Integrating trait-based empirical and modeling research to improve ecological restoration.

ABSTRACT: A global ecological restoration agenda has led to ambitious programs in environmental policy to mitigate declines in biodiversity and ecosystem services. Current restoration programs can incompletely return desired ecosystem service levels, while resilience of restored ecosystems to future threats is unknown. It is therefore essential to advance understanding and better utilize knowledge from ecological literature in restoration approaches. We identified an incomplete linkage between global change ecology, ecosystem function research, and restoration ecology. This gap impedes a full understanding of the interactive effects of changing environmental factors on the long-term provision of ecosystem functions and a quantification of trade-offs and synergies among multiple services. Approaches

SUBMITTER: Fiedler S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6024147 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature