Comparing the success of active and passive restoration in a tropical cloud forest landscape: A multi-taxa fauna approach.

ABSTRACT: Tropical forest restoration initiatives are becoming more frequent worldwide in an effort to mitigate biodiversity loss and ecosystems degradation. However, there is little consensus on whether an active or a passive restoration strategy is more successful for recovering biodiversity because few studies make adequate comparisons. Furthermore, studies on animal responses to restoration are scarce compared to those on plants, and those that assess faunal recovery often focus on a single taxon, limiting the generalization of results. We assessed the success of active (native mixed-species plantations) and passive (natural regeneration) tropical cloud forest restoration strategies based on the responses of three animal taxa: amphibians, ants, and dung beetles. We compared community attributes

SUBMITTER: Diaz-Garcia JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7654786 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature