Managing plant populations in fragmented landscapes: restoration
or gardening? (Review) Hobbs, R.J. (2007) Managing plant
populations in fragmented landscapes: restoration or gardening?
(Review). Australian Journal of Botany, 55 (3). pp. 371-374.
*Subscription may be required Ecosystem fragmentation results in
major changes in several environmental and biotic parameters
that affect the ability of plant populations to persist. All
stages of the plant life cycle may be influenced in either
negative or positive ways by the changed biophysical settings
caused by fragmentation and associated changes in the
surrounding landscape. This may result in plant populations
being lost or significantly reduced from patches of native
vegetation, leading to the need for active management
intervention. This intervention may include management of
threatening processes, reversal of ecosystem degradation, or the
reintroduction of plants of species that have been lost from an
area. These management actions range from preventative