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{"title":"Cultural Significance of the Waterholes North of Adelaide: Parafield Wetlands","authors":"Kevin F. A. O'Loughlin, Joan Gibbs","doi":"10.1111/emr.70072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/emr.70072","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The waterholes or billabongs, on the Northern Adelaide Plains form part of the cultural stories for the Four Nations related to this land or country: <i>Kaurna</i>, <i>Narungga</i>, <i>Nadjuri</i> and <i>Nukunu</i>. The main trade route for these four groups is along the waterholes between Adelaide and Port Wakefield. All travellers stopped at the freshwater soaks to drink and to keep communication lines open and friendly. The rules of sharing between travellers and caring for wildlife were taught to all through traditional stories and each group would have a slightly different story, but the intent is to share the common, scarce water resources. The stories also explain how the landforms changed over time and demarcated ownership of country to each Nation, for peaceful cooperation.</p><p>The <i>Kaurna/Narungga</i> story teaches about sharing and protecting the valuable freshwater pools, between all Nations and animals. In the dreamtime, about 12,000 years ago, Jilbruke the ibis had created on the Adelaide coastline a series of pools from his tears for his lost nephew. The coastal plain was whole, with no gulfs, and you could walk westward to where Pt. Lincoln is now, stopping to drink at the many soaks on the trade route. The snake, <i>Womma/Butcha</i> (<i>Kaurna/Narungga</i> language), wanted to own the waterholes and scared off the other wildlife to prevent them from drinking. The birds and other animals asked the big red kangaroo (<i>Tarndarnya/Nathu</i>) to talk to the snake to give a fair share of water to the others. The snake got upset and argued (‘had a blue’) with the red kangaroo. The kangaroo was angry at the snake's selfishness and found a large tailbone and smacked the coast with it to let in the sea water, thus forming the two gulfs, Spencer Gulf and Gulf St. Vincent. Many of the freshwater soaks and billabongs were destroyed by saltwater encroaching and the few pools that were left became the trade route and shared corridor for all Nations and wildlife.</p><p>To conserve the cultural and natural history of the Adelaide Plains, these soaks must be preserved as remnants of South Australian Heritage and part of the bigger picture of the water landscape. These remnant waterholes are useful to recapture the values of water resources and abundance for humans and wildlife. The story lines and trade routes link to other stories and cultures at Port Augusta and beyond, connecting the understanding of freshwater and saltwater soaks and the effect of human culture on wildlife and peace.</p><p>The Supporting Information presents author information (Text S1; Figure S1).</p><p>The authors have nothing to report.</p><p>Elder and first author Kevin F.A. O'Loughlin, a cultural educator for over 30 years, tells the story in good faith on behalf of his community, without benefit to himself. The publication aims to retain the story into the future.</p><p>The authors declare no conflicts of interest.</p><p>This article is linked to Sophie Petit pap","PeriodicalId":54325,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Management & Restoration","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/emr.70072","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149205501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Relocating Large Hollow-Bearing Tree Trunk Sections to Restore Forest Owl Breeding Habitat: When Is It Warranted?","authors":"Corey Mead,&nbsp;Rochelle Lawson","doi":"10.1111/emr.70062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/emr.70062","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Relocating large hollows to minimise the potential impacts of development on threatened species is generally considered too difficult and/or too costly. Small and medium-sized hollows are commonly relocated, recreated by carving into a living surrogate tree, or replaced with nest boxes; however, larger hollows, which take much longer to form naturally, are far less represented in the landscape, are preferred over nest boxes by large forest owls, are being destroyed during vegetation clearing and are not being replaced. Biodiversity offsetting legislation in NSW Australia aims to place a dollar value on biodiversity and its habitat, yet does not place any direct value on good quality large hollows or their protection. This study offers considerations that support the relocation or recreation of large hollows in landscapes where they are locally scarce. We describe two case studies involving hollow-bearing trees that showed evidence of previous owl use and were unique in their respective landscapes. In both cases, the entire hollow-bearing tree trunk sections were relocated into nearby forests and installed vertically against large living host trees. These case studies demonstrate that, following secure installation and preparation to improve structural longevity, large hollows can be successfully relocated and that size alone is not necessarily a limiting factor. The second case study had a variety of hollows recreated, which have been used by other hollow-dependent fauna. The result was a natural looking, low maintenance and long-lasting apartment block for wildlife set within the foliage of a living tree. Powerful Owl (<i>Ninox strenua</i>) has successfully bred in the relocated tree for two breeding seasons. We propose survey methods that enable the consistent application of three clear considerations for assessing the value of large hollows and determining when their relocation is warranted.