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Edejer SR, Haase D, Dennis M, Larsen A. Ten steps towards integrated decision making for ecological restoration in cities: Rewilding the European beaver (Castor fiber) in Berlin, Germany. MethodsX 2024; 13:102827. [PMID: 39040213 PMCID: PMC11262173 DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2024.102827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2024] [Accepted: 06/26/2024] [Indexed: 07/24/2024] Open
Abstract
Ensuring a livable city for all within the more-than-human discourse, restoration of urban ecosystems requires careful consideration of both human and non-human needs. However, traditional assessments and therefore most management plans usually fail to include the latter as a core planning requirement. This article presents and explains a 10-step method which simultaneously and actively considers both to identify potential restoration areas within urban ecosystems. To do so, a Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats (SWOT) analysis for the multispecies needs identification is combined with a Multicriteria Spatial Decision Support System (MCSDSS) for the spatial assessment. To validate this method, a case study of Berlin, Germany, an explicitly urban case, is presented. The aim of the study was to evaluate the ecosystem restoration (rewilding) potential of the city's riparian and riverine ecosystems through the enhancement of Eurasian beaver habitats.•Method combining SWOT analysis with MCSDSS for an integrated spatial assessment•Well-suited for multispecies (human and non-human) perspective on urban nature restoration.
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- Sophia Rouella Edejer
- Department of Geography, Lab for Urban Ecology, Humboldt University Berlin, Rudower Chaussee 16, Berlin 12489, Germany
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- Department of Geography, Lab for Urban Ecology, Humboldt University Berlin, Rudower Chaussee 16, Berlin 12489, Germany
- Department of Computational Landscape Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- MCGIS, Department of Geography, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Environmental Sciences Group, Wageningen University & Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 3, Wageningen 6709PB, NL
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Kirpotin SN, Callaghan TV, Peregon AM, Babenko AS, Berman DI, Bulakhova NA, Byzaakay AA, Chernykh TM, Chursin V, Interesova EA, Gureev SP, Kerchev IA, Kharuk VI, Khovalyg AO, Kolpashchikov LA, Krivets SA, Kvasnikova ZN, Kuzhevskaia IV, Merzlyakov OE, Nekhoroshev OG, Popkov VK, Pyak AI, Valevich TO, Volkov IV, Volkova II. Impacts of environmental change on biodiversity and vegetation dynamics in Siberia. AMBIO 2021; 50:1926-1952. [PMID: 34115347 PMCID: PMC8497665 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-021-01570-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Biological diversity is the basis for, and an indicator of biosphere integrity. Together with climate change, its loss is one of the two most important planetary boundaries. A halt in biodiversity loss is one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Current changes in biodiversity in the vast landmass of Siberia are at an initial stage of inventory, even though the Siberian environment is experiencing rapid climate change, weather extremes and transformation of land use and management. Biodiversity changes affect traditional land use by Indigenous People and multiple ecosystem services with implications for local and national economies. Here we review and analyse a large number of scientific publications, which are little known outside Russia, and we provide insights into Siberian biodiversity issues for the wider international research community. Case studies are presented on biodiversity changes for insect pests, fish, amphibians and reptiles, birds, mammals and steppe vegetation, and we discuss their causes and consequences.
