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The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News 5d ago

4 tips for everyday eco-friendly living

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.optimistdaily.com/2026/04/4-tips-for-everyday-eco-friendly-living/

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Transient amplification driven by fecundity pulses: Shifting demographic bottlenecks during the decadal recovery of a #PioneerTree

#Deforestation | #EcologicalRestoration | #IntegralProjectionModel | #TransientPopulationDynamics

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtag067

Transient amplification driven by fecundity pulses: Shifting demographic bottlenecks during the decadal recovery of a pioneer tree

How pioneer tree populations recover from logging over decadal timescales is not well understood. Here the authors show that selective logging triggers a b

OUP Academic

Journal of Plant Ecology Mar 25

Ming-Jie Liu et al. successfully germinated and established eelgrass seeds using #SeedTape, achieving a maximum seedling establishment rate exceeding 80%.

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf168

Local Haze Mar 25

What if ecological data wasn't just measured — but experienced?

New on the Local Haze blog: a conversation with Glorianna Davenport & Brian Mayton of Living Observatory on sensor networks, interdisciplinary collaboration, and documenting the arc of wetland restoration in #Massachusetts:
https://localhaze.humanlogic.com/2026/03/17/from-pixels-to-wetlands-a-discussion-with-glorianna-davenport-and-brian-mayton-from-living-observatory/
#Wetlands #EcologicalRestoration #DigitalStorytelling #OpenData #EnvironmentalTech #LivingObservatory #LocalHaze

Journal of Plant Ecology Feb 18

🔄 After grazing exclusion, #SoilOrganicCarbon (SOC) and #TotalNitrogen (TN) quickly recovered with their storage peaking at different exclusion durations. Differences in SOC and TN storage were primarily driven by #Roottraits at the community-level.

#Community_weightedMean | #EcologicalRestoration | #SoilFunctions | #SongnenGrassland

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf131

Bubulcus & Bolotas Feb 11

Thinking our relation to the environment...

Stone oaks, centuries-old trees that have evolved to endure drought and poor soils, yet climate change is now overwhelming their adaptations. Water stress, pathogens, and fire are increasing mortality, threatening these protected trees and the biodiversity they shelter. In a rapidly changing climate, centuries of adaptation are no longer enough.

Each germinated seed in this image is part of our rewilding effort, a careful attempt to support a species at risk. The success rate is low, but we keep planting, nurturing, and trying.

#Sustainability #Rewilding #EcologicalRestoration #StoneOaks #MediterraneanForest #EndangeredSpecies #ProtectOurForests #Regeneration #RewildingPortugal #CampingInPortugal #SustainableTourism #Alentejo #Évora

Maytree Books Jan 17

#BookReview: Britains's lost rainforests – rich in ferns, lichens, pine martens & more – once covered up to a fifth of the island, but have largely vanished from both our landscape & memory. In this inspiring book Guy Shrubshole journeys from the Western Highlands to Cornwall, revealing their history, ecology and cultural importance, while making an urgent case for their restoration before they disappear forever. #ecologicalrestoration #rewilding

Planetary Ecologist Dec 7

Cross-boundary subsidy (Landscape ecology 🏞️)

Cross-boundary subsidies are caused by organisms or materials that cross or traverse habitat patch boundaries, subsidizing the resident populations. The transferred organisms and materials may provide additional predators, prey, or nutrients to resident species, which can affect ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-boundary_subsidy

#CrossBoundarySubsidy #Ecology #SystemsEcology #LandscapeEcology #EcologicalRestoration #EnvironmentalConservation