Front Cover: The need for abundant and appropriate seeds of native plants has encouraged some native plant nurseries to develop their own populations of wildflower and grass species that are regularly requested by clients. These fields in central New Jersey have been developed by Pinelands Nursery & Supply, Columbus, NJ, to provide local genotypes to restoration projects in the region. Irregular ordering, changing preferences, and the challenges of knowing the reproductive ecology of many species all challenge the ability of these nurseries to quickly expand supplies to meet fluctuating demands. These expansive fields are open-pollinated and were started with accessions from several local populations to build genetic diversity. Special seed collection and cleaning facilities are then needed to meet the needs of restoration practitioners. Photo credit: Steven N. Handel.

Back Cover: Top: To effectively restore degradation of the landscape due to the rapid boom in energy development, an understanding of both the role of soils and weed invasion is necessary. In this issue, Espeland and colleagues test the role of cover crops in ecosystem recovery after energy development and the potential for dispersed reclamation activities to facilitate weed invasion and spread. Photo credit: Erin K. Espeland.
Middle: Understanding the appropriate collection zones for native plants used in restoration activities is a key concept for successful restoration. Pictured here, thimbleweed, cup plant, downy wild rye, and American bellflower growing in greenhouses at Iowa State University. Photo credit: Catherine M. Mabry.
Bottom: To restore coastal scrub communities on mined sites, Busnardo and colleagues found that seeding these communities on amended soils was more successful than container plantings. Pictured here, Leona Quarry reclamation and coastal scrub restoration project site, central California, USA, after completion of mass grading and topsoil preparation. Photo Credit: Karen Verpeet.

Ecological Restoration

In this Issue

Editorial Board

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Editorial Board

Scott Abella
Natural Resource Conservation LLC, Boulder City, USA.

Steven I Apfelbaum
Applied Ecological Services, Wisconsin, USA.

James Aronson
Centre for Evolutionary ad Functional Ecology Lab, Montpellier, France.

Paulette Bierzychudek
Department of Biology, Lewis & Clark College, Portland OR, USA.

Peter Bowler
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, USA.

Lindsay Campbell
USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station, NY, USA.

Robin L. Chazdon
Deparment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, USA.

Francisco A. Comín Sebastián
Pyrenean Institute of Ecology-CSIC, Spain.

David Drake
Departent of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.

Erin Espeland
USDA-ARS Pest Management Research Unit, Sidney MT USA.

Erin Espeland
USDA-ARS Pest Management Research Unit, Sidney MT USA.

Bram Gunther
New York City Urban Field Station, New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, Bayside, New York, USA.

Jason Hall
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center Mukilteo Research Station, Seattle WA, USA.

Emily Huff
Department of Forestry, Michigan State University East Lansing MI, USA.

Francine Hughes
Department of Life Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.

Basil Iannone
School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville FL, USA.

Michelle Johnson
New York City Urban Field Station, USDA Forest Service, Bayside, New York, USA.

Holly Jones
Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, USA.

Kristen Kaczynski
Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences at California State University, Chico CA, USA.

Kristy King
Natural Areas Restoration & Management Forestry, Horticulture & Natural Resources, New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, Long Island City, New York, USA.

Roger Mann
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, USA.

Márcia C.M. Marques
Department of Botany, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.

Jill McGrady
Great Ecology Inc., La Jolla CA, USA.

David Moreno-Mateos
Basque Center for Climate change – BC3, Basque Country, Spain.

Andrew Rayburn
Independent Consulting Ecologist, Davis, USA.

Carrie Reinhardt Adams
Environmental Horticulture Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.

David J. Robertson
Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust, Philadelphia PA, USA.

Ted Shear
Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

Greg Spyreas
Illinois Natural History Survey, USA.

Katharine Suding
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, USA.

Alan Unwin
School of Environmental and Horticultural Studies, Niagara College, Canada

Denis Whigham
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, USA.

Ken Yocom
Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Washington, USA.

Kathryn Yurkonis
Department of Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA.

Luis Zambrano Gonzalez
Biology Institute, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico.

Journal Staff

Editor

Steven N. Handel

Associate Editor

Myla F.J. Aronson

Editorial Assistant

Paulina A. Arancibia

Abstracts Editors

Elena S. Tartaglia

Abstracts Authors

Elena S. Tartaglia

Paulina A. Arancibia

Max R. Piana

Copy Editor

Kate D. Douthat

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey,

Executive Dean, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences

Robert M. Goodman

Chair, Society for Ecological Restoration International

Alan Unwin

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