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- Sergey N. Kirpotin
- Tuvan State University, 36 Lenina St., Kyzyl, Republic of Tuva Russian Federation 667000
- Tomsk State University, 36 Lenina Pr., Tomsk, Russian Federation 634050
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- University of Sheffield, Alfred Denny Building, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN UK
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- Tuvan State University, 36 Lenina St., Kyzyl, Republic of Tuva Russian Federation 667000
- Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISSA SB RAS), Prospect Akademika Lavrentyeva, 8/2, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation 630090
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- Tomsk State University, 36 Lenina Pr., Tomsk, Russian Federation 634050
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- Siberian Center of State Research Center for Space Hydrometeorology « Planeta», 30, Sovetskaya St, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation 630099
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- Tomsk State University, 36 Lenina Pr., Tomsk, Russian Federation 634050
- Institute of the Biological Problem of the North of the Far Eastern Branch of the RAS, 18 Portovaya St, Magadan, Russian Federation 685000
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- Tuvan State University, 36 Lenina St., Kyzyl, Republic of Tuva Russian Federation 667000
- Tomsk State University, 36 Lenina Pr., Tomsk, Russian Federation 634050
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- Tomsk State University, 36 Lenina Pr., Tomsk, Russian Federation 634050
- Siberian Center of State Research Center for Space Hydrometeorology « Planeta», 30, Sovetskaya St, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation 630099
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- Tomsk State University, 36 Lenina Pr., Tomsk, Russian Federation 634050
- Novosibirsk Branch of the Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, 1 Pisareva, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation 630091
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- Tomsk State University, 36 Lenina Pr., Tomsk, Russian Federation 634050
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- Tomsk State University, 36 Lenina Pr., Tomsk, Russian Federation 634050
- Institute of Monitoring of Climatic and Ecological Systems SB RAS, 10/3 Academichesky Pr, Tomsk, Russian Federation 634055
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- Sukachev Institute of Forests, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 50-28, Academgorodok, Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation 660036
- Siberian Federal University, Svobodny Pr., 82A, Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation 660041
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- Tuvan State University, 36 Lenina St., Kyzyl, Republic of Tuva Russian Federation 667000
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- Joint Directorate of Taimyr Nature Reserves, 22 Talnakhskaya St, Norilsk, Russian Federation 663305
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- Institute of Monitoring of Climatic and Ecological Systems SB RAS, 10/3 Academichesky Pr, Tomsk, Russian Federation 634055
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- Tuvan State University, 36 Lenina St., Kyzyl, Republic of Tuva Russian Federation 667000
- Tomsk State University, 36 Lenina Pr., Tomsk, Russian Federation 634050
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- Tomsk State University, 36 Lenina Pr., Tomsk, Russian Federation 634050
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- Tuvan State University, 36 Lenina St., Kyzyl, Republic of Tuva Russian Federation 667000
- Tomsk State University, 36 Lenina Pr., Tomsk, Russian Federation 634050
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- Tomsk State Pedagogical University, 60 Kievskaya St, Tomsk, Russian Federation 634061
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- Tomsk State University, 36 Lenina Pr., Tomsk, Russian Federation 634050
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Brazier RE, Puttock A, Graham HA, Auster RE, Davies KH, Brown CML. Beaver: Nature's ecosystem engineers. WIRES. WATER 2021; 8:e1494. [PMID: 33614026 PMCID: PMC7883483 DOI: 10.1002/wat2.1494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Revised: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 10/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Beavers have the ability to modify ecosystems profoundly to meet their ecological needs, with significant associated hydrological, geomorphological, ecological, and societal impacts. To bring together understanding of the role that beavers may play in the management of water resources, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems, this article reviews the state-of-the-art scientific understanding of the beaver as the quintessential ecosystem engineer. This review has a European focus but examines key research considering both Castor fiber-the Eurasian beaver and Castor canadensis-its North American counterpart. In recent decades species reintroductions across Europe, concurrent with natural expansion of refugia populations has led to the return of C. fiber to much of its European range with recent reviews estimating that the C. fiber population in Europe numbers over 1.5 million individuals. As such, there is an increasing need for understanding of the impacts of beaver in intensively populated and managed, contemporary European landscapes. This review summarizes how beaver impact: (a) ecosystem structure and geomorphology, (b) hydrology and water resources, (c) water quality, (d) freshwater ecology, and (e) humans and society. It concludes by examining future considerations that may need to be resolved as beavers further expand in the northern hemisphere with an emphasis upon the ecosystem services that they can provide and the associated management that will be necessary to maximize the benefits and minimize conflicts. This article is categorized under:Water and Life > Nature of Freshwater Ecosystems.
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- Department of GeographyUniversity of ExeterDevonUK
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