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":54325,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Management & Restoration","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149099735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Food for the Future: Identifying and Prioritising Feeding Habitat for South-Eastern Glossy Black-Cockatoos to Guide Strategic Ecological Restoration in North-Eastern NSW","authors":"Sarah Legge,&nbsp;Jane Wickers,&nbsp;Jo Green,&nbsp;Harry Hackett,&nbsp;Marama Hopkins,&nbsp;Liz Caddick,&nbsp;David Milledge,&nbsp;Annette McKinley,&nbsp;Jaana Dielenberg,&nbsp;Margaret Hall","doi":"10.1111/emr.70069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/emr.70069","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Habitat loss and fragmentation are causing major global biodiversity declines. Strategic ecological restoration can mitigate native vegetation decline, and is especially important for fauna with habitat and dietary specialisations, for which restoring key ecosystem features may be more critical than increasing revegetated area. The nationally threatened south-eastern glossy black-cockatoo (<i>Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami</i>) occurs in forests and woodlands of eastern Australia. It has declined due to habitat loss and fragmentation. Climate change-driven increases in fire frequency and severity now threaten the remaining habitat. Glossy black-cockatoos are dietary specialists, relying exclusively on she-oak seeds (<i>Allocasuarina</i> spp., <i>Casuarina</i> spp.), a food resource highly sensitive to fire. Following extensive feeding habitat loss during the 2019–2020 Black Summer fires, improving food security for this species, including via strategic ecological restoration, is a conservation priority. We investigated relationships between soils, vegetation types and glossy black-cockatoo observations in north-eastern New South Wales, and used these relationships to prioritise areas for feeding habitat restoration. Vegetation types containing <i>Allocasuarina</i> species on red or yellow podzolic soils had disproportionately high numbers of glossy black-cockatoo observations, including feeding records. These results support earlier reports and recent mechanistic studies linking geology and soil properties to she-oak cone productivity. The Black Summer fires severely burnt 19% of high-value vegetation-soil combinations in north-eastern New South Wales, causing a substantial, sudden loss of glossy black-cockatoo food resources. We developed a spatial prioritisation framework to guide ecological restoration planning, that integrates preferred soil-vegetation combinations with other design considerations. The spatial prioritisation, combined with practical planting design guidance, was made available to landholders through local government portals and Landcare groups. Our study demonstrates how ecological understanding can be translated into strategic restoration guidance, providing a practical framework for improving restoration outcomes for a threatened dietary specialist under climate-driven fire regime changes.</p>","PeriodicalId":54325,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Management & Restoration","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/emr.70069","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149099734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Developing Habitat Descriptors for a Threatened Cryptic Worm-Lizard to Determine Potential Habitat Under the NSW Biodiversity Offset Scheme in Australia","authors":"Rob Armstrong,&nbsp;Nat O'Rourke,&nbsp;Robert Speirs,&nbsp;Willliam Terry,&nbsp;Shannon Simpson,&nbsp;Damian R. Michael","doi":"10.1111/emr.70067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/emr.70067","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Understanding the habitat requirements and potential distribution of threatened species is fundamental to mitigating threats and protecting significant populations. In Australia, a range of studies have been undertaken into the ecology and habitat requirements for the nationally threatened pink-tailed worm-lizard (<i>Aprasia parapulchella</i>) in the past 30+ years, with a primary focus on well-studied locations close to major population centres. Findings from these locations have biased the broad understanding of habitat and suitable survey techniques over time, with a focus largely on dacite geology and detection methods using rock-rolling under suitable environmental conditions. However, the occurrence of the species in non-rocky environments and detectability challenges more generally suggests that established survey techniques are unlikely to provide confidence in survey outcomes across the species' geographical range over time. For this reason, the NSW Biodiversity Offset Scheme now utilises the process outlined in this paper to determine presence when assessing development impacts and offsets. This study aims to review key literature and spatial information to understand the broader habitat variability of this cryptic species, document the range of habitats the species is known to occur in and produce an occupiable footprint and measurable habitat parameters to consider the potential for species occurrence. Information within this paper provides a standardised approach to assessing <i>Aprasia parapulchella</i> habitat suitability in NSW. Our approach could also be applied to underpin planning and policy considerations for other cryptic threatened species.