Seventy questions of importance to the conservation of the North Central grasslands of the United States in a changing climate
Abstract Successful conservation of ecosystems in a changing climate requires actionable research that directly supports the rethinking and revising of management approaches to address changing risks and opportunities. As an important first step toward actionable research, we reviewed and synthesize...
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| author | Christine D. Miller Hesed Heather M. Yocum Molly Cross Aparna Bamzai‐Dodson Ben Wheeler Jon P. Beckmann Marissa Ahlering Kimberly R. Hall Emily Boyd‐Valandra Danika Mosher Brian W. Miller Sarah Jaffe |
| author_facet | Christine D. Miller Hesed Heather M. Yocum Molly Cross Aparna Bamzai‐Dodson Ben Wheeler Jon P. Beckmann Marissa Ahlering Kimberly R. Hall Emily Boyd‐Valandra Danika Mosher Brian W. Miller Sarah Jaffe |
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| description | Abstract Successful conservation of ecosystems in a changing climate requires actionable research that directly supports the rethinking and revising of management approaches to address changing risks and opportunities. As an important first step toward actionable research, we reviewed and synthesized grassland management‐related documents to identify broadly shared questions that, if answered, would help to support collective conservation of the grasslands in the northern Great Plains of the United States in a changing climate. A Management Priorities Working Group reviewed 183 grassland‐relevant management documents and identified 70 questions. Feedback was iteratively provided by a Climate and Ecology Working Group, an Advisory Committee, and representatives from grassland management agencies and organizations. The identified questions generally fall under 15 topics: land conversion; restoration; disturbance regimes; woody encroachment; herbaceous invasives; grazing; water quality, quantity, and availability; animal species; private land; public understanding; legal and policy changes; economic incentives; coordination across management entities; accessibility of science and tools; and novel ways of thinking. These questions can inform a research agenda for researchers looking to conduct actionable science in the Great Plains grassland ecosystems. Both the approach and the questions presented here can also be adapted and applied in other regions and ecosystems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7f2cd97a5d084e86ba30070c5ea449742023-09-21T07:23:29ZengWileyConservation Science and Practice2578-48542023-09-0159n/an/a10.1111/csp2.12998Seventy questions of importance to the conservation of the North Central grasslands of the United States in a changing climateChristine D. Miller Hesed0Heather M. Yocum1Molly Cross2Aparna Bamzai‐Dodson3Ben Wheeler4Jon P. Beckmann5Marissa Ahlering6Kimberly R. Hall7Emily Boyd‐Valandra8Danika Mosher9Brian W. Miller10Sarah Jaffe11North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences University of Colorado Boulder Boulder Colorado USANorth Central Climate Adaptation Science Center, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences University of Colorado Boulder Boulder Colorado USAWildlife Conservation Society Bozeman Montana USAU.S. Geological Survey North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center Boulder Colorado USAPheasants Forever Inc. and Quail Forever Ord Nebraska USAKansas Department of Wildlife & Parks Pratt Kansas USAThe Nature Conservancy Minneapolis Minnesota USAThe Nature Conservancy Lansing Michigan USADual citizen of U.S. and Sicangu Lakota Oyate (Rosebud Sioux) Tribe Biologist and Indigenous Conservation Consultant Parmelee South Dakota USAContractor to U.S. Geological Survey, North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center Boulder Colorado USAU.S. Geological Survey North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center Boulder Colorado USACooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences University of Colorado Boulder Boulder Colorado USAAbstract Successful conservation of ecosystems in a changing climate requires actionable research that directly supports the rethinking and revising of management approaches to address changing risks and opportunities. As an important first step toward actionable research, we reviewed and synthesized grassland management‐related documents to identify broadly shared questions that, if answered, would help to support collective conservation of the grasslands in the northern Great Plains of the United States in a changing climate. A Management Priorities Working Group reviewed 183 grassland‐relevant management documents and identified 70 questions. Feedback was iteratively provided by a Climate and Ecology Working Group, an Advisory Committee, and representatives from grassland management agencies and organizations. The identified questions generally fall under 15 topics: land conversion; restoration; disturbance regimes; woody encroachment; herbaceous invasives; grazing; water quality, quantity, and availability; animal species; private land; public understanding; legal and policy changes; economic incentives; coordination across management entities; accessibility of science and tools; and novel ways of thinking. These questions can inform a research agenda for researchers looking to conduct actionable science in the Great Plains grassland ecosystems. Both the approach and the questions presented here can also be adapted and applied in other regions and ecosystems.https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12998actionable scienceadaptationclimate changeconservationecosystemgrasslands |
| spellingShingle | Christine D. Miller Hesed Heather M. Yocum Molly Cross Aparna Bamzai‐Dodson Ben Wheeler Jon P. Beckmann Marissa Ahlering Kimberly R. Hall Emily Boyd‐Valandra Danika Mosher Brian W. Miller Sarah Jaffe Seventy questions of importance to the conservation of the North Central grasslands of the United States in a changing climate Conservation Science and Practice actionable science adaptation climate change conservation ecosystem grasslands |
| title | Seventy questions of importance to the conservation of the North Central grasslands of the United States in a changing climate |
| title_full | Seventy questions of importance to the conservation of the North Central grasslands of the United States in a changing climate |
| title_fullStr | Seventy questions of importance to the conservation of the North Central grasslands of the United States in a changing climate |
| title_full_unstemmed | Seventy questions of importance to the conservation of the North Central grasslands of the United States in a changing climate |
| title_short | Seventy questions of importance to the conservation of the North Central grasslands of the United States in a changing climate |
| title_sort | seventy questions of importance to the conservation of the north central grasslands of the united states in a changing climate |
| topic | actionable science adaptation climate change conservation ecosystem grasslands |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12998 |
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