{"pk":59095,"title":"Managing the Weed-Shaped Hole: Improving Nitrogen Uptake and Preventing Re-invasion in Urban Riparian Restoration","subtitle":null,"abstract":"As the field of ecological restoration grows, novel methods to improve the effectiveness of restoration projects are being advanced and tested. Here, measured plant functional traits are used to select a native planting palette for the restoration of riparian habitat at Strawberry Creek, a heavily invaded urban ecosystem in Berkeley, CA. I partnered with an active restoration program and together we focused on methods to prevent re-invasion by a dominant non-native understory species and reduce nitrogen pollution of the riparian ecosystem.  \t\t\t\t\t\t\tuptake study revealed a marginally significant (0.05","language":"en","license":null,"keywords":[{"word":"restoration ecology, invasive species control, trait-based filtering, limiting similarity, stable isotope tracer analysis, native plants, riparian restoration, Strawberry Creek, nitrogen pollution, .."}],"section":"Research","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3mz000m3","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Nathan","middle_name":"","last_name":"Bickart","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of California, Berkeley","department":""}],"date_submitted":"2013-12-08T23:05:20+01:00","date_accepted":"2013-12-08T23:05:20+01:00","date_published":"2013-12-08T09:00:00+01:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/our_bsj/article/59095/galley/45123/download/"},{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/our_bsj/article/59095/galley/45124/download/"}]}