</p>","PeriodicalId":54325,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Management & Restoration","volume":"27 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/emr.70067","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149048305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"To Drone or Not to Drone in Search of Koalas","authors":"John M. Martin,&nbsp;Mitchell Horan,&nbsp;Kurt Lane,&nbsp;Brooklyn Hare,&nbsp;Veronica Hutchinson,&nbsp;Tiffany McConnell,&nbsp;Ian Roberts,&nbsp;Kade Slater,&nbsp;Jake Smith-Maloney,&nbsp;April E. Reside","doi":"10.1111/emr.70068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/emr.70068","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Effective assessment of koala (<i>Phascolarctos cinereus</i>) populations remains essential for informing conservation management, particularly in complex landscapes. We used drone thermal-imagery and spot assessment technique (SAT) surveys to assess koala occurrence, density, and site use across 37 sites (696.07 ha) within a broader 10,271 ha study area in central Queensland—on the traditional land of the Widi people. Nocturnal drone surveys detected 89 koalas in 26 of the 37 sites (70%), with a mean density of 0.13 ± 0.11 (SE) koalas/ha. Diurnal SAT searches detected koala scats at 33 of 37 sites (89%), with scats found at the base of 16.7% of the 1110 trees searched. Both the drone and SAT surveys indicated moderate koala densities based on the literature. The combination of the two methods gives a robust site-specific koala population estimate and a ground-based activity index, meeting legislative impact assessment criteria. Repeat surveys across large and heterogeneous landscapes allow land managers to monitor the trajectory of this endangered species and inform land use planning and restoration priorities. Furthermore, repeat population and activity surveys directly inform legislative conditional approvals.</p>","PeriodicalId":54325,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Management & Restoration","volume":"27 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/emr.70068","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149047922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Call for Water—Investigating the Water Requirements for the Endangered Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus","authors":"Elizabeth Znidersic,&nbsp;Rupert Mathwin,&nbsp;Sarah Talbot,&nbsp;Andrew Hall,&nbsp;Michael Towsey,&nbsp;Skye Wassens","doi":"10.1111/emr.70066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/emr.70066","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Water extraction for agriculture and human consumption, compounded by climate change-induced weather events, has disrupted the natural flow regimes of river and wetland systems globally. These changes critically impact species dependent on wetland ecosystems. This study focused on the nationally Endangered waterbird, Australasian bittern (<i>Botaurus poiciloptilus</i>). In Australian regulated river systems, managed delivery of water (environmental water) is increasingly being delivered to maintain Australasian bittern habitat and trigger breeding. However, little is known about their response to varying hydrological conditions, particularly calling patterns in relation to environmental water and unregulated floodplain inundation. We investigated the vocalisation phenology of the Australasian bittern in five wetland complexes in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin from 2016 to 2022. Using long-duration acoustic monitoring, we identified the onset, duration, and spatial and temporal variation in bittern calls. We also developed a predictive model using 11 environmental features that predicted calling behaviour with an accuracy of 93.5%. The highest ranked features related to water depth and watering duration. Site specific trends in bittern calling and a preference for austral summer conditions were also evident. Our results demonstrate that of the 10 detected calling periods, four were associated with a combination of environmental water and unregulated flows, four with environmental water, and two with unregulated flows. We detected unexpected winter calling periods which highlights the value of year-round monitoring. Our findings highlight the critical role of hydrological regimes to support Australasian bittern occupancy and breeding and suggests the potential for managing environmental water flows with other wetland species temporal vocalisation patterns.