A global meta-analysis on the ecological drivers of forest restoration success
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro · Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro · +5 more institutions
Abstract
Two billion ha have been identified globally for forest restoration. Our meta-analysis encompassing 221 study landscapes worldwide reveals forest restoration enhances biodiversity by 15-84% and vegetation structure by 36-77%, compared with degraded ecosystems. For the first time, we identify the main ecological drivers of forest restoration success (defined as a return to a reference condition, that is, old-growth forest) at both the local and landscape scale. These are as follows: the time elapsed since restoration began, disturbance type and landscape context. The time elapsed since restoration began strongly drives restoration success in secondary forests, but not in selectively logged forests (which are…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 29.36
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 51
Authors
6- RCRenato CrouzeillesCorresponding
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, International Institute for Sustainability, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
- MCMichael Curran
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- MSMariana Silva Ferreira
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
- DBDavid B. Lindenmayer
Australian National University
- CECarlos Eduardo Viveiros Grelle
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Topics & keywords
- Forest restoration
- Restoration ecology
- Ecological succession
- Biodiversity
- Disturbance (geology)
- Vegetation (pathology)
- Ecology
- Context (archaeology)
- Life in Land
Funding
- COCentre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, Australian Research Council
- CDCoordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
- CNConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
- FCFundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
- PAPriority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions