants were transplanted into an abandoned agricultural field.
Most surprising among the results of this study was the effect of container type on transplant growth. Monitoring of an earlier sacaton transplant project that had no mycorrhizal treatment showed that plants started in tall pots had out-performed plants started in cone-tainers. In this project plants grown in the smaller cone-tainers consistently out-performed plants grown in tall pots.
This project states that restoration of sacaton is possible within its historic range.

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