</p>","PeriodicalId":54325,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Management & Restoration","volume":"27 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/emr.70066","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148943287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Participatory Mapping of Karajarri Sea Country Knowledge to Guide IPA Zoning and Ranger Management","authors":"Matilda Murley,&nbsp;Renae K. Hovey,&nbsp;Jane Prince,&nbsp;The Karajarri Rangers","doi":"10.1111/emr.70064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/emr.70064","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The expansion of Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) into coastal and marine environments requires spatial planning approaches that support Traditional Owner aspirations for Sea Country management while respecting Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP). Karajarri Traditional Lands Association and Karajarri Rangers have recently expanded management across more than 237,489 ha of Sea Country in south-west Kimberley, Western Australia, where limited western scientific data are available for marine planning. This study describes a collaborative participatory mapping project with Karajarri Rangers and Traditional Owners to document Karajarri Indigenous Knowledge (IK) of culturally important species distributions and community coastal activities to inform Sea Country IPA planning. Across two fieldtrips, 29 Karajarri Traditional Owners participated in mapping workshops that documented spatial knowledge for 36 species and eight community activities. The mapped outputs identified areas of high knowledge-marking intensity along the coastline, particularly around tidal creeks, rocky headlands, sandy beaches and areas where multiple culturally important species or harvesting activities overlapped. Karajarri IK recorded was able to document species distributions across a greater spatial scale than current western knowledge and kernel density estimation analysis on QGIS identified hotspots of high usage and cultural significance to the community. Co-facilitation of the workshops by Rangers and researchers, time spent on Country and the accessibility of the approach contributed to the success of the project. Karajarri IK documented was limited by not capturing a temporal understanding of both species' distributions or community activities. The outputs generated from this project illustrate the utility of applying IK to marine spatial planning and provide new directions for future research in the region. The project demonstrates that participatory mapping can provide an accessible, culturally governed and management relevant method for documenting IK in spatial forms that support Indigenous-led marine planning.</p>","PeriodicalId":54325,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Management & Restoration","volume":"27 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/emr.70064","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148753584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Temporal Imperative: Palaeo-Proxies and Nature-Based Solutions for Resilient Natural Inland Wetland Conservation and Management in Southeast Asia—A Systematic Review","authors":"Thunyapat Sattraburut,&nbsp;Sirasit Vongvassana,&nbsp;Thamarat Phutthai","doi":"10.1111/emr.70063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/emr.70063","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Natural inland wetlands in Southeast Asia provide key biodiversity, hydrological, carbon-storage and livelihood functions, but are increasingly affected by land-use change, fire, hydrological modification and climate change and variability. Short-term monitoring alone is insufficient to evaluate long-term wetland trajectories, historical variability and restoration baselines. This review evaluates how palaeo-proxy evidence can inform the conservation, restoration and management of natural inland wetlands in Southeast Asia. A systematic review identified seven eligible studies published between 2011 and 2025, representing eight study sites in Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. These studies examined peatland, lake, riparian wetland and floodplain archives using proxies such as pollen and spores, non-pollen palynomorphs, charcoal, plant macrofossils, sedimentology, geochemistry, loss-on-ignition and chronological control. The reviewed records provide evidence for vegetation change, fire activity, hydrological variability, organic matter dynamics, sedimentation, floodplain development and human disturbance over late Quaternary to historical timescales. However, important limitations remain, including uneven geographic coverage, limited plant macrofossil and testate amoeba data, variable chronological control, differences in proxy source area and temporal resolution, and difficulties in separating climatic from anthropogenic drivers. Palaeoecological evidence is most useful for management when translated into decision-relevant indicators, such as reconstructed water-table depth, fire history, sediment accretion and floodplain-aggradation rates, organic matter and carbon dynamics, historical water-quality conditions and vegetation reference conditions. These indicators can support practical Nature-based Solutions, including peatland rewetting, fire-risk reduction, floodplain reconnection, riparian restoration, catchment-based water-quality planning and carbon conservation. Future research should prioritise high-resolution multi-proxy records, stronger age–depth control, replication across wetland types, and region-specific calibration datasets to improve the use of palaeoecology in climate-adaptive wetland conservation and restoration.