Herbicide Injection and Native Seeding Recharges Restoration of Invaded Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) Woodlands
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Abstract
Invasive species have become a significant threat to many ecosystems by negatively impacting native species. The invasive shrub Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) is no different, and outcompetes many native plants and hinders their growth through honeysuckle's early leaf phenology and allelopathic traits, respectively. This has led to expansive degraded woodland ecosystems in the eastern and midwestern United States and Canada. Controlling honeysuckle efficiently often requires technical skills, training, and intense labor, which is not accessible to many restoration groups or organizations. An additional challenge to successful restoration, once honeysuckle is controlled, is the remaining seedbank is often filled with additional invasives. We studied a novel restoration approach combining dry herbicide capsule injections with broadcasting native seeds in Illinois, USA, during 2022–2023. To study the effectiveness of this restoration approach, we set up a randomized block design with four treatments per block: winter injection, fall seeding, winter injection/fall seeding, and control. Seeding treatments included a native grass/forb/shrub mix (inland oats Chasmanthium latifolium, black-eyed susan Rudbeckia hirta, and northern spicebush Lindera benzoin). Winter injections significantly reduced honeysuckle foliar cover in the subsequent 2023 growing season by 97%, and 97.5% of injected plants were killed or severely injured. Plant species richness and Floristic Quality Index in winter injection/fall seeding treatments were higher than the control by 90% and 43%, respectively. Our study demonstrated that winter herbicide injection combined with native seed broadcasting was an effective method for jump-starting a restoration with limited effort or skill required.
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Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
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| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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