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In an article in the journal Biological Conservation titled “Assessment of long-term tallgrass prairie restoration in Manitoba, Canada” written by S.M. McLachlan and A.L. Knispel adresses the damage on native tallgrass prairies caused by urban expansion. McLachlan and Knispel developed an experiment in Beaudry Provincial Park in southern Manitoba to test certain management practices and their success in restoring native tallgrass prairies. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the effectiveness of the tested management practices in reestablishing native prairie grasslands. McLachlan and Knispel’s intended audience for this article are management proffessionals due to the use of field related terminology.

Knispel, A.L., McLachlan, S.M.. “Assessment of long-term tallgrass prairie restoration in Manitoba, Canada.” Biological Conservation 124.1 (2005): 75-88. Science Direct. Web. 12 Feb. 2013.

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In an article in the journal Soil Biologyand Biochemistry titled “Soil texture affects soil microbial and structural recovery during grassland recovery” written by Elizabeth M. Bach, Sara G. Baer, Clinton K. Meyer, and Johan Six demonstrates the importance soil structure and microbial activity have on the success of plant growth in a grassland environment. The authors use a plethera of scientific data showing how tilling soil desrupts structure as well as the necessary microbial activity needed to have a successful grassland. Their purpose in this article is to stress how important soil structure and microbial activity are to the success of grassland species. The authors’ intended audience for this article is biological and ecological proffessionals due to their use of field related terminology.

Bach, Elizabeth M., Baer, Sara G., Meyer, Clinton K., Six, Johan. “Soil texture affects soil microbial and structural recovery during grassland recovery.” Soil Biologyand Biochemistry 42.12 (2010): 2182-2191. Science Direct. Web. 12 Feb. 2013.

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In an article in the Journal of Environmental Management titled “Restoration of foothills rough fescue grassland following pipeline disturbance in southwestern Alberta” by Peggy Desserud, C. Cormack Gates, Barry Adams, and Richard D. Revel stresses the complications of many restoration practices aimed toward restoring fescue grassland in southern Alberta. The authors used extensive scientific data including species lists and specific experiments to test their theories about effectiveness of certain restoration practices. The authors’ apparent purpose in this article is to shed some light on how futile many of these practices are. The authors’ intended audience for this article are biological and ecological professionals due to the presentation of the scientific data.

Adams, Barry, Desserud, Peggy, Gates C. Cormack, Revel, Richard D. “Restoration of foothills rough fescue grassland following pipeline disturbance in southwestern Alberta.”Journal of Environmental Management 91.12 (2010): 2763-2770. Science Direct. Web. 12 Feb. 2013.

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In an article written by Miryl Parker and Ralph Mac Nally in the journal Biological Conservation titled Habitat loss and the habitat fragmentation threshold: an experimental evaluation of impacts on richness and total abundances using grassland invertebrates (2002) asserts the importance of limiting habitat fragmentation, due to the negative effects on the fauna in the area. Parker and Mac Nally performed a series of experiments to illustrate the these negative effects on grassland invertebrates with extensive documentation of any and all changes in population densities as well as species richness. Parker and Mac Nally’s purpose in these experiments were to shed some light on what really happens when anthropogenic fragmentation occurs. Their intended audience for this paper must have been aimed toward the biological profession with the use of biological concepts.

Parker, Miryl, Mac Nally, Ralph. “Habitat loss and the habitat fragmentation threshold: an experimental evaluation of impacts on richness and total abundances using grassland invertebrates.” Biological Conservation 105.2 (2002): 217-229. Science Direct. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.

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Andrew Morozov's article in the Journal of Theoretical Biology titled Abundance patterns in multi-species communities exposed to habitat destruction (2008) argues the severity of habitat destruction in the world. Morozov uses numerous examples supported by statistical analysis of each situation containing percentage of the habitat permanently lost as well as recolonization rates. In this article, Morozov appears to be stressing the importance of habitat conservation in all environments to support biodiversity. Morozov appears to be aiming his article toward biological professionals such as wildlife biologists as well as other powerful individuals capable of affecting change in the realm of conservation.

Morozov, Andrew."Abundance patterns in multi-species communities exposed to habitat destruction." Journal of Theoretical Biology 251.4 (2008): 593-605. Science Direct. Web. 5 Feb. 2013.