</p>","PeriodicalId":54325,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Management & Restoration","volume":"27 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/emr.70063","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148752793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessing the Distribution, Density and Ecological Impacts of Feral Deer in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas of Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia","authors":"Lisa Vuong,&nbsp;Daniel W. Krix,&nbsp;Leigh J. Martin","doi":"10.1111/emr.70060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/emr.70060","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Feral deer are associated with a range of environmental impacts including overgrazing and trampling of native vegetation, increased insolation, ringbarking, creation of wallows, erosion and stream degradation. Consequences of invasive deer impacts can threaten vulnerable ecological communities and have the potential to alter long-term vegetation dynamics if deer populations are left uncontrolled. Studies of feral deer impacts in Australia to date have mostly focused on forested natural areas and agricultural lands; however, deer also pose a threat to the environment and property in urban and peri-urban areas. In this study we investigated the impacts of feral deer (fallow and possibly red deer) in urban and peri-urban habitats using faecal pellet counts and vegetation browsing assessments at 29 sites throughout western Lake Macquarie. Deer were found to have a patchy distribution; however, where present, significant impacts were observed. Browsing impacts were significantly greater in plots containing faecal pellets. There was a significant relationship between the number of faecal pellets detected and browsing intensity. Forested wetland had the highest browse rate of all vegetation types at 35%, with dry sclerophyll at 10% and wet sclerophyll at 20%. This study provides insights into the study of feral deer impacts in urban and peri-urban areas. We provide recommendations for researchers conducting future studies in such habitats to quantify ecological impacts and to overcome access difficulties experienced in this study.</p>","PeriodicalId":54325,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Management & Restoration","volume":"27 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/emr.70060","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148615962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mining Legacy Constrains Campo Rupestre Regeneration After 50 and 300 Years","authors":"G. Wilson Fernandes,&nbsp;Thaise O. Bahia,&nbsp;Hernani A. Almeida,&nbsp;Irene Gélvez-Zúñiga,&nbsp;Ramiro Aguilar,&nbsp;Vanessa M. Gomes,&nbsp;Fernando Barros Puperi,&nbsp;Letícia Ramos,&nbsp;Daniel Negreiros","doi":"10.1111/emr.70061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/emr.70061","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Mining has left lasting scars on <i>campo rupestre</i>, one of the world's most diverse and threatened ecosystems. Here, we provide the first empirical evidence, on a secular scale, of the limits of passive recovery in these environments. We compared two abandoned mining post-mining sites in Mariana, Brazil [one abandoned 50 years ago (Short-term) and another more than 300 years ago (Long-term)] with four well-preserved reference sites to assess vegetation structure, floristic composition, and soil attributes. We estimated the structure and composition of woody vegetation, along with soil nutritional and textural properties, in replicated plots. We assessed multivariate differences in woody species composition among sites using Bray–Curtis-based PCoA and PERMANOVA, and summarized soil multivariate patterns with PCA. Both sites exhibited reduced species richness, abundance, and structural heterogeneity, along with differences in soil nutritional and textural properties that were associated with plant community assembly patterns. Despite centuries of abandonment, the Long-term site did not converge to reference conditions, while the Short-term site showed only partial similarities (PCoA cumulative variation = 37.40%; PERMANOVA <i>p</i> &lt; 0.001). Taken together, these findings suggest that passive recovery in <i>campo rupestre</i> is insufficient, even on centennial scales, compromising the return of biodiversity and ecosystem services essential to millions of people. They also underscore the urgent need for active science-based restoration policies that are guided by the ecological attributes of reference ecosystems, going beyond mitigation rhetoric to ensure ecological functionality and resilience in post-mining landscapes.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":54325,"journal":{"name":"Ecological Management & Restoration","volume":"27 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148467626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}